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Prudential Retirement will provide reinsurance of longevity risk to UK-based Rothesay Life, a Goldman Sachs subsidiary
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A young man accused of fatally shooting a member of his own gang in Lincoln Park pleaded not guilty Monday to murder and other charges.
Aron Franklin, 20, was ordered held on $1 million bail in connection with the slaying of 20-year-old Julius Batiste.
Deputy District Attorney Paul Reizen alleged that Franklin walked up to the victim in broad daylight on Jan. 3 and shot him four times in the head.
Police found Batiste lying in a walkway at an apartment complex in the 200 block of 50th Street. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Reizen said the shooting -- witnessed by six to eight people -- happened because Batiste did not follow orders from his gang.
Detectives identified Franklin, a probationer, as the alleged shooter, and he was arrested on an unrelated warrant at a home in the Mountain View area on Jan. 5.
The defendant was re-booked on suspicion of murder last Thursday. He also faces two counts of being a felon in possession of firearms.
Judge David Szumowski scheduled a preliminary hearing for Jan. 29. Franklin faces 50 years to life in prison if convicted, according to Reizen.

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Jean Endicott, Ph.D., is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; and Director of the Division of Clinical Phenomenology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York, New York.
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Collins Hill senior Emily Buck has made a commitment to the Oglethorpe University women's basketball program. She is the daughter of Bruce and Susan Buck and her brother Reed plays basketball for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Buck, who will be honored Tuesday with a 2:30 p.m. ceremony in the Eagles' theater, was a first-team all-county and second-team all-region selection as a senior, when she averaged 11.7 points and 4.2 rebounds. She also made all-state, all-region and all-county in softball as a senior.
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His motives were apparently to separate the series from Indianapolis Motor Speedway and bring in a new board of directors.
The Associated Press on Monday obtained a copy of George's five-page proposal to the Hulman & Co. board of directors. In it, the group ICS Acquisition proposes a management team take over IndyCar's operations and create a sanctioning agreement with IMS to run the Indianapolis 500.
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Categories > Original > Romance > I Was Born To Tell You I Love You.
Just another Speck on the wall.1 Reviews
Seriously, Will He Ever See me? I just want him to know I'm Alive.
So I go to my locker as quick as possible, shoving my ear buds in my ears, and shuffled through the crowd with my head down, snatching glances to see if he's anywhere around, But he's not. Oh well.
I feel someone bump into. No biggie. People shove past me like I don't even exist. I might as well just lay in the middle of the hallway and see if anyone notices. They'd tromp right over me.
But something was different about this Bump. I had a feeling. I pulled one of my earbuds out and looked back.
"Oh, sorry dude, I didn't mean to." His voice flowed through the air, like music. I wanted to hear it all day long.
He was gone before I could say anything back; My mouth was cemented shut. I felt Like someone just shoved a fuckin' rock down my throat.
I turned back around and drug my feet against the dirty tile floor to my next class.
It's probobly a good thing I got assigned a seat in the back, because I cried my eyes out the whole period. No one heard me, another good example of "I don't exist."
I can proudly say I'm obsessed with this guy. I daydream about him all day. I do my shitty homework, and daydream about him. I take a shower and daydream about him [not in a sick way, though]. I Listen to my Sappy Emo music and daydream about him. And I sleep, and I dream about him.
I feel like such a loser.
I guess theres no hope in finding anything out about him. All I know is, He's fuckin' gorgeous, he has the most amazing hair EVER. And his fashion sense is amazing. I Know, that sounds so gay.
I can't get the nerves to talk to him; I freeze up. I really have no friends to dig shit up about him. I guess it's all up to me.
I suppose the whole working to get what you want thing is gonna come in very, very soon.
And probobly a very big bombardment of emotions.
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Buying one of these amazing laptops was by far one of the best investments i ever made. I say this because prior to this i had owned several windows laptops and they only lasted me as long as a year before i had to buy another one. i eventually got so annoyed with this and i started to look for a macbook. I noticed amazon had this model on offer and so i went ahead and purchased it. I purchased this laptop 2 years ago and has not failed on me yet. The i5 processor is extremely fast and handles every thing you throw it as well as the hd graphics.Not only does this laptop have some amazing specs but it actually looks great compared to ANY other laptop on the market to this date. The sleek aluminium body of the laptop gives it a status symbol equivalent to that of a rolls-royce (well maybe).
One of the most important things about a laptop/netbook is battery life. Now I've had this laptop for about 2 years as i stated above and i confirm that the battery life is really good and lasts about 7-8 hours (depending on what you use it for). I mostly use the laptop for surfing the web, watching movies, word documents and iMovie and the laptop easily lasts about 6 hours.
Other great new features on this laptop include the LED Backlit display, the illuminated keyboard, the trackpad and many more. The LED display is extremely crisp and is amazing for movies etc. The illuminated keyboard is also great for when typing word documents at night or in low-light rooms and last but not least the trackpad. The trackpad is a great new feature that most are still skeptical about but in my opinion once you use it for a couple of days you will absolutely LOVE it!
So overall if you want to save money and get something that WILL last longer, the Macbook is the way to go
My 13 inch Macbook pro is easily the best technology purchase I've ever made( as I type this from it's glorious backlit keyboard!!).
First and foremost the one thing that immediately strikes you is the speed of the machine - I timed it at approximately 30 seconds from switching it on to being able to use it, believe me its SUPER fast!
Browsing is also a dream, one click and the website you're searching just pops up almost instantly.
The huge 500gb hard drive is more than enough for me personally, and I can't imagine ever needing any more than that for storage.
Battery life is also brilliant.Officially around 8hours however I find I get about 4 -5 if I'm constantly using it.
Ease of use is certainly another plus point with the macbookpro, everything just seems to be there when you need it readily available.
Before I bought mine I was always accustomed to PC operating systems and was initially a little nervy investing so much money on something I wasn't used to, however having already been used to my apple iphone 4, I was confident the changeover would be seamless and I was not wrong! At first I thought it was just the size of the RAM at 4gb that was making the system so quick but having since used my mother's Lenovo laptop which also has 4gb, I now realise it's more than that - Apple just have a knack of creating operating systems which are smooth, easy and fast to use. The trackpad is another great feature which you may be a little concerned with getting used to, don't be because I have found that using a mouse is very strange now that I'm use to the trackpad - sliding up and down the page and swiping become normal and then using a PC mouse and its awful operating system becomes alien! If you're in any way concerned about not being able to use certain programs like flash player (I believe this is only an issue on the iPhone or iPad) ,I've never had any issues with this or indeed any other program I've tried to use.
So if you're considering the bold move to an Apple Macbook Pro my advice would be don't hesitate; the machine's build quality,reliability and ease of use will mean once you've bought a mac you won't go back!
***I'm not some computer savvy geek expert; I don't know the technicality of all the weird and wonderful's of my Macbook Pro but I feel correct in assuming most people do not understand every detail of such a powerful and modern machine! All I know is that I can review it on how it suits me, how I can work with it and I've done a little research on what to talk about so I feel fairly confident that I won't be rambling on about anything that's useful - just keep in mind, I'm not one of those Mac genius'! ***
I've had my fair share of laptop's, desktops and notebooks and it's come to my attention I am a disaster when it comes to technology; I download things knowing nothing about anti-virus protection or data limits on my broadband, I let my cats walk across it, I go in public with it and maybe spill some coffee on it and yeah, I've broken quite a few laptops in my past!
The first time I ever touched a Mac was when I bought an old cheap iMac from eBay hoping I could so some bits and bobs on it to help me with designing, but of course me being completely clueless I didn't know that the operating system I installed was too advanced for the iMac and as the iMac's Apple Care was expired all Apple told me to do is try to Google how to find out how to solve it, or pay £35 for advice from a Genius - who of course wouldn't do anything except talk to me on the phone, the problem wouldn't be fixed unless I paid £££!
Fast forward to now, after my I had a quick love affair with my boyfriend's old Macbook air or whatever (haha see I'm clueless) which my cat ruined with diet coke (my bad, to be honest) - I've had my best friend for 5-6 months now A.K.A my Macbook Pro!
I'm quite a snob when it comes to the appearance of technology - you could give me a Macbook Pro with a normal appearance of your usual laptop and I'd sigh and be reluctant to be out with it! Stupid, as this machine is so great for me, but hey I did say I'm a snob!
The Macbook Pro is silver all over, except for the black keyboard and frame around the screen. The keyboard has a feature where you can have a light appear under the keys, which is very useful if you're typing at night and it looks very jazzy. The laptop is thin and light compared to other laptop's, Apple is known for it's slim products, including their Ipod's and Iphones. On the front of the lid there is the Apple logo which lights up when the Macbook is in use, and shuts off when the laptop is shut down.
You have to be quite careful with general wear and tear as scratches and marks are extremely visible on the silver, however Mac provide a Keyboard Cleaner which has a little bristle brush where you swipe away dust, then spray their cleaner and wipe away with the foam/sponge like side of the block it provides. Mac also provide a Macbook cleaner, you simply spray the liquid on and wipe in one direction motions and smudges or fingerprints are gone - although it does not work too well on scratches, it dulls them down but you can still see them.
In my experience, mainly the bottom of the Macbook and the lid gets some scratches but not too noticeable. It all depends on how well you take care of it.
There are some funky little accessories for your Macbook, not provided by Apple or distributed by them but you can easily find them online on a site like Amazon.
Firstly, there's really clever stickers designed which you can put on your lid where the apple is. One I really like is the Disney Princess, Snow White holding the apple! There's also Stitch from 'Lilo and Stitch' eating the apple!
There are also multiple covers for your keyboard in a range of colours from neon pink to rainbow keys - however I don't know how well these work for typing and using the background keyboard lights, with.
***I am merely writing about apps or features I am aware of and/or own myself***
The Macbook runs on the MAC OS X operating system. My Macbook has duel core Intel Core i5 and the processor speed is 2.5GHz and although I don't know the technical side of this; I find that it's extremely fast and can handle me doing tasks from multiple demanding programs such as Photoshop or for editing videos and etc. On rare occasions I have innocent slowness or occasionally the mouse will freeze but in less than 2 minutes it will be fine again - there was a time that Chrome would freeze, Facetime would mess up and etc but I took it to the genius bar and they sorted it and now it works perfect again. The fact that it easily copes with many programmes working at one is brilliant for me, as a designer my mind bounces from one side to the other and I tend to do everything at once instead of doing one job at a time and my Macbook makes it very easy for me to do so.
My 13inch Macbook Pro has the Intel HD Graphics 4000 Processor and as stated on the Apple website; everything is more fluid and smooth, especially videos I watch and it doesn't drain the battery as I'd expect it to.
At first, 13inch sounded quite small to me and I would have much preferred the 15inch, but after using it and realising that it's really efficient and I personally wouldn't find much use for the 15inch. It's more compact and portable in my opinion and it's just a really smart, modern looking machine!
One of my favourite features on my Macbook - and my Iphone 5 - is Facetime. I can call anyone around the world who owns an Apple product such as an Iphone, Macbook, iMac, iPad and etc. I normally use it on my Macbook and it is fun, it's basically like Skype but with a better quality video and picture and much faster and doesn't crash - my only wish is that it would have a typing feature, so I use imessage to talk in private if there's someone in the room or whatever.
Talking about iMessage, I like the fact that if my phone has died or if someone isn't near theirs, I can send a message to another person with a iPhone and/or macbook, imac, ipad and etc and it'll appear to them. If someone texts me, I can see it on my phone and on my Macbook! It sends pictures and GIFs easily too, also documents and files!
The trackpad on the Macbook is extremely multi-use and I much prefer it to a mouse you plug in - or of course, use wireless. With the trackpad you can pinch and zoom on pictures or webpages, you can flick through pictures just with your fingers, you can click anywhere on it so no need for those left click right click buttons and it's just a super clever little feature; you think it won't be that much use to you but it really does make things easier and more convenient!
Apple states that the battery life lasts 7 hours; I don't particularly notice it lasts THAT long but it does last quite a while, it helps if you don't use the features like the keyboard lights and etc if you want to make the battery last longer, and maybe it's just me, but when I plug in and charge it, it charges very quickly compared to other devices I've used in the past. On the left hand side of your macbook, where you'd find your disc drive on the right hand side, is a small botton on the far end, you can click on it and there will be tiny dots illustrating how much battery you have left! It's very helpful if you're about to use your laptop on the go shortly and don't know if you need to bring your charger or not!
I use the Webcam frequently and I use the feature 'Photobooth' a lot, I love how you can change the scenery, add jazzy little things and when recording a video the sound is excellent too so the microphone is good. You can add your photo or video to iPhoto and iPhoto also pops up when I connect my iPhone.
I could talk and ramble all day about many of the amazing features the Macbook has, but instead I'm going to list my favourites that I believe would be useful if you bought a Macbook, and what you wouldn't get from another laptop or just not as good!
-Notes (the ones you can use on the iphone, too and you can sync them).
-imovie and iphoto.
The Macbook Pro 13inch is currently £999 from Apple (http://www.apple.com/uk/) and if you would find use of these features and would use it frequently and find that your current laptop or desktop doesn't perform like this Macbook, I highly suggest that you purchase one.
You get Apple Care with it, which lasts for 1 year from the time you buy it and I also suggest you buy the extra 2 year Apple Care after that, because even though it's unlikely that a major error will go wrong with your Macbook, but it happens sometimes and you don't want to be paying another load of £££ when you just paid £999 for it!
I don't think that a Macbook will be that useful to people who just use it to go online and save documents and just the usual 'normal' things, most laptops would be efficient enough for that. But if you're going to start a creative product or would find it helpful for your career then it's definitely worth investing in.
Mine is fairly new as I've had it 5 months, but it definitely works like it did when I first had it and like I explained at the start, if you buy the cleaning products from Apple you can keep it looking new and wonderful for a long time!
About a year ago, I decided I'd had enough of Windows laptops. The 3 years prior to that, I'd had 3 Toshiba laptops all running XP, and every single one of them broke without fail, usually after a year. So, on the advice of a friend, I took the plunge and became a Mac convert, plumping for a 13" MacBook Pro.
The first thing you notice about it is how well it's made. No cheap and nasty plastic casing here, it's all brushed aluminium, giving it a premium, robust feel that I just haven't felt with my old laptops. Opening it up, the fit and finish of everything is just, well, better, when compared to an equivalent spec PC (although at this price point, this is to be expected).
I love how the keyboard is backlit. In the past, working at night in low light conditions was irritating, and I ended up wasting a USB port on an LED light just so I could see the keyboard, but having the keys backlit by a white light is fantastic, and naturally you can adjust the brightness, or turn it off completely.
The screen is amazingly sharp, with a 1280x800 resolution, pictures look fantastic on it, and videos in HD quality can be properly appreciated. When I first got it, I thought it was a Retina Display, but seeing as the 13" MacBook Pro with Retina display was only announced today, that wasn't the case, but it's very sharp indeed, and I compared it to the 15" version with Retina Display, and the difference is only noticeable when your eyes are less than 5 inches from the screen, a very unlikely situation.
Battery life was another big point for me. My old Toshibas, when new, would last 2.5-3 hours of constant use between charges, but this lasts up to 10 hours, depending on how bright the screen and keyboard backlight are set, along with how heavy you use it, but in all but really heavy use I couldn't get less than 8 hours out of it no matter how hard I tried, and even extreme heavy use (live streaming, downloading multiple files and writing essays, with screen and keyboard brightness both set to maximum) gives between 5 and 7 hours.
The size of it is just perfect. In the shop, I thought that I'd have been better off with the 15" version if I could have afforded it, but in the real world, a 13" screen is just perfect. It's big enough for almost anything (except watching movies at home when there are bigger screens available), a recent train journey from Aberdeen to London was a delight with this MacBook for watching films and TV shows; it's certainly better than using an iPad. I also use it for lecture notes at Uni, and it is perfect there. But it's not too big that it's a pain to carry round. It fits perfectly into my bag, and not being so heavy it's fantastic news for my back.
A large HDD makes adds up to making this a perfect solution for almost anything.
Let's move onto the software aspect. I bought mine in late 2011, and therefore it came pre installed with Lion. While many people used to Mac rated it poorly when compared to it's predecessors, I found it very good. It seems to be much more stable than Windows, I've never once had it crash on me yet, whereas with Windows it would crash every couple of weeks, regardless. It feels almost exhilarating knowing that you'll never see THAT blue screen again.
People have criticised the Lion OS to be too much like iOS, but rather than being a burden, I find this a positive. It makes it so much easier to use if you're coming from an iPad, iPod or iPhone, and it opens up Mac to a whole new customer base. Being one of those converts (I had the original iPad before I bought the MacBook, and this is partially the reason why I have it), it doesn't bother me in the slightest.
I upgraded to Mountain Lion as soon as it was available, and I'm glad I did. Everything seems somewhat slicker, and further compatibility with all my iDevices is very welcome, as is the full AirPlay mirroring with Apple TV. If you don't know what this is, basically rather than just stream videos and other media to the Apple TV from iTunes, it mirrors whatever is on your MacBook screen, in 720p on your HDTV (1080p if you have the latest Apple TV), and if it has sound, the sound will come out of your HDTV too. This is especially useful when watching a longer video or streaming a live event, while the MacBook screen is excellent, it seems a little silly watching a long video when there is a 32" HDTV a few feet away. Plus with iCloud integration, it works together flawlessly with my iPhone, iPod and iPad.
In conclusion, I would say this is the best laptop Apple make. Despite being a bit pricier than an equivalently specced Windows laptop, it does everything that bit better, so is worth the premium price. Only the most hardcore of users would see any benefit in a Retina Display or a bigger screen. The only downside is that some of my old Windows programs are not natively supported, but there are extremely simple ways (although not exactly cheap) around it.
At work I get to use a number of laptops to work on and I am lucky that I get to use this Macbook Pro all week. I do design and so I need good computer technology and to be using computers that work fast as anything slow will crash the software I use. I decided on a Macbook Pro as they have a fantastic reputation and are the top of the range laptops out there. The laptop I have is the 13 inch and this sounded small but when I got it, the size is more than adequate and any bigger seems too big now.
The Macbook Pro is silver all over and it has a built in web cam as well as black keys with a back light on them. Th e laptop is 3.9 Kg in weight and it doesn't seem heavy at all, I always make sure I use this on a safe surface as it will scratch easily if not looked after well. The laptop has a slimline design and on the lid it has the Apple logo which lights up when the laptop is being used and then when switched off the Apple loses its light. The Macbook Pro logo is on the screen so that it is obvious who made this.
So, where to begin with a laptop as state of the art like this? Well, I suppose the basics it runs on a Mac OS X operating system which to me is great, it all runs smoothly and I rarely find this laptop has any issues with sticking or crashing. The processor speed is 2.5 GHz which isn't the fastest, you can upgrade but I have to be honest on this laptop it seems to work just fine for me and it moves quick. This laptop has 500GB hard drive which is adequate space for me but also you can upgrade if you need to but this is a lot of room.
On the laptop you get your CD-ROM drive this is at the side and very easy to use. This burns CD's quick and also is great for playing DVD's and films on. I watch films on this all of the time and the films play smoothly and in really good quality. This laptop has an Intel HD Graphics 4000 and so it manages to keep up with fast moving film very well, the picture on this screen is so clear and so sharp. Colour is vibrant and very exact and just the whole experience in terms of audio and visual is smooth sailing and looks top of the range.
For some people a 13" monitor may seem small but you'll be surprised that when using this it really doesn't feel all that small at all. There are bigger screen sizes but to me this is just perfect and isn't too big and doesn't hurt my eyes when looking up close. In terms of the side of the laptop you get 2 x USB ports and you get your ethernet port as well as a Firewire port and even a slot for sticking your SD Card in to save you sticking long USB cables in when importing your photos.
The battery life on this laptop is good it states that it has a 7 hour battery life and it really does last a while. You can see on the top right corner of the screen how long you have left before needing to charge and it will pop up with a warning alerting you to stick your charger in. The charger is like a magnet and sticks into place with a green light showing. All white cables in true Apple style, the charger is quite big but it charges well and the battery life is longer than so many other laptops out there.
With this laptop you get wireless internet of course and it connects very easily. You can also adjust brightness and volume easily with short cut buttons on the keyboard. The keyboard is isolated and is all black keys with a back light on them, you have to pay more for a back lit keyboard. They keys are very easy to type with and all fast to respond and I find it really easy to use. You don't need to hit the keys to heart and the keys are all so easy to see especially the lit up back when typing at night.
There are so many things I could talk about that I love about the Macbook Pro. It has a bluetooth connection which is so handy so you can connect all of your Apple devices to the laptop or even any device like a phone that has bluetooth to send photos etc to and from your laptop. It is a handy feature to have and I do like that this comes with it as I transfer files to and from my laptop and phone all of the time and it just makes it a much quicker process, making life easier.
The laptop doesn't tend to overheat too badly, it does get hot underneath but if you place it on a hard surface or a coolling pad then it will work just fine, I've never had it crash from heat. Also, if you are in the middle of using this then need to go somewhere, you have power save mode which means you just close the laptop lid and it saves power and will open up right away when you come back to it and this doesn't do any damage to the laptop, it will remain on, I really do find this great.
This laptop is so fast, I can be running so many programs at once on this and the speed maintains itself. Navigating around the laptop is so easy and you have your password screen for security when you log in so that it keeps secure. You can change your desktop wallpapers and personalise your laptop a little bit. The sound is good on this laptop when you are playing music and it sounds even, the volume does go quite loud too so you don't really find that you need speakers.
Using the tracking pad on this is easy to do, it isn't difficult and is very responsive and I don't find it difficult so have never bothered to buy a wireless mouse as this is so reliable. Last of all, the web cam built in on this is very good, so is the built in microphone. The camera quality is very sharp and I cannot fault it, it works brilliantly when using Skype or programs like Face Time and I never find a delay with the video as the whole laptop is that fast that it never sticks on video.
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Juicy, ripe peaches in peak season are key for this recipe. If your peaches are firm, let them stand on the kitchen counter for a few days until they're soft to the touch and have an enticing aroma. While the chicken and vegetables grill, prepare the chipotle-peach sauce.
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- 1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken thighs (about 8 thighs)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Olive oil-flavored cooking spray
- 2 medium peaches, peeled, pitted, and quartered
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 chipotle chile in adobo sauce
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- 1. Prepare grill.
- 2. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; coat with cooking spray. Place chicken on a grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill 12 minutes or until done, turning chicken once.
- 3. While chicken cooks, puree peaches, honey, chile, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt in a food processor. Reserve 3/4 cup chipotle-peach sauce to serve with chicken; brush remaining 1/2 cup sauce over chicken during last 2 minutes of cooking.
- Serve with: Grilled Corn and Red Pepper Salad
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- Fat: 13.2g
- Saturated fat: 3.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 4.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 4.3g
- Protein: 31.1g
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- Fiber: 1.2g
- Cholesterol: 112mg
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An ardent advocate for compassionate care considers ways to build on traditions of excellence in medical training and education in biomedical science.
As he plunges into his new job as vice dean for education at the School of Medicine, cardiologist Roy Ziegelstein, M.D., brings a history of educating medical students and residents about the best ways to provide compassionate, patient-centered medical care while also helping to develop the careers of young scientists.
During his 27-year career at Johns Hopkins, the Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr., Professor of Medicine has served as co-director of the Aliki Initiative, a program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center that emphasizes the importance of knowing patients as individuals. He developed the capstone course "Transition to Residency and Internship and Preparation for Life" (TRIPLE), widely recognized for advancing humane and caring attitudes. And he is known for his work in improving doctor-patient communication as well as for his award-winning clinical teaching and basic science research into cardiovascular disease.
Ziegelstein, who succeeds David Nichols, is the medical school's second vice dean for education. The position oversees undergraduate, graduate, residency, postdoctoral and continuing medical education programs as well as the Welch Medical Library. In a two-part interview, the vice dean discusses adjusting medical education to fit society's needs; how, what and how long doctors should be taught; and finding ways to evaluate the school of medicine's educational approaches. Read his interview.
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Friday, March 21, 2014 was Match Day, the day when students find out where they will launch their medical careers. Watch the 2014 Match Day video. Meet 3 Hopkins medical students who found out where they're going on Match Day.
TIME: Obesity, Nutrition and Behavioral Change. This is the 4th article in the series which is following medical students through their first year in the Genes to Society curriculum. (March 2014)
Where first year medical students learn the science basics: Scientific Foundations of Medicine presents the language and principles of biomedical science that students will be using throughout their study of human health and disease. (February 2014)
The common language of medicine: Human Anatomy. Click here to read more about how the Genes to Society curriculum conducts this fundamental course. (January 2014)
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2013 Stethoscope Ceremony and Reception - Tuesday, September 24, 2013, the Class of 2017 was presented with their own stethoscopes, thanks to the Johns Hopkins Medical & Surgical Association. Read more and see photos from this special event. (September 2013)
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What normally proves to be a quiet month for VAT issues, this January has been anything but.
HMRC's behaviour
HMRC's behaviour in tax and VAT disputes has been under scrutiny by the Tribunal recently. However, despite being severely criticised in several cases heard by the First Tier Tribunal, there are no signs of contrition from HMRC. With the pressure on businesses to save tax and VAT costs, and equal pressure on HMRC to raise additional revenue and be seen to 'crack-down' on perceived avoidance, we can probably expect more of the same over the coming years even on innocent businesses just trying to get things right.
Wasted costs claims
Successful appellants to the First Tier Tribunal do not normally get their costs back. However, in line with the above criticism of HMRC's behaviour, we have also seen several successful claims recently by businesses for 'wasted costs'. The moral is that if you feel aggrieved at your treatment by HMRC or have had to expend considerable costs just to prove you were right all along, it may be worth taking the point further.
VAT clearances
HMRC are currently consulting on introducing a proper clearance system for VAT which businesses have been denied for many years. We shall see how the new system is structured and keep you updated as we hear more.
7-day filing deadline
A reminder that if you file and pay your VAT returns electronically (as most are required to nowadays), you have an extra 7 calendar days for HMRC to receive the return and payment after the usual end of the month deadline. It is important to note, however, that the additional 7 calendar days only applies to payment returns. If you are filing a VAT return that claims a net repayment, the deadline remains at the end of the month following the period-end. Although there are no tax-geared penalties for late filing of repayment returns under the current system, the Government's proposed new penalty system will, when it is introduced, impose both late filing penalties and, for payment returns, tax-geared penalties as well. Speak to your UHY partner if you would like assistance with your VAT administration or compliance procedures to ensure that your returns are filed on time.
Zero-rating clarification
A couple of recent announcements have clarified the zero-rating for new accommodation linked to healthcare and the sale of vehicles adapted for the disabled.
HMRC have confirmed that new accommodation constructed for the purpose of care will still qualify for zero-rating if it meets the fundamental condition of being 'designed as a dwelling'. This follows confusion over the way some local authorities treated such accommodation for planning permission purposes.
Unfortunately, it is not all good news. In a separate announcement, HMRC have also confirmed the withdrawal of zero-rating for motor vehicles adapted for disabled use after sale. HMRC have confirmed that the zero-rating for such vehicles only applies if the adaptions are carried out before being sold. This was originally pre-announced a year ago to give relevant businesses time to adapt to the change.
Partnership (or not)
It is a fundamental principle of VAT that HMRC can only collect VAT from the legal entity in question, whether that be a sole proprietor, partnership or other. In a recent case involving a bankrupt sole proprietor, HMRC took him and his estranged wife to the Tribunal arguing that they were in business as a partnership so that HMRC could collect unpaid VAT from either partner under the principle of joint and several liability. In a fairly clear-cut decision, the Tribunal held that the unhappy couple were not in business as a partnership. Admittedly, the case only got this far because both individuals refused to speak to HMRC and the wife refused to speak to anyone who alleged that she was in partnership with her estranged husband, but it does show the creative lengths that HMRC will go to in order to recover revenue.
EU VAT numbers
An interesting case has recently arisen concerning the sale of goods to businesses in other EU member states and an obligation upon the UK seller to verify their customer's own VAT number. In slightly unfortunate circumstances, the UK seller was given a false VAT number by her Spanish customer but because it conformed to the known format of Spanish VAT numbers she did not think it necessary to check any further. When justifying a penalty to the UK seller, HMRC relied upon their guidance which states that in such circumstances the UK seller will only be able to avoid liability for VAT if they can prove they have taken 'all reasonable steps' to confirm that the VAT number was valid. In this instance, the taxpayer had not and the Tribunal found in favour of HMRC (although reducing the additional penalty by 50% for co-operation). UK businesses should always endeavour to check their EU customers' VAT numbers and if in doubt you should seek further advice before taking a chance.
Compound interest
Finally, the long-awaited Opinion from the European Advocate General has been issued in the Littlewoods case, whereby compound interest was sought from HMRC on past VAT refunds. In a typically obtuse Opinion, following howls of protest from several EU member state Governments, the Advocate General has passed the buck squarely back to the member states' Courts. It is now for member states themselves to determine whether the domestic provisions for compensating taxpayers who have been required to pay VAT wrongly are in accordance with European law. This does nothing for taxpayers and could be seen as giving HMRC the green light to ignore claims for restitution of compound interest from those UK businesses forced to pay VAT when HMRC had misread the law in the first place.
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VATflash July 2014
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VATflash November 2013
Our November VATflash discusses the complicated VAT treatment of tripartite arrangements. Although tripartite arrangements are not in themselves unusual, they cause difficulties when determining who can reclaim the VAT on relevant costs since the person contracting and paying for the service may not actually be the person receiving it.
VATflash June 2013
Our June VATflash discusses the VAT concept of single vs. multiple supplies and the implications for your business' VAT position. It also discusses some recent cases relating to this matter for a company selling caravans, a supermarket selling disposable BBQs, and a French undertakers business.
VATflash January 2013
This month's VATflash focuses on the changes to the research exemption and the long-term hire of means of transport, updates from the courts and a number of other VAT related issues.
VATflash November 2012
This month's VATflash discusses the ongoing Tribunal of Sub One, the changes to the Business Records Checks project, HMRC's latest taskforce launches, extending the higher education VAT exemption to commercial providers, input VAT on the theft of goods, information on the tax gap, VAT registration for non-resident businesses and recent appointments.


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June 6th, 2007
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A little less than twenty-four hours ago, I learned for the first time that my great- great- grandfather was held in slavery in Clay County, Missouri by a man named Henry Wilhite. Tonight as I was going to bed, I grabbed a book off the shelf to read myself to sleep. I wasn't looking for a particular book, just any …
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A week from this Thursday, which would be June 14, 2007, is the 160th anniversary of the birth of my great-great-grandfather, Ezekiel Johnson. I've written about him before (here, here, and here). For awhile, he was one of my very difficult brickwalls. And then one day, a sudden breakthrough gave me some special insight into his origins and at the …
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Mecklenburg County commissioners on Tuesday will hear from a group of smaller mental health providers about concerns that they're being unfairly targeted for expulsion from the MeckLINK Behavioral Healthcare's provider network.
The providers charge that it takes months for them to get paid for their services and that their clients are disproportionately denied certain care.
The county spent more than $7 million to create MeckLINK, classified by the state as a managed-care organization (MCO), to oversee Mecklenburg's share of millions of dollars in federal Medicaid money for mental health services. It is the only county-run MCO among 10 around the state.
Yet at a meeting last week, the providers told several county and state elected officials that they weren't getting paid at a reasonable pace after claims were filed and that MeckLINK was rejecting up to half of their clients' requests for services.
Mark Brown, co-owner of one of the providers, Melange Health Solutions of Charlotte, said the group wants commissioners to appoint an independent review board to review any attempts by MeckLINK to expel providers from its network.
Brown alleged that the expulsions come after "trumped-up deficiencies."
"We are seeing case after case where administrative errors are elevated to 'major contract violations' to justify expulsion," he said.
At one time, providers billed Medicaid directly for services and faced few denials. But to cut costs, the federal money was turned over to states. N.C. lawmakers put MCOs – including MeckLINK – in charge of deciding which requests for services would be funded.
MeckLINK reported in June that the agency had cut costly intensive in-home treatments from 1,500 clients in March to about 600. It said the cuts were necessary because of cuts in Medicaid funding from the state.
At the same time, MeckLINK Chief Financial Officer Ken O'Neil reported to commissioners in July that it had money problems, running a deficit in May and June.
O'Neil couldn't be reached Friday.
MeckLINK is in the process of merging into another MCO, said commission Chair Pat Cotham. State lawmakers recently approved a bill that would force MeckLINK to be governed by an independent authority instead of commissioners.
Cotham was one of the officials who met with providers last week.
The allegations, she said, concern her.
"They were no surprise to me; I've heard the concerns for months," Cotham said. "The high rate of denials give me pause. These are vulnerable citizens who may not be getting the services they need.
"We need more clarity. Providers should be able to expect that when they send in a claim for services that they get paid in a reasonable amount of time."
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Public-Private Partnerships and Sustainable Agricultural Development
AbstractAgriculture in Africa is not sustainable because average yields have been stagnating for decades due to underinvestment, especially in the development of agricultural markets, crop improvement and the sustainable management of agricultural systems. Low public sector funding for agricultural research and lack of incentives for the private sector to operate in areas where there is no market largely explain the yield gap in many food-importing developing countries. Yet, there are effective ways in which the public and the private sector could work together and jointly improve agricultural sustainability in poor countries. The public sector provides a favorable institutional environment for the development of agricultural markets and investment in rural infrastructure, facilitates local business development and funds research with local relevance. The private sector, in return, brings its considerable expertise in product development and deployment. This article illustrates how new forms of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for agricultural development can work in challenging environments. It discusses three promising examples of PPPs in which the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) is actively involved, and shows that an experimental approach can sometimes be more effective than social planning in efforts to achieve sustainable agriculture.
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It's hard not to notice that neon is a big trend this season, with bright styles hitting both the red carpet and beaches alike.
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CALUMET CITY | T.F. North coach Chris Pruitt wants senior Chanel Howard to play more of a leadership role on a young Meteor team. If Tuesday night's win against Evergreen Park was any indicator, Howard may be moving in the right direction.
Howard led the Meteors with 23 points on the way to a 45-44 win over the Mustangs in South Suburban Conference crossover action. Esther Fagbemi scored eight for T.F. North and brought down 11 rebounds. Dayza Dunn scored eight and had eight rebounds, including two big rebounds for T.F. North in the final two minutes. The Meteors struggled on the boards on the night, but Dunn and Fagbemi came up with the big rebounds in the closing minutes.
"Our rebounding, we have to work on that this week," Pruitt said. "Boxing out, that was a big part of being lackadaisical. We're trying to get some leadership out of the seniors."
T.F. North (3-2, 1-1) trailed the entire first half but was down only by one at the break. The Meteors then outscored the Mustangs 13-7 in the third quarter to grab the lead without relinquishing it the rest of the way.
"We definitely played aggressive on offense," Howard said. "We should have beat them by a little more, but it was a lack of communication of defense. They had a lot of people getting open. Overall, I think we took care of the ball and stepped up in the fourth quarter and got the win."
Evergreen Park had possession in the final nine seconds of the game, but a Makaia Garret deflection and near steal ended any hope of a win for the away team. The Meteors are a young team with only three seniors, but Howard and Fagbemi are both seniors who will be looked to this season.
"Our chemistry wasn't there," Pruitt said. "It's a young team, and I think Chanel out of all of them has played the most. I'm trying to get her to understand the leadership role as a point guard. But she's a shooter also, so I'm taking her out of her comfort zone."
Pruitt has been encouraging Howard to be more aggressive on offense, and the senior certainly took her coaches' suggestion to heart Tuesday night.
"My teammates, too, have been pushing me to be aggressive in the offense," Howard said. "I give all the credit to them with the screens, blocks, everything. Their offensive rebounding. That's all them."
The win improved the Meteors to 1-1 in the SSC, and the team is looking to build from a less than stellar 2012-2013 campaign.
"We're looking to do well in the conference," Howard said. "Last year we didn't do so great, but we're using that as motivation to get better in the conference."


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Renewed fighting and refugee influx a wake-up call to Chinese dam-builders Burma Army clashes with Kokang at site of planned Upper Salween Dam
Shan activists are calling on China to immediately halt all investment in dams on the Salween River following the recent heavy fighting between the Burmese military regime and the Kokang ceasefire army near the site of the Upper Salween Dam planned by Chinese companies in northern Shan State.
Heavy clashes have taken place just east of the town of Kunlong, about 15 kms from the planned dam site. Fighting broke out on August 27, 2009, after the regime deployed thousands of troops to seize control of the Kokang territory, shattering the 20-year ceasefire and causing over 30,000 refugees to flee to China. Kokang forces have sought to repel the Burma Army troops.
Plans to build the Upper Salween Dam, also known as the Kunlong Dam, were announced in April 2007 by two Chinese companies, Hanergy Holding Group (formerly Farsighted Investment Group) and Gold Water Resources Company. Since then a team of Chinese and Burmese technicians have been conducting feasibility studies for the 2,400 MW dam, 25 kms from the Chinese border.
The Kunlong Dam is one of five mega dams being planned on the Salween in Burma by the SPDC and Chinese and Thai companies, to produce electricity to be sold to China and Thailand. The Shan Sapawa Environmental Organisation, together with the Salween Watch coalition of environmental groups from Thailand and Burma, has been monitoring the controversial dam plans for ten years and advocating for their immediate halt.
"The renewed fighting and the flood of refugees into Yunnan should be a wake-up call to China about the risks of investing in Burma," said Sapawa spokesperson Sai Khur Hseng. "Not only is there no free and informed consent to these dam projects, but they are being built over the dead bodies of our people."
The other mega dam being planned in Shan State is the giant 7,110 MW Ta Sang dam, 100 km from the Thai border. In early August, the regime renewed a scorched earth campaign in townships close to the Ta Sang dam site, torturing and killing civilians and driving 10,000 villagers from their homes.
For further information on the Salween dam plans, see www.salweenwatch.org
The Burmese generals are now
The Burmese generals are now trying to take back from China the portions of Northern Burma they effectively ceded to Chinese control over the past few decades. It remains to be seen who will win the battle between the twin oppressors of the people of the region, the Burmese or the Chinese.
The Burmese offensive is taking place in the wake of former US Secretary of the Navy, now US Senator, Webb's appeasement trip to Burma. Clearly the US under the imperialist Obama regime is not content to leave any path to world-wide suffering and strife untrod, and has emboldened the Burmese Generals to open this offensive.
The wheels of the hegemonists are in motion and the people of the region seem destined to continue to suffer either way, at the hands of the Chinese or at the hands of the US-backed Burmese junta.
I thought he went to Burma to
I thought he went to Burma to get the US citizen back.
According to JFL, Burmese government needs a sanction from the US. to atack a guerrilla organization in their territory. It means America has quite a strong leverage to change Burma. This is a ray of hope, indeed.
I think the US wish to
I think the US wish to 'downplay' China's immense influence in Burma. The plight of the ethnic minorities, the democratic movement,all made up for good excuse for the US( Bush or Obama or any figurehead).
Thailand didn't seem to hesitate to join the exploitation on Burmese vested natural resources. Will the current government reconsider its role in Burma? I'd seriously doubt that.
The Burmese generals
The Burmese generals certainly don't need any urging to murder their own people or any and all other ethnic groups in Burma, but they do need a supply of guns and ammunition to do so, and they have relied upon China for those for some time now.
Since they are now attacking Chinese nationals in Burma as well as their traditional targets among the peoples who've always lived in the region they must now have another source of arms secured.
US governments are always ready to use US taxpayer dollars to subsidize the export of the US Military Industrial Complex' weaponry, the only thing still "made in the USA" available for export, so I conclude that that may well be how Webb got immediate access to the otherwise terminally paranoid Burmese thugs in chief.
Who knows, maybe the "crazy" Mormon Seer was a CIA plant to gain entre, to bring down Aung San Su Kyi at the same time, "by mistake" of course, and to prepare for the story of the "resurgent democracy in Burma"?
Asia Sentinel has a story, Does China Have Designs on a Troubled Area? which talks about a Chinese apparatchik named Zhan Lue and his internet musings that argued that India [Assam] could be split into 20 to 30 nation states by pushing for the local aspirations of indigenous communities.
Certainly that strategy could be played out by China at least as effectively in Burma as in Assam. Perhaps it's even the US' game plan versus China itself in Tibet and the Uighar provinces.
After all, that's where al Qaeda came from: an offhand US creation while spreading "democracy" throughout the world.
China, Myanmar border on a
Someone named David I
Someone named David I Steinberg, billed as "a distinguished professor of Asian Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University" puts forth an apology for Webb's "amelioration" of US sanctions against Burma in Sondhi's online rag.
You will remember Georgetown as that resurgent center of Jesuit casuistry: the school that has embraced the War Criminal Douglas Feith on its faculty. No doubt another "distinguished professor of Foreign Service".
HRW calls for Myanmar
HRW calls for Myanmar prisoners' release
"Burma's generals are planning elections next year that will be a sham if their opponents are in prison," said Tom Malinowski, Washington advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. "Despite recent conciliatory visits by U.N. and foreign officials, the military government is actually increasing the number of critics it is throwing into its squalid prisons."
US takes a radical turn on
US takes a radical turn on Myanmar
Senator Jim Webb's high-profile visit with senior junta members last month also hinted a move towards more policy engagement was on the cards... it is notable that the US State Department said that it was the generals who are seeking engagement with the US, not the other way around... it was also made clear by [Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt] Campbell that discussion of easing sanctions would be possible if significant reforms were taken "to address core human rights and democracy issues that are inhibiting [Myanmar's] progress". Campbell said that... the US government... will stress to the regime what conditions would be acceptable by Washington to label the electoral process credible. The US waived travel restrictions to junta members, allowing them to leave New York and travel to Washington during their stay.
We shall shortly be hearing of the "green revolution" in Burma and the "resurgence of democracy" there. Aung San Suu Kyi will stay in prison and the US will begin arms shipments to the Generals.


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It's time to freshen up the classic "Yo Momma" insult book with some entries that reflect the 21st Century, specifically leveraging the technological advancements of that past decade to describe how fat, ugly and stupid she is.
Yo Momma is so dumb she thought the opposite of right click was wrong click.
Yo Momma is so ugly she made her hard drive go soft.
Yo Momma is so nasty when the computer told her to open Flash she jumped on the desk and lifter her skirt.
Yo Momma is so stupid she tried to roast marshmallows with a cd burner.
Yo Momma is so fat she tried to eat her space bar.
Yo Momma is so dumb when I told her to bookmark my site she threw Moby Dick in my eye.
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Place a press release in the local newspaper and news media on your new services or products being offered. This is a tool that many Japanese restaurant business owners forget to try. This gives you a spotlight on what you are offering to people in your general servicing area. Press releases are well put together marketing statements about someone or a sushi bar and what they are offering or doing in the local community.
Do not worry if your Japanese restaurant business catalogue does not seem to be generating much revenue. Many customers prefer to shop online rather than ordering over the phone. However, customers still appreciate catalogues to view items that you have available. You may find that much of your online Japanese restaurant business is attributable to your catalogue even if it doesn't seem that way!
You must try to build repute and credibility in the market. It can help you achieve the desired Japanese restaurant business related goals. Having a sound reputation in the market can serve to be an asset for your Japanese restaurant business.
On the internet, the equivalent of the offline postcard is the "audio postcard". You may just record an engaging advertising message, upload it to an audio post card service, and send to your prospective customers. These audio postcards can be publicly viewable.
Growth is essential to the life and vitality of your Japanese restaurant business. Japanese Restaurant Businesses that fail to grow risk ending altogether. The vitality and the very existence of your sushi bar depend on growth, and demand participation in activities designed to produce positive benefits for your Japanese restaurant business. Careful planning for growth also avoids activities that tend to harm the Japanese restaurant business.
Billboards and sign boards are the best thing to advertise upon these days. You can get these billboards on rent and display the advertisement of your Japanese restaurant business. This will surely give your Japanese restaurant business a big boom.
Businesses should consider asking for upfront payments from clients. In so doing, Japanese restaurant businesses can improve overall cash flow. Cash flow is the lifeblood of the Japanese restaurant business, and increasing revenue streams by securing payments first can increase the flow of cash and make revenue streams more steady.
If you aren't making any money in your new Japanese restaurant business, a new idea could be just as useful. Making something new instead of dwelling on the existing things might be the change you need in order to see money instead of just worrying about the lack of it.


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Heat oil in a medium saucepan on high. Saute onion 2-3 minutes, until tender. Add zucchini, taco spice mix and chilli. Cook, stirring, a further 1-2 minutes.
Stir tomatoes, beans and corn through. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer 3-4 minutes, until thickened slightly.
Spoon 1/3 cup tomato mixture down centre of each tortilla. Roll up to enclose. Arrange in single layer in dish. Spoon remaining mixture over tortillas. Sprinkle with cheese.
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An angry, gun-wielding customer gave a UPS driver the scare of a lifetime Thursday, Providence police said.
Police identified the suspect as 68-year-old Dana Simmons.
Police sources told NBC 10 the suspect was upset about a delivery, jumped in the UPS truck, and at some point pulled a gun.
The suspect and driver fought as the truck was moving along Hospital Street, ultimately hitting a curb outside a deli and bar.
Police said the gun went off as the driver and suspect struggled. The bullet apparently hit the second floor above the deli.
Simmons is facing a charge of felony assault with a firearm. He was being held overnight at Providence police headquarters and is due in court Friday.
A representative from UPS said the driver was OK and that the rest is up to police.
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Many classes require participation in the end of semester poster symposium. Students in online classes will be required to participate as well; arrangements for synchronous participation will be made individually for each student.
The Masters of Science in Health Informatics degree allows students to select courses in basic, research, and advanced informatics that cover topics in various subfields including clinical and cognitive informatics.
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SaintStryfe said...
I don't mind theory crafting to figure out a strategy. For ENH shaman, for instance, in the opening paragraph of this article, The Tunic would be better - hit is more useful, and so is the Mastery. How do I know this? Theorycrafters worked out that the general "hierarchy" of secondary stats for an ENH shaman. For the most part, all pieces in the same slot for the same iLevel will have the same base stats, so that we can ignore. So we decide what's better based on secondary stats.
For the most part, Hit (till spell hit cap, 1740 or there abouts for most), Expertise (until 26 rating, 540 or there abouts for most), Mastery (effects 60+% of your damage, including your hard-hitting lava lash), Crit (effects all damage but at a much lower rate), then Haste (only has a major effect on our weapon swing speed, and honestly, not that much, you need an insane amount to really count now-a-days. ENH SHaman don't cast many spells with a cast time).
So, for clarity:
Hit (till cap)
Expertise (till cap)
Anything else, including INT, SPI or any other stat.
So, I can quickly look at the two pieces of gear, like those two chest pieces, and assume, yes, that the Tunic would be better. If I end up with too much hit, with reforging, I can remove hit elsewhere and use it for something like Mastery or Crit, so I don't even need to really care about Caps.
Now, what do I NOT like Theorycrafting/simming for? Arguing about pieces of gear. If someone in one my raids ever said "BIS so I should get it" to me, I would probably consider not bringing them next time. Gear is gear, but if two people can use it, then something else - with us just the simple RNG, but could be something like DKP or Loot Council - can decide it. But if we sit to argue who can use it "More" we'd never get anything done. Also, I don't think it's a very good use of time to sit there and run through gearing choices. Things should be fairly obvious.
I deeply appreciate theorycrafters and Sim developers work, but at the same point, once I learn that hierarchy, I really don't want to sit there and use programs for a few hundred DPS difference.


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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday chaired the unified headquarters meeting which took stock of the security situation in the state and the arrangements for the forthcoming annual Amarnath Yatra.
An official statement issued in Srinagar said the Chief Minister received a briefing on the prevailing security and law and order situation in the state during the meeting, as well as "arrangements put in place to conduct the Shri Amarnath Yatra peacefully and securely".
The unified headquarters is the apex security grid in the state and was formed to coordinate security force action against the separatist guerrillas.
Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo, the Army's northern command chief Lt Gen KT Parnaik, Principal Secretary Home Suresh Kumar, Director General of Police Ashok Prasad, the commanders of the army's 14, 15, 16, and 9 Corps, divisional commissioners, Kashmir and Jammu and other senior civil, police and intelligence officers also attended the meeting.
Lt Gen Parnaik had recently disclosed that intelligence intercepts with the Army indicate this year's Amarnath Yatra is 'on the radar of the militants'.


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GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady says that immigration is a federal issue, and that the failure of current and past administrations in failing to address the issue causes much consternation.
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bill Brady said today he supports schools right to make decisions, but worries Highland Park may have "overstepped rationality" in preventing their girls' basketball team from traveling to Arizona.
"I certainly respect the school district's right to make decisions, I believe in local control," Brady said. "I just hope they haven't overstepped rationality in this case."
"The whole immigration issue just drives to the problem we have at the federal level," Brady said. "Immigration is a federal issue. It's not a state by state issue. And the failure of this administration, and arguably even past administrations, to come up with a long-term solution to this just drives wedges in our society that we don't need at this time."


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