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Convocation Address 2017
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III
President, UMBC
August 29, 2017
Each year at this time, we gather at Convocation – a "calling together" (in Latin) – to welcome you, our new students. We're excited that you're here. You are entering the university at a very special time. We just celebrated our 50th anniversary, and you will be an important part of shaping who we become over the next 50 years. I want to read a passage that has inspired and sustained me for decades. I hope it will do the same for you.
May You Seek After Truth
May you seek after truth. If anything I teach you be false, may you throw it from you and go on to richer knowledge and deeper truth than I have ever known.
If you become a man [or woman] of thought and learning, may you never fail to tear down with your right hand what your left hand has built up if, through years of thought and study, you see it at last not to be founded on that which is.
If you become an artist, may you never paint with pen or brush any picture of external life otherwise than as you see it.
If you become a politician, may no success for your party or even love of your nation ever lead you to tamper with reality and to play a diplomatic part.
In all of your circumstances, my child, may you seek after truth; and cling to that as a drowning man in a stormy sea who flings himself on a plank and clings to it, knowing that whether he sinks or swims with it, it is the best that he has.
Die poor, unknown, a failure – but shut your eyes to nothing that seems to them to be the truth.
When I was a child, living in Birmingham, Alabama, my minister taught my peers and me this statement by Olive Schreiner, who was born in South Africa to British missionaries and became a social and political activist and novelist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We were growing up in turbulent times. The United States was fighting the War in Vietnam, and at home, Americans were fighting for equality and human rights – from the feminist movement to the gay rights movement to the civil rights movement for African Americans. Peaceful protest all too often turned threatening and violent. I saw my heroes, President John F. Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, assassinated for what they believed. Through all that, this poem – May You Seek After Truth – served as an anchor, something my friends and I could hold onto.
We are again experiencing trying times. History tells us this is not the first time we've felt that the nation is divided. During such times, it becomes especially important to think deeply about our hopes, our dreams, and our values. We must be thoughtful about the challenges we face. At UMBC, we have redoubled our focus on those values we consider most important, chief among them the notion of the truth. Education is fundamentally about the pursuit of knowledge and truth. That is what we mean when we talk about the life of the mind.
We value treating others with respect, standing against any kind of prejudice, and speaking out with courage about what is right and wrong. We place a high value on the arts and humanities – especially what they teach us about what it means to be human – and also on the scientific method. We appreciate that the truth is not about anecdotes and what's popular, but about what is real and socially just. We welcome discussion and debate about the challenges our society faces. We must talk to one another, lest we lose sight of the whole truth. We also encourage the development of critical thinking. Americans now see and hear information from so many different sources, and there are often conflicting interpretations of the same event or behavior. Your education should help you to think critically, to develop sound logic and judgement.
A commitment to truth and critical thinking will serve you well in your life, in your career, and in your role as a citizen. Frederick M. Lawrence, the secretary of Phi Beta Kappa, one of our country's most prestigious honors societies, talks frequently about the importance of college as preparation for citizenship. He notes that Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis called America's most important office "that of private citizen." Dr. Lawrence goes on to say that there are three sets of skills needed to perform the duties of the office of private citizen, and each is developed by a liberal arts and sciences education. To paraphrase his writing:
First, a private citizen must be able to turn raw information into knowledge. Second, a private citizen must be able to evaluate arguments. Finally, a private citizen must be able to engage in reasoned debate with others. Presenting one's own rational claims, based on provable truths, as well as being prepared to listen thoughtfully to those of others, is the hallmark of a liberal education.
Four years or 50 years from now, I want you to look back at the beginning of your college journey and remember that at the center of that experience was a focus on the life of the mind and the heart and on the search for the truth. Each of you also is beginning a new stage of life, and it's important to appreciate the significance of a college education and attending UMBC, in particular. When we were founded, only 10% of American adults had four-year college degrees. Today, 33% of Americans, or one in three, hold a bachelor's degree (36% white, 22% African American, 15% Hispanic, and 54% Asian American). In response to the emergence of China, India, and several other countries as global competitors, America has substantially raised its educational goals to 60% of American adults having two- and four-year degrees by 2020 (compared to about 42% today). To achieve this ambitious goal and maintain the nation's status as a global leader, we must dramatically increase our numbers of college graduates.
While it's true that more Americans than ever are attending college, the percentage of young adults with four-year degrees is not increasing substantially. American adults, in general, are second in the world for bachelor's degree attainment. But younger Americans, 25 to 34 years old, rank 12th globally in bachelor's attainment. All this means that for the first time since the middle of the 20th century, we cannot say that each generation of Americans will have more education than the one before it. What is especially troubling is that college completion is heavily stratified by wealth. Eighty percent of those from the top income quartile earning a bachelor's degrees by age 24, while only 10 percent from the lowest income quartile do so.
One of the biggest challenges is that about half of students who started college have not finished. (In fact, there are 31 million Americans who started college in the past 20 years and have no degree.) In contrast, at UMBC, we fully expect that all of you will graduate. As this campus was opening its doors just over 50 years ago, coincidentally, I was just beginning college in Virginia as a nerdy 15 year old. I remember the Convocation speaker saying to our class, "Look to your left; look to your right; one of you will not graduate." I watched some of my classmates already believing that the speaker was talking about them, and it did become a self-fulfilling prophecy. A number did not graduate. At UMBC, we say, "Look to your left; look to your right; our goal is to make sure all of you graduate."
We want you to set high expectations for yourselves – both in your studies and in your life – just as we set high expectations for ourselves in how we support you. So, please keep the following themes in mind: you are important to us, and we are determined both to challenge and support you; own your education by getting involved in and outside of the classroom; and get to know each other and support each other. Our goal for each of you is that you graduate prepared to lead a meaningful life. You are here chiefly to prepare for the rest of your life – and you will have the greatest influence on your own success.
One of the reasons that UMBC has been so successful is that we listen to students. Each year, I ask returning students for advice to pass on to new ones. Here's some of their advice:
- Keep an open mind.
- Don't be afraid to ask for help – we all need help.
- Get involved.
- Show interest in your classes (and go to your classes – on time – in the first place).
- Get to know professors and staff, and ask them to tell their stories.
- Take full advantage of opportunities for internships and research.
- Challenge yourself by getting out of your comfort zone.
- Look for opportunities to network and to connect with other people.
- Take responsibility for your mistakes.
UMBC is a community where people truly care about one another. Many of you have already bonded these past few days during move-in and activities on campus and in Baltimore. During Welcome Week, we want you to learn about the university and have fun – but most important, we want you to make connections. We know that students who support one another are the most likely to thrive and to succeed academically. You are not in this alone.
You are now a part of a campus that has become one of America's distinctive public universities. This past year, U.S. News & World Report ranked us #5 among the nation's "Most Innovative Schools," and #18 in the country for excellence in undergraduate teaching. We are consistently named a "Best Value" by national publications, and the Princeton Review just commended our Career Center because our graduates are entering the job market with confidence. Large numbers of our students go on to graduate and professional schools and excel. Most important, UMBC is nationally recognized as a model for innovation, particularly for supporting students – from first-year seminars and undergraduate research to service-learning initiatives and intellectual competition. We're also very proud of our athletes, half of whom are on the Dean's list. (Give all of our athletes a round of applause.)
How many of you are a little afraid or anxious about starting college? That is perfectly natural. You'll become more comfortable the longer you're here, and you'll quickly realize that the goal is not simply to earn a degree and then find work or go to graduate school (though those achievements are important). How many of you know what you want to major in? All of you – those who have decided on a major and those who are undecided – will benefit from the courses you'll take in our General Education program, encompassing the arts, humanities, social sciences, and the natural and physical sciences. This work may be as important as your major; it's a critical part of your education. What's most important is that you learn how to learn and become passionate about learning and life. What you are getting here is the kind of liberal education the Phi Beta Kappa secretary praised.
What precisely do we mean by "liberal education"? The word "liberal" comes from the Latin adjective "liber," meaning "free." The word "education" comes from both the Latin verb "duco," meaning "to lead," and the prefix "e," which means "out of." Defined literally, then, "liberal education" means "the free act of leading out of." Most often, "liberal education" has been associated with free people, who, unlike slaves or indentured servants, had time to cultivate the intellect. Another interpretation of "liberal education" is education for its own sake – the freedom to think and explore ideas in any direction. This freedom is the greatest opportunity you will find here.
A few years ago, one of my mentors, the late James Freedman, former President of Dartmouth College, told his graduating class that a liberal education was "the surest source of a satisfying life."
A liberal education that lasts a lifetime will inspire you to strengthen the foundation of your moral identity and to explore the ordeal of being human – the drama of confronting the darker side of the self; the responsibility of imposing meaning on your life and society; the challenge of transcending the ambiguity-entangled counsel of arrogance and modesty, egotism and altruism, emotion and reason, opportunism and loyalty, individualism and conformity.
Your liberal education will equip you with the skills you'll need to grow. More important, you'll develop a way of thinking about – and appreciating – your own story and the stories of others. In the classroom, you'll practice thinking critically, writing and speaking clearly, and listening attentively. Outside the classroom, you'll have opportunities to learn about leadership and team building, and to practice thinking on your feet and explaining concepts with clarity.
For years, I've been telling students about the late I.I. Rabi, who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1944. Rabi taught us that being passionate about learning depends on being passionate about asking good questions. Rabi grew up in New York City, where, after school each day, the neighborhood mothers asked their children, "What did you learn today?" Rabi's mother, however, asked a different question: "Did you ask a good question today, Izzy?" Years later, when Rabi was asked how he became a world-class scientist and scholar, he answered that his mother deserved much of the credit: "Asking good questions made me become a good scientist." The lesson is never stop asking good questions.
Surely, many of you already wonder about "life after UMBC" and where your education will lead you. You'll be inspired by what some of this year's graduates are doing this fall. Many are beginning their studies at the top graduate and professional programs across the country. Other graduates are launching careers with major corporations, agencies, public school systems, non-profit organizations, and start-ups, focusing on financial analysis, software engineering, education, human services, public policy, and dance. Most important, if you begin now exploring ways to connect with faculty and staff who can help you identify and get immersed in research opportunities and internships, you'll have many options as you prepare to graduate a few years from now. In addition, faculty will know you well enough to write impressive letters of recommendation for you. Before the year is out, I hope you all will have gone to both the Career Services Center to learn more about internships and careers and the Shriver Center to learn more about service-learning opportunities.
The fact that you're a student here means that you are well prepared. You have strong academic records, high test scores, and rich experiences in your backgrounds. Yet, you might be surprised to know that we have students here who are not even teenagers. What is my point? We can always find people who are even higher achievers than we are. What's important is mindset and grit. Pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth defines grit as "a special blend of passion and persistence" that is key to success. Characteristics of grit include courage, conscientiousness, possession of long-term goals, resilience, and orientation toward excellence rather than perfection. There's a reason we call ourselves the "House of Grit." What is important is that we work to be the best we can be – and to support each other.
I challenge you to work hard, to be passionate about your education, and to envision and dream about your future. I also challenge you to be actively engaged in the campus community. Be a part of each other's success – as partners in study sessions, labs, artistic performances, and civic engagement; as teammates on the court or athletic field; as members of campus clubs and student organizations; and simply as friends. Some friendships you make here will last your lifetime.
There's always plenty to do at UMBC, but you can't know if you don't get out and ask about what's going on. I encourage you to visit the Involvement Fest on September 7, from noon to 3 p.m. Be a part of campus governance through the Student Government Association; keep the campus informed through The Retriever Weekly; elevate student research and creative achievement by contributing to the UMBC Review and Bartleby. We want you to connect with faculty and staff – they are national and international experts in their fields, and they care about you. Get to know their stories because they, too, will inspire you. A number of our students start companies during their time at UMBC, and I encourage you to participate in our annual Idea Competition. Also, take time to attend and enjoy a wide range of events – from Theatre and Dance Department productions to performances by the UMBC Symphony Orchestra to art exhibits to Humanities and Social Sciences Forum lectures to athletic events. You'll see that we take pride in having increasingly exciting athletic activities.
UMBC is now your home – and you have more freedom than ever to make choices that will affect you and others around you. It's important to balance this new freedom with a heightened sense of responsibility. Take care of yourself. Get enough sleep, eat well, and make good choices about alcohol. Most of our students make good choices, but sometimes, the pressure of being in a new place can lead people to make bad decisions. To prevent that, start by seeking out accurate information about campus life. For example, you shouldn't assume that all students drink. In fact, a majority of first-year students tell us that they do not consume any alcohol during a typical two-week period, and large numbers of our upper-classmen say the same. Nationally, 40 percent of students report that they engage in binge drinking – while UMBC students report binge drinking at half that rate.
We are very proud of the good choices most of our students make, but we are also very concerned about those students who do make decisions that put their lives at risk. Data from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism tell a chilling story: each year, while under the influence of alcohol, more than 1,800 college students die; that is five deaths per day. It is also the case that 78 Americans die from opioid overdoses every day. We take the harmful and often illegal use of alcohol and drugs very seriously. The message I want you to hear is that UMBC is an academically serious place – and it's a place where students find creative ways to have fun. If you choose not to drink, you will find plenty of company. You can help maintain this community standard by encouraging those around you not to drink or, for those who are of legal age, to drink responsibly. We want you to use your freedom wisely and grow in character. We believe deeply in the importance of academic and personal freedom and integrity. We want you to make good choices. "Be Your Best Self!"
You're entering UMBC at a time of great change. I could never have imagined, as a young adult, that one day I would have an opportunity to welcome this very special group of university students from all over the world. Just over fifty years ago, in 1963, I was a 12-year-old math nerd and in my first year of high school in Birmingham, Alabama. That May, while I was solving math problems in church, I heard a man speak about the Civil Rights movement that was dividing our town, and our country. If the children march, Dr. King said, the country will see that all they want is dignity and opportunity – and the chance to receive the very best education. After all, where would America be without an educated citizenry? I marched peacefully, alongside dozens of other children – and we were all thrown in jail.
After several days, Dr. King led our parents on a march to the jailhouse for an evening vigil of song and prayer for all the children. I remember looking out the windows of the jail at our parents and hearing Dr. King say, "What you do this day will have an impact on generations as yet unborn."
The reason I continue to tell this story is that it lets people know more about who I am, where I come from, the challenges I have faced, the dreams I have. I challenge you to know your story. Stories inspire us. I want each of you to reflect long and hard over these coming years on your story and its significance in your life – but not just reflect, I want you to tell your story. The college experience allows us to go deeply into the meaning of self, of life, and of the big questions we will face.
Beyond knowing yourself, get to know the stories of people at UMBC – and especially people beyond these hallowed walls. Yesterday, many of you took part in the New Student Book Experience about Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn – a moving call to action against the oppression of women and girls around the world. We read these new books to broaden our thinking and to reflect on the challenges of the human condition. Half the Sky shows how powerless women around the world sometimes are, but at the same time, we see inspiring stories of women becoming inspired to transform their lives and their communities. The book experience, like your UMBC experience, is designed to challenge you intellectually and personally and to take you beyond your comfort zone. You'll have opportunities to explore new ideas and meet people different from yourself. UMBC is a microcosm of the world – our students, faculty, and staff come from every state and more than 100 countries, and they have wide-ranging backgrounds in terms of academic interests, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, and culture. I want you to visit a new online resource, diversity.umbc.edu, where you can learn about events and programs focused on diversity and inclusion, as well as resources focused on those issues. If you keep an open mind, you will enjoy learning about others – their cultures and religions, interests and attitudes, strengths and weaknesses. You'll also learn about characteristics we all share – our fears, hopes, and dreams – and you will grow.
UMBC is committed to preparing leaders who will help the nation reduce inequality. Our BreakingGround initiative focuses on community engagement and social change. Through our Shriver Center students can engage with the local community and participate in service learning. For example, students can connect with the center's Choice Program, which provides mentors and 24-hour support services for hundreds of Baltimore youths, mostly boys and young men, who have been involved with the justice system. Our Women's Center offers a wide range of programming, support and discussion opportunities, as does our Mosaic Center, which supports cross-cultural education and collaboration. Across departments on campus, you will find more than 150 courses and projects focused on the challenges of Baltimore and issues of diversity and social justice. I encourage you to get involved. You have the opportunity to make a difference in the world – supporting a child, helping a senior citizen, reaching out to others in need, and creating lasting change in your community. You are preparing to be a leader in our country and in the world.
To be truly educated means that we always keep asking questions and learning, and we stay focused on that which is yet to be understood. In Samuel Beckett's Molloy, one of the main characters speaks of watching the dancing of the bees. "Here," he says, "is something I can study all my life, and never understand." That is the essence of education.
At Commencement, I always ask students what they are planning to do now that they have graduated. One year, a woman came across the stage and, when I asked her that question, she looked at me with such conviction and said: "I'm going to change the world."
There is my challenge to each of you – to think broadly, to dream about the endless possibilities for your own lives, to seek the truth, and to prepare to change the world. The ineluctable question is, What will you do during the next 50 years of your life? Dreams and values. Welcome to UMBC.
Watch your thoughts; they become your words.
Watch your words; they become your actions.
Watch your actions; they become your habits.
Watch your habits; they become your character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Again, welcome to UMBC. The journey begins.


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Talk:Divination training
- 1 Hourly Experience
- 2 Wisp Spawn Areas
- 3 2x, 3x, and 4x the Energy
- 4 tier 9 memories
- 5 Experience rates wrong
- 6 Correcting Exp/hr
- 7 Maximum XP Rates
- 8 Best lv to move on
- 9 Muspah XP rates?
- 10 Teleport clarification
- 11 Memory Running at Mobilizing Armies
- 12 Rewritten guide/more information needed (September 2015)
- 13 Capitalisation?
- 14 Chronicle fragments
- 15 xp rates still significantly wrong
Hourly Experience[edit source]
Okay, the rate scales with level - so I don't know how we should display it. Gleamings at level 53-55 were around 23k an hour; but at level 59 it's 26-27k an hour. I'm going to move onto the next ones when I get to level 60, so I'll keep tracking the experience rate per hour (sorry I didn't start sooner). But I don't know how the experience rate on Gleaming will improve beyond level 60. Emptylord (talk) 23:38, August 21, 2013 (UTC)
EDIT: Apparently it's just changing efficiency/luck on Enriched Memories rather than it actually improving per level. Emptylord (talk) 22:23, August 22, 2013 (UTC)
- It actually improves slightly due to gaining more energy near the end of a tier (only applies to some tiers). Also, it seems that the probability of getting an enhanced memory increases with level (need some proof). As for how to express it, using a range from lowest to highest rate per tier should be sufficient. -- Code2004 (talk) 22:39, August 22, 2013 (UTC)
- If we can believe Mod Michelle, there is a static chance for enriched memories to spawn, unrelated to your Divination level. IP188.8.131.52 (talk) 04:01, August 23, 2013 (UTC)
- I would love a ref if you could! Thanks! -- Code2004 (talk) 18:05, August 23, 2013 (UTC)
- Hmm, I was originally thinking of something else it seems. Regardless, for example: http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Flickering_wisp . She's the only one who edited that page, and it states: "Sometimes, around every 1000 harvests, you will get an enriched flickering memory."; quite a concrete number. IP126.96.36.199 (talk) 18:15, August 23, 2013 (UTC)
- No, enriched harvests are random, I've gotten them consecutively plenty of times. Possibly influenced by your level. That 1000 number refers to chronicle fragments. It actually means 1000 ticks, i.e. once a minute. MolMan 18:17, August 23, 2013 (UTC)
- On second though, this might be how enriched are granted randomly, but it is certainly not every 1000. MolMan 03:12, August 24, 2013 (UTC)
- No, enriched harvests are random, I've gotten them consecutively plenty of times. Possibly influenced by your level. That 1000 number refers to chronicle fragments. It actually means 1000 ticks, i.e. once a minute. MolMan 18:17, August 23, 2013 (UTC)
- Hmm, I was originally thinking of something else it seems. Regardless, for example: http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Flickering_wisp . She's the only one who edited that page, and it states: "Sometimes, around every 1000 harvests, you will get an enriched flickering memory."; quite a concrete number. IP18.104.22.168 (talk) 18:15, August 23, 2013 (UTC)
- I would love a ref if you could! Thanks! -- Code2004 (talk) 18:05, August 23, 2013 (UTC)
- If we can believe Mod Michelle, there is a static chance for enriched memories to spawn, unrelated to your Divination level. IP220.127.116.11 (talk) 04:01, August 23, 2013 (UTC)
Wisp Spawn Areas[edit source]
This isn't very evident at lower Divination levels, but there seem to be numerous spawn areas for wisps per rift. A few wisps spawn in fixed areas, while many hop around after being depleted. This is very evident at the Rift at Sophanem. Knowing this can help improve experience rates by forcing mobile wisps to an area closer to the rift. If someone could corroborate this information, it might be worthy of noting in the article. -- C ø D E TC 15:17, August 27, 2013 (UTC)
2x, 3x, and 4x the Energy[edit source]
If I recall correctly, at 50 Divination, I was getting twice the energy each harvest. In layman's terms, I would gain energy in increments of two. As soon as I reached 75 Divination, however, the amount would increase to three. If this is so, I wonder what level allows for four times the energy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Metallicanrana (talk). 08:48, August 28, 2013 (UTC)
- None, according to the jagex wiki. IP220.127.116.11 (talk) 08:52, August 28, 2013 (UTC)
- See Divine energy and RSWiki. Also, I've confirmed this with Mightiest and Im Choice. As for templating your sig, Ciphrius Kane gave me this really useful link. -- C ø D E TC 08:58, August 28, 2013 (UTC)
tier 9 memories[edit source]
I edited the table to be the xp per action with boons, as this article is about efficient training. I am unsure about the xp on tier 9 memroes with memories + energies used, it is technically 48.07, however jagex does not use anything past 10ths - so it rounds down to 48 xp (friend just confirmed). There was one of the other numbers that may also round down instead of up t10-12, which i am unable to find at this time. AFKeying (talk) 11:07, August 29, 2013 (UTC)
- I just did a quick test converting luminous memories for enhanced xp with a boon, which should confer 57.75 xp each. The actual average over 24 conversions was 57.708... xp each. I'm guessing that they round down to the nearest tenth (i.e., Floor[10xp]/10). This seems to tally with what your friend has found. -- C ø D E TC 12:00, August 29, 2013 (UTC)
Experience rates wrong[edit source]
The experience rates are way off.Plus there is a notable difference between 85 and 89, 90 and 94, etc.Ricewind1 (talk) 11:32, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
- How much of a discrepancy is there? Most of these numbers were just added by editors, so we haven't put the maths behind it... yet. Whether we've mathed it or not, I'd like them to be near correct in the mean time. MolMan 13:07, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
- I have been mapping the experience rates with help of a few others. Please refer here
- http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/c=YRvwUWTe1wE/sl=0/forums.ws?15,16,243,65135086,0,327359569,#0 for more information. I'm updating this as I go along. But as you can see, the difference between just 1 level can be pretty great. Ricewind1 (talk) 11:32, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
Correcting Exp/hr[edit source]
If anyone else could help getting this data correct that would be much appreciated. Do note that the required data is WITHOUT buying energy and WITHOUT chronicle fragments
|Energy type
|Experience (Enriched)
|Hourly Rates
|Memory and Energy
|Memories to Experience
|Memories and Energy to Experience [1]
|2 (4)
|4.4 (8.8)
|5.5 (11)
|3 (6)
|5.5 (11)
|6.8 (13.6)
|4 (8)
|7.7 (15.4)
|9.5 (19)
|5 (10)
|13.2 (26.4)
|16.5 (33)
|6 (12)
|20.9 (41.8)
|26 (52)
|7 (14)
|27.5 (55)
|34.4 (68.8)
|8 (16)
|35.2 (70.4)
|44 (88)
|9 (18)
|38.5 (77)
|48 (96)
|10 (20)
|41.8 (83.6)
|52.2 (104.4)
68,000 - 71,000
|11 (22)
|46.2 (92.4)
|58 (116)
|63,000 - 74,000
|12 (24)
|49.5 (99)
|61.8 (123.6)
|70,000 - 85,000
- ^ This rate of experience is obtained without purchasing any energy, but solely relying on the usage of your own gained energy.
Ricewind1 (talk) 17:22, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
Flarde (talk) 11:04, January 3, 2014 (UTC)
Maximum XP Rates[edit source]
Why is there no column for the "Maximum XP Rate", AKA using bought energy to speed up experience. This is certainly worthwhile, and it was there, but was deleted for some reason. Why? Is the maximum XP per hour not the most important thing about training this skill?Diivinationfools (talk) 20:26, September 6, 2013 (UTC)
- Probably because Maximum XP Rates are irrelavant as no one except highly focused players are able to maintain that rate. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) on 15:23, November 8, 2013.
- The rates are average, the odds of getting enriched vs normal memories will impact the XP of each load. (A little liek if you go fishing for trout/salmon or tuna/swordfish). Plus not everyone will buy energy. For some, the cost involved to get the extra say 5-10k/hr does not warrant the cost, so they are stuck using whatever energy they siphon, and that can take a few loads to get enough to convert 1 load to max XP. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 126.96.36.199 (talk) on 5:44, November 8, 2013.
Best lv to move on[edit source]
This artictle seems to suggest that immediately moving on when a new tier becomes available is ideal, but with the shifting ratio of enriched memories, this is hardly so! 220.127.116.11 23:42, March 9, 2014 (UTC)
Muspah XP rates?[edit source]
Someone please add the xp rates with nightmare muspah! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 188.8.131.52 (talk) on 07:06, June 16, 2014 (UTC).
Teleport clarification[edit source]
the lvl 95-99 section says:
The final location is just south of the Poison Waste. There are no real efficient means of travel, but the best options are:
- Use the teleport portal in the Elf City.
But doesn't specify where the teleport portal is or where it goes to.
This should be clarified in the page not just here.
18.104.22.168 19:11, December 25, 2014 (UTC)
Memory Running at Mobilizing Armies[edit source]
Does anyone happen to know how many memories one can convert per hour by saving them up, and then running them back and forth at the rift by Mobilizing Armies (with or without a Muspah familiar? I've been saving up a ton for the bonus XP weekend this February and was wondering, so I could calculate my rates. Stinky Troll[1] 05:12, February 8, 2015 (UTC)
Rewritten guide/more information needed (September 2015)[edit source]
I've just changed this article to match up to other skill training guides. I've changed to experience rate estimates to those mentioned previously on the talk page (in the "Correcting Exp/hr" section) as these are base experience rates, except for the estimates for pale and incandescent wisps which I tested myself.
- 2-10 pale wisps (not buying energy) - 1163/19.5m = 3578/hr
- 2-10 pale wisps (+ bought energy) - 1145/18m = 3817/hr (244 bought energy used > 725 an hour)
- 99 incandescent (not buying energy) - 27020.5/20m (including 1 enriched spring giving 19 enr memories) = 81,622.5/hr
- 99 incandescent (+ bought energy) - 32,259.5/20m (including 1 enriched spring giving 14 enr memories) = 96778.5/hr
This page needs more information added:
- Check XP rates for flickering+ wisps (not using bought energy) and expand XP rates to have an upper and lower estimate based on having the highest and lowest recommended Divination levels.
- Add XP rates for flickering+ wisps if using bought energy and add estimates of how much energy is used per hour.
IsobelJ 14:55, September 9, 2015 (UTC)
- Tried using prism of dowsing at incandescent wisps with level 99 and got 30,877/20m (using bought energy and including 1 enriched spring giving 19 enriched memories) = 92,631. Have not added it to the guide because it seems to actually decreases XP rates a bit - maybe because of inventory space being taken up by runes. IsobelJ 15:37, September 12, 2015 (UTC)
Capitalisation?[edit source]
Why do sections not need capitalisation to them? E.G: Levels 1-10: pale wisps
Personally, to me, that just looks dumb (Though, unless it is the British way of doing that, then it is fair). I think it's a fair bit of OCD because it really bothers me, mainly more because on other training pages, the Methods sections look like this: and . If someone could explain why, that would be great.{{subst:#ifexist:User:TaleGrim/Signature|{{subst:Nosubst|User:TaleGrim/Signature}}|— [[User:TaleGrim|TaleGrim]] ([[User talk:TaleGrim|talk]])}} (talk) 14:21, October 13, 2015 (UTC)
- I struggle to even understand what you're referring to, but if you mean the fact that things like 'pale wisp' aren't capitalised at the start, I'd say it is down to grammar. Something like a pale wisp isn't a location, or a name of someone. It is pretty much an object. And as far as grammar (well at least British grammar) goes, capitalising the name of an object is un-necessary. For example, you wouldn't say "I would like a Banana", would you? jayden
- Hey, I changed these back as per the guidelines in the style guide. Basically, this says that only words that are proper nouns, such as the place name "Lava Flow Mine", and the first word of a heading should be capitalised in headings. Hope that explains why I changed this and feel free to leave me a talk page message if you want help with anything else :) IsobelJ 14:59, October 13, 2015 (UTC)
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Chronicle fragments[edit source]
Both this, and the Chronicle page list the rates as 1/25 for every thousang memories collected. I don't have the official numbers, but this reads like you have a 1 in 25 chance from every thousand memories collected, meaning this section either needs re-writing to clarify or a reference source, as experience has had me collecting them magnitudes faster than this (three from a single spring is currently my record, with an average of around 1 chronicle per 100 memories).
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With the Arc batch 2 released, the divination training in the Arc may be worth it after level 90. Personally, I don't have the required level to do so. Would someone please kindly look into these? Thank you very much. --Alphachan (talk) 06:14, October 26, 2016 (UTC)
xp rates still significantly wrong[edit source]
XP rates per hour are way off by lvl 60, i see from past discussion that xp rates per hour have been known to be off for some time and yet havent been fixed but idk why.
I just did 50-60 and averaged like 19-22k per hour not buying energy which is notably less than the stated 27k.
I just started doing 60-65 and at level 60 im averaging only 24k per hour not buying extra energy. Thats almost half of the stated 44k per hour! In both cases i made sure to get every enriched wisp that spawned while i was training too.
One thing i can definitely confirm is that higher levels get more enriched whisps. At lvl 59 i would sometimes get half an inventory enriched with gleaming but at level 60 im already like 70% to lvl 61 and have not seen a single enriched vibrant aside from harvesting from enriched springs.
I will log any further time and xp so we can hopefully change the xp rate at least for 60-65 bc it is extremely incorrect. 126.96.36.199 20:49, March 3, 2018 (UTC)

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We often strive mightily to leave our work at the office, although it inevitably creeps in at precisely the most inopportune moment and reminds us that we have to stay abreast in order to keep food in our bellies and current feeding our computers, so we had no problem relating to some AFL players declaring that they did not watch other games because the games are not as interesting as they once were.
Melbourne Captain Nathan Jones was one of the ringleaders of this theory, saying that he has begun to stop watching the game from home, rather than sit through a low-scoring, limited action affair.
Jones should be grateful that he does not have to follow the NFL, which has so many stoppages that it sometimes seems a wonder than games do not conclude with scores tied at zero.
"The game is not in the best position or state it could be," Jones said on Fox Footy's On The Couch. "As far as watching — I use to be an avid watcher: Thursday night, Friday night, Sunday footy — had I played on Saturday, but now I feel like I'm turning games off it's not as aesthetically pleasing."
The big culprit, according to many, is the congestion around the stoppages that result in large packs of players concentrated around the ball during contests.
Geelong's Patrick Dangerfield said as much on the same show.
"It makes disposing of the ball really difficult," Dangerfield said. "It's not clean, it's just running into a wall of numbers, constantly and you can hear when you're playing those games when there's not as big as a crowd, you can hear the frustration from the crowd, wanting the ball to move freely."
Fixing an issue such as this may require some creative thinking and changes to the rules, but there is always a group that is entirely resistant to changes of any sort, but the AFL is apparently aware of the issue and has been for some time, as they have been trialing ways to reduce congestion, firstly experimentally with some of those in the 2018 AFLW fixture.


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Over the next few decades, South Africa's vital tourism industry will face a number of threats, including the impact of climate change, and the depletion of a large range of much-loved animals. But the country can thank its lucky stars it hasn't yet been hit by two of the plagues making long-term tourist planners in other parts of the world's demand fewer – not more – dollar, stirling, and euro-waving visitors. After a visit to one of Europe's most over-crowded cities, Venice, Trevor Grundy reports.
Culture Vultures and Boozy Brits – many in their teens but most of them in their 30s and 40s – stand accused of causing havoc across southern Europe.
Residents here in Venice are taking offence and demanding central government action after seeing their streets filled with alcohol and drug-fuelled foreigners fighting, vomiting, urinating and sometimes having sex openly in front of men, women and children only recently freed from the cultural norms of the Roman Catholic Church.
"Many of us have had it up to here," said a hotelier close to St Mark's Square in one of the loveliest cities in the world. He pointed at his throat.
"Venetians are demanding not for more tourists. We're saying we want far less and a better type of person visiting this historic city. This year we fear that as many as 30 million foreigners will come here. Anyone and everyone with private property is leasing to tour companies and wealthy Russians, Indian, Chinese and Britons, forcing up rent and pushing locals out of a city they love. After the plague in 1630 there were 150,000 locals here. Today, there are about 54,000 with two to three thousands more every year leaving for other parts of Italy or different part of Europe."
Merchants of Venice no more.
Many of the unwelcome tourists are from Britain.
Last month (April 2018) tourist trade representatives from several Mediterranean resorts met in Venice to discuss tactics for coping with the high number of now unwelcome visitors.
The meeting was described as an "unprecedented initiative" by the Gruppo 25 Aprile which has long protested against Venice's overcrowding.
Representatives from similar organisations from Rhodes, Santorini, Dubrovnik, Corfu and Paphos met in Venice to share their experiences and discuss tactics for coping with the impact of mass tourism on local populations.
Tourists spend a fortune in cheap souvenir shops or in fast-food chains rather than at locally run shops and restaurants.
And despite the fast rise in numbers visiting Venice, the total amount spent by foreign visitors is static – implying a higher number of lower value visitors.
In short, Venetians want numbers curbed and encouragement for a different type of tourist to come to their city – art lovers, seekers of past and present culture, people who spend their money on local foods and drinks thus stimulating local trade and incomes.
In recent years, angry Venetians have staged protests against too many tourists with the Mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro making overcrowding one of his priorities.
He has introduced measures ranging from promotion of the lesser-explored corners of the city to the installation of people-counters at the most popular sights, as well as "local-first" policies on the city's large network of water buses.
Last summer, the mayor's office banned both new tourist accommodations and new fast food outlets but locals say these policies are too little and too late.
More meetings by the Gruppo 25 Aprile are planned for October in Corfu which is also a former Venetian-run Greek island over-run by tourists.
Last year the port of Venice proposed banning the largest cruise ships which in the past have caused grand-scale havoc when they attempt to maneuver into tiny spaces surrounded by thousands of tourists.
In March, the well-respected art historian Salvatore Settis was in London addressing Venice in Peril supporters and publicizing his latest book If Venice Dies.
Richard Morrison of The Times commented: It's comforting that Settis puts "if" and not "when" in his title but that's the only shred of optimism he offers."
Fear is that one of the world's most magnificent cities is in danger of death not just from rising tides and too many vistors.
A place known in Italian as La Serenissima is now a carcass of a city. It has no reason except to service those cruise ships spewing out 30,000 tourists a day and who have turned the famous St Mark's Square into a human traffic jam. At any given moment the ration of tourists to rsidents is 40:1.
Most Venetians have been priced out of their own homes. The city has 2,4000 hotels, many in buildings that were until recently apartments, and those which have survived are now the pleasure resorts of mega-wealthy foreigners with second, third, fourth, fifth homes around the world. And the lagoon is 23 cm higher than a century ago.
If this was any other place in the world, shoulders would shrug. Cities come and cities go. Wasn't it always thus? But Venice occupies a special place in the story of humankind.
Morrison said that Sett's book is a must read for those who are concerned about the future of Europe now so threatened by drunken tourists – the new barbarians with money in their wallets instead of swords in their scabbards.
Sessi sees Venice as a symbol of our era's lamentable tendency to reduce every great cultural site to the level of a Disneyland theme park. "We use them as a background for our selfies," said Morrison, "tick them off our lists, and then leave without scratching the surface of their profound mysteries."
It's early days yet but there's a slim chance that Venice and some of the world's other great places will be saved from Attila and the Huns.
Britain leaves Europe (officially) next March.
There's a strong chance that travellers from the UK will have to buy visas to travel to Europe. Presently the UK is the third best country in the world for having the strongest passport when it comes to visa-free travel. Residents with a British passport can travel to 175 countries without needing a visa, beaten only by Singapore and Germany.
High visa charges could put off the worst type of British tourist. It's a big "if" and one unlikely to warm the hearts of Venetians with nowhere to live as the next cruiser floats into the city they might soon be forced to abandon.
No Mafia Venezia e' Sacra – a sign that says it all outside a popular restaurant in the Rialto area of Venice. (Picture: Trevor Grundy)


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It was quite an eventful end to November with a pair of storms book-ending the long holiday weekend. Rainfall over the final 10 days of November (2.24″) accounted for 30% of the rainfall for the entire meteorological fall. Fall 2019 enters the record books among the deist 38%, ranking 56th driest all-time with just over seven and half inches of precipitation.
The 2.8″ of snow that fell in November makes this fall the snowiest since 1997. Only 30 other autumns produced this much snow with the greatest, 9.9″ in 1989. (That was the year of the mid-October snow storm).
Tonight the last storm in the series churns off the east coast. For the remainder of the upcoming work week, no big storms. A few fronts are to pass this upcoming week but bring little to no precipitation at this time.
With the start of December, we close the books on November and meteorological fall. It was a wild ride as incredible warm dominated the headlines well into October. Heat was at record levels for the opening days October but the pattern took a chilly turn as Halloween arrived.
At one point the warmest fall on record with over 80% of the days above average turned as November got underway. A persistent cold pattern brought record cold by mid-month and ended as the 16th coldest November on record. Fall fell from first to end 50th warmest.
December is off and running and the updated 30 day outlooks are in. Though 46% of the continental U.S. is snow covered, most since these records began 16 years ago, a milder trend is getting under way.
While the updated outlooks favors a higher probability of above normal temperatures and precipitation, the month could be taking a cold turn at or around the 12th of the month.
The polar branch of the jet stream is absent for now, meaning no real cold air is expected for now. The overall, west to east flowing jet stream – refereed to as a 'zonal' flow is typically a sign of a milder days. Most of the nation will not feel frigid weather until later next week. We eluded to a shake up about mid-month last week and there are strong indications that could occur. Stay tuned, colder and snowier conditions could be in the works, we will monitor trends.


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If you could live forever… Tuck Everlasting the musical at St. Albert Children's Theatre
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Real Property Tax Law §421-a provides real property tax exemptions for eligible, new multiple dwellings. HPD determines eligibility for §421-a real property tax exemptions. HPD is proposing amendments to Chapter 6 of Title 28 of the Rules of the City of New York (the "421-a Rules") to clarify a grandfathering provision that was added to the rules after major programmatic changes were enacted by State and local legislatures between December 2006 and February 2008.
Deadline for Exemption from Affordability Requirements and the AV Cap
• Under the 421-a Program, developers apply to HPD for certificates of eligibility to receive the tax exemption. A Preliminary Certificate of Eligibility entitles a project to a real property tax exemption for up to three years of construction, and a Final Certificate of Eligibility entitles a project to post-completion exemption benefits, which last between 10-25 years and are phased out over the benefit period.
• The §421-a Program includes a Geographic Exclusion Area, which is a residential zone in the City established by State and local laws. In the Geographic Exclusion Area, §421-a benefits are not as-of-right and projects must meet certain affordability requirements to receive a §421-a tax exemption ("Affordability Requirements").
• If projects in the Geographic Exclusion Area provide affordable units offsite instead of onsite, they may only receive §421-a benefits for a portion of the project's billable exempt assessed value ("AV Cap"), depending upon when the project commenced and completed construction and the date of the written agreement for the construction of offsite affordable units. If the AV Cap applies, a portion of the project's assessed value is fully taxable.
• The Geographic Exclusion Area was expanded by State and local laws between December 2006 and February 2008. However, these laws included an exemption for projects that commenced construction prior to July 1, 2008. Projects that were formerly outside the Geographic Exclusion Area and which commenced construction prior to July 1, 2008 would not have to meet the Affordability Requirements.
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I don't know about you… but mid-semester break feels so long ago, and we have less than three weeks to go until SWOT Vac and Exams.
So… how do you plan on finishing your semester off?
I have pretty much cancelled my social life for the next 3-4 weeks, making sure I am well rested, focussed – after all it is only a few weeks. In fact just last night one of my friends asked me if I wanted to go for a quick drink next week… my response was along the lines of… "in a few weeks time I promise I'll be a better friend". They are all on board for an end of exam celebration with me too, so that is something to look forward to.
So, here are a few hints to keep you on track for the next few weeks an into Exam block.
Check Exam timetable
First up, check your exam timetable and make sure you know when and where your exams are. I had a friend during first year who misread the timetable and was unable to complete the exam as he arrived too late! So, check and recheck, and organise work and life around them.
Cut back on the social activities
This is the thing I find the hardest as I really hate missing out. But instead of being available, my friends just know I need a few weeks to finish well and then I can hang out again. I have 2 children too, so I need to be super careful not to over commit to other things and leave less time for finalising assignments an preparing for exams. Let's face it… it's just a few weeks. Still take time for yourself though, breaks from study help… but just keep it to a reasonable amount.
Seriously you don't want to end up like this guy in the last weeks of class…
Get stuff done
First of all.. I wish I had a dog this awesome to help out – then I would have no excuses not to get some assignments finished off. But I am not talking about housework, or planning holidays, here you will actually need to get the books out and get some uni work done. If you are anything like me, your house/room will be immaculate and you would have cleaned out your cupboards and drawers until there is nothing left to do but actually get some study done.
Look at what you have left to do, write it on your to do list or calendar, and just work your way through. I put my work in chunks so that I don't lose concentration, and still actually retain and learn what I am reading. Just an hour at a time with a break works well for me… figure out what works for you, so you don't find yourself with too much to do in Week 12!
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Mexican cornbread. The name alone will bring people to the table. Chock full of savory beef, creamy corn, rich cornmeal, tangy taco sauce, and green chilies, this one-dish meal is a hearty crowd-pleaser.
Mexican Cornbread
Prep. Time: 20-25 minutes
Cooking Time: 4.5-6 hours
Ideal slow cooker size: 4 qt.
1 lb. extra-lean ground beef chuck
16-oz. can cream-style corn
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup oil
1 cup fat-free milk
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup low-sodium taco sauce
2 cups shredded fat-free cheddar cheese
1 medium-sized onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
4-oz. can diced green chilies
1. Brown ground chuck in nonstick skillet
2. While meat is browning, combine corn, cornmeal, baking soda, salt, oil, milk, eggs, and taco sauce. Pour half of mixture into slow cooker.
3. Layer cheese, onion, garlic, green chilies, and ground beef on top of cornmeal mixture. Cover with remaining cornmeal mixture.
4. Cover. Cook on high 1 hour and on low 3.5-4 hours, or only on low 6 hours.
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– Ground Chuck Roast
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Tiamat is the serpent-goddess of chaos, not much is known about her besides the fact that her power was channeled by priests into a magical cursed coin with her image carved into it that also was named after her.
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- Power Granting - Babylonian priests were able to channel Tiamat's chaotic power to make a cursed coin.
- Reality Warping - The coin had the ability to grant wishes, but in a way that they always ended up badly.
- Immortality - Being a goddess, she is immune from aging and disease and will live forever, it is unknown if she is still alive, but she has been around at least since the Babylonian civilization.
- Invulnerability - Since she is a goddess, she can't be killed by conventional means.
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- Tiamat is the first known deity so far to be related with a cursed magic coin, the second being Binbōgami and his coin.
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I would like to ditch my current operating system, the shameful debacle that is Windows 10, so I'm exploring alternative operating systems (I imagine this situation isn't uncommon). I have "installed" Ubuntu on a USB 3.0 flash memory stick and run it as a trial. So far, I'm impressed. Despite a steep learning curve, things are gradually falling into place - except a couple of areas on which I would greatly appreciate advice.
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Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with the UN atomic agency that limits inspections of its nuclear facilities, limitations the United States, EU and Australia had resisted.
The signing on Thursday at a meeting of the 35-nation board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ends months of haggling over Saudi Arabia signing a Small Quantities Protocol (SQP), an arrangement in effect since 1971 to reduce inspections in nations with small nuclear programmes.
Saudi Arabia, a key state in the Middle East, is not believed to be a direct nuclear proliferation threat, but diplomats were seeking to calm fears amid a major test of wills with nearby Iran, which US officials suspect of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
There have also been reports – denied by the Saudis – that in a crisis they could use their financial clout to get nuclear technology, or even weapons, from countries such as Pakistan, which does have nuclear arms.
The SQP allows states to be exempted from requirements to notify the IAEA of stocks of natural uranium of up to 10 tonnes.
This "small" amount is still enough to make enough enriched uranium to produce at least one atom bomb.
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IAEA chief Mohamed El Baradei had said on Tuesday that the SQP had now been identified "as a weakness of the safeguards system" of agency inspections.
The IAEA board was debating on Thursday the possibility of rescinding the SQP, in effect since 1971 and signed by 86 countries. But no action was expected to be taken at this board meeting.
"They [Saudis] are doing what they're asked to do. They don't have much more leeway to give"
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US representative George Glass told the board that Washington excused itself for any misunderstanding there had been as it had no intention to single out Saudi Arabia and was disappointed about press reports implying this, a diplomat who attended the closed-door meeting said.
A Western diplomat said the controversy about the SQP had been "philosophical and not related to any concerns about the Saudi programme".
Saudi Arabia has signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that mandates IAEA safeguard inspections but had resisted signing a safeguards agreement.
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Egyptian ambassador Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy said: "I wish countries would be as enthusiastic about requiring the Israelis to sign the NPT as they are about getting more (inspections) from the Saudis."
El Baradei says SQP is a
Israel, which is believed to have about 200 atomic bombs, refuses to sign the NPT.
Saudi Arabia last weekend turned down a European Union request, backed by similar entreaties from the United States and Australia, to allow full IAEA inspections.
Riyadh said it would agree to this only if other countries exempted under the SQP did the same, EU diplomats said.
Saudi Arabia said this week in a letter to El Baradei that "there are no nuclear materials in installations in the kingdom as defined in the safeguards," according to a diplomat who read the text to AFP.
Medical use
The diplomat said Saudi Arabia had only a cyclotron for making radioactive isotopes for medical use.
The diplomat said the Saudis were clearly trying to "be a good guy" internationally, as shown in their holding municipal elections recently in an effort to promote democracy.
"They're doing what they're asked to do" the diplomat said about Saudi willingness to sign the SQP, which functions as a safeguards agreement.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Book Blitz & Excerpt: Around the Bend by Britney King
Deep, dark, deadly secrets.
We all keep secrets, don't we? We all have thoughts in our heads, things we do, things about us that if people knew, they'd be shocked... right? Well, what if one day we just decided to let the cat out of the bag, so to speak.
What if we decided to let the whole world in on our dirty little secrets? And what if along the way, as we were spilling those secrets, we realized that things aren't always what they seem and with that knowledge, it changed the whole story?
In this book, I'm laying it all out there. The unraveling of my life. My coming undone. What one might've seen had they been paying attention.
What I've found in life is people often believe lies before they'll believe the truth. Well, here it is, in a nutshell. I'll let you decide which is which.
The extended version and in third person no less ;) : Britney is married to a man she adores (when he isn't driving her crazy) and is the mother of FIVE pretty amazing kids, who (surprise!) also have a habit of driving her crazy. Her best guess is that it's genetic. She is the author of two novels, Bedrock and Breaking Bedrock, with plans to release a third and fourth in 2014. In addition, she founded a local network for women in 2012, which as grown to over 1200 members. Currently, she occupies a job she enjoys - serving and running Austin Women's Network. To further prove that she may in fact be certifiably insane, she decided to pursue her dreams and published her debut novel in May of 2013. Then and only then, could she consider her training to be an expert (life) juggler complete.
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Re: Rotors and pistons ...again!
Depends on the generation and background of the band director. Some only know Conn 20J, some Mirafone 186, some King, etc. Whatever they were exposed to earlier on is probably what they push.
Re: Rotors and pistons ...again!
If you have two quality horns except that is one piston and one is rotor, in theory the Rotor tuba is better for school program because:
1) Piston valves and casings get used to a person pushing and pulling on the finger button at a certain angle and 4 years later when a new student gets assigned that tuba, the piston valves will stick because they are pushing and pulling at a different angle.
2) Rotor valves hold tighter valve compression over the decades.
3) Kids aren't removing the rotor valves to oil them and then droping them on the concrete floor like what happens to school piston tubas.
Of course all this is a moot point because many schools today get told what cheapest model horn from an "Approved Vendor" they have to buy because some clueless bean counter thinks all "Widgets" are the same.
Matt Walters
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Who Cares What Ensemble
Owns old tubas that play better than what you have.
Re: Rotors and pistons ...again!
I have whittled my own collection down to two horns, a MW 182 and a MW 2182. Now I have pistons vs. rotors covered, as well as lacquer vs. silver. I think the bore and taper is what makes the sound, but that's just me. I think the biggest difference between them is the bore of valve #5.
What a school needs is a horn that you can drop many times, compromising every surface, but still plays owing to the top action pistons. If this horn is so big it can only reside in a Wenger stand, then it lives an even longer life, paying for the stand.
As for the Miraphone craze, I wanted one too but never had that plan work for me.
Re: Rotors and pistons ...again!
Hijacking the thread, sorry, hopefully just temporary. bloke, what IS the mouthpiece those clarinet players should be getting? I got a Fobes debut and am consistently flat on it even with short barrel. Gave up. Good strong sound 1/4 step flat.
Re: Rotors and pistons ...again!
I realize this question was directed at bloke, not me, but I'll chime in...
The Fobes Debut, as with today's Vandoren M13 and also the Selmer HS-Star that was once extremely popular, is a close-tipped mouthpiece that is easy to get a great sound out of...and therein lies the rub. All of these seem to play well even when a player is biting and/or maintaining a sloppy or otherwise incorrect embouchure. While the student sounds great, nobody suspects that they're actually playing with seriously flawed technique that they may never be able to unlearn.
The Ridenour Encore is the one I start students on. It's a little more open than the Fobes Debut/HS-Star/M13--just enough where you can't easily get away with biting and other embouchure nonsense.
Others have had success with the Vandoren 5RV Lyre, for the same reasons--but Ridenour's consistency from mouthpiece to mouthpiece is much tighter than Vandoren. Comparing one Vandoren 5RV Lyre to another 5RV Lyre is akin to comparing Bach 18 tuba mouthpieces--no two are exactly alike and often they're not even close.
I don't know why the B45 specification is so pervasive. This mouthpiece was better suited for the wide/cylindrical-bore clarinets (Selmer Centered Tone, Bundy 1400, et al) of yesteryear. These old instruments needed some working resistance provided by the mouthpiece, and this resistance is now built right into the the polycylindrical bores of today's clarinets. The B45 is just awful on the Yamaha YCL-250/255, Buffet B12, and Backun Alpha that most students begin on today.
Re: Rotors and pistons ...again!
My experience after teaching in San Jose, CA since the early 1980's, is that rotors experience less valve FAILURES than pistons over time. When I am asked by local educators, I always recommend a 4/4 rotary tuba, and suggest they stick with a more tried and true brand even if it means paying a little more. I always recommend buying from a local dealer (I give them a list of 4-5 from which to choose) as well, as creating a relationship is very helpful should repairs need to get done.
Re: Rotors and pistons ...again!
Stationary tubas in a stand are the way to go for skool. Top action valves are the only kind that won't require awkward reaching around the stand. Even better, add an adjustable height chair so the stand will never even be adjusted. (twice a year you'll have to move them to the stage for concert...pita, but only twice a year)
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now we're really off topic;
K&M sous stands; often used them as a playing stand in long rehearsals. But in general; they suck!
Why? They're not trustworthy to leave the sousaphone in. There's just one flimsy bolt (screw, whatever) to the adjust the angle of the sousaphone in the stand. I own many K&M stands for many instruments; trombones, euphoniums, sousaphones, tubas (playing stands). They ALL, with no exception, have given out at the bolts (except the euph stand which has the irritating legs which are impossible to keep tightened. As well these stands just loose their bolts). 80% gave out within the first week.
One the other hand, I have two rather old tuba (storage/playing) Walberg & Auge stands that are still going strong (and I often re-adjust the positioning depending on my needs).
OK, maybe I shouldn't expect our modern society to produce a bolts like they used to. Obviously K&M came to the same conclusion since the don't offer the sous stand on the tripod anymore (it's been replaced by slapping their butterfly construction onto a triangular guitar stand.)
If instrument stand companies (K&M, Hercules) would just replace their flimsy parts with the tried and true constructions like seen on many percussion stands (gears and pin wholes instead of bolts that strip and slip sooner or later) they might just corner the market.
Re: Rotors and pistons ...again!
Way back in the late 1950's my high school band director furnished the tuba section with these. They worked wonderfully in the band room not only during practice but also to securely store our sousaphones.
I agree that the American sousaphones of this era were phenomenal, pistons and all. I played mine (a school instrument) after my sophomore HS year for a week in the NE high school All-State orchestra, much to the initial dismay of the conductor. After a few days rehearsals, he stopped the rehearsal specifically to point out that despite his trepidation the sousaphone worked wonderfully in my hands as an orchestral instrument. In fact one of the factors that led me to give up playing in college was the difficulty I had, given the limited practice time at my disposal, in successfully steering the 'real' tuba I was handed to use in our brass ensemble. It wasn't pretty!
Four years later in medical school my classmate, Charles (Chuck) Brantigan, organized a brass group and he recruited me to play a 4V piston tuba that he had acquired because of significant bell damage/wrinkling. It was then that I learned how to manage a 'real' tuba, but not its intonation quirks below the staff. Because I was practicing alone with no tuner in the 1960's I came to accept these quirks as 'in tune' much to the dismay of the group.
Chuck and his wife went on to found the Denver Brass after he established a vascular surgery practice there. Some might recognize her as the hostess of the 2005 ITEC in Denver. BTW, Chuck was a trumpet player. He tried to give me the tuba after we graduated, but I had no room to haul it to my next stop which was in Atlanta, so I left it with him. Much to my surprise he started playing it himself and now he and his wife play tuba (a different one of course) with the Denver Brass.
As you can see from my avatar, I'm all rotors now and can't play a piston instrument because the valves will stick due to my habit of pressing laterally on the valves.
Re: Rotors and pistons ...again!
Years ago I bought my nearly-new Miraphone 1291 from someone here (wow, like 13 or 14 years ago?!) It came with an Alteiri bag.
First time I put it back in the bag, the drawstring got caught on the 1st valve stem. Of course, I was being careful and slow, and noticed before anything bad ever happened.
I thought, "drawstring, what a terrible idea!"
The I saw the past from Alteiri to cover the valve section, and thought "what a hassle."
Then I saw the cap for the bell (another drawstring), and thought "I'll never use this again"
I ended up using that bag for several years, and never liked it. I didn't have any issues or damage, but I'm sure a less careful person could have easily bent some piston stems.
Not much better with rotary tubas, but different enough to not bend things.
Wait, is this the Alteiri thread or the piston one?
(Side note -- my current Gotz bag for the PT7 is a snug fit, but not problematic for the valves. I like the way Cronkhite bags fit with piston tubas... but there are things about the Cronks that I don't like, too.
Point is, be careful and you'll be fine. School tubas are likely to see a lot of wear and damage no matter what. There's a reason why those old American made tank-metal tubas last so long.
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[quote="gwwilk"]Way back in the late 1950's my high school band director furnished the tuba section with these. They worked wonderfully in the band room not only during practice but also to securely store our sousaphones.
+1!!! I used them from 8th grade through HS--sousaphones are all we had/needed and they stored and played [inside] on those Wenger stands. Built like tanks, never tipped over and the weight was not on the shoulder of the player.
Bearin' up!
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NOT AT MY SCHOOL!! My kiddos just set the horn valve side down, leave their MPs on when putting horns in cases so they get stuck, run into door jams with bells, never empty their spit, drop MPs on horns causing dents, shove their music in their case on their horns, and wear out sousaphone necks/screws quicker than need be. Other than that they are perfect!
Re: Rotors and pistons ...again!
My high school had a couple 186's, a newer rotary VMI (not sure of the model) a couple ancient King piston models in storage, and... a beat up Holton 345. I took the opportunity to play the Holton as much as possible after being tipped off by Mickey Moore at ISYM, but I was the only one who did so at the school. Most of our time players were recruited from other sections, and they were usually more interested in how shiny a horn was.
On a personal level, I have my Sonora now due to recommendation rather than valve preference. It was much easier to get this level of quality for the price I could afford with this specific tuba, and a similar quality piston tuba would have cost significantly more. In all honesty I'm not at all sure anymore which I prefer; it would probably come down more to which specific models caught my attention.
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Jupiter, it would seem...
I borrowed one just like that for a concert a few years ago and it was quite o.k. except for the thumb ring which was way too small for me.
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The mission of the After School Club Programs at DSST: Byers Middle School is to 1) reflect student interests and the best our city has to offer and 2) provide the opportunity to engage in clubs that promote curiosity and joy of learning, and provide opportunities for courage, DYB and excellence.
Drama Club:
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Cal, Stanford and nocturnal madness
Television networks have spent the past several years hijacking the college football season. Oblivious to the beauty of 1 p.m. starts, cherished family outings and driving home in daylight, they seem intent on playing the whole thing in darkness.
We don't know much about starting times for Cal and Stanford this season — which is inexcusable, by the way — but we do know this: So far, every game with a designated time will be played at night. What a complete disgrace.
Cal (not counting Friday night's opener in Australia): Sept. 10 against San Diego State, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 17 against Texas, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 21 against Oregon, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 27 at USC, 7:30 p.m. (Spotting a trend?)
Stanford: Sept. 2 against Kansas State, 6 p.m.; Sept. 17 against USC, 5 p.m.; Sept. 30 at Washington, 6 p.m.; Oct. 15 at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m. (7:30 local time).
Granted, the Cardinal's schedule isn't as ridiculous as last year's, when the networks scheduled seven night games and turned Christian McCaffrey into a phantom on the East Coast. Nevertheless, it's disturbing.
Almost as disturbing is the fact that the other game times aren't set until a few days beforehand, so the networks can plot out their strategy. Trying to set aside your plans for those weekends? Sorry, out of luck.
It's not that night games are so distasteful, particularly for fans who plan to watch everything at home. But where's the balance? The Pac-12 negotiated a wildly lucrative TV deal, only to watch ESPN and Fox play the prime-time ratings game, tradition be damned. If you're wondering why DirecTV has rejected the idea of carrying the Pac-12 Network, it's that ESPN, Fox, CBS and NBC corral the most attractive games, leaving mostly scraps behind.
Here's what amounts to good news: No more than four games that would have been played at 7 p.m. or later on the Pac-12 Network will be moved to new broadcast windows. But one of those options is 6 p.m. — as if that's an improvement.
Hey, just noted something on Washington's schedule: The Huskies play rival Washington State on Nov. 25 at 12:30. Must be a mistake. Must be 12:30 a.m.
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