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Dejan Kovacevic chat transcript: Thursday, Dec. 6
Dejan Kovacevic: NEW YORK - Greetings, all, from the site of the NHL's ongoing - and increasingly bizarre - negotiations toward ending this senseless lockout. Away we go ...
Comment From Devin: I've read alot about Mario, Burkle, & Crosby in talks to bring the sides together before this week. Doesn't that break the leagues requirement that management not speak with players privately?
Dejan Kovacevic: Hope you had a chance to catch my column this morning regarding the Penguins' involvement. That will answer some of your question, not all.
The league and the union discourage contact, but you've also seen through Rob Rossi's reporting that Crosby flew to these very meetings on Ron Burkle's plane. (Craig Adams came independently.) Put simply, it's not the end of the world if they communicate.
And, as the column stresses, Bettman is embracing everything the Penguins are doing right now to try to save this season.
Comment From Gaucho: Dejan, it seems the players have flat out rejected the NHL's last offer. I tend to be in the players side, but I don't know anymore what they are looking for. Help me out?
Dejan Kovacevic: I'm moving toward that side myself, actually. Just this morning, seeing the details of the owners' last offer - 50/50, dropping most contractual demands, above-and-beyond "Make Whole" - I have a VERY hard time accepting the players' rejection if it's based mostly on the league wanting to go 10 years rather than 5-6. Do these guys really want to go through another of these so soon?
Wouldn't they rather have another generation of players deal with it?
Comment From Jason81: If talks break down after the progress made over the last two days, will that push the NHL closer to cancelling the whole season?
Dejan Kovacevic: Hate to say it, but I think so. Tempers here are hot the past couple days, and not just because all concerned have kept some crazy hours. Don't discount the human element. If they put that much into this round of talks, and the owners essentially concede on major points only to have the LENGTH OF THE DEAL derail things ... yeah, that'll be bad.
Comment From Seth: Why do you continually put out garbage articles and say things that make you look like a spiteful fool in regards to the Pirates? Is it for the attention? Equating this FO and Russell Martin to Littlefield and Morris was beyond absurd and nothing more than an attention grabbing headline.
Dejan Kovacevic: I love you guys. Please, never change.
Comment From Jose "No Pants" Lind: How do we make a commitment to spend $17 mill on a catcher, but we aren't aggressively looking for another starting pitcher?
Dejan Kovacevic: Hey, stop being so mean-spirited and vindictive.
Neal Huntington called the two-year, $17 million signing of Russell Martin - he of the .211/.303/.403 line and six straight years of decline - the Pirates' "biggest move" they'll make this offseason. The comparison I made to Matt Morris, for those who actually read it, wasn't between the players but between the situations in comparing ineffective, desperate general managers.
The fact that they also cut a decent starting pitcher in Jeff Karstens and GUARANTEED $2 million to a rehabbing pitcher in Charlie Morton ... well, I think those are all FINE moves and should be roundly applauded.
And if you don't applaud, you clearly have some personal ax to grind.
Comment From Charles8842: Hey Dejan - Is there any hope for the Steelers running game doing anything else besides the back taking it into the pile of 8 or 10 linemen? Why can't our O.C. come up with some other imaginative type of plays? We have all said that you can't run Rainey like that - you would kill him eventually - and look at the plays that have gained big yardage and scores because they have bounced off the big pile-up and ran outside. Whatever happened to the famous Steeler trap and other things like tosses and misdirections. Explain it all to me, please.
Dejan Kovacevic: Y ou know, I'm glad you brought that up. For all else I thought the Steelers did well offensively in Baltimore, you almost never saw them - and never see them - running to the edges. It's all between the tackles. That makes sense at times. I especially like it when Jonathan Dwyer pinballs off the pack, then moves to the outside.
But I have a hard time accepting that an offense Todd Haley claims is tailored to the personnel, rather than the other way around, thinks it's a great idea to send all of his backs - even Chris Rainey - right into all the beef.
I know the interior line has played well and did again Sunday. But I trust at least Max Starks and Heath Miller to be good run-blockers to the outside.
Why not use them?
Comment From Oliver Onion: So ... we've got A.J. and Wandy for the top two starters. We've got the inconsistent J-Mac as No. 3, I guess. Who fills 4 and 5? Is there any hope at all for a free agent there?
Dejan Kovacevic: Silence! No negativity regarding the Pirates. You people are just vicious!
Comment From Mike Jones: If Paul Chryst were to leave, should he be seen in the same light at as Graham? or does he get a pass?
Dejan Kovacevic: Chryst isn't leaving. You might have missed it about an hour ago, but Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez just bluntly stated he isn't pursuing Chryst, in part because he feels it wouldn't be "right" for Chryst to leave after being a head coach somewhere for just a year. Interesting candor from Alvarez.
Would Chryst's departure be as bad as that of Todd Graham?
Actually, I think it would, but maybe not the way you think. I'd much more easily imagine the public turning on Steve Pederson in that event than Chryst.
But that's not going to happen, so ...
Comment From Ryan: Hey Dejan, I was just thinking back to when you called for Bill O'Brien to get payed higher for the job he did this year. I agree that under normal circumstances he might get a raise but with the $60 million dollar sanction and how much money this whole scandal is gonna cost PSU can you really justify spending even more money on giving a football coach a raise after just 1 season?
Dejan Kovacevic: Yes. Every available account of Penn State's financial situation is that they'll be able to weather the storm of the sanctions, even the pending lawsuits, because of huge reserves.
Would I rather see an extra $1 million or $2 million go toward curing diseases and a lot of the other great work they do in State College?
Sure, but this is the world we live in. O'Brien has made a big contribution there, an invaluable one in some ways. He must be retained.
But again here, we might just be discussing nothing. O'Brien has given every indication he intends to stay.
Comment From Jeff G in TX: Bigger concern on Sunday - losing Ike Taylor or Big Ben's readiness to play?
Dejan Kovacevic: That would be Ben by a mile. All eyes will be on his every move out there. I wrote in a column last week that there was no way on earth Ben should have played in Baltimore, and I'm delighted he didn't. But there are promising indications he's in a much better place this week.
Still ...
As for Ike, first of all, he assured me a couple days ago he's going to exceed people's expectations for how long he'll be out. But even if it's the 3-6 weeks being forecast, I really liked what I saw of Cortez Allen in Baltimore. Don't isolate on that one boom-boom drive where the Ravens hit Torrey Smith twice. Smith pushed off on one of those and didn't get flagged.
Comment From andrew long island: What prevents the Pirates from signing, trading for, or otherwise improving the team enough to make them relevant... After 20 years, just go do it already.. I feel ownership and management is fighting themselves at times and is making this much more difficult than it had to be, financial constraints be damned!
Dejan Kovacevic: Ownership is taking payroll into the $65 million-$70 million range, and this is the year BEFORE the TV money comes into play in 2014. That's not the Yankees, not even the Brewers, but it's a move upward.
I'll say this until blue in the face: It's not about the money with the Pirates. It's about how the money's been wasted.
Wait. Was that negative?
I repent!
Comment From andrew long island: Rob B is reporting Grilli is still in the mix and if no one offers 3 years, he will be back with the Pirates for 2. Is this decision holding up a J Hanrahan trade?
Dejan Kovacevic: Indeed, our Rob Biertempfel has reported this morning that Grilli is still in the mix, but there's been some hedging on the Pirates' part since the first of those reports. We'll see.
To put this on the record in the chat, as I did yesterday on Twitter: IF the Pirates retain Grilli, it will mark their first intelligent move of the offseason.
That's kind of how it works. When they do good things, you praise them, as I did publicly and vociferously last season for the acquisitions of A.J. Burnett and Wandy Rodriguez. But when they do stupid things, they're going to hear about how they're doing stupid things.
Chances are excellent that, if you view ANYTHING to one extreme or another, you're not being terribly honest with yourself.
The Pirates are a losing team run by a losing management.
That's not even an opinion.
Comment From Guest: What's it like staking out the Westin Hotel on a day like yesterday? A lot of off the record stuff happening? Teaming up with Rob Rossi or other reporters? Been following on twitter and just curious what the 12+ hour days are like
Dejan Kovacevic: It's very unusual, because there's no real schedule, no plan. You just kind of wing it. I spent much of my yesterday in the Westin lobby, while Rossi went a block away to the NHL's PR firm where the Board of Governors meeting was going on. You try to pick off people as they pass, and you try to pass the time most commonly by talking to reporters or playing with the iPhone or drinking even more coffee. (Starbucks right in the Westin lobby.)
As for on or off the record, it's almost impossible right now to get anyone on the record. When Winnipeg defenseman Ron Hainsey emerged this morning at 1 a.m. and agreed to speak, you'd think Wayne Gretzky had just shown up from the media reaction.
Comment From Jon D.: What drives Pitt's decision to play a terrible non-conference basketball schedule? Will that change next year in the ACC?
Dejan Kovacevic: Jamie Dixon - who first of all would never acknowledge any such thing and, in fact, talks about every opponent as if it's Duke - prefers to use the exhibition schedule to prep his team on fundamentals, notably defense. An argument could be made that he's better off doing that against softer opponents where maybe the focus isn't as results-based as it would be.
But hey, in fairness, Michigan's a pretty good team, and Pitt did well to reach that point of the preseason NIT and face them here in New York.
Comment From dillonerd: Dejan - With everyone knowing that the lockout was coming, wouldn't the NHL have been smart to not allow any free agent signings this off season before they knew how a new CBA would come together?
Dejan Kovacevic: You just put "NHL" and "smart" in the same sentence. Pretty sure your grammar check should have blown that up.
Comment From Jon D.: How will the NHL scheduling work if/when the season resumes? Is it adjusted at all or does the original schedule basically just pick up as planned on whatever the start date is?
Dejan Kovacevic: It'll be completely new. Throw out the existing schedules. (And cancel any flights you might have to Winnipeg, as I did last week.) What we're hearing here now is a Dec. 26 start and a schedule in the 50-game range. But that means pretty much nothing at this point.
Comment From JamesinNYC: Loved your writing as always, but I don't think most Pens fans think Bettman is an "enemy" of the Pens ...generally speaking I think he has been very good to them. Now if your talking NFL and Goodell......well the perception there is another alltogether.
Dejan Kovacevic: The enemy reference, James, was to the notion that the Penguins are doing something against Bettman's wishes by trying to be mediators here. They aren't. Bettman very much hopes they succeed, now that Plan A of shoving Jeremy Jacobs down the union's throats has failed.
That's what I meant.
Comment From john: How are the Pirates going to compete with these jokers in the front office. They have to go before they make a monster mistake and set the team back even further than they are. They are an embarrassment to the city and its fans.
Dejan Kovacevic: As is your negativity, sir!
Comment From James_Nolo: D ejan, any hope for the Pirates rotation in 2013? I think they will be adding someone like John Lannan. The rotation should look like A.J. Burnett, Rodriguez, McDonald, Kyle McPherson, and some pitcher from the garbage bin such as John Lannan.
Dejan Kovacevic: McPherson was just shut down in Dominican winter ball, for those who haven't heard, because of a shoulder issue. It's apparently non-surgical, but it might be even more of a reach now to project he should be part of the rotation.
Counting on James McDonald after what happened to him in the second half - as close to an outright meltdown as you'll see for a pitcher - would be crazy.
That leaves A.J., Wandy and ...
I'd better stop there. Might go negative.
Comment From JamesinNYC: Dejan you are a bigger man then I if I got some of the "questions" you do they would end up in the electronic wastebasket. Why do you bother posting them? Just to be fair? Heck I even read the soccer article and I loath soccer, keep up the great work.
Dejan Kovacevic: I appreciate that you read the Riverhounds' column, which, very surprisingly, ranks among the top 10 most-read things I've written this year. Great feedback from the local soccer community, which sounds hungry for this endeavor to succeed.
As for that question up there, I get only a handful. To the best of my ability to discern who writes or tweets regularly, the number of people who obsessively defend the Pirates' front office is VERY small but, at the same time, peculiarly vocal.
To me, that's just the other extreme of those who blame Bob Nutting and the Pirates for everything from climate change to the devaluing of the Euro.
Takes all kinds.
Dejan Kovacevic: Hey, it's well past Tampa Bay Lightning time. And I do believe Steve Yzerman is even in this building right now. Short Qs, short As ...
Comment From Jon D.: Does an MLS team or an NBA team have a better chance of a) coming to the Pittsburgh market? b) succeeding in it?
Dejan Kovacevic: Soccer by a colossal margin, and not just because pro basketball has failed here several times. It has more to do with the corporate dollar in the market and the limited general dollar.
Pittsburgh isn't a "small market," as baseball types commonly deride. It's one of America's top 20 metropolitan areas, and it has a disproportionately good economy and good corporate presence. Still, it's asking a lot to support four major professional teams, with sponsorships, suites and all.
That - and not a difference in the sports - is why I see soccer as a better fit. The MLS itself is a long, long way from being a league priced in the stratosphere of the top four. So it would take less community wealth to support it.
NOT a short answer, I know.
Comment From dillonerd: Dejan - Do you still allow yourself to be a fan of the teams you cover?
Dejan Kovacevic: No. But at the same time, I??m a born and raised Pittsburgher. You'll see my passion for the city, for its people and yeah, for some of the people associated with our teams shine through on occasion. I'll never apologize for that.
In general, my readers are people passionate about their sports or specific teams. I try to be an accurate reflection of that intensity.
Not sure if ANY of that made sense.
Comment From Rob: Dejan, I must admit I have not read your work and followed your chats until recently and I must say I really enjoy your work. Now that the schmoozing is out of the way what are your thoughts on Brown and Allen starting Sunday? I thought Allen handled himself well.
Dejan Kovacevic: I really appreciate that. I've hoped to see Curtis Brown on the field more for a while. He's got maybe the best athleticism of any of the DBs, and that's saying something. But it also was easy to understand why the Steelers soured on him after a series of injuries.
It's become a really fun secondary to watch, overall, hasn't it?
Comment From MickTD: Dejan, If Cole is impressive in spring training, will he come north with the team?
Dejan Kovacevic: I would certainly hope not, but then, desperate times bring desperate measures. Remember that Dave Littlefield in his final year insanely drafted Daniel Moskos in part because he thought Moskos could get to Pittsburgh faster. Never know.
Comment From TS: Sounds like Neal's latest quote, and I'm paraphrasing, about the "fair" contract offer and that we "loved" having Jason Grilli here..." smacks of dismissiveness. What say you, oh great one?
Dejan Kovacevic: Not sure what you mean by dismissiveness. You mean that the Pirates won't get him?
Can't say. We'll see.
I'll repeat: It would be intelligent to keep Grilli.
Comment From PirateApologist: Non-sports lightning round - I read my first comic book this week based upon following your blogs throughout the years. "Watchmen." Loved it. Wouldn't say I'm hooked on comics, but name the next one I should read.
Dejan Kovacevic: Best piece of literature - any kind - I've ever read.
Next on your list is Frank Miller's original "Dark Knight." We'll go from there.
Comment From NHL Podium: I need a visitor
Dejan Kovacevic: Ha! It's funny, but I'm typing in the room right now where the Twitter-famous podium would normally be. Alas, the stage is sadly empty.
Comment From Guest: Any noticeable change in access that you've received from the Pirates front office over the past few months?
Dejan Kovacevic: You mean beyond the half-hour sitdown interview I just got with Bob Nutting two weeks ago?
At his invitation?
Comment From carisi_99: What does it say about Max Starks that his name is rarely mentioned? I rarely hear his name, either positive or negative, during games or in analysis and coverage after the games. LT was a disaster before he got here last year, hope he sticks around for awhile.
Dejan Kovacevic: Best possible thing. Max has graded well all season. A true pro. Let's hope the Steelers and Starks don't go through another summer-long charade next year and just acknowledge he'll be their left tackle.
Couple more today ...
Comment From Drew6668: Bucs resigned Grilli!
Dejan Kovacevic: No, apparently not yet. I'm checking the Twitter feed in between Qs, and Grilli just vehemently denied the reports, adding, "They're not helping my situation."
Pirates fans should hope he DOES sign. Good pitcher.
Comment From IndefenseofDejan: With attribution and apologies to H L Mencken: "The notion that Dejan is a radical who hates the Pittsburgh Pirates is naïve and idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes the Pittsburgh Pirates as much or more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees the Pittsburgh Pirates being destroyed and debauched by their management every year. He is not a bad citizen turning to ridicule and negativity; he is a good citizen driven to despair."
Dejan Kovacevic: Nicely played. One more today, and let's go with hockey since I'm here ...
Comment From andrew long island: nhl season or fiscal cliff averted first?
Dejan Kovacevic: I can guarantee you that federal mediators in the fiscal cliff talks wouldn't storm out after two days, as they did here last week.
If you're asking me to predict what happens here now, to me, this is all just way too close to let fall apart now. Last word we've gotten even during this chat session is that they're now debating pensions. That's not a deal-breaker.
Someone above asked about my being a fan. I'm a fan of the beautiful sport of hockey, and I can't wait to watch it again. Hoping it happens.
Thanks to all for participating.
Columns run Monday, Wednesday, Friday. The radio show is Tuesday, this chat Thursday. And all the blanks are filled in by the blog, which could clean you on a faceoff right now.


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Sponsoring the Training of Priests and Brothers in Burundi
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Success Story
"People used to say about him that he was neither a Tutsi nor Hutu but a father to us all." This was how Bishop Paul Schruers, from the town of Hasselt in Belgium, described Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna of Burundi, who was brutally murdered in 1996 by a group of armed men. Already before this he had received death threats for having spoken out boldly for reconciliation between Tutsi and Hutu. But he himself was not to witness the end of the bloody conflicts in his country, which claimed some 250,000 lives between 1993 and 2000 and which, at their worst, left 1.5 million people homeless. He himself was a Tutsi.
Thankfully, before his death, Archbishop Ruhuna was able to found the Congregation of the Apostles of the Good Shepherd and the Queen of the Cenacle. It is a young, native congregation of priests and brothers which he established in 1989 in the Archdiocese of Gitega, where he was the Archbishop. The congregation aims to promote the missions and priestly vocations, and Archbishop Ruhuna said he wanted priests "who spend time in adoration, who preach, hear confessions, form souls, train up the young, comfort the dying and befriend the poor and unfortunate."
Archbishop Ruhuna's congregation ministers above all to the pygmies in Burundi, who are nomadic and at the very bottom of Burundian society. Their children do not attend school, and their families live in great poverty. The Apostles of the Good Shepherd have established a boarding school, so that the children can have the chance to attend school. And the congregation has also been able to open further mission stations in 2001, one in Butezi, in the newly established Diocese of Rutana, and another in the central African country of Chad, in the Diocese of Pala.
Father Zénon Ndayiragije, the general superior of this young congregation, came to us for help. "Our congregation currently has 13 priests and 18 brothers. In the novitiate we have five novices still in training and three in their practical year. We also have six seminarians in their philosophy year and three studying theology. Then there are around 30 young men who are interested in our spirituality and our charism and who are preparing to enter the novitiate. They want to follow Jesus the Good Shepherd. Dear benefactors, it is a very difficult task to train all these young men, not only because our congregation is still young, but also because our country of Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world."
Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, we have been able to help with a contribution of $12,900 this year, so that these young men can continue to follow their calling to serve God and the poor in Burundi. We are sure they will remember you gratefully in their prayers.Aid to the Church in Need commits to invest your funds where they will have the greatest impact for the Church that we serve. Funds donated to Aid to the Church in Need's projects will be used towards the greatest need in our programs to help keep the Faith alive.
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Back when the Internet was beginning its sinewy grasp of every nook and cranny of our lives, we were told it would change how we did just about everything. This has proven to be true, after all you are reading this on a computer and not a newspaper. But what about eating pizza? Eating pizza hasn't changed too much.
Don't worry. The Internet is on top of it. A new app by Jonas Lund is named 'Paint Your Pizza' and it lets you do just that. Just head to the site, scribble out some ridiculous pizza drawing and then wait. In theory, that pizza drawing will then be turned into an actual pizza and delivered to your door to the delight and amusement of everyone around you. The cost of each pie is said to be $36.
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Shinzon's viceroy was second-in-command of the Reman forces which overthrew the Romulan Star Empire in 2379.
Shinzon first encountered the man who would become his viceroy when Shinzon was exiled to the dilithium mines on Remus as a child. Taking pity on Shinzon, he protected him from the brutality of the Romulan guards, and raised him to consider the Remans to be his brothers.
Years later, the viceroy served as Shinzon's trusted lieutenant aboard the Reman Warbird Scimitar. In that capacity, the viceroy utilized his telepathic abilities to stabilize Shinzon, who was slowly dying from a breakdown of his cellular structure, and also to assist Shinzon in telepathically raping Deanna Troi, the half-Betazoid counselor of the USS Enterprise-E. Troi later used the viceroy's violation of her mind to the Enterprise crew's advantage, using their residual mental link to locate him aboard the Scimitar, which was cloaked, allowing Lieutenant Commander Worf to obtain a weapons lock.
Later, in an attempt to perform a complete transfusion with which to save his own life, Shinzon ordered his viceroy to lead a boarding party to the Enterprise and forcibly bring Captain Picard, the only donor with compatible DNA, to the Scimitar. The viceroy's boarding party was met by an Enterprise security team, led by Worf and Counselor Troi's new husband, Commander William T. Riker. As Worf and the security team held off the Remans, Riker pursued the viceroy into the Jefferies tubes, where they engaged in hand-to-hand combat on deck 29. Fighting on a catwalk suspended over a treacherously deep canyon in the bowels of the ship, both of them nearly fell when the Enterprise collided with the Scimitar. The viceroy was able to temporarily save himself by grasping onto Riker's legs as Riker clung to the catwalk, but ultimately fell to his death when Riker kicked the viceroy off his legs. (Star Trek Nemesis)
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I'm looking for a macro to buy Justice Points (with Honor Points):
- Buy Justice Points
- From Edlan Halsing (for reference)
I've tried this but it doesn't work (no error message). This works for other items (i.e. Jeweler's Setting) but not Justice Points :/
Code:/run for i=1,GetMerchantNumItems() do local l=GetMerchantItemLink(i) if l then if l:find("Justice Points") then BuyMerchantItem(i, 1)end end end
I think the problem is that "Justice Points" appears on Wowhead as a currency, not an item. Additionally, it's a currency exchange (Honor for Justice) which might be another factor. So I think the macro will need to have something like BuyMerchantCurrency instead of BuyMerchantItem, I'm just not sure how to edit the macro.
Code:/run for i=1,GetMerchantNumItems() do local l=GetMerchantItemInfo(i) if l then if l:find("Justice Points") then BuyMerchantItem(i)end end end
Hello guys
a simple question. I'm trying to create a macro to merge some spells because I have some "physiological" difficulties with the keyboard (nothing serious but enough annoying to create me problems during the raids). The rotation of the moonkin is divided into two phases. My problem is during the first part. Too many buttons to press.
Briefly... I would like to create a macro with a simple sequence, but within this sequence there's a spell with a cooldown (3 mins). So, if I use the macro when this spell is ready, everything works. But if the spell is on cooldown, the macro stops and doesn't continue.
Question: is there a way (via scripts / variables) to ensure that the macro continues, however, even if a particular spell is not ready (cd)?
It could be fine use the command /click ActionBotton# only for this spell or the macro execute only this command without continue with /castsequence?
Any ideas or suggestions about this are welcome.
Thank you.
Should be something like /castsequence reset=XX seconds Spell, spell, spell
So if your CD is 3 minutes, it should say 180 seconds, if I'm not completely retarded now.
But as I said, I'm not sure if this will work in this case.
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I use a Nostromo and a Naga for WoW. I play more than I should (like 8+ hours a day) and I never get any pain because it's really easy and comfortable to hit all my binds. Check out at least the Nostromo, for sure.
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I admit I did not scroll through the 200 pages so this has probably already been answered, but I'll ask anyway.
In fact, I'm not sure this is even possible, but I don't see why it shouldn't:
I basically want to save some place in my bars and macro slots by having a macro that does these 3(4) things:
1. Devouring Plague at target
2. (+shift) Devouring Plague @ focus
3. (+control) Flash Heal @mouseover if friendly, Devouring plague @mouseover if enemy
Would this work? Can't log in to test it right now.
/cast [@focus,mod:shift]Devouring Plague;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,help]Flash Heal;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm]Devouring Plague;Devouring Plague
Could I have it change depending on the spec and still fit in the 250 char restriction? Having the opposite spells if I'm specced Heal?
Edit: would this do the trick for the 3 specs?
#showtooltip [spec:1/2]Binding Heal;Shadow Word: Pain
/cast [@focus,mod:shift]Shadow Word: Pain;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,help]Binding Heal;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm]Shadow Word: Pain;[spec:3]Shadow Word: Pain;[@mouseover]Binding Heal
And this:
#showtooltip [spec:1/2]Smite;Shadow Word: Death
/cast [@focus,mod:shift]Shadow Word: Death;[@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm,spec:3]Shadow Word: Death;[@target,mod:ctrl,harm,spec:1/2]Holy Fire;[spec:3]Shadow Word: Death;Smite
Thank you for your time.
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I am looking for an all in 1 Intervene/Safeguard macro.
What I have is:
#showtooltip Intervene
/cast [nomod,@Lexisbery] Intervene
/cast [mod:shift,@Mocking Banner] Intervene
/cast [mod:alt,@Demoralizing Banner] Intervene
Considering that it is not working for mocking/demoralizing I can only assume I did something wrong or typed it wrong. I would like to keep it with the shift/alt mods. Would definitely appreciate some help.
No point mentioning these bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough.
Code:/cast [@mouseover,mod:ctrl,help]Flash Heal;[@focus,mod:shift][@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm][]Devouring Plague
I'm a bit confused about your first spec macro, you want to cast Shadow Word: Pain on your target if you are shadow, but as heal you don't have any spell to be cast on your target? Please tell me if it is your intention or describe what you really want, thank you
But for the second:
Change spec:2 to spec:1 if your shadow spec is your fist spec.Code:#showtooltip [spec:2]Shadow Word: Death; Smite /cast [@focus,mod:shift][@mouseover,mod:ctrl,harm,spec:2][spec:2]Shadow Word: Death;[mod:ctrl,harm]Holy Fire; Smite
What it does (I took the information from your macro, if it should do something else, feel free to describe it): If in spec 2 (shadow) cast Shadow Word: Death on mouseover enemy if mod:ctrl else on your target, else with ctrl holy fire on enemy target smite. And with shift it will cast SW on focus (in both specs)
Why do you want to show Smite if you are not in shadow spec? wouldn't Holy Fire be better? You could leave the showtooltip unspecified and it will always show the spell that you would currently cast (#showtooltip)
If you don't care about Ctrl as modifier you can replace [mod:Shift/Alt] with [mod] (with only [mod] it would cast Intervene and target your last target if you hold ctrl down)Code:#showtooltip Intervene /cast [nomod,@Lexisbery] Intervene /target [mod:Shift] Mocking Banner; [mod:Alt] Demoralizing Banner /cast [mod:Shift/Alt] Intervene /targetlasttarget [mod:Shift/Alt]
or (same with ctrl, just replace [nomod] with [nomod:Shift/Alt] if you don't want to cast and target last target with ctrl down)
Both macros should work, take whichever you want.Code:#showtooltip Intervene /cast [nomod,@Lexisbery] Intervene /stopmacro [nomod] /target [mod:Shift] Mocking Banner; [mod:Alt] Demoralizing Banner /cast Intervene /targetlasttarget
Last edited by sshika; 2012-11-14 at 04:56 PM. Reason: corrected the first macro
No point mentioning these bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough.
I want to make a script to dismiss my pet when it's dead (delete the dead body) so that I can use my Command Demon right after I use Grimoire of Sacrifice. The problem is I want to put it into a macro which uses my pets spells when they are alive and uses Command Demon when i have the Grimoire of Sacrifice buff so i can't just use /script PetDismiss().
I tried with this but it wouldn't work: /script if UnitIsDead("pet") == "true" then PetDismiss(); end
Anybody know a working macro?


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I just finished reading the Contortionist's Handbook and I have to say its one of the best books I've ever read. Usually I hate books with extensive imagery, but Clevenger manages to weave it so beautifully into the plot, and you can see how it shows how smart and precise the narrator is.
The ending was beautiful but abrupt, Clevenger should have shown what Keara's(Molly) letter said.
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By Capt. Ken Kreisler — March 2001
Built To Take It
Part 2: I always felt in control of the vessel whether at high rpm or setting up for docking.
ribs provide the hull and superstructure with additional strength, and
they and all stringers, frames, and bulkheads are bonded in place before
the hull is pulled from the mold, ensuring the shape remains true. To
save weight without sacrificing strength, Hatteras vacuum-bags the decks,
bulkheads, and many small parts. Finally all primary bronze through-hulls
are bedded in reinforced solid fiberglass, as are critical areas for the
struts, rudder ports, and shaft logs. To complement the superior construction
and impressive power, Hatteras equips the 65 Convertible with both a proven
running bottom—a modified-V with a sharp entry, double chines, and
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Jun 1, 2009 - Daylight Saving Time Started
When local standard time was about to reach
Monday, June 1, 2009, 12:00:00 midnight clocks were turned forward 1 hour to
Monday, June 1, 2009, 1:00:00 am local daylight time instead.
Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour later on Jun 1, 2009 than the day before. There was more light in the evening.
Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.
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Aug 21
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Aug 21, 2009 - Daylight Saving Time Ended
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I think when Ruhle left HOU was the year during the move into the new stadium for them. ERA went way up.....Lima went nuts trying to keep his ERA under 6.00. They have adjusted pretty good to that park haven't they?
Any new pitching philosophy is welcomed on this team.
I want to see how Narron does though with lineups.....and with his bench.
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Charles, William, George. If all goes to plan, and God does, indeed, save our Kings, Britons now know the names of the men who will be head of state for the 21st century. But Ben Goldacre, the science writer, asked a good (if morbid) question: what chance does any one of us have of being alive when George finally takes to the throne? Thanks to Matthew Fletcher, a senior consultant at Towers Watson, a global actuarial firm, we now know.
You can get your precise numbers here, and read on to see how your odds were calculated
First, here is the likely probability distribution about when he will get under the crown. This makes a few assumptions that the royals age much like the rest of us, will not abdicate and that culottes-free Britons won't storm Sandringham any time soon.
Again, assuming no chopping and changing, he also worked out the probability
- that George follows on straight from Elizabeth – 0.1 per cent
- that George takes over from Charles – 4.7 per cent
- that George follows William – 88.6 per cent
- that George is never king – 6.6 per cent


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As the Liberty women's basketball team continues its opening week of practice for the 2013-14 season, the Liberty Flames Sports Network previewed the upcoming year.
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I don't remember what episode or ever what show Steven did this on but I had to try!
I had the challenge of cleanly hacking open a pineapple, gutting it and teach myself how to make meringue.
I did all the work from memory as I only had a mental image of the show to work from.
The only two small things that happened were that the bowl for the beater thingy over heated and stopped turning during the whipping process so the meringue was not as stiff as I wanted it to be.
I did not have a piping bag so I used a zipper locking plastic bag and was going to cut the corner to pipe on the meringue, needless to say the bag popped and meringue went squirting, hence the reason it looks like a brain in the picture.
Steven is so excellent at his explainations I was able to do this two weeks after watching the episode and get it pretty close to what it actually was (I forgot about the alcohol).
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Springfield News-Sun (Springfield, Ohio), Page 17 -- Arthur E. "Art" Gossett, 75, died at 6:45 AM Tuesday, September 26, 1995, in his residence following several months of serious illness. He was born in Leesburg, Ohio on February 25, 1920, the son of Charles and Lottie (Logan) Gossett. He retired in 1982 from D & E Manufacturing as a machinist after 34 years of service. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8673, Union Local 1814 and a World War II United States Army veteran. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Catherine "Kitty"; two sons and daughters-in-law, XXXXXX and XXXXXX Gossett, XXXXXX and XXXXXX Gossett, all of Springfield, one sister, Mary Morrow of Columbus, Ohio; one grandson, XXXXXX; three step-grandchildren, XXXXXX, XXXXXX and XXXXXX; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Roy, James and Earl and a sister, Juanita Stephenson. Friends may call from 5-7 PM Thursday in the Conroy Funeral Home with VFW services at 6:30 PM. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Friday in the funeral home with Mr. John Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Leesburg, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Hospice program at Mercy Medical Center or the American Cancer Society.


text: UK 14 February 2013 Opponents of gay marriage won't face discrimination, says Equality Commission The advice, given to MPs today, also refutes suggestions that unwilling clergy might be forced by human rights law to marry same-sex couples. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML The Equality and Human Rights Commission has dismissed claims that legalising same-sex marriage will lead to discrimination against people who continue to believe that marriage can only be between a man and a woman. The advice, given to MPs today, also refutes suggestions that unwilling clergy might be forced by human rights law to marry same-sex couples. Any such attempt, it concludes, would be "extremely likely to fail." Parliament is beginning its detailed consideration of the bill today. Ever since the government announced its intention to change the law, opponents have argued that people who take a more traditional view of marriage will face discrimination in the workplace, even potentially losing their jobs for expressing their beliefs. A letter organised last month on behalf of Catholic priests and bishops (more than a thousand signed it) compared the prospect to the situation their church faced after the Reformation, when Catholics were legally barred from holding many official positions. The move, the priests predicted, "will have many legal consequences, severely restricting the ability of Catholics to teach the truth about marriage in their schools, charitable institutions or places of worship. It is meaningless to argue that Catholics and others may still teach their beliefs about marriage in schools and other arenas if they are also expected to uphold the opposite view at the same time." Similar fears have been expressed by other campaigners. The Conservative MP Edward Leigh introduced a Ten Minute Rule bill at the end of January calling for explicit protection to be given to opponents of same-sex weddings in churches - by making the exclusively heterosexual view of marriage a "protected characteristic" under the 2010 Equality Act. Without such protection, he warned, "Army and NHS chaplains who preach in favour of traditional marriage in their own churches on Sunday could find themselves in trouble," while "tens of thousands" of teachers could face disciplinary action. Today's advice from the EHRC, written by a leading QC, suggests that these fears are misplaced. When it comes to religious ceremonies, it notes that "freedom to manifest religion or belief" is enshrined in the Human Rights Act, as well as in Article 9 of the European Convention. The principle is not absolute, since a government can interfere with it in the wider public good, but in this case the government has said very clearly that it wishes to uphold the right of religious objection. Churches and other religious bodies will be able to opt-in to performing same-sex marriages, but that will be entirely their choice. The EHRC also sees "no reason why employees of all kinds will not remain free to express their views about same-sex marriage." They, too, would enjoy the full protection of Article 9. Furthermore, the Equality Act itself protects employees from direct and indirect discrimination, and also unfair dismissal, because of their religion or belief. Employees should not be sanctioned for disagreeing with the new law, since it "would be unlawful for an employer to discipline or sack an employee for this. This is the case for all employees, whether in the public or private sector, including teachers and chaplains." Nor would be anyone be required to promote same-sex marriage as part of their job. The guidance concludes that there "is sufficient protection for individuals who hold the religious or philosophical belief that marriage should only be between a man and a woman." The only exception the EHRC can see is that registrars might be required to officiate at same-sex weddings as part of their public duty: but as the recent case of Lillian Ladele showed, this is already true of civil partnership ceremonies. Campaigners against the Bill will probably dismiss this advice as speculative. Seemingly contradictory advice from the human rights lawyer Aidan O'Neill was publicised last month in the Telegraph. Nevertheless, such a clear statement from the EHRC is likely to carry weight, since it has a statutory duty to scrutinise legislation and to issue formal advice to employers. The advice on same-sex marriage comes on the day that the Commission also circulates new guidance on the wider question of the expression of religion and belief in the workplace, which it hopes will avoid conflict and costly court cases. It's also worth noting that Aidan Smith, who was demoted by Trafford Housing Trust after expressing an opinion about same-sex marriage on Facebook, won his case at the High Court last year. If there was a danger of over-zealous employers interpreting the new law as requiring staff to suppress their opposition to same-sex marriage, today's strong advice from the EHRC makes such a scenario much less likely. › Reviewed: This is 40 directed by Judd Apatow An anti-gay marriage protest in France, on January 13. 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Management of Anal Cancer in 2010 Part 2: Current Treatment Standards and Future Directions
Management of Anal Cancer in 2010 Part 2: Current Treatment Standards and Future Directions
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The treatment of anal squamous cell cancer with definitive chemoradiation is the gold-standard therapy for localized anal cancer, primarily because of its sphincter-saving and colostomy-sparing potential. Studies have addressed different chemoradiation regimens in hopes of improving on the standard protocol of fluorouracil (5-FU), mitomycin, and radiation, but no alternative regimens have proven superior. Nevertheless, important conclusions have been derived regarding the continuity of radiation as well as the role of induction and maintenance chemotherapy in this setting. In the concluding part of this review, we consider the data on chemoradiation with 5-FU/mitomycin vs radiation alone, chemoradiation with 5-FU/mitomycin vs chemoradiation with 5-FU alone, neoadjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin/5-FU followed by cisplatin/5-FU plus radiation vs mitomycin/5-FU plus radiation, the addition of induction or maintenance chemotherapy to chemoradiation, the effect of overall treatment time on tumor control, whether chemotherapy can be eliminated for early-stage anal cancer, and the impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on treatment.
As noted in part 1 of this article, which appeared in the April 15th issue of ONCOLOGY (24:364-369, 2010), the treatment of anal squamous cell cancer with definitive chemoradiation is clearly the gold-standard therapy for localized anal cancer, primarily because of its sphincter-saving and colostomy-sparing potential. Studies conducted over the past 2 decades have addressed different chemoradiation regimens in hopes of improving on the standard Nigro protocol of fluorouracil (5-FU), mitomycin, and radiation. Although these studies failed to reveal any superiority of alternative regimens to the Nigro protocol, important conclusions were derived regarding the continuity of radiation as well as the role of induction (pre-chemoradiation) and maintenance chemotherapy (post-chemoradiation) in patients with anal cancer.
Part 1 of this review provided an overview of anal cancer epidemiology, risk factors, screening, prevention, and diagnosis. In part 2, we will focus on the current status of chemoradiation for anal cancer and reflect on potential areas for future treatment improvements.
Prior to the 1980s, abdominoperineal resection of the anal canal and distal rectum, with the formation of permanent end-colostomy was the standard treatment of anal cancer and was associated with a 5-year survival of around 40% to 70%.1-7
Subsequent work by Nigro et al showed that the administration of preoperative 5-FU and mitomycin combined with radiation therapy resulted in a reduced surgical failure rate.8,9 Given the high rate of complete pathologic response associated with the Nigro regimen, Nigro proposed an approach of initial chemoradiation followed by abdominoperineal resection only if residual tumor remained at the time of postradiation biopsy.10 Combined-modality therapy using initial radiation therapy, 5-FU, and mitomycin followed by salvage surgery was subsequently established as the standard of care by retrospective and prospective studies, despite the lack of a randomized study comparing chemoradiation to surgery.10-18 A randomized study comparing chemoradiation to abdominoperineal resection is generally not considered feasible, given the anticipated difficulties in patient accrual.
Chemoradiation With 5-FU/Mitomycin vs Radiation Therapy Alone
The United Kingdom Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research (UKCCCR) trial randomized 585 patients to radiation alone or radiation combined with chemotherapy (continuous 5-FU, 1,000 mg/m2/d for 4 days or 750 mg/m2/d for 5 days, during the first and final week of radiation treatment, with mitomycin, 12 mg/m2 by bolus intravenous infusion on day 1 of chemoradiation).18 The radiation dose was 45 Gy in 20 to 25 fractions over 4 to 5 weeks. Tumor response was assessed at 6 weeks after completion of the first radiotherapy course. Patients with at least a 50% tumor regression received an additional boost of 15 Gy in six fractions or by 25 Gy iridium-192 implant over 2 to 3 days. Poor responders with less than 50% tumor regression underwent surgical resection.
The response rate in the assessable population was 92% on both arms; most of these patients received the intended radiation boost. Approximately 65% of the poor responders underwent abdominoperineal resection, and the rest received other therapies. Local failure was defined as persistent disease following completion of therapy, anorectal surgery, or persistent colostomy at 6 months from completion of treatment. Local failure occurred in 265 of 562 evaluable patients, defined as those who were evaluable at 6 or more weeks from treatment start.
The 3-year local relapse rate was 61% in the radiation arm vs 39% in the chemoradiation arm. The incidence of anal cancer–related death was significantly higher in the radiation arm (39%) than in the chemoradiation arm (28%). The 3-year survival-rate for the radiation arm was 58%, compared with 65% for the chemoradiation arm, which was not a statistically significant difference because of the excess non–cancer-related mortality on the chemoradiation arm.18
In the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) study, 103 patients with locally advanced cancers of the anal canal were entered on a trial with a similar design.16 A boost of 15 Gy for complete remission or 20 Gy for partial responders (ie, any shrinkage) was given after 6 weeks of completion of the initial 45 Gy. Chemotherapy consisted of 5-FU, 750 mg/m2 daily as a continuous infusion on days 1 to 5 and 29 to 33, and mitomycin was given at 15 mg/m2 on day 1 of the first course of 5-FU. Assessment of treatment effect was performed 6 weeks after completion of boost treatment. Complete response was higher in the chemoradiation arm (80%) vs the radiation arm (54%). At 5 years, Kaplan-Meier estimates showed 18% more locoregional control (P = .02) and a 32% higher colostomyfree interval (P = .002) in favor of the chemoradiation arm. Evaluation of 5-year overall survival showed a trend in favor of the chemoradiation approach (P = .17).16
The results in the chemoradiation arm of the EORTC study were somewhat better than what was seen in the UKCCCR study, despite the inclusion of patients with more advanced disease and the exclusion of T1–2, N0 patients (Table 1). The improvement in outcome in the EORTC study may be related to more stringent inclusion guidelines (no metastatic disease patients were included), more prolonged and standardized radiation (45 Gy in 25 fractions in all patients), exclusion of patients older than 75 years, and application of a boost in all patients with disease regression, irrespective of its degree (UKCCCR mandated > 50% shrinkage). Both studies clearly indicate superior locoregional control and a decrease in colostomy rates with the addition of 5-FU and mitomycin to radiation therapy.
Chemoradiation With 5-FU/Mitomycin vs 5-FU Chemoradiation
In 1991, a meta-analysis of prospective clinical trials using radiation alone, with 5-FU, and with 5-FU/ mitomycin reported a significant improvement in local control and 5-year overall survival in favor of 5-FU plus mitomycin.13 Subsequently, the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 87-04/Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 1289 study—a phase III randomized clinical trial—confirmed the superiority of 5-FU plus mitomycin (Nigro regimen) over 5-FU plus radiation in the definitive treatment of anal cancer.17 A total of 310 patients were randomized to radiation with 5-FU (1,000 mg/m2/d as a continuous infusion for 96 hours on days 1 and 29) or radiation with the same 5-FU schedule and the addition of mitomycin (10 mg/m2 on the first day of each 5 FU course). Radiation was given at 45 Gy in 5 weeks. Patients with palpable tumor at the end of the 45-Gy dose were given an additional 5.4 Gy. Patients with N0 disease received 45 Gy to the inguinal lymph nodes, while those with N1 disease were boosted to 50.4 Gy.
Response was documented with a mandated full-thickness tumor biopsy at 4 to 6 weeks after completion of this "induction chemoradiation." Salvage chemoradiation was administered if there was histologic confirmation of residual primary tumor. Salvage chemoradiation consisted of an additional radiation therapy boost of 9 Gy (5 fractions of 1.8 Gy) to the area of residual disease, along with concurrent 5-FU (1,000 mg/m2/d for 4 days) and a single injection of cisplatin (100 mg/ m2 on day 2 of 5-FU therapy). A total of 291 patients were assessable for disease outcome, 262 of whom underwent postinduction biopsy.
The negative biopsy rates were 86% and 92.2% in the 5-FU and 5-FU/mitomycin arms, respectively (P = .135). Colostomy rates at 4 years were lower in patients receiving 5-FU plus mitomycin (9%) vs patients receiving 5-FU (23%; P = .002). Similarly, the disease-free survival rate was significantly improved in favor of the mitomycin arm (4-year disease-free survival was 73% vs 51%; P = .0003). While these results did not translate into a survival advantage, a trend emerged in an overall survival benefit in the mitomycin group after 18 months. The assessment of the value of salvage chemoradiation was limited, as only 28 patients had positive biopsies postinduction. Of these 28 patients, 25 received salvage chemoradiation as per protocol. Twelve patients ultimately had a negative postsalvage treatment biopsy, and 4 of these 12 were disease-free 4 years later.17 These results are summarized in Table 2. The RTOG 87-04/ECOG 1289 study firmly established 5-FU/mitomycin as part of standard chemoradiation therapy for anal cancer.


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OCALA, Fla. - Authorities say a pregnant Ocala woman who was stabbed more than 30 times is recovering in a hospital.
Police say 59-year-old Samuel Roy Cone II was charged Tuesday with attempted murder after stabbing 40-year-old Jill Feingold.
The Ocala Star-Banner reports Feingold underwent surgery in Ocala after the Monday attack. She was then transferred to Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville where she and the unborn baby are listed in critical condition. She is 22 weeks pregnant.
Police say Cone is the uncle of Feingold's husband. Officers took Cone into custody outside the home, where he told police he was sorry but "they took all I had."
Ocala police Det. Mat Steckman says the attack apparently stems from a dispute over who will inherit Cone's mother's estate.
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On Thursday 10th July at Christchurch on the Grove, the Wharfedale Group of Amnesty International held a well-attended open meeting supported by the Bradford and Silsden groups to launch the Against Torture Campaign. Rod Heath AI UK representative for the North East introduced the campaign. He spoke about how, all over the world, governments are torturing ordinary people. Thirty years ago Amnesty International secured an historic global ban on torture; but the governments that signed up to it have failed to live up to their promises. They still use torture to obtain "confessions", silence opposition or simply to punish. The campaign will focus on five key countries, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines and Uzbekistan. Within each of these countries the focus will be on the survivors of torture. Cards for signing were available in support of victims.
Following the launch, Andy Moody the London based AI UK Coordinator for China spoke on the main areas of Amnesty's work in China with a focus on the current individuals at risk in that country. There was material available on which to take action. The Wharfedale Group has specific interest in their adopted prisoner, Ablikim Abdiriyim, a prisoner of conscience in the Uighur region of China.
The group is grateful to the Rev Patrick Bateman and All Saints churchfor allowing postcards to be signed on behalf of victims of torture. The congregation gave the group a warm and enthusiastic reception and 60 cards were signed. Other local churches will participate later in the month.
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CHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO – Johnsonite®, a Tarkett company and provider of some of the world's most integrated high-performance flooring system, hosted an interactive design event during NeoCon® World's Trade Fair 2010 in Chicago. Johnsonite invited show attendees to place a sample of its flooring tile on a "Collage of Possibilities," and pledged to increase its product donation to Architecture for Humanity for each tile that was placed.
Due to excellent event attendance, Johnsonite will donate 3,000 square feet of Harmonium xf Linoleum Flooring to Architecture for Humanity for relief efforts in Haiti.
The "Collage of Possibilities" brought show attendees together, allowing them to create a visual representation of the positive change they could make in communities when people work together. The tiles placed on the collage were samples of Johnsonite's rubber and linoleum flooring products.
"We believe that our efforts to create positive change should extend beyond sustainable building products and practices and should reach into the communities those buildings serve," says Diane Martel, vice president, environmental planning and strategy for Tarkett North America. "NeoCon is a show that gathers architects and designers together to introduce them to new things: products and ideas that can change the industry. We thought it was the perfect venue to encourage creativity and transformation on a different level. It's about being good stewards of the Earth and good neighbors to the people who live on it."
Architecture for Humanity is a nonprofit design services firm with a network of more than 40,000 professionals that brings design, construction and development services to where they are most critically needed, directly benefiting 10,000 people each year.
"Architecture for Humanity is grateful to Johnsonite for their product contribution to help rebuild in Haiti," says Barb Alvarado, director of development for the foundation. "[We have] significant experience in leading the reconstruction of transitional and permanent infrastructure in post-disaster contexts. Already working in Haiti prior to the earthquake, Architecture for Humanity has also been involved in rebuilding efforts post-Tsunami in India and Sri Lanka and in the Gulf Coast after hurricane Katrina."
For more information on sustainable efforts, products and systems from Tarkett and Johnsonite, visit www.johnsoniteenvironment.com.
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Johnsonite, headquartered in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is a leader in flooring solutions that integrate design, function and life-safety, leading to enhanced productivity in high- performance environments. Sales, manufacturing operations and product distribution are located throughout North America. For more information on Johnsonite products and systems, call (800) 899-8916 or visit www.johnsonite.com.
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Architecture for Humanity is a nonprofit design services firm founded in 1999. They are building a more sustainable future through the power of professional design. By tapping a network of more than 40,000 professionals willing to lend time and expertise to help those who would not otherwise be able to afford their services, they bring design, construction and development services where they are most critically needed. Go to http://architectureforhumanity.org to learn more.


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