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Two of the most common wish-list items from prospective Apple customers have been a smaller, sub-13-inch MacBook, and a less-expensive version of the ultrathin MacBook Air. The new 11.6-inch version of the MacBook Air kills both birds with one stone, as the smallest current Apple laptop (there were 12-inch PowerBook models as recently as five years ago), and also lowering the entry price to $999, coincidentally, the same as the white basic 13-inch MacBook.
The end result is a laptop that feels like a cross between a traditional aluminum MacBook and the wave of upscale 11.6-inch premium Netbooks that have caught our attention this year.
The MacBook Air is a product line that--in its previous life--had a dedicated cult following but never found a real mainstream audience because of its high price and because it didn't do enough to distinguish itself from the rest of Apple's 13-inch laptop lineup. It was thinner and lighter, but still not quite different enough to justify the hefty investment. By doing more to differentiate the product, and dropping the entry price, the new MacBook Air succeeds in carving out more than an enthusiast niche for itself.
The quick boot times, long battery life (with extralong standby time), and excellent keyboard/trackpad combo make this our new go-to ultraportable (if price is not an issue), with our enthusiasm muted only by a missing SD card slot and older low-voltage CPU.
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If anything, the addition of an 11-inch size is a nod to the past several years of laptop development, where small, inexpensive Netbooks started as a niche market, with 7- and then 9-inch screens, then moved into the mainstream with 10- and 11-inch versions. Since the start of the MacBook era, Apple had largely ignored the shift in laptop prices and sizes, opting instead to stick to the higher end of the market, and not going below 13 inches.
The new Airs, in both the 13-inch and 11-inch formats, are incredibly thin and light, even to someone used to working with very small laptops (such as Sony's SSD Vaio Z models). The all-metal construction keeps it from feeling too fragile, often an issue for ultrathin systems. The shape is closer to the previous Air than we would have expected, given the radical redesign the iPhone 4 got over its predecessors. The body is tapered toward the front, creating an optical illusion of even more thinness (although it's still only 0.68 inch thick at the rear). Interestingly, the 11-inch and 13-inch both narrow down to the same 0.11 inch.
The large keyboard and trackpad (which is the same glass version found on other MacBooks) both work well, although the function keys at the very top are very small. The F5 key is the only one missing an alternate function; on other MacBooks, it's for the keyboard backlight. Typing was typically excellent, but we're so used to the backlit keys on other MacBooks, we missed it instantly.
Apple's large multitouch trackpad remains the best available, largely thanks to the software that enables gestures control. The pad is hinged at the top, allowing the entire pad to click down, but we prefer traditional tapping (which is off by default and must be activated in the Preferences menu). Other laptop makers have subsequently added similar clickpads, and we hear the next generation of clickpads will fully depress, instead of working off a top hinge, which should make for an even better experience.
Notable is the inclusion of the latest version of Apple's iLife suite of software. The iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand apps include tons of useful and fun features, and are ideal for casual consumers (although pros will likely stick with Photoshop, Final Cut, and Logic or Pro Tools). The most notable new additions are iPhoto slideshows that place pictures on an interactive map with GPS data, and a series of amusing movie trailer templates in iMovie, complete with canned Hollywood-style scores.
It's not necessarily a software feature, but the system boots extremely quickly. Apple calls it Instant On, and though it's not exactly instant, it boots up very, very fast--faster even than an iPad.
This is the first MacBook with a 16:9 display (the 13-inch is still 16:10), and uses the same 1,366x768-pixel native resolution as most laptops from 11 to 15 inches. The screen area lacks the edge-to-edge glass over a black bezel found in other MacBooks; instead the screen is surrounded by a thick silver bezel. Perhaps it's to save on weight, but it's really the only aesthetic bum note about the system. There seems to be a lot of extra real estate around the actual screen, and one can assume the extra room was required to keep the keyboard from feeling cramped.
|MacBook Air, fall 2010, 11.6-inch
|Average for category [ultraportable]
|VGA plus HDMI or DisplayPort
|Stereo speakers, headphone jack
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|3 USB 2.0, SD card reader
|Ethernet, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
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Doubling the USB ports over the original Air from one to two is a welcome gesture, but only the 13-inch has an SD card slot (seriously, Apple: every 10-inch $300 Netbook has an SD card slot, it's not that hard). Even more disappointing, even the 13-inch version lacks a backlit keyboards. Likewise missing: dedicated VGA or HDMI outputs are no-shows (you'll need an aftermarket adapter for the Mini-DisplayPort jack). Don't look for onboard Ethernet or built-in 3G wireless, either.
There's a legitimate concern for hard-drive hogs that the 64GB or 128GB of flash hard-drive space may not be enough for high-res photos and video. We've rarely filled up too much of a hard drive, but today's laptop users are indeed more used to 500GB of space on even the most basic systems.
The 11-inch Air feels speedy enough, closer to a full-size laptop than than most dual-core 11-inch premium Netbook. That makes sense, as the Core 2 Duo/Nvidia 320M combo is similar to what you'd find in the current $999 white MacBook (although this is a ULV version of the Core 2 Duo in this case). It's especially interesting to compare this with the 11-inch Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T-68U118, which has a low-voltage Intel Core i7 CPU for $899. The Acer was faster in our Photoshop and iTunes tests, but slower than the Air in our multitasking test. Though it's not as fast as a non-ULV laptop, the MacBook Air is about as good as you're going to find in this 11-inch arena.
There is some confusion over Apple's use of Intel's older Core 2 Duo line in both the MacBook Air and also the 13-inch MacBook and MacBook Pro, but the back-and-forth performance lead compared with the ULV Core i7 Acer Timeline shows that this isn't a deal killer. The real reason for the Core 2 Duo is so Apple can include the pretty decent Nvidia 320M graphics chip. If the MacBook Air used an Intel Core i-series CPU, it would have to use Intel's uninspiring integrated graphics or else a fully discrete Nvidia GPU (which is bigger, requires power, and is more expensive).
Macs have never been known as gaming machines, but a few new wrinkles may change that perception. The Steam platformfor online game delivery now has a Mac client (although the selection is still pretty thin), and the OnLive streaming game service works on Macs as well, and has the added value of allowing you to play PC-only games on a Mac.


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A WEYMOUTH bar owner has been targeted in a vicious hate campaign.
Death threats and racially abusive comments were made on the social networking site Facebook about Iranian-born Parviz Marseh, owner of Dolce Vita cafe and bar in St Thomas Street.
The comments began with false rumours stating Mr Marseh had banned people from wearing poppies in his venue and escalated into a tirade of abuse.
Dorset Police are investigating after Facebook 'trolls' launched the attack against Mr Marseh.
Mr Marseh, who has lived in Weymouth for 20 years and is originally from Iran, was targeted by a number of Facebook users posting offensive language and racial abuse such as 'go back to your own country'.
One threatened to petrol bomb the bar with him in it.
The abuse began earlier this week when one user started a false rumour that the club was refusing entry to customers because they were wearing Royal British Legion poppies.
Mr Marseh, who is also vice-chairman of Weymouth Pub-watch, said he is sickened.
He said: "The abuse started out of nowhere as a rumour on Facebook, someone said that we weren't letting people in the club wearing poppies.
"There's absolutely no truth in it, a lot of the staff wore poppies to work and we were selling them.
"When I looked online people were making racist remarks and violent threats.
"Some of these comments are awful – they're inciting racism and violence against me.
"I feel victimised. I've never been in this situation before."
Mr Marseh added: "I've been in England for 37 years, which is most of my life, and this is the worst attack I've had in terms of racism, I'm really surprised and saddened by it.
"Hopefully, the police will get to the bottom of it and take appropriate action.
"It's affecting my business, I've achieved a lot in Weymouth and provide a good service and jobs for a lot of people.
"I feel like packing my case and leaving but I've got my family and my staff to look after.
"I employ a lot of people and I pay my taxes, I don't need this sort of abuse. Stupid comments like this could ruin this place."
Mr Marseh said it wasn't fair to target people because of their country of origin.
He added: "Thinking about what these people have said makes me feel sick.
"These are people who I've never even met, I don't know if they've ever been in the club.
"Having lived in Weymouth for so long I know that the majority of people are not like this, it's such a shame that some are."
A Dorset Police spokesman said "I can confirm this incident has been reported to us.
"The investigation is ongoing."
Facebook Outlines Its Policy
FACEBOOK says that it does not permit hate speech, bullying, harassment or threats of violence on its site.
It says safety is top priority.
A statement on the site reads: "While we encourage you to challenge ideas, institutions, events, and practices, it is a serious violation to attack a person based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or medical condition."
It adds: "We allow users to speak freely on matters and people of public interest, but take action on all reports of abusive behavior directed at private individuals."
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Anne-Marie Vincent, below, is chairman of South West Dorset Multicultural Network. She said: "It's lamentable, Facebook should be a force for good but it can be pernicious and can cause great harm, which has been documented recently in stories across the country.
"As a social network it's brilliant but the problem is people put things which they probably wouldn't say on the phone let alone face to face.
"This takes it to another level, to threaten a person like that, it's threatening their family and their livelihood – it's despicable.
"I'm glad the police are investigating because it needs to stop.
"It makes it difficult for people to use the site properly – it's not there to put forward spite and vile comments. I'm sure they wouldn't dare say these things to someone's face.
"At the Multicultural Network we thoroughly applaud the fact that Mr Marseh has gone to the police and hope they can do something about it and get to the root of the problem."

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You may have seen Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby.
Now get ready to see the originals. That is, the original screen idols and flappers who played out stories on the silver screen when F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was published in 1925. The only difference is their world was silent. Only music accompanied the onscreen action, most of the time the music being provided by a theater organist performing live.
The idea of live music has never been lost on Baton Rouge Gallery. It's one of the highlights of its Movies & Music on the Lawn silent film series, which opens on Saturday, May 25, with The Artist.
The Artistwas released in 2011 and won the Best Picture Oscar at the 2012 Academy Awards. So, it's true that its cast members would never have hobnobbed with Gatsby.
Still, the film is true to the era of its forebears, and Baton Rouge Gallery is excited to have the film in its lineup.
"We tried getting it last year, but it had just won the Academy Award," Jason Andreasen, the gallery's executive director, said.
This marks the first year Andreasen and gallery staff planned Movies & Music on the Lawn without a theme.
Last year the series focused on futuristic films made in the 1920s. The year before, the series featured legendary comic actors from the era. But as fun as they were, the series were limiting.
"A lot of times, we'd develop the series around one or two movies that we'd want to show," Andreasen said. "Last year, we wanted to show Metropolis, so we created the series around it. But sometimes, the films we chose to fill in the schedule weren't as well known. We have more flexibility without a theme."
Going back to the aforementioned 2011 comedy series, Movies & Music on the Lawn made history that year by rounding out the season with Mel Brooks' 1976 comedy, Silent Movie.
"This year, we're opening our series with a silent film made in modern times," Andreasen said. "And we're excited to be able to get it for this year. The Artist is a perfect fit for the gallery to kick of its 2013 Movies & Music on the Lawn series, because both the film and the series reinvigorate our love of silent film with unique presentation. Captain Green will accompany the film with an original score."
Captain Green is one of several local bands that will perform live while the films are playing.
'And with this, we're looking at silent films in a new way," Andreasen said.
With each film, Movies & Music's audiences experience a mixing of old and new in a one-time event, as this is the only time these films will be paired with this music.
And again, it starts with The Artist, which stars Jean Dujardin as dashing silent movie star George Valentin, who is at the top of the Hollywood A-list until talking pictures destroy his career. And then there's the young dancer Peppy Miller, who is infatuated with George and lands a bit part in one of his adventure films.
They develop a friendship, which weakens as Peppy's career soars. Their story plays out with humor, melodrama, romance and tenderness on the backdrop of a soundtrack filled with music. A soundtrack that will be left up to south Louisiana band Captain Green.
The group was formed in 2010 and has been a favorite at festivals and local music venues, proclaiming its genre as "intergalactic space funk," a high energy fusing of electric jazz and New Orleans style funk.
This will be Captain Green's third year to perform at Movies & Music.
The series will continue with monthly events through September with five screenings: The General, starring Buster Keaton and featuring Righteous Buddha performing a new score on Saturday, June 29; The Black Pirate with music by The Breton Sound on Saturday, July 27; Nosferatu, with a score by England in 1819 on Friday, Aug. 30; and Clara Bow starring as the original "it girl" in It with music by bluegrass darlings Polly Pry on Friday, Sept. 27.
Movies will begin at sundown, and as always, visitors show up early with food and beverages, and blankets to spread on the ground. The $5 admission will include free popcorn.
"And we'll be popping the popcorn throughout the movie," Andreasen said. "So, you can have as much popcorn as you want. Our admission price is significantly less than that at a movie theater, and you get free popcorn with it. Where else are you going to find that?"
And where else are you going to find a one-of-a-kind film experience?
"This series has been breathing new life into silent film for local audiences for 20 years," Andreasen said.
True, director Bas Luhrmann has opened summer on a jazz era stage with his lavish film interpretation of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
But Baton Rouge Gallery is reveling in the originals.


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It seems you just grabbed a list of known high profile Tiges supporters. Could have added the first bloke and George Megalogenis to the list. But it is a bit silly isn't it? (I voted M.Molloy)
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Just like in 1980, Monteath wants to come on to enjoy the spoils after others have done the hard work! Similarly Speed, the Johnny come lately to the Board, O'Shannassy or Dalton for mine.
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I how I cringe when Gary March says...'we're coming out of it!" Since the Tigers further south last year, what really makes you him think they are coming out or going up any time soon? Monteath is right to say 'let's see how we go".
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As you can see below, Gilbert and I had a little bit of fun during the styling. They had such a long day and he was still cracking jokes!
Here I am all styled and beautified with the stunning Giselle. What do you think? I LOVE MY LOOK! Sorry for the all caps on that one. But, I never had my hair like this before and I wish I could do this every day. I'm loving the shine and how soft my hair feels!! If you're wondering the top is from Forever 21.
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Pembrokeshire is preparing to host the debut Welsh Dragon Boat Race Championship tomorrow (Sunday).
The races at Llys y Fran Country Park and Reservoir take place tomorrow, Bank Holiday Sunday (May 25). The boats race in pairs in three heats, with the fastest times qualifying for the final.
Each team is made up of 17 people, including a drummer at the helm who ceremoniously beats in time with the rowing. So far 16 teams have entered.
The racing is not the only attraction of the day.
There will be a host of family entertainment, including bouncy castles, sumo wrestling, bucking bronco, as well as a licensed bar, and barbecues.
Entertainment will also be provided by live bands Audio Soup Kitchen, Sad Cafe Jammers and Jack Castle Sound, before a DJ takes over and entertains well into the evening.
The Noah's Ark Appeal (Wales' largest Children's Charity) has been appointed as the official beneficiary, alongside Pembrokeshire's Paul Sartori Foundation and others. In addition to the official charities however, the event organisers, Narberth and Whitland Rotary Club is also keen to invite other fundraisers to take stands on the day, free of charge.
Ken Morgan, rotary spokesman and event manager, said: "We expect lots of interest in this, the first of what we hope are many Welsh Dragon Boat Championships to come.
"It's aptly timed to coincide with the Whitsun Bank Holiday, and weather permitting, Llys y Fran is a large site to facilitate a large crowd."
Event organisers were delighted by the generosity shown from the Llys y Fran management, which, in a bid to further promote the event as a family festival-like weekend, and also to promote responsible drinking, is inviting event participants and spectators alike to pitch tents overnight – at no extra charge.
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The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens is hosting its first annual ZooLights event this holiday season. See the Zoo transformed into a winter wonderland by thousands of LED lights and twinkling displays. You can even ride the Zoo's illuminated train for a relaxing view of the the grounds.
There will be a festive carousel for the kids and a 4-D Theatre Ride featuring the Polar Express.
This exciting event will take place at The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens from December 14 through 31 and will be closed Christmas day. ZooLights hours are Sunday-Thursday 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Friday-Saturday 6:30 to 10 p.m.
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The Struggle Train
Erica Mena had a showcase, and she lip-synced her song. Also, the dancing struggle was hella real.
Rashida looks stupid since she seems to be taking hair tips from Dennis Rodman and wanting to be classy while screaming about being on probation.Cyn looks stupid for thinking that a openly bis*xual woman who lies and cheats all the time would be loyal to her.Erica looks stupid because she still doesn't realize that she's not a hustler.Rich looks stupid for wanting to be in this mess and for having more people on his site listed as working for him than he has actual clients. (6 other people on the team, 3 clients and no models.)In other words, this shows was just full of stupidity.


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Dave Parker, who was director of marketing at Scattaglia Growers & Shippers LLC since 2007, has taken a position at Lodi, Calif.-based Rivermaid Trading Co.
Parker made the switch at the end of January, said Louis Scattaglia, managing partner at Scattaglia Growers & Shippers, Traver, Calif.
Parker was not immediately available for comment. Rivermaid Trading's products include pears, cherries and asparagus.
Prior to joining Scattaglia, he was director of marketing at Dinuba, Calif.-based Fruit Patch Sales Co. From 1988 to 2003, he was director of merchandising for the California Tree Fruit Agreement.
Earlier in his career, Parker was packinghouse manager and Northern California regional manager for Blue Anchor Inc., Loomis, Calif., where he spent 13 years.
Other industry roles included a one-year stint as chairman of the Produce for Better Health Foundation in 2005 and 2006. Parker was a founding member of the California 5 a Day steering committee and served as its chairman for nine years.
Scattaglia Growers & Shippers is weighing options for a successor, Scattaglia said Feb. 8.


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So anybody who knows me, I always have surfboard projects in various stages of completion. This year is no different. So I thought I would post some photo's of this years projects. All of these boards I glued, hand-shaped, airbrushed, and glassed. Many started as one thing and became an other.
Dissect Series
A couple of years ago, I began a new project. I started to cut up some perfectly good surfboard blanks. Cutting and re-gluing them into an entirely different shape than they were intended to be. I began to call these boards "Dissects". As in dissecting them into pieces. Just like that frog you cut up in Biology class. Only I put them back together. For example, some started out as a long-board blank, and became a gun instead. Others were a gun blank and became a fish.
Missing from this thread are, Race Paddleboard, Asymmetrical s, Agave boards. Maybe another thread. When I find time, I'll add more photo's. Way more at my website.
Barry Snyder
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We asked Gary Perkin for a few words about his cover photo of Burry.
Where to start? I took photos of Burry Stander since 2003 but I knew him long before then when he raced DH, XC and road as a teenager. But I won't take another photo of the Kid, as he was known, because on January 3 he was killed on the road while out training. It's been a tough time going through thousands of images over the years and seeing his progression from teen prodigy to the Olympics knowing that we won't see him race again has hit me hard. The cover image, from the last stage of the 2012 Cape Epic – which Burry and Christoph Sauser won, struck me as the moment how I would like to remember him. Ride in Peace Champ!
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – James Bryce, credited with the remarkable turnaround of Saint Leo University Tennis, has announced his resignation as he has taken a position with Mississippi State University in the Southeastern Conference. Bryce will jump into Division I as the Bulldogs' assistant women's coach.
"I want to thank Saint Leo University and the athletic department for everything the last four years," Bryce said in the emotional announcement. "It has been a pleasure to work in this community and I wish the best of luck to everyone in the future. I particularly would like to thank (Saint Leo Director of Athletics) Mr. Reidy for his guidance and tireless work ethic to make this program one of the best in the country."
Only the second coach in program history, Bryce stepped into one of the toughest situations a new head coach can encounter. Both Saint Leo men's and women's teams consistently resided in the bottom-half of the conference and each team needed to be overhauled from the ground up. Bryce faced the challenge head-on, and by his second year he had the men's program in the NCAA postseason for the first time. The women's team joined their counterparts the following season as Bryce changed the expectation level of the program to one of national recognition and prominence.
By the end of the 2013 season both squads had set new program marks for wins, were ranked in the Top 10 in Division II and had defeated programs commonly thought to be unbeatable by a tennis team from Saint Leo. All the accolades were capped when the Lions' women's tennis team was selected to host the NCAA South Region Tournament, an honor given to the most elite in each of the NCAA's eight regions.
"James Bryce will be missed by the entire Saint Leo Community," Reidy said. "He took his first opportunity as a head coach and elevated both programs to Top 10 in a short period of time. At this same time he had the highest academic performing teams."
The Division I ranks are a familiar spot for Bryce as he played college tennis at Samford University in Alabama before breaking into the coaching ranks as an assistant for Division II Columbus State.
Reidy continued, "While we are sad to see him go we wish him and Erin all the best in their new chapter in Starkville, Miss. The Bulldogs have added an outstanding person and coach to their staff."
"Saint Leo will always have a special place in my heart and look forward to watching the program grow even more," Bryce said. "In addition, I would like to thank all my players (past and present) for their support and hard work. Good luck and GO LIONS!"
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Patience pays off for GoodesJon Pierik
Published: December 12 2012 - 3:00AM
CLUBS and coaches like to espouse perseverance. Whether that be short-term, as in winning the next contest on the field, or longer-term ambitions of claiming that coveted flag, it's about maintaining the focus.
In Brett Goodes, the younger brother of Sydney champion Adam, the Western Bulldogs have the embodiment of perseverance.
Taken in the rookie draft on Tuesday, Goodes, after a strong season with the Bulldogs' VFL affiliate Williamstown, has finally secured a spot at an AFL club. Not that he wasn't already involved, having been the Bulldogs' welfare manager in recent times.
Now it will be up to his replacement to help the players deal with such issues as housing and employment, although Goodes, 28 and four years younger than Adam, is of the right nature to continue to keep a close eye on his mates.
That was one reason why he was drafted. Not only does he have the dash, strength and kicking skills to push for a senior berth, he believes possibly off the half-back line or up forward, but his role will also be to help guide the young players at training, particularly when a strong work ethic is required.
As he waited for a stint in the high-altitude chamber at Victoria University, Goodes was clearly a delighted man, having elbowed former Bomber Brent Prismall for the rookie spot.
''I didn't think it was an option in the last couple of years,'' he said of turning an AFL dream into a reality.
''I was more focused on my work, especially with the Bulldogs boys. I really love what I do, working in the welfare area. I didn't think too much about it. I was just trying to play good VFL footy.''
That he did, and had for a long time. He was a part of North Ballarat's VFL flags in 2008-09, falling just shy of claiming the Liston Trophy in '08. This season he was named on a back flank in the VFL's team of the year.
It completes a rise Goodes had hoped would come his way a decade ago when he was with North Ballarat in the TAC Cup. When that didn't eventuate, he opted to hit the road, having spells in the SANFL, in Darwin, an opportunity to play practice matches with North Melbourne and a successful career with North Ballarat.
''In that time the penny dropped for me actually how hard you have to work,'' Goodes said.
Goodes emerged ahead of Prismall in recent days, and was told of his elevation on Monday afternoon. Having already been working for the club, he felt he had an advantage.
''Obviously, knowing all the players and staff helped. It never felt like it was cutthroat for me. It was a win-win. I was going to get fit and play with the boys anyway,'' he said.
''The reason I was picked was because contested footy is obviously how we want to play at the Bulldogs, and that is probably one of my strengths - putting the head in the hole when I have to and winning the hard ball.''
Prismall could yet remain at the Bulldogs in both a pure football sense (Williamstown) and could yet replace Goodes in the player welfare role should he apply.
''We would absolutely encourage Brent to be a part of this process given he has shown himself to be an individual of great character and strength,'' Bulldogs football manager James Fantasia said.
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The Corner Room
A new restaurant in a historic hotel.
Bank balance permitting, the next time I travel to Europe I'm not slumming it in backpackers' hostels. Is it really too much to want a shower with hot water and a bed sans bugs? In the grand European tour of my dreams, I'd fly to Paris, check in to Margiela's new digs, then hit London and stay at the Town Hall Hotel. The Town Hall Hotel has stood in the heart of London's East End since Edwardian times and boasts amazing interiors. As well as an impressive collection of retro furniture and contemporary Scandinavian hand-crafted pieces, its expansive halls, marble staircases and beautifully modeled art-deco rooms have featured in movies like Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and Atonement.
The Town Hall Hotel also boasts two dining options, both under the direction of award-winning chef Nuno Mendes. The latest, The Corner Room, is deliberately inconspicuous. There's no website, no phone line and you can't make bookings. It's a small space (it fits only 30 people) and is tucked away in a quiet corner on the first floor of the hotel. To find it you'll pass a retro staircase and a moose head sticking out of a Persian carpet. The decor of the restaurant space is just as inspired - dark wooden floors, a twisted staircase leading to nowhere and an installation of suspended lights. Then there's the menu - quirky bistro-inspired food made from fresh, seasonable ingredients. How good does Mendes' specialty "rhubarb crumble with lavender ice cream" sound? That's exactly what we would want to down after a long flight (business class, of course).


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With summer in full swing, what better way to spend an evening than with a few cocktails and chips and dip? Skip the store-bought brand of salsa and use in-season tomatoes to make these fresh versions and you'll never go back to jarred.
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Alton's salsa is as easy to put together as it is to eat. Combine chopped Roma tomatoes, garlic, jalapenos, pepper, onion, ancho chiles, olive oil and lime juice along with chili powder, salt and pepper before letting the mixture sit in the refrigerator overnight to get the full flavor infusion.
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The name of this dip translates to "rooster's beak," and it originally referred to a salad of jicama, peanuts, oranges and onions. But today if you ask for pico de gallo, you'll get the familiar cilantro-flecked combination of chopped tomato, onion and fresh chiles. Also known as "salsa Mexicana," the key to this concoction is finding firm ripe tomatoes and seeding them, adding plenty of lime juice and salt, and not skimping on the chiles.
This version of salsa fresca (also known as pico de gallo) features raw and seeded tomatoes mixed with garlic, onion, jalapenos, cumin and cilantro. It's still rather chunky so you can serve it with chips as a dip or with dinner as a condiment.
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All you need are four ingredients (plus salt and pepper) and a blender to make Ellie's pureed salsa. Simply put seeded plum tomatoes, pepper, lime juice and olive oil in a blender, and then puree until smooth.
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http://www.totemspot.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7082), haste is a little bit better than mastery. Your calculations look fine, I got the similar results for my shaman.
Personally I reforged and regemed to haste, due to the simcraft results, but I like the "play feeling" of the "mastery"-build better, even though with the "haste"-build I gain 10-20k DPS
If she wants to min/max the shaman and simcrafts suggests a "haste"-Build, then go for it on, and if the "haste"-build doesn't feel "right" try the mastery build
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As you gear up Haste will (by itself) get to a safe point where you don't really need much more. The average seeming to be between 33 and 35%. Granted this is pushing BiS gear, but the days of pushing high points of 44%+ Haste in ToT are very much over. At lower ilvls the values are obviously going to be a tad skewed and tweaking will be required to maximize output.
In regards to Shauni and his GF. Ran a sim and reforge plot for her character. She is fine right where she is at currently, this is because she is around that baseline 33-35% Haste that Ele Shamans are baselining at higher ilvls. CURRENTLY her only gain would be at around 2000 more Haste for a nice 1-2k DPS increase (not worth it don't even consider it). Once she gears up more and gains more Haste from her gear, the value of gemming Haste will decrease and she'll want to swap over to Mastery for better output.
"Well...I think you don't get the concept of World First. It's not Method, it's NOT an obscure asian guild whose name can't be pronounced by the regular folks, it's blizzard !
Yeah, cuz they had an internal test team, and they beat Garrosh. So by your standart, they are the true first."
I was randomly on the shadow priest guide and found something really helpful. I wish the ele shaman guide had it. I'm stuck on my shaman and not sure what to shoot for.
General logic of stat priorities at various gear levels (Shadow priest guide on MMO Champion forums):
1. If you are below the 8085 haste breakpoint or not hit capped, you should not worry about relative crit / mastery imbalance, its very small and insignificant compared to hit/haste breakpoints
2. If your item level is below say... ~510 you should probably just regard Crit and Mastery as being equal - and both being significantly worse than Int > Hit > Haste
3. If you have the above but do not have 2pT15 (or 4pT15) you should consider crit better than haste once you are above 8085, but not in range of 10125 haste
4. If you have 1 and 2 covered, and have 2pT15 (or 4pT15) you should consider mastery and crit to be a personal choice
5. If you have 1, 2, and 4 covered, and have Lei Shen's 100% crit trinket, and are making use of it to apply long-lasting 100% crit chance DoTs, you should consider mastery to be a clear winner.
So, uh... I just started Ele again because my guild didn't need a resto shaman. My gear is all from when I was resto so it all has spirit. That said, I can't for the life of me find any mail gear without spirit. Reforged down as much as possible with 0 spirit gems, my hit is at 17.5%. Are we just not able to get under hit cap?
Fnatic pls
If by chance you will get all of those, i guarantee that you will be most likely heavy spirit/hit rating starved
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Staff from the Sha of Pride can be very useful to deal with excess hit, I use that myself.
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Does anyone know if it is possible to make a Weakaura that can show how many enemy targets are in range of my current target to be hit by Chain Lightning?
Also in a situation where you don't know how long a fight will be is it better to go with or without the Fire Elemental glyph?
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I got my hit down to a reasonable level now (I can actually go UNDER hit cap if I wanted!) and got up to a 526 ilevel. I'm doing a few thousand under my simmed dummy DPS right now (I gotta manage my shocks better. I'm doing well not clipping FS, but I'm wasting fulm charges) and Simcraft is reaaaally liking haste for me right now. Quick in yellows, Reckless in reds and whatever haste/spirit is in blues and ALL reforging into haste after hit cap and my haste is about 1.5k rating lower than my mastery, but Simcraft just barely scales it equal to mastery now.
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Fnatic pls
I have a few questions about Ele, is it worth dropping a 567 piece so I can get the 2 piece bonus from an lfr piece (leggings specifically)
Also, is Haste > Crit > Mastery better than Haste > Mastery > Crit for Challenge Modes, due to the Chain Lightning being able to crit on each jump, and the prevalence of that ability in Challenge Modes?
Reading this forum makes me glad that Watcher has his head screwed on correctly.
I can't really answer the CM question with any confidence, though. Probably haste > mastery > crit, if I had to guess. It's just what we scale best with.
questions about the healer amp trinket:
1. It stacks with the DPS amp trinket, right? Additive or multiplicative?
2. Do HST, HTT, Ancestral Guidance or the Flame Shock glyph proc it?
Fnatic pls
If you are a healer, why are you using the DPS amp trinket, and who are the poor DPS casters you took it from so I can go comfort them?
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Purified Bindings of Immerseus (all versions) > Kardris >= Black Blood > Prismatic Prison > Frenzied Crystal
Multiple Targets:
Frenzied Crystal (normal - HWF) > Purified Bindings of Immerseus (normal - HWF) >=Frenzied Crystal (Flex/LFR) > Kardris >= Black Blood >= Purified Bindings of Immerseus (Flex/LFR) > Prismatic Prison
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It's worth noting that for UcanDoSht's listings for multiple target, the order does not hold for 2 targets:
2 Targets: Kardris > Frenzied Crystal > Black Blood
3 or more Targets: Frenzied Crystal > Kardris > Black Blood


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What is the best way to do the pencilmarks? Do you usually go by row or column or box, or does it depend on the puzzle?
I usually go by the box, saying the 1 can go here and here. The 2 can go there there and there. A friend of mine looks at each cell and says this can be a 1,3,5 or 7
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:39 am
Post subject: Re: pencilmark techniques
> What is the best way to do the pencil marks?
> Do you usually go by row or column or box,
> or does it depend on the puzzle?
There are two questions here.
a) What format should they have.
b) How to compile them
I suspect that the questioners intends the latter but
both are worthy of comment.
By convention the "Candidate Profile" marks consist of
a "string" of digits in the top left corner of each cell - in
such a way that digits can be removed from the string
as logic determines until only ONE candidate remains
and this is then promoted to "big number" status as
the resolved value for that cell.
There are variations on this technique. Some use small
dots placed strategically in the cell. Candidate Profiles
are the basis for "computer" and "advanced" methods
of solution but they are not the ONLT "pencil marks".
The "Mandatory Pairs" method uses marks made in the
bottom left of the cells and it has been suggested that
the bottom right be reserved for a "sequence" number
which increments as each cell is resolved - although I
find that this is prone to human error during the actual
solving process when attention is on the logic rather
than on record keeping!
There is also a technique of recording "Missing" profiles
for each row and column. This is, basically, a string of
those digits which are YET to be resolved in the row or
column concerned. They appear OUTSIDE the grid. I
usually put them above and to the right.
A refinement to this (and one of the benefits of recording
them at all) is to separate the text strings into "substrings"
which record any pairs/triples etc identified. For example
a column may not yet have 24578 resolved but two of
the cells may form a 25 pair. I would record this as
(25)(478) - using parenthesis as separators. Extending
this convention I would use the parenthesis even where
no substrings have been identified - eg (24578).
Mandatory Pairs marks do NOT need to be compiled or
derived. They are a record of situations which come to
light during the application of logic to the puzzle.
Missing Profiles are relatively easy to identify. It is just
a question of recording what one does in the "Counting"
process applied to each row or column. This is very much
a mechanical process (but not as complex as deriving the
full candidate profiles as discussed below). The value in
them is threefold
a) Quick reference (avoid having to repeat the counting)
b) Comparison of row/column intersects without having
to derive full candidate profiles.
c) Easier derivation of Candidate Profiles.
Under (b) a quick comparison of the "Missing" profiles for
the row and column intersecting a particular cell can be
used to produce a "substring" of digits that appear in BOTH
the profile for the row and that for the column. If this gives
a "common" substring of just ONE digit, there is a resolution!
If it gives more than one digit in the common substring, one
needs to check the region in which the cell is situated to see
if any of the digits in the substring can be eliminated. The
substring (pruned in the light of the region if appropriate)
is then the candidate list for that cell.
My own practice is to undertake (b) only if there is a fair
chance of only one or two digits in the common string. A
quick scan of the "Missing" profiles generally enables one
to concentrate on the more likely intersects during the
"earlier" part of the solution process (ie before derivation
of the candidate profiles - assuming that one does not
rush in and do that first!!).
However, applying the technique in (b) for ALL unresolved
cells leads one to the FULL set of candidate profiles - (c)!
I prefer to identify the candidate profile for each cell and
then to move on to another cell - rather than attempting
to build up the profiles for all cells together by testing
each digit in turn across the whole grid. I find the latter
to be messy - and to take up more space as one has to
return to a cell several times and alignment of the "tiny
writing" is not always precise (whereas derivation of a
complete string enables the string for any cell to be
written in a single process).
By making use of the 'Missing Profiles', I generally work
first on the rows/columns with the shortest profiles
(ie working on all rows with seven resolved cells, then
columns with seven, rows with six, columns with six
etc). This avoids working with a 'long' string when
using the shorter intersect string would be quicker.
Example: 234789 intersects with 258. Here one would
have six questions: (Is 2 in 258?, Is 3 in 258?, is 4 in
258? etc) using the first string but only three (Is 2 in
234789?, is 5 in 234789? etc) using the second.
However, many would no doubt prefer to use the more
logical route of working systematically row by row or
column by column. It is personal preference!
I would admit to disliking the chore of deriving the
candidates and so I seek to reduce this to a minimum
(if possible by solving the puzzle without resort to them!).
I note that some people get a computer program to
derive the candidates before they start working on the
grid and then they manage the eliminations thereafter.
It has been suggested that this be an OPTIONAL feature
of the "Draw" facility on this site (cf the "sweep" facility
on one or more of the other Sudoku sites) but SamGJ
clearly has other priorities.
Returning to the original question:
There is no right or wrong WAY to compile the candidate
profiles - but there can often be wrong RESULTS when
the process is undertaken by humans. There can be no
reliable statistics on this but I would hazard a guess that
at least ten percent candidate profile derivations contain
an error during the first "go" at them by humans. I know
that I need to cross them meticulously.
Regarding checking. The essential principle is that implied
in "Congruity". Basically, this states that the number of
distinct digits referenced in the candidate profiles for a
row, column or region MUST be the same as the number
of unresolved cells in the same row/column/region.
If a congruity check fails one MUST investigate. Usually, I
find that I failed to exclude a digit present in the region
but not in either of the row and column intersections. This
is easily correctable - but MUST be corrected as else a
logical pattern that truly exists may not be observable.
The danger is in setting a candidate profile that excludes
a digit that really is a possibility for the cell. If this is not
corrected, one is likely to be led into false conclusions and
to resolve cells without proper justification. In my view it
is more likely that one will omit a value if one is deriving
the cell profiles on a digit by digit basis rather than on a
cell-by-cell basis - but I am open to convincement by any
others with greater experience of compiling the profiles
than I have (as stated I attempt to avoid the exercise!).
So, a big thank you for raising this topic. There is no
right or wrong way - each has its own pitfalls - but in
this forum we can, perhaps, learn of tips and tricks
that can lead to efficient and accurate compilations.
Alan Rayner BS23 2QT
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I absolutely adore stone fruit, from peaches to plums to cherries to apricots to nectarines. Yes, they're delicious in desserts (and fresh from the bag, juice dripping down the chin), but I don't discriminate in my kitchen: I love sauteed peaches and plums on salads, peach-marinated pork chops, cherry salsa and grilled nectarines. But the peaches I dream about in August look incredibly sad (not to mention tasteless) languishing in the grocery bin in December. So this year, I'm hoarding all the fruit I can and puttin' it up, like Grandma's preserves — with a twist.
We're teaming up with other food and garden bloggers to host Summer Fest 2010, a season-long garden party. Each week we'll feature favorite garden-to-table recipes and tips to help you enjoy the bounty, whether you're harvesting your own goodies or buying them fresh from the market. To join in, check out awaytogarden.com.
Peach-Mustard Compote (pictured above)
This modern take on peach preserves gets savory notes from white wine, mustard seeds, peppercorns and fresh rosemary. It's the perfect sweet-savory spread for a sharp cheddar panini or an easy appetizer when paired with fresh crackers. Use this handy how-to for step-by-step canning instructions.
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Another savory treatment: Peach pickles! Okay, they're more like sweet pickles than dill pickles, with picking spice, vinegar, sugar and a little kick from red pepper flakes. Pair with grilled pork and poultry for a sweet-and-sour accompaniment, mix into a rice pilaf with pistachios, or in a salad with some raw, shaved fennel.
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You may think of drying, canning or jam-making to preserve fresh fruit – how about a little booze? Macerating is simply soaking fruit in alcohol — here's how it's done. Dana uses cherries and bourbon in her recipe, but any combination of flavorful booze and fruit (like peaches and Grand Marnier or apricots and dark rum) would be delicious come December atop ice cream or frozen yogurt.
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"You are not on the faculty," I was told by one of the desk functionaries in a philistine's who-might-you-be-little-man? tone. "You are not a student. You are not allowed to borrow these books."
It made no difference that I am a writer, because apart from my library card—a UH Community Card that costs me $60 a year—I had no credibility at the university, even though my own 40-odd books occupy its library shelves. Books may matter, but a writer in Hawaii is little more than a screwball or an irritant, with no status.
Pondering this odd separation, I thought how the transformative effects of island existence are illustrated in humans as well as in plants, like the alula that had become cut off and vulnerable. Island life is a continuous process of isolation and endangerment. Native plants became hypersensitive and fragile, and many alien species have a tendency to assault and overwhelm this fragility. The transformation was perhaps true of people, too—that the very fact that a person was resident on an island, with no wish to leave, he or she was isolated in the precise etymological meaning of the word: "made into an island," alone, separated, set apart.
In an archipelago of multiethnicity the trend to apartness is not a simple maneuver. To emphasize separation, the islander created his own metaphorical island, based on race, ethnicity, social class, religion, neighborhood, net worth and many other factors; islands upon islands. Over time I have begun to notice how little these separate entities interact, how closed they are, how little they overlap, how naturally suspicious and incurious they are, how each one seems to talk only to itself.
"I haven't been there for 30 years," people say about a part of the island ten miles away. I have met born-and-bred residents of Oahu who have been to perhaps one neighbor island, and many who have never been to any—though they may have been to Las Vegas.
"We sent a large group of musicians and dancers from Waianae to the Edinburgh Festival," a civic-minded and philanthropic woman told me recently. "They were a huge hit."
We were speaking in the upscale enclave of Kahala. The obvious irony was that it was possible, as I suggested to the woman, that the Waianae students who had gone across the world to sing had probably never sung in Kahala, or perhaps even been there. Nor do the well-heeled Kahala residents travel to hard-up Waianae.
It is as though living on the limited terra firma of an island inspires groups to recreate their own island-like space, as the Elks and the other clubs were exclusive islands in the segregated past. Each church, each valley, each ethnic group, each neighborhood is insular—not only Kahala, or the equally salubrious Diamond Head neighborhood, but the more modest ones too. Leeward Oahu, the community of Waianae, is like a remote and somewhat menacing island.
Each of these notional islands has a stereotypical identity; and so do the actual islands—a person from Kauai would insist that he or she is quite unlike someone from Maui, and could recite a lengthy genealogy to prove it. The military camps at Schofield and Kaneohe and Hickam and elsewhere exist as islands, and no one looks lonelier on a Hawaii beach than a jarhead, pale, reflective, perhaps contemplating yet another deployment to Afghanistan. When the George Clooney film The Descendants was shown on the mainland, it baffled some moviegoers because it did not depict the holiday Hawaii that most people recognize—and where were Waikiki and the surfers and the mai tais at sunset? But this film was easily understood by people in Hawaii as the story of old-timers here, so-called keiki o ka aina—children of the islands, and many of them haole, white. They have their metaphorical island—indeed, one keiki o ka aina family, the Robinsons, actually owns its own island, Niihau, off the coast of Kauai, with a small resident population of Hawaiians, where off-islanders are generally forbidden to go.
Even the water is circumscribed. Surfers are among the most territorial of Hawaii residents. Some of them deny this, and say that if certain deferential rules of politeness are observed ("You take dis wave, brah," a recently arrived surfer calls out to humble himself in the lineup), it is possible to find a measure of mutual respect and coexistence. But much of this is basic primate behavior, and most of the surfers I have met roll their eyes and tell me that the usual response to a newcomer is, "Get off my wave!"


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Our Prophet (saas) says; "And when the Qaim (Mahdi (pbuh)) appears," and he also says the name of city openly. He says; "...in Constantinople (Istanbul)." There is nothing vague about the city. "He will send his students and when his students come by the sea they will do something with their feet and the water will start running above them," he says. So where would water be? It will be above them. And where are they? They are underneath the sea. He says; "They go by while the water is running above them." And our Prophet (saas) explains where the water would be: "It will be running above their head," he says. Water will be above them and they will go by while water is running above them. He says; "...they do something with their feet." The vehicles used in Marmaray are operated by foot. When you press on the accelerator, it goes.
At first, when people read this, they have taken the second meaning of the words; you know how sentences are interpreted sometimes. It is said that they will be walking while they have water above them, while water runs above their heads. That is what is meant there.
Our Prophet (saas) says ; "...flags will be planted on both sides of this road." We've looked and saw that there are flags everywhere. And a mosque is mentioned in the hadiths. We've looked into it and there are two mosques on the exit. And our Prophet (saas) says; "...treasures will be excavated at the same time"; from under the ground. Alright, what do you have to say about this?
If one does not look into the hadiths carefully, if one looks into them superficially, he cannot understand the true meaning in them. That is why in The Rays, Bediuzzaman says; "Our Prophet (saas) explains things in such a manner that normally one would not understand but once it is realized everyone understands what is meant." He says; "Those who are rich in knowledge, who have depth in knowledge, would say God knows the truth, these secret truths are referred to in here. Or else they would not be understood."
For instance, look here, people are surprised; "They walk by while they have water running above their heads." That means the sea would be above them, the sea would be over them. At first people might think that they will be walking on water: Actually what is meant here is water being above them; they walk while they have water above them.
Furthermore, the hadith says; "...they eat where they walk." I mean they are eating there. The hadith says; "...they gather there." Actually that tunnel underneath the sea is more like a facility. There is a facility there; there are people eating, gathering and there is everything there. People are amazed by these incidents, but now once these hadiths are realized, it is understood that this is all very reasonable.2013-11-06 23:28:47


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