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Money / Banking
Using an ATM card is a common way to withdraw money in the U.S. ATMs are very common. ATM stands for Automatic Teller Machine. It is a machine that allows you to withdraw cash from your bank account, without having to be at your bank. Be aware that most banks will charge a fee if you use ATMs from another bank with their machine. This can add up quickly - so be careful!
It is also common for people to pay for items by credit card. Visa, MasterCard and American Express cards are usually accepted in most grocery stores, retail shops and restaurants.
Most money can be exchanged at major banks and at most Currency Exchange Stores. In addition to exchanging currency, this store provides other services, such as sending money through Western Union, and providing CTA passes for purchase.
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To avoid delays and cash-flow problems, you may want to open a bank account with a U.S. bank before you arrive.
The Office of International Services does not recommend any particular bank. However, in the past, we have worked with Citibank to provide information to international students about banking in the United States:
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OK guys, I've been asked to put a pickin' together for this coming weekend for a friend of mine by his sister. Got a pit. Getting the wood Thurs. Get the whole pig Fri.evening. You guys have had some killer posts with the appetizers, sides, and all that. In addition to the usual sides what do y'all think would put this thing over the top. Three days isn't much time for a 75 person barn burner. I'm in need of some creativity here.
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About the Book
this is the hardcover, dust jacket edition of
"becoming rosalie"
a photo journey of a five-year-old little girl
becoming a beautiful 15-year-old teenager.
This book has different text and some different photos than in the softcover version.
Just one decade can make a fascinating difference.
All photos (except one) were taken by her mother.
40 pages, plus cover
full color
About the Creator
I am self-employed and work from my home editing books and dreaming up marketing ideas. I have two teenagers – a boy and a girl – and in my previous life, I backpacked around the world, and before that life, I was a track and field athlete. I am very happily taken. My main passions are photography, travel, reading, gardening, volunteer work and my family. I love that every day is a chance to learn something new. I'm sad that i don't have time to read more books. I have tried to make a difference ever since I knew I could. I helped organize and picket (in the freezing cold!) against McDonald's styrofoam packaging when I was 9 months pregnant (notice they stopped using it for their burgers?); I have reused cloth bags for over twenty years; I am a Global Parent; I donate money every month to two charities; I have walked to help stop violence against women – i could go on but I think you get the idea. : ) And last but not least, I am very thrilled to have discovered blurb.com!
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FYI, the first chapter of Dead Cyborg released.
This game was feature on RPS here: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...e-dead-cyborg/
The first chapter was just released, Im downloading it as I post this.
Ok so far it seems pretty nice, it looks surprisingly good considering it's made with the Blender engine.
It's an adventure game in first person view (has no mouse support, which is weird).
Im stuck, I managed to get past the first cobweb but now Im stuck at a second cobweb, damn I suck at this kind of game.
EDIT: Got to chapter 2, neat little game, if a bit obscure so far.
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May 11, 2011
Lasers to be Used to Help Document, Preserve Ancient Rock Art
Project Beginning Soon at Seminole Canyon State Historic Site
COMSTOCK – Fragile and fading rock art painted thousands of years ago in rock shelters and caves by indigenous peoples at Seminole Canyon State Historic Site will soon benefit from the latest in laser technology.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, working in partnership with the National Park Service and SHUMLA Archeological Research and Education Center, has embarked on a technologically advanced program of documenting, monitoring, and preserving the rapidly deteriorating prehistoric rock art at Panther Cave.
Beginning on May 19 contractors at Seminole Canyon west of Comstock will employ LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) mapping techniques to create a 3-D map of Panther Cave, a large rock shelter just above the point where the canyon intersects the Rio Grande River along the banks of Lake Amistad. Panther Cave in Val Verde County is well-known for its dramatic Pecos River Style pictographs, including a large leaping cat and a number of anthropomorphic, or human-like, figures. The site is jointly managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and National Park Service.
Tim Roberts, TPWD's cultural resources coordinator for the region, says extremely detailed digital photos of the site's rock art will be overlaid onto a 3-D model of Panther Cave. The rock art site can be accessed by boat, but a chain link fence across the mouth of the shelter protects the fragile paintings within.
"The model will be used to help monitor the deterioration of the rock art and be available to visitors who are otherwise unable to access the site, initially at computer stations, at Seminole Canyon State Park and Amistad National Recreation Area," Roberts explains. "It also will be available to researchers at SHUMLA in Comstock and the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory."
The Panther Cave pictographs, which date as early as 4,300 years old based on available radiocarbon dates, have faced increased deterioration in recent years due to apparent increased wasp nesting activities and possibly higher humidity levels within the shelter since the impoundment of Lake Amistad in the late 1960s.
Each year thousands of visitors from all over the world find their way to the limestone canyons of the Lower Pecos River country. The main reason most visit is to see the large, vibrant, multicolored paintings of pictographs of shamans, animals and other fantastical figures decorating the walls and ceilings of rock shelters in the area. Guided tours are available to some of these sites, including one to the Fate Bell Shelter in Seminole Canyon State Historic Site, that requires a short hike down from the park's visitor center on the canyon rim.
"Scientists will be able to compare the imagery resulting from this project with previous photographs to monitor weathering and other damage to the pictographs," Roberts says. "LiDAR's accuracy will allow us over time to not only see differences in the rock art, but also to better quantify the damage."
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Date-Ade Episode 3: On Old Flames & Unwanted Rodents
I think I've mentioned (numerous times) that canned dating advice drives me crazy. Love and relationships are not a one-size-fits-all pair of shoes. I admittedly don't have all the answers, but I've found that I give the best advice when I share my own stories — as weird as they may be — and offer empathy. Inspired by Jack Handy's "Deep Thoughts," Date-Ade offers stream of consciousness solutions for stressed daters.
If you have a sex, dating or relationship dilemma that you'd like for me to try to illuminate (no promises), send your questions to [email protected].


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CRICKET CANADA TO PARTICIPATE IN McHAPPY DAY
Cricket Canada is pleased to announce members of its men's and women's national teams will take part in McHappy Day (1045 Pape Avenue Toronto, ON) on Wednesday May 8th, 2013 in support of children's programs at the Toronto East General Hospital.
McHappy Day caps off an exciting national effort of fundraising in support of Canadian children in need.
This year, on May 8th, one dollar from the sale of every McMuffin sandwich, Happy Meal® and Big Mac® will be donated back to support children's programs at the Toronto East General Hospital.
Cricket Canada recognizes the importance of McHappy Day in supporting programs that are concerned with the needs of Canadian children and creates widespread community support and awareness of their goals.
National team members will assist McDonalds employees in taking orders, working the drive-thru window and in the kitchen helping to prepare food for customers.
Cricket Canada President Ravin Moorthy was happy to have the organization take part in the event. "Children are the life-line and vibrancy of Canadian communities and we are ecstatic at the enthusiasm of our national team members to get into the community for this event in support of the Toronto East General Hospital." Moorthy said. "We encourage cricketers across the country to visit McDonalds today and contribute toward helping children in need in their respective communities."
Cricket Canada national team members will take shifts at the Toronto - Pape/Cosburn McDonalds location during the following times:
11:30am - 1:00pm
Ruvindu Gunasekera, Jeremy Gordon, Scott Stanger (Athletic Therapist)
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Rizwan Cheema, Usman Limbada, Hiral Patel, Henry Osinde
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Monali Patel (Women's Team Member)


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South Haven Antiques is BOOTH 21 at Sweet Pickins Antique Mall
Sweet Pickins Antique and Collectible Mall, halfway between South Haven and Bangor on M-43 Hwy is OPEN for 2013!
It is promising to be a fantastic year for picking and Booth 21 has ample stock to keep it full of interesting items all year long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftxk9XEdUb0 (watch it on YouTube)
I have been picking all winter at my secret honey hole and came up with some great items, some antique, some collectibles, and many vintage, interesting and unique pieces that you may not see every day.
Sweet Pickins Antique Mall is fast establishing itself as a antique hunter's destination antique shop. Collectors of all kinds are pleasantly surprised at the variety of merchandise being offered by over 80 vendors.
The mall itself is in a huge red barn out in the country, a former collector car museum. It is very well organized and laid out extremely well. It is also the cleanest antique mall you will step foot in.
How about a 1960's folding leaf table with 2 chairs? (mid century modern?)
Sweet Pickins has a wonderful friendly staff that is knowledgeable and very helpful. Just ask them, and they will help you find what you are looking for.
The coffee is hot, tasty, and free. If Annette has any baked goods when you stop in, DO NOT HESITATE to try some. Her baked goods make me weak in the knees!
So take a short drive down M-43 to Sweet Pickins Antique and Collectible Mall to browse, buy, and have a great time. You will be amazed!
The address is 65181 M-43 Hwy, Bangor MI, 49013.
You can also visit Sweet Pickins website at http://sweetpickinsantiques.com
Be sure to visit BOOTH 21 for the best deals on vintage and unique items!


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A little update on what's going on at The Vault and Wikia lately.
The Vault news
- Notability policy changes have been proposed.
- The decapitalization project is now officially complete, although many pages still need capitalization corrections.
Wikia news
Wikia has announced its new skin implementation timeline. As a reminder, the new skin's public beta -- which involves the new look being tested on five wikis, including Red Dead Wiki -- began last week. The next will be moving all wikis over to the new skin. Here is the projected timeline:
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Please note that this timeline does not include non-English wikis, which will require translation. We will announce the international transition plan in the coming weeks.
Wikia's Terms of Use have been updated as well. Admins will no longer be able to completely remove core features for all users by using custom CSS or JavaScript. This is to protect the universal layout and functionality of every wiki on Wikia and ensure that users have access to all of the features available in the new design. These new terms only apply to the CSS of the wiki as a whole -- they don't apply to your personal pages. To give a few practical examples of what this means: It's not permitted to remove the right sidebar modules, blogs, and image attribution or add a banner that shifts the entire content area down the page, or alter the fixed width.


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"My fiancée actually picked this design for our save the dates! I wasn't sold on it at first, but it was his favorite, and after we personalized it and made it look exactly how we wanted it to, I started to love it. Once they arrived in the mail, I was so impressed with the quality and how cute they turned out! I'm definitely glad we chose this design, and that we were able to do some things to make it our own. We will absolutely be returning to personalize and purchase formal invitations!"
"These are perfect, our photo was perfect on the cards! Great quality. Would be nice for the cards to be a little thicker, but I would buy them again if I needed to! Don't forget, using postcards means postcard stamps,which will also save you money since they are only 35 cents each vs the 49 cents for traditional letter stamps!"
"My fiancé and I love this product. We had to swap out a photo, and the communication with WPD was easy! There were other places that would print our save-the-date postcards at a lower cost, but we were so pleased with the quality of the cards that it was worth the little bit of extra funding!"
"This was delivered quickly with the highest quality paper! The design was fantastic and was exactly what we wanted. This simple yet classy save the date is sure to impress our guest."
"When I started to design the postcard, I was unsure & nervous how the finish product will turn out. One thing is the digital draft & another is physically having the example of it. When I finally confirmed the final finish, I started second guessing myself. Thinking it wouldn't look nice once it's printed. Thought about possibilities of just cancelling the order. Well shipping was a couple days early which was great. Once I received it & opened it I was very impressed & happy with the finished product. Turned out way better than the digital draft. So far, everyone who has received the save dates, have been giving me only but positive feedback on the design. Even the paper feels like a postcard. My fiancé & I are very pleased. It exceeded our expectations. I will definitely recommend to all my friends about this website. It's worth money, considering that it's more affordable than most websites."


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Man of All Seasions
Sept 8 1886 — Relay Georgia
Born on a 266 acre farm, in north west Georgia.Daddys name James Edward Broadaway. Mother Sarah Jane Fraiser. Grand Daddy was 9 years old when the Civil War broke out and Great Grand Daddy had inlisted in Cedar Town Ga. 1861 went on to Fight at chicmunga and a few other places that I couldn`t verafy.


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Take To the Sky
Show each other some love in the Sky Suite. Picture the ultimate indulgence for two: a double steam shower, private dressing room and relaxation area. When there's nowhere else you have to go, why not stay all day? The Sky's the Limit package includes a massage for two as well as lunch and dinner in the rooftop lounge.
Luxury knows no bounds.
Advance reservations are required and offers are subject to availability. Offer details vary by property and certain terms, conditions, blackout dates and restrictions apply. Offers may not be combined with any other promotions/offers/savings. Only valid on new reservations. Terms and conditions are subject to change.


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Boot Barn Item #: 2005534
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- Handcrafted in the USA
- Louisiana State University logo on front of shaft
- Full-grain leather
- 11" shaft height
- Square toe
- Cushion insole
- Leather outsole with rubber heel grip
Show school spirit with your own Louisiana State University Western Boots! A perfect boot to wear to the next game, these boots feature the school logo on the front of its shaft. And for the true cowgirls, these boots are perfectly western with its cowboy leather heel and full-grain leather. Handcrafted in the USA, rep your school and your country!
Style(s): LDLSU22
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Lifestyle: Western
Country Of Origin: USA
Heel Type: Cowboy
Upper Material: Leather
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Product Weight: 6 lbs
Print After "Daddy Joe" died in 1918, other members of the family wanted to move the business to Fort Worth. Miss Enid felt so strongly that "Daddy Joe" wanted the company in Nocona, she stayed. In 1925, her brothers packed up the equipment and moved to Fort Worth. Miss Enid had made her decision. She borrowed $5,000 to keep seven employees in her small shop and founded the Nocona Boot Company. During those first years, Miss Enid turned her home into a boarding house, worked as a sales clerk, shipping clerk, stenographer and credit manager. At first, some men had trouble doing business with a lady bootmaker, but they soon discovered the quality was just as good as her late father's. The discovery of oil near Nocona brought many new customer's to Miss Enid's young company. They made a 16 inch "lace-up" boot that was tough enough to survive the oil fields and the wildcatters kept coming back for more. Accompanied by her sister, Miss Enid made her first sales trip into West Texas in 1926. "The roads looked like cattle trails in those day's" she said. "And for good reason, they were cattle trails. Our old Model T took a pretty good beating on that first trip. In fact, we lost a back wheel once, it came loose and jumped over a fence. Despite the hazards of the road, the trip was successful. We came back with a book full of orders and a new market for boots." On the way to the company's national reputation as a quality bootmaker, Miss Enid sponsored a Pony Express race from Nocona to San Francisco. Fourteen cowboys and one cowgirl took off at 9 AM on March 1,1939, from Nocona and the first rider reached San Francisco at 2 PM on March 24th. In 1981, the Nocona Boot Company merged with Justin Industries, parent company of the Justin Boot Company, bringing the bootmaking histories of the two family companies full circle.


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Shop the Trend: Nailing It
Feeling overwhelmed by the season's offerings? Fear not: Among fall's most notable trends, ELLE's dedicated fashion team has cherry-picked their personal favorites—putting their proverbial hearts on the sleeves of the season's more covetable pieces—to create one handy head-to-toe shopping guide. Even ELLE's fashion assistants have joined the effort, detailing how the biggest ideas in current fashion (and art) have filtered into their wardrobes. Whether you're in the market for a single accessory or a whole new look, you'll find your heart's desire in these key selections.
Crystal-embroidered-heart handbag, Lanvin, $2,590, at Lanvin, NYC, call 646-439-0380.
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WINTER PARK, Fla. – For the first time the Sunshine State Conference will crown a regular-season men's tennis champion in 2014. The Barry Buccaneers, who are coming off their second NCAA Division II Championship in 2013, were picked to finish atop the standings in 2014.
In a poll conducted among the SSC head men's tennis coaches, the Buccaneers tallied 35 points and received five of the seven first-place votes. Lynn was selected second with 31 points and received one first-place vote, and Rollins received the final first-place vote and 27 points for third.
Saint Leo was tabbed fourth with 21 points. Florida Southern took the fifth slot with 16 points. Florida Tech (11 points) and Eckerd (six points) rounded out the preseason poll.
The men's tennis season begins on Saturday, Feb. 1 when the Lions travel to Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla.
2014 Sunshine State Conference Preseason Men's Tennis Poll
Rank – Team, Points (1st-place votes)
1 – Barry, 35 (5)
2 – Lynn, 31 (1)
3 – Rollins, 27 (1)
4 – Saint Leo, 21
5 – Florida Southern, 16
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Restore Aspen Lodge
Help us restore and rebuild this property
Progress Report - February 28, 2014
We have been working very hard over the winter and have successfully restored water service to the Lodge building. Within a few days, we anticipate restoring water service to the Restaurant and other buildings. As you can well image this effort has proven to be quite difficult and expensive. Any additional financial aid that you can give to help restore this historic Colorado lodge property to full operational status will be greatly appreciately. We will be fully operational on June 1st, 2014 and want to remain one of the premiere mountain lodges in all of North America.
Aspen Lodge Resort and Spa hit by a landslide
On September 12, 2013 at approximately 10pm, torrential rains from a storm over central Colorado created a massive catastrophic event over Twin Peaks near Estes Park, Colorado. Mud and trees destroyed everything in its path and eventually reached the Aspen Lodge Resort & Spa, causing devastating destruction to the infrastructure, cabins, stables and lake. Many of the employees living on the property have been displaced. Thankfully, no one was injured but the situation remains critical. The Lodge water system was destroyed and those living there are without clean running water, hot water, and a sewage system.
This beautiful property, of over 80 acres, is currently covered with 3 feet of mud and debris. A massive clean up of the property and surrounding areas, as well as rebuilding the road and water systems, is needed as soon as possible.
Please join our efforts to rebuild this community. Each and every donation, regardless of size, will have a profound impact on restoration and preservation of this beautiful area. We are gladly accepting volunteers to help clean up the lodge and the property. Please contact us at 970-586-8133 for volunteering opportunities.
Thank you for any support you can give - whether a donation, a thought, or a prayer.
Take a look at the photos our staff took in the days following the landslide.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – With the Saint Leo women's basketball team (6-9, 0-5 SSC) holding a 35-32 lead midway through the second half, the No.11-ranked Rollins College Tars (13-1, 5-0 SSC) went on a 16-0 run to take away a Sunshine State Conference victory, 60-41, Saturday afternoon from the Marion Bowman Activities Center.
The Lions, who were led by a 12-point performance from junior Shalisa Hill, could not overcome 26 turnovers which were converted into 25 points. In addition, the Tars' bench outscored Saint Leo, 26-8.
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The second period started out as the same offensive stalemate as the first half with the Lions eventually gaining a three-point, 35-32, lead behind a jumper from Hill. However, a Tera McDaniel layup with 11:40 to play sent the visitors on a 16-0 stretch over a two minute span, and a 28-6 run over the remaining portions of the game, sending the Tars to the 19-point win.
The Lions shot 30.9 percent (17-for-55) from the field, outshooting the Tars by four percent (19-for-69). The game featured eight ties and 11 lead changes.
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I usually use Dreamweaver to author blog posts and Adobe Developer Center articles, and since I'm usually writing about code, I frequently need the <code> tag. However, for some reason, the <code> tag isn't included in Dreamweaver's insert panel, and as far as I can tell, there's no way to add it from inside Dreamweaver itself.
But there is a way to add it if you don't mind working behind the scenes. The instructions below explain how to add the <code> tag to the "Text" menu of Dreamweaver's Insert panel, but this process can obviously be adapted for any tag or menu you want.
- Create an 18×18 gif called Code.gif to use as the menu icon. Make sure to use a transparent background or you'll end up with a box around it. (I made this icon, but I'm sure most of you can do better.)
- Place the icon in "/Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS5/Configuration/Objects/Text" (or whatever the corresponding directory is on your machine). If you don't want your tag in the "Text" menu, place it in a different directory inside the "Objects" directory.
- Open the terminal and change into the "/Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS5/Configuration/Objects/Text" directory (the directory where you just put your icon file). Copy one of the htm files already there and rename it to Code.htm.
- Modify it accordingly. If you have any JavaScript or ActionScript experience, it should be obvious how to modify it to insert a <code> tag rather than what it was originally designed to insert. In this case, be sure to use
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- Change into the next highest directory ("/Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS5/Configuration/Objects") and modify the insertbar.xml file accordingly. Again, it should be obvious how to insert your new tag just by looking at the contents of this file. Be sure to set the
MMString:labelattribute to the actual name of the tag as you want it to appear in the insert panel (in this case, "Code").
- Restart Dreamweaver, then enjoy the convenience of having your tag readily available.
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Discussion of the nature of Ultimate Reality and the path to Enlightenment
It is not necesarily the best idea to become the most visible. People will be drawn to the forum if it is their intent.
Are there other topics that tend to be distracting? I know I kind of groaned when the Quantum Mechanics/Causality thing came up recently. "Oh no, not again!"
Oh, and one does not "learn" to integrate their enlightenment. Indeed, enlightenment isn't something you integrate at all. It's right there in everything.
Moreover, there have been some recent general conversations in worldly that apply directly to the QRS philosophy - like how liberalism is relatively more feminine, and libertarianism is relatively more masculine.
Unidian wrote:BTW, even granting QRS views (for the sake of argument), a strong case could be made that liberalism is more "masculine," because it concerns aggressively confronting and struggling against oppressive institutions with the goal of progressively building a more equitable society.
Unidian wrote:Libertarianism, on the other hand, is avowedly afraid of conflict and force, and would prefer to just hand the kids the keys to the candy store and hope for the best.
Nick Treklis wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again, we have only in the past 200-300 years began to experiment with individual property and rights,
Unidian wrote:Serious people can't post here very long, because stuff like the above is too common. Oh well. At least it has comic value.
I see no reason why the two should be mutually exclusive.This is part of what makes us a Republic, not an Empire.
Serious people like who, you? The only time I ever see you being serious on here is when you are defending your reasons for recieving a welfare check.
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D-backs' offense confounded by Lincecum
Arizona notches three hits vs. righty; Bolsinger allows five runs
SAN FRANCISCO -- The D-backs could do little against right-hander Tim Lincecum as they dropped the series opener against the Giants, 5-0, on Friday night at AT&T Park.
"He's got great command and he threw multiple pitches where he wanted to throw them," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "He had good sequences, kept the ball down in the zone. There was a low strike zone tonight and he made good use of it and used our aggressiveness against us and shut us down."
Lincecum (9-5) tossed seven shutout innings and allowed three hits while walking two and striking out six. He has been on a roll of late, having won four straight -- one of them a no-hitter -- and over that span, he has allowed just one run in 30 1/3 innings.
"Timmy's really been a shot in the arm for us," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "He's been the stopper here through these tough times. He's gotten us back on track it seems like every start, and it's nice having a guy in the rotation doing that for you."
The Giants gave Lincecum some early run support.
After Brandon Belt singled off Mike Bolsinger with one out in the first, Pablo Sandoval hit a cut fastball over the wall in right to give San Francisco a 2-0 lead.
"They got on us early and Lincecum was throwing a tough game, so it didn't work well for us at all," Gibson said.
Bolsinger (1-6) found himself immediately in trouble again in the second, allowing a leadoff single to Tyler Colvin and walking Joe Panik.
Brandon Crawford followed with an RBI single, and Lincecum helped himself out with a safety-squeeze bunt that scored Panik and gave the Giants a 4-0 lead.
"He just can't make pitches," Gibson said of Bolsinger. "Too many pitches in the middle of the plate. He's not commanding any of his pitches with regularity, and [when] they're in the middle of the plate, they're going to make you pay for it which they did tonight."
It was the second straight poor outing by Bolsinger, who allowed seven runs (five earned) while lasting just 3 2/3 innings against the Braves in his last start.
"The funny thing was, I was actually feeling kind of good," Bolsinger said of Friday night. "That last game in Atlanta, I can sit here and tell you that was a horrible outing. But this one, I'm almost scratching my head because I felt like I was throwing good pitches. That one to Sandoval, that was a good pitch and he just hit it out. I don't know. It was an interesting game."
The win was Lincecum's first against the D-backs since Aug. 30, 2013. In his previous three starts against Arizona, he allowed 15 earned runs over 16 innings.
Not even Paul Goldschmidt could solve Lincecum.
The D-backs first baseman entered the game 15-for-31 in his career against Lincecum with seven homers, but was 0-for-2 with a walk against Lincecum on Friday.
"I just tried to make him not too big in my mind," Lincecum said. "I know he's hurt me in the past, but those things kind of bite you in the butt when you think about them too much. I thought if I stick to my game plan and the way I want to get him out, things are going to turn out for the best, and I was able to execute my pitch plan as best as I can."
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Students from Fairfax County's Computer Learning Center Partnership will be teeing off in a golf outing with employees of a local telecommunications firm, Nortel PEC Solutions, on Friday, Aug. 12, at the Westfields Resort and Conference Center, 14750 Conference Center Drive, Chantilly. The event begins at 3:15 p.m.
Students from the computer learning partnership will play in groups of three with a Nortel employee, while the company will sponsor the golf fees and a reception. Westfields will sponsor lessons with its golf pro and host the reception.
"This outing is an example of leveraging private resources to provide opportunities for our program participants," said Paulette Armstrong, Computer Learning Center Partnership program manager. "Programs like this create a culture of engagement in Fairfax County."
The Computer Learning Center Partnership, which is part of the county's Office of Partnerships, is a public-private partnership that brings together business, education, philanthropic and government resources to enable underserved children to improve their technology skills, complete project-based literacy activities, participate in homework labs and take part in service-learning projects.
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Ok guys and girls, I'd like your help on which JavaScript books to buy! After what seems like hours of searching, reading reviews, looking at tables of contents and contemplating I've decided that I'll read some more...Read what you guys (and girls) think.
I've created my own shortlist (although it's not very short lawl) of what I think I may be happy with purchasing and reading through. If there's a book you know on JavaScript / DOM Scripting that I should definately buy that I haven't listed in this shortlist or haven't listed in the list of books I already have then please tell me. It's a fairly long shortlist really, a longlist I guess, but I don't know what I'm doing and the books listed below seem to be in my range / level.
Feel free to suggest / recommend a list of books from this list as I won't just be buying one. Unless there is one book that covers absolutely everything these is to know about beginners JS (you know, basically everything JS excluding the OOP side) in which case I'll finally buy one last book on JS and not need to spend anymore! All of the links go to Amazon.co.uk so you can see the prices in UK British pounds - my budget is around £100, maybe £150 as I'll get some of the books for my birthday and pay for anymore with my own money.
Books I Currently Own- DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model- Simply JavaScript- DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM- The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks- The Art & Science of JavaScript
My Shortlist- JavaScript: The Missing Manual: The book that should have been in the box- JavaScript, A Beginner's Guide, 3rd Edition- JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition (Publish Date: May 2010)- JavaScript: The Good Parts- JavaScript Step by Step Book/CD Package- ppk on JavaScript- Beginning JavaScript (Programmer to Programmer), 3rd Edition- Beginning JavaScript- Gettined StartED with JavaScript- Head First JavaScript- High Performance JavaScript- Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting & Ajax: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to Professional)- JavaScript: The Complete Reference, 2nd edition: The Complete Reference. Complete coverage of the W3C DOM2 standard (Osborne Complete Reference Series)- Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)- Sams Teach Yourself Javascript in 24 Hours- Scriptin' with JavaScript and Ajax: A Designer's Guide- <snip/>- JavaScript- JavaScript Bible- JavaScript Bible Audiobook, 7th Edition- JavaScript by Example (Paperback)- Murach's JavaScript and DOM Scripting (Murach: Training & Reference) (Paperback)- Smashing JavaScript: 100 Professional Techniques (Smashing Magazine Book Series) (Paperback)- And whatever else you recommend to me!
Halp pls. kthnxbye.
Andrew Cooper
I really liked the book 'Unobtrusive Javascript' by P.P. Koch.
I liked the writing style of Jeremy Keith in his book Bulletproof Ajax... but I'm not working with ajax anymore...
Overall, I like Peachpit press
Another book that covers the use of javascript is SitePoint's "Build Your Own AJAX Web Applications". You can only get the pdf version directly from SitePoint but you might be able to get a printed copy via somewhere like Amazon.
SpacePhoenix, thanks for the suggestion and although it is appreciated as with all other suggestions and recommendations I should have pointed out that I'm not interested in AJAX or AJAX related books. I've had a look at the book previously and didn't see anything on beginners JavaScript that would be helpful to me. I just had another look at the table of contents for the book but it looks like it's pretty much all AJAX content.
There are other books out there also on JavaScript such as Design Patterns and Advanced OOP JavaScript as well as JavaScript Library / Framework books including the upcoming book jQuery: Novice to Ninja also from SitePoint. However, I've omitted these from the short / long list because I'm strictly looking for beginners books on JavaScript, but the beginners books shouldn't necessarily mean a 200 page book. It should cover everything a professional JavaScript coder / Front-End Web Developer would need to know (excluding OOP JS).
Thanks again,
I saw one book listed twice...by Paul Wilton: "Beginning javascript". Every little bit to make your list shorter.
In the bookstore I saw a JS book by Shelly Powers (O'reilly) which, flipping through it, seemed a sort of go-straight through the DOM and Do Stuff book, which might be useful.
The Definitive Guide and The Good Parts get a definite two thumbs up from me.
Agreed, even though I don't understand half of what's in Good Parts, when looking for code examples online I can use the back part to recognise what to avoid. Also, logic-flow diagrams++. 6th Edition already for Rhino?? Dayum, that's fast. I has 5 and it mostly updated DOM stuff.
because I'm strictly looking for beginners books on JavaScript, but the beginners books shouldn't necessarily mean a 200 page book. It should cover everything a professional JavaScript coder / Front-End Web Developer would need to know (excluding OOP JS).
I doubt a "beginners" book can cover everything a professional front-ender should know, assuming said Front-ender isn't working in an environment where the extent of JS knowledge doesn't need to go further than how to copy others' scripts and modify them accordingly, or write very small things.
I've got Simply Javascript and an old copy of my husband's Anthology. With both, there came a point where I had to stop and go find some other sources to read, before coming back to them. I don't think it's those books explaining things badly, but more that it took time and multiple differing explanations before stuff started to "stick".
Still gonna pimp Marijn's site: http://eloquentjavascript.net/ I don't see the DOM stuff as particularly beautiful with all that typical old-fashioned HTML but, whatever. I'm struggling with higher-order functions, closures, and recursion recursion recursion.
(excluding OOP JS)
You can't. Everyone's an object, lawlz. Though you can also just make everything a function (functional programming) but functions are objects.
You see that, people? I can haz sfeer of Influence! Lawlz![/ot]
Ok, I'm definately purchasing the following books.
Amended Shortlist:
I've looked over the shortlist again and made some amendments to it, it's much shorter, slightly more focused and there are less outdated books listed too. If you can't make any recommendations on which of the following to buy, then could you make recommendations on which not to buy instead?
I've definately buying The Definitive Guide and The Good Parts now. felgall, I'm a beginner in JavaScript really and need a helping hand, can you recommend which of the books in the list not to buy? And I've amended the list to take out the more outdated books.
Silly me xD, sorted.
Is that the Learning JavaScript book by Shelly Powers? I had a look at it and was going to add it to the list but after looking at the table of contents it didn't look great. Do you recommend it though? (I know you just said you flicked through it, but from flicking through it, would you say it's worth it?)
Yea, I could really do with the Rhino book right now to be honest but I'm not going to buy the 5th Edition brand new when 6th Edition is only 4 months away. I'll have to wait for it.
Lawl. I'm talking about John Resig's book and all the others that talk about OO JS. For the majority of the JS I'll be making and wanting to use in Web pages, I doubt I'll have to make use of OO techniques within JS, hence, I don't want heavy / advanced books that talk about OO JS solely.
xD Lawl
In that case, I definitely recommend Head First JavaScript, that's a very good book that makes it easy to grasp the different concepts involved.
The O'Reilly site lets you read it online too, via Safari Books. Click the [Read it now] link at the Head First JavaScript
I can't really say about Shelly's book. It seemed to move fast, compared to, say Simply Javascript which is really slow and hand-holding. Further, I really couldn't say. It might be sitting in a bookstore near you and you might be able to flip through it.
About the Rhino: it's not a beginner book, it's kind of more a book about Javascript. It describes it, explains it, states what are the rules for it, etc. It reminded me of Perl's Camel book, a LOT.Same with Good Parts. Good Parts does not introduce JS. It states a case for it having some really good stuff for programmers in it, despite all the flaws it has. For me as a beginner the back of the book was more valuable than the front. I figure you already know that, but since others may read this, being beginners too...
There are also two kinds of beginners and I'd think the Beginners books would be to one group or the other: people wholly new to programming (like me) and people new only to Javascript.
I agree that this is one of the best books on JavaScript for beginners (it says so in the list of quotes inside the front cover of the book itself).
The WROX book "Professional JavaScript for Web Developers" is an excellent alternative if you already know other programming languages since it introduces JavaScript the same way most other languages are introduced rather than the way most books introduce other languages. I wouldn't recommend it if you haven't been learning other languages from books before though - for that the Head First book is far superior.
I found the style of the Murach book difficult to follow so that I didn't even understand what some of the code was meant to be about when I first read it - I am not sure who that book is supposed to be intended for, there are a few sections of it that cover some things that are fairly advanced that are not covered in the other books scattered in between some of the really basic introductory parts.
DOM Scripting by Jeremy Keith is a nice introduction to JavaScript. If you'd like to dabble in jQuery these videos are pretty straightforward
Ok so I've only got one more book to decide on. Christian Heilmann's Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting & Ajax: From Novice to Professional. I've had another look over the table of contents and the following three Web pages / sites:
It's still a 50 / 50 really. I know he's great and all, but the book is dated 2006. Although Jeremy Keiths book was published in 2005 and his book is great! Can I get some more help on this one please?
Not just because of you two, but pretty much everyone is recommending Head First JavaScript. So I'm going to buy that too!
Nope it isn't. The libraries and bookstores in the towns I live near don't have many good books for JavaScript or Web-related topics at all. Hopefully it'll change soon though.
Absolutely. I've found that there are a lot of books that'll teach languages -for beginners- yet they'll somehow expect them to already know programming concepts, because they don't teach /explain them very well at all. There should be books on -x- language that teaches the beginners programming concepts and the language features, it sounds like HFJ does this. And so does Marijn's book.
I'm not new to programming concepts as I've created some small-scale applications in VB.NET and of course small, tiny JS scripts. I guess the more we read (whatever it is we read) the more we learn!
I'm going to also purchase this book, along with Head First JavaScript. I had another look at the books table of contents and it looks to be a really good read. It's pretty recent (published just a year ago) and the author seems to be respected in the JS world as he's also written High Performance JavaScript (which I've taken out of my shortlist because it isn't focused on beginners JS. I'm sure I'll buy it in the future though.)
I've removed this from my shortlist. Besides, I had another look at it and it isn't a focused book on beginners. It deals with chapters on JS Libraries (which isn't what I want) and has a chapter at the beginning with XHTML and CSS. I'm fine with XHTML and CSS, it's JS I want to read about. So I won't be buying this book, sorry Murach and Ray Harris!
Thanks for the help, felgall.
And about jQuery - I don't want to know about JavaScript Libraries at the moment. I'm focusing on learn JavaScript from the ground up so that eventually, if I wanted to, I'd have the knowledge, skills and experience to create my own JS Library.
You've seen my (pretty much finalized) list of JavaScript books I'm going to purchase. Before I go ahead and order them all - is there anything I should take out or include? I think the list at the top of this post is pretty solid and will give me an all-round basic understanding of JavaScript although I do one day want to be a professional JavaScript coder. Thanks for the help in deciding though, it might not seem like a big thing but buying brand new (they have to be brand new - blame my OCD!) books like these that are going to end up costing me a fair bit of cash (which doesn't come easy being a student!) is a fairly important decision for me, especially if it turns out I've just bought another 5 books (on top of the 5 I currently own) that don't teach me everything I need to know!
I assume you are referring to the second edition of "Professional JavaScript for Web Developers" (which is slightly improved on the first edition - not that there was much that could be improved on anyway).
You do seem to have all the best JavaScript books for beginners that I have seen over the past few years on your list.
There should be books on -x- language that teaches the beginners programming concepts and the language features, it sounds like HFJ does this. And so does Marijn's book.
Heh, there is. My husband still has his Programming Pascal in Delphi book somewhere... there are languages like Pascal and Cat that are "teaching" languages... you can use them in a real application if you want, but they're mostly used to teach basic concepts, variables and pointers, loops, arrays and hashes, functions and objects...
At least 5 people have told me to just read the ANSI C book, or flat out "learn C". Well, I managed to get through chapter 2 but then I died.
Marijn's book introduces and explains the concepts but he also goes very fast. Closures and recursion in chapter 3! : )
I have a couple of Pascal books somewhere - one that I used for a course at uni back in 1979 and the other I think covered the USCD operating system that was an alternative operating system for the Apple and IBM computers of the early 80s - from memory it was on the Apple ][ implementation so I don't know how much that varied from the IBM-PC version (USCD Pascal being one of the three operating systems that could be run on the original PCs - the other two being DOS and CP/M - Microsoft Xenix being added as a fourth alternative for the IBM-XT).
I think Pascal was about the third or fourth programming language I learnt (although the course assumed that everyone had no prior programming experience - which meant that they didn't expect complete solutions to the assignments and gave bonus points when you gave a more complete answer than expected leading to my getting marks like 11 out of 10 for some assignments).
I'm hanging out for John Resig's new book http://jsninja.com/
I'd suggest you start to dig into the code of js libraries like jQuery and Raphael. You could also look at patterns that can be applied to js so you can keep your code clean and extensible.
Yes, 2nd Edition of "Professional JavaScript for Web Developers", felgall. And I'm glad I have all of the best ones, or will have! Thanks for the feedback, felgall.
Lawlz. You're always going on about closures and recursion in his book!
I agree. I think it's a very easy language, compared to VB.NET - It's just so much simpler and less code to get something working. Which I think will be helpful to beginners to programming and the language itself, because it's so simple, in terms of what code you need to write to make something work. As opposed to other languages.
That's very pleasing and encouraging to hear! Thanks for the feedback. Appreciated.
Thanks for the feedback and recommendation also. Don't worry, I'm definately getting it when the new edition is released in May
That's the thing though - I haven't mastered the content in Simply JavaScript and The Art and Science of JavaScript and they don't seem to be as highly recommended as others such as The Definitive Guide and Head First JavaScript. As I said earlier, I'm not interested in JS Libraries at all at the moment (not even jQuery) and I'm certainly not interested in AJAX either.
I appreciate your comments and feedback anyway. All views and recommendations are helpful to me as I'm a beginner however, I do have clear goals - To master the basics of JavaScript.
xD Would it please you if I started typing lawlz instead of lawl :p?
Still not sure on Christian Heilmann's book though!
That's the right approach. You can't use a library such as jQuery properly without a good understanding of JavaScript first. Those who try usually end up in a mess because they are using advanced processing when they don't understand the basics.
Totally agreed, felgall. I've gotten as many suggestions as Andrew to try jQuery. Crawl before walking, even if walking is easier.
Lawlz. You're always going on about closures and recursion in his book!
Cause they're damn hard. Why are they hard? For the same reason I can't do math in my head: I cannot hold "empty" placeholders and still remember them when I get to the end. I hear this can be improved with practise, but I was always the kid who needed to do it on paper, or use my fingers lawlz. I can keep the factorial one in my head but once I get to something like the typical "reduce"/"fold" it's more than I can keep straight at the moment.And yes I believe beginners should know and understand those. Right now in my JS for my company's page, I'm trying to get a function OUT of a loop so I can use it elsewhere... bleh.
Lawlz is my BESTardisation of LOLSPEAK so I guess it doesn't matter what you choose. I'm pretty known for it, though. People might think you're me in other places.
You'll find that the Head First book is a better one to read before the Definitive Guide. The former one gives you a running start, by giving you interesting and entertaining concepts with which to help you learn the overall shape of the landscape. The latter one is incredibly detailed and helps to fill in any gaps of knowledge that you might have had, but it's heavy going indeed and reminds me of a dry and dusty tome.
I highly recommend them.Don't get into the trap of reading for the sake of reading - It will actually prevent you from really absorbing the content of future books and hinder your learning.Every good book requires at least three readings, once fast, one very thorough reading (taking notes, experimenting) and another quick read.
Whilst I agree with what you have written, my advice was not to use a library.I suggested that after really absorbing Simply Javascript and The Art and Science of JavaScript he has all the basics as well as advanced concepts under his belt.He should be ready to start looking at the source of libraries and find out how professional js developers write and structure their code.


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This really isn't going to be easy in any way, is it? Not for the Canadiens. Not for the Baby Buffaloes. Not for the Hurricanes. And certainly not for the Rangers.
These teams all seem to win every time they have to win.
As you know, Montreal defeated Chicago in OT last night, and the Baby Buffaloes beat Tampa Bay, and the Rangers — after learning they've lost their leader, their soul — fell all the way back down to eighth.
The Magic Number remains at 3.
Tonight the Hurricanes play at home against Detroit in the only game relevant to the four-team chase for three spots. Want to bet the Canes win and force the Rangers to win both of their games to get in?
And, given the way it has gone, and given the way the Rangers have responded this season, they probably will win both if they have to win them.
The remaining schedule involving the four teams:
Wednesday—Detroit at Carolina; Thursday—Atlanta at Rangers; Montreal at Ottawa; Friday—Philly at Baby Buffaloes; Carolina at Atlanta; Saturday —Devils at Rangers; Montreal at Toronto; Tampa Bay at Carolina; Baby Buffaloes at Columbus; Sunday—none.
I was talking to Sean Mayer — who, by the way, I want to thank for pinch-hitting on the Ryan Callahan news yesterday while I was unavailable — and came to the realization that losing a key player isn't necessarily fatal in the playoffs. In fact, teams often rally around the adversity.
Some quick examples, and if you can think of others, please share:
1991-92: Adam Graves breaks Mario Lemieux's hand in the second round. The Penguins fall behind the Rangers two games to one. And they rally to win that series and the next and, after Mario makes an early return, the Stanley Cup, not losing another game along the way.
1992-93: Dale Hunter cheap-shots Pierre Turgeon out of the playoffs in the first round. The depleted Islanders go on to shock the two-time defending champ Penguins without Turgeon before losing in the Eastern Conference final.
2000-01: Colorado's Peter Forsberg's spleen ruptures, requiring emergency surgery at the end of the second round. The Avalanche go on to win the Stanley Cup without Forsberg.


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Soooo glad it wasn't about some boring Naga. Wow that seems like such a boring expansion.
Soooo glad it wasn't about some boring Naga. Wow that seems like such a boring expansion.
I make metal music, play games (WoW, Overwatch, Ect) and eat pizza. (Previously named Furytime)
At least the Dark Below sounds more convincing name for an expansion. Either way, in BlizzCon will it all be revealed.
Main enemy: Azshara's naga and N'Zoth's forces
Secondary enemy: Nightmare druids, bug people (combined forces of qiraji, mantid and nerubians, backed by aqir perhaps)
Lesser enemy: Bloodsail Buccaneers and/or other pirates
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If they do a time travel expansion for WoW, that will be the final nail in the coffin for a lot of players. One Cataclysm was enough.
Not really, Sargeras is just some Titan who was like 'totes awesome' and then went depressed and sad and became more powerful because of 'the dark side'. Then he became a flamy depressed Titan and decided to just murder out planets full of innocents because he could. Anyone who could take him on would be met with 'that's all according to my plan' because he's so omnipotent and omniscient. That's a kid's definition of character progression. Old Gods may not have much in the way of personality, because they are chaotic beings -- arrogant chaotic beings, but at least they have justification for it.
So no. Sargeras is worth nothing in terms of personality; yes, the rest of the Burning Legion is awesome. As is the rest of the Faceless Army.
Or you can look at him with honest, critical and unbiased eyes and see that he's a cardboard cutout at the moment. Maybe they -will- make something of him, but until then, I think he's bland as a piece of drywood, kind of like Jaina was, until she 'allegedly went mad'.
Jesus Dude, denial much?
Says the one that keeps spouting "urrh i'm glad we don't get old gods those are so lame buh" all the time? :^)
Pot -- kettle anyone?
Really though, I'm no longer even arguing Old Gods vs Sargeras. I'm being critical of Sargeras a standalone character, because he is nothing but a cardboard cutout. Whether the Old Gods are or not is irrelevant. Didn't I pretty much concede that they don't have a lot going for them in terms of personality anyway?
I was hoping for Azshara, N'Zoth and a lot of underwater zones + some island with pirates.
but i'm sure it will finally come
Any person that doesn't start out as being evil disagrees with them when he turns evil. A person who thinks that someone's ways (or the ways of multiple people/a race) doesn't work out or sees that those ways are flawed isn't new either. If someone agreed and found another person's ways agreeable, he would not have to go evil and change his ways.
So no, be critical. I get that you like Sargeras. I like the Old Gods for the type of creatures they are: out of the realm of death, fueling the most primal of negative emotions within mortals to stir madness within them, but I can admit that the Old Gods have no real individual personalities that set them apart and make me think "wow, golden character. Love it.". The Lich King/Arthas is what Sargeras could be, but not what he is right now. He's like a proto-Arthas due to lack of development because he's been out of the picture. Maybe he'll get it in the future, but right now, I'm saying that he's not an interesting or compelling character at all. You may disagree, piss and moan, and tell me it's my opinion (something being a tasteful or fun character always is, but we still have standards for what is a bad or good character) and I'll understand that, because it's hard to admit a character might not be as awesome as you think -- but I won't stop saying it.
well dude that's like your opinion, that's all I can say, I love the character and for me a good character is a character that has good reasons to do whatever he does and sargeras has good reasons imo
they can always add lore to make him even better yes, but that doesn't change the fact that I love him even now
I wasnt excited for Dark Below, but Warlords of Gaenor sounds much worse...
WTB pay off for Cata Sylvanas story already!
When you see someone in a thread making the same canned responses over and over, click their name, click view forum posts, and see if they are a troll. Then don't feed them."Gamer" is not a bad word. I identify as a gamer. When calling out those who persecute and harass, the word you're looking for is "asshole." @_DonAdams
Sargeras, a fallen titan(angel) at commands demons/legion (gee sounds alot like....Lucifer?)
Anyways, the only Mary Sue/Cliche that's obnoxous right now (to me at least) is Varian.
That dude is the ugly child of Vegeta and Cloud, along with countless other too cool for school characters.
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That leaves so many awesome options and storylines because it's not hindered NEARLY as much by the constricts of lore.
Bnding lore to a certain point has been done, but there's always a limit, but he's been behind the shadows, you can do whatever you want with him at this point, it's an amazing concept.
I'm on the other view that The Old Gods have a somewhat pre-determined ending and outlook.
They seek to instill madness and corruption, for all of eternity.
They deal with things inadvertantly, unless we literally walk up to their door step and shove a boot up their arse.
Sargeras? Deals with most things inadvertantly, but I feel has the capacity to deal with things head on and in plain sight, something the Old Gods would never do.
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That woud be Old Gods because they exist to cause chaos because they can. Just because you don't know about Sargeras's motive doesn't mean he doesn't have one. Just go read it. It's all over the place.Azshara has motive. Old Gods are chaotic creatures. It might not be intriguing to you, but it's more compelling that "I CAN AND WILL DESTROY THIS BECAUSE I CAN."
I'm rather happy it's not an entire expansion of underwater zones. It's also pretty funny to see all the smug folks wallowing in sadness.
Stains on the carpet and stains on the memory
Songs about happiness murmured in dreams
When we both of us knew how the end always is...


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Prime Minister marks 2nd anniversary of Pike River tragedy
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Prime Minister John Key says his thoughts are with the people of the West Coast as New Zealand remembers the second anniversary of the Pike River mining tragedy.
"There is no comfort in my words for the families of those who died, as they are still living this tragedy day after day.
"However it is fitting and right that we remember that it was this day two years ago that 29 men lost their lives," says Mr Key.
The explosion at Pike River Mine, northeast of Greymouth, occurred at 3.44 on the afternoon of 19 November 2010.
"I am thinking of the families and the people of the West Coast today. New Zealand has immense sympathy for their continuing grief."


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Ulta: Shine Olio di Jasmine - Hair Shine Spray by Oscar Blandi
One of the things that tends to get neglected - along with the bottom of our feet - when we head out into the sun is our hair. This marvelous spray does tripe duty: enhancing shine, combating frizz and protecting against sun damage. A worthwhile investment, especially if you paid a pretty penny for that new do.


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Apple CEO Tim Cook made no mention of it in this week's earnings call, but there's a burgeoning demand for iPads among the country's zoo-bound primates, thanks to the Apps for Apes initiative. However, not all apes are created equal: Orangutans introduced to Apple's tablet have loved the device, but gorillas haven't taken to the iPad with the same enthusiasm -- a development Corning obviously didn't consider when naming its Gorilla Glass.
According to Orangutan Outreach, sponsor of the Apps for Apes initiative:
Orangutans are highly intelligent creatures that require mental stimulation to keep from growing bored and depressed. Every orangutan is a unique individual with his or her own particular likes and dislikes, and freedom of choice is critical to their well-being. They like to choose everything from their afternoon snack to their daytime companions and sleeping area.
Don't we all?
Among the dozen-plus zoos participating in the Orangutan Outreach initiative are the Atlanta Zoo and the National Zoo in Washington. Participants are in touch with each other to compare and recommend apps that the apes seem to prefer. The orangutans' tastes, it seems, are not so different from a human child's, with special favorites being musical instruments, video watching -- particularly of themselves and other orangutans -- finger painting, and interactive books.
The Milwaukee County Zoo, which nearly two years ago pioneered the use of iPads to stimulate and enrich the lives its orangutans, took the effort to a new level when it outfitted its primate buildings with Wi-Fi to arrange "play dates" with orangutans at other zoos and wildlife preserves. Can the offer of a reality TV show be far behind?
Check out this video of orangutans at the Milwaukee County Zoo interacting with the iPad. Sadly, Mahal -- one of the orangutans featured in the video -- died last month from pneumonia.
Orangutans are among the most intelligent primates. A 2008 study of two orangutans at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany showed they could weigh the costs and benefits of gift exchanges and keep track of them over time -- the first nonhuman species documented to do so.
The Apps for Apes program goals include:
- Provide stimulating enrichment and immediate gratification for orangutans
- Make zoo visitors aware of the critical need to protect orangutans in the wild
- Promote the conservation efforts of Orangutan Outreach
If you have a gently used iPad that you'd like to donate to an orangutan, you're invited to contact Orangutan Outreach.
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against NSA, Obama Administration, Telecom Giants
Posted on Thursday, June 13th, 2013 at 5:15 pm
Following revelations that the NSA has been secretly tracking the phone and internet records of American citizens, former Justice Department prosecutor Larry Klayman has filed a class action suit against a wide range of different parties, alleging a violation of the three named litigants' basic constitutional rights. The suit seeks damages of $20 billion, as well as an injunction to end the program.
Named in the suit, in addition to the NSA, the Department of Justice, and Obama administration officials Eric Holder and Barack Obama himself, are nine companies who are alleged to have participated in the NSA's PRISM program, including AOL, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and Skype, as well as the CEOs of each of these companies.
All nine of the companies named in the suit deny knowledge of and involvement with the program.


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