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Topic closed. 32 replies. Last post 7 years ago by GiveFive.
In scratch off lottery there is no start and end date. Lottery prints out X number of tickets and distributes them. Winning ticket is pre-printed. So let's say if someone gets the jackpot ticket, how do we know the winning ticket is gone? so if you are playing for the top prize of 1 million, 2 million or 3 million, no point in buying a ticket if the top prize/s are already gone. unlike in jackpot games where there is start and end time and when the time ends, the new game begins and everybody starts from the scratch. Also you know if jackpot is gone or not before playing it.
or is scratch off lotteries is like a perpetual game? they embed winning tickets at randome and you keep trying your luck? and just because someone has just won the jackpot have no bearing on next winning ticket? like them don't pace'em out depending upon sales etc.
can you someone help me clarify this confusion?
In most states (if not all) a set # of scratch off tickets (pools) are printed and distributed throughout the state. The odds & winning prizes remaining can be found online for your state. I am certain NY has one since it is a huge Lottery state.
For example, if there are 10 top prizes of $1Million, you should be able to go to NY's lottery website and see how many top prizes are remaining for a particular game. Many states unfortunately continue to sell ticket seven when there are no top prizes remaining!. It is good to keep an eye on these things so you know what you are buying.
Also, many of time if a game is popular and they run through the original sets (pools) of tickets they will have "2nd runs" in which the games are printed a 2nd time and redistributed.
Hope that helps
why would lottery tell you how many winning tickets have been sold and how many have been left? Let's say if the big prize winning ticket is sold on the 2nd day since the pool is distributed and if you make this information available people will quit buying and sales will go down. In this way lottery won't earn the revenues based on their assumptions and may go bankrupt.
In CA Lottery they do post the number of jackpots claimed in addition to the number of jackpots remaining. I see that on some other lottery sites like NY that only the remaining jackpots is posted.
I think is good to show both, full disclosure. It shows you how far along the jackpots are. An example here is one particular scratcher game has a total of 25 $2,000,000 jackpots available. 1 has been claimed, leaving 24 left out there.
Now the business and psychology of the scratch tickets kicks in, with the complexities of the manufacturing and distribution and marketing that are not there for regular draw/lottery games. You have to figure out where and when the biggest concentration of winners will be there. Sure, they will give some out early on, and then a slow trickle of others as the game progresses through the year. But yes, they will have to keep many towards the tail end of the game to keep people playing. Otherwise, if they gave out all the 25 jackpots in the first month, then yeah, they would lose money. On the contrary, they have the system arranged so they won't lose money, that's the whole purpose of the lottery.
First of, I have never seen a game with only 1 top prize on a scratch-off... AND typically when they do start selling to prize winners, they have already made well over their "quota" in revenue...The lottery isnt set up to lose revenue, they are always set up to gain revenue.
Listing top prizes and providing top prize info is public domain and available for anyone to request. Even though there are many players that check this info out for themselves to make determinations on which tickets to buy, there are still millions of players who dont even bother to look for this info, so the Lottery still sells tickets to those players.
If you go to The NY Lottery's Instant Games page on the NY Lottery's website, on the right hand side of the page is a green box with the words "Top Prizes Report". Click on that green box and you will get The "Instant Cash Games Unclaimed Top Prizes" report that shows every instant scratch-off games top prize, and how many unclaimed prizes remain for that particular game.
When all of the top prizes for any scratch off game have been claimed, the lottery pulls all remaining tickets from circulation. Lottery Retailers must pack up all unsold tickets for that game and mail them back to The NY Lottery.
About playing the lottery -- You will lose more than you win. Until you hit a jackpot. Then everything changes!
From the time winning jackpot ticket is sold to the time it is claimed there can be several days to several months gap. Does lottery know right away when the winning ticket is sold? if not the lottery weekly report is not going to accurately reflect the unclaimed number.
It's impossible for The NY Lottery to know when a top prize winning scratch off ticket is sold. They only know one was sold the day that the person who bought it claims it.
You're correct, it is possible there could be several days or months between the day the ticket is sold, and the day the winner presents it for payment. The weekly report very definitely can be inaccurate.
Also, it will take a some time for the Lottery to inform all retailers that all top prizes have been claimed. Then it will take time for the retailers to pack up the remaining tickets and mail them back to the NY Lottery. During that time, tickets could be sold that have no chance of winning the top prize.
The best time to buy scratch off tickets is when a game is brand new and first goes on sale. When a game is brand new, and tickets havent been for sale very long, you wont have to worry about whether or not all of the top prizes have been sold/claimed.
I agree, or only play games with the majority of the TOP PRIZES still remaining.
I wouldnt play a game that only has 1 top prize remaining.
Sometimes there is only one top prize.
We don't have any Scratcher games in CA with only 1 top prize.
Which NY lotto game is that with only 1 top prize? I'd like to see what the specifics of that one are.
There are no NY scratch off games that first go on sale "with only 1 top prize".
I believe what the original poster meant to say was sometimes there is only 1 top prize remaining to be claimed.
In a previous post in this thread, that same poster made a good point relative to a very low number of top prizes remaining unclaimed. If in fact there is 1 top prize unclaimed, that does not mean it has not been sold. Someone could have bought the ticket with the remaining top prize and lost it, or bought it and gave it to someone else who put it aside and never scratched it. With either situation, people buying that particular game after the last top prize ticket has been sold can not win the top prize.
Yeah, just perusing the NY scratch games, looks like there are many games with very few or only 1 prize left unclaimed.
Seems to be a different strategy by the NY lotto compared to the CA lotto. You have many more different games with fewer big top prizes each. CA has fewer games with more big top prizes each. And they show total claimed versus unclaimed so you can track progress.
With NY being the biggest lotto of any state, they probably have a good idea how to run a good lottery. That means milking the most money out of it. I think I like our CA scratch lottery system better, but there is always the downside to scratchers: You may have zero chance of winning when buying from the stores in your area. Unlike draw games where you at least have a chance on every draw, however remote it is.
It would seem to me that when scratch off tickets are made they are bar coded and the amount of prize for that ticket goes into a data base for record. When tickets are sold the ticket is activated with that bar code going into the states data base. The state could possibly know where the ticket was sold and the amount of prize before it is even cashed.
Seems like I read articles where unclaimed prize tickets were known where they were sold and the amount of the prize based on the states data base info.
I would agree on not playing any game with only 1 top prize remaining.
But I wonder what the best strategy is for other games? Just thinking about the complexities of the manufacturing and distribution of scratch cards:
Let's say a particular $5 game has 25 top prizes of $1,000,000 and a total of $75,000,000 in prizes both large and small. So they have at least around 30,000,000 cards manufactured to distribute. Where are the top prizes inserted?
If they were all in the front part, they'd lose money, all the prizes won early and people stop playing. If they were all at the end, that could be good for the lotto in theory, except people will get pissed off because no winners come out till the end. So maybe it is pseudo-randomly evenly spaced throughout the 24,000,000 tickets?
Or maybe they load up a bunch towards the back end to keep people playing, have some up front the get excitement going, and then a trickle of the remainder spread through the middle? In that case, might make sense to play that game towards the front 1/3 and the back 1/3, but not the middle?
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Every song for under a buck: For six blissful years, that was the motto at iTunes, Apple Inc.'s popular digital-download emporium. Ninety-nine cents — it was so strangely soothing, wasn't it? But on Tuesday, record companies were allowed to price individual songs on iTunes, depending on their popularity, at either 69 cents, 99 cents or $1.29.
Not exactly the day the music died, but what other industry is raising prices these days?
You'd be surprised by what was jacked on iTunes. For instance, Journey's catalog is still pretty much 99 cents per track. But 1981's Don't Stop Believin', given recent oomph on American Idol, bounced to $1.29. Speaking of Idol, a win doesn't guarantee a bump in price: Fourth-place finisher Chris Daughtry saw a $1.29 uptick for a few songs, but champ Taylor Hicks remains at $0.99.
It appears hip-hop and pop fans (read: kids) are being targeted the most. Miley Cyrus' hit The Climb is now $1.29. So are Flo Rida's Right Round, Lady Gaga's Poker Face and...Stanky Legg by GS Boyz? Oy.
Sure, sure, a few golden oldies dropped to 69 cents. And in related news to appease the gripers, Apple did eliminate its digital rights management (or DRM), which, among other things, will allow customers to copy iTunes songs to other players and CDs.
But being able to make better mixes (and have me DJ your next party) won't stop people from complaining about the price hike. So in the spirit of greedy execs and an iTunes store that is a little less fun — and could get dinged by savvy competitors — here's a slightly snarky playlist complete with actual prices. (Sorry, we could only afford seven out of our usual 10 songs.)
The Use Your Cents Playlist
1. Shop Around, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, 69 cents
2. I Want You to Want Me, Cheap Trick, 69 cents
3. Money Changes Everything, Cyndi Lauper, 99 cents
4. Cheap and Cheerful, the Kills, 99 cents
5. Turn My Swag On, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, $1.29
6. The Wrestler, Bruce Spring- steen, $1.29
7. I Hate This Part, Pussycat Dolls, $1.29
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Train travellers are fearing more commuter chaos this week after being left stranded on the Frankston line on Monday due to a lack of replacement buses.
Buses are replacing trains on the Frankston line between Mordialloc and Caulfield this week, as work is carried out to remove level crossings at North Road, McKinnon Road and Centre Road.
From Wednesday to Sunday, buses will replace trains between Moorabbin and Caulfield.
However, commuters were not impressed on Monday, with many left stranded at Bentleigh, McKinnon and Glen Huntly stations, watching full buses drive past.
Daniel Bowen of the Public Transport Users Association, who travels on the Frankston line, said some commuters had a smooth run, but many did not.
"It was a real mixed bag for train passengers," he said.
"At Mordialloc and other busy stations such as Glen Huntly, many passengers were left waiting as inadequate numbers of buses were in service. Even staff on the ground were heard admitting to passengers that far more buses were needed."
Mr Bowen said commuters feared delays would only become worse on Wednesday, when people returned to work after taking an Australia Day long weekend and students returned to school from holidays.
"What's alarming is that the bus replacement services struggled today, when many people are on leave, and students aren't yet back at school," he said.
"There were also problems over the weekend, with tennis and cricket fans suffering packed buses and long delays on their way home.
"There are numerous level crossing removal projects coming up in coming months and years, with most requiring trains to be replaced by buses for extended periods of time. Metro and the government really need to work harder to get this right."
Mr Bowen did not experience lengthy delays on Monday morning, but said other passengers had.
Waited 2 mins, express bus driver with space and initiative stopped for us. Now nonstop to Caulfield. #MetroTrains pic.twitter.com/gGXSR2dwdX— Daniel Bowen (@danielbowen) January 24, 2016
Lots of people waiting at Glenhuntly. Our bus can't fit them. Looks like they need more stopping buses. #MetroTrains #bustitution— Daniel Bowen (@danielbowen) January 24, 2016
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However, Metro trains said it had received no customer complaints about the replacement buses on Monday. Metro had pre-warned commuters via its website to allow for 45-minute delays.
A Metro spokeswoman said 72 buses were scheduled along the Frankston line, with some travelling express between Mordialloc and Caulfield, while others stopped at all stations.
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Despite commuters' concerns, only 61 replacement buses are scheduled to run on Wednesday, when level crossing works will be carried out between Moorabbin and Caulfield.
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Rang Rasiya, the show that was launched on 30th December 2013 is a passionate love-hate tale that follows a village girl Parvati and a border security force officer Rudra. While Parvati strongly believes in love, Rudra hates anyone who invests in it.
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With super hits like Chennai Express and Ram Leela, Deepika has been reportedly snatching away film offers from another popular Bollywood diva Kareena Kapoor.
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The United States spends more on medical care per person than any country, yet life expectancy is shorter than in most other developed nations and many developing ones. Lack of health insurance is a factor in life span and contributes to an estimated 45,000 deaths a year
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Never Again - Mauthausen
Mauthausen - A Photographic Monograph
de Nanette Reid
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The third book in a series of photographic monographs of several of the Nazi Concentration Camps that remain scattered throughout Europe.
It depicts Mauthausen in Austria.
It has been shot entirely in B&W (using traditional methods) showing each camp in its own light; both raw and haunting, this book captures the horrors these camps presented their prisoners.
Its message: "Never Again".
Características y detalles
- Categoría Fotografía artística
Cuadrado pequeño, 18×18 cm
40 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación sep. 23, 2010
- Etiquetas Nanette Reid, concentration camp, B&W, WW2, Nazi, holocaust, Mauthausen
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Nanette Reid is an architectural photographer who has worked in the photographic industry for over 20 years, working in both the UK and Australia. She is the author of 3 monographs and contributor to a Thai cookbook (all available on Blurb) and the recipient of several international photography awards. Her artistic works are represented in both corporate and private arenas. Currently based in Bangkok, Nanette works with several architectural firms throughout Asia, SE Asia and Australasia and holds an Advanced Diploma in Commercial Photography. www.nanettereid.com
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Three men who were on holiday in Dubai claim to have been subjected to torture, including beatings and electric shocks, after being arrested in the United Arab Emirates.
Grant Cameron and Karl Williams, both 25 and from Wanstead and Suneet Jeerh, also 25 and from Ilford, have been in custody for seven months after being arrested when police claim to have found synthetic cannabis known as 'spice' in their car.
The three men have pleaded not guilty to the charge of consumption and possession with intent to distribute and are due to have their first hearing today.
Human rights charity Reprieve claim the men signed documents in Arabic - a language none of the men understand - after being beaten and threatened with guns.
Reprieve lawyer Marc Callcutt took down the men's witness statements in which their torture is detailed.
Mr Williams' said in his witness statement his was beaten in a hotel room and was electrocuted in the testicles.
He said: "I remember that the police put a towel on my face so I could not see. They kept telling me I was going to die. I was so scared.
"Once I had been knocked to the ground, the police picked me up and put me on the bed. They pulled down my trousers, spread my legs and started to electrocute my testicles. It was unbelievably painful. I was so scared.
"Then they took off the towel and I could see that there was a gun pointed at my head. All I could think was that the gun in my face could go off if the policeman slipped, and it would kill me. I started to believe that I was going to die in that room."
Reprieve lawyer Marc Callcutt, who drafted the witness statements, has called on the Dubai authorities to drop the charges.
MP for Wanstead John Cryer met with relatives of Mr Cameron and Mr Williams yesterday.
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"I will be making immediate representations to the Foreign Secretary urging the FCO to investigate the allegations of torture and to request an urgent meeting with me and my constituents families to discuss the case in full.
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Milwaukee -- The Marcus Corp. announced that Sendik's Food Market will open a 32,000-sq.-ft. grocery store at The Corners of Brookfield, an open-air town center development in the Town of Brookfield, Wisconsin.
The Balistreri-owned and operated grocer will be located on the Bluemound Road side of the 19-acre site at the intersection of I-94, Barker Road and Bluemound Road at the main entrance to the shopping center.
"The Corners is an ideal location to serve the Waukesha County community," said Ted Balistreri, one of the family co-owners of Sendik's. "The site offers easy access for our guests from the Goerke's Corners interchange, ample parking, and is sure to become a premier retail destination in southeastern Wisconsin."
Demolition of existing buildings on The Corners site is underway and construction is slated to start this fall, according to Katie Falvey, director of real estate for The Marcus Corp. "The entire project including both anchors, Von Maur and Sendik's, and the retail stores and restaurants, will open in fall 2016," said Falvey.
The Corners, a mixed-use, 460,000-sq.-ft. development, includes Wisconsin's first Von Maur department store and is one of the only ground-up, fashion-oriented open-air centers currently under development anywhere in the U.S. The project is expected to create 325 construction jobs for two years and over 1,000 permanent jobs once complete, including more than 100 full- and part-time Sendik's associates.
Previously announced tenants include Arhaus Furniture, Chico's, Hot Mama, Kilwins and White House Black Market. Restaurants opening in The Corners include The Lowlands Group (Café Hollander), Colectivo Coffee and Grimaldi's Pizza. The Corners also features 150 modern, luxury apartments and lofts. Milwaukee-based Mandel Group is directing development of the residential component.


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The Heritage Foundation is out with a new report contending that illegal immigration imposes huge costs on U.S. taxpayers. You could easily read it as a treatise on Why Every American Kid Should Finish High School (And Then Keep Going).
The crux of the Heritage argument is this:
1. Americans with a high school diploma or less receive a lot more benefit from government spending – including school for their kids, roads for their cars and transfer payments from social welfare programs – than they pay in taxes. That's largely because those workers' wages are so low.
2. More than half of immigrant households are headed by someone with a high school diploma or less.
3. Statistics suggest it is unlikely those immigrants will work their way up to higher-paying jobs even if they become citizens – and it is also unlikely that those immigrants' children, even the ones who were born in America, will grow up to go to college.
4. Therefore, immigrants who have come to America without legal permission are likely to impose a net cost on taxpayers for generations to come.
"In reality," Heritage authors Robert Rector and Jason Richwine write, "unlawful immigrants will be net tax consumers, placing a fiscal burden on other taxpayers not only in the first generation, but in the second generation as well."
By the authors' own logic, that same critique applies to any American, native- or foreign-born, who drops out of high school or doesn't pursue higher education. Thus the broadest conclusions from the study aren't about immigrants. They're about the state of economic opportunity in the United States.
As the study puts it: "Many conservatives believe that if an individual has a job and works hard, he will inevitably be a net tax contributor (paying more in taxes than he takes in benefits). In our society, this has not been true for a very long time."


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Sailing on the Traunsee: Treat yourself to a change in the Salzkammergut:
On request, a day of sailing on beautiful Lake Traunsee with skipper for max. 6 people are available (12: 00-14: 00 joint lunch and briefing, pure sailing, between 14:00 bis 18:00 clock, package price € 100.00)
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My husband and I stayed here for three days while visiting our nephew who lives in Linz. The owner, Walter was extremely accommodating. He graciously allowed our nephew's wife early access to stock our kitchen with everything we needed as we arrived very late at night. Thank you Walter, it was a pleasure to wake up after a long trip to be able to make a cup of coffee in your well stocked kitchen. This apartment is conveniently located near the old city center of Linz. It has a beautiful view of the old city from the kitchen balcony and living room window. We loved watching the sun come up in the morning. It is an easy walk from the apartment to the Donau (Danube) river and the old city where there are many great restaurants. This is a large apartment with plenty of room for a family. It has all the amenities to make you feel at home. We have already recommended it to other family members coming to visit Linz. If you are planning a visit to Linz this is the place to stay, you will not be disappointed.
wirklich zentral gelegen, sehr gut und hochwertig ausgestattet, der Vermieter hat für unsere Kinder sogar einen Hochstuhl und eine Kinderbett besorgt.
Es wird nicht zuviel versprochen!
Zusätzlich zu der wirklich schönen Lage (zentrumsnah, sehr bemerkenswerte Aussicht) war in der Wohnung alles, was man brauchen konnte und noch mehr.
Jederzeit jedermann zu empfehlen.
Linz, the European Capital of Culture 2009, is the provincial capital of Upper Austria. Linz is a melting pot of art and culture [Ars Electronica Center (AEC), Lentos, Sound Cloud, Pflasterspektakel ...] of knowledge and research [Johannes Kepler University (JKU), University of Art and Industrial Design Linz., Bruckner House , Anton Bruckner Private University] and from industry and sports [Danube Bike Path, Linz - Marathon, ...]. Particularly worth seeing are the historic old town, the Postlingberg with grotto railway, the various museums and also the 2 x annual Urfahraner market. Various shopping opportunities are in the road. With trips to Mauthausen concentration camp with his memorial.
Other Activities: Nordic Walking, Cycling (Danube Bike Trail!), Swimming, mini golf, athletics, football, fist ball, Volleyball
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Fish Tacos with Limeade
Serving Size: 4
In my kitchen, tacos are like pasta: flexible. This recipe is just one of a hundred different ways you can fix them. Most families enjoy the ease and simplicity of a good taco night. Buy a thick piece of fish and cut it into uniform pieces that will cook evenly without drying out. You can make your own corn tortillas or use store-bought tortillas.
- Rinse the fish fillets and pat dry. Season with the salt, pepper and paprika.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the oil. Once the oil sizzles, add the fish and cook for 2 minutes or so per side, depending on thickness; be careful not to overcook the fish.
- Combine the beans, paprika and salt in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
- Wrap the tortillas in a paper towel and heat in the microwave for 20 to 30 seconds.
- Set out the red onion, radishes, cilantro, yogurt, limes, avocado and salsa along with the fish and tortillas and have each person assemble their own tacos. Serve with the limeade.
- In a small bowl, melt the honey in the hot water. Add the lime juice.
- Fill a 3-quart pitcher with ice. Pour in the honey-lime juice, then fill with cold water. Stir. Serve over ice.
Note: For any agua fresca, puree the main flavor ingredients with honey and water until well blended. Serve over ice.
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WASHINGTON (Oct. 29)
A call to American Jewry to supply Israel, through the U.J.A., with $50,000,000 in 60 days to meet the urgent needs of the country was issued here today at the closing session of the four-day National Planning Conference for Israel and Jewish Rehabilitation attended by 1,200 leaders from all parts of the country and by representatives of all major Jewish organizations in the United States. The Conference also urged Jewish communities throughout the country to immediately initiate the United Jewish Appeal drive for 1951.
A declaration endorsing "as eminently practicable and fully attainable" the proposals adopted recently in Jerusalem to raise $1,500,000,000 of which $500,000,000 will be furnished by the people of Israel, for a three-year program for consolidation and development of Israel's economy, was unanimously adopted at the closing session. Edward M.M. Warburg, chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee, presided.
The resolution adopted by the 1,200 delegates at today's session reads:
"1. We believe that the American people, which is seeking to strengthen the forces of democracy in every corner of the world, is eager to aid Israel as a land of affirmative democratic leadership and high moral inspiration. We therefore urge the Government of the United States to help Israel through grants-in-aid, loans and through other forms of financial support that have been mobilized by our government to further the cause of democracy everywhere.
"2. Our generation has the historic opportunity of completing the redemption of hundreds of thousands of Jews from lands where their political and economic status is precarious and their right to live freely as Jews is restricted or denied. The United Jewish Appeal, commanding the support of all American Jews, has been, and must continue to be, our most potent weapon in the rescue of hundreds of thousands of our people, their rehabilitation in many lands and the settlement of the vast majority in Israel. This Conference therefore calls on all American Jews to greatly intensify their efforts on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal so that there shall be made available the increased funds required for rescue, transportation, reception and the initial stages of settlement in Israel.
"3. The funds available through the United Jewish Appeal can meet at most only basic relief and initial resettlement needs. Therefore, the conference calls upon the Jews of the United States to provide other resources to enable Israel to realize its great opportunities for the complete absorption of the newcomers through its industrial and economic and agricultural development. With full confidence in Israel's capacity to achieve economic stability and self-sufficiency and to fulfill all obligations it will assume, we pledge our fullest cooperation for the success of any effort that will be made by the Government of Israel to float a public loan in the United States as a means of obtaining funds for the financing of its constructive programs.
"4. The progress which Israel has already registered in the development of its economic structure and the favorable conditions created by the Government of Israel for private investment should be made the basis for increased efforts to encourage American investors to participate in the expansion of business enterprises which can bring profitable returns, and also serve as a vital factor in Israel's attainment of self-sufficiency.
"We call for the mobilization of all forces of American Jewry and the support of the entire American nation on behalf of this program, inspired by the example of the people of Israel itself. Deeply aware of the magnitude of our responsibilities, we accept them with confidence."
The statement approving the Jerusalem decision was presented to the Conference by Rudolph G. Sonneborn, chairman of the United Palestine Appeal board. The plea to realize $50,000,000 in cash for the U.J.A. before the end of the year was presented to the conference by Moses A. Leavitt, executive vice-chairman of the J.D.C. It proposed the following avenues to be pursued in securing the above sum:
1. Payment of outstanding pledges of the previous year's U.J.A. campaign, "requiring the most intensive cash-collection effort within each city;" 2. Cash payments on account of forthcoming 1951 pledges; 3. Bank borrowing; 4. Loans from other Jewish organizations in communities which may have funds available which are not immediately needed; 5. The making of loans by an individual or a group of individuals in each community on their personal endorsements, to be repaid from present accounts receivable or preceeds of the forthcoming campaign; 6. Such other methods as will be best suited to the situation in each city.
As a demonstration of their understanding of the urgent needs of the United Jewish Appeal, representatives of Jewish communities brought checks totalling $5,651,000 toward the goal of $50,000,000 in cash to be attained before the end of this year.
Abba Eban, Israel Ambassador to the U.S., said that Israel must achieve economic self-sufficiency despite the Arab blockade and economic boycott. Stressing that his country is definitely on the road to success in freeing itself of its dependence on food and other vital supplies from abroad, Mr. Eban warned that by "the time the neighboring Arab world wakes up, we shall have achieved a solid and secure status of self-support and shall have found our markets elsewhere." He added, however, that Israel is at all times ready for the closest regional cooperation as soon as its neighbors make this possible.
Mr. Eban predicted a closer relationship between the U.S. and Israel and obar acterized the speech delivered by Secretary Snyder as "an important landmark in the future of this relationship." Israel's efforts to vindicate democracy in a crucial part of the world, he said, deserves the active support of all elements for its economic consolidation.
Leon Keyserling, chairman of President Truman's Council of Economic Advisers, who was the principal speaker at the final session of the Conference, echeed the confidence expressed at an earlier session by Treasury Secretary Snyder on the economic potential of Israel. He warned, however, that it would be a misconception to believe that because Israel is ready to stand on her own feet economically, she can stand alone without the cooperation and aid of the U.S.
Mr. Keyserling expressed confidence in the ability of American Jews to achieve success in the three-year program to obtain $1,000,000,000 for the consolidation of Israel's economy. He emphasized that Americans should welcome participation in the effort to build up the economic strength of the Jewish state so that it may make its most effective contribution to the preservation of the free world. He said in the struggle to strengthen democracy, Israel should be considered "our junior partner."
The Jews of Israel do not want to be the objects of charity, Mrs. Golda Myerson, Israel Labor Minister, told the conference last night. She said Israel has already achieved a state of development, "where we have the potential to borrow funds and by our own labor and resourcefulness, repay every penny."
Mrs. Myerson emphasized that the Jews of Israel "do not ask for any free ride to economic or political security." She said: "As long as hundred of thousands of Jews continue to flock to our shores, we must have the generous help of American Jews to receive and care for them. But, it is our firm resolve to free ourselves at the earliest moment of any dependence on philanthropy."
Mrs. Myerson observed that the austerity regime has not been lightened and predicted that there would be no improvement in the immediate future in the rationing of food, clothing and other articles. However, she said that despite the fact that Israel has admitted almost half a million immigrants in the past two-and-a-half years, "there is practically no unemployment in the country."
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., general chairman of the U.J.A., told the conference that Israel is a "going concern with almost unlimited possibilities for expansion." Like any business, he added, "it must have additional capital to achieve its maximum growth."
He reported also that "the problems which I found in Israel are both real and serious. There is no denying that the people of Israel are at a very grave turning point in their history. But in the midst of great crisis and sacrifice I was amazed by the remarkable spirit of hope and the tremendous tempo of building and pioneering that one can see in every section of the country."
Dr. Nahum, Goldmann, chairman of the American section of the Jewish Agency, warned the Conference against what he described as completely unjustified complacency in present-day Jewish thinking, pointing out that "a fundamentally unregenerated Germany is moving rapidly once again to a position of great power, potentially once again the center of organized anti-semitism in the world."
He added: "Only a few years after the defeat of Nazism, we see indications of new anti-Semitic movements, not only in countries where anti-Semitism is one of the chronic diseases, but even in the Western hemisphere." So long as the world remains unstable, he warned, "Jews will become scapegoats for all kinds of demagogic and political movements and anti-Semitism as a slogan will be widely used in the fight against Communism." The establishment of Israel is not an end in itself, but is "merely the forging of an instrument for solving the problem of Jewish homelessness," he said. The "Jewish people must begin to be anxious and worried about Israel, not only proud and happy," he added.
Jacob Blaustein, president of the American Jewish Committee, declared that U.S. financial assistance to the Jewish state is "both justified and necessary." The recent statement by Prime Minister Ben Gurion on the relationship of Israel to the Jews of the U.S. and elsewhere removes the basis for confusion and misunderstanding, and should lay the foundation for a united support of Israel by American Jewry," he said, adding that "as Americans and as Jews, we are gratified to observe that Israel is building a genuine democracy and that the Israel people will not accept any dictatorship or totalitarianism from either within or without."
Mr. Blaustein said there is no "contradiction between strengthening Jewish communal, cultural and religious institutions in the U.S. and at the same time aiding Israel in a substantial and effective way. The various Jewish organizations in the U.S. should follow their own traditional scope of activity and special competence in rendering every assistance they properly can, within the framework of American interest, to the new state," he added.
Mr. Warburg called attention to the fact that with the funds provided by the U.J.A., the Jewish Agency and the J.D.C.–in cooperation with the Government of Israel–are carrying on a program of "modern, up-to-date welfare care" for the "hard core" immigrants.
Asserting that Israel can complete the process of the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Jews within the next several years, Dr. Irving Miller, president of the American Jewish Congress, pledged the fullest cooperation of his organization to the three-year program for the "absorption of large-scale immigration and for the development of the economy of Israel during the next three years."
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder told the delegates that Israel's economic potentialities "appear limitless" and that the new state can look forward to a "secure and prosperous future." Mr. Snyder added that the Jewish state "has undertaken a vigorous program in support of individual freedom and progress." Israel's plans for irrigation, afforestation, soil improvement and building of schools and highways "recall to Americans our own pioneering days," he said.
Berl Locker, chairman of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem, told the delegates that "while we appreciate what the Jews of the world, and particularly the Jews of America, have done, it has not been enough." He said: "So far Israel has admitted a half-million Jews. The cost of immigration, absorption and settlement of a single immigrant is reckoned at $2,500. That means $1,250,000,000 which should have been shared proportionately between Israel and the rest of the world. Actually, since the day of statehood, only $300,000,000 has come into Israel from the rest of the world."
Stressing recent accomplishments, including the reduction of the population immigrant camps within the last 12 months from 100,000 to 50,000, Levi Eshkol, Agency Treasurer, told the parley that the camp inhabitants may number only 25,000, (##) a few months. He said the agricultural program was projected within the framework of a contemplated population in Israel of 2,000,000 within a few years.
All 1950 emigration funds have been exhausted and 35,000 Jews stranded in Eastern Europe and Arab lands will be denied passage to Israel because the Joint Distribution Committee lacks the $3,000,000 necessary to carry out their transfer, J.D.C. director-general Dr. Joseph J Schwartz reported. He said that 500,000 Jews in Eastern Europe and the Arab world should be moved out as quickly as possible or they may forever lose their chance of refuge in Israel. "Liberal emigration opportunities exist at the moment from various Eastern European countries, but these cannot be expected to last indefinitely," he said.
Leaders of several national Jewish organizations pledged the support of their respective groups to intensified economic assistance programs in behalf of Israel. Frank Goldman, president of B'nai B'rith, promised the aid of the 350,000 members affiliated with 1,536 B'nai B'rith chapters.
Benjamin G. Browdy, president of the Zionist Organization of America, said that "with this country spearheading the drive for the preservation of democracy, America itself now has the greatest stake in the future of Israel." He emphasized that by assuming a voluntary burden, "the Jews of the U.S. have relieved their government of a task which, in respect to all democracies except Israel, has fallen upon the U.S. Treasury alone. The American Government can no longer afford to have the Jewish community carry, alone, the stupendous burden of helping Israel to preserve its democracy," he said, requesting that the government consider a $500,000,000 grant-in-aid for Israel.
Other speakers at the Conference sessions included Adolph Held, chairman of the Jewish Labor Committee; Mrs. Rose Halprin, Hadassah president; William Rosenwald, honorary president of the United Service for New Americans; Walter Bieringer, U.S.N.A. president; and Henry Albert, commander of the Jewish War Veterans.


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When production from a well is declining and abandonment is close at hand, it's time to consider all the options. Understanding the asset and the available solutions is key to planning that optimizes production and then results in a safe, compliant, and efficient abandonment.
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When it's time to abandon wells, our specialists provide operational execution from pre-job to contingency planning, compliance, engineering, implementation, final abandonment, and everything in between.
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James Whittemore has been arrested by cops for trashing Ed Sullivan Theater, where 'Late Show with David Letterman' is filmed, on early Sunday, July 10.
Ed Sullivan Theater needs some reparation after being vandalized by a man on Sunday, July 10. A Brooklyn glass repair company, Dependable Glass, sent their employee to the place where "Late Show with David Letterman" is taped to fix the six doors whose glass was broken into pieces by James Whittemore that day.
The 22-year-old man was arrested for breaking into and trashing the entrance of the building after police responded to a 911 call of a burglary at around 7 A.M. He reportedly kicked the doors with his feet and upended trash cans, but he did not harm the set of the late night show.
"We were notified that NYPD apprehended an intruder who gained access and vandalized the lobby of the Ed Sullivan Theater this morning," CBS and Worldwide Pants said in a joint statement. "The Late Show's set was not accessed, however, and the show will be taping as usual tomorrow. We are grateful for the NYPD's quick and effective response."
Whittemore was charged with burglary and criminal mischief, and accused of at least $2,000 in damage, cops said. He was hospitalized with a cut on his forehead, and believed to be intoxicated when breaking into the historic building.


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International Business Special Project (IBUS6007)
The special project in International Business provides students with an opportunity to undertake a supervised research project on an approved topic.
Our courses that offer this unit of study
Further unit of study information
2 x 3 hr seminars day pre-departure seminar (Sydney), 30 hrs lectures in country action-research, 1x 3hr seminar post trip (Sydney)
Individual Assessments (75%), and Group Assessments (25%)
Faculty/department permission required?
Study this unit outside a degree
Non-award/non-degree study
If you wish to undertake one or more units of study (subjects) for your own interest but not towards a degree, you may enrol in single units as a non-award student.
Cross-institutional study
If you are from another Australian tertiary institution you may be permitted to underake cross-institutional study in one or more units of study at the University of Sydney.


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Now Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy fans don't forget the current season of 30 Rock is drawing to a close on Seven, with two – count them two – episodes slated outside its normal Monday slot:
Friday Sept 26 11:15pm "Sandwich Day"
Tuesday Sept 30 11:30pm "Cooter" season finale
Also having an adjusted time are the last two episodes of Boston Legal at 11pm Monday night Sept 29 and Oct 6. At 10:30pm Seven returns Out of the Question with Glenn Robbins.
The "Cooter" episode won an Emmy this week for writing in a comedy series. It guest stars Matthew Broderick.
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Baseball Notes - Games 24-26 - at High Point
Complete Notes - Games 24-26 - at High Point
The Games
The Liberty University Flames (15-8, 2-1 Big South) travel to High Point, N.C., for a three-game Big South Conference series against the High Point University Panthers (11-13, 0-0 Big South), Friday-Sunday, at Willard Stadium. Friday's opening game of the series is scheduled for 2:30 p.m., with the contests on Saturday and Sunday both slated for 1 p.m.
The Series Against High Point
On Friday, the Flames and Panthers will meet for the 48th time. Liberty holds a 26-22 edge in the all-time series since 1977. Last season, the two squads split four meetings. High Point took a three-game series, 2-1, May 19-21 at Worthington Stadium. The Panthers won the opener, 11-6, and the series finale, 13-8, while the Flames captured the middle game, 11-9. In the 2006 Big South Championship, Liberty defeated High Point, 9-7, in second-day game (May 25).
The Last Time Out
The Liberty Flames used a balanced offensive attack and a solid seven innings from starting pitcher David Stokes to defeat the UMBC Retrievers, 10-2, Wednesday afternoon at Worthington Stadium.
Stokes went seven innings, giving up just four hits, three of them singles, to improve his record to 4-3 on the season. The junior right-hander struck out three batters and did not issue a walk on the day.
P. K. Keller, Tim Nanry, Kenneth Negron and Nate Thompson all had multiple-hit performances for Liberty on the afternoon.


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How To Travel In A Group Without Totally Losing Your Mind
Think about your 10 favorite friends. Now think about going on vacation with them. Sounds great, right? It can be! It can also be a roving, screaming, roiling nightmare. A friend who's perfectly self-sufficient at home turns into a big cry baby. A guy who's the life of the party turns into a raging 30-beer a day alcoholic. And even the best of buds can find each other super annoying when stripped of things like a working toilet, cheeseburgers, and personal space.
This summer, a lot of us will be taking trips to cabins or beach houses, foreign locales or local campgrounds with our friends. Follow the below rules to maximize quality buddy times and not lose your mind!
1–5. Compromise, compromise, compromise. I know that extreme soft drink and tampon commercials are constantly telling you that you're a special nebula at the center of the universe, but in this case they're wrong. The vacation is the effusive center of the universe, and you are but an orbiting dead planet wearing jorts. Yes, these are your well-earned holiday days, but it's also 9 other people's precious time off, too, so be mindful of the group's wants and needs. Don't baste in your own passive aggressive misery––if you really must do something, let the group know important it is to you and see if it can be worked into the itinerary.
6. Create a rough budget. And bring cash. Cash is vital. How many friendships have been sullied because someone didn't have cash on hand to pay for their portion of the groceries or bar tab? Trying to collect a debt between friends is awkward for everyone. Cash eliminates this problems. Oh, the grocery bill was $100? You each owe me a tenner. I'm collecting now. DONE.
And the budgeting thing: Before you go, put together a rough estimate of costs. Include car rental, flights, house rental or hotels, food and booze and any expected ancillary costs (Maybe your'e going to rent a boat, or go horseback riding). Let everybody know what that number's going to be––more or less––ahead of time. People who can't swing it can opt out, and won't get stuck going into deep debt to placate the group's desire to go to a water park.
7. Pitch in without being asked. Big groups make big messes. They also require a lot of effort to be fed and properly watered, so pitch in on cooking duty if you can, too. Take out the trash. Wash the dishes. Volunteer to make a grocery run. Don't be the lazy jerk who benefits from everybody else's hard work without lifting a finger. Nobody likes that guy. Figure out what everybody's good at — maybe there's a talented chef in the bunch, or a skilled navigator — and do those things. But also proceed with a modicum of flexibility. On the other paw, just because you're good at making breakfast doesn't mean that other people aren't going to want to help out, too. Let your buddy peel some potatoes, for Chrissakes.
8. Be considerate about group purchases. Maybe you can afford the fancy craft beer and the good kind of water crackers and designer half shirts, but your buddy in grad school can't spare $4 for a bottle of Ommegang Witte. Go for an acceptable but less expensive option that will please (or at least satisfy) you and most of your travel partners. Yes, that probably means Coors Light, sorry.
Use group money for things everybody in the group can enjoy, and make other purchases — like, say, a bottle of Johnny Walker you're going to squirrel away in your sleeping bag like a creep — separate. But be warned, your personal purchases can easily become the domain of the group if you have them out in public. If you are not down with sharing your Special Sleeping Bag Whiskey, you should probably bury it deep in your hiking pack.
9. Keep it simple, stupid. Oh my God, I hate meetings so much, but it can be useful to get the crew together — either before the trip or at the beginning, to see what everybody's most interested in. Try reaching a consensus on at least a few major activities, but go for the lowest common denominators. Obvs, more people will be into "going swimming" than "learning macrame." Unless you're hanging in a crew of macrame fanatics, which fine.
Activities, man! Everybody loves activities! But you also need balance. So don't try to cram 12 activities into your day. Plan one or two cool things to do each day––like a trip to the zoo and lunch at a really great burger place––and then let people otherwise do as they may. Nobody likes to be rushed, plus, it always takes ten times longer for a group to get their shit together to go anywhere, anyway.
10. Get over FOMO (fear of missing out). You don't all have to do everything together. It's totally okay to take the afternoon off from a group excursion to spend some quality time alone or with one other friend. In fact, it's not only okay, it's recommended. Time off is a sanity saver and it'll make you appreciate your friends even more when you guys congregate to roast marshmallows/set off illegal fireworks/have a 90s dance party again.
Oh, and a note on music: A group trip is not a great time to bust out demos from that weird experimental noisecore band you were in in college. As mentioned above, lowest common denominator is always a good way to go. I find that Yacht Rock/cheesy easy listening is pretty great for mornings, while classic rock is better for later on. And I'm saying this as a person who hates classic rock. If you wanna do something special, make a mix of, like, the top songs from the year you guys graduated from high school (for me that would be 1996, which means lots of Mariah Carey, Sublime and Sponge). Pro tip: Nobody ever got mad at a mix with the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and late-era Beatles on it. (If you are mad at that, I don't want to know you.)
11. Don't be a baby about it. For some of us (babies) this is going to be difficult. So what you didn't get to go horseback riding or churn butter at the faux-historical pioneer town, you're still hanging out at a lakehouse with your buds. You are not at work! That's a victory in itself.
12. Practice kindness (and going-with-the-flow-ness). In any group there are going to be some people who get along better than others. Maybe your boyfriend's best friend's smoking habit drives you batcrackers. But now is not the time to bring up his ever-growing chance of cancer because you have to live with this person for the next five days. In a tent even, maybe. Let him cancer up in peace, and in the meantime, enjoy quality time with the people you love, or just sort of like.


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This little charger is equipped with a multi-use micro USB phone plug, mini USB plug, and iPhone plug. Just plug it into your computer's USB drive, attach your gadgets, and charge away. Utility charge tool measures 4.25"x1". $20.
This little charger is equipped with a multi-use micro USB phone plug, mini USB plug, and iPhone plug. Just plug it into your computer's USB drive, attach your gadgets, and charge away. Utility charge tool measures 4.25"x1". $20.
The Hidden Wall Safe is handy because most burglars spend less than six minutes inside a victim's home and only have time to check the most obvious places for valuables. These unique wall safes allow you to hide valuables inside one of many identical looking wall outlets you already have in your home, the last place someone is likely to look.
Japanese design studio YOY brings us these Chair Paintings. The chair paintings are actually screen printed on a canvas-like elastic that's wrapped on a frame of wood and aluminum.
Let's get one thing clear, we like lights on our bikes. Maybe it's because we want a pedal-powered lightcycle, or maybe it's just because LEDs make us happy deep down inside. Whatever. While we do have some excellent simple LED bike lights , there are times when we want to pull out all the stops. These times call for us to step up the hardware. These times call for a Monkey Light 8-Bit Bike Wheel Light!
Originally developed for the Swedish Department of Defense, Swedish FireSteel is a flash of genius. Its nearly 3,000°C spark makes fire building easy in any weather, at any altitude. Used by a number of armies around the world, Swedish FireSteel's dependability has already made it a favorite of survival experts, hunters, fishermen and campers. It has also found its way into cabins and backyards as a fool-proof way to light stoves and gas-barbecues. Amazingly enough it also works equally well when wet. We think geeks will appreciate the power of being able to start a fire with such a simple tool.
A metal blade is slowly moved across the Firesteel, generating sparks that can easily be thrown onto a small pile of dry grass, leaves or paper to start a fire. When the fire is becoming established, thin sticks of wood can be added, gradually increasing to thicker ones.
The Swedish FireSteel has these great features.
Show off your family's love of Star Wars, put on your car, windows, laptop...
Chopsticks for beginners come with a metal spring for easier use.


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Program to add two numbers in C++
By: Stanley B. Emailed: 1768 times Printed: 2516 times
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Using the IO library, we can extend our main program to ask the user to give us two numbers and then print their sum:
#include <iostream>
int main()
std::cout << "Enter two numbers:" << std::endl;
int v1, v2;
std::cin >> v1 >> v2;
std::cout << "The sum of " << v1 << " and " << v2
<< " is " << v1 + v2 << std::endl;
return 0;
This program starts by printing
Enter two numbers:
on the user's screen and then waits for input from the user. If the user enters
3 7
followed by a newline, then the program produces the following output:
The sum of 3 and 7 is 10
The first line of our program is a preprocessor directive:
#include <iostream>
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
How Arena Tournament turns me into a PvP noob
I don't like the look of the Season 13 set. Looking at it on the login screen makes me sad.
I login and set my glyphs and talents and tried to remember how I set up my bars. It's nice with no professions or other things so your whole bar can be set for PvP. I said to Shab, let's duel.
He smashed me in 10 seconds. He frost nova'd me and I couldn't shift out - hm weird (it should have clicked) and I realised I didn't have barkskin on my bar for hotkey /facepalm.
"Oww, that hurt," I said. "And I forgot barkskin."
"Did you gem and enchant?" asked Shab.
Oh. Oops, I didn't.
Back in I went and started getting the gems and thinking how silly I was. Then I looked at my gear. I was in Wyrmhide gear (boomkin)! Well, that was annoying! So I went and bought my full set and gemmed and enchanted and thought I was ready to go.
Sev logged on and he was fully set up, so we decided to queue for a game.
Once we got into a game, I realised what else wasn't on my bars - my healthstone. We got smashed by the team and I also realised that I didn't have dispellable stuff showing on my healbot. So we fixed that up. We played a few more games, did a few more duels, to get the hang of it all. I duelled a Sev and Shab, practiced my displacer beast+roar+cyclone which was failing against Sev because his pet was silencing me. It worked on Shab but I overshot him a lot. I duelled a DK and a warrior as well but after a few minutes it was getting boring or our queue popped so we went into our arenas.
A few more buttons are not where I liked them. I couldn't find warstomp. So I ended up taking a pic of my PvP placement on Navimie and putting them pretty much in the same place on the tourney one. That felt a bit better and bit more like home.
One of the cool things is that you have ALL the mounts on Tournament. We had great fun playing with Sky Claw.
Sev was hopping in it, and I took him up high and dropped him, but he had a parachute - aww no fun! Then Shab went up with his Sky Claw and found that Sev could just hop onto it there. That was cool.
So we went back to live because we wanted to try for some rating, and it was TOUGH. We thought we'd be farming noobs and stuff at 0 rating but it looked like we were dumped in the higher ranked teams. What a shame!
Then the other stupid thing was that I was stuck at 1294/2000 conquest points. We won a game even and I was still stuck. I relogged, wondering if it was anything weird... no. Won another game and still wouldn't budge. I complained about it to my teammates. Shab said "Uhh.... are you conquest capped, Navi?"
Oh.My.God. /facepalm
What a waste of points! I ran off and spent some points but that sucked big time. Not that I have anything I can do with all my conquest anyway now, except DE for shards.
We had some good games last night. Didn't seem to be many teams playing though - we seemed to get the same teams a lot. There was a restodruid/mage/shadowpriest group, and the hunter/warrior/restodruid group that we beat a few times and a few times they got us. I think we at least beat them more than they beat us. Sometimes we were just not quite fast enough on the warrior and he'd smash someone. The poor hunter was our usual focus. There was one group with a paladin whom the guys opened up with heavy burst and CD burning but didn't budge his health one bit. Then there was another game where vent was lagging for Sev with me and we lost that one because we couldn't coordinate heals or peels. One of the best games was when I had died and the two boys finished off the last two on the team as well. I think that it was a healer and a DPS remaining. I was cheering them on but wished to hell I wasn't so goddamn squishy!
Anyway, wish us luck on tournament! This time we're going for the title!
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I was a bit upset the tournament realm is bugged to set warlocks at 60% mount speed - that's a fairly big disadvantage when you are trying to get your portal set up in the early arena phases.ReplyDelete
Doesn't look like blizz is going to fix it though, as the season has already started :/Replies
Hopefully queue times drop significantly in tournament realm. 4 minute queues suck. Maybe we should sus out what it's like this weekend during the day.ReplyDeleteReplies
I can't really get on during the day but maybe I can play a bit earlier... not sure.Delete
I just feel for poor Luxy and Disco. Not only do they have me on their team, but Disco also insisted that I try Warlock! I haven't played one since Cata, and back then I was without a doubt the worst 'lock ever. We have had a few wins though; mostly because there seems to be some teams out there with even bigger noobs on it than me.ReplyDelete
Good luck, and I second Luxy's sentiments that I hope we never come up against each other :)Replies
I don't think I could arena except with my own tooon as I don't know how to play anything else!Delete


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Hi there, I have been roped in, and despite posting comments to RPS for some time, I've never been involved in the forum before. I am also part of the Sponge / Flax / Coccyx collective, and look forward to making you visit the respawn queue in the near future. :)
I was just wondering what server this would be played on.
It'll be on the European server
would it be possible to play on the US East server against my team since it's between US West and Europe?
Oh yeah, I see what you mean. Sure, that's fine, if a team is non-European then we'll find a way to level out the ping issues. Could people please add next to their team sign up where in the world they are if they're not in Europe, so we accommodate an extra 15 minutes of pre-game time to server and ping faffing?
If the vast majority of the RPS readership, teams etc are all EU, why are we doing a game on USE? It's not what happens when there's US tournament entries by the EU, we don't suddenly switch it over there either. Deal with being the HPB's for a change?
I don't actually mind playing on USE (I queue there a lot) but it just seems a little hilarious that we'd shift a primarily EU orientated tournament to accomodate the US simply because it's the US.
If it's possible to get similar pings for all ten players then I don't mind where the server is really
Can I get the team captains that are signed up so far to PM me their email addresses please?
Well I actually didn't know that this tournament was basically a Euro tournament. Just found out yesterday from all of the locations on your profiles. xP
oh yea. about the question that was asked before about the level of play... So what would you classify "amateur" as for this tournament? My team is mostly 700-1000+ hours of dota each so I'm just wondering what you consider to be amateur
For this first tournament, let's not worry about what we're classing as amateur. Team Zoidberg, Mid AND Feed and your own team are clearly far better than most of us (especially me) but that's fine, I'm not intending to host something that I've gimped to exclude good teams. This tournament is the beginning of a bigger plan that I've got cooking and, eventually, I hope to be able to match people better to their own ability levels. Until we get there though, I'm just going to have to get stomped over by much better players.
So how do admins even work? I can't find such an option in the Lobby.
The admins will be players sitting in a broadcaster slot in the lobby, just to make sure that everything gets started properly,so communicate with the captains and have access to the pause function. There'll be other information for the admin roles, but I'll write about that this afternoon.
So I did some more matches. Turns out I'm more of an amateur than I thought. Perfect fit for the tournament! :D
I assume we're going to play Captain's Mode?
First post updated
How will the game dates be determined? My team has concerns about not being available... But since this is a long-time thing, I guess we'll first determine who'll play and then look for a date where they're both available?
Ok, so basically a week before the event starts, I'll put up the group brackets and a spread sheet where -after the captains have agreed on a time - teams book a time slot, once they've booked it and alerted an admin, a caster and an admin will be assigned to that timeslot. After this point, the game is booked in. If there are any problems up to 24 hours before, get in touch with the admin of the game and let them know, then contact the caster and other team captain to arrange another time. If an alternate time can't be accomadoted, then the team will have to forfeit the game. There will be a rule about lateness and forfeiting but I've not worked out that detail yet.
TL;DR you'll have a week to arrange the group matches and their times, and captains are responsible for ensuring that their teams are ready and available for the games.
Hm. Really interested in competing in a Dota 2 amateur tournament at the moment but there are a number of factors working at me at the moment (Fact that I only have a MacBook Air at the moment (separated from my intense gaming PC for the time being, as it is in a different location), just 2 players out of 5 (have 2 more that might be able to join if they get better computers).)
Would love to participate in one during the summer if there is a second round during that time period.
There almost certainly will be :) If you check the spreadsheet in the first post, there's a list of other players looking for a team