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Carlos Torres, Masters in Spanish, Endorsements in TESOL and Bilingual Education
School District Background
In Carlos' school district, Newcomer, Level 1 and 2 English Language Learners (ELLs) at the middle school level receive the majority of their instruction in sheltered classes in English Language Arts, Science, Math and Social Studies with an intervention class for ELL instruction offered daily for 90 minutes.
Carlos has taught middle and high school Spanish and ELL for 15 years in Colorado. He currently teaches both Spanish and ELL, and serves as the ELL support for the seventh grade content team.
Sixty percent of Carlos' ELLs are from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries or Central/South America. The remaining 40 percent are primarily of Asian descent or Karenni or Kayin refugees from Burma. Students in Carlos' classes are primarily Level 1 and Level 2 on the Las Links assessment and are no longer considered entering Newcomers. Carlos teaches students English every day in a 90-minute block, and supports the sheltered seventh grade team daily during two 90-minute blocks.
Challenge & Solution
Carlos tends to focus his classes on supporting students to build academic English skills, as well as middle school study and social skills. Many of the students have had interrupted formal school experience and are working hard to catch up with their peers and be active participants in the classrooms. Carlos is a participant in a cohort of teachers implementing a new centers-based, ELL intervention program using blended learning strategies. The teachers were invited to participate at the onset of the school year. Their professional development included an intensive day-long workshop at the beginning of the year, followed by intensive building-level and district-level coaching support. Carlos' district chose Middlebury Interactive ELL because, as a task- and project-based set of supplemental curriculum units, the themes provide an engaging curriculum, aligned to grade-level topics.
The curriculum is also aligned to essential proficiency standards, such as ELPA21 and WIDA, as well as Common Core and Expeditionary Learning. The units also provide opportunities for students to learn about the cultures of their classmates while sharing their own experiences. Carlos integrates the various print resources that accompany the online curriculum to support academic and literacy skill development. Thanks to the centers-based teaching approach, Carlos personalizes scaffolding and teacher-led intervention for small groups and individual instruction.
Middlebury Interactive ELL Course Usage
Carlos integrates the Middlebury Interactive modules primarily within his own intervention classroom using whole group instruction or in centers where students work on focused independent lessons, typically with online activities, in pairs or in small groups. As an ELL teacher for the seventh grade team, Carlos also aligns the theme and project-based Middlebury Interactive curriculum in collaboration with the seventh grade team. Carlos and the team meet during shared planning periods to discuss how he is using the curriculum and the crossover opportunities (e.g., vocabulary, writing assignments, projects, etc.) to support ELL students in the content classrooms as well.
During the intervention classroom, Carlos usually starts the day with whole group instruction, using the welcome theme activity or module introduction to brainstorm and help students identify clues and build inference skills. Carlos then assigns the students to classroom centers to address vocabulary, reading, writing, listening and speaking target objectives, including including small-group instruction with him. Typically, one group of six to eight students works with the Middlebury Interactive online modules, while the others work individually or in small groups on aligned off-line activities in support of the ultimate Middlebury Interactive project.
Students working with the online modules find report that they are able to progress at their own pace or work on activities, including review and repeating of activity content, to build, understand, and reinforce language skills and comprehension of content. Students may rotate through the centers with a minimum of 20 minutes in each center. Each class period concludes with a large group check-in or teacher-led integration activity. Carlos integrates the SMART board for teacher- and student-led activities. Students keep a project notebook as part of their learning.
Middlebury Interactive provides 20 themes per course for teachers to choose from. These themes are aligned with grade- and age-relevant Science, Math, Social Studies and English Language Arts priority topics, approximately five themes per content area focus. Because the themes are supplemental and do not need
to be completed in sequential order, Carlos works with the content teachers in the seventh grade team to identify the themes that are closely aligned with the academic focus of their classroom. The team recognizes that they have the option to use some or all of the themes based on time and relevance. Therefore, the team revisits the scope and sequence every other week to confirm or reprioritize the themes over the course of the grading period.
Time Allotted to Middlebury Interactive Courses
Carlos meets with students in 90-minute blocks for ELL intervention, using the Middlebury Interactive online modules for approximately 20 to 30 minutes per class period. On average, students complete each theme (four modules plus the project module) within about four weeks. Each semester, Carlos schedules an afterschool night with parents for students to present individually and collaboratively their projects and for parents to experience some of the online and project activities students have been working on. Carlos' record of 100% participation by parents at these meetings exceeds any record the school experienced in any preceding parent activity for any group of students.
Professional Development
The cross-district cohort of 15 teachers met for a day-long intensive professional development session at the beginning of the year to learn how to access the online modules and define how they would set up centers in their classrooms. They followed up with a second day-long intensive in January. District- and school-based coaches provide weekly support to the teachers in the use of the online courses as they evolve their blended learning ELL intervention programs.
In addition, the teachers and coaches regularly visit the Middlebury Interactive Community of Practice to share questions or best practices, and they access supplemental documents and extension activities on the Middlebury Interactive Professional Development website each week. These resources support the teachers in providing personalized teaching and scaffolding for students. The team also has access to online professional development webinars. The professional development modules that the team found the most useful were "Blended ELL Learning Environment," "Project-based Learning" and "Differentiated Learning."
Carlos has noticed that his students enjoy their Middlebury Interactive time, are more engaged and have a sense of pride in their growth and accomplishments. He also believes the students have developed confidence in the use of English language among ELL peers and other students. The students love doing the projects and sharing their culture through them with the class and have even presented their projects to groups of students and parents. Their projects are showcased both in the ELL and seventh grade content classrooms, and in school hallway display areas. Carlos has also developed a renewed sense of joy in his teaching, recognizing the gains kids have made and enjoying his own learning as he develops—and now leads—blended learning strategies in his school.
*Please note this scenario is based on possible implementations not actual usage.


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Connacht's Johnny O'Connor has announced his retirement.
The 33-year-old Galway native earned his first contract with Connacht in 2000. He played with Connacht for three seasons, before a four-year stint with Wasps.
O'Connor made 74 appearances during his four seasons with the London club.
A multi-medal winner, he was involved in two Heineken Cup victories, two Premiership titles and a Powergen Cup win.
He earned his first international call-up in 2004, making his debut for Ireland against South Africa in the Autumn internationals. He made 12 appearances for Ireland and was part of the 2006 team which won the Triple Crown.
In 2005, O'Connor was named the Irish Rugby Union Players Associations (IRUPA) Players' Player of the Year and a week later he was announced as one of eight Ireland players to be included in the Barbarians squad.
O'Connor returned to the province in 2007.
"I'm happy with this decision," O'Connor revealed.
"I've enjoyed my playing career massively and it wouldn't have been possible without all the people who've supported me along the way.
"All the coaches and support staff I've worked with at both Connacht and Wasps have pushed and moulded me into the player and person that I am today."


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Keeping Up With Jones
by Adam Wodon/Managing Editor
ITHACA, N.Y. With Cornell off to a 7-1-2 start, it's worth noting the other thing that went Cornell's way this season, and it could turn out to have important implications.
(Also see: Cornell Named CHN Team of the Week)
It's not always big news when an assistant coach moves from one school to another, but Casey Jones' departure from Ohio State to Cornell this summer was particularly noteworthy, and the importance may only grow.
Jones has long been a well-respected assistant for John Markell, helping take the Ohio State program to multiple NCAA appearances, including the 1998 Frozen Four. Jones was considered more the tactician of that staff, and was in the final mix for the Bowling Green head coaching job when it last opened.
Brent Brekke, the previous Cornell assistant, took advantage of a chance to go back to his Western roots, and to the theoretically more prestigious conference, by taking a job at Miami.
But Jones is a Cornell alum (1990), and he knows that Cornell is the one place he can go — from CCHA to ECAC — where it's not a step down in the coaching hierarchy. And the timing was right to head back to Cornell. He was leaving Ohio State with two large recruiting classes at the same time his alma mater had an opening. He built connections in the midwest he can lean on in the future if need be, and now he wants to make a name for himself in the East again.
"It was (a chance) to work with Mike, get back here, and continue to develop as a coach, and get somewhere you could be successful," Jones said. "I've always been choosy. I like to work hard, I was brought up that way, and I don't want to work hard and not be able to be successful. ... I want to be at a place where you can bear the fruits of your labor. And I think the last two places I've been, I had that."
So with Jones' addition — joining fellow assistant Scott Garrow — the Cornell staff becomes (with no offense at all to Brekke) one of the most formidable in the country.
"We accomplished a lot with Ohio State. ... (Then) we got gutted there. We lost some kids to attrition there that we shouldn't have," Jones said. "We weren't able to sustain it and we were trying to rebuild. And I felt comfortable with this, with the timing, because we battled hard with some big recruiting classes. When you're really appreciative of a place, you want to leave them in good shape."
Jones was an assistant with the Big Red before, right after graduation from 1991-93, when he actually took the spot vacated by Schafer's departure to become an assistant at Western Michigan. He then went to Clarkson for two seasons, before heading to Ohio State the same season Schafer took over at Cornell — where he inherited many of Jones' recruits.
Jones said he wasn't necessarily looking to switch until head coach Mike Schafer got permission, and then did, speak to him.
"When you're an assistant coach, you're trying to attract people to a place. I was very passionate about Ohio State — but I'm very passionate about Cornell," Jones said. "So you know you can do your job well and you get excited about that."
But the place where Jones may have the biggest impact is somewhere he hasn't even had a chance to fully engage in yet — and that's the recruiting of French-Canadians. Despite his anglo name, Jones has Quebecois roots and is fluent in French. Cornell has had relatively few French-Canadians since Jones left in 1993.
"Hockey is very geographical in its recruiting. In BC/Alberta, if you're a major school, you can get in there with your name recognition, and Cornell is. Now I have connections where, if there's great students in the midwest, I get calls on that. So that's good," Jones said.
"But the main thing here is, I am fluent in French, and we can get right back into Quebec. That's exciting. We'll be able to get in. The name recogition is here, the tradition is here, and that's what's special."


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China's rails, roads, boats and airlines are gearing up for the Spring Festival transport peak, a 40-day season that began on Tuesday.
The country's transport departments estimated the total number of passengers for journeys should be 1.97 billion this year, a 3.4 percent increase from last year.
Spring Festival, or China's Lunar New Year, falls on February 9 this year. The holiday is an important occasion for Chinese families, similar to Christmas in the western world.
For years, the transport facilities have been strained during the season as millions of migrant workers, college students and other Chinese flock back home and then return two weeks later.
On the first day of this season, highway and waterway transport authorities reported good news, civil aviation sector added more flights while railway administration continued complaining of facility shortages.
The Ministry of Communications said Tuesday that about 1.79 billion people are likely to travel by highway, a year-on-year rise of 3.5 percent.
The highway transport facilities are ready and enough to cope with the passenger rush, the ministry said.
Tianjin, some 120 km east of Beijing, is estimated to receive 2.6 to 2.7 million passengers at the transport season, a year-on-year rise of 20 to 25 percent, but the local transport department pledged that coach prices will not rise.
About 100 coaches have made a backup facility to cope with an emergency need, the city transport department said.
In China's economic hub Shanghai, the Spring Festival season has started earlier to receive a record of 20 million highway passengers. The relevant administrations have embattled the coming peak, local authority said.
North China's Shanxi Province has cut charges on bus companies that run regular service between cities and rural areas so that migrant workers will enjoy easier and cheaper bus service.
About 27 million people will travel by ship and there will be many passengers along east China's Bohai Sea, the Pearl River Delta and Hainan Islands in south China.
Passengers should not have to wait long for seats, the shipping department of the Ministry of Communications said.
People traveling by air will probably increase by 12.5 percent to 12.6 million this season. From Tuesday Chinese airlines will add 270 flights every day, the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China said Tuesday.
About 750 planes have been put into operation, up from 670 last year, providing 500,000 seats daily. The administration said they believe it will meet the need.
But the railways with a daily capacity of carrying 2.74 million passengers still fail to meet the demand of 3.64 million seats in average every day, according to the Ministry of Railways.
"This year the country still lacks of railway facilities to deal with such a huge passenger wave," said Hu Yadong, vice minister of Railways, told a press conference Tuesday.
The ministry predicted that 145 million people will take trains across the country, a 3.5 percent increase from last year.
The season peak for railways may fall from Feb. 4 to 6, from Feb. 15 to 17 and from Feb. 25 to 28.
Passengers and cargo transports will elbow each other as demand for cargo transport also increases fast recently, Hu said.


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text: I just read an article on the Disney Food Blog about "Picky Eaters". It mentioned asking for an app as a entree: Wording is below: Take Advantage of Appetizers or A La Carte Menus. Often a restaurant will have an appetizer that is familiar to a picky eater salads, soups, and flatbreads (pretty ubiquitous at Disney World) work well for adults with simple palates. If theres an appetizer that looks well appetizing, ask for a meal-sized portion. Is your toddler only eating mashed potatoes this week? As long as you see the item on a dish some where on the menu, you can order it as a side or meal. Of course the first thing came to mind.... The Ahi Tuna App @ Yak & Yeti This app is AMAZING and I would LOVE to order this as my entree! Grant it.. all the food at Yak & Yeti is very good, but that is my fav! Sooo my question is....Has anyone had success ordering an app as an entree??


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A year ago I posted this blog where I reviewed what we had done that year, and layed out our plans for upcoming year. It's probably a good idea to do that again.
Here's a few things that didn't exist a year ago.
- Beartrap
- Pump Shotgun
- Helicopter
- Ambient Sound
- Gibbing
- Decay
- Paintable Signs
- Rocket Launcher
- Raknet Networking
- Radtowns
- Assign sleeping bag to friend
- Repair Bench
- Guitars
- Building Upgrades
- Player skin colours
- Wounding
- Hapis Island
- Rivers
- Research Table
- Barricades
- Bullet Penetration
- Large Furnace
- Loot
- Decals
- Ammo Counters
- Blueprints System
- Grenades
- Horses
- Landmines
- Water Catchers
- Crossbow
- Code Locks
- Cupboards
- Draw-able Maps
- Supply Signal
- Floor Spikes
- Language Selector
- Pistol
- Pumpjack
- Survey Charges
- Quarry
- Ladders
- PvP Collisions
- Roads
- Throwables
- Pickable arrows/spears
I've purposely not included in that list all the bug fixes, optimizations and visual improvements we've made. Those things are standard.
Player Counts
We entered 2015 with the reboot in its infancy. We were seeing an average of 6,000 players online, and peaks of 11,000. This was a low point for us, but we had accepted it as an inevitability. We are never going to reach Rust's initial popularity. Very few games have more active players two years after release than they did on launch. We were hopeful that the player counts would grow at some point, but we would have been happy to just maintain those numbers.
So as we enter 2016 we're seeing averages of 15,000 and peaks of 29,000. Seeing a two times increase in players over a year is validation that we're heading in the right direction. This is especially true considering how over-saturated the market has become with games similar to Rust/DayZ. The fact that we can still gain players with all these new guys around makes us very happy.
So if I could talk to myself a year ago, what advice about Rust's development would I give?
Putting updates out every week, or even multiple times a week is great in the early days of an Early Access game. You're reacting quickly to feedback and want to push shit out to players asap. As time goes on that changes.
Early Access is the time to be making big changes, to be experimental. Once a game leaves Early Access you can't get away with that. So take advantage of this period because it won't last forever.
Don't be afraid of the reaction of people on the internet. The first reaction is always outrage, and is usually from people who haven't played the game for months. Wait to hear from people after they've played for a week with the changes. Ask the people in game about the changes instead of relying on opinions from forums etc.
If someone consistently isn't doing their job, stop giving them second chances. Get rid of them. Do it sooner rather than later so you don't feel like an idiot for keeping them on the team. Shitheads breed shitheads. The rest of the team will wonder why they're bothering to work so hard when other people can get away with doing much much less.
Set up a QA system. Get a support team testing builds, submitting bugs, moderating a bug report system. It makes everyone's lives better. Build a system that works for current and future games, because this makes all the difference.
Stop reading Reddit! Jesus fucking christ just stop reading it. Reading Reddit every day will make you feel like you're doing a bad job. And you're not.
Next Year
One of the things that we've been deliberately not doing this year is planning. We've had a shopping list of shit we wanted to get implemented, and tried to get as much done as we could in as short a time as possible.
In 2016 you're going to see things get more structured, deliberate and focused. We're plotting a path to leave Early Access.
This has positives and negatives for the end user. On the positive side we're going to be focused on gameplay features, on planning them at length, implementing them as a team, and polishing the hell out of them. On the negative side this might mean that very little appears to get done some weeks – because we're just planning. So you guys might have to chill on the "IS THIS ALL THEY DID THIS WEEK" shit.
We've started work on a roadmap for what we want to achieve in 2016. As with everything, we're still working on it, stuff might change, priorities might change.
There's a lot of stuff here that I'm sure a lot of people will want to discuss further. We're not doing this stuff on a whim. We've had long long discussions and debates about what is wrong with Rust's gameplay and what it needs to be less shit. If I see that people are finding anything here hard to accept I'll make a post discussing our thought process.
Leaving Early Access
When we talk about aiming to leave Early Access we don't mean we're looking to be finished with the game. I mean we're looking to lock in a base set of features, to be able to call the base level of the game done and to have the game in a state where we actually have fun playing. Leaving Early Access means locking all that shit in so we won't be changing it too drastically in the future.
Post Early Access we'll still be pushing updates but they'll mess with the foundation of the game less than we do now. We won't be revamping the building system or removing building components but we will be adding new ai, vehicles and weapons. We'll also be balancing, optimizing and bug fixing.
We're going to experiment with the format of the devblogs over the coming year. Although the blogs are great for the thousands of people who read them every week, they're a little less accessible for the regular joe. So we're going to try to make them a bit more inclusive.
What this looks like, we don't know for sure yet. It might mean we try a video or stream as a devblog, or we just more carefully curate it instead of filling it with every detail.
Personally I think we did well this year. We did everything we talked about on our blog last year. Cheating is still present (as it always will be) but it isn't completely rampant anymore, you could even say it's under control. We've done a lot of experimentation, a lot of optimizing and balancing. We're not there yet though. We're leaning too far into PVP, and not enough towards PVE. The first 2 hours of the game are terrible. Way too much grind – which I think we can find ways to make fun. Performance is a lot better than it has been, but still isn't where we want it to be. So there's still a lot that needs doing before we think about leaving Early Access.
If you want to let us know what you think the best way is via the reviews section on Steam. Good or bad – all reviews are welcome. It's been a pretty good way for us to find out how you guys think we're doing. Do you think Rust has been worth your $20? Let us know.
I want to take a minute to thank a few people. The people who enjoy and play the game without complaints. The people who report and suggest solutions to problems, instead of attacking us for them. The people who spend their leisure time creating videos, wiki pages and workshop items. The people who spend their leisure time helping others enjoy the game either directly or indirectly by re-creating and reporting bugs. The modders and the server owners who spend their down time babysitting their own sub-communities.
Thanks to Team Rust, past and present. The way we work and the negativity we experience isn't easy. It takes a certain type of person to be able to work under these conditions. These are real game developers.
We're pretty proud of what we've all achieved together this year. Thanks guys!


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The 10 Commandments of E-Mail EtiquetteMay 22, 2011
In today's hurried culture, e-mail can seem like a quick way to communicate your message, but if you don't take the time to follow the basics, you might end up shooting yourself in the foot (in a business sense, of course). One misconstrued message, sent via iPhone while running from one meeting to another could affect a business relationship.
Here a few reminders to help you keep your digital communication etiquette in check:
- Thou shall use e-mail to convey only ideas and factual or logistical information, not emotions. To express emotions and sentiment, take time for a one-on-one meeting or telephone conversation rather than sending an e-mail. The sound, tone, timber, and quality of your voice will help to better communicate your message and avoid misunderstandings.
- Thou shall write the topic of your message on the reference or subject line. Always write a succinct, accurate description of what recipients can expect in the body of your e- mail in the subject line. It helps them prioritize their messages and quickly sort them for future reference. It also allows them to easily follow the trail of responses back and forth. If you correspond with the same people on multiple subjects, separate the e- mails by the appropriate topic clearly stated in the reference line.
- Thou shall address the e-mail using the name of the intended person. Have you ever received a personal e-mail note destined for someone else? I did—and it was a love note that made me blush! I read half of it and realized it wasn't meant for me. Since then, I'm never sure I'm the intended recipient unless I see my name at the top.
Don't muddy your messages; always address the recipient by name.
- Thou shall use "blind copy" for e-mails sent to groups. Avoid sharing names of the whole group via e-mail unless it's a small, closed group such as a Board of Directors or a Club and you know members have previously been given the list of names and e-mail addresses. E-mail addresses should be kept private.
- Thou shall never ever forward a chain letter that states if you do or don't do something within a certain time, your life will forever be changed. It's nice to create change for someone but not by using threats. If you really must send the letter to others, remove the threatening language. If you don't, you will be excommunicated from the hall of good manners.
- Thou shall use "delivery receipt notification" only when it's imperative that you know if the intended recipient received it. Don't create a need to send any unnecessary e-mail by using this tool. It can annoy people.
- Thou shall use capitalization, upper and lower case, and proper punctuation in e-mails as in all other written communications. Studies have proven that if people read text written in all capital or all lower case letters, it takes much longer to read and understand a message. Use a standard way of writing.
- Thou shall close your e-mail message with heartfelt words that show that the sender is fully present. Don't just rely on your automated signature line to close your e-mail. Let your recipients know that, indeed, a real person is sending them a message.
- Thou shall proofread your e-mail messages before sending them. Although e-mail can be an informal way to communicate with people, it's always a good habit to use spell-check and read through your note before hitting "send" so that the message is clear. Sometimes just one missing word can make a difference. "I love your work," and "I loathe your work," clearly mean two very different things.
- Thou shall respond to e-mails within 24 hours. Even if you cannot yet provide an answer, replying to someone's e-mail within a day lets the sender knows you received it. Sending immediate responses also keeps you organized and up to date on your e- mail correspondence.
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6 Responses to The 10 Commandments of E-Mail Etiquette
Thank you for the wonderful list. i worte a top 10 list of for email etiquette, and I like your quite a bit! Congratulations on a job well done. Sharon
I am so glad you enjoyed it!
This list is just wonderful. As technology changes our world at a rapid pace (one that we sometimes find it hard to keep up with), we must all be reminded that business communication should remain formal. While we may send our family members or friends informal messages – business emails should follow specific guidelines.
I particularly like your tip: "Thou shall use e-mail to convey only ideas and factual or logistical information, not emotions." It is very important to keep written communication professional and free of emotion. Often, I find that one's tone can be misunderstood if he or she tries to convey a feeling or emotion to me over email.
Thank you for addressing this topic! It is one that we, as professionals, face every day. Your tips will surely be helpful to me in the future.
Juanita Ecker
Thank you Juanita! We do work at such a fast pace now — especially with the latest tools at our fingertips to make it so much easier — but business etiquette is no less important. I think it's even more important today than ever–if you want to stand out from your competition.
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how about adding another rule:
don't forward emails without asking the originator
This is great information! Email etiquette is increasingly important as technology and society favors shorter and more immediate forms of communication. I especially enjoyed your unique presentation of having bold and numbered paragraphs, which attracted me to continue reading. I found the useful tips clear and concise as well as written in a vey engaging tone. I also enjoyed the quick paragraph that described what is to come in the beginning of the blog, which helped me decide this was a worthwhile blog to read. Thanks for sharing!
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Disagreements often arise between neighbors, contractors, hired odd-jobbers, club members, kin, friends, political parties and the list continues without end to include feuding nations.
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Disagreements often arise between neighbors, contractors, hired odd-jobbers, club members, kin, friends, political parties and the list continues without end to include feuding nations.
People within any pairing or grouping often take offense with a timely or untimely action performed, or a phrase intentionally or unintentionally spoken between them. To that, intense disputes erupt. After that, each angry entity feels justified in any retaliatory action that often draws in innocent bystanders. The bystanders are expected to take sides. Taking sides in any argument spreads unintended effects. Those effects can separate others who are not involved in the original flare-up. Often, when solutions do not favor the complaining party, it creates further irritation.
For individual, God-fearing people, however, who daily live their lives by following Biblical principles, this is seldom a problem. We understand that human nature crates unintended turmoil that treads on each other�s nerves. Therefore, if we are devoted to God, we offer the other cheek as Jesus advised in Matthew 5:39. In addition, we claim Jesus� positive promise about forgiveness from Matthew 6:14; that is, if we forgive others, God forgives us. If we do not forgive others, God does not forgive us.
Further, having a disagreement with someone does not make that person an enemy. We, ourselves, rebuke that person as an adversary. Nonetheless, what is God�s advice for us toward our offender? As difficult as it may seem, we are to �...Love (our) enemies, bless them that curse (us), do good to them that hate (us), and pray for them which despitefully use (us)...For if (we) love them which love (us), what reward have (we)? ...and if (we) salute our brethren only... to what benefit is that� (Matthew 5:44-47)?
Therefore, we are to seek out the person with which the dispute occurred. We are to be the bigger person. We are to apologize for our part that created the disagreement and then, if it is offered, accept their apology.
As a Christian, it makes little difference whether disputes involve a Christian brother, sister or a nonbeliever. As the bigger person, we will become blessed as a peacemaker and �...shall be called the children of God� (Matthew 5:9). After our peacemaking, we will become unburdened and spiritually filled with �...the peace of God, which passeth all understanding...� (Philippians 4:7).
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How 9 Celebs Set Their Tables And Celebrated With Family On Thanksgiving - Yahoo Celebrity
Happy thanksgiving!!!!! A photo posted by Sofia Vergara (@sofiavergara) on Nov 11, 2014 at 5:46pm PST Actress Kate Hudson remembered her grandmother who passed away on Nov. 27, 1994. At a time for family, she said that this one was for her. My beautiful and strong grandmother Laura Hawn was born November 27, 1914 and passed away November 27, 1994 A full cycle.
Source: https://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/9-celebs-set-tables-celebrated-172200057.html
Kardashian Kids Reportedly Won?t Be Spending Thanksgiving With Kris Jenner
Happy Thanksgiving!" Oprah was also getting busy in the kitchen: "Making andouille sausage cornbread from scratch. #HappyThanksgiving." Melissa Joan Hart was remembering passed family members. "Thankful for my Nanny's secret family recipe for French Silk #Pie!," she wrote. "I can feel her close to us, especially on these special holidays." Lucy Liu , meanwhile, was indulging her sweet tooth! "Happy Thanksgiving," she wrote before giving a shoutout to "homemade desserts!" Lindsay Lohan was missing her mom.
Source: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/celebrities-thanksgiving-messages-see-photos-from-taylor-swift-bey-20142811
Celebrities' Thanksgiving Messages: See Photos From Taylor Swift, Bey - Us Weekly
She wants everyone to be together for Thanksgiving and that is just not happening, the source revealed to the publication. According to the insider, following her divorce from Bruce Jenner, Kris will be eating turkey with her 33-year-old boyfriend, Corey Gamble, and theres little doubt it will be a quiet and intimate affair. The insider said that Kylie and Kendall want to share the holidays with their dad as they dont want to dine with Kris and Corey, They redirected want to spend the holiday with their dad because they absolutely do not want to be with Kris and Corey on Thursday. They have told their mom that they have nothing to thank her for this year! For their part, Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick have such bad marital issues at the moment that they are on the verge of a breakup, according to some. For that reason, they will also be no-shows at the Kris Jenner Thanksgiving table. The report revealed that Kim Kardashian , Kanye West and 1-year-old North West will be there with her as Kim loves spending time with her mom, almost as much as she loves tweeting about her Thanksgivings every year.
Source: http://www.inquisitr.com/1636865/kardashian-kids-reportedly-wont-be-spending-thanksgiving-with-kris-jenner/
Radar Online | Kanye Commissions Nude Couple?s Portrait With Kim
Magazine, theyre planning to do a naked photo shoot together! A source told the magazine that Kardashians husband wasnt just proud of her controversial Paper magazine shoot; he was inspired. According to the insider, West has already commissioned a gallery-worthy portrait of himself and Kardashian lying naked in a loving embrace . West thinks she looks sexier than ever, and is obviously his own biggest fan too, so now seems like the perfect time, said the source. And it wont just be an intimate session, for their use only. Just like Kardashians sex tape, they plan on sharing their private moment with the world .
Source: http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/11/kim-kardashian-nude-photo-kanye-west-portrait/
Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian Have Heart-to-Heart: We Haven't Slept Together in 5 Years!?See the Clip! | E! Online
He goes on to admit that a lot of his issues at the moment most likely relate back to the sudden death of both of his parents. "I don't think I've ever given myself time to really grieve over both of my parents dying, because I just self medicated by taking pills and drinking," he bravely admits. Kourtney believes that putting space between her and Scott is the best solution to figuring out how to fix their relationship. However, Scott questions her by asking, "How much more space do you need? We haven't slept together in five years.
Source: http://www.eonline.com/news/600895/scott-disick-and-kourtney-kardashian-have-heart-to-heart-we-haven-t-slept-together-in-5-years-see-the-clip?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-celebritynews&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_celebritynews
Inside Khloé Kardashian?s Thanksgiving | Page Six
The reality star cooked up a spread for her friends and family and took to Instagram to show off her hard work in and out of the kitchen. Before revealing her culinary prowess, Kardashian, 30, posted a message urging her followers to enjoy the holiday with their loved ones. Happy Thanksgiving my loves!! Good luck cooking and enjoy your loved ones.
Source: http://pagesix.com/2014/11/28/inside-khloe-kardashians-thanksgiving/


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The power sector needs policy architecture that is stable, forward-looking and, at the same time, provides adequate incentives to all stakeholders. It has to be customer-friendly, yet incentivise producers to invest in the sector. We need clear, well-structured policy. We must try and factor in as many variables as possible in policymaking to avoid some eventual shocks, like the ones that affected the ultra-mega power projects (UMPPs).
The goal of having UMPPs was to get large-scale power generation plants at fixed locations with captive mines or coal supplies tied up from overseas mines. The bidding for the projects was done with fixed, level-adjusted tariff. Normally, in a power plant, the tariff is fixed on the basis of fixed and variable costs, fuel costs forming a large part of the latter. In the case of UMPPs, we did not consider the variable nature of fuel costs and froze both the fixed and variable costs, to set a fixed tariff. The coal-based plants which were importing the fuel were obviously subjected to vagaries of global market trends which determine the price of coal. This was an obvious risk they had to take for which the reward was factored in the profits that were assumed they will make. What was not considered here was that even if we could foresee all future events, not all trends could be monetised to set a fixed tariff. It would have been prudent to define at the point of bidding itself the risks the developer will have to take and the events considered beyond the ability of the corporate entity that the regulator will review. We artificially converted all costs into a fixed-cost model.
Public bidding for the projects was undertaken as a model for the creation of infrastructure in the country. The success of this, it was assumed, would attract the investments we need in India$1 trillion in the next 5 years for all infrastructure projects, with $520 billion coming from the private sector. Private and public equity, corporate debt from banks and financial institutions, all would come provided the large infra projects like UMPPs succeeded, not just in terms of rewarding the debt and equity holders but also inspiring confidence of larger investing community. Now, it seems that the lack of proper policy structure at the time of bidding has resulted in some of the UMPPs suffering losses, while some have not got implemented and others have failed to start operations.
In the interest of the larger issues involved, we must resolve this imbroglio carefully to avoid sending the wrong signals. A very critical part of the success of creating new infrastructure with private money will depend on the sanctity of contracts as well as investor confidence in the process. Its more than imperative to ensure the safeguarding of the consumers interest in the whole exercise as finally all this is aimed at benefiting them and they are the ones who will ensure the projects commercial viability by paying the user charges.
Its true that the bidders knew that they were treading on an uncertain path and thus had taken commercial decisions with attendant risks. Let the risks that were foreseeable and normal to such business be borne by the developers. However, for this, a clearly designed package in which the promoters absorb all the costs arising out of such factors is needed. Its very important from the points of view of the economy, lenders and consumers that power plants operate at full capacity. The regulator must ensure that the consumer interest is fully protected while guaranteeing the plants full capacity operation.
The Deepak Parekh committee (DPC) recommendations have been questioned by few states which hold pre-purchase agreements (PPAs) with the UMPPs. Their fears are understandable as they would be burdened with extra costs from purchase if pass-through provisions are not allowed by the respective SERCs.
CERC could also ensure that, in the future, any fall in global coal prices would also be passed on to consumers, thus not putting the burden of price correction solely on them. The DPC recommendations should not be applied to other UMPPs without closely examining the real issues. The Tata Mundra project seems to have suffered largely due to the lack of proactive participation by the government of India at the time when the Indonesian authorities introduced radical changes in their fuel export policies. Timely intervention by the government then could have very well avoided this.
Its time we learnt the right lessons from this unfortunate episode. Policy formulation must factor in all possible future surprises to the furthest extent possible. The government must involve experts to formulate and draft the bidding documents for such projects. The private sector also must do its homework better. Its job doesnt end with only bagging large multi-billion-dollar projects. Its not that PPPs mean all the risks are to the public account and profits credited to shareholders. We need huge investments from the private sector to create infrastructure in India. There is no other country in the world that would have invested trillions of dollars of non-public money in creating public goods like power, roads, etc, of this magnitude.
The corporate and the government must work together as partners. Initial hiccups like this could derail the entire process and could put our economy under serious stress. Let the handling of the UMPP issue be a new learning and help create a new policy regime to avoid such pitfalls in the future.
Suresh Prabhu
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The High-Level Policy Conference of EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), organized by the European Commission, will gather representatives from all levels of government, academia, civil society and the private sector to discuss energy in Europe. The focus this year will be on topics key to achieving the EU's 2020 climate and energy targets on climate change, renewables, energy efficiency. Specifically, topics for the 2014 event will include: energy efficiency in buildings, products, industry and transport; renewables for electricity, heating and cooling; transport fuels; energy markets including electricity and gas grid issues, the internal energy market and support schemes; local and regional energy planning; financing; and energy beyond 2020. Twitter: @euenergyweek.
dates: 24-26 June 2014 location: Brussels, Belgium contact: Ilka Neumann phone: +32 2 340 30 67 e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com www: http://www.eusew.eu/high-level-policy-conference-2014


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I now have a massive Steam library, and I'm just egotistical enough to want to do some Let's Play videos.
What's a good free (or very cheap) program for capturing game video and audio?
I'm okay with spending a little money if it means keeping away from malware, spyware, or obnoxious advertising and has lower overhead-- my PC is good, but not Crysis Final Boss good. Ideally I'd like to keep it under $5. But if there's good free stuff out there, so much the better.
If you have an NVidia card, I think they added a recording feature into the driver software, not too long ago. I haven't looked at all, but I believe it's free, and I don't _think_ it requires latest-and-greatest hardware. Might be worth looking it up.
This all really depends on your hardware, but xsplit is a more popular solution for Twitch streamers. You should be able to get it for free and verify how it runs for you. Newer Nvidia cards have streaming capabality. I think the minimum is a GTX660, but their site would have more info. If you have issues with getting a decent frame rate and resolution with your current hardware, the easiest thing you can do is get the AverMedia Live Gamer HD. It retails for $200, but can be found much cheaper on sale or used.
So I run a YouTube channel and record buckets of footage for it. I've actually got access to several recording tools. My setup is a little weird cause I'm often recording emulators but if anything, recording more modern games should be easier.
Open Broadcaster is actually a streaming tool but it has local recording capability. It's not the most intuitive product in the world but it's free, clean of any adware and works very well. The author is also updating it like mad and is very active in his forums. If you make sure you have your audio levels set properly before you start recording, it's great. If you want to do any editing and mix audio levels after the fact (which I have to do), this won't do that. XSplit is a subscription based tool that does a lot of the same stuff. It has a better interface but does nothing exceptionally better than OBS and also tends to have a lot of weird quirks in my experience.
As for standalone recording tools, the two I recommend (neither of which are free) are Dxtory and GameClaw. The latter is available on Steam as well and was recently on sale (sadly, not anymore.) Dxtory is extremely powerful and flexible but is one of the most unintuitive pieces of software I've ever used. Getting it configured will drive you nuts but once you do, nothing does a better job. You can also have it record your commentary and game audio on separate tracks which at least for me, is super handy in editing. If you're doing simple Let's Plays though, that might be overkill. The author is active in his forums but he's Japanese and his English isn't great.
GameClaw is a much simpler tool, more intuitive to use and also fairly powerful. It won't record game audio and commentary on separate tracks but it will spit each audio track out into its own MP3 file. My gripe with this is at least on my setup, it doesn't start the MP3 recordings at the exact same time as the video so in my editing software, the audio is always about three quarters of a second out of sync and I have to manually fix that. It's really annoying but not the end of the world. I've also found that when capturing certain emulators, the image quality isn't as good as Dxtory. Capturing emulators is voodoo science though so I can't attest to whether this is an issue with modern games or not. If you just have it combine all the audio into the video file, this doesn't happen. I haven't tried e-mailing the developer for support but they don't appear to answer any posts in their own forums which is pretty crappy.
Both of the above tools will run you not a ton of money but not $5. In my opinion, they are worth it. There is also FRAPS but I do not recommend it at all. It's a very dated product with limited capabilities and it will force the frame rate of any game you're playing down to your recording frame rate. All of the modern tools listed above don't do that.
With the GeForce Experience software and a GTX6xx card and up, you have access to NVIDIA ShadowPlay. I haven't used this personally but I've heard good things. It actually uses your GPU to handle the encoding (GameClaw can do this too), which takes the load off your CPU to better handle the game. On my system, this isn't an issue but it might be for yours. As I understand it, ShadowPlay can be a bit touchy with certain games but it has a minimal performance impact and has very nice capture quality. Best of all, it's free! If you have an NVIDIA card that can do it, absolutely try this first.
I hope this helps. If you decide to go for one of the tools I mentioned above, let me know if you need a hand configuring it. I've got a fair amount of experience with them all.


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Newfoundland will books volume 3 pages 273-274 probate year 1872
|Will of William Hancock
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William Hancock deceased.
In the name of God Amen I William Hancock of Kings Cove Bonavista Bay in the Northern District of the Island of Newfoundland Planter being of sound disposing mind memory and understanding but mindful of the uncertainty of human life do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say I do give devise and bequeath to Samuel Coffin of Kiels in the aforesaid Northern District of the Island of Newfoundland Schoolmaster his heirs executors and administrators for his and their use and benefit absolutely all my share of the property left me under my late fathers will namely my share of the fishing stage Coopers shop and Potato Cellar and of the large garden situate to the westward of the church being one third of each Also my share of my late fathers dwelling house and garden adjoining furniture cattle cow house meadow and other appurtenances also of the store and flake, also of the meadow on the Plate Cove Road below Curtis garden being one half of each. Also all the rest of my property wheresoever and whatsoever and of what nature kind and quality soever the same may be I do hereby give and bequeath the same to the aforesaid Samuel Coffin his heirs executors and administrators to and for his and their use and benefit absolutely And I do hereby constitute and appoint the aforesaid Samuel Coffin and his brother John Coffin of Kings Cove Schoolmaster joint executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills and testament by me at any time heretofore made- In witness whereof I have to this my last will and testament set and subscribed my hand and seal at Kings Cove aforesaid this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight.
William Handcock (LS) Signed sealed published and declared by the said testator William Hancock as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto,
William Kirby, Inct St. James Church Kings Cove (LS) Jane Miles Kings Cove (LS).
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I've got just a few loose ends to tie up about our new security off behavior, and then we'll move on to other topics.
As part of the work to move to the new security off model, we've removed the ability to turn off security pragmatically through the SecurityEnabled property of the SecurityManager object. The getter will still tell you the current state of the security system, however the setter was turned into a no-op.
By making the decision to make the property setter into a no-op, the symptom that a broken application will see is that a SecurityException will be thrown in a location that was likely not built with handling that exception in mind. As a temporary fix, while running the application, you can also run CasPol in the background to create the environment that the application expects to run in. Of course, as a long term solution, the application should be modified to work with the security system on. We could have chosen to throw a NotImplementedException whenever the setter was accessed, but breaking in that way prevents the caspol workaround since the application will still throw an unhandled exception.
Security On For Win9x
Last time I showed how you could use Windows NT security to prevent security from ever being turned off. Of course using Windows NT's security model requires, well, Windows NT. To achieve the same effect on Windows 98 or Windows ME we'll have to take a different route.
The goal is still the same -- prevent CasPol from acquiring the security off mutex while keeping that object in a state that the CLR doesn't recognize it as valid for turning off security. Since we can't acquire an ACL on the mutex, we'll need to come up with another way to prevent it from being acquired in the first place. One way falls out from the fact that in Windows mutexes, events, semaphores, waitable timers, job, and file mapping objects all share the same namespace. This means that no two of those types of objects can have the same name. So, if we pick one of those available on Win9x ... say an event, we can prevent CasPol from creating a mutex with the same name. And since we won't be holding a mutex with the security off name, the CLR won't disable security.
// create a security off event
HANDLE hEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, _T("CLR_CASOFF_MUTEX"));
if(hEvent == NULL)
std::cout << "Could not acquire event, security may already be off." << std::endl;
return 0;
// wait to unlock
std::cout << "Security is locked on. Press any key to unlock." << std::endl;
return 0;


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Gwen Stefani, 43, may be pregnant with baby No. 3
Gwen Stefani hasn't been in the rumor grinder lately, save for a few divorce rumors here and there, but now she's back with guns blazing because In Touch Weekly says she's pregnant. So much for that No Doubt reunion.
The mag says the 43-year-old is expecting her third child with Gavin Rossdale. "She's just trying to focus on resting right now," an unnamed source says. "She wants to make sure that all is well with the baby."
The couple have two boys already, Kingston James, 6, and Zuma Nesta Rock, 4. We can only imagine she broke the two-year cycle because she and Gavin were busy thinking about what they could name a third.


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-Provide customers with technical support through analysis of problems of Check Point's internal development. environments
-Quickly understand the root cause of the problem, and provide customers with excellent service experience per the customers' needs
-Responsibility for internal production environments.
-Provide support to internal developers in and off hours
Desired Background & Experience - Technical Skills
-Several years of support experience
-Troubleshooter, has analytic approach and technical skills
-In-depth technical skills on multiple O/S (Windows 7 and Windows 2003/2008, Linux Red Hat)
-In-depth knowledge on Scripts (Perl, PowerShell, …)
-Knowledge in SQL queries and PL/SQL scripting
-Experience in Web applications development (plus)
Desired Background & Experience - Soft Skills
-Crisis Management - Ability to handle critical issues and lead it correctly
-Multi-tasking and ability to perform in stressful work environment
-Customer orientation
-Communication skills - Good English (Spoken and written);
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Groups navigate six Class III rapids during a 4- to 5-hour whitewater-rafting trip, suitable for everyone from complete beginners to seasoned experts. Trips pass through the Alberton Gorge, a canyon section of the Clark Fork River located 35 miles west of Missoula. The trip includes a meal of grilled chicken breast, baked red potatoes, and salad, plus a post-trip happy-hour beer, juice, or soda. Groupon is valid for any sized group.
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Always looking for a challenge, Pangaea River Rafting's future owners Brooke and David Lawrence set out on a 4,000-mile cross-country bike ride years ago. But tackling that endeavor only increased the duo's thirst for more. After years guiding rafting expeditions along the Clark Fork River near Missoula, Montana, they decided the most exciting challenge would be to start their own rafting company. So, in 1989, they bought a small company by the name of Pangaea Expeditions, which they later renamed Pangaea River Rafting. During that time they also got married, fittingly alongside the river.
Over the course of more than 20 years, Brooke and David have developed a series of programs that highlight the area's tourist attractions as well as draw locals out into their surrounding habitat. They direct rafting ventures boasting wine tastings, happy hours, bird watching, team building, and catfish cuddling.


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Chapter 1 (v.1) - Dead man's orchestra Pt 1
Part 1: The Devil's Embrace
The blade slashed downward, cutting off the chained man's arm. The crowd gasped as blood squirted out from the stump and the man's screams filled the air. The screams went on for what seemed like an eternity. Finally, the screams subsided, replaced by a pitiful sob. The man looked up at his executioner, and spoke, no begged, for his life. His request was denied as the executioner took off the man's head, in one, clean slash. To Augustine, it seemed as if the neck had slid off the body. Immediately, a column of blood gushed out. People began to panic. Augustine, however, was unaware of chaos around him. He was transfix by the sight. His eyes refused to move away from the headless body, refused to move away from the pool of blood that had gathered at the corpse's feet. "Augustine", the sound of his name snapped him back into reality.
The one who had called him was his mother. "Augustine, dear, listen, this is all just a play. A play is all. The crowd is just getting a bit too fired up. When the play ends, let's go to that restaurant that you've been waiting to go for so long, alright?"
Come on, now, Augustine thought. If you're going to lie, then at least make up a feasible one. How old did she think he was? He wasn't a toddler. He was eight. However, Augustine did not voice his indignation. He knew that his mother was just trying to protect him. To protect him from the cruel reality that of which is unfolding before his very eyes. Brushing his complaint aside, Augustine looked around. Everywhere he gazed, he saw fear and despair. People were crying, wandering around in a daze. Augustine, though, felt quite detached from all that. He wasn't afraid, because his mother was beside him. Ever since he could remember, his mother had always been there for him. Whenever he felt sad, she comforted him. Whenever he was afraid, she gave him courage. Whenever he was lonely, she was there. Whenever he was angry, she was there. The fact that his mother stood beside him give him strength. She was like an lighthouse, a shining beacon of hope. One that pierced through darkness and dissipated all fear. As long as she was there, he believed that he would come to no harm. Turning back to his mother, he flashed her his best smile. She didn't smile back. Suddenly, a red liquid exploded from her chest and from her mouth, splattering Augustine. The fluid felt warm and tasted metallic. His mother staggered froward, then fell, crashing into Augustine. Taken by surprise, Augustine hit the floor with his mom on top him. Laying there, on the cold, stone floor, Augustine saw the most horrifying thing he's ever seen. A man stood there. In his hand, was a bloody sword. The fingers that curled around hilt, were devoid of any flesh. It was not just his hand, his entire body had no meat, no skin, no nothing. It was a skeleton, the kind you see in textbooks and stories. On its skull, there were two holes. The empty sockets appeared to stare at Augustine. Augustine stared back, paralyzed. The skeleton walked away. The back of that monster, was the last thing that Augustine saw.
"What have you done?" gasped the man in a purple cloak. The was shocked at the carnage. There were bodies everywhere. The white floor was no longer white, painted red by the liquid of life. The man walked through sea of corpses, clearly distressed at his surroundings. "So, this is what you needed my servants for?"
"Yeah, it was great. Those nobles were completely fucked. The mission was a complete success."
"A success," the cloaked man repeated the words with a downcast face.
"What's wrong man?"
"I did not sign up for this massacre. The goals that you speak off, the dream that you enlisted my aid for, you cannot achieve it like this."
"Who cares man, but you should of been here. Those nobles were running around like the rats that they are."
Looking at his blood-thirsty friend, then looking back at the piles of bodies, the cloaked man could only shake his head. "Look, this is not how it should go down, I'm out."
"What, you can't back out now! Besides, there's always going to sacrifices."
"Richard, I am not going to follow you through this if this is what you mean by sacrifices. Your goal, our goal, this is not how we can achieve it."
"Humphries, if you are not going to help me, then you leave me no choice. I will not have anyone interfering with my plans."
"Without me, how are you going to achieve anything?"
"Screw you Humphries, just because I can't do necromancy doesn't mean that I'm worthless, that I can't do anything by myself! You know what, fuck you, I'm gonna kill you right now. I'm gonna tear your stomach open and make you watch as I rip you intestines out."
"What happened to you these past tens years, what made you change you much," Humphries said melancholy, helplessly gazing at his old friend.
Richard drew his blade from its scabbard, and pointed it at Humphries. He then proceeded to invoke a speed spell. All the while, Humphries did make any movement. "Damn you, you're looking down at me aren't you. Die!" yelled Richard as he charged with a speed that no human could achieve naturally. Stopping in-front of his opponent, he slashed at Humphries. The sound of metals clashing resonated through the air. Realizing that his slash did not take down his enemy, Richard prepared to strike again, but could not gather enough strength. Instead, he felt weak. Unable to hold on to his sword, he let go and saw, that it was broken in half. Still looking at the broken blade, Richard's body crumbled.
Humphries put away his sword, and signed. He couldn't understand why Richard had become such a maniac. Walking away, he bowed his head, and said a prayer to dead. That's when he realized, that there was a faint aura emitting from the bodies. Summoning his servants, he ordered his undead to dig up through the bodies. Finally, he located it. He found a small boy, around seven or eight. His breath was shallow, and his heartbeat was weak, but there was no doubt that he was alive. Wrapping the boy in his cloak, he carried the boy away.
Augustine woke up in a strange room. He sat up, and rubbed the sleep away from his eyes. What had happened, Augustine wondered. Then he remembered. He remembered a man taking over the theater. He remembered the slaughter that had followed, the monster that had killed his mom. His mom! Augustine froze, shocked at the memory. His mom was dead, killed. She's no longer with him. He will never see her, hear, or touch her ever again. A sense of loss and sadness slammed into Augustine and brought to tears.
"So, you're awake,"
Augustine looked to the source of the voice with teary eyes, and asked, "who are you?"
Humphries looked at the boy, pondering about his answer, and finally said, for some reason, "I was the one who killed the people in that theater,"
"So what do you want with me. Why didn't you kill me, do you want ransom, do you want a hostage?" Augustine asked.
"No, no you are free to do as you wish," was the reply.
Augustine wiped away his tears. He could do whatever he wanted. What he want, he wanted to kill this man before him. But he knew he couldn't. He wasn't strong enough. But if he walk away now, then he might never get the chance again. After thinking it through, he decided. "You are a necromancer, correct? To be able to control those monsters," Augustine asked. The man nodded. "Then I want you to teach me, teach me necromancy, teach me how to fight,"
The man raised his eyebrows, "Why?"
"So that one day, I could kill you,"
Humphries was stunned. He did not expect anything like this. He wanted to reject the boy, but something stopped him. It was his guilt. Looking into the boy's eyes, he saw a fiery determination. He's really serious, Humphries thought. Yes, this, this will be my redemption, Humphries thought. I will take care of this boy, and make him, the best warrior I could make him, so that he will have no trouble surviving. Then, I will die. He will kill me.
"Very well, kid, what is your name."
"The name's Augustine, and I'm not a kid, I'm eight years old."
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Experts exchange best practices on renewable energy integration as part of Power Africa initiative
Senegal is actively pursuing reform policies in the energy sector with a strong focus on promoting renewable energy. Senegal aims to achieve the electrification rate of 50% in rural areas, 96% urban areas, and 70% of national level by 2017. Current energy policy is reflected in the Lettre de Développement du Secteur de l'Energie, a […]
Posted on 24 November 2016
Energy leaders in the USA commit to pioneering policies to drive energy efficiency innovation
Leading energy-efficiency technologies, policies and business models that can accelerate progress in the United States and other countries, were explored at the 27th Annual Efficiency Forum co–sponsored by the World Energy Council US member committee (the United States Energy Association) and Johnson Controls.
Posted on 19 July 2016
Growth in electric vehicles sales central to closing emissions gap
Electric vehicles (EVs) will need to increase their combined market share to 16% by 2020 to achieve the aggressive fuel economy standards set by regulators, according to new research by the World Energy Council.
Posted on 29 June 2016
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The CEM is all about "personally engaging ministers so that they want to push forward clean energy initiative in the world", says Jonathan Elkind, the man behind the US hosting of the 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) in an interview with World Energy Focus. Member countries represent 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions and 90% of […]
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USEA holds its 12th Annual State of The Energy Industry Forum
The United States Energy Association (USEA), our US member committee held its Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum, for the 12th year running.
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Nissan says the all-electric Nissan Leaf will leapfrog the Toyota Prius as the greenest car on the market. GM says the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid will be the game-changer for energy and the environment. But the release of the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid—on schedule for 2012—puts Toyota in an awkward position: the need to leapfrog itself.
"The problem is that we're competing against ourselves," said Bill Reinert, national manager, Advanced Technology Group at Toyota Motor Sales, speaking at the company's Sustainable Mobility Seminar held in La Jolla, Calif. this week. The company convened academics and journalists to discuss the future of eco-friendly automotive fuels and technologies—and to launch the plug-in version of the Toyota Prius.
Instead of championing the Prius Plug-in Hybrid as an automotive savior, Reinert focused his energy on disclaimers of why the next iteration of the Prius—a plug-in version that can travel 13 miles without using a drop of gasoline—doesn't make sense for a lot of consumers.
First, Reinert says, it's going to be too expensive. The conventional Prius sells in the mid-$20,000, the "sweet spot where the public wants to spend their money," according to Reinert. The Prius Plug-in Hybrid is going to exceed that price. "How do you offset the costs and make a cogent case for the customer, especially because the conventional Prius is so damn good?"
The third generation 2010 Toyota Prius is, in fact, very efficient. Its 1.8-liter internal combustion engine—forget about the batteries and electric motors for a minute—has set new records for efficiency. Reinert believes that adding lithium batteries and plug-in technology will mean even greater carbon reductions, but "they're really expensive in dollars per ton reduction."
Thinking Ahead
He also wrings his hands about battery longevity. "We design our car for the second buyers. We want the used buyer to still expect the car will perform adequately for them," Reinert said. "That's the case for every Prius you've ever read. Right now, we don't have a battery problem." He worries that bigger lithium ion batteries required to achieve the Plug-in's 13 miles of all-electric range will degrade over time. The Prius Plug-in uses three different batteries—two to provide all-electric miles and a third battery for when the first two are depleted and the vehicle becomes a regular 50-mpg Prius.
The Plug-in Prius, which will be tested for the next two years, is almost identical to the 2010 conventional Prius. Besides the addition of extra batteries and a plug, the differences are fairly trivial: air vents under the rear seats to help cool the additional batteries; no manual EV button because the computer takes care of shifting in and out of all-electric mode; and a small indicator lighter on the dash that goes off when the three-hour full charge from a 110-volt outlet is complete. Otherwise, in terms of its driving characteristics, creature comforts and style, it's a Prius.
Maybe Reinert—who as a long-time veteran of advanced auto technology has seen too many supposed silver-bullet solutions come and go—doesn't want to foist another false panacea on to the public. "If you're communicating 120 miles per gallon, and you're actually delivering 60, that's a problem. Remember how we created a firestorm when our Prius was rated at 50-something and people were getting 45 mpg." Reinert also cautioned that cold weather and other variable conditions could significantly reduce range. "How do you make this transparent to the customer when there's so much hype out there?"
Our First Impressions
Based on our 18-mile test drive of the Prius Plug-in along the gorgeous La Jolla coast, Toyota's only worry should be how it will keep up with demand. Until the last mile of our route, when we put the car in power-performance mode, cranked the AC and floored the accelerator uphill, the car maxed out to 99.9 mpg. By the end of the trip, we tallied an average of 87.7 miles per gallon, with 12.6 percent of driving in EV mode. Our top EV speed was 62 mph, and the average speed—including a number of stops at long traffic lights—was 25 mph.
Our only gripe is that the dashboard designers didn't move the decimal point over so we could see how far over 100-mpg typical driving would be.
Sudden bursts of acceleration would temporarily kick the Prius Plug-in out of EV mode, but invariably it returned to all-electric driving. Regenerative braking helped push the overall amount of EV driving beyond the advertised range to about 14 miles, during the 18 miles of mixed city-highway miles. It was more difficult to drain the plug-in batteries or to force the car out of EV mode than we had anticipated.
Bear in mind that this was a fairly short route. If your commute is 40 miles or longer, the percentage of all-electric driving obviously will be reduced. But if you commonly drive around 15 miles out and back, before getting access to a charge at home or work, then the Prius Plug-in Hybrid basically becomes a practical mid-size family electric sedan.
The Business Case
For Toyota, less range means less cost—and therefore better economics to compete against the conventional Prius. Reinert said, "Our idea is a small battery. Design the battery small and make a business case, and charge up more frequently."
Toyota has been criticized for lagging behind the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt in the race for a plug-in mass-market vehicle. Too much has been made of this timing. During 2011, Toyota will be evaluating about 600 Plug-in Priuses around the world—to see how real-world drivers handle the vehicle and its charging—until it moves into mass production in 2012. That's essentially what Nissan and GM are doing, but with a few thousand vehicles put on sale or leased in select markets in 2011, until they can ramp up production for 2012.
That's the magic year when consumers will have a choice between:
- Nissan Leaf, an all-electric compact car with 100 miles range
- Chevy Volt, a relatively expensive mid-size plug-in hybrid sedan with 40 miles range
- Prius Plug-in Hybrid, a more moderately priced plug-in sedan with 13 miles range
You might like one option of the other, but the availability of three plug-in options far exceeds what we have today.
Jaycie Chitwood, manager, advanced technology vehicles group, is overseeing the Toyota evaluation project, which will generate a lot of vehicle use data, as well as market information about how Toyota customers view the conventional versus the plug-in Prius models. "There are people that buy for emotional reasons and they just love that freedom of all-electric driving," Chitwood told HybridCars.com. "If they are already paying more for a Prius, then now they're going to pay even more for a plug-in Prius. Where's your value proposition? It's either in lower cost of driving, and lower cost per mile for electricity versus gasoline, and it's high MPG."
We asked if all these attractive attributes might make the Prius Plug-in Hybrid a surprise hit.
Chitwood paused as if considering that possibility for the first time. "We're open to that."
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Update at 10:32 p.m. Monday: The Allen ISD board of trustees on Monday got a presentation outlining the final findings of an investigation into concrete cracking at the district's $60 million stadium.
Findings by Nelson Forensics identified "shortcomings in the engineering and/or construction" of the stadium, Superintendent Lance Hindt said late Monday, reading from a prepared statement. He noted the presentation did not include recommendations about final repairs and cost estimates, a task that is being handled by another firm, Datum Engineers. That work hasn't been completed, Hindt said.
The district will release more information later this week once it has been reviewed by its attorneys, Hindt said.
"The administration and the school board remain committed to providing information to the public as soon as it is available and when it does not jeopardize any contractual or legal obligations," Hindt said.
Update at 6:42 p.m. Monday: Superintendent Lance Hindt will be making a statement following the Monday meeting after all. School board members just went into executive session to get a report on the cracking at Eagle Stadium from Nelson Forensics. When the meeting will end is anyone's guess. Check back for updates.
Original post: The board of trustees in Allen ISD expects to hear a report about structural problems in the district's $60 million stadium at a closed meeting Monday evening.
Allen ISD hired Nelson Forensics last year to investigate concrete cracking at the concourse level in Eagle Stadium, which opened in 2012.
"We're going to receive a verbal report as to what their findings are so far," Superintendent Lance Hindt said Monday.
The discussion will take place during executive session. Hindt said he won't know until the meeting whether the firm is presenting its final conclusions or another update. District leaders said last month that a final report was expected in June.
Officials don't plan on making a statement Monday, but the district will release the information as soon as possible after vetting it with attorneys, Hindt said.
Preliminary findings pointed to construction and design flaws. General contractor Pogue Construction and architectural firm PBK said in May that they are working with the district to find a solution, but neither has taken responsibility for the cracking. Representatives from both companies have said Allen ISD taxpayers won't shoulder the cost of repairs.


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The Secular Student Alliance is the best 'chaptering' organization in our movement… by an extremely wide margin. The number of active chapters eclipses any other organization. Their numbers still continue to grow, and they even have groups at military academies, such as West Point.
When I started the Military Atheists & Secular Humanists (MASH) movement in January of 2011, I was directly reading from their playbook. I think it's important to have at least one formal group for non-believers that enjoy the same level of support as all the other religious preferences / demographics.
I also think the transient nature of college directly applies to the way military members are shipped around. So naturally, I used the SSA guide to group running to lead the group at Fort Bragg. If you slapped a camouflage pattern on that thing, you'd have a near-perfect MASH guide.
Please support the backbone that the troops have been utilizing for quite some time.
Please make a donation to the Secular Student Alliance.
I had to turn down Jen McCreight's invitation to join her in a blog-a-thon. It was simply because I write and re-write even a single sentence sometimes for hours. It's very frustrating, and it's also twice as hard to write when it's a subject that I'm not directly involved with. Though sometimes it just pours out of me quite rapidly (and I sometimes have to proof read after I published!) I really felt like I let her down, though she never said anything like that.Please donate what you can, even though we missed the somewhat arbitrary deadline. Become a SUSTAINER! They are perhaps 1000 times smaller than "Campus Crusaders for Christ", but they are almost as potent. And they're just getting started.
I'm a rookie in the activist world. I'm proud of what of I've accomplished, but at one point I took on way too many responsibilities to launch a new global atheist niche-organization. When I became the Military Director for American Atheists, I simply had to cut some of my efforts loose. I'm grateful that Jason Torpy (MAAF) is now running the show for the expanding MASH concept, and collectively – we've been popping up all over the place. Call Torpy for building new MASH communities, but please continue to call on me for breaking through specific barriers (even if it's about your new MASH group). We're strong allies, and though we don't always agree in our private conversations – we call each other rather than step on toes.


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Stress Rugby Ball
- 100% official Guinness merchandise
- Perfect way to relieve office tension
- Perfect for fans of Guinness & rugby
- Designed to look like a real rugby ball
- Made from polyurethane
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Guinness has been one of the most iconic identifiers of the emerald isle for years now and what better way to celebrate your love of this fantastically traditional brand than buying a fun novelty that is also handy.
This little stress ball has been designed to look like a miniature rugby ball with the Guinness logo and Irish colours. Not only does this little beauty look great but it is handy to have around the office in case you need to relieve some tension. On the side of the ball is a printed signature designed to look handwritten showing the name 'Arthur Guinness'.
This would make a great gift for fans of the Guinness brand, rugby or both! It would also make a great addition at home or at an office desk this St. Patrick's Day.


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Minnesota Twins vs. Los Angeles Angels - 9/18/15 MLB Pick, Odds, and Prediction
Los Angeles Angels (73-72) at Minnesota Twins (75-69)
MLB Baseball: Friday, September 18, 2015 at 8:10 pm (Target Field)
A Heaney (6-3) (3.32) vs. K Gibson (10-10) (3.76)
The Line: Minnesota Twins -105 / Los Angeles Angels -105 --- Over/Under: 8.5 See the Latest Odds
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The Los Angeles Angels continue their series at Target Field versus the Minnesota Twins.
The Los Angeles Angels are still in the postseason hunt even though they have not been setting the world on fire. The Angels kept their playoff hopes alive with an 11-8 win at Target Field on Thursday. Starter Hector Santiago was charged with five runs inn 2/3 of an inning before the pen slowed the Twins offense down. The Halos pounded out 15 hits and walked six times with Mike Trout going deep twice and driving in five while Chris Iannetta and Taylor Featherston went deep and drove in two runs each. Left hander Andrew Heaney looks to keep the Angels in the postseason conversation when he opposes Minnesota for the first time. Heaney has gone 6-3 in 15 starts with a 3.32 ERA.
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The Minnesota Twins have gone back and forth from looking like a postseason team to one that is going to miss out. The Twins couldn't keep up on the scoreboard Thursday and have lost three in a row. Starter Tommy Milone gave up five runs in 1.1 innings with next four relievers allowing a combined six runs. The offense logged 12 hits and walked twice with Tori Hunter leaving the yard and driving in three with two runs while Aaron Hicks went solo. Veteran Mike Pelfrey is hoping to pitch Minnesota closer to a Wild Card berth when he faces the Angels Friday. Pelfrey has been tough to predict as he can struggle one week and throw a shutout the next.
The over is 5-1-2 in Los Angeles last 8 road games while the Angels are 7-20 in their last 27 road games. Minnesota are 7-3 in their last 10 Friday games while the under is 6-2-1 in Pelfrey's last 9 home starts. The Angels are 9-1 in the last 10 meetings and the over is 34-15-5 in the last 54 meetings. I'm a Heaney fan and no reason to go any other way…


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Washington • Kenneth Feinberg is prepared to pay out billions of General Motors' money to victims of crashes in GM small cars provided they can prove the cars' ignition switches caused the crash.
GM links 13 deaths to a defective ignition switch in cars such as the Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion. But trial lawyers and lawmakers say claims of wrongful death and injury could total in the hundreds.
Feinberg, the country's eminent compensation expert, said GM has placed no limit on the total amount he can pay to injured people or relatives of those killed. And he alone not GM will decide how much they each will get, even though he is being paid by the company.


text: Business & EconomyBangladesh's IT savvy youth boost outsourcing Computer professionals working for small firms are driving force behind country's nascent outsourcing industry. 29 Jun 2011 22:31 GMT | Business & Economy, Asia, Bangladesh Internet penetration in Bangladesh is one of the lowest in the world, but a growing number of small outsourcing firms offer new opportunities to the country's youth. The outsourcing industry is being driven by thousands of IT savvy teenagers, working from home in the country's capital, Dhaka. Last year, contract work for foreign firms brought in $36m to the Southeast Asian country. Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque reports from Dhaka.Source: Al Jazeera