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Since I publish a sustainability tip in my company newsletter, I couldn't let Blog Action Day go by without chiming in. The good thing about cranking out a tip every couple weeks is that a lot of good stuff comes across my desk. So I thought I'd share some of it.
In 2004, the Worldwatch Institute published a 35-page PDF called the Good Stuff guide, an outstanding primer on the environmental and social impacts of all kinds of … well, stuff.
One of the things the guide contains is a consumption manifesto, which contain some great principles:
Principle One. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. This brilliant triad says it all. Reduce: Avoid buying what you don't need—and when you do get that dishwasher/lawnmower/toilet, spend the money up front for an efficient model. Re-use: Buy used stuff, and wring the last drop of usefulness out of most everything you own. Recycle: Do it, but know that it's the last and least effective leg of the triad. (Ultimately, recycling simply results in the manufacture of more things.)
Principle Two. Stay close to home.Work close to home to shorten your commute; eat food grown nearby; patronize local businesses; join local organizations. All of these will improve the look, shape, smell, and feel of your community.
Principle Three. Internal combustion engines are polluting, and their use should be minimized. Period.
Principle Four. Watch what you eat. Whenever possible, avoid food grown with pesticides, in feedlots, or by agribusiness. It's an easy way to use your dollars to vote against the spread of toxins in our bodies, land, and water.
Principle Five. Private industries have very little incentive to improve their environmental practices. Our consumption choices must encourage and support good behavior; our political choices must support government regulation.
Principle Seven. Prioritize. Think hardest when buying large objects; don't drive yourself mad fretting over the small ones. It's easy to be distracted by the paper bag puzzle, but an energysucking refrigerator is much more worthy of your attention. (Small electronics are an exception.)
Principle Eight. Vote. Political engagement enables the spread of environmentally conscious policies.Without public action, thoughtful individuals are swimming upstream.
Principle Nine. Don't feel guilty. It only makes you sad.
On the heels of principle nine is a remarkable interview with Peter Senge, a lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, who dislikes the term sustainability. He says it "motivates out of fear, but it only motivates for as long as people feel the issues are pressing on them. Soon as the fear recedes, so does the motivation."
He floats a substitute for 'sustainability': 'All about the future.' You just ask, what's the world of your children or grandchildren going to be like? What would you like to see it be like? Do you have a sense of giving them a world that's in better shape than your parents and grandparents gave you?"
If you're looking for a reason to take action on climate change, that seems the strongest argument of all.
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The Art of Thinking Clearly
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The Art of Thinking Clearly [Hardcover]
Rolf Dobelli (Author)
Release date: May 14, 2013
The Art of Thinking Clearly by world-class thinker and entrepreneur Rolf Dobelli is an eye-opening look at human psychology and reasoning — essential reading for anyone who wants to avoid "cognitive errors" and make better choices in all aspects of their lives.
Have you ever: Invested time in something that, with hindsight, just wasn't worth it? Or continued doing something you knew was bad for you? These are examples of cognitive biases, simple errors we all make in our day-to-day thinking. But by knowing what they are and how to spot them, we can avoid them and make better decisions.
Simple, clear, and always surprising, this indispensable book will change the way you think and transform your decision-making—work, at home, every day. It reveals, in 99 short chapters, the most common errors of judgment, and how to avoid them.Editorial Reviews
"Dobelli examines our most common decision-making failings with engaging eloquence and describes how to counter them with instructive good sense." (Robert Cialdini, author of Influence )
"…a serious examination of the faulty reasoning that leads to repeated mistakes by individuals, businesses, and nations…In this fascinating book, Dobelli does not offer a recipe for happiness but a well-considered treatise on avoiding 'self-induced unhappiness.'" (Booklist (starred review) )
From the Back Cover
Have you ever . . .
- Invested time in something that, in hindsight, just wasn't worth it?
- Paid too much in an eBay auction?
- Continued to do something you knew was bad for you?
- Sold stocks too late, or too early?
- Taken credit for success, but blamed failure on external circumstances?
- Backed the wrong horse?
These are examples of what the author calls cognitive biases, simple errors all of us make in day-to-day thinking. But by knowing what they are and how to identify them, we can avoid them and make better choices: whether in dealing with personal problems or business negotiations, trying to save money or earn profits, or merely working out what we really want in life—and strategizing the best way to get it.
Already an international bestseller, The Art of Thinking Clearly distills cutting-edge research from behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience into a clever, practical guide for anyone who's ever wanted to be wiser and make better decisions. A novelist, thinker, and entrepreneur, Rolf Dobelli deftly shows that in order to lead happier, more prosperous lives, we don't need extra cunning, new ideas, shiny gadgets, or more frantic hyperactivity—all we need is less irrationality.
Simple, clear, and always surprising, this indispensable book will change the way you think and transform your decision making—at work, at home, every day. From why you shouldn't accept a free drink to why you should walk out of a movie you don't like, from why it's so hard to predict the future to why you shouldn't watch the news, The Art of Thinking Clearly helps solve the puzzle of human reasoning.

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Two Pizza Trips to New Haven
A few friends of Slice visited New Haven, Connecticut, recently (both independent of one another) and loaded up on pizza at some of the city's most celebrated pizzerias.
First up on Sunday was pizza photographer Hong-An Tran (who we interviewed here a couple weeks ago). She and a couple of friends hit up Bar, Frank Pepe's, Modern, and Sally's in that order. Only at Sally's were they blown away, it seems.
On Tuesday, Scott Wiener from Scott's Pizza Tours made a separate trip to New Haven with Mark and Jenny from Pizza a Casa. They did Frank Pepe's, Modern, Sally's, and Bar, in that order. I can't really tell which place Scott liked the most, but he was surprised by a surprising pie at Bar (and, no, Bar fans, it's not the one you're thinking of):
Hopes were high, as Mark's students at Pizza a Casa and my customers on pizza tours had heralded the mashed potato pizza at Bar as the savior of all things pizza. It was tasty, but my favorite surprised the heck out of me. It was the chicken+hot cherry peppers+bacon pie! Well, I actually swapped out the chicken for some shrimp from the other pie but bacon and hot cherry peppers made my day. It was really something special.
Of course, if you, dear Slice'r, are going to New Haven, you would be advised to make a quick trip to Zuppardi's Apizza in West Haven, just a bit southwest of the usual suspects. Our man Ed Levine says it's got the best clam pie and sausage pie he's had in ages.
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A woman making her way in Televison. An actor tired of the same roles. An outsider with a vision. Chance brings Verity Lambert, William Hartnell and Sydney Newman together in 1963 to create a show no one at the BBC had faith in - a show that defied the odds and became a legend. Spoilers, of course, beyond the cut!
I have to say, I was a little uncertain about An Adventure in Space and Time when it was starting out. It seemed like much of the actual genesis of the show - the series bible, the idea for the TARDIS, the writing for An Unearthly Child - were being skimmed over too quickly. But as it develops, Mark Gatiss' script moves at a lightning pace for its first thirty minutes, and it gets away with the slight brushing over of things as we get deeper into the actual process of Doctor Who's existence. In the end it's a clever move, because it allows Gatiss to write his main characters - Verity and particularly William Hartnell - and to give them time to breathe over the remainder of the drama. I've always personally found Gatiss to be a writer with pacing problems in the past, particularly his Who work, but here the sudden shift from the frenzy of preproduction to the slower pace as Hartnell's health begins to decline is perfect for the tone he's crossing. We get less into the gritty of making Doctor Who - left for the viewer to see in grabs of Marco Polo, of The Dalek Invasion of Earth, of The Web Planet - and more into the real heart of the script: The characters. It's clearly written from a perspective of unadulterated love for Doctor Who, and it shows in the excruciating detail, but where it excels is in its characterisation.
Speaking of which, the cast was nothing more than absolute perfection. It's not even just down to the uncanny likenesses of practically everyone involved, but the cast nails everything - no people moreso than Jessica Raine and David Bradley as Lambert and Hartnell. Raine aces the part from the moment we see her dancing at a party, covering everything from Verity's insecurities heading into the project, her struggles in the male-centric BBC, to her 'piss and vinegar' attitude (the scene where she confronts Brian Cox's Sydney Newman over The Daleks in particular stood out for me), to her growing relationship with her curmudgeonly lead star, she rises to the occasion, and when the time is right and Verity Lambert leaves the picture, she deftly hands over the limelight to Bradley.
And man, does he take it. David Bradley plays pretty much the greatest performance of his career - and that's saying something. His evolution of Hartnell from grump to children's favourite, and eventual decline in Health is a joy to watch despite the heartbreak it engenders - and it's less so in his words, but in his face. Bradley is a startlingly visual actor, and the way he charts Bill's emotional journey throughout the episode across his eyes is simply masterful: every time the camera is on him you can feel the emotion, the intensity of it, and register his thoughts instantly. It's incredible to watch. It really comes into the fore as Adventure hits its half way point and we begin to see not only Hartnell's arteriosclerosis onset, which made remembering his lines problematic and made his mood at times troublesome, but also his increasing loneliness - from Claudia Grant's Carol Ann Ford, to Verity Lambert, to the glimpses of his other on screen companions, we go from seeing a man rejuvenated by his success and love of the program he helped to popularise, to one left lonelier and lonelier as his colleagues leave and move on. The pain Bradley communicates is a slow burn that permeates much of the show, from his beautiful rendition of The Doctor's goodbye to Susan at the end of The Dalek Invasion of Earth to the climax his final outburst of grief to his wife Heather (played wonderfully throughout by Lesley Manville) after he's effectively let go from the series, it's an incredibly touching performance. It serves a stark reminder to the modern age, where we tend to remember Hartnell more for his dodderiness and his line slip ups - referenced here in Adventure with his infamous 'fornicator' mistake - than the actual human behind it all, the man who found the role of his career and the pain it etched upon him when he left it. Gatiss mentioned multiple times in interviews this week how he 'took off the anorak' with Adventure to tell a human story, and David Bradley delivers that humanity masterfully.
But kudos has to go to one of the final scenes in the whole drama, the one that sells An Adventure in Space and Time as a touching remembrance to Doctor Who's legacy:
Look, I'm the first to admit that I am a sentimental, romantic sap, so your mileage may vary with this surprise reveal - but the moment Matt appeared I was in floods of tears. What a genuinely heartbreaking scene. To visualise Hartnell's faith in the program so starkly, so reverently and yet so humbly, was perfect. Because, after all, he was right: Doctor Who would live on, and to have its modern legacy, a ghost of the future looking back at him with a reassuring smile in his final moments, was the perfect piece of symbolism to portray that. It didn't overstep the mark in the way it might have - it was the future honouring the past, with just the right amount of sweetness to avoid saccharine melodrama and strike deeply at the heart of the audience, fan or otherwise. Instead of it being a bit schmaltzy, it felt like it was a moment earned, a mirror to the struggles Verity, Bill, Waris et. al had gone through. The reward that their hard work endures. Beautiful.
In the end, what Adventure accomplishes above all, beyond its technical detail, or its fannish reverence for the source material, is to memorialise the human element of Doctor Who. It's so easy as a fan, 5 decades on, to look back at these origins and only see the facts, see the numbers - pushing the human side of it all to the background as we relish in the details. But Gatiss reminds us with his touching, funny script, that behind the Menoptra and the Daleks and a silly blue phone box that we all love, there were these brilliant, emotive people, doing something they deeply cared about. William Hartnell saw the ingenuity of Doctor Who, and knew that even without him, it would last. 50 years later, as we salute him, Verity Lambert, Sydney Newman, and the host of people that have been involved in the show all this time, his dream lives on.
Thank you for starting the story, Mr. Hartnell. We'll make sure that it goes on forever.


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Mo. school investigates urine prank by girls team
Infectious disease specialists contacted
A southwest Missouri high school says four girls' basketball players from a rival school poured urine into the opposing team's water cooler during a February game.
Monett High's principal told parents in a letter last week that the four Cassville High players each urinated into a cup, then dumped the contents of one of the cups into the Monett team cooler at a Feb. 4 game in Cassville. The schools are located about 20 miles apart near the Missouri-Arkansas border.
A written statement from the Cassville school district confirms that unspecified disciplinary action has been taken in response to the "inappropriate act."
Monett High School has contacted infectious disease specialists and says a Cassville student is being tested for potential health risks. Monett's principal encouraged parents not to retaliate.


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Nic Kelman has been tapped by the fine people at Mandalay Pictures to take over the script writing for the big screen adaptation of the graphic novel "Ramayan 3392 A.D.". The writing process had begun way back in 2008 with John Collee, of John Collee and the Beaver Brown Band fame (google it, it's hilarious) originally being chosen for the writing job. Must not be "Eddie and the Cruisers" fans.
Did you see "Ginger Snaps" and immediately get a crush on Katharine Isabelle? Then you're a sicko and you belong in jail! Anyway she's in a new film called "13 Eerie" and now that she's at a more respectable age you can go ahead and get all fluttery over her. The film is a trapped on and island zombie romp and stars a bunch of other people but you don't care about... sicko.
Lara Flynn Boyle will play a teen eating witch in a new horror/comedy titled "Black Forest: Hansel and Gretel & The 420 Witch". If you couldn't have guessed already the film tells the story of a witch who lures kids to her California home with a special blend of pot and then cooks them for dinner. I don't know why it's taken so long for Hollywood to combine the whimsical charm of children stories with the joy of pot smoking.
And lastly it's my sad duty to report that David Hess, star of films like "Last house on the Left" and "Smash Cut" passed away yesterday at the age of 69.
"Dead Island", the soon to be released open world video game that's super hot right now, has already had it's screen rights scooped up and the word around campus is a movie is inevitable. I'm sure by next month a sequel will already be announced and a hot new clothing line will be in stores. Can't wait.
Stephen Kay is the fella who brought you "Boogyman" and the "The Craigslist Killer" TV movie has a new flick coming out called "Isolation" and it's got a new trailer for your peepers. The clip features a hospital, some medical advice I'm fairly sure is inaccurate and a girl who looks like the girl from "Big Bang Theory". This all sounds like the perfect storm of awful.
If you had to name the most perfect cast ever imagined what would it be? WRONG! The correct answer is Kobe Bryant, Danny Trejo, Bruce Willis and Kanye West. Luckily for the world these guys are all in the new Robert Rodriguez short film titled "The Black Mamba". You're welcome, world.
"Errors of the Human Body" is the title of my video montage features photos of me from High School and also a new thriller about a scientist who does some creepy crap with fish or something. A bunch of new stills and poster for the flick has hit the nets and I don't know what to think. Please tell me.


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Even Sony Doesn't Think Its Current Phones Are That Good
Sony's latest Xperia phones are good enough for James Bond, but not Sony itself, apparently. The company's own sales chief says Sony will soon debut a phone that can go toe-to-toe with the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III, implying of course that its current phones don't.
Speaking to Germany's Financial Times, Sony Mobile vice president of sales and marketing Dennis van Schie said, "We will create in the near future a flagship model that can compete with Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy S III."
Exactly what that phone will be is anyone's guess, but we won't be guessing at CES 2013 in January, when the company will unveil the new flagship phone, the report says. The game-changing new feature is expected to be strong content integration with Sony's music and video properties, and perhaps games as well.
Owners of the latest Sony phones, including the current Xperia T flagship used by James Bond in Skyfall, might feel a little hurt by Schie's comments. The Android-powered Xperia T packs a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, sports a high-def 1,280 x 720 screen that measures 4.6 inches, and includes an impressive 13-megapixel camera.
Not good enough to compete with today's other flagship smartphones, apparently. Reviews of the Xperia T have been mixed, saying it has a sleek design and good camera, but that its battery life isn't so great.
What would you like to see in a flagship Sony phone? Share your ideas in the comments.


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The Western Conference standings show seven of the conference's eight teams separated by a mere four points.
As a result, conference games including Thursday night's prime time matchup between Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo carries with it extra weight in the standings.
"The west is close and tight together," Dynamo defender Mike Chabala said. "It's early and teams are scrapping together results. It's good for the league, but it shows in the west there are strong teams and when we get these conference games we have to make sure we take advantage of them and try to separate ourselves."
"Anytime you play a western conference team it's important," agreed Brad Davis. "A loss can change a lot. So it is very important to get points when we can."
Houston has to feel somewhat confident in their ability to get points against the defending MLS Champs, thanks to an unbeaten mark over their last eight games in the series.
But 12 of the team's 13 meetings have been decided by one goal or less.
"I think we match up well against them and we've had some good success against them," Davis said. "They are a very good team and they play some of the best soccer in the league."
One interesting question for the Dynamo will be whether they continue with the team's traditional 4-4-2 or return to the 4-5-1 formation that gave the team some early success against Chivas USA last weekend.
The extra midfielder could help Houston with possession against an RSL team strong in the middle with Kyle Beckerman and Javier Morales.
"We don't have the plan for Thursday yet," Chabala said. "Regardless of formation though, the game stays the same. Making sure to maintain possession and getting the ball in good spots. We have to make sure we keep it together in the back, keep it tight."
While the formation may not change much for Chabala, Davis felt like the change afforded him more freedom in attack. With a goal and an assist for Davis, Houston again may use the formation to get Davis into the attack.
"It gave me more space to get forward, with that many people in midfield," noted Davis. "I tried to push up as much as possible and it gave me more freedom to go forward and create."
Dwain Capodice is a contributor to MLSsoccer.com. Questions or Comments can be sent via email to email@example.com.


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A Newton High School student was arrested for underage drinking on Thursday. A deputy with the Newton County Sheriff's Office responded to the school's suspension room just before 1 p.m. where a juvenile male was sitting at a desk. According to the report, the teen was leaning against the desk and covered in vomit. An assistant principal searched the student's book bag and found a clear plastic water bottle containing a clear liquid, which was believed to be vodka. The deputy contacted EMS and called the teen's mother, who also arrived on the scene. The student was taken to the hospital and the case was turned over to juvenile court.
Conyers man reports damage to vehicle
A deputy with the Newton County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to Valley Brook Drive in reference to damage to property on Sunday. The deputy spoke to a Conyers man who said he parked his 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander in front of a residence on Valley Brook Drive and then walked up the street to a gathering at a friend's house. Around 7:40 p.m., the man was told that someone smashed out a window from a vehicle down the street. The man checked his vehicle and noticed there was no back window. The deputy reported that there were pieces of glass on the ground and two small rocks on the ground next to the vehicle. There were also pieces of glass and a small rock inside the vehicle. The man said he wasn't from the area and wasn't sure who would have damaged his vehicle.
Political sign stolen from Oxford home
A man told a deputy with the Newton County Sheriff's Office that someone stole a political sign from his driveway. The deputy responded to a home at Gum Creek Road in Oxford in reference to a theft on Thursday. The deputy spoke to a man who said in the last few days someone had stolen the political sign. The man said it was a large sign that was tied to fence posts and that the posts were missing too. The man told the deputy that someone had damaged the sign previously by cutting the zip ties on one side of it, but he fixed it. He also said his phone line near the telephone pole had been cut on Sunday, but he wasn't sure if it was related to this incident or if someone hit it with a mower.
Woman lets wanted coworker move into her home
A Fayetteville man was arrested Saturday afternoon for outstanding warrants after authorities were called about a potential child molestation.
Newton County Sheriff's Lt. Keith Crum said that a woman called authorities reporting a rape. When deputies arrived a dispatch operator told them that a neighbor had called and said they could hear a woman and kids "screaming hysterically" and that a young boy was at the door to the home screaming, and a woman ran out into the street with a small female child. The neighbor said the woman was "rambling" that she had two kids and a male in the house, and that the male had a weapon and had been drinking.
When deputies made contact with the woman at the home, she identified the man inside as Nicholas Horacio Thompson, they learned he was a coworker of the woman, and she had recently allowed him to move into her home with her and her three small children. She reportedly told deputies that her 4-year-old daughter had made an outcry to her, saying that she had been molested by Thompson.
The claims made by the young girl are still under investigation. Thompson had several outstanding warrants from surrounding counties. He was arrested and transported to jail.
Drunk man fires off round after fight
A Covington man was arrested early Sunday morning after deciding to fire a round from his gun into the air outside his mobile home following a fight with his wife.
John Anthony Anglin and his wife had been out drinking when they got into an argument. They decided to head home but the argument continued there. At one point, Anglin's wife walked out and he reportedly got angry, throwing his iPhone through a glass door, shattering it. He then reportedly went onto the back porch and fired a round in the air.
The wife and neighbors called for assistance. According to Krum, Anglin was fine and had just been drinking. His gun was taken from him and he was taken to jail.


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Bummer! I drove in from Tulsa a while ago. No big deal that my teammates and I suffered an ignominious defeat on the golf course this morning.
No big deal that I opted to not listen to the football game on the radio during the drive home, which might have made the drive seem briefer.
I'd set the TV at home to record that game. Susan and I planned to watch it after dinner. But when I sat down and turned on the set an hour ago, the dreaded "No signal" message floated across the screen.
After rebooting a half-dozen times, to no avail, I printed out the Sunday New York Times crossword from the computer and called customer support. From experience, I figured I could solve half the puzzle while on hold.
As I went to print out the crossword, I noticed the computer was without power. It was then that Susan told me there'd been a brief outage earlier in the day, a matter of seconds. Just enough to require a resetting of all the clocks, mess up the sprinkler system, and – fry the TV?
My helpful technician, Roger, spoke very good English. But his accent plus the need to have him on speakerphone, so I could follow his instructions, presented issues. He had to say several things more than once.
Roger talked me through what seemed to be tantamount to a reboot – times three. Before calling him, I'd unplugged the main cord from the wall, waited 30 seconds, then plugged it back in. He had me disconnect the power cord from the [company's name omitted] "box," count to 10, reconnect the cord, then look for three dots on the TV screen.
"I found them!" I shouted excitedly the first time.
"OK, disconnect the cord again." After I did this three times, Roger said, "Now we wait three to five minutes."
By the end of the fifth minute, I'd finished the crossword. On the screen was the company's logo, with a little circle that, ominously, was not spinning. That's when he gave me the news that he was going to ship me a replacement box. "It should arrive on Tuesday."
"You're kidding me, Roger. Right?"
"No, Victor. I am not kidding." He said he must load my unique information into the new box. This procedure, he said, "must take place here."
I didn't ask where "here" is. It's enough for me to know "here" is not where I am. Where I'd been hoping to watch golf and football and "Breaking Bad" and "Masterpiece Mystery" tomorrow. And something else on Monday.
"Roger," I said, "your company has stores in Arkansas. Why can't you transmit that data to a box at the West Little Rock location, where I can pick it up tomorrow?"
"Victor, I agree with you. But it is not done that way."
Checking online, I saw that my football team blew a big lead in the fourth quarter, losing a heartbreaker. An appropriate end to the day.
"Goodbye, Roger."
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North Carolina A&T State University has been put on lockdown after reports of a man with a rifle on the Greensboro school's campus.
A University Alert is in affect NCAT is on lockdown everyone is NCAT
A University Alert is in affect NCAT is on lockdown everyone is informed to stay inside per the message on the http://t.co/eB3BMBWj64 page
— North Carolina A&T (@ncatsuaggies) April 12, 2013
The university updated its website Friday morning to advise that students should stay inside and lock their doors and windows.
The school has more than 10,000 students and more than 2,000 employees.
NC A&T spokeswoman Nettie Rowland says no shots have been fired and police have a description of a suspect. Rowland says the entire campus is included in the lockdown, including scores of Guilford County high school students who attend an on-campus high school focused on math, science and technology.
Greensboro Police Spokeswoman Susan Danielson said the city's officers are aiding campus police.


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GameZone writes, "Koch Media has formally announced the acquisition of intellectual property rights for Metro and Saints Row -- two of THQ's most beloved and successful franchises. Koch Media, the owner of Dead Island publisher Deep Silver, also acquired Volition, the Chicago-based studio responsible for the development of Saints Row and Red Faction. As part of the announcement, the company confirmed that Deep Silver will lead "all further development and marketing" on the Saints Row and Metro franchises."
Really dont know about them the games they have published so far have been mediocre at best including dead island.
"As part of the announcement, the company confirmed that Deep Silver will lead "all further development and marketing" on the Saints Row and Metro franchises. As a fan of those franchises, this worries me -- especially on the heels of the recent Dead Island Riptide Zombie Bait debacle which saw a bloodied, limbless female torso as a collectible bonus. I can only imagine -- and shudder -- with an idea of what they might have in store for Saints Row 4."
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Wait what? Does this mean no Metro in march?
Their response: "F*ck yeah moneys going to start rolling in".
Off Topic - Dead Island sucked.
Edit - Lol @ the quote in the article - "Deep Silver is perfectly positioned to lead these brands...straight into the ground".
Yeah I added the last little bit but that's what came into my mind when I read it LOL.
If they make Volition make the next saints row awesome like SR2 was then in my opinion this purchase will be a huge success. The third was the massive disappointment. SR is one of my favorite series of all time and the third was my most anticipated game ever at that particular moment. It was such a huge letdown. The craziness of the game got bland and repetitive pretty quickly. All I want is for Volition to go back to franchises roots by actually having a somewhat serious story


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No, you won't.I've spent the last several years working along side aircraft technicians who have spent many, many years ( many will continue to do so) at the rank of Cpl.
I presume that's what I've previous seen referred to as the "Leading Seaman rank Qual" board?
OFFICIALLY AUTHORIZED: Spec Pay will be granted AFTER completion of OJPR2 (Maintainer OJPR…ie LS Rank Qual Board)
The new ACISS occupation did not get spec pay and remain in the standard pay field. Mar Eng pay review will be conducted this year.
Ayup. Here's a couple of additional bites:The new ACISS occupation did not get spec pay and remain in the standard pay field.
I didn't look yet but this came with the ppt presentation earlier.I assume they are CBIs?Refs: A. 204.03(1)(b) B. 204.03(2)(b)
Beadwindow,I have a copy of the e-mail from the folks in DMAR PERS. Shoot me a message at work and I'll forward it to you Monday.(bradley.browne at the forces dot gc dot ca place...)NS
After your 14 weeks in Basic you will be sent to Borden , in Borden you will learn basic aircraft knowledge ( Theory of flight , basic electrical , how to use tool properly and a basic introduction to all aircraft. ) you will be there close to 2 years depending the final trade you choose , before ( and I mean like 4 to 6 weeks before ) you gradguate from Borden you will choose 3 Units you would like to go to ( again depending on trade )Now depending on your current Rank , previous experiance , time of year and availability of your chosen trade, the units you choose from will depend on where you get sent. ( Me personaly, I'm from the East coast as well and chose Sheerwater , Trenton, Greenwood and I got Cold Lake Alberta. ) The Military Physical year starts in April so if you gradguate from Borden in say March there will not be many of the "good" postings left to fill that year so what is left is what you will get. Career manager does not have time for a new Pvt so you are basically a number and there are slots to fill. Unsure if it is the same but when I went through the TOP STUDENT of the class got there choice of posting.Now that you are a QL3 Tech and are at your 1st Home Unit you will be placed on a waiting list for your QL5 this is to teach you your trade for the Aircraft of the Unit they chose for you aprox another 6 months ( depending on trade ) . Once you are trained you will then be qualified to work on the Aircraft under supervision. First year in Borden you will prob be making aprox $32000/yrWithen 3 years I was QL5 trained at this time making aprox $40000/yr 4 years to the first day of your basic training you will be Cpl ( CPL AND QL5 = spec 1 ) aprox $60000/yr and will slowley climb every additional year.Sorry for the long dragged out msg but trying to answer all of your other posts all in one here.
classified trades
that get anything beyond this?
So there are no Officer trades that get "spec" pay
No.Certain officer MOS have their own separate pay scale, however (such as pilots, lawyers and doctors).
I assume it's because officer pay is generally higher anyways?
Consequently, the pursuit of the MED TECH pay evaluation requires the completion of the MED TECH occupation restructuring. This initiative includes the development/analysis of the MED TECH occupational jobs which has already commenced and will continue in the new year. The pay evaluation process will be based on the approved and validated Job Based Specifications/Job Descriptions. This process is expected to take a minimum of two years. Although DPPD is responsible for pay evaluation for the purpose of allocation of trade groups, the Director Health Services Personnel remains committed to the advancement of this high priority file.
Short form: Keep waiting.
Hi, this has thread has been in limbo for some time. Just before Christmas this message was set out as a update to all Reg F Med Techs.
Hello,any news about the spec pay, I'm starting my BMQ in august and trying to do my personal budget (loosing 70k) joining the navy as stolker. any advise can be good before my swearing on the 29'th of july.thanks


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NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, March 26, 2014 (AFP) - Myanmar's leader on Wednesday said the role of the powerful military should be reduced slowly in the transition to democracy amid opposition campaigns to ease the army's grip on political power.
President Thein Sein, a general-turned-reformer, reaffirmed his support for a "strong" military in the former junta-run country, as authorities are yet to strike a national ceasefire with several ethnic armed groups.
"We have to balance democratic maturity with the development of local peace to decrease the role of tatmadaw gradually," he told lawmakers in a speech to parliament in the capital Naypyidaw, marking three years of quasi-civilian rule.
Tatmadaw is the local name for Myanmar's army.
"The international community used to call us a dictatorship. Now we have transformed to a country with constitutional administration. We all have a duty to develop this situation together," he said.
Myanmar has embarked upon wide ranging economic and political reforms since it emerged from nearly five decades of outright army rule in 2011, but the military retains an effective veto in parliament with a quarter of the seats allocated for unelected soldiers.
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The Myanmar leader also expressed optimism for the country's economic development, saying that the lifting of most western sanctions had spurred foreign investment to rise from $1.4 billion in 2012, to $3.5 billion last year.
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Modi leads BJP to 'tsunami' victory in India's general election
Narendra Modi has led the centre-right Bharatiya Janata Party to a thumping across-the-board victory in India's general elections that will see him become India's 14th prime minister.
The result was the worst in history for the governing Indian National Congress party – the movement that won India's independence from the British in 1947 and has ruled India for most of the years since – and a humiliating rejection for Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, who was the party's candidate for prime minister.
"It's a tsunami ... the BJP has levelled the Congress and this is a new era in Indian politics," BJP chief media spokesman Srikant Sharma told Fairfax Media.
"The Gandhi family is finished. They are no longer a force in Indian politics. India has moved past them, they are history," he said.
Rahul Gandhi's great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister, his grandmother Indira Gandhi was India's first female prime minister, and his father Rajiv Gandhi served as prime minister between 1984 and 1989.
Voters handed the BJP an outright majority of about 282 seats in the 543-seat lower house, the first party to achieve that since 1984, making it the most decisive result in a generation.
According to the latest projections, the BJP-led coalition known as the National Democratic Alliance will have 334 seats, giving the new prime minister a free hand to implement his pro-business, anti-corruption agenda.
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The scale of the defeat for the Congress is catastrophic. At the last count, the Congress was facing a tally of as few as 47 seats. If the Congress ends up with less than 55 seats, it will not even qualify as the official opposition party.
Arnab Goswami, an anchor on Times Now, India's leading cable news channel, declared that Congress "has not been decimated, it has been completely and utterly destroyed".
The current Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, called Mr Modi early on Friday afternoon to congratulate him on his party's victory. Dr Singh will resign on Saturday, while Mr Modi is expected to be sworn in as prime minister on May 21.
Mr Modi is yet to make a statement but tweeted that the result was a victory for the nation.
"India has won," Mr Modi said.
Senior BJP leader LK Advani, who is tipped to become the next parliamentary speaker, said the election was "unprecedented".
"The results in the Indian election show the mood today is against corruption and dynasty rule in the country. This kind of an election has never ever happened in the history of this country."
High on Mr Modi's to-do list are promises to unblock stalled investments in power, road and rail projects and to revive economic growth which has slumped to below 5 per cent - the lowest in a decade.
Another BJP leader, Balbir Punj, blamed Rahul Gandhi and Congress for "a campaign full of fear and hate" and said the party had got the result it deserved.
Congress leader Rajiv Shukla said the party had expected to win more than 100 seats and never in its worst nightmare had it imagined such a rout, claiming that Mr Modi had promised voters both "Jupiter and Saturn". "Mr Modi had sold a dream to India to which it has subscribed," Mr Shukla said.
"It's a crushing and devastating defeat," said another Congress leader, Ashwani Kumar.
Shellshocked Congress spokesman Satyavrat Chaturvedi said the failure was collective.
"Rahul Gandhi alone is not to blame," he said.
Despite the scale of the rejection for the mother-and-son combination, some Congress supporters at the party's Delhi headquarters were leading chants to draft Rahul Gandhi's sister, Priyanka Vadra, to lead the party.
With television networks declaring the result as early as 9.40am on Friday, less than two hours after counting began, jubilant BJP supporters across the country rushed onto the streets to celebrate.
Disenchanted by a decade of Congress rule that was marred by scarring corruption scandals and a sagging economy, voters are hoping Mr Modi will be able to use his mandate to break the gridlock that has made the current parliament the most unproductive in history.
Mr Modi has is expected to enact sweeping tax and labour market reforms, backed by a gradual opening up to foreign investment, and has promised to create 10 million jobs a year.
Watching the results on TV at his home in Gujarat, Mr Modi was due to meet his mother, 95-year-old Hiraben, and then travel to capital where he is expected to receive a hero's welcome.
"My blessings are there. The country will develop. My blessings are there," Hiraben Modi said.
The anti-corruption party Aam Aadmi, which attracted significant pre-election hype as a potential holder of the balance of power, failed to make an impact. The party was leading the count in only four seats.
Jason has been a journalist with Fairfax Media since 1995, including 10 years reporting on federal politics in Canberra, where he wrote for The Australian Financial Review, The Age and The Sunday Age. From 2008 to 2010 he was Fairfax Media's Middle East Correspondent.


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