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Read Othello's That I Did Love The Moor monologue below with modern English translation & analysis:
Spoken by Desdemona, Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
That I did love the Moor to live with him,
My downright violence and storm of fortunes
May trumpet to the world: my heart's subdued
Even to the very quality of my lord:
I saw Othello's visage in his mind,
And to his honour and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.
So that, dear lords, if I be left behind,
A moth of peace, and he go to the war,
The rites for which I love him are bereft me,
And I a heavy interim shall support
By his dear absence. Let me go with him.
"That I Did Love The Moor" Monologue Translation:
I love the Moor enough to live with him. My heart is his entirely. I became aware of Othello's qualities and dedicated my soul and my future to him. So, dear Senators, if I were to be left behind while he goes to war, I would be deprived of all the things I love him for and it would be very hard for me to be without him. Let me go with him.'
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amanda says:
whats a sililoquy
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I don't think this is a soliloquy as Desdemona is speaking in response to the Duke's question.
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by Lou Mancinelli
It was one of those nights in life when he was perfect. He said all the right things. He was at a dinner party also attended by then head of the Drexel University Hospitality and Restaurant Management Program who had asked Dr. Lynn Hoffman how he would convince a skeptical faculty that a culinary arts program belonged in the hospitality and culinary department.
"I wanted to see the food as being bigger than just the kitchen," said Hoffman, author, journalist, anthropologist and former professor, chef and merchant seaman. Hoffman, a six-year Mt. Airy resident, created Drexel's culinary arts program in 1989 after the aforementioned conversation led to the opportunity. At the time, he was a food writer.
For more than 25 years, Hoffman wrote about wine and beer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Magazine. "The Bachelor's Cat," his first novel, was published in 1997.
"The bachelor he created is authentic, from his hangovers, messy rowhouse and messed-up relationships to his soft inner core where the cat curls inside," wrote the Newark Star Ledger about the book. "Although there are crises, the ending is sweet without being insipid."
Since then Hoffman has published two additional novels, including last year's "Philadelphia Personal," which he describes as a grown-up's "50 Shades of Grey," and two non-fiction books about wine and beer.
Hoffman was raised in an international neighborhood in Brooklyn. The son of a Hungarian Jew/converted Catholic father and an Irish Catholic mother, he attended Hobart College in New York and earned his bachelor's degree in anthropology in 1965. He worked in a restaurant while he went to grad school at Maxwell School of Anthropology at Syracuse University and realized he preferred the kitchen to the repute of academia.
"It was all sorts of bullshit," said Hoffman, 68, about grad school. "Not that it was meaningless bullshit. But it was bullshit nonetheless. The kitchen didn't have that."
In the kitchen he started at the lowest position, cutting bags of onions, tying short ribs together to be braised and various housekeeping duties. For him, the kitchen was a place where any person from any neighborhood could work hard and succeed. All people were accepted there. When he finished his Ph.D. in 1973, he also worked as a chef.
After school, he moved to St. Croix in the Caribbean, meaning to stay for a few weeks but wound up staying for four years. He figured he could produce field research and be next to the sea at the same time. Hoffman wasn't really sure what he wanted to do with anthropology. He worked as a teacher, worked in an Italian restaurant and eventually opened his own 50-seat Italian 'red gravy' restaurant in St. Croix, La Piazza, which he owned and operated for 17 months.
"I found that I liked restaurants better than graduate school because there was a better class of people in the restaurants," said Lynn, "but I was way overtrained for St. Croix. It was like a small town, and I got bored after a while. I loved sailing, but there is a limit to how much energy you can pull from that, and there was a definite need for good conversation. St. Croix was even smaller than it appeared."
He moved to Philadelphia in 1976 to become a graphic artist. "It had the kind of street rhythm I was used to. I almost starved to death for about seven years," he said, half-joking, about his early years here. He liked that Philadelphia was relatively cheap. He bought a home in Fairmount with the money in his bank account.
In the early '80s, he started to write restaurant criticism for The Welcomat, which evolved into the Philadelphia Weekly a decade later. He also wrote essays and movie reviews. From 1988-2003 he worked as a food writer and taught culinary arts at various institutions, including Drexel, where he served as a Scholar in Residence in Food and Culture in the Hotel and Restaurant Management Program.
For Hoffman, the culinary arts are about creating an intense experience for the senses of those who come to one's restaurant and eat one's food. He faced the challenge of answering why a student would come to a four-year program at Drexel instead of a two-year program at an established culinary school. He strove to teach students why food is a cultural experience, using anthropology, studying the roots of things, as his intellectual homeland.
Before he wrote his first novel, Hoffman never penned fiction of any sort. It was through talks with friends that an idea came to him. We all have these bachelor's cats. It's the job you have before you find your career.
"I seriously maintain the only reason I ever got married was to get a cat," said Hoffman. In the late 1980s he met and married Judith Sills, a psychologist. The now-divorced couple had one child, Spencer, a daughter, in 1988. Hoffman's advance from "The Bachelor's Cat" funded Spencer's college education. Out of 10 book publishers who were approached, seven made a bid on it, and Hoffman selected the highest bid, $180,000, from HarperCollins. He has sold movie rights for the book two times and recorded an audio book.
In fact, after he published his first attempt at fiction and got paid, he thought it was his arrival into the den of writers' luxury. He thought he had arrived at a place where he could write and be paid for it consistently. But no one published his second novel.
He didn't publish fiction again until 2007's "bang Bang" (Kunati, Inc.), a story inspired by a Philadelphia gun crime. A year before, he published "The New Short Course on Wine" (Prentice Hall), a guide to understanding wine for the enthusiast or restaurant employee. Last year he published "The New Short Course on Beer" (Skyhorse Publishing).
"Beer represents the democratization of what used to be a very rarefied and expensive pleasure," said Hoffman. In other words, there are rare and precisely-brewed beers available for $8 compared to rare wines that may cost hundreds of times that amount.
In addition to fiction and non-fiction, Hoffman has published poems in over 70 literary journals and is set to publish three books of poetry. He also maintains his blog radiationdays.com, a literary account of his bout with cancer, among other things.
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My Grandpa Tanner died Monday. He went peacefully in his sleep.
My Grandpa Tanner died Monday. He went peacefully in his sleep. I'm grateful he's no longer in pain, but his loss leaves a big hole in my chest.
Growing up, Grandpa was a person who I both loved and feared. There were some things you just DIDN'T do around him, such as bite your fingernails, sneeze without covering your mouth, or mess around at the dinner table. You'd quickly learn never to say you're bored, lest you find yourself pulling weeds or cleaning out the goat's stall.
He had a strict countenance, but he had a softer side, too. I know this because until I was five years old, Grandma took care of me while mom and dad worked, so I spent lots of time following Grandpa around. His truck smelled like motor oil and Juicy Fruit gum. He always had a hankerchief in his back pocket, and he made sure it hung out a little farther when it was one of the bright pink or lavender ones I gave him each year on his birthday.
I remember feeding the cows corn husks through the fence and Grandpa's laugh when one of them managed to slime me with their sticky nose. I remember riding in front of him on his orange tractor as he turned up the soil in his garden. I remember mixing up warm formula for the calves and him helping me keep hold of the giant bottles as they ate their breakfast. I remember his tattoos – nothing more than green blobs on his forearms – and his strict instructions to never, ever, get one myself, unless I wanted them to look like his when I got old.
So while I loved Grandpa with all my heart, I was always on my best behavior around him. I made sure to sit up straight, eat all the food on my plate, and, after 18, I was careful to ensure my tattoos were completely covered.
Then, along came my kids.
"Please," I'd beg them on the way to Grandpa's house for a visit. "Don't be rude. Don't smack each other. And for god's sake, wipe your nose BEFORE snot slides down your face."
Things always started out well. My children were quiet and well mannered. They shyly told Grandpa about school and soccer, and politely accepted candies from the jar next to his chair.
After about an hour, though, the facade would begin to crack. To my shock and great relief, I soon learned that my kids could do no wrong in Grandpa's eyes.
If they sat on his flowered loveseat and got a little wild rocking it, smacking it OVER and OVER again against the wall, it was tolerantly ignored. If they ate only three bites of their hamburger during dinner, he'd likely just chuckle. If they played with Legos on his living room floor and began pelting each other with them, it was all good.
But the most surprising thing I ever saw Grandpa do was offer Ryder a bite of his own cookie – something he never, ever in a million years would have done when I was young. The germs!
As he got older and his health began to deteriorate, it was tough to see Grandpa go from a strong, independent person to someone who needed help for the most basic of things. I hated watching him get so weak he could barely lift his head, so I'm glad he's up in the clouds somewhere with Grandma.
I'll keep my memories of him close to my heart, and I'll remember the things he taught me. I eat apple peels. I like goats. I try my best to be direct. And I'll keep in mind that kids will be kids, and as I get older, the less they'll drive me nuts. Something good to look forward to, no?
I love you Grandpa. I'll miss you always.


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BMW Team RLL had a rough day at the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park on July 6th, where their two M3 GT's finished fifth and sixth in the GT class.
Each M3 had a black ribbon hanging from the right front fender in memory of BMW Motorsport engineering who died suddenly in Munich on Friday night. The No. 56 M3 GT driven by Joey Hand and Dirk Müller landed fifth place after starting from second place. When Hand pitted on the first caution for new left tires and fuel, where he returned the race in sixth position. A punctured tire forced Hand to the pits where he gave the wheel to Müller for the remainder of the race.
Unfortunately the bad luck continued when the hood became loose and blocked Müller's view on lap 70. He was forced to remove it but continued the race but still managed to secure fifth.
Even more unlucky is the series of events for the No. 55 M3 GT, where Bill Auberlen qualified pole in the GT class, but Auberlen started his 100th ALMS race from the pits due to a fuel cell issue. He was driving the hardest, which was obvious on his ninth lap where he set the race record of 51.091sec around the 1.5-mile track. After a lap 61 driver change to Jörg Müller, more unfortunate luck came with a right-rear tire puncture, giving one lap to the race leaders and leaving Müller in sixth position across the finish line.
Despite the bad hand dealt at the race, BMW Team RLL still persevered through a painful race and kept their second place spot in manufacturer points for the series. Sure, the results aren't on part with an expected third consecutive GT class title and this race was the first time a BMW Team RLL M3 GT didn't make it to the podium at their home track, but so goes the fight. On to the next one.


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I started writing this blog post on my way home from a conference on urban economics in Atlanta. The conference gave me the time to catch up with people who were in my job market cohort (most of whom ended up in academia). Seeing these people again got me thinking—what has it meant to be a young professional at the World Bank?Many apply for the Young Professionals Program. A few make it to the interview, and fewer still make it all the way. By the time you're hired you think you're special, because you managed to do what others couldn't. You'd be wrong.
Young professionals are special, but it is not really our abilities that set us apart, it's the opportunities we're offered. We're encouraged and motivated to work outside our comfort zone. For instance, those with academic accomplishments are usually shipped off to work in operations. Your research shows that economic clusters lead to productivity gains? Why don't you work with a team helping a sub-Saharan African country design industrial zones. You come with private-sector consulting experience? Perhaps you should work on setting up a platform to collate and compile knowledge for the institution.
Although the program starts with a 10-day induction on what to expect, in most cases, you are thrown into the deep end and you had better start swimming fast. Being immersed quickly is a sure-fire way to get a speedy education in 'how' development works. In my first 18 months at the institution, I've oscillated between exhilaration and exhaustion. Exhaustion – because it seems like a waste to not get involved in a medley of diverse and interesting projects (and before you know it, time with significant others and close friends is relegated to weekends, or in-between missions). And exhilaration - when you manage to figure it out how to help those who need it the most.
It helps that YPs are recruited as a group. It's a little family within the Bank's extended family. Everyone's new and equally clueless. It helps that we come from diverse backgrounds and end up working on various projects. We exchange information – on places, programs, and people. It doesn't hurt to have the chance to speak to others who have done this before us. And it's reassuring that in a year's time another group will join, and they'll need just as much hand-holding.
In a few weeks, my cohort will graduate from the program. We'll join the ranks of the many alumni, still within the institution. Wonderful things are expected of us. If you manage to keep your head above water, and keep up with everyone else in the institution, consider yourself a resounding success.
The World Bank cancelled the 2014 young professionals selection process. No doubt this was disappointing for this year's applicants (although those who were shortlisted were included automatically within the 2015 shortlist), and perhaps led others to re-think their decision to apply. Being part of the program is an opportunity like no other and I continue to encourage applications for the next cohorts- to-be of young-professionals.
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Megha, thank you for your
Megha, thank you for your posting on the Young Professionals program. The Bank website is not the easiest on which to track down information. Is there a public relations offices or visitors bureau that you could put me in touch with. I will be teaching a graduate class of about 8-10 students at VIU this fall on "The Politics of International Development Aid." All of the students are from countries in Asia and Africa - future development professionals in their home country. I would like the opportunity for them to meet with appropriate official(s) at the Bank to share with them the history, current thinking and trends in development aid, possibly show them the communication facilities the Bank has to connect countries to seminars, presentations, and meet with country desk officers (or whatever name the Bank may use for HQ oversight on in-country work) for their countries. Thanks you for any advice you can forward.
Dear Randy - Thank you for
Dear Randy - Thank you for your question. The YPP office is involved in outreach to showcase the Program, encourage applications and answer questions. The Bank also has several other programs aimed at attracting students and young professionals at different stages of their career to the institution - further information is available at the programs and internships web page. I hope this will be a helpful resource. Thank you for writing, Megha.
Quite an inspiring read. The
Quite an inspiring read. The YPP is not publicized as it should be. After applying for the past 3years ,and not being considered despite my thorough applications, I begin to wonder if the popular "knowing a Godfather syndrome " also applies!Sadly, with the cancellation of this year's selection process, some of us who have dreams to be selected, may not have the chance to because of the age restriction for those of us born in 1981.
Dear Joy. The YPP is but one
Dear Joy. The YPP is but one route to work with the Bank. I do hope that you will consider other options. Also, to clarify, those who were short-listed in the first round of 2014 YPP selection, will be included for consideration in the normal process of the 2015 YPP selection, even if they no longer meet the age cut-off. Thank you for your comment. Megha


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Just in time for the release of the remake of Red Dawn, I'm back for Thanksgiving break and have access to legos for the first time in three months. I've updated the Crimson Dawn accordingly.
Here Josef Lenin prepares to oversee the updates. (The engineers responsible for any that he doesn't approve of will be shot.)
First off is the new Viper Attack Cycle, driven by a cyborg-supersoldier.
In addition to the electrified katanas, the cyborg-supersoldiers now carry heavy weapons as well, such as this rocket launcher.
The Sporthog has received a few minor tweaks, mostly with regards to the weapons.
The Stingray Assault Hovercraft has been completely rebuilt. It's now better armored and offers more protection to the passengers and crew. The two side turrets are now remotely controlled. (Not that the lives of a few soldiers ultimately matter to the Crimson Dawn, but the vehicles are much harder to replace.)
The increased armor and sleeker profile mean that the stingray can carry fewer passengers, but it still has a decent amount of space.
It's also armed with 4 rockets.
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Since most of the Mets' 29 blown saves came before getting to the closer, I have to wonder which is more important, getting two viable arms for the set-up roles or a closer.
I don't think Francisco Rodriguez, for the asking price that's been noted, is worth it. The Mets aren't salivating for K-Rod or Brian Fuentes,for that matter, the way they did Billy Wagner, yet both could end up getting as much as Wagner if the reported prices are true.
I believe a closer is important, but I think the bridge is more important. Why? Because three innings are more significant than three. I would feel better about the Mets' bullpen if they were settled in the seventh and eighth innings, but had a question in the ninth, instead of a closer in the ninth but a paper mache bridge.


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- Anonymous8/16/2008 9:07 PM
Refresh my memory--what job is Bush running for again?ReplyDelete
Maybe Obama finds it easier not to run against John McCain?
- Anonymous8/18/2008 8:14 AM
Shadowfax is a well-known Bush-Hater... He frequently has no rational basis for this other than "things ain't good, let's blame the guy at the top".ReplyDelete
"no rational basis"?ReplyDelete
We have explained to you people again and again what we don't like about the guy. And again and again we hear the tired old line, "You just have a personal grudge!"
Are you being intentionally obtuse, or are you just incapable of understanding a simple explanation?
- Anonymous8/18/2008 10:06 AM
Waa, Waa, Waa... I hear a lot of talk but there is never action or even a plan coming from anywhere resembling the left.ReplyDelete
Like I said, "no rational basis". I don't think it's personal, I think that it's just you like to complain.
I truly doesn't matter who's in charge. You would complain no matter what (or who).
- Anonymous8/18/2008 10:10 AM
Sorry, I started to rant and didn't answer Joe's question...ReplyDelete
Yes, I am being obtuse. In the sense that I'm not agreeing with you...
And as for the second part... I have yet to hear a "simple explanation". Just a lot of whining cause things aren't working the way you think they should...
Regarding Obama. Without a script or teleprompter he is just painful to watch stumbling and bumbling.ReplyDelete
Ugh. Ugh. I don't... I mean... Hypothetically.. wait a minute now... If.. Ugh. Ugh.... I mean we need hope and change. Yeah. That's it we need hope and change.
I would rather listen to Bush or McCain. At least they can answer a question even if you don't like the answer


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The target audience is serious baseball fans. Since we are a social network, these are probably somewhat tech. savvy baseball fans. The demographic we are targeting primarily is Men age 22-45. These are people who watch ESPN sportcenter, read up on stats and get sports opinions from bloggers. They are Web2.0 users. Baseball is America's favorite pastime, and while rich in tradition and nostalgia, Major League Baseball leads all professional sports with respect to technological innovation. The same fans/consumers that drive that innovation will be instrumental in the success of our network.
The logo needs to speak to baseball fans. I'll upload some images that can help with art-direction, but the logo should also lend itself to the design of a related icon/avatar image for use across the web.
The jersey image is to show pinstripes and script on a jersey. One direction may be to write "Clubhouse" in script across an illustration of a jersey, so I included a rough hand sketch of that concept.
I am by no means tied to that concept, so please don't feel limited creatively to trying to execute it. I'm hoping for something fresh and engaging. Colors are flexible, but I'd like to stay within a "traditional" color palette. (No teal even if the Florida Marlins use it, etc.)
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Taylor Swift is ready to put Kanye West's stage interruption at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards behind her, but the paparazzi aren't. The pack of snappers and videographers has been trailing the country-pop crossover star since Sunday's incident.
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Council rejects $25,000 Ackley settlement
New London - The City Council Tuesday night rejected two agreements that Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio had made with Police Chief Margaret Ackley, saying there is no money in the budget for them.
In a 4-3 vote, the council refused to fund a $25,000 settlement with Ackley over her allegations of harassment and interfering in the department by a former city councilor. In a 5-2 vote, the council rejected a four-year employment contract adjustment with Ackley, which would have cost the city about $63,000.
The latter vote does not mean Ackley is out of a job; under state statutes, police and fire chiefs have their jobs for life - or until they retire or are fired for just cause.
Earlier this month, Finizio announced that he had reached a settlement agreement with the chief over allegations she made against former City Councilor Michael Buscetto III. An independent report by former Superior Court Judge Beverly J. Hodgson found that the city was not liable for actions or negligence in connection with the complaints against Buscetto. Finizio agreed to pay the chief $25,000 to settle the complaint and avoid the potentially heavy legal costs the city could face if the case went forward in the courts.
"I'm speaking as strongly as I can against this agreement,'' Councilor Donald Macrino said Tuesday night. "There are no grounds for a settlement. ... It's a moral issue here. We must say no to spending money."
Council President Michael Passero said the city made a mistake in negotiating with Ackley when she first brought up her complaints against Buscetto last summer. "Any employee should be directed to pursue legal options,'' he said. "It's bad policy to negotiate with employees over potential legal issues. ... The report said the city virtually has no liability."
During the discussion, City Law Director Jeffrey Londregan said that Buscetto also was offered a settlement to cover his legal fees, but it was not accepted.
"We disagree on a particular issue of law,'' Londregan said of Buscetto's attorney.
Macrino, Passero and councilors Adam Sprecace and Marie Friess-McSparran voted against paying the Ackley settlement. Councilors Wade Hyslop, John Maynard and Anthony Nolan, who is also a police officer, voted in favor.
Shortly after the council vote, Finizio, who was not at the meeting, released the following statement:
"I negotiated a settlement on behalf of the City within the confines of the recommendations in Judge Hodgson's report. I believe this settlement would have saved City taxpayers by avoiding higher litigation costs. I acknowledge the Council's authority to deny funding for this settlement and no appropriation for the satisfaction of the settlement agreement will be made."
Finizio had no comment on the council's decision not to fund the chief's contract.
Ackley's employment terms, which had been negotiated with Finizio, would have boosted her annual salary by about $3,000, to $110,725. It also would have compensated the chief for 1,196 compensatory hours she had accrued since becoming chief in mid-2009.
Sprecace said the comp time added up to about $60,000. "This seems more like a retirement agreement,'' he said.
"I don't disapprove of having a contract,'' Passero said. "My problem is, we've already budgeted for this position and this is not in line with that appropriation."
Passero, Sprecace, Macrino , Maynard and Friess-McSparran voted against the contract, while Hyslop and Nolan voted in favor.
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Wearing PN DB-792, Zip's C6 Z06 package is much more than just a couple of OEM parts stuffed in a box. Along with the factory Z06 calipers (six-piston front, four-piston rear), the system ships with upgraded two-piece rotors (14-inch front, 13-inch rear), high-performance Hawk Performance ceramic brake "padlets," cut-to-length braided stainless-steel lines, and all of the bolts, washers, and lubricants necessary to complete the swap without making any trips to the hardware store. For just under $3,600, you get true supercar braking with showcar good looks—and the peace of mind that comes from knowing your braking system can handle anything from a complete a panic stop on the street to a full 100-plus-mph decel entering Turn 7 at Sebring.


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1. "It's raining money."
The weather may be a topic for small talk, but it's also a big business. Forecasts have grown to a $6 billion industry in 2014, up from $5 billion just 6 years earlier, says Rich Jeffries, a director at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, a nonprofit academic consortium. About half of the business is made up of private companies that do everything from modeling storm patterns to taking measurements to distributing the forecasts. The rest includes public services like the federally run National Weather Service.
There's a lot more at stake than just whether or not to grab your umbrella on the way out the door: According to some estimates, about $3 trillion of the U.S. economy is made up of weather-sensitive industries, which means there are a ton of predictions that the average weather consumer never even sees.
"If you look at the weather forecast on television or in the newspapers, you're looking at a small tip of a very, very large iceberg," says Stuart Brown, head of origination for weather and energy at reinsurer Swiss Re, which sells these derivatives to energy companies. Industries from trucking to sports leagues rely on weather forecasters, which means companies pay big money to private forecasting services.
"The weather impacts everything and there are always questions being asked by different industries," says Jeffries. He says the recession slowed down the growth of the weather industry — both public and private — but he sees that growth picking up to an annual pace of 10% to 15%.


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Nothing screams "party-ready" quite like a dramatic neckline, fur coat, and netted veil. Thanks to Ross, we have solid proof that this look is completely doable and utterly chic.
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If you're venturing off to a warm-weather location for the holiday (we're jealous), we strongly suggest you experiment with a crocheted dress, like Birkin. Her stomach-low neckline is made refined with a black brooch and straight hair. Je t'aime!
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There's a reason Farrow's look from Truman Capote's 1966 Black and White Ball is one for the books. Her white gloves, butterfly mask, and pretty pale dress continue to serve as inspiration for partygoers everywhere.
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Union Bank officials say the innovative new way of banking allows customers to design a checking account that fits their needs. Banking By Design "unbundles" the traditional checking account and offers a wide range of optional features, each with associated costs clearly visible and with many at no cost.
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This article is the fifth in a continuing series on the use of decision modeling and optimization techniques for game design. The full list of articles includes:
In the previous articles in this series, we introduced the concepts behind decision modeling and optimization – a set of tools that can be helpful in framing and optimizing a surprising number of design decisions. We also discussed their limitations and showed a number of examples of how they can be used to find optimal player strategies in certain cases and to help optimize design decisions directly (see links above).
In this week's update, we'll introduce assignment problems and show some potential ways to solve this class of problems. Then we'll reveal the stunning plot twist, that this entire article has been an elaborate setup for the next episode, in which we'll discuss some practical applications of these techniques and discuss how we used a similar approach to frame the building design problems in our recent iOS/Android game City Conquest.
It's your first day on the job at a company that designs massively-multiplayer role-playing games (MMORPGs). You're very excited to start work on their new fantasy MMORPG, which has been in development for six months.
Upon arriving at work, you receive a long-distance Skype call from your boss, who has left for two months of intensive research in Tahiti.
"We've got a problem," she explains. "We've just refactored our design. Totally changed everything – it wasn't working out, so we smashed it to bits and restarted from scratch."
"That's cool," you reply. "You guys warned me during the interview that you do a lot of design changes."
"Yeah, we do. So the net result is, we've got an issue with the tier 2 spells for the spellcasting classes, and I'd like you to take a look at it. We have five character classes in the game that can cast spells. We also have five spells that aren't assigned right now, and five 'perks' that are in design that seem like a good fit for spell-casting character classes. So I want you to figure out which classes get which spells and which perks."
"Sounds easy enough," you reply.
"See if you can take a shot at this," she replies. "Here are the classes, spells, and perks:"
"OK. How do you want me to go about doing these assignments?"
"Here's the feedback I've gotten from the design team:
"OK, boss," you reply. "I've got all that written down."
"I honestly don't know if there's a way of assigning these that even works," she continues. "It might not even be possible. Alternatively, there might be more than one way to assign it that makes it work. I just don't know. What do you think?"
Think about this problem for a moment. How would you solve this? And how many solutions are there – zero, one, or more than one?
This is a difficult problem. Unlike most of the problems in this series, though, it's one that you can, in fact, solve by hand (where by "solve" I mean that you can find a feasible solution – in this case, there is only one).
If you've ever solved a classical logic puzzle, you might recognize this problem. Most of these puzzles involve figuring out the correct assignments of objects. For example, you have to figure out which of N people wore N hats of N colors to a certain party.
In order to solve these kinds of logic puzzles, you typically make a matrix of adjoining NxN tables, with one table for each permutation of two categories. Then you fill them in with everything you know about the problem, and then try to solve them using inference, almost like Sudoku puzzles. You fill in an assignment you know to be correct with an 'o' and an assignment you know to be incorrect with an 'x,' and then you can use basic rules of logic to fill in the entire table.
For example, each 'o' you place in a part of the table allows you to fill in all cells in the same row and column with an 'x,' since there is only one possible assignment. Similarly, if any given row or column of an NxN subtable is filled with 'x' values except for one cell, you can fill that empty cell with an 'o,' since by process of elimination, the one remaining cell must be the valid assignment.
(There are some good examples online at http://www.printable-puzzles.com/printable-logic-puzzles.php, and you can see tips on solving them at http://www.puzzlersparadise.com/article1021.html and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNxfZwvaQ-k.)
Since the problem we're trying to solve is assigning N classes to N spells to N perks, where N=5, we'll need a set of 3 adjoining 5x5 tables, one each for all of the possible [classes, spells], [classes, perks], and [perks, spells] assignments. Here's what that would look like in our case: we have a [classes, perks] table (in peach, at the top), a [classes, spells] table (bottom left), and a [perks, spells] table (bottom right).
In order to get the ball rolling, we've already started filling in the table with the constraints from the problem description. We fill in an 'O' in any cell where we know that the assignment must hold, and an 'X' in any cell where we know an assignment is forbidden.
In this case, the boss' insistence that the Fire Mastery and Ice Mastery perks should go with the Fireball and Iceball spells made us put the two 'O' cells in the green perks/spells table in the lower right, one correlating Fire Mastery with Fireball and the other correlating Ice Mastery with Iceball. The 'X' just below and to the right of those, denying a correlation between Mana Regeneration and SpellSteal, encapsulates the boss' insistence that the Mana Regeneration perk isn't a good fit for the class that ends up getting the Spellsteal spell. If you read through all of the other constraints listed, you'll see that the table above encapsulates them precisely.
The next step is to make as many inferences as we can from that point. For every cell with an 'O,' we know that no other cell in that row or column in that sub-table can have an 'O.' Therefore, we can fill them in with 'X' marks.
For example, we've filled in the 'O' in the upper left (peach) sub-table indicating that the Warlock gets the Mana Regeneration perk. Therefore, no other class can get Mana Regeneration, and the Warlock cannot have any other perk. Once we fill in all of those 'X' marks, we get a table that looks like this:
That's a lot better! Now we can instantly see what assignments can't be possible, and this can give us a much better handle on what can be possible. We can also use a few other basic rules of logic to complete this puzzle – for example, if there are four 'X' marks in any row or column, and the fifth cell in that row or column is blank, then we know by process of elimination that there must be an 'O' there. Luckily, the step above nearly filled in the "Iceball" row in the blue spells/classes assignment table in the lower left, so if we can rule out either the Warlock or the Sorcelator for Iceball, we can fill in the other class.
We can also use basic logical inference to help us fill in more. For example, we can see that the Warlock has Mana Regeneration, and the spells/perks table in the lower right (green) shows that we have 'X' marks in the "Mana Regen" column for Iceball and SpellSteal. This means that we can go to the spells/classes table in the lower left (blue) and fill in 'X' marks in the Warlock column for Iceball and SpellSteal.
Which, of course, from our inference in the prior paragraph, means that the Sorcelator must be the one who gets Iceball …
But instead of completing the exercise in that way, we're going to stop there and change course. Curious readers are welcome to try to solve this puzzle by hand – it's not too difficult from this point – but taking the manual exercise any further would be a waste of time. After all, this series is all about automated decision modeling. We're all about getting computers to do the heavy lifting for us, not filling in big tables by hand.
So instead of trying to find the solution manually, let's see if there's a way we can frame this as a decision modeling problem in Excel. Even though this is obviously a toy problem, there's surely something we can learn from this.
Ideally, we could somehow take this table and import it whole-hog into Excel, and then let Excel figure out whether to fill in each cell with an 'X' or an 'O.' Unfortunately, trying to do it in a single unified table is a bit messy – Solver is going to want us to specify our decision cells (and set the optimization constraints on them) in a small number of rectangular sections on the grid, and this won't mesh nicely with all those cells with fixed 'X' and 'O' values.
Instead of that, we're going to break it up into three different tables: one for the constraints stated in the problem, a second table for the decision cells to optimize, and a third table that will combine the two.
First, we make the "constraint table," as shown below. This table is exactly the same shape as our manual logic puzzle, but we fill in each cell with either '1' to indicate an 'O' value, '0' (zero) to indicate an 'X' value, or '-1' to indicate that the value of the cell isn't stated in the problem definition.
Next, we'll make a separate table for the decision variables. This table will be the one we optimize with Solver. We'll fill in each cell with 0 to start out, and we'll ensure that Solver sets each cell to either 0 or 1.
Finally, we'll make a third table that combines both of these two: the "combined output table." This table will combine the values of the "constraint table" and the decision cells together. Each cell in this third table will use the value in the "constraint table" if it is 0 or 1, but if it's -1 (meaning it's not explicitly defined in the problem statement), it will use the value from the (yellow) decision variable table instead. Each cell in this combined output table will serve as the actual, final value.
We will also use special counter cells around the outer edges to determine how many cells in each row or column of each sub-table are set to a value of '1.' We know that the final solution should have exactly a single assignment for each combination, so it should have exactly one '1' value in each row and column of each of the three sub-tables, so we know that these summation cells should have a final value of 1.
Here's what the combined output table looks like:
The grey cells around the left, right, top, and bottom are the summation cells – as you can see, they each count the total of the cells in the nearest row or column of the nearest sub-table. We use these to count the number of times each element is used. Once we've found the proper assignments, all of these grey cells should equal 1, to indicate that there's been exactly five non-conflicting [spell, class] assignment, exactly five non-conflicting [class, perk] assignments, and exactly five non-conflicting [spell, perk] assignments.
The two purple cells in the lower left calculate the sum of the left-hand column and the bottom row of the summation cells. We know that once all of the tables are filled in, each of these should have a value of 10, since each of the 10 cells of the left-hand column and the bottom row should have a value of 1.
The orange objective cell at the bottom simply adds the values of the two purple cells.
Now, we solve!
Now run it! Within 5-10 seconds, we should get a table that looks like this:
Problem solved, right?
Well … no. Not exactly.
The three tables are all "solved," but they've been solved independently, so they don't necessarily make any sense as a whole. The left side of the table shows that the Warlock has the Mana Regeneration perk and the Iceball spell, but the spells/perks table on the right shows that whoever has the Iceball spell should actually have Ice Mastery instead. Similarly, the Wizard has the Haste Perk and the Smashing Hand spell, but the spells/perks table on the right shows that whoever has Smashing Hand should have Mana Regeneration. In other words, we've only implemented a partial solution, because we've solved the three sub-tables ([class,perk], [perk,spell], and [class, spell]) separately, and they need to be solved together.
This is a problem
There's surely some way to fix it, but it would require us to do seriously complex Excel mojo to try to add constraints that would properly correlate across all three tables.
Instead of doing that, let's see if we can't find a simpler way to represent the entire problem.
Instead of trying to build a huge table and optimize it, let's see if we can't find a much simpler representation. After all, each class should have only one spell and one perk, so we should be able to just set up a "spell" entry and a "perk" entry for each of the 5 classes. Then, we can hold the classes fixed, and try to optimize the 1 spell and 1 perk that belong to each the 5 classes, so that we end up optimizing a total of only 10 decision cells, instead of the 75 yellow decision cells from the previous decision model. We'll start by making three tables, listing the classes, spells, and perks.
These five tables indicate numerical assignments: we'll use the digits 1 through 5 to represent each of the 5 classes, spells, and perks. These tables indicate which class, spell, or perk a given number stands for, depending on where it's used. Next, we'll set up an "assignment table" listing a spell and a perk for each class, with each one represented by a number between 1 and 5 corresponding to the appropriate entry in the tables above. This is shown below.
This table shows the current assignments. Each row represents one class (these five are held fixed), and the corresponding "Spell" and "Perk" columns represent the spell and perk currently assigned to that class. Once we find the optimal values for these ten yellow decision cells, we'll have found the five [class, spell, perk] assignments that correctly satisfy our problem criteria, and each of the "Spell" and "Perk" columns should contain each of the digits '1' through '5' in some order.
As you can see, the cells on the left (in the "Class" column of the Assignment Table) are uncolored, since we don't need to change the ordering of the classes; we just need to determine the values of the other two relative to the classes.
The table just to the right ("Assignment Table (Named)") just shows the names of the classes, spells, and perks of the table on the left. It contains Excel functions that translate the numbers in the Assignment Table into text descriptions using the lookup tables at the beginning of this section (so that, for example, the first row shows we are giving the Warlock the Fireball spell and Mana Regeneration perk with this initial setup).
This table neatly encapsulates the [class, spell] and [class, perk] subsections of the logic matrix we prepared at the beginning of this article (the red and blue sub-tables along the left side of the matrix). However, it doesn't encapsulate the [spell, perk] mappings at all (the green sub-table at the lower right corner of the logic matrix). This is a problem, since several of the elements in our problem statement (our constraints) are in the form of mappings between perks and spells, with no mention of classes. So with the way the Assignment Table is currently set up, we can't set up constraints relating to [spell, perk] mappings without testing every pair in the list – and that seems like it could get messy.
Instead, we'll set up a simple table like the one below, that maps each [spell, perk] combination to a number, by treating the spell as the "tens" digit and the perk as the "ones" digit.
In this way, we can easily set up constraints that search through this table to see if any given [spell, perk] combination does or does not exist.
We also need to ensure that when we optimize our decision cells, we end up with exactly one of each of the values '1,' '2,' '3,' '4,' and '5' in the "Spell" and "Perk" columns of the Assignment Table. This would be easy to do if Excel had a good function for ensuring that all the cells in a given range had unique values, but unfortunately, it does not. Solver also has a special "dif" constraint type that is supposed to ensure this uniqueness, but it unfortunately comes with its own set of idiosyncrasies that makes it more or less useless for our purposes.
Therefore, in order to ensure that we end up with exactly those five values (in any order), we'll set up a special "Uniqueness Detector" table that detects the presence of '1,' '2,' '3,' etc values in each of the "Spell" and "Perk" columns of the Assignment table. They do this by calling the MATCH() Excel function (and then wrapping it in an ISNA() function since MATCH() returns the special value "#N/A" when the value is not found).
Finally, we set up a table to test our constraints. Our approach in this case is rather unique; we explicitly set up a cell for every constraint as its own separate entry that will have a value of '1' when the constraint is satisfied and '0' otherwise. Each of these cells (the grey cells in the table below) tests one of the conditions in the problem description.
A few quick notes on the setup of these constraint cells:
Finally, the orange objective cell at the bottom adds up the total number of satisfied constraints. This is different from the objective functions we've used so far; we've generally been trying to minimize or maximize some value, but in this case, we're simply trying to ensure that all the constraints are satisfied. Any solution that satisfies all the constraints is a "correct" answer, so we can just count the number of properly satisfied constraints and use that as the objective value.
Now that we've got all that out of the way, we're ready to run Solver:
We target the orange objective cell, as always, and try to maximize its value (knowing it can never go beyond 10). In "By Changing Variable Cells," we enter the cell range for our Assignment Table (including both the blue and yellow cells). These are our decision cells. Finally, we add three Solver constraints to tell it that all the cells in the Assignment Table must be integers between 1 and 5, inclusive.
Finally, we ensure that "Solving Method" is set to "Evolutionary," and hit Solve. It can be time-consuming, as this is a non-trivial problem; it can take 30-60 seconds for the objective cell to get up to a value of 10 indicating that all 10 constraints have been met.


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Ninety rising high school seniors were on campus Sunday in a celebration of their participation in the Boys State program this summer. Hosted by the Admissions Office, the young men were recognized for their achievement, for which each was given a scholarship should they choose to attend Wabash.
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Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Steve Klein, who welcomed the students and their families, said that the qualities of Boys State participants are the same qualities Wabash seeks in its students.
"You young men who were chosen as delegates have a lot going for you," Dean Klein said. "You are talented, bright, and are committed to your communities. Because you posses those traits, you likely have heard from dozens of colleges already. By now you may have difficulty telling them apart. Let me help you a bit — Wabash is likely the only one holding a Boys State recognition program."
Klein explained Wabash's mission, which is to educate young men to think critically, act responsibly, lead effectively, and live humanely.
"As you reflect on your Boys State experience, you'll begin to see the overlap in missions, goals, and results we seek at Wabash. Among the qualities both organizations value are leadership, citizenship, confidence, and friendship."
The highlight of the afternoon was an alumni panel, which was moderated by Wabash seniors Jake Ezell and Jake German. Panel participants included Chris Cotterill '99, Josh Robinson '97, Rick Strasser '01 and Keith Veal '92.
Each alumnus took a few minutes to introduce themselves before each expanded on how their experiences at Wabash shaped who they are today. Ezell and German prompted the panelists with questions about the liberal arts, relationships with faculty and staff, and what it's like to attend a college for men.
, who is president and owner of Sustainable Solutions, an environmental consulting services company in Indianapolis, talked about the work he's done with young people in Central Indiana, when he advises them to "Walk TALL."
"Wabash taught me how to 'Walk TALL' and that's what I tell them. I say, 'think critically, act responsibly, lead effectively, and live humanely — think, act, lead, live,'" the acronym for which is TALL. "Wabash taught me the power of critical thinking. If you get that part right — thinking critically — everything else falls into place."
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"We got together for our first-ever siblings reunion not long ago and it was striking how often Wabash came up," he said. He spoke of the pride he has in the successes of his two brothers, Ben, who is an attorney at a large corporate law firm in D.C., and Jeremy, who is a public high school teacher in Chicago. "Jeremy is my hero," he said.
"Perhaps the most important thing Wabash taught me was how to be an effective communicator," Robinson said. "I use the written and oral communication skills I learned here every day."
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, who is chief of staff for Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, never thought about attending a liberal arts college; he simply wanted to become a lawyer. Several people suggested he look at Wabash, and since he was comfortable attending a small high school in Indianapolis, Wabash was a good fit.
"If you were to ask me then [while a Wabash student] if I'd be working for the Mayor of Indianapolis, there is no way. I was going to be a lawyer and practice law.
"Wabash gave me opportunities to state my opinions and ideas with people far smarter and more experienced than I was, and that was good preparation for what I've done throughout my career."
Strasser, a consultant with IBM in Washington, said some of the most meaningful experiences he had during his time at Wabash occurred outside the classroom. He talked about walking into Dean Tom Bambrey's office numerous times — without an appointment — and how the Dean would always welcome him.
"Sometimes he listened and gave me good advice," Strasser said. "And sometimes he'd just look at me and say, "Get over it, Rick."
Strasser also said a summer internship provided by Wabash alumnus Bob Knowling and his overseas study experience in Wales taught him how to live and learn on his own, far from home.
Robinson said that so many high school students want their college years to be the best four years of their lives. He said that what sets Wabash apart is that it prepares young men to have the best years of their lives at every stage of their lives.
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The Dodge Caravan was introduced in 1984. A cargo version of the Caravan, called the Mini Ram Van, was introduced later. Dodge renamed it the Caravan C/V in 1989. A camper version of the vehicle lasted only two years. A three-speed automatic transmission and a five-speed manual are available on early models. A computer-controlled, four-speed automatic transmission was introduced in 1989.
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Redesigned in 2001, this van model features a larger body frame with modified headlights and taillights. Power sliding doors and power hatch were introduced between 2001 and 2007, and the Caravan C/V returned.
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With really bad crash-test scores, the 2000 Dodge Caravan does not mark the family van choice in its class.
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The 1999 Dodge Caravan was a three-door minivan sold from 1984 through 2007.
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The 1998 Dodge Caravan serves as a family minivan manufactured by the Dodge brand of Chrysler.
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Dodge's segment-leading minivan continues to be one of the best family vehicles on the market.
1996 Dodge Caravan
The 1996 Dodge Caravan is an early and successful line of minivans aimed at growing families.
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For the five positions that were up for election April 9, three new members were elected.
Denny Best and James Paulson were re-elected to their seats. Best received 2,248 votes and Paulson 2,756.
Stephen Stangland, Thomas Anderson and Delores Robinson were the new members elected. Stangland, who is a past board member who served from 1993 to 2001, received 2,670 votes. Anderson got 2,059 and Robinson 1,999.
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