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Special Education 427
EDSP 427: Curriculum and Methods for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Prerequisites: EDSP 426 and 2.5 GPA
Credit Hours: (3)
Study of curriculum, methods, techniques and materials used in the education of deaf/hard of hearing students. Includes information on classroom organization, classroom management, family involvement, instructional planning, development of individualized education plans (IEPs) and individualized family service plans (IFSPs), curriculum adaptations and modifications, community agencies, assessment and evaluation, and standards for professionalism.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
This course is designed for prospective teachers and other professionals serving deaf/hard of hearing students in PreK-12 settings. It examines curriculum, methods, techniques and materials used in the education of deaf/hard of hearing students. It includes information on classroom organization and management, family involvement, instructional planning, development of individualized education plans (IEPs) and individualized family service plans (IFSPs), curriculum adaptations and modifications, community agencies, assessment and evaluation, and standards for professionalism.
1. Curriculum and methods for teaching social studies, mathematics, physical education, and science for deaf/hard of hearing students incorporating reading and writing across the content areas
2. Curriculum and methods for teaching Deaf Studies
3. Planning and management of extracurricular activities for the deaf/hard of hearing
4. Integrating technology into teaching
5. Specialized evaluation procedures for deaf/hard of hearing students
6. Transition needs of deaf/hard of hearing students
7. Service delivery models for teaching deaf/hard of hearing students
8. Family involvement in the educational process
9. Individualized education programs for deaf/hard of hearing students
10. Developing professionalism and collaboration skills with other teachers, service providers, paraprofessionals, interpreters, and community agencies
11. Classroom organization and management
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
Instructional strategies include, but are not limited to: lecture, videos and other audiovisual materials, student participation and discussion, cooperative learning, student projects, presentations, guest speakers, outside readings, internet use, and field trips.
Goals and Objectives of the Course
Goals, objectives, and assignments in this class address NCATE Standard 1b / Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Skills and 1c / Professional and Pedagogical Knowledge and Skills, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) / Council on Education of the Deaf (CED) Knowledge and Skills Standards, and the Virginia Department of Education teacher licensure competencies. Code for CEC/CED Standards: CC = Common Core and DH = Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Code for VADOE Standards: VHI = Virginia's Hearing Impairments PreK-12 and VPS = Virginia's Professional Studies.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of theories and research that form the basis of curriculum development, classroom organization and instructional practice. (CC7K1, VHI4b)
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the differing ways of learning of individuals with exceptional learning needs including those from culturally diverse backgrounds and develop strategies for addressing these differences. (CC3K5)
3. Prepare lesson plans based on data from student program evaluation and knowledge of evidence based practices/methods/procedures, incorporating appropriate task analysis leading to effective instruction using organized materials that promote learning. (CC7S5, CC7S10, CC7S11, VHI4a, VHI4g, VHI3f)
4. Select, adapt, and use instructional strategies and materials according to characteristics of the individual with exceptional learning needs and demonstrate knowledge of visual tools and organizers that support content mastery and retention by individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. (DH4K1, CC4S3, VPS2)
5. Provide balance among explicit instruction, guided instruction, peer learning, and reflection. (DH4S4)
6. Provide families with support to make informed choices regarding communication modes, philosophies, and educational options and demonstrate knowledge of the influence of family communication and culture on all developmental domains. (DH5K1, DH10S1)
7. Provide ongoing opportunities for interactions between individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing with peers and role models who are deaf or hard of hearing. (DH5S1)
8. Develop skills in training, managing, and monitoring paraprofessionals and prepare individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to use interpreters. (DH5S3, VHI5b)
9. Demonstrate knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of teachers and support personnel in educational practice for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and demonstrate skills in coordinating service delivery for this population in collaborative work environments. (DH9K1, VHI5a)
10. Demonstrate knowledge of model programs for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. (DH7K1)
11. Plan and implement transitions across service continuums. (DH7S2)
12. Demonstrate knowledge of learners; academic and social abilities, attitudes, interests, and values on instruction and career development. (CC3K2)
13. Demonstrate knowledge of specialized terminology used in assessing individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. (DH8K1)
14. Develop or use specialized assessment procedures that allow for alternative forms of expression, provide accurate measure of the student's attainment of essential skills in a standards-based environment, and provide accurate data for diagnostic instruction. (DH8S2, VHI3d VPS2)
15. Teach individuals to use self-assessment, problem-solving, and other cognitive strategies to meet their needs. (CC4S2)
16. Develop and implement comprehensive, longitudinal individualized programs in collaboration with team members abiding by current regulations and procedures governing special education. Allow the individual and family to be involved in setting instructional goals and monitoring progress. (CC7S2, CC7S3, VHI2d, VHI5c)
17. Sequence, implement, and evaluate individualized learning objectives (CC7S6)
18. Demonstrate knowledge of national, state or provincial, and local accommodations and modifications. (CC8K5, VHI4c)
19. Demonstrate knowledge of scope and sequences of general and special curricula and national, state or provincial, and local curricula standards. (CC7K2, CC7K3)
20. Identify and prioritize areas of the general curriculum and accommodations for individuals with exceptional learning needs. (CC7S1)
21. Demonstrate knowledge of technology for planning and managing the teaching and learning environment. (CC7K4, VHI4e)
22. Use strategies to facilitate maintenance and generalization of skills across learning environments and to facilitate integration into various settings. (CC4S4, CC4S1, VHI4h)
Assessment Measures
1. Class participation in all discussions concerning course content and textbook readings
2. Key NCATE Assessment: "Develop a procedurally correct and educationally appropriate individualized educational plan or individualized family service plan."
3. Class presentations to assess understanding of course content
4. Exams
5. Individual and group projects assessing a variety of course standards
6. Observation reports of an educational placement for deaf and hard of hearing students with focus on the critical attributes of effective teaching
Other Course Information
Graduate Credit: This course is dually listed with EDSP 527. To receive graduate credit, graduate students must complete a literature review on developing an auditory listening learning environment for deaf and hard of hearing students and design a plan for implementing the learned strategies/techniques and procedures in their educational placement.
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Did Google Pull a Fast One?
Anomalous Results
Researchers at NSS Labs conducted a study from late November to early January that exhibited some peculiar results. Chrome's protection rate steadily climbed to 50 percent, but then suddenly dropped to 20 percent on December 22nd. Firefox and Safari plugged along at 2 percent but then leapt to 7 percent on the same day. Click the image below to see a larger chart.
Although the three browsers use the same API to identify malicious sites, they handle blocking differently. According to NSS Labs, "Chrome uses an undocumented API call to block malware once download begins. This API is not utilized by Firefox or Safari, apparently due to lack of documentation and a proprietary format." More significantly, Chrome uses a new type of protection against malicious downloads that Google calls "Safe Browsing PI v2." They determined that "the significant reduction in Chrome's malicious download protection on December 22, 2011… coincides with an uplift in Safe Browsing API v2 protection."
NSS Labs can't identify a causal relationship between the two events, though "the timing raises questions." The full report explains in great detail the discoveries researchers made by digging into the different implementations of the Safe Browsing API.
Internet Explorer Wins Again
In any case, the latest study once again identified Internet Explorer 9 as the runaway winner for malicious URL blocking. IE9 blocked 96 percent of samples and Chrome blocked 34 percent. Safari and Firefox both blocked under 4 percent. The report concludes that "if you currently have a free choice of browser then Internet Explorer 9 offers the most comprehensive protection from these particular threats."
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Flyers Sign LW Michael Raffl and D Maxim Lamarcheby Staff Writer / Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers have agreed to free-agent contracts with 6-0, 192-lb left wing Michael Raffl and 6-3, 218-lb defenseman Maxim Lamarche, according to general manager Paul Holmgren.
Raffl, 24 (12/1/88), has spent the last two seasons playing for Leskands IF in Leskand, Sweden, which has been a member of the HockeyAllsvenskan, the country's second-highest professional league. He led Leksands IF with 24 goals and 46 points this past season as the team won the regular season championship and earned a promotion to the Swedish Elite League for 2013-14. Raffl's teammates on Leksands IF last season included former Flyer Mattias Timander and Nashville Predators prospect Filip Forsberg, the 11th overall selection in last year's NHL Entry Draft.
Raffl has played seven full seasons in Austria and Sweden, appearing in a total of 312 games. He has 101 goals and 100 assists for 201 career points, along with 305 PIM and a plus-63 rating.
Lamarche, 20 (7/11/92), comes to the Flyers organization from Baie-Comeau of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He recorded nine goals and 34 assists for 43 points in 55 games during the 2012-13 regular season, while posting a plus-31 rating. He helped the Drakkar to a berth in the QMJHL finals, where they lost to eventual Memorial Cup champion Halifax. Over four seasons in the QMJHL with Victoriaville and Baie-Comeau, Lamarche recorded 23 goals and 90 assists for 113 points in 252 games, along with 269 PIM.


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W – Oilers 4, Flames 2 – Game 22 – 2013-11-16 @ 8:00 PM MST – CBC
So we didn't get to see Klefbom last night, but we should tonight. Arcobello was "sent down" (on paper) to make room, but he's been told by the coach to find himself a place to stay. In plain english, that means he's made the team. This is good news. In reality, he should be ahead of Sam Gagner. He should be the 2nd line center… at least the way Gagner has been playing. I'm sure Gagner's slowed down by the broken jaw. He isn't going to go in the dirty areas like he needs to for him and this team to be successful. So, for now at least, Gagner needs to be moved down the lineup, and Arco up the lineup. But that won't happen tonight.
Bryzgalov played for the Barons yesterday. Looks like he got shell-shocked in a 5-4 loss. According to Jonathan Willis, though, only one goal was possibly his fault. So that isn't as bad as it sounds.
Sad moment.. this marks the first time the team will see Ladislav Smid in another uniform. I still hate this trade. Urgh.
The team needs a miracle tonight. They are playing an equally crappy team in Calgary. Calgary is all work, with little skill to show… the Oilers are all skill… with some heart from many players, but with a great lack in common sense and tactics. Something's gotta give here. Both teams are struggling. 2-1 SO win for someone? The Oilers are slump-busters for most teams… but the Oilers also spanked the Flames 8-2 the last time these two teams met in Calgary. So who knows.
In other, non-hockey news, tonight is another George St-Pierre UFC fight. Not sure what time that starts, but I'm really interested in that too. I think Johny Hendricks will be a tough opponent for him. I will likely attempt to watch both tonight. Hopefully the Oilers don't let me know…. GSP? He never lets me down.
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Suarez treatment is wrong - Rodgers
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has hit out at the unjust "vilification" of striker Luis Suarez after more diving allegations were levelled at him.
During the 0-0 draw at home to Stoke, Suarez went down theatrically which led to Potters manager Tony Pulis calling for three-match bans for players who dive. Defender Robert Huth has, however, escaped punishment despite appearing to stamp on Suarez after the Football Association confirmed the incident was seen by officials at the time.
"As manager of this football club I find it incredible that in nearly all the coverage about Luis Suarez this weekend, very little focus has been placed on the fact that he was actually the victim of a stamping incident within the first five minutes of the game," he told liverpoolfc.com.
Only a couple of weeks ago the Northern Irishman felt the need to not only to speak out publicly about the treatment the Uruguay international was receiving on the pitch but also raise the subject with referees' chief Mike Riley.
Rodgers added: "At this moment there seems to be one set of rules for Luis and another set for everyone else.
"Diving and simulation is obviously a wider issue in football and one that we all agree has to be eradicated from our game but there were other incidents this weekend that didn't seem to generate the same coverage.
"No-one should be distracted by the real issue here, both at Anfield and at another game played on Sunday, when Luis and another player were hurt in off-the-ball incidents that went unpunished but were caught on TV cameras.
"I believe some people need to develop a sense of perspective and I also believe in this moment the vilification of Luis is both wrong and unfair.
"I will continue to protect the values, spirit and people of this great club and game while searching for a consistent level of results in order to make progress on the field."


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LOS ANGELES -- And the Dodgers' starting pitcher for Sunday's nationally televised domestic opener in San Diego is ...
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LOS ANGELES -- And the Dodgers' starting pitcher for Sunday's nationally televised domestic opener in San Diego is ...
Stay tuned. For another day.
Hey, with those two games of the Opening Series in Australia in the rear-view mirror and previously scheduled stateside Opening Day starter Clayton Kershaw scratched with a sore back, what better purpose for the annual Freeway Series with Anaheim than to give the Dodgers a chance to revert back to Spring Training fine-tune mode?
Hyun-Jin Ryu will throw a bullpen session on Friday to test his big right toe, which was injurred while running the bases at the Sydney Cricket Ground. If all goes well -- and the Dodgers expect it to -- then Ryu will get the big Sunday start against the Padres. If Ryu has any issues, manager Don Mattingly said before Thursday night's game against the Angels that veteran right-hander Dan Haren will draw the assignment.
"Looks positive," Mattingly said of Ryu. "That being said, he's throwing a 'pen tomorrow, so we really can't go 100 percent with where we're going to go until he throws the 'pen."
Haren threw in a bullpen session before Thursday's game and "is on track to go either way, Sunday or Wednesday," Mattingly said.
Zack Greinke is slated to start the second game in San Diego, on Tuesday.
Right now, the Dodgers are keeping all options open, so much so that the starter for Saturday's final Freeway Series game against the Angels is ... yes, stay tuned for that, too.
"I don't even know," Mattingly said Thursday afternoon.
What he does know is that Minor Leaguer Stephen Fife will start Friday night's Freeway Series game at Dodger Stadium. Then, the hope is that Haren starts Saturday in Anaheim in preparation for his first regular-season start on Wednesday.
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Powerpoint Slides on Logical Abstract Interpretation (Lectures given in a graduate class on Static Program Analysis at UCLA and at IISc-Bangalore)
Logical Abstract Interpretation means performing abstract interpretation over abstract domains whose elements are logical formulas over some theory and the partial order relationship is the implication relationship (or some refinement of it). Theorem proving community has studied decision procedures for several theories. For performing abstract interpretation over logical formulas in a theory, we need more than a decision procedure. In particular, we need a join operator that can over-approximation disjunction, a postcondition operator that over-approximates existential quantifier elimination, a widen operator that guarantees convergence during the fixed-point computation process. In this project, we have shown how to build such transfer functions for a theory taking inspiration from the decision procedure for that theory. Of these, the join algorithm is typically the tricky part.
We have described logical abstract interpretation over the theory of uninterpreted functions . The decision procedure for this theory consists of performing the classic congruence closure over a data-structure called EDAG (Equivalence DAG). The join algorithm involves performing intersection of (the congurence classes of) two EDAGs. We used these transfer functions to describe the first PTIME algorithm for the classic problem of global value numbering.
We have also described logical abstract interpretation over combination of two theories (such as the combined theory of linear arithmetic and uninterpreted functions) given the logical abstract interpreter for constituent theories. The decision procedure for this theory consists of using the classic Nelson Oppen methodology for combining decision procedures. The join algorithm is more involved and requires adding some new definitions before performing join in the constituent theories.
We have also described logical abstract interpretation over universally quantified formulas over some base theory given a logical abstract interpreter for the base theory. This requires development of under-approximation algorithms for base theories.
Recently, we described logical abstract interpretation over combination of a shape/heap abstract domain with a numerical abstract domain. A heap abstract domain is more powerful than the domain of uninterested functions since it also tracks aliasing.
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Say what you will about the Mets' current problems, but at least the team doesn't quit. That sounds so cliché, but it is true. We've seen sloppy play, we've seen physical and mental breakdowns, but we haven't seen a lack of hustle.
No Met has dogged it like the Marlins' Hanley Ramirez did the other day in Florida. Jason Bay isn't hitting for power but he busts it every time out of the box. The same can be said for most Mets, and that's a reflection on the manager.
A manager still has his team when it plays hard for him, and that's something working for Jerry Manuel.
The Mets snapped their five-game losing streak last night behind Mike Pelfrey and will attempt to win for just the third time in nine games tonight behind Johan Santana against the Braves. Pelfrey gave the Mets 7 2/3 strong innings to become the first starter to win in 16 games.
"Pitching is the key,'' Manuel said. "If we continue to get this kind of pitching, it at least gives us a chance.''
Pelfrey pitched big when it counted, limiting the Braves to 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position. He had to, because he didn't get much help, something Santana is familiar with when the comes to facing the Braves.
Santana (3-2, 3.88 ERA this year) is 1-4 with a 2.05 ERA in seven starts against the Braves. He has received two or fewer runs in each of those starts.
Here's the line-up behind Santana that needs to improve on those numbers:
Jose Reyes, SS
Luis Castillo, 2B
Chris Carter, LF
David Wright, 3B
Ike Davis, 1B
Rod Barajas, C
Angel Pagan, CF
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It was 1992. Before cellphones and the Internet became popular.
Bill Clinton was elected to his first term as president. The same year, Ignacio De La Fuente won a seat on the Oakland City Council.
Nancy Nadel and Jane Brunner followed in 1996.
Now all three are leaving, marking the end of an era in Oakland city politics.
The three have been on the council so long, it's hard to imagine what things will be like without them. De La Fuente lost his gamble to unseat Rebecca Kaplan for the at-large seat. Brunner also overreached in her efforts to defeat interim City Attorney Barbara Parker. Nadel decided not to run again.
Lynette Gibson McElhaney will take over from Nadel in District 3, Noel Gallo succeeds De La Fuente in District 5, and Dan Kalb replaces Brunner in District 1.
One can only hope an infusion of new blood will lead to civility and professionalism on the council, where both have been sorely lacking.
My biggest hope is that under the newly composed council, Oakland will finally make public safety a priority instead of merely paying lip service.
For starters, I'd like to suggest a reality check for each new council member, which I did myself once a while back.
Spend a few hours with the police 911 dispatchers. Just listen and watch. Observe how deluged the officers and dispatchers are with calls for service. The shocking violence occurring in this city on a daily basis — incidents that never even make the news — will be a real eye-opener. Though be forewarned, it is not an exercise for the faint of heart.
If we are to make any headway in reducing violence, the new council members will have to have the backbone to stand up to the extremists who have repeatedly protested proactive law enforcement proposals, which the current council has in turn shot down.
The result has been a state of paralysis, while people continue to die in the streets.
We heard a lot about right-wing extremism during the presidential and congressional elections.
We have our own version of extremism in Oakland, only it comes from those on the far left.
Their core belief is that the Oakland Police Department is the enemy — that racist police officers are rampaging through poor neighborhoods in East and West Oakland abusing young African-American and Latino men.
There have been police officers who engaged in misconduct who have poisoned relationships between the police and people living in poor black and Latino communities.
OPD is under a consent decree stemming from the Riders lawsuit in which officers allegedly planted evidence on suspects to make false arrests. The department faces the very real threat of becoming the first police department to be placed into federal receivership because the city has not instituted all of the court-ordered reforms of OPD.
We all know OPD must improve its relationship with the community.
Yet it is also true that many police officers are risking their lives every day to try to make this city a safer place.
It is crazy to suggest, as extremists claim, that the police are responsible for most of the violence in Oakland.
They protest the relatively few police shootings yet turn a blind to eye to the weekly killings on the streets in triple digits now — mostly of black men by other black men. They don't care entire neighborhoods have been turned into war zones by violent individuals who think nothing about shooting up an entire street to kill a rival.
They pack City Council meetings and scream in protest over proposals for youth curfews and gang injunctions, which they claim unfairly profile minorities.
These strident voices have been allowed to dictate public safety policy in this city for far too long. City officials have shamefully pandered to them while the body count mounts.
What will happen to police Chief Howard Jordan's proposed youth protection ordinance, otherwise known as a curfew?
Both McElhaney and Kalb have said they don't support curfews. Gallo does.
This suggests we may once again be facing a divided council on the issue.
Only time will tell whether we see any meaningful action toward developing a strategic plan for addressing the violence in this city or whether it will be more of the same leaderless status quo.
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First, let's take a closer look at the commitments already on the Lakers' books. Listed below are the contracts and contract agreements that will eat into the team's cap room. Tentative salaries for free agents are listed in green , while cap holds are noted in blue . Stephenson's and McGee's deals aren't listed because –based on reported terms – they can be completed using exceptions the Lakers have used all their cap room.
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In other words, there are still ways for the Lakers to create significant cap space. However, trading Deng would likely involve attaching multiple young players and/or draft picks to him. Those are pieces the Lakers would prefer to keep or use in a deal for an impact player, so the club may hold off on such a move.
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Yunior de las Casas, that fast-talking, philandering Dominican Jersey boy, is the one addiction that author Junot Díaz just can't quit. Díaz's first book, Drown, was technically a short-story collection, but one that largely chronicled de las Casas' stumbling towards maturity. The follow-up to that, the novel The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, focused largely on the title character — but even then, his story unfurled mostly as narrated by Yunior.


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It occurs to me, as I move through the assembled ranks and columns (I prefer to call them columns, and some prefer to call them junk) which have appeared in this space over the last not quite five years, that we are developing some in-jokes which newcomers might not understand. References to, say, "banana boxes" (inventions of the depraved for the torment of Book fair managers) or "Quarter inch" (that which the whole world is off by) may pass over the heads of casual readers like the humorous catchphrases of days gone by: "Who's on first?", "Where's the beef?", or "Read my lips: no new taxes".
Among those, of course, is "Smurf month" or, I hope, "Smurf week". This is a period of time when donations arriving at the Book Fair are characterized by, shall we say, a charming eccentricity. (It sounds better than saying "unbridled lunacy".) I am not, at this moment, suffering from a Smurf week. It takes a consistent, ongoing series of hallucinations to make a Smurf month: not mere periods where lucidity is lacking.
I THOUGHT I might be headed for a Smurf week when that collection of literary paperbacks yielded a double row of nearly unused sticks of sidewalk chalk underneath. I suspected a Smurf month might be on the way when a collection of children's books also included a small wooden jingle bell implement and a wind-up Humpty Dumpty. The card signed by the stars of X-Files combined with three plastic bags of unused greeting cards suggested the Smurfs Were Marching In.
But no, no: these were followed by those Civil War collections I mentioned on Monday. Civil War collections very seldom fit into a Smurf week, in spite of the eccentricities I blogged about. (I did not mention that some of my more sensitive volunteers fainted dead away at the aroma of mold rising from one of the collections.) These were followed by a massive collection of books and magazines on the history of railroads in America, a very hot subject around these parts and suggestive more of long green than of short blue. (Although it should be noted that there was one run of a good train magazine which was not owned by the Newberry, although we DO have the index to it. THAT'S a bit Smurfy.)
So the discovery that someone had donated all of their son's high school achievement awards (held in a very nice wooden frame) was not enough to tip the scales toward blueness, even when I discovered I had received no fewer than three Boggle games. (We also got one of those electric football games that you plug in and watch the little plastic players wiggle toward each other. THAT is an American Pop Culture Icon, and not Smurfy at all, at all.)
I have worked up an immunity, you see, to mildly Smurfy periods. When the nice lady brought me some Victorian periodicals which she was sure were worth hundreds of dollars, I did not twitch. I did not even quiver as she handed me the plastic bags in which she had wrapped these treasures, and said, "No, no! Don't open them! They're so moldy you won't want to touch them!"
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text: Charlotte is home to several colleges, which brings a nice collegiate atmosphere to the town. For the kids, Discovery Place is a terrific museum complete with hands-on exhibits and an IMAX dome theatre. Charlotte is also home to the NASCAR hall of fame. The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art has a spectacular collection, especially with the Parisian art section. If you're flying in for your visit, check out the Carolinas Aviation Museum. The Carolina Renaissance Festival is held close by Charlotte, and is one of the largest renaissance events in the country.


text: Show Hide image Politics 12 February 2013 Afghanistan's female cricket dreams Despite objections from Afghan society, a women's cricket team is emerging. Sign-up Diana just wants to play cricket. That may sound simple enough, but, for women in Afghanistan, little is. The fledgling Afghan women's cricket squad have been labelled prostitutes and preached against by imams. The recent beheading of a teenage girl after her father rejected a marriage proposal highlighted the appalling conditions still faced by Afghan women. Implementation of an anti-violence law, designed to protect women fromdomestic abuse, forced marriage, and even murder "remained low", according to a 2012 UN report. "Cultural restraints, social norms and taboos... and at times, threat to life" prevents anti-women violence from being reported in Afghanistan. Yet a band of female Afghans aim to show that women can play cricket – and ultimately, that they are worthy of wider equal rights. Diana Barakzai, 23, is the captain of the women's national side. Although they have yet to play their first official match – a planned tour to Thailand last month was cancelled due for what the chief executive of Afghan Cricket described as "political reasons" – the story is already a remarkable one. Diana and her three sisters, who are all keen players and International Cricket Council qualified coaches, learned to play as refugees in Pakistan, having fled from the Taliban. Since returning to Kabul in 2009, they have tried to encourage other women to take up cricket. (Diana Barakzai Photgraphy: Sarah Fane) Unusually, Diana recalls that her father and brother "have always been supportive to us, always teaching us about cricket". Their father converted a plot of land from his old house in Kabul into a cricket pitch that has provided the women's squad with somewhere to play, but it has certainly not been easy. "Playing cricket for a girl was not less than suicide, but my spirit, and the strong support of my family encouraged me not to stop my activities." Through playing, she aims "to change the ideas of Afghan people regarding women sports, as they were always against it." Raees Ahmadzai, former Afghan cricket captain and now the head of Afghan Youth Cricket Support Organisation, points out that there are "no grounds for women's cricket" and "the girls will not feel happy to play in front of men". In their quest to play undisturbed, women have used basketball courts, and even the old National Stadium: the scene of Taliban executions as described in The Kite Runner. Unsurprisingly, women's cricket is currently largely the preserve of relatively affluent, Westernised families. Female cricket camps are only organised in four of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, due to potential security risks elsewhere. Afghan Connection's Sarah Fane explains the precautions that must be taken for the female cricket camps that the charity organises. "We have to be really careful about them, and we do them only in the big cities. We make sure that we get parental consent, and we do them in girls' schools behind a wall so that they all feel secure." She explains the need to avoid clashing with the most patriarchal elements in Afghan society. "If we suddenly did a cricket camp for girls in a conservative area there'd be such a backlash against them and against us so we're moving very slowly with girls." Despite the difficulties, the potential of women's cricket to galvanise wider female progress in Afghan society has been recognised by some unlikely bodies. UNICEF hosted a camp for 140 female cricketers in 2010, and the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan has also helped to build cricket pitches in schools. Official figures show there are now almost 4000 registered female players. A large number of these will only play at camps for a few days a year, but this nevertheless gives the sport a platform from which to develop: it is already easily the most popular women's sport in Afghanistan. In October 2012, an eight-team women's cricket tournament was held between Afghan girls' school teams. The CEO of Afghan Cricket, Noor Muhammmad, explains how women's cricket can overcome its opposition. "It needs long term planning including a clear strategy, to convey the message to the community that we will strictly follow up all religious rules for women cricket." Female players observe hijab dress, playing in headscarves, long trousers and shirts. The ultimate aim is for the women's side to be as successful as the men's team. As recently as 2008, the Afghanistan men's side was ranked no higher than Jersey; last year they faced England and India in the World Twenty20 tournament, featuring the 12 best sides in the world. 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NEW YORK (May 17, 2011) – The Columbia University Libraries and Cornell University Library (2CUL) completed their first collaborative grant-funded, dual-site study focused on the experiences of humanities doctoral students at both universities.
The primary goal of the study was to examine challenges presented to humanities doctoral students that lead to increased attrition and long completion rates. The data gathered will be used to develop strategies by which research libraries can address the issues of community, accessible space, research assistance and development of a scholarly identity singled out by the study.
"High attrition rates and extended time to completion are nationally recognized issues for students pursuing doctoral degrees in the humanities," James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University said. "The results of this study will inform university and library leadership on the importance of library collections, services and facilities to the work and success of graduate students."
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After almost 40 years of feminist agitation and gender-neutral pronouns, it is still men who are far more likely than women to run for political office, start companies, file for patents, and blow things up. Men continue to tell most of the jokes and write the vast majority of editorials and letters to editors.(And blogs.)
And--fatal to the dreams of feminists who long for social androgyny--men have hardly budged from their unwillingness to do an equal share of housework or childcare. Moreover, women seem to like manly men: "Manliness is still around, and we still find it attractive," says Mansfield.We? Harvey's a guy. And while I'm here, let me say that the arithmetic on the housework sharing question is always screwy. There is no whole from which to figure out what half is. If you think an hour a day is the right total and your partner thinks an hour a week is the right total, how much does he need to do to avoid the charge that he hasn't done his share?
Skipping way ahead in the article (past a long section on philosophy that I won't try to summarize):
What would Mansfield have us do?...A classic feminist question is why must it be women's job to make men good? One answer is that men will be so horribly bad if we don't.
First of all, he thinks we should clearly distinguish between the public realm and private life. In public we should pursue, as best we can, a policy of gender neutrality. He firmly believes that the law should guarantee equal opportunity to men and women. However, "our expectations should be that men will grasp the opportunity more readily and more wholeheartedly than women."
Though he mentions it only in passing, it follows from his position that our schools should be more respectful and accepting of male spiritedness; they must stop trying to feminize boys. A healthy society should not war against human nature. It should, he says, "reemploy masculinity." That means it has to civilize it and give it things to do. No civilization can achieve greatness if it does not allow room for obstreperous males.
In the private sphere, his advice is vivé la difference! A woman should not expect a manly man to be as committed to domesticity as she is; nor should she assume that he is as emotionally adept as her female friends. Manly men are romantic rather than sensitive. They need a lot of help from females to ascend to the higher ethical levels of manhood, and Mansfield urges women to encourage them in ways respectful of their male pride.
ADDED: I hate when I have to get out my sledgehammer, but some hotheads writing about me elsewhere don't get my sarcasm. I heartily resist the notion that it is women's work to make men good.


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Producers moonlighting as rappers are nothing new. So it came as no surprise when Hi-Tek released his critically acclaimed debut, Hi-Teknology, in 2001. Supported by a capable squadron of MCs and singers, the Cincinnati beatsmith reserved his mic time to a sole track and opted to let the beats speak for him. However, for his follow-up disc, Hi-Teknology 2, Tek takes a slightly more lyrical role, and does like another Midwest producer/rapper and makes good music.
Sticking to his previous blueprint, Tek gathers an array of artists to groove to his melodic, head-snapping rhythms. Q-Tip lends his vocals to the soothing "Keep Me Dancing," while Bun B keeps it trill on the introspective "So Tired." Then Talib Kweli, Raekwon, Papoose and Jadakiss converge on the Big Apple posse cut "NY, NY," where Kiss steals the show with potent bars like, "Got a lot of heart/Best part is I'm clever, too/Hand skills, hard work, gunplay/Whatever, duke."
Keeping it in the family, Tek also enlists the talents of his parents, who appear in the form of the Willie Cottrell Band. Papa Tek's soulful wails power both the hypnotic "People Going Down" and the funk ballad "Josephine." On the latter, a reflective Ghostface describes a woman whose life is destroyed by drugs ("The monkey on her back is now a gorilla/Fiending for a hit, knowing one day it's gonna kill her").
The only mood killer here is the plodding "March," which features run-of-the-mill machismo from Busta Rhymes. And while Tekzilla may not be the most noteworthy lyricist, he shows flashes of a promising pen game as he holds his own alongside Nas on the flute-drenched "Muzik for Life," and the haunting "The Chip" finds him proclaiming, "Single-handedly carried the Natti on my back, and I ain't even that big/Little nigga got it done/I ain't even talk about bustin' no gun." Even still, Tek manages to arm himself with a full clip.—SEAN A. MALCOLM
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Chains are required for vehicles headed into the mountains today, according to the California Highway Patrol. It is also is encouraging people to exercise caution and turn on their headlights while driving on the wet roads.
Here are the current trouble spots:
The SR-18 is closed from five miles north of the junction of SR-330 to Big Bear because of rock slides. Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from three miles south of the junction of SR-330 to Pine Knot Avenue in Big Bear Lake. They are also required from five miles west of Big Pines.
The southbound connector of the SR-57 to eastbound 10 Freeway in San Dimas is closed because of an accident where a car ran into the sand barrels. That accident is still cleaning up the accident and closures are expected until 11:30 a.m.
The SR-39 is closed from one mile north of Azusa to 5.5 miles south of Islip Saddle. It is also closed 4.5 miles south of Islip Saddle because of storm damage.
The SR-2 is closed from 3.2 miles west of the junction of 210 Freeway to six miles east of La Canada Flintridge because of a rock slide and from Pasadena to the junction of SR-39 because of low visibility. It is also closed at Islip Saddle and Big Pines because of rock slides.
On the 210 /Freeway, all tractor-semi trailer combinations with three axles or greater are prohibited on SR-2 from the junction of the 210 in La Canada-Flintridge to the Angeles Forest Highway.


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CALGARY, Alberta-- The planned Northern Gateway oil pipeline and west coast tanker traffic present a major threat to Canada's tourism industry, a former official said.
Canadian pipeline company Enbridge plans to build the Northern Gateway pipeline to move about 525,000 barrels of so-called tar sands oil from deposits in Alberta to the port of Kitimat in British Columbia for Asian exports.
Bill Eisenhauer, a former communications director for Tourism British Columbia, told a review panel that oil developments are too much of a risk for the country's west coast.
"It's our country, it's our coast and there are many other less risky and less toxic ways to generate economic growth," he was by The Vancouver Observer as saying. One spill on the country's west coast would be "a big black eye" for the tourism industry.
The University of British Columbia published a report in December that stated spill cleanup costs and economic loss from a major tanker spill off the provincial coast could erase gains from the planned pipeline.
Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver told the Postmedia News last week, however, that ensuring the public the Northern Gateway pipeline is safe would go a long way toward its eventual success.
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It must be superyachting season, with Russian billionaires fighting for column inches about their most expensive/lavish/largest/laser-equipped yachts. Roman Abramovich's $1.2billion 557-foot Eclipse has appeared on film, as it sets sail from Germany this week.
It's apparently got bulletproof glass, a missile defense system, and that famed anti-paparazzi laser shield, which detects CCDs used in cameras. Abramovich has got something to hide, by the sounds of it. It's good to see Bloomberg's video cameras were still able to snap it in port—guess that laser shield has the odd bit of downtime too. [HuffPo via CrunchGear]
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State police investigators are attempting to recover several vehicles believed to have been intentionally submerged in ponds in the northwest suburbs.
An Illinois Department of Transportation employee conducting aerial survey work spotted the suspected vehicles this week in ponds in South Barrington and Hoffman Estates, Illinois State Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said.
She couldn't say how many vehicles were located or how they ended up in ponds, but she said the investigation involves a state police and DuPage County taskforce focused on auto thefts.
"We don't know until we recover evidence whether the vehicles were stolen," Bond said.
Police divers and equipment are being utilized to pinpoint the exact locations of the submerged vehicles, Bond said. She could not comment on the condition of the vehicles or how long they have been submerged.
Hoffman Estates police Chief Michael Hish said his department was notified Monday about one vehicle found in a golf course pond located near a business and apartment complex, and no more than 600 yards from the village hall.
South Barrington Police Chief Michael Deegan said divers from East Dundee and Hoffman Estates fire departments, as well as a tow company, spent several hours Tuesday working at two small ponds in South Barrington. Yet divers were unable to locate any submerged vehicles, despite the use of sonar equipment.


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NCI COOPERATIVE HUMAN TISSUE NETWORK Release Date: March 6, 1998 P.T. National Cancer Institute The National Cancer Institute (NCI) announces the availability of research specimens from the Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN). The CHTN provides normal, benign, pre-cancerous and cancerous human tissue for biomedical research. Trained personnel coordinate the retrieval, preservation and delivery of specimens from surgical resection and autopsy. During the first nine years of operation, the CHTN has supplied more than 100,000 specimens to approximately 600 investigators. Human tissue provided by the CHTN has been utilized for a variety of research projects, such as studies of gene isolation, gene deletion, gene mutation, growth factors, isoenzymes, subcellular organelles, flow cytometry, DNA hybridization and the development of monoclonal antibodies and cell lines. Five member institutions coordinate the collection and distribution of tissues in the US and Canada. Human tissue specimens are collected to meet an investigatorþs individual requirements. Researchers may specify preservation methods including fresh tissue (in any medium), fixed (in any fixative), and frozen (snap frozen or frozen in a tissue embedding media such as OCT). Histological specimens (blocks and slides) may also be available. Pathology data and histological characterization is routinely provided with the specimens. Additional information may be available if requested in advance. Since the most appropriate collection, storage and distribution methods depend on the research approach and tissue type, investigators should discuss their needs with the CHTN representative to assure access to the largest number and range of appropriate research specimens. In order for the CHTN to collect and provide quality tissue specimens to meet specific user needs, each investigator is required to complete a detailed tissue request form. This includes information about the type and amount of tissue required, tissue preparation, storage, and shipment requirements (e.g., media, snap frozen, sterile). The CHTN makes every effort to tailor collection, storage and shipment to the needs of the investigator. Tissue is provided according to the following priority order: 1. Funded, peer-reviewed investigators, including those from Federal and National laboratories. 2. New investigators and academic investigators developing new research projects. 3. Other investigators. A nominal processing fee is charged to cover some of the cost of collecting, preparing, and handling the tissue. In addition, the investigator must pay for the cost of shipping specimens to his/her laboratory. Additional information, including the application forms, may be obtained from the CHTN Internet site at: http://www-chtn.ims.nci.nih.gov or from the division that serves your geographical area: CHTN EASTERN DIVISION - The Eastern Division covers the northeast, the area bounded by the western border of Pennsylvania, and the southern border of Maryland as well as Alaska and Hawaii. Contact: Ms. Kelly Feil University of Pennsylvania Medical Center 566 Dulles Building 3400 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283 Telephone: (215) 662-4570 FAX: (215) 614-0251 Email: email@example.com CHTN MIDWESTERN DIVISION - The Midwestern Division extends from West Virginia and states west of Pennsylvania north to Minnesota and south through Missouri as well as Canada. Contact: Ms. Carolyn Cordial The Ohio State University Tissue Procurement N-305 Doan Hall 410 W. 10th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 Telephone: (614) 293-5493 FAX: (614) 293-5851 Email: email@example.com CHTN PEDIATRIC DIVISION - The Pediatric Division provides children"s normal, benign, and diseased tissues nationwide. Contact: Ms. Sandra Brewer-Swartz Children"s Hospital 700 Children"s Drive, Room W144 Columbus, OH 43205 Telephone: (614) 722-2892 FAX: (614) 722-2897 Email: email@example.com CHTN SOUTHERN DIVISION - The Southern Division encompasses Kentucky and Virginia and all states south and west of the Carolinas to Texas. Contact: Ms. Katherine Sexton University of Alabama at Birmingham Tissue Procurement 703 South 19th Street, ZRB 449 Birmingham, AL 35294-0007 Telephone: (205) 934-6071 FAX: (205) 934-0816 Email: email@example.com CHTN WESTERN DIVISION - The Western Division includes the states north of Oklahoma and west of Texas. Contact: Mr. Bob Wyza Case Western Reserve University Tissue Procurement Institute of Pathology, Room B-30 2085 Adelbert Road Cleveland, OH 44106 Telephone: (216) 368-1636 FAX: (216) 368-1639 Email: email@example.com INQUIRIES Information on additional NCI-supported human tissue and data resources for cancer research may be obtained by contacting: Ms. Marianna Bledsoe Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis National Cancer Institute Telephone: (301) 496-7147 FAX: (301) 402-7819 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Those king-size Mars and Snickers bars in vending machines are about to shrink to a more princely size.
By the end of 2013, confectionery giant Mars Inc.will sell only chocolate bars that are 250 calories or less, according to NPR. A full king-size Snickers bar contains more than 500 calories, according to Mars' website.
But many of Mars' other chocolate confections, including king-size 3 Musketeers and Milky Way bars already clock in under the 250-calorie mark.
In other sugary news, Swiss food Goliath Nestle SA -- its North American operations based in Glendale -- said that while it managed strong growth all over the world in 2011, repeating the trick in 2012 might be difficult.
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GC to world: Aw, the wittle rogue stun you repeatedly and make you sadface? Suck it up, weeniehead: Stop sucking and get better teammates!
Well, I'm maybe paraphrasing slightly.
@mindflayer Agree that it can be annoying. Disagree that it's the same as a one shot. You (and more importantly your team) have answers.—
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St. Joe Valley Welcomes Back Pat and Chris Whiteby Staff Member • April 30, 2008 Share:
The weather was beautiful – cool but bright and not a cloud in the sky. Covalski Stadium, home of the minor league baseball team the South Bend Silverhawks, served as a perfect location as the St. Joseph Valley Association of Wabash Men welcomed Chris and Pat White back to the Michiana area.
President White spoke to the largest crowd we could remember at the reception and dinner in South Bend, Indiana on Tuesday evening, April 29, 2008. Pat told stories about several young men at Wabash, including a tidbit on each student whose parents attended the dinner. Pat then covered the basic tenets of the strategic plan – all designed to continue to recruit the right young men to Wabash and then give them the best possible education in the optimum educational environment.
President White spent time answering a number of questions ranging from the possibility of Wabash going co-educational (NOT on the table!) to the educational tension that can be caused by a wide divergence of opinions among Wabash community members. Pat explained that the liberal arts environment is one that encourages the free discussion of all sorts of differing opinions and any attempt to alter that dynamic invariably would cause more harm than good. He did mention that part of the educational process, especially at an institution that relies on the Gentleman's Rule, is to continually stress the importance of respecting others even though one might disagree vehemently with their opinions. He lamented the lack of this in the present day and noted this is a widespread problem and not one specific to Wabash.
After answering question, Pat brought the crowd to its feet when he told everyone there was no better way to close out the evening than to sing "Old Wabash" and he even provided the introduction!
Many thanks go to Dick Barger '55 who set up the entire event, his grandson Cory, a professionally trained chef who is the Upper Deck catering coordinator (and who was responsible for a great dinner), and to regional association president Peter Horvath '92 who served as the evening's emcee.
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Our business = We're ending embarrassing personal bathroom odor. We've created a new solution to an old problem (bathroom odor, #2). We created a personal bathroom antiodorant. Our product is a sprayed into the water before going to the restroom. Excuse Moi's formulation physically traps odors by forming a protective molecular film on the water *before* the olfactory offense begins, eliminating the potential embarrassment of odor permeating the bathroom. In addition, extremely powerful aromatics in the unique Excuse Moi formula overwhelm the olfactory receptors with pleasing effect such that bad smells are imperceptible.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Ad Infinitum Recruiting
<Ad Infinitum> was formed three years ago on the premise that raiding smart could be just as effective as raiding a six day a week schedule.
We see end game content and do hard modes while maintaining a schedule that allows time to do other things. We manage this by coming to raids prepared and ready to accomplish our goals. Fundamentally, we believe the most efficient use of our precious time is to prepare for content through discussion and theorycrafting before we even enter a raid zone.
When: Wednesday, Sunday, Monday (as needed); Invites 6:45pm PST, First Pull 7pm PST.
Where: US-Lethon[PvP] Server
Who: People who are Achievement Driven and Progression Oriented
Things to consider:
- Gear: Be prepared for T8 Achievements and Hard Modes
- Know your role: Our standard is set high. Raiding is not a tourist attraction. Raid members not only understand but can explain all details of an encounter. Trials are called upon in raid to explain boss mechanics so be ready for pop quizzes.
- Attention to Detail: We raid for 4 hours a night. Be as mentally fresh, focused and excited at the end as when we started.
- Connection/Hardware: Is your connection reliable? Do you get more than 15 FPS? Do microwave ovens disconnect you from the interwebs?
- Attitude: Raiding is a team sport with egos checked at the door. We have honest, direct, and productive conversations about raid performance.
Druid (Balance) - medium
Druid (Restoration) - high
Hunter (Survival) - high
Priest (Holy) - high
Shaman (Elemental) - medium
Shaman (Enhancement) - medium
Shaman (Restoration) - medium
Warrior (Arms) - medium
Rogue - medium
Deathknight - medium
Tanks: Trixie
Healers: Aibe
Caster DPS: Bannination
Physical DPS: Rukei
God Luck, We hope to see you there
~ The Officers
We're a pretty decent guild. You're expected to know how to play, know your basic theorycraft, gem/gear properly, etc. We're not a Top 100 guild or anything, but the people in the guild do care and try hard. We do try to stick pretty close to the 3 nights per week + 4 hours per night. We're generally good about starting on time and finishing on time. We don't like unnecessary AFKs, but we have a break in the middle. Raiders are expected to use a Flask and stat Food at all times, even on farm bosses.
Lethon is a PvP server, but it's a fairly quiet one. It used to be low-pop, but was a Recommended server for a while, so it is now medium to high-pop. The Auction House is pretty wacky, but you can find most things you need. It's Pacific Standard Time, and the majority of the guild plays on Pacific time.
Loot system is DKP with English Bid. That's like a standard Auction with multiple rounds of bidding. There are three pools of DKP: Normal, Tier Set, and Vanity. Main-spec before Off-spec, Pawn (our Raider rank) before Members/Trials.
A final note: we aren't joking about "Trials are called upon in raid to explain boss mechanics so be ready for pop quizzes." Before a boss, especially one we haven't done before, the raid leader will sometimes call on someone to explain the fight. That person is expected to give an overview of the fight, the main boss abilities, and the general strategy. So you should have either read up on it earlier, or have enough wit to pull up a browser window with WoWWiki. You don't have to get it perfect, but you shouldn't go in blind.
If this sounds like a guild you'd be interested in, you can apply at the link above. If you have questions, feel free to ask in the comments, email me, or roll a character on Lethon and bug an officer.
12 comments:
- Rastrilo5:15 PM, June 18, 2009
Hey, I've been reading the blog for months and I just figured out you play on Lethon too. I'm horde though. I'll be nice if I spot you in WG.ReplyDelete
Sounds like exactly the kind of guild I would enjoy. Grats to you, I hope you have a great time and get good recruits.ReplyDelete
So I guess you finally gave up on Skylawl?
Yeah, pretty much. I really liked Skywall, but very few guilds ran 3 nights a week. 4-5 nights is much more common.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:07 PM, June 19, 2009
So... no Paladin openings...ReplyDelete
Well, we're always on the lookout for good people regardless of class. However, we've been paladin-heavy for a bit. At one point in Naxx we were taking 5 paladin healers. It's gotten better since then, thankfully.ReplyDelete
If it sounds like a good guild that matches your interests, I urge you to apply anyways. The leadership will be pretty straight with you about the chances of getting into raids.
More mage love please. You only have 7 mages at 80. lol.ReplyDelete
If I had my shaman geared, I might think about actually transfering.
But holy crap! How did you do the web guy do the armory linking thing? That's hawt!!!
- Anonymous3:21 AM, June 22, 2009
Is anyone aware of a guild matching a similar description as this on an EU server?
I love your application. Can I copy most of it?ReplyDelete
Uhh, I suppose so.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2:37 AM, June 23, 2009
Do microwave ovens disconnect you from the interwebs - sorry lol... has that actually happened :PReplyDelete
Good luck!
your in a different time zone :(
Before a boss, especially one we haven't done before, the raid leader will sometimes call on someone to explain the fight. That person is expected to give an overview of the fight, the main boss abilities, and the general strategy. So you should have either read up on it earlier, or have enough wit to pull up a browser window with WoWWikiReplyDelete
play the game. don't just follow the strategy guide.
Ixobelle, it's a deliberate trade-off. We raid for a smaller number of days than most guilds. We choose to research ahead of time to maximize our in-game time.ReplyDelete