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Written by: Joe Carlino @joecarlino14
The first quarter of the 100th NFL season has officially been completed. We went from a record eight teams being undefeated to three in a matter of 72 hours, while other teams just can't figure out what's going wrong. In the NFC South, everything is either discombobulated or separating from the pack, with all their teams starting to figure out what's going to transpire moving forward. Here's where the division stands entering Week Four*, complete with an analysis of their respective contests and previewing the next opponent:
*- how the division looks from first to last place
New Orleans Saints (3-1)
Week Four Result: Won 12-10 vs. Dallas
Analysis: Gutsy performance from the Saints defense against a talented Cowboys offense in primetime. Two forced fumbles prevented Dallas from really getting anything going, and a couple of key drops aided their chances. Of course, there's still some concern about the Saints offense and whether or not they can hold the fort down until Brees returns. This was further evidenced by the fact that the team couldn't punch it into the endzone yesterday, only scoring on four field goals by Wil Lutz. Yes, they're 2-0 without him, but I think everyone can agree that New Orleans' chances of winning vastly improve with him leading the charge.
Up next: Sunday vs. Tampa Bay. The Saints now welcome in the Buccaneers for a good old fashioned slugfest between division opponents. Lest we forget, with Drew Brees at the helm, the Bucs walked into the Superdome and emerged with a 48-40 victory. Of course, back then Ryan Fitzpatrick was the quarterback because Jameis was suspended, and Desean Jackson actually had chemistry with the signal-caller. This time around, it's Jameis vs. Teddy Bridgewater. Expect something to give in front of "Who Dat" Nation Sunday afternoon.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-2)
Week Four Result: Won 54-40 vs. Los Angeles (NFC)
Analysis: After last week's debacle, head coach Bruce Arians preached one word above anything else to his players: "Finish". Coming into this game, it was hard to see the Bucs coming out with a victory, even if it was close. Yet the Bucs went out to LA, weren't given much of a chance by anyone, and simply decimated the Rams in a high-scoring affair. That said, the Bucs did have an 18-point lead twice in the contest, and with nine minutes remaining, it was a five-point affair. The Rams had one final chance to maybe send the game into overtime, but Shaq Barrett (surprise, surprise) came on the blitz on 1st and 20, stripped sacked Jared Goff (who had four turnovers), and former Ram Ndamokung Suh picked up the loose ball and returned it for the final victory margin.
Up Next: Sunday afternoon @ New Orleans. The Bucs now advance to their second straight road game, this time against a division opponent in the Saints in the Superdome. Last year, the team won 48-40, but they didn't have Jameis at the helm. We'll see if Barrett can continue his torrid pace toward DPOY honors this year and if the Bucs can improve to 2-0 away from Tampa before traveling across the pond.
Carolina Panthers (2-2)
Week Four Result: Won 13-10 @ Houston
Analysis: So the Panthers, after starting 0-2 with Cam a the helm, are now sitting at .500 behind Kyle Allen. That said, I do want everyone that represents the Panthers that I fully respect Cam for understanding his own mortality and needing to get back to 100%. People like that don't deserve the level of criticism he gets, even if it's sometimes warranted. But back to the game at hand. Allen didn't really need to do much to get a win, as the Panthers defense did just enough to win the game, including intercepting a pass thrown by, yes, Nuke Hopkins. But I will give Allen props on one particular play: when JJ Watt came in on a beautiful twist rush, stared him down, and ducked/spun around to avoid the sack. Also, hats off to "Run CMC", who had a staggering 37 touches of the football and accumulated 179 total yards from scrimmage.
Up Next: Sunday vs. Jacksonville. I'll be honest here, I think this matchup will be the best matchup of Week Five simply because it's got two relatively unknown quarterbacks who have been performing exceptionally well since getting the starting roles for their respective teams. It's hard currently to predict how the Jaguars will fare against another predatory cat that's just up I-95, but we'll see if Gardner Minshew and the seemingly resurgent "Sacksonville" defense will stop Allen and McCaffrey.
Atlanta Falcons (1-3)
Week Three Result: Lost 24-10 vs. Tennessee
Analysis: I'm sorry, but this game was an epitome of the Falcons season to this point: sloppy performance on defense, constantly getting beaten over the top, the offense being subpar early, and just getting in their own way. It also didn't help that Matt Bryant clanked a field goal from 32 yards out, which really showcased how uninspired the Falcons were. Needless to say, it's hard to find anything good about the Falcons at this point, especially considering their own fans were booing them at halftime. Coming into this contest, Atlanta had only been down 17+ points at half a combined three times in the last three seasons. Every one of their losses has seen a deficit that big, and they need to figure out what's not transferring from practices to the games. It's one thing to be successful on yourself; it's another when the chips are on the table.
Up Next: Sunday @ Houston. Atlanta now goes on the road for the next two weeks, and at this point, it's not looking good for the Dirty Birds. Their first opponent? The Houston Texans, in the same location as their biggest collapse in franchise history. Plus, if Mariota can stay upright against the Falcons defense, imagine what Deshaun Watson will do with Nuke Hopkins on the outside. As a representative of Falcons Nation, I want them to right the ship fast. And I still have hope for them, because my support will never waver. But at the same time, it's hard to see them pulling off the upset at this point.
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Milton è una città degli Stati Uniti, situata nella Contea di Sussex, nello Stato del Delaware. Secondo il censimento del 2000 la popolazione era di 1.657 abitanti. Rientra all'interno dell'area micropolitana di Seaford.

Storia
Situata lungo le sponde del Broadkill River, Milton nacque ufficialmente nel 1672 da parte dei colonizzatori inglesi. La città venne identificata con vari nomi fino al 1807, quando il nome della città venne dedicato al poeta inglese John Milton. La Delaware General Assembly approvò lo status di The Town of Milton nel 1945.

Nella città il più importante patrimonio storico è quello dei cantieri navali, oltre ad alcune costruzioni in puro stile Vittoriano e Coloniale fra le più belle del Delaware. Molte di queste case sono state ristrutturate, in particolare quelle lungo Union e Federal Street.

Milton presenta 198 strutture registrate presso il Federal Register Historic District, e la sua storia è raccolta presso il Lydia B. Cannon Museum, come altri edifici quali la Governor James Carey home, la Chestnut Street Cemetery, e la Governor David Hazzard Mansion.

Oggi Milton funge da centro turistico per le aree di Milton, Broadkill Beach e Primehook Beach, con aree organizzate per le famiglie, centri commerciali e nuovi uffici.

Milton vanta numerose organizzazioni all'interno della comunità, un centro civico, un parco per i Caduti, un centro dei pompieri formato da volontari, una biblioteca, e varie chiese.

Geografia fisica

Milton è situata lungo le sponde del Broadkill River.

Secondo i rilevamenti dello United States Census Bureau, la città di Milton si estende su un territorio totale di 3,0 km², dei quali 2,7 km² sono occupati da terre, mentre 0,3 km² sono occupati da acque, corrispondenti all'8,62% dell'intero territorio.

Popolazione
Secondo il censimento del 2000, a Milton vivevano 1.657 persone, ed erano presenti 438 gruppi familiari. La densità di popolazione era di 603,6 ab./km². Nel territorio comunale si trovavano 804 unità edificate. Per quanto riguarda la composizione etnica degli abitanti, il 67,11% era bianco, il 24,32% era afroamericano, lo 0,24% era nativo, e lo 0,48% era asiatico. Il restante 7,85% della popolazione appartiene ad altre razze o a più di una. La popolazione di ogni razza proveniente dall'America Latina corrisponde all'8,93% degli abitanti.

Per quanto riguarda la suddivisione della popolazione in fasce d'età, il 24,6% era al di sotto dei 18, il 10,2% fra i 18 e i 24, il 26,4% fra i 25 e i 44, il 22,0% fra i 45 e i 64, mentre infine il 16,8% era al di sopra dei 65 anni di età. L'età media della popolazione era di 37 anni. Per ogni 100 donne residenti vivevano 78,7 maschi.

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Conference by Syrian Figures to be Held Soon in Geneva
Thursday June 24th, 2021 by AL-MODON (Lebanese news website)
A large conference by Syrian civil society figures is scheduled in August, with the aim of establishing a democratic State in Syria, according to al-Modon.
Representative of the Syrian opposition Haytham Manna attends a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev - RTX1O9FR
Syrian politicians have announced their intention to hold a political conference called The Syrian National Conference for the Restoration of Sovereignty and Decision. The conference aims to build a Syrian political body fighting for the aspirations of the people to overthrow the tyrannic regime and establish a democratic state.
According to members of the preparatory committee, the conference will be held on the 21st and 22nd of August 2021. It had previously been scheduled to take place earlier, but restrictions imposed due to the COVID19 pandemic led the conference to be postponed several times.
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"The conference has been in preparation for more than two years and should have been held in Berlin in April 2020. Due to the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic, the committee was forced to postpone it. Since the pandemic is starting to recede, the conference is scheduled to be held in Geneva in August," said Samir Hawash, a member of the preparatory committee, in a statement to al-Modon.
"All Syrians are invited to participate in the conference. Only those who have been known to commit crimes of financial corruption are not allowed to do so. Participation is done by personal names and not by institutional representation -whether blocs, bodies, or parties. The role of the preparatory committee ends once the conference is held," Hawash said.
The conference's preparatory committee consists of a group of opposition political figures, including Haitham Manna, Salah al-Waeli, Mohammed Walid Tamer, Samir Hawash, Younis Kanhoush, Minerva al-Barouki, Huda al-Homsi, Major General Mohammed al-Haj Ali, Huda al-Masri, Abdul Karim Agha, Lieutenant-Colonel Adnan Tlass, among others.
"This approach aims to reach an agreement between all Syrians on the crisis and agree on a future for Syria. The conference also serves to end the division and unify the objectives of all Syrians, regardless of our social classes and political affiliations," Hawash added. "Then the goal of the conference will be to market the reached agreement and the vision of the countries concerned with the Syrian file," he said, stressing that the conference does not enjoy funding or support from any party and maintains independence.
In parallel with the preparations for this project, the preparatory committee of the Conference of the Syrian National Forces continues to arrange for their conference, which was also postponed due to the COVID19 outbreak.
According to information obtained by al-Modon, this project is held by prominent opposition figures, such as Fida Hourani, Hussein al-Sayed, Ahmed Khattab, and others. The project is almost finalized after its preparatory committee completed all the necessary documents and papers. These documents deal with the objectives of the transition period, the government's system in the upcoming state, and foreign relations among other objectives.
Since the opposing Syrian National Coalition held its previous internal elections – in which all the coalition's blocs have agreed to exchange positions between coalition president Nasr Hariri and negotiating body chairman Anas al-Abdah- dozens of opponents have struggled to create new political bodies to represent the opposition, while other attempts failed due to disputes between different sides.

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The Book of Boba Fett trailer reveals bounty hunter's Disney Plus show – CNET
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There is plenty of more live-action Star Wars coming to Disney Plus. The Mandalorian is getting a third season, while former Jedi Ahsoka Tano, exiled Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and rebel spy Cassian Andor are getting their own shows.
Fett was reintroduced to the live-action Star Wars universe in the first episode of The Mandalorian's second season last year, having escaped Tatooine's hungry sarlacc in the years since Return of the Jedi. With Fennec's help, he later got his armor back from Mando and teamed up with his fellow bounty hunter to retrieve little Grogu from the Empire.
It's scheduled to hit Disney's streaming service on Dec. 29. The trailer reveals that Boba intends to rule over the slain Hutt's criminal empire "with respect" rather than fear. He probably won't be feeding people to rancors, but the trailer hints that he and assassin ally Fennec Shand will have to get into a number of scraps to get everyone on their side.
Our first glimpse of the most iconic Star Wars bounty hunter's Disney Plus solo adventure is here. The Book of Boba Fett got its first trailer on Monday, hinting at his plans after his violent takeover of Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine in The Mandalorian's season 2 finale.
Boba Fett plans to rule over the late Jabba the Hutt's criminal empire "with respect" instead of fear, which definitely seems like a more sustainable management style.
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Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield , Islington, London, England, UK
Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield /ˈeɪzə/ ay-zə (born 1 April 1997) is a British actor. He is known for playing the main character Bruno in the Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), the young Mordred in the hit BBC TV Series Merlin, Norman in the 2010 film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, and for lead roles in both Martin Scorsese's 2011 fantasy Hugo as Hugo Cabret and in the 2013 film adaptation of the science fiction novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card as Ender Wiggin. He most recently portrayed Nathan Ellis in Morgan Matthews's X+Y and Jude Keffy-Horn in Ten Thousand Saints.
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Kamala Harris passes border blame to Congress for 'not acting', insists amnesty is a requirement
February 4, 2022 | Vivek Saxena | Print Article
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Not only has Vice President Kamala Harris done nothing to fix the ongoing border crisis, despite being assigned to the job last spring, but it appears she's now blaming Congress for what critics say are her failures.
During an interview Wednesday with Noticias Telemundo, she was asked why "Latinos should vote for the Democrats this November" given that the border is still "an issue" and given also President Joe Biden's failed promise for "immigration reform."
Harris responded by zeroing in specifically on the second part of the question.
"The first piece of legislation that we sent to Congress was immigration reform. It literally was our first initiative to say we must have a pathway for citizenship. The problem is Congress is not acting," she said.
She wasn't wrong. On Inauguration Day 2021, the president sent an immigration bill to Congress that would have allowed "undocumented individuals to apply for temporary legal status, with the ability to apply for green cards after five years if they pass criminal and national security background checks and pay their taxes."
But it's not clear how incentivizing illegal immigration would have resolved the border crisis.
Normally, unlawful migration would be decreasing over the colder winter months, instead we continue to see surging, record-breaking levels of encounters at the border.
— Rob Portman (@senrobportman) January 25, 2022
As I have told Biden admin officials countless times, they must act to secure our border – now is not the time to incentivize unlawful migration by continuing their failed policies.
The reporter interviewing Harris pushed back by noting that Democrats control both chambers of Congress, prompting the vice president to deliver a lecture about how the Senate functions.
"The way our democracy works is you need a majority and sometimes in the Senate you need 60 of the 100 to actually act on certain kinds of initiatives. We have to agree first of all this is an essential issue about what is right, what is fair, what is good for the economy in the U.S.," she said.
"We must pass a pathway to citizenship. This should not be partisan. We should not allow Republicans or Democrats if they do stand in the way of it to get away with this as a partisan issue."
Again, it remains unclear how making it relatively easy for illegal aliens to obtain citizenship would reduce illegal migration.
Simply allowing illegals into the U.S., no questions asked, has in itself led to record-high rates of illegal migration.
Since President Biden took office just over a year ago, the number of illegal immigrants crossing our southern border has skyrocketed. Last December had over 170,000 apprehensions, the worst December on record. https://t.co/JWu6o5fTv5
— Patrick McHenry (@PatrickMcHenry) February 3, 2022
The December @CBP operational stats show that the unlawful migration crisis continues to grow, even during traditionally slower months. CBP has reported more than 178,840 total encounters at the border in December, the highest December on record. https://t.co/ECqoRJfxFY
Illegal border crossings were at a record high last year, and we're already on pace to exceed that in 2022.
This administration is setting all the wrong records. pic.twitter.com/NAR4thGV0F
— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) February 2, 2022
In a statement released late last month, Sen. Rob Portman pointed to the over 178,840 border crossings in December and called it "a product of the Biden administration's own policies."
"Normally, unlawful migration would be decreasing over the colder winter months, instead we continue to see surging, record-breaking levels of encounters at the border. As I have told Biden administration officials countless times, they must act to secure our border – now is not the time to incentivize unlawful migration by continuing their failed policies," he said.
"I call on the Biden administration to implement a plan to curb the influx of unlawful migrants and illicit narcotics so our communities in Ohio and across the country can be safe and secure."
Yet as the vice president's words demonstrated, the administration appears to be more focused on incentivizing more illegal migration, though that's not how Harris sees it.
"I believe very strongly in our approach, the work that we are doing to address the root causes of irregular migration. I believe very strongly that most people do not want to leave home, they don't want to leave the place where they grew up, where they go to worship, where their grandparents are," she said in her Wednesday interview.
"When people leave home, it is usually for one of two reasons: either they flee from danger or they just can't stay and take care of the basic needs of their families," Harris said in her Wednesday interview."
It's her belief that addressing these "root causes" will somehow disincentivize illegals from crossing into the U.S., a first-world country where they are — thanks to Democrat policies — guaranteed the "right" to stay, work and, in some places, even vote.
Not to mention the "right" to free transportation into America's biggest cities:
'Gov't is betraying the American people': Damning video reportedly shows worried contractor shipping in migrants via @americanwire_ – https://t.co/IjRfHL01wt
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) January 28, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: The head of the largest NGO along the border, Catholic Charities of RGV explains they are getting reimbursed with taxpayer dollars & they do buy some plane tickets for migrants. She says they help migrants continue their journey otherwise they are left on the streets. pic.twitter.com/ftQ9QLRB3N
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) February 4, 2022
The vice president's interview comes amid reports that yet another one of her staffers — this time her head speechwriter — is leaving her team.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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Hello Simone. I did read about the new cohort and it sounds like it might be a good fit. I wouldn't mind getting into archage again and get some more use out of my fishing boat again if that's the game chosen. I had such a cool house of thunder island...I think that was the name lol. -oh fondest memory from a game I played thats a vast topic. In GW2 I ran with a small guild called Better Luck Next Time and, not to toot our horn, we were all quite good. I ran DD Ele back before they got nerfed. I loved DD ele for the quickness needed to pull off the different combos and it always felt great to dive face first into a huge group that was unaware you were there. Me and the 2 other DD eles in the guild were called the attack dogs lol...but I digress. Truly the best memories I have of any game I spent a lot of hours playing were the other players. Although my gaming buddies have diminished over the years and many don't even play games anymore I still have people I am in touch with from my EQ days and consider them as good of friends as the people I grew up with. Games come and go and I hope to meet some more people to game with. -Favorite beer....bourbon....does that work? hahaha I enjoy Porch Rocker by Sam Adams -East Coast up in NH in the Lakes Region....loooove it here! Thanks for the questions. I am looking forward to see where the cohort goes!
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Ideology : a proposal for a conceptual typology
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The concept of ideology is increasingly popular within social science in general, and within political science in particular. With more than 30 different attributes frequently associated with the term, ideology' is, however, also highly complex and overloaded with definitional baggage' (Gerring). Building on previous efforts to present minimal definitions, the main purpose of this article is to offer a proposal for a conceptual typology of ideology. First, the previously introduced authoritative minimal definition by Gerring is discussed and somewhat expanded. Second, a number of subtypes of this general concept are identified. Third, the possible interactions between ideologies at different levels are briefly reviewed. The article thus seeks to further increase the definitional clarity and, above all, empirical utility of the concept of ideology.
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With the festive season right around the corner, Piaggio India is offering various offers on its range of scooter. Called the '5X Fun Offer', customers can choose three out of five options worth Rs 10,000. The offers are valid till the end of October 2018. They include – 1) Five year warranty – two years of standard and three years of extended warranty 2) Free one year service 3) Two years of road assistance clubbed with PayTM benefits worth Rs 5,000. 4) Zero cost EMI 5) Down payment offer of Rs 3,999.
Heading into Diwali and Dussehra in the upcoming months, we expect more two-wheeler manufacturers to follow similar suit. Stay tuned to Zigwheels for all the latest offers and benefits. Below is the official press release attached for more information.
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Wolfman Jack, Popular Radio Disc Jockey of the 1960s and 1970s
Thelma Raker Coffone
Thelma Raker Coffone is an award-winning writer who enjoys writing on a variety of topics, especially lighthouses.
Wolfman Jack
Bob Smith before he became Wolfman Jack
The Transformation from Robert Smith to Wolfman Jack
If you were a teenager during the 1960's, you need no further introduction to the identity of the legendary radio disc jockey, Wolfman Jack. However, younger generations may not have a clue about this cultural icon that presided over the radio airwaves with his gravely voice and ability to howl like a wolf.
His name wasn't Jack at all ... just plain old Robert Smith who was born in 1938 in Brooklyn. He realized early on he needed to create a radio persona and style if he was to capture an audience in the competitive world of 1960s radio. In those days, popular DJs had exciting and memorable nicknames like Hound Dog, Boppin' Bobby, Johnny Rabbitt and Boss Jock to name just a few. The name Bob Smith just had no pizzazz.
Adopting the name of Wolfman Jack wasn't enough to get the airtime and exposure he was seeking. He needed to have a gimmick that young radio listeners of the day would remember and try to emulate. Along came his famous wolf howl.
But his on-air package wasn't quite complete yet. He needed a style that was all his own that had not been heard before during those "all American, Mom and apple pie" days of the 1960's. He needed to be risque but not raunchy. He needed to make you want to listen to his show but be daring enough to make you think you shouldn't listen to his show.
For those reasons, the first of the "shock jocks" was born. Wolfman urged his listeners to get naked! He told his audience to "put your hands on the radio and squeeze my knobs". Yes, he developed a provocative style that made you tune in to see what outrageous thing he would say next. His alter ego was now complete! Plain old Bob Smith was now Wolfman Jack!!
Wolfman's First Night on Radio WNBC in New York City, 1973
Take your shoes off, turn off the lights and call the law!
— Wolfman Jack during his first show on WNBC
Wolfman Jack Became Famous Around the World
The Wolfman worked at many radio stations during his career which began in the early 60's at WYOU-AM in Newport News, Virginia where he was known as "Daddy Jules". His nationwide notoriety began at XERF-AM in Mexico where the radio stations were not governed as strictly as they were in the United States. That station had a signal that was so strong it could be heard across most of the US. It was said that a car driving from New York to California would never lose the broadcast. Today that is a common occurrence with satellite radio but in the 1960's it was quite a phenomena. At night an AM radio station can be heard for great distances and it was reported that Wolfman Jack could be heard in Europe. The Mexican radio stations became known as "border blasters".
Wolfman on TV and in the Movies
Wolfman syndicated his older radio shows and sold them to stations across the United States. Armed Forces Radio entertained the troops, including soldiers serving in Vietnam, with his programs. At the peak of his radio career, he was heard on more than 2,000 radio stations in 53 countries.
Wolfman Jack had become a cult figure but his manager and partner knew he was capable of being more than a mere disc jockey. He helped to transform Wolfman into an entertainer that also performed in television and movies.
In 1973, he portrayed himself in the hit movie American Graffiti. It was directed by George Lucas, who had grown up listening to Wolfman on the radio. More movie and television roles followed, including an appearance on the popular TV show Married with Children in an episode titled Ship Happens.
Clip from the movie American Graffiti with Wolfman Jack and Richard Dreyfuss
The End of a Legend
Sadly, Wolfman Jack passed away at his home in Belvidere, North Carolina in 1995 at the age of 57. Prior to his death, he authored an autobiography, Have Mercy: Confessions of the Original Rock and Roll Animal. In 1996, he was posthumously inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.
Wolfman's daughter, Joy Rene Smith, followed her father's footsteps and became a disc jockey known as "Joy Jack". Just 3 years after her father's death, Joy was killed in a car crash and is buried next to Wolfman at the family estate in Belvidere.
A Typical Sign Off by Wolfman Jack
Grave of Wolfman Jack in Belvidere, North Carolina
Memories of Wolfman Jack
In those days radio was like magic. And Wolfman Jack was part of that magic. You could lie in bed at night listening to him on your transistor radio from the "border blaster" station in Mexico and create an image in your mind of what this strange man with the frightening wolf howl looked like
That anonymity was part of the mystery and appeal of Wolfman Jack. After the movie American Graffiti, he assumed more of a high profile publicly due to fan pressure. Fans weren't disappointed as his appearance fit the persona with his devil-like goatee, dark hair, sideburns and bushy eyebrows.
But for many, listening to Wolfman was somehow different once you could put a face with the voice. He sounded the same but the mystery was gone. You no longer imagined him as part man and part wolf. The wolf howl just didn't give you goose bumps any longer.
Wolfman Jack broke the mold. He changed the stereotype. He was revolutionary in a time when music was revolutionary because it was the beginning of rock and roll. His voice, his howl and the music he played could touch your very soul.
Those carefree days of cruising in your car with Wolfman Jack are just fond memories from a simpler time. You can still enjoy watching the movie American Graffiti for a nostalgia jolt and reminisce when you hear the Wolfman's raspy voice. It would be nice to go back in time and hear that scary howl, like the words written on his tombstone say, "One More Time".
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Please Share Your Comments About Wolfman Jack
William Aycock
As I child in the 60's, and then into the 70s, I always listened to the Wolfman. I heard him while in the Air Force in Europe as well. He, along with Casey Kasem are radio legends that will never be forgotten.
2 years ago from Blue Ridge Mountains, USA
Roy, every time I get a reply to this article, it brings back my own memories of the Wolfman. Thanks so much for reading and taking the time to contact me.
Roy he was definitely one of a kind! Thanks for reading my article.
Roy Patterson
Use to listen to Wolfman Jack on the mighty 1090 AM out of Mexico when I lived in San Diego. The best ever.
Essie he was quite a character! Love listening to old recordings of his voice.
4 years ago from Southern California
I agree with drbj.....what a delight catching up on some Wolfman Jack nostalgia!! I always like the song, "Clap for the Wolfman"!
Bet it was really something to see! You have had some great experiences. We are fortunate in that also.
Several years ago my husband and I were lucky enough to get free tickets to see Wolfman Jack along with several 50's groups at a casino celebration in Biloxi. WHAT a night that was! He was as good as ever, and so were they!
Tom I bet you enjoyed meeting that crazy guy! Thanks for your comment.
tom frizzell
I met wolfman at an carshow in kcmo in the early 80's. ray farnner kar show;
shannonc I bet trick or treating at the Wolfman's house was really special. Thanks for sharing your memories of him reading stories to your class. I would like to visit the Belvidere area some day as I have read it is very nice. Thanks for your comments and I'm glad you liked the tribute!
Bob C thank you for taking the time to read my article about the "Wolfman" and for leaving me such a nice comment. He was such a funny man and played some great songs that you could actually sing along with. Thanks for sharing your nice memories with us!
shannonc
I am way to young to have listen to wolfman jack on the radio, but I do have my own memories about him. I grew up about 8 minutes from his home in Belvidere and remember going to his house trick or treating on halloween. Also he did a reading for the kids at our local library when I was about 7. The way he read the true story of the 3 little pigs was awesome and something I will never forget. I saw the accident his daughter was in as it happened at the end of my road that I lived on it was tragic. This is an absolutely wonderful tribute to wolfman Jack.
Bob C
Just out of college, my first wife and I lived in Los Gatos California in the mid-sixties. We began a tradition of driving east through the night, across the desert in order to go skiing at China Peak near Fresno.
What kept us awake? The Wolfman! God, we loved that show! Couldn't hear him at home. We sang all night as he spun the hits, and laughed and laughed at his outrageous humor.
Lindacee he certainly was a radio icon. He and his daughter both died much too young. Thanks for adding your comments to my hub. By the way, I enjoy following you!
Linda Chechar
6 years ago from Arizona
This Hub brings back memories, Thelma. I was a bit too young to remember Wolfman Jack from his border blaster days, but did listen to his syndicated radio program in the 70s. He was a radio icon.
Crystal probably the same person as Wolfman did some commercials also. Thanks for your nice comments. You and I are fellow Georgians! I am in the north Georgia mountains.
Crystal Tatum
I remember a Wolfman from television commercials when I was a kid, but not sure if this is the same guy. A great profile. Voted up and interesting.
Paul you are probably thinking of Dick Biondi. He is also in the Radio Hall of Fame. He was the first DJ in the US to play a Beatles record on-air! If you google his name you will find him on Wikipedia.
I really appreciate your kind comments and for sharing my article with your followers. Thanks so much!!!
Paul Richard Kuehn
6 years ago from Udorn City, Thailand
Thelma,
This is an absolutely awesome hub about "Wolfman Jack." I enjoyed the WNBC video very much. I can't remember listening to "Wolfman Jack" before I went away to college in 1962. What I do remember is listening to a disc jockey out of Chicago in the late 50s and early 60s by the name of Nick Biondi/Bionti. He was quite a bit similar to "Wolfman" but without the howl. I remember listening to him on WLS. It is said that he got kicked off the radio in the early 60s by making the comment that "if girls' skirts keep getting any shorter, they'll have to start combing their hair and wearing 'l______k." Voted up as awesome and sharing with followers.
Thanks drbj. Researching for this hub brought back a lot of fun memories!
drbj and sherry
6 years ago from south Florida
Thelma - You made Wolfman Jack come alive with this interesting tribute. Thank you.


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Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis...
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis presenting to the emergency department with status epilepticus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 March 2015
Brodie Nolan ,
Katharina Plenk and
Brodie Nolan
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Katharina Plenk
Department of Internal Medicine, York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill, ON
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON
david.carr@uhn.on.ca
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis is a recently described and underdiagnosed entity that typically affects young, previously healthy individuals. Patients usually present in phases, which may include refractory seizures, psychosis, unresponsiveness, and autonomic instability. The diagnosis of anti-NMDAR encephalitis is challenging; however, prompt diagnosis and early treatment can lead to complete recovery. The incidence of anti-NMDAR encephalitis may be as high as four times that of encephalitis from herpes simplex, varicella-zoster, and West Nile viruses; however, it remains an underrecognized disorder. Early initiation of immunotherapy in anti-NMDAR encephalitis has been found to improve patient outcomes. Because of this, emergency physicians must be vigilant and consider this diagnosis in patients with altered mental status in whom a toxicologic or other etiology is not suspected. Early consideration of this diagnosis can facilitate urgent neurology consultation and prevent diagnostic delays arising from psychiatric referrals. It is essential to consider this diagnosis in suspicious emergency department presentations, particularly young patients who present with altered mental status, psychosis, or new-onset seizure activity when other obvious causes are ruled out. Emergency physicians should discuss the possibility of empirical intravenous immunoglobulin administration with neurology consultants if anti-NMDAR encephalitis is suspected. We describe the case of a 20-year-old man with anti-NMDAR encephalitis who presented to the emergency department with status epilepticus.
autoimmune encephalitis N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor
Case Report • Rapport de cas
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 5 , September 2014 , pp. 425 - 428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2310/8000.2013.131139[Opens in a new window]
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014
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Q: How to left-align faceted-plots with patchwork? I have two facet_wrap plots that I want to combine vertically and left-align with patchwork. My problem is that the number of columns isn't equal between the two plots (like in the simple example included below).
Is there a way to left-align these plots with patchwork?
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
library(purrr)
library(patchwork)

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A: The issue may have to do with wanting to set aspect.ratio = 1, which may not be possible with patchwork if I also want to control alignment and dimensions. I can left-align by removing aspect.ratio = 1 and get close-to-aligned facets by tweaking the design (as per @RichardTelford's comment):
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Bring a baby into this perilous post-Covid world? I don't think so, and I'm not alone
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By Nichi Hodgson, a London-based author, broadcaster and journalist specialising in technology, health and relationships. Her latest book is The Curious History of Dating: From Jane Austen to Tinder. Follow her on Twitter @NichiHodgson
Like many, I had great plans for 2020. A jubilant wedding, a first property. And, hopefully, a pregnancy. But if our best-laid plans are laughed at by the gods, then this year has surely left heaven in hysterics.
For now, my wedding is postponed indefinitely as I wait for my immediate family stuck in Australia to be able to fly out of the country. Meanwhile, with my 37th birthday approaching this September, I do not have fertile time on my side. I could have been persuaded to put the baby before the wedding band, even though as a child of multiple divorces, I'd personally rather be married first. But that was always the luxurious part of the problem. Now, the global economic slump and precariousness of livelihood has brought with it genuine issues. Call me cowardly or selfish, but I simply don't want to risk having a baby in such a perilous climate. And I'm not the only one.
In fact, a whole generation of us has been put off starting a family because of Covid and its destabilising ramifications. At the beginning of lockdown, research conducted by the London School of Economics, of 6,000 people aged 18 to 34 across France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK, asked about their plans to have a baby. The research found that more than 50 percent in France, Germany and Britain are postponing their plans, while up to a fifth of Britons have now decided not to have a child at all.
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It's well-established that in times of Western economic strain, the birth rate usually drops. With the Bank of England predicting the economy will shrink by a quarter and that unemployment will double, leading to the greatest recession for more than 300 years, it's little wonder that millennials are thinking twice about procreating – and we aren't just talking about the middle class. Whether or not a housing market crash is on the cards, with jobs so unstable, it's a terrible time for most to try and negotiate a mortgage, and that's if they're lucky enough to have savings for a deposit.
Even if you forgo trying to buy a house for the moment and simply focus on having a child, the financial obstacles remain. Rents remain extortionate and some of the highest in Europe,
wage growth has slowed to its lowest rate in five years, while the Office for National Statistics reports that 1.6 million more people have claimed some form of benefits since March, whether they are working or not. And don't even mention the cost of childcare which prices so many, particularly women, out of working at all, with the Telegraph reporting that prices may rise by up to 10 per cent yet again because of the pandemic.
And it's not just the economic climate that is waylaying us – it's the very shaking of our social structures that support us having kids. Should this be the first of several lockdowns, I don't want my child to grow up in semi-isolation and away from our family and friends who can support us in our caring endeavours. I wouldn't have the first clue where to start with home-schooling, and the prospect of having to play tutor as well as caretaker and colleague boggles me.
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So what, the naysayers might say, if we lose a generation of children? Earth is overpopulated as it is, maybe this will give it the Malthusian break it needs. Besides, can't you just adopt? But adopting isn't a solution to living in the most isolated of nuclear family units, under the most precarious economic circumstances since the 18th century. Adopting isn't a solution to the pain, strain and worry of trying to raise a child in a world without a vaccine.
Make no mistake, I never took for granted my future would feature a family. But if a whole generation doesn't have the resources to raise a new one, Covid's legacy will be more than the thousands of lives lost to infection – it will be the thousands of lives never realised.
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Marketing Insights: Acting our Age
By Michelle Brisebois
Acting our Age
Marketers love to lump consumers into groups. It's
easier to track changes and to detect any shifts in behavior that
provide clues to a new trend.
Marketers love to lump consumers into groups. It's easier to track changes and to detect any shifts in behavior that provide clues to a new trend.
One of our favourite ways to categorize people is by age because we can predict that consumers will engage in certain behaviors over the course of their lifetime.
Traditionally, older people haven't been huge consumers of pizza. Our focus has been on the youth market – college kids, busy families. Imagine our collective surprise to see that pizza consumption is increasing among Canadians over the age of fifty-five.
Pizza consumption overall is decreasing a bit and perhaps it's because the marketing of pizza hasn't exactly moved with the aging population. Canadians are getting older and, thanks to the post-World War II Baby Boom, most of us are over the age of 40. Yet, pizza is still largely seen as cheap, unhealthy belly filler.
Quite frankly, we just don't picture someone in their 60s as a typical pizza consumer. Exactly what does someone in their 60s look like? Grey hair? Slowing down? Can you picture Mick Jagger – aged sixty-two – eating pizza? I can. Although Mick hardly represents a typical senior citizen, he does represent a generational attitude; a younger, trendier senior, and that could be very good news for the pizza industry – if we position the product correctly.
People continue the same habits and behaviors throughout their lifetime. If a generation grows up eating a certain food, then chances are it will be something they continue to consume through all age bands. Pizza is a phenomenon of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Today's older Canadian would have consumed pizza in their youth, and therefore it stands to reason that we're seeing more people consume pizza in their later years because this is the first generation of seniors that ate pizza growing up.
The other reason we're seeing this trend is because there are just so many baby boomers proportionally to other groups. Canadians between the ages of 39 and 58 make up 31.6 per cent of the population. That's a huge bubble of folks clustered fairly close together in age. Of this 31.6 per cent, 18.6 per cent are only ten years apart in age (39 – 49 years).
According to NPD Group / NPD CREST Canada, the largest growth in share of pizza occasions has been in the age 50 – 64 group. In 1995, nine per cent of eating occasions where pizza was consumed were attributed to those aged 50 – 64. By 2005, that number had risen to 15 per cent. It's easy to justify this change since there are more people shifting into this demographic. What's curious though, is that the same report shows the number of pizza occasions attributed to those aged 13-17 has decreased very slightly from eight per cent in 1995 to seven per cent in 2005.
Since a large number of Echo Boomers (children of the baby boomers) are shifting into this age band, one would expect to see a similar but less dramatic increase in pizza consumption. But we don't. This may add support to the argument that once a generation establishes a behavior (like eating pizza), it continues that behavior throughout its lifecycle.
Echo Boomers were raised on hamburgers and Happy Meals. They've continued to consume sandwich type entrees into their teenage years, but the Baby Boomers are still loyal to pizza. The problem it seems is that pizza hasn't been that loyal to the Baby Boomers.
As people age, they have more time and disposable income. A person in their 50s and 60s will choose food items based on taste and freshness, with health and weight control also high on the priority list. Unhampered by small children that make dining out difficult, people tend to frequent full service restaurants (FSR) instead of QSR (quick serve restaurants).
NPD Group / NPD CREST Canada also reports that by age 65, 40 per cent of eater occasions are held at full serve restaurants with 48 per cent occurring at quick serve establishments. Compare this to 18 -34 year olds with 20 per cent eater occasions at FSR and 72 per cent at QSR, and you can see the pizza opportunity does shift a bit towards full service establishments with an aging population. Keep in mind however that although more boomer eater occasions are happening at FSR, almost half of eater occasions enjoyed by seniors are still in the quick service operations.
It's also important to note that QSR is the only channel where the cheque
average is rising. NPD Group / NPD CREST Canada confirms that the average supper cheque in QSR currently sits at $6.24 which is a healthy five per cent increase over last year. Family mid-scale restaurants and casual dining operations currently show a cheque average that is flat compared to last year. People are willing to pay more for a quality product.
It would appear as though those operators selling pizza should look at their menu offering and make sure their pizzas are properly positioned to target the older Canadian. A 16-inch, gooey, meat-laden pie won't appeal to their finer tastes and deep price-cutting and couponing probably won't get them in the door.
Don't write off consumers in their later years. This group still represents a huge number of patrons and they will probably be around longer than previous senior cohorts. After all, trend-watchers are declaring "sixty is the new forty." I guess, "time is on their side."•
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Since it's like a premium version and it's not modifying game files it gets by somehow. I personally hate Zygor's guides and always have, it's just personal honestly. I understand some people like his guides and have no problem paying for them but I personally hate the idea of charging someone for an addon that - as this post points out - has plenty of bugs in it. These were fixed last week and if I'm paying cash for an addon I want that addon bug free and not causing a hassle and taking my time away when I could be doing a better job without an addon at all.
I made some route changes to the Horde levels 43-44 sections. I have swapped 44 Dustwallow Marsh with 44 Desolace (the entire sections). This allowed me to do Deadmire (at lvl 43 instead of 38) and then go stop at TB to turn in Deadmire + The Black Shield at the same time, then fly quickly to do the Desolace stuff. Doing 44 Desolace is now mandatory because I think its faster with the new routes. This will also make the level 53 grind much shorter. I think these were great changes.
If you're a returning player, consider paying for a month's worth of playing time—a mere $15—and using the game's newer Class Trials to see if you still have that spark for higher-level play. While you can also go the "Starter Edition" route for a free, limited romp through Azeroth, you might need a little more than the newbie zones to help you decide whether you want to play through the game's latest expansion.
The Horde 12-20 (Barrens + Stonetalon Mountains) guide has been rewritten and revamped. In addition, there has been numerous tweaks to the speedrun route to make things faster and easier to follow. Also, in case you haven't noticed I am now adding about 40% more info per step and redoing all the images. Unlike with my previous vanilla guides, I am now giving a brief explanation of where to go and what to do with each step along with any other helpful tips.
I like his recommendations 2 level 1-20 zones to get to 20, then do all the 2nd zones since they are designed for walking (Horde: Northern Barrens, Silverpine Forest, Ghostlands, Azshara, & Hillsbrad Foothills if you need a little more. Alliance: Westfall, Loch Modan, Darkshore, Bloodmyst Isle, and if you need a little more Redridge Mtns, or Duskwood). Don't even bother with the higher level areas, too spread out. Finishing up a Monk now and I had done all these zones before the update, the running between quest and the 50% experience cap is driving me crazy.
Anyway both got to 110 at around 50h played. I messed up with my Pal by going to Legion once I hit 100 instead of finishing treasures and bonuses in WoD. All in all, if I picked the best zones and was only trying to level as fast as I could, I would probably could have done it in roughly 40h. Note that it would have a been A LOT faster with a Monk as both Ret and Rogues don't really have a decent AoE until 40+ (45 for Ret and 63 for Rogue I believe). The daily also helps a lot. I know that leveling my Monk before the pre-patch was insanely fast. Might be slower with the changes to FoF, however.
And, of course, there are plenty of in-game addons you can use to make your adventures in Azeroth even more efficient. Try checking out Azeroth Auto Pilot, which points you where to go, handles all your NPC discussions and quest turn-ins, and automatically sells your junk gear (among other features). Deadly Boss Mods is still a must-have, so you don't die in dungeons quite so quickly. Pawn helps you tell whether the gear you're getting is actually an upgrade or not. World Quests List gives you a much better way to see what's happening in your zone (and sort for the rewards you're prioritizing).
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Changes were also made to levelling in earlier content with Legion's 7.3.5 patch. The level-scaling tech introduced in Legion not only be continued in the new continents of Kul Tiras and Zandalar, but was also be applied to content from prior expansions, allowing larger level brackets for lower level zones. Further, as previous expansions are now included in the base game, the level ranges for those expansions are now broadened, allowing players to spend more time leveling in preferred expansions and avoid others entirely. Some examples include a zone like Westfall having its level bracket (at 10–15 as of Legion) increased to 10–60, whilst continents such as Outland and Northrend sharing a 60–80 level bracket. The aim of this change is to encourage more player choice whilst levelling and to allow players to experience the full story of a particular zone without overlevelling the relevant quests.
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And if anything, this addon is more legit than an addon such as auctioneer. You can effectively set auctioneer up to auto purchase or at least auto prompt you to buy out items within a price range you specify - that's far more automation (rescanning the AH once per second, automatically informing you of deals with a buyout option button ready to be clicked, etc) than Zygor's does.
In Kul Tiras, the Alliance's initial attempt to gain the nation's assistance ends disastrously when Katherine Proudmoore, Lord Admiral of Kul Tiras and mother to Archmage Jaina Proudmoore, not only refuses the Alliance's request for aide but also orders Jaina arrested and exiled for her role in the death of her father, Daelin Proudmoore, in the aftermath of the Third War. It quickly becomes apparent that Kul Tiras has become mired in corruption and outside threats, so Anduin and Genn Greymane send Alliance Champions to aid the Kul Tirans and earn their trust. Aiding them in this quest are Flynn Fairwind, a "retired" privateer, and Taelia Fordragon, the idealistic daughter of Bolvar Fordragon, former High Lord of Stormwind and current Lich King of the Undead Scourge. The Alliance is successfully able to earn the trust of Kul Tiras by combating the pirates of the traitorous Ashvane Trading Company in Tirisgrade Sounds, the Naga and corrupted agents of Queen Azshara in Stormsong Valley, and the occult forces of the ancient, ghostly warlord Gorak Tul in Drustvar. After these threats are defeated, Katherine is left despondent at her inability to lead her people, and resolves to help the Alliance find Jaina and reconcile with her. The Alliance eventually track Jaina to the prison island of Fate's End, where Gorak Tul, having survived the events of Drustvar, has kidnapped her and is tormenting her with visions of her past failures. The Alliance champions and Katherine destroy Gorak Tul once and for all and rescue Jaina, who is finally able to let go of the hate, anger and obsession with the past that defined her ever since the destruction of Theramore. The Alliance and Proudmoores then unite to defend the capitol city of Boralus from a massive pirate siege, after which Jaina is named Lord Admiral and pledges Kul Tiras' navy to the Alliance.
While it's clear that Blizzard is eager not to spoil the future of Battle for Azeroth, it seems pretty unlikely that players who want to be pure evil will ever get their day to shine in World of Warcraft. Despite the decision being added into the game, the good guys will likely win and the threats to Azeroth will continue to roll on by, getting knocked out by players one at a time.
Certain locations in World of Warcraft – primarily inns, capital cities, and private instanced zones like your garrison or class order hall – are rest areas. You know you've entered one because your character portrait will gain a "Zzz" icon where your level is normally shown, and because you can immediately log out of the game instead of waiting 20 seconds.
":"  -  Any time a step ends in a ":" instead of a "." means that the next step is part of the current step you are on.  This generally means the next step should be done while working on the current step.  This means every "start working on" or "continue working on" will end in a ":".  But this is used with other occasions as well, so keep this in mind.
Hi, cool addon, but I have one problem with it, the objective quest location is now changed into the top of screen and cannot be moved, because I also use "MoveAnything" addon and I use that addon to locate my quest objectives, now I think both addons are causing a problem where I can't move the objective with neither of addons, for example even if I unlock and try to move using Dugi, it won't move, it is stuck in the top of screen just above my minimap.
At the same time, a stat "squish" meant that players' gear level, health and damage were drastically reduced. Monsters' stats were similarly clobbered, though predictably, some lesser-known abilities immediately started one-shotting players. (On the beta servers, a simple toy allowed players to kill each other with one blow, with amusing results; but even on live servers, those bugs were legion.)
The zone you start in isn't under your control, in as much as it's pre-selected for you based on your race. But for leveling purposes we want to make scaling work for us as much as possible. That means sticking to the lower level zones. Even though scaling will increase the level of the quests and mobs in those zones, the layout and design of them is built for a player with no mount. So you'll blaze through them and gain more exp/hour than higher level zones which assume you DO have a mount.
These are a genuinely challenging and dynamic way to play. No two are alike, and the A.I. actually does give you some real opposition. Island expeditions are like dungeons, available in normal, heroic, and mythic difficulties. That means you can press into higher difficulties for more of a challenge. Of course, the PvP version pushes everything to the max.
Groups are constantly forming in the group finder to go battle the enemy faction. If you're more of a lone wolf, you can still stalk around the world looking for enemy players. You're bound to find some. World quests with Warmode on also spark some seriously interesting interactions, especially ones for neutral factions like the Champions of Azeroth.
Class abilities were reworked dramatically across the board, with some still needing a serious balance pass. That left many players not only feeling underpowered, but having to learn how to play their characters all over again. Bosses in large-group raid dungeons that were easily killed each week by experienced guilds of players suddenly became challenging again, or worse, completely unkillable, halting forward momentum on old content for a good chunk of the high-end player base.
Azeroth paid a terrible price to end the apocalyptic march of the Legion's crusade—but even as the world's wounds are tended, it is the shattered trust between the Alliance and Horde that may prove the hardest to mend. In Battle for Azeroth, the fall of the Burning Legion sets off a series of disastrous incidents that reignites the conflict at the heart of the Warcraft saga. As a new age of warfare begins, Azeroth's heroes must set out on a journey to recruit new allies, race to claim the world's mightiest resources, and fight on several fronts to determine whether the Horde or Alliance will lead Azeroth into its uncertain future.[9]
Where is Thrall in Battle for Azeroth? Thrall, a legendary figure, an orc who saved his race and largely shaped today's Horde, returns in Battle for Azeroth. However, the question is: where is Thrall? This matter is not so obvious, because after abandoning the title of Warchief Commander of the Horde, Thrall has appeared rather rarely. He usually returned in the most important moments of Azeroth's history. So we answer your question - Where is Thrall and what is he doing in the current timing in World of Warcraft?
Allied races are variants of existing races. The Void Elves are a version of Night Elves, while the Highmount Tauren are, you guessed it, a version of the Tauren. Four allied races are already in the game before launch and two more, the Dark Iron Dwarves and Mag'har Orcs, were added after Battle for Azeroth launched. Each Allied Race has its own racial abilities. You can also unlock a heritage armor set by leveling any Allied Race to the level cap.
Vol'Dun is the hardest and most tedious of the Horde Zones in Battle for Azeroth. It's also probably the one that makes the most sense. Each sections of quests leads directly to the one you should do next. For all of these reasons it's going to be best to get this one done early. Thanks to any legendary items you might have collected in Legion, you'll be strongest in the leveling process before 115 and weaker after — because that's when the legendary effects stop working.
5% was admittedly an exaggeration, just felt that low. I'd say it was probably closer to the 30-40% range. It was Artifacts of the Blacksilt, spent a good 10-15 minutes killing Blacksilt Seers to get two damn idols to drop. A quest that had me killing Elder Brown Bears for bear flanks also took quite a while, though that was less due to drop rate and more due to how spread out they were.
The tail end of Legion saw the introduction of Allied Races, which introduced two new races for each side to play as. Battle for Azeroth introduces more, with Dark Iron Dwarves and brown-skinned Orcs included in the upcoming choices. Blizzard hasn't confirmed much about what other kinds of races might show up, but there's plenty of datamined info out there for those who want to take a look. Allied Races start at level 20 after a short scenario and players can earn a special set of cosmetic armor if they level the character all the way to 1110 without buying a level boost.
Tiragarde Sound and Stormsong Valley are both fairly similar zones, but Stormsong is a little longer, meaning that you might not even have to finish it to hit 120. Tiragarde also comes with a bit of a warning. There are plenty of side quests to do in the zone after you finish the story quests. Don't do them. It's not worth the time or the experience you'll get.
Havoc in Battle for Azeroth has gone through somewhat of a maturing process, trying to focus more on the talent tree and allowing for more diverse options in gameplay approaches, alongside tightening up some of the more loose aspects of the original implementation. It still remains a predominantly builder spender style rotation and is largely Global Cooldown locked. The core hook is making the most of your Fury pool and reacting to unpredictable gains, ensuring you use high burst cooldowns and windows to push yourself even further. On top of that, it comes with a variety of mobility and defense tools, creating a versatile toolkit with some unique abilities that can be used in a variety of ways.
As you're leveling, I generally recommend you just follow the natural flow of the progression through each zone. They're laid out fairly reasonably. But don't be afraid to hop around, especially if you're near a quest objective. You shouldn't actually need ALL of the zones listed to reach 62. Pick the ones you like best. It's much more important to simply be as focused as possible and flow from one quest to the next.
If you'd rather read than watch, there are also plenty of resources you can use to acclimate yourself to World of Warcraft, figure out what to do next, and ask questions when you're feeling stuck. For the basics, we recommend reviewing Wowhead's "Guide on How to Play World of Warcraft," which is definitely worth scanning if you're new to massively multiplayer online games or just want to get a sense of how Blizzard's approach differs from others you've played.
Congratulations on reaching Level 120! There are a myriad of new things to do. The first thing you should do is head to your faction hub ship where you have been doing your mission table quests and footholds to pick up and complete the quests necessary to unlock World Quests. World Quests will provide you an opportunity to grind reputation levels, acquire gear, and gather Azerite. There are tons of new things to do that we will cover in our Level 120 Battle Guide found here: Level 120 Battle Guide.
I have tried it a few times. It's good if you're new to the game. Otherwise not so much. I found I leveled slower by using it, as it's suggesting to take the longest possible route usually. Basically following roads everytime, when you could take an easy shortcut. Especially if the shortcut involves a bit of fall damage, it's out of question. The "go here" spots don't also update if you take a shortcut, and then the waypoint arrow points to wrong direction. But perhaps it has been updated since then.
Allied races: Our new allies will join the factions and players will be able to unlock the ability to play their race. There are 6 planned for launch. Horde: Nightborne, Highmountain tauren, Zandalari troll. Alliance: Void elf, Lightforged draenei, Dark Iron dwarf. Additional races are planned for the future. Receive a Heritage Armor set, if you level an allied race character to level 110.[5][6]
Heirlooms. At the bare minimum you make sure all the armor pieces upgraded to 110, since this is the lion's share of your experience increase. Neck and Ring upgrades are secondary, but still important due to being able to enchant them. Trinkets can't be enchanted, but you'll want them at max as well, if only to save time by not having to worry about replacing them as you level.
This leaves players chasing an endless loop of trying to get higher level Azerite gear — which can only reliably be gained through raids and isn't available in Mythic+ — but only the pieces with exactly the right traits will actually be an upgrade. It's even possible that some items that should be huge upgrades are nullified by the loss of a specific trait that makes one ability do more damage than the others.
Meanwhile, Tyrande Whisperwind and Malfurion Stormrage grow impatient regarding liberating Darkshore from the Horde's control, ultimately choosing to begin the offensive on their own, against Anduin's advice. In order to maximize their chances, Tyrande undergoes a ritual to turn herself into the Night Warrior, the avatar of Elune's most wrathful and warlike aspects. To counter this, Sylvanas orders several Night Elven heroes who fell in the Burning of Teldrassil to be raised as Dark Rangers to bolster her forces.
If you love running old content for transmog items, you'll love the new legacy loot system. Whenever a player enters a dungeon or raid where they are 10 or more levels above the content, the dungeon or raid bosses drop an amount of loot equivalent to what would have dropped for a full group when the content was current. That means players could earn loot for five people in dungeons and loot for 20 people after soloing a raid. The legacy loot system also drops other gear types, like cloth dropping for a plate wearer. It's now much easier to get the transmog gear you want, and you can also collect gear for your alts on the same run.
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Q: pandas ewm and rolling methods to not fill in NAs Is there a parameter for ewm and rolling methods to not fill in the NAs?
>>> A = pd.Series([1,2,3,4,np.nan,5,6])
>>> A
0    1.0
1    2.0
2    3.0
3    4.0
4    NaN
5    5.0
6    6.0
dtype: float64
>>> eA = A.ewm(alpha = 0.5, ignore_na=True).mean()
>>> eA
0    1.000000
1    1.666667
2    2.428571
3    3.266667
4    3.266667 # I want this to be NA, don't fill in
5    4.161290
6    5.095238
dtype: float64

Of course this is easily solved by
eA[A.isnull()] = np.nan

But this takes some unnecessary running time, and the need to think of a variable name for every rolling function is bothersome when you have more than a few.

A: Unfortunately this currently isn't supported in ewm, you'd have to overwrite with NaN using your proposed method or filter our the NaN rows so that ewm produces a Series preserving the original index, you can then either use combine_first or reindex to re-insert the NaN rows:
In [32]:
A = pd.Series([1,2,3,4,np.nan,5,6])
eA = A[A.notnull()].ewm(alpha = 0.5, ignore_na=True).mean()
eA.combine_first(A)

Out[32]:
0    1.000000
1    1.666667
2    2.428571
3    3.266667
4         NaN
5    4.161290
6    5.095238
dtype: float64

In [33]:
eA.reindex(A.index)

Out[33]:
0    1.000000
1    1.666667
2    2.428571
3    3.266667
4         NaN
5    4.161290
6    5.095238
dtype: float64


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Once the top dog, this club has fallen behind rivals GFC, despite a desperate merger of old rivals.
Dürener FC 03 and SC Germania D&uumlren joined forces in 1935 to form SG D&uumlren 99. This merger turned out to be relatively successful, as D99 was soon playing in the top level Gauliga by 1939.
After the WW-II, D99 played mostly in the 2nd level 2.Liga-West. With reorganization, they were seeded in the 3rd division Amateurliga. They started out quite well, winning the championship in 1966. However, the club decided not to participate in the promotion playoffs for the Regionalliga. This turned out to be a poor decision, as perhaps depression set in, and the club would not have another chance, and got dropped down to the Landesliga by 1974. There was a revival of sorts, culminating in three Amateur-Oberliga seasons in the mid 1980s, but then things went downhill again. By the mid 1990s, D99 had disappeared off the radar screen.
Schwarz-Weiss Düren was certainly 2nd fiddle to D99. The club got started in 1896 as Verein für Jugend- und Volkspiele and some time later changed the name to Schwarz-Weiss. There was some modicum of success in the mid 1990s, advancing to the Verbandsliga, but then they too started to drop.
In 2001, rivals Schwarz-Weiss and Düren 99 merged to form the current club, which remains mired in obscurity.
Full Name Sportgemeinschaft Schwarz-Weiss Düren 1899 e.V.
City Düren (Nordrhein-Westfalen). Pop: 91,012 (2003).
Address Mariaweilerstraße 81, 52349 Düren
Phone: 02421 - 63455, Fax: Telefax: 02421 - 961596
e-mail: info@swdueren99.de
Colors Black and white
Stadium Westkampfbahn Mariaweilerstrasse. Capacity: 8,000
Also Jugendstadion. Capacity 10,000 (built in 1926).
Foes GFC Düren
Pub Grub The club house at the Westkampfbahn, has a Gaststätte called "Treffpunkt 99". There is also a facility at the Judgendstadion.
The Net Official site: www.swdueren99.de
SG Düren 99
1963-64	(III)	Verbandsliga Mittelrhein	4th
1964-65	(III)	Verbandsliga Mittelrhein	2nd
1965-66	(III)	Verbandsliga Mittelrhein	1st
1966-67	(III)	Verbandsliga Mittelrhein	10th
1974-75	(V)	Landesliga Mittelrhein-2	1st
1975-76	(IV)	Verbandsliga Mittelrhein	10th
1976-77	(IV)	Verbandsliga Mittelrhein	9th
1982-83	(IV)	Verbandsliga Mittelrhein	1st
1983-84	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nordrhein		14th
1993-01	?
----> SW Düren 99
Schwarz-Weiß Düren
1994-95	(VI)	Landesliga Mittelrhein-2
1995-96	(V)	Verbandsliga Mittelrhein	14th
1996-97	(VI)	Landesliga Mittelrhein-2	15th
SG Schwarz-Weiß Düren 99
2003-04	(VII)	Bezirksliga Mittelrhein-3
2007-08	(VIII) 	Kreisliga A-Düren


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I'm pleased and excited to introduce Loren Weaver, the subject of this week's interview. Like last week's interviewee, Heather R. Blair, I met Loren online when she offered to review The Secret Dead.
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I first came across Lucas Bale on Twitter before he'd published his debut novel, The Heretic. We chatted about self-publishing, he bought my book and said nice things about it, and I ended up beta-reading for The Heretic.
I mention this to brag and ensure it is recorded for all posterity that I knew Lucas Bale before he was a big deal. Because I think he will be. Remember you saw it here first.
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"In addition to industry trends and the growing consumer preference for cage free eggs in other channels such as grocery, today we are casting our vote with consumers and will work toward meeting these new supply standards." said Rich Kamph, Senior Vice President of FOCUS Brands Global Supply Chain.
About FOCUS Brands Inc.
Atlanta-based FOCUS Brands Inc., through its affiliate brands, is the franchisor and operator of more than 5,000 ice cream shoppes, bakeries, restaurants and cafes in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 60 foreign countries under the brand names Carvel®, Cinnabon®, Schlotzsky's®, Moe's Southwest Grill®, Auntie Anne's® and McAlister's Deli®, as well as Seattle's Best Coffee® on certain military bases and in certain international markets. Please visit www.focusbrands.com to learn more.
About Moe's Southwest Grill®
Welcome to Moe's!® Founded in 2000 and based in Atlanta, GA, Moe's Southwest Grill is a fast-casual restaurant franchise that serves high quality and fresh southwestern food. Moe's has an extensive variety of menu items to please the entire family – from burritos to specialty items like quesadillas and nachos. Whether you visit one of our 700 franchised locations or have us cater your next event, free chips and salsa come with every order. Moe's restaurant have a salsa bar and serve our famous queso. Moe's Southwest Grill has been recognized as the Brand of the Year in the Fast Casual Mexican Restaurant category for two years in a row based on the 2016 & 2017 Harris Poll EquiTrend® Studies. Check us out online at www.moes.com to find a store near you, and then connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.