That's not necessarily the case. To cite one example, our Walmart has the same brand of locally made frozen pizzas the other local supermarkets have. the Target by me doesn't, but it's a smaller Target.
You make an excellent point. Giraffes also have the same type of selection pressures. People assumed that giraffes had long necks because it allows them to reach higher leaves. There's some truth to that but it's also true that male giraffes compete by pushing each other with their necks.
Anyone seeing a giraffe eat would make the first assumption, only someone seeing male giraffes during rut would notice the second.
Unlike the peacock, the long or thick neck may not hamper a male giraffe's viability
If you're not max level, mana is rarely an issue. Back in Cataclysm, 80-83 was pretty much like before, but then in the level 83 dungeons, mobs started hitting a lot harder and tank had bigger health pools. It's pretty much the same in Pandaria except 85-88 is easy 88-90 can be a kick in the seat.
The reason for Flex raiding (10-24 characters) was if you had 12 people ready to raid, in the past 2 people had to sit out. Now you can invite the extra two and all get to play. With 12 players instead of 10, the boss gets another 20% more HP and there's a 20% chance for an additional piece of gear to drop. They worked hard at avoiding breakpoints (the jump in difficulty from say 12-13 is not much, but due to mechanics 13-14 is a big jump) In my book, Flex raids are a big success.
Form many, many direct observations, I have seen kids being "tortured" with standardized curricula though these were kids with strong artistic senses, or strong scientific senses, etc. Why, on earth, does a kid who loves STEM and is really a high-flyer in STEM, need to do well in Arts, Sports, and other topics in order to continue school/high-school/college? Same is true for kids who love Arts, Sports, or so who are tortured with STEM?
The ace STEM kid and the future art major needs sports to stay in shape. The star varsity athlete needs to take history and government to be a good citizen. All students need the Arts to give them a richer life, It's not necessary, but it makes life better.
They can specialize post-secondary. For the truly talented, there's "Fame" schools and private elite sports schools.
I do recall a Jeopardy contest where the second highest score was exactly 1/2 the leader. The second place contestant did the logical thing and bet all. The leader bet nothing, guaranteeing at least a tie.
What does betting odd amounts have to do with strategy? Making the final Jeopardy math harder?
the first two Skylanders games so I hope they made some bucks from that. Very clever idea with Skylanders- the character's levels are stored in the character, which also makes them cross platform.
Then he'll know what his guys are getting into, and he knows if he should call the Governor for reinforcements.
I have no idea if the volunteer Fire Chief actually has the time to learn enough to digest all the info that's in the report, but small town governments don't actually have much to do except bitch about might-bes, and in a state like ND the governor's job is to make small towns happy, so they'll get their reports eventually.
Strangely enough, the current governor's family farmstead is a few miles east of Casselton (accident was on the west side of town). I'm sure they have his direct number.
I grew a block and a half from that line that goes through Casselton ND and have lived most of my life within a mile of it, It's one of the main lines from Chicago to Seattle and there's trains about every 20 minutes. There is a derailment around Casselton about every 15 years or so (usually there's no giant fireballs).
I think this story gets attention from the right who want to criticize the environmentalists delaying the XL pipeline expansion. Other criticisms fall on Warren Buffet/Berkshire Hathaway who is/are major investors in BNSF and stand to lose a lot of money if it gets expanded.
The horribly tragic story from Canada last year is still fresh in some people's minds. I listen to CBC radio at night and the story is much worse than just the explosion & deaths; the chemicals were so nasty people couldn't go back to their homes, bodies could not be recovered. That seemed to be a completely avoidable incident.
There was a big stink about 20 years ago about BNSF not wanting to slow down for the residents in Casselton, but residents complained that when they go through at full speed the vibrations actually break windows. I've had to live with the effects of BN/BNSF most of my life. It took years of work and negotiations to get Fargo ND/Moorhead MN whistle free but the side effect was fewer crossings. There's also the effect of the Dilworth MN switching yards causing unnecessary traffic stoppages in Moorhead (Train starts moving west, sets off the sensors that trigger the traffic lights to go into a special mode; Trains slows/stops/reverses direction before it reaches the intersection).
I realize that both Casselton and Fargo/Moorhead wouldn't be where they are without the railroad going through it, but I have to deal with its existence pretty much every day.
Facebook is to infidelity what cheap HFCS is to obesity
This is so true. Facebook is reviled on Infidelity websites/support groups. It makes it way too easy to find that friend of a friend that you had a one-night stand with in college or that former co-worker that was kinda cute. Granted, you can still find people to fool around with using non-internet methods. It's a catalyst, it lowers the energy required to do something.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is made up of 30 top companies. The companies do change over time due to mergers/acquisitions/failures. The 2 most recent companies to drop off were GM and Citibank.
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I liked Troi a lot better when she went with the standard SF uniform in the last 2 or so seasons
That's not necessarily the case. To cite one example, our Walmart has the same brand of locally made frozen pizzas the other local supermarkets have. the Target by me doesn't, but it's a smaller Target.
I like the OWA app, it works well for a lot of my work flow when I'm away from the office.
No, but they were made by Maidenform, a women's undergarment manufacturer.
You make an excellent point. Giraffes also have the same type of selection pressures. People assumed that giraffes had long necks because it allows them to reach higher leaves. There's some truth to that but it's also true that male giraffes compete by pushing each other with their necks.
Anyone seeing a giraffe eat would make the first assumption, only someone seeing male giraffes during rut would notice the second.
Unlike the peacock, the long or thick neck may not hamper a male giraffe's viability
I'm guessing the twin motorcycle motors have a very good power/weight ratio.
It's a great game. My then 8 year old and I had a great time playing it when it came out.
And if you don't, I'll burn your house down ... with a lemon!
If you're not max level, mana is rarely an issue. Back in Cataclysm, 80-83 was pretty much like before, but then in the level 83 dungeons, mobs started hitting a lot harder and tank had bigger health pools. It's pretty much the same in Pandaria except 85-88 is easy 88-90 can be a kick in the seat.
The reason for Flex raiding (10-24 characters) was if you had 12 people ready to raid, in the past 2 people had to sit out. Now you can invite the extra two and all get to play.
With 12 players instead of 10, the boss gets another 20% more HP and there's a 20% chance for an additional piece of gear to drop. They worked hard at avoiding breakpoints (the jump in difficulty from say 12-13 is not much, but due to mechanics 13-14 is a big jump)
In my book, Flex raids are a big success.
I know they have special edition models from time to time, but these are kind of odd edition names for New Beetles.
Why not something Germanic like Planck and Goethe editions?
Includes the famous short story "The Galapagos-land Diaries"
Dress Your Family in Chitin and Denim
This reminds me of an old bit in The Onion "Nike to Cease Manufacturing Products"
http://www.theonion.com/articl...
Big Blue might as well just liquidate and give the money back to the shareholders, they just don't care anymore.
Form many, many direct observations, I have seen kids being "tortured" with standardized curricula though these were kids with strong artistic senses, or strong scientific senses, etc. Why, on earth, does a kid who loves STEM and is really a high-flyer in STEM, need to do well in Arts, Sports, and other topics in order to continue school/high-school/college? Same is true for kids who love Arts, Sports, or so who are tortured with STEM?
The ace STEM kid and the future art major needs sports to stay in shape.
The star varsity athlete needs to take history and government to be a good citizen.
All students need the Arts to give them a richer life, It's not necessary, but it makes life better.
They can specialize post-secondary. For the truly talented, there's "Fame" schools and private elite sports schools.
I do recall a Jeopardy contest where the second highest score was exactly 1/2 the leader. The second place contestant did the logical thing and bet all. The leader bet nothing, guaranteeing at least a tie.
What does betting odd amounts have to do with strategy? Making the final Jeopardy math harder?
the first two Skylanders games so I hope they made some bucks from that. Very clever idea with Skylanders- the character's levels are stored in the character, which also makes them cross platform.
http://pacificrim.wikia.com/wiki/Gipsy_Danger
Because it's Lakes Country. It's actually quite nice, peaceful. I'd say unspoiled, but for that you need to go to the Canadian Border:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Waters_Canoe_Area_Wilderness
Maybe I'll see you there!
Then he'll know what his guys are getting into, and he knows if he should call the Governor for reinforcements.
I have no idea if the volunteer Fire Chief actually has the time to learn enough to digest all the info that's in the report, but small town governments don't actually have much to do except bitch about might-bes, and in a state like ND the governor's job is to make small towns happy, so they'll get their reports eventually.
Strangely enough, the current governor's family farmstead is a few miles east of Casselton (accident was on the west side of town). I'm sure they have his direct number.
I grew a block and a half from that line that goes through Casselton ND and have lived most of my life within a mile of it, It's one of the main lines from Chicago to Seattle and there's trains about every 20 minutes. There is a derailment around Casselton about every 15 years or so (usually there's no giant fireballs).
I think this story gets attention from the right who want to criticize the environmentalists delaying the XL pipeline expansion. Other criticisms fall on Warren Buffet/Berkshire Hathaway who is/are major investors in BNSF and stand to lose a lot of money if it gets expanded.
The horribly tragic story from Canada last year is still fresh in some people's minds. I listen to CBC radio at night and the story is much worse than just the explosion & deaths; the chemicals were so nasty people couldn't go back to their homes, bodies could not be recovered. That seemed to be a completely avoidable incident.
There was a big stink about 20 years ago about BNSF not wanting to slow down for the residents in Casselton, but residents complained that when they go through at full speed the vibrations actually break windows. I've had to live with the effects of BN/BNSF most of my life. It took years of work and negotiations to get Fargo ND/Moorhead MN whistle free but the side effect was fewer crossings. There's also the effect of the Dilworth MN switching yards causing unnecessary traffic stoppages in Moorhead (Train starts moving west, sets off the sensors that trigger the traffic lights to go into a special mode; Trains slows/stops/reverses direction before it reaches the intersection).
I realize that both Casselton and Fargo/Moorhead wouldn't be where they are without the railroad going through it, but I have to deal with its existence pretty much every day.
Does anyone else have a similar story?
Class dinosauria was around for just shy of 70 million years.
More like 170 million (Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous)
Facebook is to infidelity what cheap HFCS is to obesity
This is so true. Facebook is reviled on Infidelity websites/support groups. It makes it way too easy to find that friend of a friend that you had a one-night stand with in college or that former co-worker that was kinda cute. Granted, you can still find people to fool around with using non-internet methods. It's a catalyst, it lowers the energy required to do something.
People can get hurt by one night stands on business trips ... STDs.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is made up of 30 top companies. The companies do change over time due to mergers/acquisitions/failures. The 2 most recent companies to drop off were GM and Citibank.