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Sunday, July 8, 2012
I'm Having 4 Give-Aways This Week!!!
This week I'm having four give-aways! Plus, I'm still looking for volunteers to visit their local children's museum - I'll give you four free passes to do so - check this link for the cities where I have passes! Check these links for the details . . .
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If Nash Arrives What Does It Say About the Franchise?
With the Blue Jackets and their dead man walking GM Scott Howson hoping – and actively seeking – an auction to develop for star winger Rick Nash, it's still likely Nash ends up elsewhere than Madison Square Garden. That said, let's play Devil's advocate for a minute and assume the Rangers acquire the hugely talented (but overpaid) winger.
Naturally, this all depends on the package going back to Ohio (and subsequently, the demands of which are why Nash may end elsewhere) but it will be hard to overly criticise Sather and his team if they do choose to acquire Nash. Things this time around are so much different.
Simply put, if Nash becomes a Ranger it does not mean the Rangers have deviated from their franchise plan, their concept. It would not mean a return to the dark days of playoff-less hockey, of a dressing room full of aging mercenaries.
The Rangers, as constructed, are built for the long haul. They are built to a plan; they are young and have core pieces in place for the foreseeable future. Barring a serious regression in a number of players this should be a competitive team that can make a few playoff runs. With Lundqvist in net, the likes of Callahan, Gaborik, Richards, Stepan and Hagelin established up front and the hugely impressive defensive corps in place this team should be strong.
This isn't Glen Sather going shopping to fill huge voids any more. He's not simply throwing mud (AKA Dolan's chequebook) at a wall and seeing what sticks. This is a team that is looking for additional pieces to build a champion. Any significant trades Sather makes (Nash included) wouldn't see Sather use assets from a dwindling asset pool; this is not a franchise devoid of future talent. Far from it.
You may not agree with any of the packages mooted that get used to acquire a major talent like Nash. Indeed, fans may – usually – value prospects/players/picks more than the management do but either way you look at it, the franchise will have plenty left in the tank should they move assets to acquire a Nash like player.
What does this tell us? Don't worry about the franchise because several assets are moved to acquire a big name player. Don't worry about the cap and the necessity to sign players down the road. This team has a chance to do something very special this season and face facts, do something this franchise has done just four times in its history: win a cup. If the team won the cup with Nash it would still be a team built from within first and foremost. If a popular player and a prized prospect or two were the cost of a Stanley Cup (made in Manhattan) sign me up.
Cap mathematics come in to play in the summer, of course they do. However, over the next season or two plenty of cap comes off the roster that would allow for a player of Nash's expense to be absorbed. Nash isn't worth 7.8 million per year but that's not the point here. If a player of his ability can be brought in and help the club win and the club still has enough prospects and financial flexibility to keep sustaining the roster after any such acquisition (it has by the way) that's a good place to be in.
Sather has had a highly successful period since the lockout. It's why he has earned some trust as we approach the deadline. This Rangers team is Rangers built and if they go out and buy some talent to aid a successful period be thankful that this deep-pocketed franchise has the ability to go out and do that. The franchise isn't veering from the concept it has developed over the best part of a decade just because Rick Nash is in town.

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We are now down to the "last 16" in the Nelipallo Cup, Miesten Tasoituksellinen Reikäpeli and the Miesten Reikäpelimestaruus, those matches are to be played by July 25th.
In the Reikäpeli Cup and the Naisten Tasoituksellinen Reikäpeli we are at the quarter-final stage and the matches need to be played by the 31st July.
All competitors who are still involved in the matchplay events have been sent a "reminder" informing them of their next opponents (and the relevant contact details) as well as the deadlines by which the matches have to be played.
All of these competitions are on a strict schedule in order to ensure that the finals are played before the KCT Tour Championship in mid-September (all the matchplay competitions count for the KCT) and also so that the finals can be played while the courses are still in their best condition (the temperature and the amount of rain in late September and October usually make playing conditions more challenging) and there is still enough daylight to allow a good choice of tee times.
There have already been more matchplay matches at Kytäjä in 2012 than there was in the whole of 2011, this has been a very positive trend. I hope that all competitors have enjoyed playing the 2012 competitions so far and that next year will see an even greater interest in participating.
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The upgrades to 68th Street SE and Glenmore Trail will benefit both Point Trotter industrial park and Dufferin North, as well as the surrounding areas. The new lane divisions and intersection changes will provide:
All of which makes the industrial corridor much more attractive to developers and businesses.
There are plenty of advantages to these changes, and not just for developers and businesses. It's also good for employees, brokers and the City.
The 68th Street upgrades (up to and including the bridge over the Western Headworks Canal) will be done by the end of this construction year. The remaining portion is scheduled for completion in 2020.
* Estimates are based on full build-out with an average site coverage of 30%. Taxes estimated using Altus' Q2 2018 average industrial lease rate of $14.65 per sq. ft.
68th Street SE will be a four-lane divided industrial road from 76th Avenue to 108th Avenue SE. Dedicated lanes and exit ramps on Glenmore Trail will improve flow in all directions. Real Estate and Development Services is making most of the investment in this work, along with Transportation Infrastructure, which is responsible for design and construction.
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The fast begins with a pre fast preparation. The pre fast preparation for the average Muslim faster is to get up before dawn to eat a meal! Of course those who are afraid of going hungry will eat a big meal if they have the appetite to eat at this hour! But, in actual fact, the bigger the meal you eat, the faster you'll get
hungry. It would therefore be wise to eat a small meal that is packed with the nutrients one needs for the day. A complex carbohydrate meal with a lot of essential fatty acids and a helping of vegetable protein would be good. If you take a cup of muesli with yoghurt and honey adding some flax seeds, it would make a
good pre fast meal. A liquid meal made from a complete food powder may be a good choice for those who have no time to waste preparing a meal, a light wholesome meal may be another option.
Milk with dates is also a good pre fast meal, adding a whole food vitamin and mineral preparation would not be a bad idea. If you are allergic to milk, substitute the milk with soya milk. Taking refined carbohydrates like white flour and white rice is not such a good idea because these foods digest pretty fast and you get very
hungry very soon, as well as your blood sugar will rise very fast and then drop very fast. A complex carbohydrate on the other hand, will digest much more slowly keeping the blood sugar steady.
Examples of complex carbohydrates are brown rice, whole meal cereals including wheat and all vegetables and fruits except for the very starchy ones which have much less fibre and a lot of carbohydrates. Fruits are very good for breaking the fast because they have a lot of easily utilised sugars but they are not likely to
cause the sudden rise and then fall of the blood sugar. It is eating simple sugars (white sugar) that sometimes make people dizzy after breaking the fast, because the blood sugar shoots up suddenly releasing insulin which then works to bring down the blood sugar again super fast as well. The fibre in the meal slows
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'I feel isolated': Heartbreak as bus service cancelled
PUBLISHED: 11:35 20 November 2019 | UPDATED: 16:01 20 November 2019
A woman has expressed her heartbreak after a bus service was cancelled on the east coast.
The 108 bus, which travelled from James Paget University Hospital, in Gorleston through to Oulton and into Lowestoft's town centre was taken from the roads on October 31.
Despite pleas to the Suffolk County Council (SCC) from residents, the bus which carried dozens from various villages on the Norfolk and Suffolk coast was taken from the roads.
Jennifer Ozinel, who was reliant on the service, said less than a month after the route finished, she is feeling the affect of loneliness.
The 62-year-old from Lound, near Lowestoft, said: "There's been a bus service through Lound and Blundeston since around the 1920s in one form or another, but in fine Halloween fashion it has disappeared.
"The 108 has been a regular and reliable service and the passengers have always made it a social occasion.
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"We were one big happy family and long lasting friendships have been made.
"A lot of the passengers live alone and sometimes they are the only people you will see that day.
"We are now less than a month in without our bus and I have started to feel isolated."
The decision by SCC was challenged by a group of passengers, who held four meetings with representatives from the council to express their dismay and offered suggestions of alternate services.
However, they claim they were met with a "definite no".
Ms Ozinel said: "There is a community bus, but it is not flexible, as far as I'm aware it runs from Lound on a Tuesday and Wednesday to Lowestoft, but it has got to be pre-booked and you can't be spontaneous.
"It doesn't serve the same purpose as a local bus."
A Suffolk County Council spokeswoman, said: "Suffolk Norse is unable to continue operating the service because fare income does not cover costs. The council is committed to finding alternative options and is in discussions with local councillors and community groups to see if an alternative solution which is financially viable can be found."
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Weekend Report – April 10th
Considering the congested calendar over the Easter period, the past week was relatively quiet on the home front, but as usual orange vested athletes toed the line in a variety of events both local and national.
North Down AC Track Meet
The first of North Down's well run track events offered runners of all abilities the opportunity to test how their winter training had progressed and with a variety of distances on offer from 150m to 3000m there was something for everyone to get their teeth into. Thanks to Alan Martin for his roundup of Orangegrove participants:-
This was the first outdoor meeting of the season for the sprinters. First off was junior Reegan McKenzie in the year 8/9 150m who ran a terrific time of 24:31 6th overall and 3rd in age. Next up Beverley Martin also running in the 150m with a time of 26:56 and being the only master athlete in the race an age category win. The next race saw 2 OAC sprinters in action and action it was with Sophia Campbell in her first race for the club just snatching a 3rd place from Lucy Armstrong finishing 4th with respective times of 20:93 and 21:72. The final OG sprinter in action was Jim Harris who also running 150m put in a fantastic age winning performance of 23:45. A great start to the season, well done to all.
Next meet will be at the same venue on Tuesday 24th May and remember it's open to all, not just the sprint group.
After last weeks backwards parkrun/Victoria Shield frivolity it was a return to the tried and tested anti clockwise model for Saturday's parkrun. Incidentally, have you ever wondered why track races are run in a counter clockwise direction? A number of theories exist, The dominant limb – statistically more people are right hand and right leg dominant. On an anti clockwise track, the right leg covers more ground and does more work. The earths rotation – all current track records were set on northern hemisphere circuits where the rotation of the earth benefits anti clockwise running.
The sentimental reason – because running in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock symbolises the athletes battle against time.
As you can probably guess from the deployment of those useless facts, not much happened on planet parkrun this weekend. In Victoria Park 224 athletes benefitted from the favourable rotation of the earth, however the only event of note was the continued progress of Rory Hall-Thompson (20:05) who was not only first junior but first Orangegrove athlete overall. Well done Rory. Stormont was the place to be for Orangegrove PB's this week, Lyndsey Tyro (20:14) was 2nd lady and 8th overall in claiming hers whilst Matthew Sykes ran 25:49 (56th place) to eclipse his previous best. Andrew Tees (23:50, 16th/ 108) and Sarah Steer (27:58, 56th) ran the Cabinteely parkrun in the southern suburbs of Dublin, but unsurprisingly the parkrun tourism award goes to Michael O'Donoghue, who couldn't resist a pre Manchester marathon loosener at Heaton parkrun (25:30 266th/ 605)
As always, we finish the parkrun roundup with a request for volunteers, why not check the future roster on the Victoria parkrun volunteer page and pick out a weekend that works for you. Some roles require no training and any that do will be fully explained by one of the core team. Should you want to get in touch you can contact Gerry Ward on email@example.com
Manchester Marathon
Spring has allegedly sprung and with the day's getting longer so too has the mileage being racked up by the clubs marathon group. London, Belfast and Edinburgh will all see Orangegrove participation, but first up from the spring alumni were Rodney Corrigan and Michael O'Donoghue. For Rodney the rather conservative aim was to dip under four hours and for Michael it was simply another weekend of mega mileage.
With only 54 metres of elevation the organisers claim Manchester to be the flattest marathon course in the UK, and with both men in fine form hopes were high for fast times. In the end both acquitted themselves superbly with Michael running 3:46 and Rodney posting 3:37 (30 min PB!). Closer analysis of the results shows that both went through the 10k mark in around 50mins and hit halfway in slightly over 1:45. Rodney obviously came on strong in the second half to finish slightly ahead of MOD, however a curious statistic in the results indicates that Rodney's average speed at the 30km mark was a whopping 42km/hr, which begs the obvious question – did Fermanagh's finest hire a cab in an effort to get one over on Orangegrove's long distance specialist? On this occasion I think we'll assume it was a computer glitch and congratulate the lads on a job very well done, enjoy the beers.
Titanic 10k
The main event of the weekend in terms of club participation was undoubtedly the 10th annual running of the 10k road race around the Titanic quarter of Belfast. The area, which is most famously associated with the ill fated cruise liner, has seen significant redevelopment in the past decade however the race itself is one that most runners, the writer included, have a love/hate relationship with. The flat and fast course offers huge potential for quick times and has delivered in the past for many, however if the perennial coastal breeze decides to play up the runner can very quickly feel like they're fighting a losing battle against a harbour wind tunnel and with little about the Airport Road end of the route to inspire a recovery it can make for a fairly tough day at the office.
Nothing ventured nothing gained however and with that and similar inspirational mantras in mind a total of 14 Orangegrovers set off to tame the Titanic course. As expected the wind was howling along Sydenham Road towards the Odyssey Arena making the outward leg difficult, but Airport Road was less affected and the runners were treated to a strong tailwind in the last stretch towards the finish. Fast times were still possible and in the end many delivered. Over 1000 participated in the event which was eventually won by Thomas Frazer (St Malachy's AC) in 30:48 with Kerry O'Flaherty (Newcastle AC) taking the honours for the ladies after posting 34:17. Orangegrove AC:-
|Andy McIntyre
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|Robin Montgomery
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|Paul Tyro
|Des Fahy
|Lyndsey Tyro
|Brian Todd
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|Martin O'Brien
|Ian Millgate
|Gerald Harvey
|Reg Sanlon
|Fintan Hurl
|Chris Downey
Another outstanding run from Andy, with Robin and Paul not far behind. Great to see a strong contingent of sub 40's and so many either running a PB or being within touching distance. In the juniors mile, the club was well represented by Iseult Fahy who ran a speedy 6.47 for 36th place. As always, thanks to the support team for the endless encouragement and to Monty for the top quality photography.
Hilltown 10K
Elsewhere, but over the same distance, Thomas Leitch togged out in Hilltown, County Down and performed admirably to take a fine 5th place in a time of 38:02.
With it being a slightly quieter weekend than normal on the running front I thought I'd flesh out the report with a bit of a preview of the upcoming London marathon.
Sunday 24th April 2016 is a day that has been etched in the minds of 36,000 athletes from around the world since the moment they received their London marathon magazines, emails or in my case, notification that I had been drawn out from the club ballot in autumn last year. To run a marathon has become the Everest of running challenges for the novice athlete, to run a fast marathon the target for the more experienced and to run as close to 2 hours the pursuit of the elites. The beauty of our sport is that everyone will toe the line and undertake the same challenge in London, whether it be world record holder Dennis Kimetto, celebrity DJ Chris Evans or the 10 person Orangegrove contingent, all parties will fret over the weather, panic about sleeping in and feel that hollow sensation when you arrive at the start and know that the pain is all ahead of you.
When Pheidippides ran 25 miles from Marathon to Athens, announced Greek victory over the invading Persians, and before he subsequently died from exhaustion, he may have been comforted to know that by the end of the 19th century the Olympic Games would honour his memory by incorporating his 25 mile run as their ultimate test of endurance. He would doubtless have been touched that in 1908, during the London games, the royal family would take such an interest in the commemorative event that they had it extended to 26.2 miles so they could observe the spectacle as it passed Windsor Castle. It's questionable, however, whether he would have considered his sacrifice worthwhile had he known that in 2010 a man by the name of Jack Woodward would pay his respects by running 26.2 miles around London dressed as a giant testicle.
Dressed in regulation orange, the club will be represented by 10 of its members in London, with Club captain Robin Montgomery leading the pursuit of excellence, both Robin and Thomas Leitch will be hoping that when all is said and done they register a time beginning with a two. Paul Tyro shouldn't be too far behind, although he faces a battle, with wife Lyndsey, to win the award for 'fastest in house'. Incidentally, Mrs Tyro gained her entry by running 3:13.58 in last years London marathon and subsequently earned a championship place, the first time this significant honour has been bestowed upon our club, very well done Lyndsey. Stephen Anderson and Pauline Bayliss both conquered the Belfast marathon last May and although Pauline has faced injury problems this time around they are both experienced enough campaigners to get the job done in the big smoke. Jill Long and Trish Magill have the added bonus of having previously completed the London marathon, and will know how to master the course. Speaking of experience Alan Montgomery has been there and done that, albeit 25 years ago in his debut marathon, but we all know that Monty has the necessary grit to see him through the sequel in style.
From my own point of view, this will be my fifth marathon, but first as a member of a running club. Although I've not made it to as many of the group long runs as I'd like to have had, and have run a fair bit of solo mileage, I've noticed the benefit of the group effort, whether it's a nugget of advice or just an arm around the shoulder when things haven't gone as planned. The group have trained hard and deserve to do well, but as we all know part of the lure of the marathon is that it is a difficult beast to tame and even the elites will need everything to be in their favour. Research into what it will take to run a sub 2 hour marathon found that it could only be achieved in optimal cool and calm conditions, with a flat course, few turns and a large group of elite runners capable of sharing the load of pace making until the very end of the race. When you consider that even if all these conditions were in place, the runner would have to have themselves optimally prepared in terms of conditioning, nutrition and mental attitude it's clear to see why few, if any, can claim to have mastered the marathon distance.
I think it's fair to say that none of us will break 2 hours any time soon, but my hope is that we all get out of the weekend what we wish for, and when we sit down to dinner together feel proud that we lived up to the club motto – Working together we accomplish more.


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A fast-growing hit in the interior design industry, white oak hardwood has quickly become a preference for homeowners undergoing renovations. Not only is it becoming the most in-demand surfacing material in California, but it's also surpassing its red oak counterpart in terms of popularity. To further explain the latest renovation preference, our Integrity Plus Floors Murrieta, CA showroom pros have come up with this informative article. Before you hit the flooring store for your latest redesign, you may want to read these fascinating facts.
Contemporary Appeal
Compared to red oak, white oak has a more modern appearance. This contemporary look has a lot to do with its wood grain, which is less noticeable than in the red version of this wood. Because of this feature, it just looks more up-to-date and less traditional. Also, you'll notice that white oak has a smoother grain, causing a uniform appearance, and that's due to the growth rings being closer together. If you're leaning towards a contemporary design or style for your home, then you may want to come into our flooring store to assess if this surfacing material would be ideal for your renovations.
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Typically, modern homes have dark, white or gray stain colors throughout the house. As such, white oak makes it a more natural surfacing to match and blend in this pre-existing interior. Also, since white and gray wash stains are a big favorite now, they show up a lot better on white oak. Conversely, if you were to choose red oak, you'd have a harder time staining its pink/red undertones. For those who would have opted for a white or gray wash, the end results wouldn't look as crisp as on white oak.
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- TOTAL TIME: 150-190 minutes
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Kill 100 enemies in Multiplayer Matchmaking.
A basic, straightforward Challenge; how long it takes simply depends on which playlists you prefer and how good you are at them. So, our standard recommendations:
- Your best bet remains Rumble Pit or Multi-Team, since the kills come fast and furious and you don't have to worry about K/D — both the game and Challenges only count kills, not deaths, so trading one-for-one with double-melees will rack up points while scattering your own deaths (more or less) among the other players.
- Most Pit and M-T Objective gametypes (King Of The Hill, Oddball, etc.) also usually increase your kill-count, since they concentrate combat into small zones, making it easier to spam grenades, death-blossom your Assault Rifle or pickpocket kills from a gunbattle between other players.
- However, skip the Pit's Juggernaut — a low-kill-count option that can leave you with no points at all.
- For a change of pace, head into the Team Slayer playlists (Slayer, Swat, Snipers), but avoid Team Objective, since games usually take longer and generate fewer kills.
Type: Kills / Special Enemy
Setting: Firefight
Difficulty: Grind
Time: 75-90 minutes
Value: ★★☆
Reward: 1200
Kill 40 Elites in Firefight Matchmaking.
As with all Demon Challenges, the primary hassle remains that only a few Elites emerge in any Firefight Round. In Score Attack only a handful show their faces at all (usually six), and in a standard three-Round Firefight you'll have three "teammates" (no, we won't call them "allies") competing to take them down. Even if they're not angling for the Challenge, they're still going to get in the way.
- Your best bet, then, is to find enough friends for a Co-op Firefight and go into a Sniper or Rocketfight as a group of four: you can coordinate efforts, and with three Rounds worth of Dinos you can share generously amongst each other. You'll still need at least three matches (and maybe four) for everyone to share-and-share-alike, but you'll shovel a heap o' cRedits into your wagon along the way.
- Without familiar partners, your best bet becomes Score Attack, where you control the map, gametype and who gets to score the Elites. Of course, it'll still be a headache: Score Attack requires that you survive to party with the Elites, and when it's you against the galaxy your chances grow slimmer with each Wave.
- Ordinarily, this would mean a change in tactics, from run-and-gun to stealthy sniping, but you're also racing a countdown timer; methodically thinning the herd while taking cover when your Shields crash could lead to surviving the fight…but never actually pwning any Dinosaurs.
- So, veto until offered Sniperfight: it'll clear Covie fodder faster, as well as efficiently rack up Elites. (There's little point in a standard solo Firefight; Score Attack doesn't feature Ordinance Drop.) Also look for a larger map, since close-quarter Firefights tend to become hot zones of clusterfuck explosions, with you inconveniently at the center of the fiesta.
Type: Multikills
Setting: Multiplayer
Difficulty: Hard
Time: 60-90 minutes
Value: ★★
Reward: 1900
Earn 4 Multi-Kills in a multiplayer Matchmaking game.This'll be the Challenge that tests your skills today. Multi-Kills, while typical, are often a question of circumstance. Getting the odds to align in your favor four times in one match can be tricky, but there's a few things you can do to skitch them in your favor.
However, don't get discouraged if it takes you a while; you can work your Gunslinger Challenge at the same time, and when you finally do score it, it'll be all that much more gratifying.
- Stick with Rumble Pit and Multi-Team. More enemies on smaller maps = more multikills.
- Vote for gametypes on smaller, tighter maps that encourage enemies to converge into single flashpoints: King Of The Hill and Oddball, for example. Spam grenades into the hotzone, followed by DMR or Magnum headshots and the occasional coup-de-grace melee rush. Avoid the area yourself, however; no sense adding your corpse to the fiesta.
- The Pit's Juggernaut can be a mixed blessing: If you've got the Hammer, you'll have an excellent opportunity to skullcrush your way to multiple Multi-Kills. If you're not Jugs, you won't be able to score any. Seek out power weapons like Rockets that can deal massive damage to the Juggernaut from a distance; and even without them, steer clear of close-combat and nickel-and-dime your target from range — if you're lucky, you'll score the last shot, and get a Hammer for your efforts.
- If you're not having much luck in the Pit, get a friend and head into Multi-Team; it's like Rumble Pit With Partners, and your enemies usually travel in pairs. Coordinate your efforts with your teammate: team-shoot one enemy, then whoever doesn't score the final shot can melee or plasma-burst the second, setting up the Double-Kill.
- Big Team Battle and Invasion also offer Multi-Kill opportunities: taking out a vehicle with passenger, or a pair of enemies in the unlock zone of an Invasion phase, seem like good bets. Your main problem, however, will be not your enemies but your allies — with so many players on each side, you'll have considerable competition among your teammates to actually score those kills.
NOTE: The Challenge tracks your progress by keeping track of medals; that means a Double-Kill that stacks into a Triple and eventually an Overkill nets you three Challenge points, not just one. Pretty good, eh?
Type: Completion
Setting: Campaign
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 10-15 minutes
Value: ★★★★☆
Reward: 2750
Complete a Campaign mission on Heroic with Famine, Tough Luck, and Thunderstorm on.
OK, three Skulls On this time, so lets take a look. Thunderstorm upgrades all enemies to the next rank. Famine cuts weapon-pickup ammo in half. And Tough Luck lets enemies dodge your grenades and vehicles like Yoda on crack.
Guess what? Where we're going, they're not gonna make much of a difference.
Decide ahead of time if you intend to do this solo or co-op. If flying solo, it's our standard recommendation: the Midnight Run on Nightfall, where you'll spend most of your time bolting past the main encounters, and you'll already be a cloud of dust before the Covies can even strap on their boots.
- After assassinating the initial Elite at the opening of the mission, you'll Sprint your way through almost the entire level, skirting the edge of the map, meleeing an occasional Grunt as you go with only a small amount of gunfire combat when you reach the bridge to Powerhouse.
- There's an absolutely GEEEnius maneuver you'll pull off with the forklift (yes, the forklift!), and you won't even encounter the Hunters at all. The lack of extra ammo, grenade evasion and rank upgrades will hardly figure in, since you'll spend most of the level along the perimeter, running at a full clip.
- Here's a video of the complete route –the guy in it wraps up the level in five minutes, but even if Forky doesn't immediately cooperate, you should still finish it in under ten.
On co-op, the Challenge becomes even easier, since the New Alexandria level features long stretches of aerial combat unaffected by the Skull upgrades.
When you do need to take an Objective on foot (three times total), leave a teammate behind with the Falcons. Most of the time you'll simply be able to Sprint past enemies to reach the Objective switches; but in any event the real hardcore combat only occurs once you've hit the switch and reinforcements storm your location.
Hey, look at that! If you get killed, you'll simply respawn back up with the teammate who's making sure no one steals the Falcon's hubcaps. Hop back in the choppers, job done.


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It's our way of giving back for our success and it's also a form of investment in the future of our nation and the world. It's not only job training but a chance to bring our progressive outlook on life, and impart some of the lessons we've learned along the way, to the next generation who'll run this planet when we're gone. I don't know how much will stick, but I believe every experience can be learned from.
I encourage everyone to spend some time with a young person. Listen to them and find out what makes them tick and then lend your advice and guidance. Don't preach, don't act like a parent, be their friend and give them the encouragement they need to develop their self-esteem and the knowledge they'll need to deal with the world, whether it be in business or in life, lessons learned young will last a lifetime.
I have had several mentors in my life whose guiding hand and influence has made me a better person and a better mechanic, and I am forever in their debt. Mentor a young person, give them a hand up, teach them how to be good, successful people and the world will reap the reward.
And a Sam update: Harry and I were talking this morning and agreed that since her internship is over, and the fact she enjoys working with us, we're gonna put her on staff for the summer. We'll work out her hours when she starts college in fall (if she'll even have the time), but we figured we might as well start paying her. She'll need all the scratch she can get for tuition and books.


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By Maruxa Cardama – External Adviser to the CPMR Secretariat on Global Agendas
A blueprint for the future of the whole European project
The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda was adopted at the United Nations in September 2015, following unprecedented levels of engagement with local and regional governments, civil society, the private sector and academia; with the EU playing an instrumental role in shaping the intergovernmental agreement.
The 2030 Agenda consists of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 associated targets, which the international community has pledged to achieve by 2030. The SDGs are a roadmap to end poverty in all its forms, promote equitable prosperity, protect the planet; and ultimately to shift the world towards a more sustainable path. As such they provide a framework in which to embed the future of the EU.
Why? Because the 17 SDGs aim to address the root causes of the wide range of interconnected social, economic and environmental challenges and opportunities facing poor, middle-income and rich countries in the 21st century and to which the peoples of Europe are not immune.
The European Commission's Communication in November 2016 puts this very clearly:
European societies today face many sustainability challenges from youth unemployment to ageing populations, climate change, pollution, sustainable energy and migration… To preserve the European social model and social cohesion, it is essential to invest in our young people, foster inclusive and sustainable growth, tackle inequalities and manage well migration… To preserve our natural capital, it is crucial to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. For these challenges to become opportunities for new businesses and new jobs, a strong engagement in research and innovation is needed.
Delivering SDGs through a territorial approach
In November 2015, the CPMR made clear that the universality of the 2030 Agenda can and must be compatible with a differentiated and territorial approach to its implementation.
Through SDG11, the 2030 Agenda sets out an unprecedented global resolve "to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable." But the urban and territorial dimension – so inherent to the territorial development model encouraged by the EU – is critically important for addressing the other 16 SDGs in an interconnected manner. Delivering the SDGs in practice requires planning and implementation strategies that have integration and interlinkages as foundations.
It is commonly agreed that the SDGs must be localised: translated into concrete actions for territorial development and positive impact on local communities. This global agenda will fail to deliver any real positive transformation for people and the planet if there is no empowerment of local and regional governments and ownership by citizens. The European Commission's Report about the "Territorial Approach to Local Development" (TALD) launched last year, is therefore, a flagship piece of EU development policy.
There is also increased understanding that localising the SDGs means giving local and regional governments a leading role in the process, as well as commensurate resources. A study by Misselwitz et al[1] shows that the implementation of up to 65% of the SDGs is at risk if local urban stakeholders are not involved: 21% of the 169 targets can only be implemented with local actors and an additional 24% should be implemented with them. A further 20% of the 169 targets should have a much clearer orientation towards implementation with local actors, even if the (current) SDGs wording does not suggest this.
The European Commission has stated that the EU will implement the SDGs "together with its Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity." Multi-level governance is crucial in ensuring that this principle of subsidiarity is effectively put in practice. Regional governments – in their capacity as an intermediate level of government between the national and local levels, with direct engagement in global multilateral processes – are central to this.
The negotiations towards SDG11 also confirmed a desire to move away from an anachronistic dichotomy between urban and rural areas. The regional development model that the EU has pursued, based on the notion of integrated territorial development, offers extraordinary synergies with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. This approach has been recognised at global level to reinforce the idea of complementary functions and flows of people, capital, goods, employment, resources, information and technology between rural and urban territories of various sizes such as metropolitan regions, networks of small and intermediate towns or sparsely populated areas.
The CPMR is right to insist strongly that balanced territorial development, focused on addressing territorial disparities, should be at the heart of the reform agenda in the reflections on the future of Europe
Moreover, the combination of SDG11 on cities and communities and SDG10 on "reducing inequalities within and among countries" reinvigorates the role of the EU's Cohesion Policy as an enabler of the values of solidarity and social cohesion that are so intrinsic to the European project. Equally, SDG10 calls, among other things, for reducing inequalities in income as well as those based on age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status within a country. All these elements are inextricably linked to fundamental European values.
Where do we go from here?
The November 2016 Commission's Communication announced the launch of a reflection on how the EUs sectoral policies after 2020 can be refocused around the long-term implementation of the SDGs, including a reorientation of the EU budget under the next Multi-annual Financial Framework post-2020 towards these goals.
The CPMRs has recognised the importance of this reorientation of policies around delivering the SDGs in its position adopted in November 2015.
Since then, important developments have shaken the very foundations of the EU and called into question the fundamental human values that underpin the European social model. The SDGs offer a solid foundation to rekindle the European values and collectively trace a meaningful future for the European project that speaks to the needs of European peoples in this century of interconnected global challenges and opportunities. The SDGs also embrace a territorial dimension that is so characteristic of the European model of regional development. European local and regional governments are heavily engaged in multiple initiatives to localise the SDGs and translate them into relevant frameworks for their local realities and communities. Is the European Union ready to tap into this huge potential?
[1] Misselwitz, P. et al. The Urban Dimension of the SDGs: Implications for the New Urban Agenda. In: Sustainable Development Goals and Habitat III: Opportunities for a successful New Urban Agenda. Cities Alliance Discussion Paper No. 3. November 2015.


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This week's shopping trip turned out to be a great one. I was able to get several good deals from local ads and coupons. I was so excited to plan out my shopping trip and actually go out and get the items instead of wishing I could. Here are some of the deals I was able to get this week.
Deals I Found!
At Walmart these BeechNut baby food are on sale for .88 cents each. There was a coupon in the SS 2/8, $1.00 off 3. It made these .54 cents each when you buy 3! That was cheaper than the cheapest baby food I could find. Great deal!
At Albertson's these are on sale 2 for $8. If you use the coupon from SS 2/8, $2.00 off 1 Nivea Lotion it makes these $2 each! These are originally $5.92. Make sure you pay attention to the sizes for the sale and coupon.
These Oreos are on sale at Walgreens for 2 for $4. There is a coupon from SS 2/1, .75 cents off of 2 Oreos. Which makes these $1.62 when you buy 2. Originally 2.98.
This was my splurge item today. When you are shopping with coupons, it doesn't hurt to check the clearance isle to see if you can get something at a great deal. This face moisturizing sunscreen was in the clearance isle for $3.21. I had a coupon for $1 off any Olay Fresh Effects found on coupons.com. Made this $2.21. This originally goes for $12.97! So don't forget to check those clearance isles!
So I would say that my shopping trip today was pretty successful. I was so excited to stock up on other items that were on sale this week, such as cereal for $1, Xtra laundry detergent for $1, and Enfamil baby formula for .98 cents ( I used $5 off coupons I received from the website). I hope you can find some great deals this week. Good luck on your shopping ventures this week!
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"Keeping current" is a must in New Testament Greek grammar. With a publication date of 2016, Going Deeper with New Testament Greek is sure to have the latest information on key grammatical and syntactical concepts. I am especially impressed with chapter 15 (Continuing with Greek) because it offers resources for students of the Greek NT. The writers of this Greek grammar strongly encourage their readers to invest time into recommended resources and tools such as websites (e.g., ntresources.com), exegetical commentaries (e.g., EGGNT series, Handbook on the Greek Text series, etc.), lexicons (e.g., BDAG), and grammars.
This is an all-in-one grammar that will be a great help to the student or pastor who desires to advance his understanding of the Greek New Testament. If you plan to learn or continue to learn Greek, you will want this text on your shelf.
Southern Seminary: Should we teach Greek in our churches?
Robert Plummer: I think that would probably depend on the context. Clearly one does not need to know Greek to understand the Scriptures and to be saved or to grow as a Christian, but it is striking how many non-ministerial people in ordinary walks of life have a desire to learn Greek and Hebrew because they want to be as close as possible to the Word of God. I hear stories from former students and other people who tell me, "I'm teaching a little class of Greek to people in my church and they're loving it." If you have people who want to do that in your context, I think that's great. I think there are other ministry contexts where it just would not further the advance of the gospel. Maybe it would seem that you're creating a gnostic sect of more educated people. But as long as it's just seen as optional, and if there are people interested, there's nothing like teaching Greek to really learn it.
— 'Sacred mission': Plummer on his love for Greek and new intermediate grammar — Towers Interview
Going Deeper is easy to read, and not only works as a reference grammar but can enjoyably be read cover-to-cover, with the chapters arranged in sequential order matching a professor's lecture schedule. It gives students of various levels of learning — from someone fresh out of baby Greek to the doctoral candidate — a chance to strengthen their Greek from the ground up, offering encouragement along the way.
— Towers
Fred Zaspel:
Let's begin with basics: What is apologetics? And then what is moral apologetics? What is your book all about?
Well, first, apologetics is defense of the faith. I do think it comes down to, and this sounds like kind of a bad word, but I think it's sort of like public relations. It's PR. It's presenting the faith to the world at large in defending against the critics. The expression moral apologetics comes from the Broadman and Holman folks. It's fine, but we have a course here that I think says it a little bit better – apologetical ethics. It's working with ethics and then showing the splendor of the Christian ethic.
I would say the moral splendor of the Christian ethicists, the people who do ethics, and then the splendor of the fruit. When Christianity moves in it has a leavening effect, it raises all boats, it changes people and changes societies. So it's a matter of looking at our ethic from a lot of different angles and presenting that as a witness to the reality and the greatness of God.
The part that fits best is the fourth part in the book where I talk about doing apologetics in a moral or winsome way. You can do it in a shabby way and take cheap shots and so forth and so on, but truly moral apologetics are admirable apologetics. You use admirable techniques and so forth. But the bulk of the book is I would say probably better expressed as apologetical ethics. It's showing how the Christian ethic is the testimony or witness to the greatness of God.
Even with the few chapters that contained less information or with the few authors I disagreed with, on the whole, this was a valuable resource in providing me with a deeper understanding and appreciation for Christian missions and how to reach unreached people groups with the Gospel. It is a resource every seminary student taking a course on missions should read as a primary textbook, even though it is in depth overall and will require discipline to complete it in a semester setting. Even though I will be majoring in another field besides missions upon the completion of my MDiv, reading the resource gave me a greater understanding of how I can function in the field of my major (theology) with those who are involved in Christian missions, as well as how churches can more effectively reach unreached people groups with the Gospel and do everything in the power of the Holy Spirit and the glory of God to do its part in fulfilling the Great Commission. It was an edifying and informative resource that I would highly recommend to anyone wishing to go deeper in the study of Christian missions.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was in Whitefield over the weekend to endorse local Republican candidates in the upcoming election. Gov. Pawlenty took a minute to chat with State Senator John Gallus of Berlin at the fundraiser hosted by Executive Councilor Ray Burton of Bath.
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WHITEFIELD — Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was the featured speaker at a Republican fundraiser hosted by Executive Councilor Ray Burton of District 1 at the Mountain View Grand's Clubhouse last Saturday evening.
Pawlenty's Freedom First Political Action Committee (PAC) gave generous donations to state candidates in hopes to bring "influence in favor of conservatives in the elections this fall," an election year he describes as filled with "active and competitive races."
Republican Gubernatorial candidate, John Stephen, received praise from Pawlenty for his agenda to improve the state's business climate, improve job growth, promote tourism and cut taxes, issues that Pawlenty is known for in his home state. Among his accomplishments is an eight-year run of balancing Minnesota's budget without increasing taxes. Despite Minnesota's traditionally liberal tendencies, Pawlenty, who is a conservative Republican, rates high among voters.
Although he has not officially declared his intent to enter into the Presidential race in 2012, a decision that might come in early January 2011, Pawlenty says he is visiting various states and "assessing the needs of the country", and continued, "If I decide to run, having met new friends in Iowa and New Hampshire is helpful."
For now, Pawlenty is focusing on promoting the candidates favored by his Freedom First PAC including Burton, Stephen, State Senator John Gallus, and the congressional races for Kelly Ayotte and Charlie Bass, among around 25 other Republican hopefuls. Freedom First, he said, was thoughtfully chosen. He explains, "If you think about what makes our country great it's because we are the freest people the world has ever known. America's brilliance is, in part, that we are such a creative, dynamic society and that is a reflection and result of being free. As government continues to encroach into our freedoms it pushes out the liberty, that freedom and I think that's the wrong direction for our country. We chose that name, Freedom First, to put that concept of freedom right up front and to remind people of the importance of it."
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"College in High School" Program Eases Transition
By offering tuition-free college classes on the high school campus, along with direct access to college counselors for increased student support, Sierra College is helping to make the transition from high school to college much less daunting.
Getting an Early Start Can Lead to Increased Student Success
Recent research from Columbia University's Community College Research Center suggests that dual enrollment, or taking college classes during high school, can improve students' chances of earning a college degree. According to the study, sixty-one percent of California's dual enrollment students went on to earn a bachelor's degree. Dual enrollment, or "College in High School" as it is known at Sierra, has also been shown to increase retention and reduce tuition expenses, according to EdSource, a California-based educational research organization.
A Student's Perspective: Taking the "Fear" Out of Going to College
Anthony Toro took College in High School courses for two semesters while he attended Colfax High School. Toro said, "I chose to participate in the program because it was offered for classes I was interested in, and it presented a good opportunity to earn college credits."
Toro earned eight college credits for Spanish and statistics, and the courses he took were offered right at his high school. "I experienced what college-level classes were like," Toro said. "And it allowed me to earn college credit ahead of time." A big benefit of the program for Toro was being able to take the classes in a familiar environment. "This took away some of the fear behind the word 'college' in my experience."
Toro hopes others will reap the benefits of taking college classes at high school. "I would recommend Sierra's College in High School program to other high school students because it allows them to get a head start in their college requirements and lets them experience the difficulty of college-level classes and how a college-level class functions."
Now, Toro is a successful full-time student at Sierra College majoring in mechatronics and engineering. He plans to graduate from Sierra in Fall 2019 with a goal toward "gaining work experience in my field and continuing my education for a Bachelor's of Science in Mechatronics."
Sierra College Transition Counselors Offer One-On-One Support
Success stories like Toro's aren't isolated experiences; in fact, they are becoming increasingly common, in large part due to Sierra College's outstanding transition counselors.
Rachel Stevenson is one of the new college transition counselors working on twenty-six high school campuses across the district since 2017. She is both a high school counselor for the Placer Union High School
Stevenson related, "High school students have more direct access to the college transition counselors since they are right on their high school campuses. There is also a greater level of comfort that the high school students have with counselors that they most likely already know and who know them." With this close relationship, Stevenson is uniquely equipped to help students prepare for their transition to college.
College in High School opportunities are presented to students through counselor presentations and course preview days where instructors who teach the college classes talk with interested students, Stevenson noted. Additionally, information is emailed to parents and students, and the courses are listed in both school course catalogs and online.
The embedded Sierra counselors also provide information about support programs such as the Sierra Promise, which helps students fast track their educational goals, and First Year Free which gives first-time community college students who are California residents free tuition for their first year. Students enrolled in the College in High School courses have access to tutoring resources offered through Sierra College that they wouldn't otherwise be able to access, Stevenson added.
College in High School classes offer students a taste of college and prepare them for more rigorous coursework. Stevenson said, "Students need to be disciplined and self-motivated to be successful. College in High School teachers and high school counselors stress to students that a college transcript will follow, so getting good grades is important." In addition to earning college credit, Stevenson related that students also gain "the confidence and belief in themselves that they can be a successful college student."
Stevenson knows that College in High School courses
So far, the feedback on the new college transition counselor program has been overwhelmingly positive. "Parents have shared with me that they are grateful for the resource and appreciate how much Sierra College is doing to support their students," Stevenson said. "I feel I have helped students see the opportunities that Sierra College has to offer and that obtaining a degree or certificate is something they can definitely do."
Helping More Students Reach Their Goals
With Sierra College's new transition counselors in high schools, more students are taking advantages of the programs that can help them succeed in higher education, including the tools and resources they need to be successful in earning college credit while still in high school.
Sierra proudly partners with local high schools to help students with college readiness, educational planning, applications, financial aid, and enrollment. As Sierra's programs continue to flourish and grow, increasing numbers of students will be able to reach their educational goals.


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Calories: estimated at 150 C
Volume: 12 fl oz
Glass: 4 fl oz flute
Purchased at: West Trenton Fine Wine and Liquor, Explorer Pack
Price per fl oz: $13 / 144 fl oz = $0.09 per fl oz
Consumed at: Home
sensory first impression: Beautiful bright yellow sunny color – very clear, bubble trails, nicely carbonated. Clean crisp lager like taste. Honey is obvious but not overly cloying. No head or lacing at all.
Aroma/Olfactory: 4 out of 10
Malt flavor is: sweet, syrupy, meadow
Hop flavor is: floral, grass
Yeast flavor is: dust, pollen, moist
Other flavors include: clove, corn, vanilla
Visuals/Appearance: 4 out of 5
Color is: bright, light golden, amber, yellow, shining
Liquid is: clear, sparkling
Head and lace are: initially thin and white, then nothing.
Taste/Flavor: 6 out of 10
Maltiness or Sweetness level is: light,
Hoppiness or Bitterness level is: none
Sour level is: none
Palate/Tactile: 3 out of 5
Body or Mouthfeel is: light
Texture is: sticky, sugary
Carbonation is: lively
Finish is: abrupt, sweet
Overall experience: 11 out of 20. I liked the flavor, the color, and the aroma. I did not like that each of these was a bit on the shy side, and that there was no head. Much like the berry weiss, this is very soda like, which is fine, but I was looking for a beer.
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Disney's Haunted Mansion
One of my favorite rides at DisneyWorld is the Haunted Mansion. Sure, it is tame compared to Netherworld or Universal's Halloween Horror Nights, but then I prefer classic horror films to those of today. I recently found some pretty good videos of the experience on YouTube. If you haven't even been on the ride, the videos below do NOT do it justice. But if you have, these should bring back some spooky memories...
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That white fluffy plant stands out as the fabric of our own lives, when you are looking at our homes, buildings, workplaces, and all things in between metal would be the foundation. While metal architectural fabrication stands out as the the bi-product of centuries of innovation in architectural industry, today it remains to be the one of several key component with the toughest buildings and structures all over the world.
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Elora May Horsley was born on April 22nd, 2016. In late summer of 2017 our world was shattered when Elora was diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer. She fought it for 3 months before she finally passed the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday. The community surrounded our family with love and support by putting up thousands of Christmas lights in Elora's honor. Now every year we celebrate Elora's life and bring awareness to childhood cancer by putting up the lights again. Scroll down for upcoming events.
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Join us for our annual 5K race at Heritage Park on November 16th, 2019
Come out with your family and watch Elora's holiday lights kick on in Heritage Park, Farmington. There will be food and fun!


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Welcome to MadModder!
Can you cut your hole, slice across a diameter, then screw to a board making a sort of split housing with a tight fit ensured by the kerf of the cut.
Simon, what about a simple temporary makeshift wood lathe for the pulley vee -- like you used for the sander drum. I've actually done that with a piece of 1/2" pipe for an arbor, screwed into a 1/2" pipe floor flange as a faceplate. Attach your pulley blank to the floor flange with wood screws and turn the pulley true with an improvised tee rest and add vee groove using a chisel, or home made form tool. You can run that arbor in wooden bearings for the temporary lathe setup. And lag it right to the benchtop for a temporary rig. Actually, oiled hardwood bearings work very well even long term if the speeds are reasonably low -- as wood lathe speeds are for this size work.I mention this because, well, that router table rig does look scary the way you're using it, and also, not everybody has that tooling either.
Nice going Simon interesting design and very resourceful in its execution Rob
Rob, have you gone up or down?
Hi Simon The smallest I have at home is an SPA1000 , I will have a look at work tomorrow .Rob
Started glueing together the dust shroud..snip.In other news, I was looking at Matthias' website and saw this. http://woodgears.ca/sander/lucian.htmlIt's weird seeing a replica of something i've built. It's even weirder when the guy's done a better job at it than I did.
You are making a fine job of that sander. I followed the link to Matthias' website and there are a lot of good ideas in there for DIY woodworking machines. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Don
Why not use a wax finish - no significant thickness build up, and helps rather than hinders movement.
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And/or things that are currently irritating the hell out of me, somewhat in the same vein of Organized Noise's THYFT.
1. Why you're surprised that your boyfriend gave you something when you PERSONALLY know at least 2 of the people he's cheating with.
2. Why I bought a digital camera just because it was red.
a. Why I have the nerve to be pissed that it sucks.
3. Why you're coming to Houston. What do you hope to accomplish? Are you coming just because you're jealous?
4. Why I am suddenly desperately wanting to go to San Antonio to go to Six Flags.
5. Why I am abnormally addicted to "Wake Up Call" on Maroon 5's new cd SO much
6. I'm sorry little boy, I know you're only 12 or so, but riding the spokes on the back of your homeboy's bike with your arms wrapped tightly around his neck is real homo. Real talk.
Speaking of things that are homo…
7. Men on certain colored motorcycles. No sir. You are NOT hard straddling Barney. No, a sky blue ninja isn't ferocious. It IS fierce though, complete with finger snaps.
8. Men with tongue rings. No I'm not turned on by the sound of that shit clacking against your teeth. But I know a couple of my favorite kidz who will, you closeted queen.
9. You and I have matching Louis Vuitton bags. You have a penis. Who's wrong here?
10. Why are you 6 ft 5 and driving an SLK? Sure it's a Benz, and I'm sure it's supposed to be sexy. But it's not sexy if you have to use the jaws of life to get out at the gas station. And why is it sky blue? Suspect.
*am I generalizing? Yes. It's still pretty questionable.
11. Why Texans support Bush so hardcore
12. How you think playing these childish ass games are sexy.
13. You order a double bacon cheese burger, large cheese fries with bacon bits on them… and a diet coke. Yeah. Those 30 calories will save you from cardiac arrest.
14. Of COURSE you got caught. You're the world's WORST liar and you have no game.
15. Why I am even entertaining this situation.
16. You weight 400 pounds. You have on a belly shirt. Why do you hate my eyes?
17. Conservative or not, you could not possibly think that having an abortion is automatically damning your soul to hell. I bet you'd feel differently if your daugher got knocked up by a big militant black man.
18. Why everyone is against me getting a car with a Hemi in it. What? Yall are haters.
19. You are a control freak and I hate being told what to do. Do you really not understand why we don't get along?
20. Why people answer my questions with questions. I HATE that. Just answer my fuckin' question before I punch you in your throat.
21. Why you are surprised at how disrespectful dudes are being when your outfit is barely covering only the parts of you that would be considered indecent exposure. Why are you surprised? You're dressed like a hoe. What were you supposed to be? A fireman?
22. I know you're trying me. I'm not slow honey.
23. Why is muffin top a suitable accessory for your outfit Hispanic girl? Is my stomach flat? No. Am I wearing super low rise jeans and a spandex midrift halter? FUCK no.
24. Why does your 9 year old have on a face full of makeup? You do realize you're setting yourself up for failure, yes?
25. You drive a Miata. I drive an SUV. Who will win in this crash? Exactly. Stay in your lane nigga.
25a. To that end, have you ever heard of a person killing a car? No? Me neither. Now get the hell out the street bitch.


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The annual Campus Crime Report, released last month by the Department of Public Safety, indicated that there had been 10 claims of "forcible sex offenses" made in 2009.
The annual Campus Crime Report, released last month by the Department of Public Safety, indicated that there had been 10 claims of "forcible sex offenses" made in 2009.
For many upperclassmen who wish to live off-campus, signing a lease is the happy end of the long housing road. But this whole process seems to be happening earlier this year.
In his lecture Monday night, renowned medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer stressed the importance of rebuilding infrastructure and human capital in the ongoing effort to restore Haiti after the devastating earthquake in January.
Like every year, the first week of classes was filled with bustle and energy as new and returning students shopped through classes and moved into dorms.
In his lecture Wednesday night, Eboo Patel urged interfaith cooperation and pluralism in America, especially in response to last summer's tension between the Muslim and Christian faiths.
An overflow of students in need of on-campus housing necessitated the use of temporary spaces and auxiliary housing this semester, according to Senior Associate Dean of Residential and Dining Services Richard Bova.
In his keynote address to the members of the Class of 2014, Professor of Africana Studies Barrymore Bogues urged students to consider all people foremost as fellow human beings.
As applications for Brown's class of 2014 poured in, the Admissions Office overflowed with paper — literally. With a flood of application papers that exceeded the office's capacity, Alumnae Hall had to be temporarily transformed into a holding area for the huge stacks of prospective talent.
Dean Karen McLaurin '74 announced Monday that she will step down from her position as director of the Third World Center on June 30.
From Serena van der Woodsen of "Gossip Girl," to Brian Griffin of "Family Guy," to the nearly 30,000 students that applied for admission this fall, it seems like everyone wants to go to Brown.


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Just my 2 cents: Mobile vs. Portable Gaming and the Future
Some of you might be wondering what the heck is the difference? The common sense is that mobile gaming is what we see on smartphones and tablets while portable gaming is what we see on dedicated gaming devices like the 3DS, Gameboy, Vita and our beloved PSP; but it actually goes a lot deeper.
Portable games are little different from console/PC videogames, except that they are available on portable platforms. Portable games are very often, just graphically toned down because of hardware limitations but have the same level of thought, game design and love from developers put into them.
Mobile gaming (half-*** gaming?) on the other hand, can hardly be called games… Aside from emulation and re-releases, most of them are mini-games that could be made in the 80s with some kind of gimmick (accelerometers, gps or touchscreen) with cheap in-game purchases, with very few exceptions.
And why am I telling you all of this? Simply because I have read people around the web trying to rationalize the lackluster performance of the PSVITA and blame it on the advent of Android and iOS devices. They go even further to say that portable gaming has no future and it will all be taken over by mobile devices. I don't think that portable and mobile gaming are in the same market. If anything, I guess it's more likely to see the end of portable gaming rather than portable games on mobile devices.
Many people argue that most smartphones can outpower both PSVITA and the 3DS. While that may be true, its matters very little. I will say it once again: the videogame market is about software (games), not hardware (platforms). If hardware specs were that important, why the heck people buy the PS4 or XBOne? Let's face it, any mid-end PC from 2011 can outpower them, so why bother? heck, even PS3 have great games still comming up, and it's a machine from 2006.
It's funny how very few people really understand what specs are about, and yet we see many people discussing about it. Who cares that my new phone has four times the amount of RAM of the PSVITA? I can't play, for instance, Soul Sacrifice on it.
And the problem with mobile games goes way beyond game exclusivity. The mobile gaming will always be a half-*** market, because it will always have half-*** games, and you know why? Because it is crowded with half-*** players. You see, people who plays mobile games are mostly playing them as time-fillers. Just something to do while they wait the bus, wait in line on the bank and so on. That's why most mobile games require very short attention span.
Forget about the story, music and skill on games that we grew to love, let's make a game that has no learning curve and can be player on 2 or 3 minutes spurts. I haven't ever heard (and probably never will) of anyone who says "Oh, I can't wait to get home to fire up some fruit ninja and play all night!".
This is so true that even companies that have a history of years of making great videogames make aberrations when it comes to mobile. I can think of EA (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/need-speed-game-charges-real-5051482) and Square-Enix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_All_the_Bravest) on the top of my head.
And why is that? I mean, theoretically mobile would be (and it is) cheaper to develop, it has way more devices on the street, why not make real games on mobile? Among other factors, it's actually simple: because there is no player attachment whatsoever for these games as they are just time fillers, and that's why they will never pay more than some few bucks (if any) for them, hence, the budget and thought on these games will also be half-***.
Also, it is a much riskier market, since they are flooded with low quality cheap (or free) games that half-*** players can be lured to (http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/30/zombie-apps-on-the-rise-83-of-apps-not-on-top-lists-up-from-74-last-year/#A4Xkke:dtG), so why bother to make a real game?
While on portable market, even the struggling PSVITA has some great titles. I mean, if they localized Gods Eater 2 for instance, I would buy it in a heartbeat and give up all my exploits without a second thought and buy all their DLC. I have even started to learn japanese only to play the JP release. I could play the original Gods Eater Burst on the PSP even though I have a PS3 and a high end PC with lots of games on Steam. To this day I play some awesome games like YS Seven, and it's a game from 2009.
So why is the PSVITA struggling? Because Sony won't care. They don't want to "risk" supporting their own device (http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2014/06/18/shuhei-yoshida-you-can-expect-fewer-first-party-ps-vita-games/). Risk? Really? What kind of message does this send to 3rd parties? Don't you really think that an exclusive God of War game and/or bundle would increase PSVITA sales? Where is Gravity Rush 2? Man, they even "lost" the Monster Hunter to Nintendo, and thats just lazy. PSVITA is made for quality portable gaming like that, and yet Sony refuses to see it.
So I think people should stop to try to blame mobile gaming and hardware specs on the PSVITA lackluster performance, because there isn't anyone to blame but Sony and their lack of faith and love for their own (and awesome) portable platform. I still think there is time to save the PSVITA, so Sony please, oh please, start making some games and deals to revive our beloved handheld, like get Namco to localize Gods Eater 2.


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Anritsu PCT system gets standards body thumbs-up
Anritsu says that industry testing standards body the GCF has validated its Protocol Conformance Test system for Rel-10 carrier aggregation, a crucial function in LTE Advanced network operations. Anritsu now has GCF approval for both its Protocol Conformance Test and RF/RRM Conformance Test systems for carrier aggregation.
LTE Advanced is the latest 4G high-speed mobile standard, and is now being deployed by global network operators. It uses carrier aggregation to support higher data rates.
The carrier aggregation function uses several frequency bands as a single band to speed up both peak and average communications speeds, achieving 300 Mbps download speeds, and with the potential to reach 1 Gbps in the future. Global network operators are already deploying LTE services using carrier aggregation in South Korea and the USA in 2013, and other countries will begin implementing the technology soon.
Development of commercial mobile terminals for new LTE Advanced networks requires objective verification that devices satisfy the LTE Advanced standards. This is achieved by running RF/RRM Conformance and Protocol Conformance tests using systems approved for such testing by the GCF and (for North America) the PTCRB test standards body.
Anritsu's ME7873L RF Conformance Test System and ME7834 Protocol Conformance Test System added support for carrier aggregation earlier in 2013. Now, both have been approved for use in conformance testing by both the GCF and the PTCRB.
In addition to the GCF position, Anritsu has also received the most PTCRB test case approvals for Band2_17 and Band4_17 as used in North America. Anritsu will continue expanding its number of GCF/PTCRB Carrier Aggregation test case validations to build on the established market leadership position in GCF and PTCRB approvals in protocol, RF and RRM conformance testing for LTE and LTE Advanced.


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Preliminary Computational Study on the Docking of an Oligo DNA Substrate to the Enzyme PNKP
Polynucleotide kinase/phosphatase (PNKP) is an enzyme involved in DNA base excision repair pathways. PNKP is currently investigated because of its role in some neurological disorders and its potential to be used as a drug target for cancer treatment. Both the human (hPNKP) and C. elegans (CePNKP) forms of the enzyme have a marked preference for a DNA substrate with an overhang rather than for DNA with blunt ends. In this work, we present a preliminary atomistic model of the complex of CePNKP docked with an oligo DNA that has experimentally shown high binding affinity for the kinase domain of the enzyme.
Faculty Mentor: Jorge Llano
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It was tight - not so tight that Senator Murkowski couldn't change her vote, making it "present", rather than "no", so Senator Daines could escort his daughter down the aisle without worrying. It was a nice, collegial touch.
It may stand as a low point for the Senate, and for much of Washington. Kavanaugh was confirmed by even fewer Senators than Thomas. I'm done to death with the fake outrage, the fake charges, and the deliberate polarization of the American public.
We did the Civil War thing once; We followed almost 100 years later with Civil War 2.0. We don't need zealots to create chaos, encourage violence, and attempt to burn this country to the ground again.
The Sixties are OVER. We don't need the aging Left to attempt to re-live what they see as their Glory Days - One More Time!
Die already. Don't make your last act on this Earth be a vain effort to fulfill childish dreams.