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Foreign Investment in U.S. Beef Packing
Published on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 12:16pm
JBS has certainly made waves with its aggressive pursuit of U.S. beef packers, but its critics aren't concerned that the Brazilian company is different from American packers. They're concerned that it's the same.
When it announced in March of 2007 it had reached an agreement to acquire Greeley, Colorado-based Swift & Co., family-owned JBS was already the largest beef processor and exporter in Latin America. Its plants in Brazil and Argentina slaughtered 3.4 million head a year and had $1.8 billion in sales. Founded in 1855, Swift was the third largest processor of both beef and pork in the U.S. due to its annual sales of $10 billion; its share of U.S. beef slaughter was 12.6%, the equivalent of 4.8 million head.
The Swift acquisition—which also gave JBS the biggest share of the Australian beef market—barely caused a ripple of concern in the country; there were still four other major beef packers in the U.S. with more than two-thirds of the nation's processing capacity between them. It was in March of 2008, when what is now called JBS-Swift announced it had struck a deal to buy two other packers, that the protests emerged. Number four packers Smithfield Beef had 11.4% of capacity; number five National Beef had 6.5%. In addition, JBS-Swift intended to purchase Five Rivers Feed yards, which Smithfield co-owned with Continental Grain. These lots had capacity for 1.6 million head—14% of the entire U.S. feedlot herd.
The deals raised alarms, particularly in Kansas where JBS-Swift and National are the dominant cattle buyers. Members of JBS' controlling Batista family tried to gain support from cattlemen by meeting with them to lay out their plans for maximizing returns through expanded exports and new product development. However, the fate of the transaction was ultimately in the hands of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Antitrust Division sued in U.S. District Court in Chicago to prevent the national part of the deal from going through. The Attorneys General of 13 states joined the DOJ in its action.
After several months of seeking a divestiture solution, JBS-Swift and National's owners, the feedlot-owned partnership U.S. Premium Beef, gave up. That still left JBS-Swift with Five Rivers and with Smithfield, which gave them 21% of U.S. beef production, right behind industry leaders Tyson Foods, and Cargill Meat Solutions; and the skeptics remain. Bill Bullard, CEO of the Montana-based ranchers' group R-CALF USA, says all packers hold a share of the blame for 22 straight months of losses in the feedlot sector. "Overall," Bullard says, "we believe that these concentrated meatpackers—including the Brazilian firm—are engaged in anticompetitive activities that are forcing cattle prices lower and are resulting in consumer prices being higher than would otherwise occur if the market were, in fact, competitive."
In particular, Bullard says R-CALF believes USDA's Grain Inspection/Packers & Stockyards Administration is not adequately monitoring JBS' activities. The packer has encountered legal problems at home, after a yearlong corruption probe, accused by Brazilian authorities in June of engaging in racketeering along with other packers. Bullard says JBS had been found even before it bought Swift to have participated in anticompetitive practices. He says, "We remain very concerned about this particular acquisition by the Brazilian firm with a history of being a bad actor."
Bullard says the business environment does not allow a start-up beef packer to open for business in the United States. He says, "Our preference would be that we would see more domestic processing plants started by domestically owned companies, rather than having foreign interests in this industry for the specific reason that we believe the production of food in the United States of America is a national security interest that we must further."
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee and himself a farmer, objected to allowing JBS to buy Smithfield and national, and still thinks the Smithfield transaction should not have been allowed to go through. The company's entry into the U.S. beef market has, "without a doubt," had an adverse effect on competitiveness, Grassley says, "but when you get the rulings by the Justice Department—they're the final arbiter unless somebody takes it to court, and I'm not in a position to do that."
Grassley notes that during his 30-year career as a legislator he's often raised concerns about foreign investment in production agriculture. His difficulties with JBS, he says, have only been from the competition standpoint "thus far… but I think the strongest point for me to make is not just foreign ownership per se, but what does it do to the competitiveness of American agricultural processing and how does that impact the family farmer?"
"I don't see anything fundamentally wrong with a foreign company owning Smithfield," says Kyle Stiegert. The University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural economist is also director of the school's Food System Research Group and a specialist in industrial organization, antitrust policy, financial economics, international trade and international competition policy. "The Chinese are so long the dollar, it's not even funny," says Stiegert. "Brazil's long the dollar; India's long the dollar. They're going to be looking for these kinds of investments. They're not just going to keep owning Treasury bills and bonds forever."
It's hard for U.S. interests to criticize foreign buyers of American meat processors because the reverse has also been true for some time. As noted, Swift was the largest beef packer in Australia; Tyson has numerous joint-venture poultry operations overseas; and Smithfield—still the nation's largest pork producer—has significant pork operations in Mexico and Europe. U.S. farmers have even invested in South American farmland. Stiegert says, "The business world is not defined by nation-states and more defined by the roles of corporations. A corporation wants to have a portfolio of assets across an industry worldwide, and this is how they go about doing this. Does this mean it's bad or good? It's really hard to say."
The real question with JBS, Stiegert suggests, is whether there will be culture clashes as Brazilian owners meet entrenched American managers and employees. He draws a parallel to the ownership by Germany's Daimler AG of Chrysler Corp. from 1998-2007. "That was an absolute disaster," says Stiegert. "What I've heard from people in Detroit is that the primary reason for that debacle was the inability of Daimler's management team in Germany and Chrysler's management team in the U.S. to see eye-to-eye on issues, and the whole thing just completely fell apart."
That could happen with a buyout by a domestic firm, too. "The foreign element is a bit of a wild card," Stiegert says. "It's really going to depend on the actual specifics of that investor. What does JBS bring to the table in terms of managerial talent? Are they well positioned to become more efficient which will help beef producers in all likelihood? Is their culture to be more strategic and try to be profitable by collusive-type behaviors? It's hard to know."
One thing's for certain—JBS-Swift hasn't stopped moving aggressively. The company recently formed its own trucking firm, and in July it notified the SEC of an upcoming $2 billion public offering. The proceeds will be used to "directly service new customers, primarily in the food service and retail channels"; market analysts believe JBS intends to sell shelf-ready beef to supermarkets. Now, that's innovation!


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For the cake:
340g butter, at room temperature
280g caster sugar
6 eggs, medium
280g self-raising flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted
For the icing:
520 icing sugar, sifted
220g butter, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 tbsp milk
Preheat the oven to 180oC/fan oven 160oC/Gas mark 4. Grease four 8in cake tins, and line the bottoms with greaseproof or baking paper.
Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Sift the flour on top and fold in. Separate half the mixture into another bowl and sift in the cocoa powder until well combined. Stir in the vanilla extract to the other mixture. Spoon the cake batter into the prepared tins and spread out evenly, using the back of the spoon. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Turn out the cakes out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
To make the icing, beat together the icing sugar, butter, vanilla and milk until smooth and creamy. Spread each cake layer and then swirl the remaining icing all over the cake.

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|Deep River, CT
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Collegiate Personal Bests:
800 Meter Run: 2:27.23
1,000 Meter Run: 3:10.03
1,500 Meter Run: 4:52.71
One Mile Run: 5:12.94
3,000 Meter Run: 10:26.76
5,000 Meter Run: 18:10.22
3,000 Meter Steeplechase: 11:15.20
2014 Indoor: Posted a 14th place finish at the Coaches Tribute meet on Feb. 1 in the 1,000 meter run with a personal-best time of 3:10.03...Best finish of the year also came on Feb. 1 at the Coaches Tribute meet as a member of the 4x400 relay team that placed fifth with a finishing time of 4:17.41...Finshed 18th in the 3,000 meter race with a personal best time of 10:34.69 at the UAlbany Great Dane Classic on Jan. 17...Placed 11th in the preliminary round of the one mile run at the NEC Championships with a time of 5:22.87.
2013 Cross Country: Proved to be a consistent finisher for CCSU, crossing the line in the top three among her teammates in six meets...Best finish was third overall at the Father O'Neil Invitational on Aug. 31...Placed 28th overall at the 2013 NEC Championships with her time of 21:08...Finished 25th at the Ted Owen Invitational and the Father Bede Invitational...Also placed 28th at the CCSU Mini Meet out of 137 runners...Competed at the New England Championships where she was the second Blue Devil to finish the race.
2013 Outdoor Track: Clocked in a career-best time of 12:03.25 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NEC Championships in May...Helped the Blue Devils place fifth in the 4x800m relay at the NEC Championships, the team crossed the finish line in 9:33.32...Finished 21st of 54 at the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational in the 1,500m with a career-best time of 5:06.76...Recorded a time of 5:07.30 in the 1,500m at the UMASS Invitational on 4/13...Posted a second-place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Holy Cross Invitational with a mark of 12:07.26...Had a career-best performance at the UMASS Pre-Conference meet in the 800m run, crossing the finish line in 2:27.68.
2013 Indoor Track: Posted a third-place finish in the 1,000m run with a time of 3:16.48 at the Army Crowell Open on Jan. 5...Recorded a career-best time of 3:11.71 in the 1,000m while finishing 12th at the Great Dane Classic on Jan. 18...Placed 21st in the 800m run at the URI Coaches Tribute Invitational with a mark of 2:28.69...Finished 24th in the 800m prelims at the NEC Championships with a time of 2:28.30...Ran a 2:27.23 in the 800m prelims at the New England Championships.
2012 Cross Country: Competed in all eight meets for the Blue Devils as a freshman...Best finish came at the Quinnipiac Invitational on Sept. 15 where she placed 24th...Finished 55th of 102 at the Ted Owen Invitational on Sept. 22 with a time of 20:20.05...Placed 57th of 144 at the CCSU Mini Meet on Oct. 19...Ran a time of 20:20.98 at the NEC Championships, good for 67th...Finished 98th in a field of 177 at the IC4A/ECAC Championships on Nov. 17...Also competed in the New England Championships and NCAA Regional competition.
Before Central: Ran cross country and track for Valley Regional High School...Finished her high school career a fourteen-time conference champion, four-time state champion and a two-time New England qualifier...Named team MVP six times, twice for cross country and four times for track and field...Was an All-Area Selection her junior and senior years for cross country...All-Area Selection her senior year for indoor and outdoor track...Set school records in the 800 meter, 1000 meter, 3200 meter, 5000 meter, 4x800 meter and in the 2000 meter steeplechase...Three-time Scholar Athlete High Honor Roll student.


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26 comments:
- Death said...
I understand the D&M have started their own diy "lift, shift & plant" burial concept. The lift and shift bit is going swimingly, the planting thing is meeting some opposition at the allotment. They are in talks with Conways to see if there is some synergy with their activities. Those holes need filling with something afterall.
- 9 May 2011 at 14:23
- Headhunter said...
Is it that big old Volve hearse? I'd noticed that and wondered about it. May be it's to conveniently whisk away victims of fatal accidents on the double roundabout of death....
- 9 May 2011 at 14:30
- mk said...
Haha. This (along with the assorted GI joes and dolls in a jungle setting in the shop window opposite the Royal Albert) is why I love Brockley.
- 9 May 2011 at 14:31
- Anonymous said...
I believe that's the sole vehicle in the Mung Bean Elite's car sharing fleet.
- 9 May 2011 at 14:36
- Tyrwhitt Michael said...
Sort of thing I'd like for my funeral with Danse Macabre as performed by the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain for musical accompaniment.
- 9 May 2011 at 14:37
- max said...
Self-drive-hire gone wrong.
- 9 May 2011 at 15:57
- Headhunter said...
Talking of parking, I noticed that round the corner from me on Ashby Rd (between Manor and Wickham) there is a dedicated car hire/pool "Street Car" parking space... Has that been there for long? I hadn't noticed it before...
- 9 May 2011 at 17:16
- Anonymous said...
do you people really have to get up in EVERYBODIES business?
- 9 May 2011 at 20:45
- Brockley Nick said...
Only interested in the story behind an ostentatious comedy hearse parked semi-permanently in the middle of Brockley. Not asking the owner's inside leg measurement.
If the owner wants to share the story, great. If not, it's a pleasant novelty.
- 9 May 2011 at 21:31
- MrReaper said...
Has it moved at all recently, and if not is it taxed.
- 10 May 2011 at 06:30
- Anonymous said...
It's taxed until the end of July 2011!
- 10 May 2011 at 10:44
- MrReaper said...
Ah,lets see if its still there then.
- 10 May 2011 at 12:36
- Anonymous said...
Brockley Big Brother is watching
- 10 May 2011 at 14:31
- Danja said...
Yeah because it's not like choosing to drive that is attention seeking at all.
- 10 May 2011 at 14:49
- mg said...
There are usually some goths/neo-Victorians showing their vintage hearses at Nunhead Cemetery open day, one of them might know the story. I badly wanted the one where the gearstick knob was a skull with light-up red eyes. It's Saturday 21st May this year and always a good day out.
- 10 May 2011 at 16:14
- Brockley Nick said...
It comes to something when a man can't even drive a volvo hearse with a goggle-eyed skull as a mascot and 70s carpet in the back down the street without some curtain-twitcher wondering why and writing frivolous blog posts with headlines based on ridiculous comic characters and captions based on Cormac McCarthy novels.
Welcome to Modern Britain, a surveillance state. Thank you very much Mr Tony B.Liar
- 10 May 2011 at 16:17
- Anonymous said...
You are Coney and I claim my £5
- 10 May 2011 at 16:28
- Bobby "Boris" Pickett said...
Is it connected to the white coffin on wheels visible from New Cross Station on the roof of a nearby garage?
- 10 May 2011 at 16:35
- Brockley Nick said...
Dunno, but that sounds like a blog post right there! Will try to get a pic.
- 10 May 2011 at 16:36
- Anonymous said...
Makes a change from going on about D & M's vans or CPZ.
- 10 May 2011 at 16:58
- Coney said...
"You are Coney and I claim my £5."
Stop obsessing over me, it's embarassing me
- 10 May 2011 at 18:06
- Death & Mortality Van Hire said...
It's ours, why you ask?
- 10 May 2011 at 18:52
- WheelClamper said...
They talk about any vehicle that's parked for any length of time.
- 11 May 2011 at 11:53
- Anonymous said...
Hi, im the owner of that hearse. It has a history. Leave it alone.
- 11 May 2011 at 15:23
- Anonymous said...
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- 27 September 2011 at 14:16
- lower case said...
Padded Cell --->
- 27 September 2011 at 14:29


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Flames travel to face Mountaineers before hosting Hokies
January 16, 2013 | Lynchburg, Va.
Fresh off a 2-1 road trip to Phoenix, Ariz., that included third-period come-from-behind wins over Arizona and a 4-3 eight-round shootout loss to the ACHA's top-ranked team, Arizona State, Liberty University's Division I men's hockey team travels west again this weekend — only not nearly as far.
The 10th-ranked Flames visit West Virginia for back-to-back contests on Friday and Saturday nights before renewing their annual in-state rivalry with Virginia Tech on Sunday at the LaHaye Ice Center. Opening faceoffs at West Virginia are on Friday at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. at the South Charleston Memorial Ice Rink. On Sunday, the Flames and Hokies will take the ice at 4 p.m.
Scouting Preview, Games 28-30: No. 10 Liberty University (16-9-2) at West Virginia (6-12), Jan. 18 (9:30 p.m.) and Jan. 19 (5 p.m.) at the South Charleston Memorial Ice Rink; Jan. 20 (4 p.m.) against Virginia Tech (12-8-1) at the LaHaye Ice Center. Sunday's game against the Hokies will be webcast live.
Liberty Scouting Report: After winning their first eight contests and dropping nine of 10 from Oct. 5 to Nov. 17, the Flames have now won seven of their past nine games. Seven of their nine losses, and both of their shootout losses, have come against teams ranked in the top 10. Liberty maintained its No. 10 ranking in last Friday's ACHA poll, which is where it ended the 2011-12 season after going 23-7-5.
Brent Boschman has started the new year on a tear, scoring the first goal against ASU to ignite a comeback from a 3-0 deficit, adding two goals in the first game at Arizona, a 7-6 triumph, and one goal and three assists in a 7-5 victory over the Wildcats on Sunday.
Senior forward Rick Turner still leads Liberty and ranks fifth in the ACHA in points with 55 (32 goals, 23 assists) after netting three goals in the two wins over Arizona.
Ryley Egan, who scored two third-period goals in Friday's opener against the Wildcats to spark the comeback, ranks second on the Flames with 34 points (12 goals, 22 assists), and Lindsay LeBlanc ranks third with 33 (13 goals, 20 assists). Fellow forward Luke Baumgarten had a hat trick in Saturday's second game against Arizona to move into fourth place on the team in scoring with 25 points (11 goals, 14 assists).
Blair Bennett (3.14 goals against average) improved to 9-5 in goal for the Flames, but gave up four goals in the first period and a half of the opener against the Wildcats and was replaced by Clayton Brown (7-5-1) who got the win in relief.
West Virginia Scouting Report: West Virginia went 27-14 last year, the last under Zach Sonnefeld, who is now an assistant with the Wheeling (W.Va.) Nailers of the ECHL. Sonnefeld led the Mountaineers to the second round of the ACHA national tournament last spring.
Christian Lewton is the Mountaineers' leading scorer with 19 points (11 goals, 8 assists) followed by Conor Frei (5 goals, 11 assists) and Nick Persichetti (7 goals, 6 assists).
Rob Borcky has logged the most time in goal, but has struggled to a 1-8 record and a 3.75 goals-against average in 512 minutes. Eric Schaetzle has more impressive stats in goal, with a 4-3-1 record and a 2.36 GAA in 508 minutes, stopping 92 percent of opponents' shots.
Virginia Tech Scouting Report: Following a 3-0 start with wins over Duke, East Carolina and Delaware, the Hokies went 2-6-1 in October before righting themselves with seven straight victories, capped by a 5-2 triumph over West Virginia last Friday. Tech, ranked seventh in the Southeast in the ACHA DII poll, is coming off a 3-2 loss to second-ranked Penn State. Zack Walz is the Hokies' top scoring threat with 10 goals and 13 assists (23 points) followed by Alex Smith (13 goals, 7 assists). Walker Detweiler has posted the majority of minutes in goal and sports a 7-6-1 record with a 3.02 GAA and an 89 save percentage.
All-time series: This will be Liberty's first meeting against West Virginia in at least six seasons. The DI Flames are 6-0 against Virginia Tech's DII team.
Coaches: Kirk Handy is in his 13th season as the Flames' head coach, with an overall record of 273-118-13. Zach Eckman is in his first season as West Virginia's head coach after playing forward for the Mountaineers from 2005 through 2009. Joe Mullen, nephew of the NHL Hall of Famer by the same name, is in his second season as Virginia Tech's head coach. He led the Hokies to the ACHA DII National Tournament for the first time last year and now holds a record of 26-18-4.
By Ted Allen/Staff Writer


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It is very easy (takes about 10 minutes) and cheap. This batch is around $8 and will last many months. I make 3 batches a year.
Does it really work? It does. It will get your clothes clean and odor free.
large bowl
cheese grater
container for your soap
old teaspoon
wooden spoon
-2 bars of Felt Naptha soap. Grate it up using a cheese grater.
-Box of Borax. Half of the box. Save the rest for your next batch (I poor the powder outuntil it feels like half)
-Box of Arm and Hammer Washing Soda. Again, half a box
Mix together in a bowl. Sometimes I have added a few scoops of Oxy Clean (or Biz).
Fill a container and pop in a tablespoon you aren't using (you can pick up all the tools from a thrift shop) . All you need to add to your washing machine is one teaspoon (I use a front loader. Not sure that makes a difference).
This recipe makes a large batch and I keep what doesn't fit in my glass container in an empty oatmeal tube.
That's all, super easy and inexpensive


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It may be difficult to recall nowadays, but there was a time when the greatest atheists were philosophical giants.
They matched their metaphysical, theological, and political opposition with the kind of constructive argument and systematic philosophizing that they expected from rival thinkers in return. These giants never got wide respect, but they built comprehensive worldviews built to last for the ages nonetheless. Always outnumbered, they were never outmatched, for wisdom and well as wit.
Today's 'popular' atheism is just as likely to dismiss philosophy as irrelevant as it is to invoke Epicurus, Hume, Diderot, or Russell. This odd contradiction, hopefully just a temporary aberration, narrows the unbelief reading list at the worst possible moment. Atheism's greatest visibility arrives at a time when its intellectual challenges couldn't be greater, and its answers are so widely sought. The religious are intensely interested in the way atheists would run things. The nonreligious are wondering that themselves, just as they wonder about the biggest questions of life, which have a way of outlasting every school of thought.
Even if religion had never been invented, people would share wisdom and ethics of proven worth, ensuring that meaning and value accumulates for improving the human condition. Mere negativity is not an answer, for anyone. Can an authentic secular stance consist of more than recitations of religion's failures?
Paul Kurtz's philosophizing has never been just about negativity. If the limitations of faith can be charted, it is because the finest achievements of human reason have brought us farther and higher. Kurtz's living naturalism is a philosophical achievement to stitch together a cohesive worldview from what all of the sciences are telling us, yielding an optimistic outlook for growing meaning and value, and a fulfilling ethical life for every person.
Scientific imperialism and secularism can be no less dogmatic and militaristic than any religion or ideology, as the world well sees. Only a humanistic and cosmopolitan secularism, like Paul Kurtz's, staunchly defending constitutions that protect expression of conscience no less than freedom of speech, can stand before the whole world without hypocrisy or shame. For what are the foundations of this humble secularism but expressions of conscientious conviction and fidelity to the equal dignity and worth of every human being?
Kurtz did not rest content with a list of fundamental rights. Genuine democracy can't rest content with the rights prized by generations past, since new kinds of social oppression and denials of opportunity are endlessly rationalized by the powerful to stay comfortable. Liberty and rationality is never enough to protect real opportunity, as Kurtz's humanistic progressivism explains, following out the lessons learned from escaping religion's prisons. For if liberty of mind were enough, each atheist could stoically contemplate the cold material universe in the private cell of their own construction and let religions run amok in the public world. Yet, as a GI generation warrior like Kurtz could tell you, your freedoms aren't secure until everyone's are respected and justice prevails. If we must fight, we fight for all of humanity in humanity's name for humanity's enlightenment and freedom, and not for some new form of enslavement.
In the middle of what feels like a culture war, or seems like a war between civilizations, philosophy can look like a silly luxury. Yet the one who loudly says "No philosophy needed" is the one who uncritically and dogmatically wields yesterday's philosophy. And religion already knows how to criticize and circumvent yesterday's philosophy, upholding vital truths about life, values, and ethics that won't be coming out of a laboratory. Scientists shouting from the rooftops won't do the job, any more than naive atheists will. Do you imagine that only just now is religion realizing how science presents a cultural challenge? If the power of the word of science were enough, religion would have evaporated by now. Evidently real people are more complicated than just passive receptors of Truth's mighty power. And most people remain naturally wary of any would-be dictator over the human mind.
Only a comprehensive philosophy of the head and the heart, persuasively showing people how they can be not just everything they naturally are, but everything they humanly ought to be, will be able to replace religion in the long run. So long as there are freethinking people as proud of their ethical principles as they are proud of their technical power, Kurtz's philosophical worldview will be read, appreciated, and lived.
Paul Kurtz's organization of the secular movement using the affirmative cause of humanism won't be soon forgotten. His organization of a positive philosophical worldview to forever replace religion won't be forgotten by the ages.
[Portions of this blog are excerpted from my soon-to-be-published review in Free Inquiry of Kurtz's new book Meaning and Value in a Secular Age.]


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Press your power button. Tune your instruments. Position your microphone. Open Marathon 2. It's time for MGSIV!
1) Unlike previous competitions, there are 4 songs to be composed. These songs will correspond with the next 4 levels of Marathon 2. They are called, Eat It, Vid Boi!, The Hard Stuff Rules..., Bob's Big Date, and Six Thousand Feet Under. These levels make up the chapter Citadel, and that is what the resulting album will be called.
2) Each song must have a reasonable song length. I would consider 10 seconds or 10 minutes a bit outside this reasonable range. Try to keep the songs from 2 min to 5 min. I'm flexible, so going outside those boundaries a little bit won't lose you any points. Cutting a song down to around 1 min though may lose you a point in the "Length" category.
3) These submissions are songs for Marathon levels. Please don't include a full chorus or obnoxious singing in any of your submissions. A little bit, and I mean a very small amount of singing or background chorus is ok, but don't go overboard.
4) Deadline: All songs must be sent to me at [email protected] by February 26th. That's over 2 months to make 4 songs.
5) Don't name your songs after the levels. Come up with creative names!
Your entries will be judged on the following material:
1) Interpretation of the Level: Does your song complement the level provided? Does it help set the atmosphere of the level and contribute to the gameplay? A bad example would be to play "Happy Birthday" during a war scene, while a good example might be to play "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" during a scene where a kid is looking through a telescope for the first time. 20 points
2) Musicality: How well the tempo, rhythm, notes, etc fit together. It shouldn't sound like a 6th grader randomly hitting stuff or pressing down keys on his first instrument. Listeners should be somewhat comfortable while listening to it, not cringing in their seats. 20 points
3) Creativity: This is your music so make it unique. I understand that many background parts repeat over and over, but don't create a whole song where the majority of the melody is the same eight notes played repeatedly. Jazz it up and make it enjoyable and fun to listen to, while still staying within the other requirements. 10 points
4) Sound Quality: If it sounds like trash or is poor quality, you will obviously lose points here. I'm looking for clean, high quality music with no white noise, unless the white noise is intended. 10 points
5) Originality: Remixes sound great and all, but the point of this contest is too create something NEW that complements the given level. Remixing M1A1 music or any other music will cause you lose points here and probably in a few other sections of the judging scale. 5 points
6) Length: If the song length is too long or short, points will be lost. The song should be long enough to show effort, but short enough to be precise. 5 points
TOTAL: 70 points/song. Each participant will be judged out of a total of 280 points because there are 4 songs.
As usual, the song that receives the highest score for a level will be included in the final M2 Soundtrack. If you plan on participating but don't have enough time to make all 4 songs, please try to make 1 or 2 songs. A song will be included in the album if it receives 50 points or more. That means those who enter songs for all 4 levels should shoot for a score of 200 points or higher. I'm looking forward to a good turnout and some great songs! Enjoy making music.


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Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced plans to conduct a series of deep energy retrofit research projects with the potential to improve the energy efficiency in selected homes by as much as 30 to 50 percent.
ORNL's Jeff Christian points out the insulating foam used to seal the attic in a deep retrofit house.
The projects will be supported by up to $1.4 million from the Department of Energy's Building America Program, which has received additional funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Deep energy retrofits are renovations to existing structures that use the latest in energy-efficient materials and technologies and result in significant energy reductions. Jeff Christian, the ORNL buildings technologies researcher heading the project, said at least 10 homes across the region will be sought to participate. The home selection process is yet to be finalized, and homeowners will have to pay most of the costs—about $10 per square foot of living space—and agree to allow their post-retrofit energy consumption to be monitored. But Christian said costs can be recovered in as little as 10 years, and energy bills potentially can be cut in half. Most important, data from the project can provide huge incentives for more deep retrofits across the region, he said.
"Deep retrofit is a fairly expensive upfront proposition, but can be one of the best investments available to many homeowners," said Christian, who also is a board member of the East Tennessee Quality Growth Council, which is helping lead the project. "We're targeting homes that are 15-35 years old—homes that are ready for new windows, heating and cooling units, appliances and maybe even solar panels to push their homes closer to near-zero energy consumption. Then we want to monitor these homes, analyze their energy consumption and celebrate the progressive vision of this region."
Christian said large efficiency gains via retrofitting were proven feasible on a test house in Knoxville last year. ORNL continues to collaborate with the Tennessee Valley Authority to better quantify the impact of deep retrofits at the Campbell Creek Energy Efficient Homes Research Project. The retrofits are part of an energy-efficient systems approach that involves making the building more air-tight; weatherizing the attic, crawl space and windows; upgrading heating and cooling units, water heaters, appliances and lighting; and installing solar panels.
"We're trying to look at what we can do with existing housing stock to improve the efficiency and also how we can influence new construction," said TVA researcher Bruce Rogers. "The deep retrofit project will enhance our research findings with results from additional homes in the Valley."
Christian explained many new two-story houses have a heat pump for downstairs and another in the attic for upstairs. Much of the cost of cooling conventional houses comes from the unit in the hot attic operating very inefficiently. In a retrofit house, insulation is removed from the attic floor. The roof and sides of the attic are sealed with insulating foam, and a high-efficiency heat pump is installed in the attic. The result: huge energy savings in heating and cooling because the entire HVAC system is inside the insulation layer.
Also, the system provides thermostats on both floors, but instead of operating two separate heat pumps, a single smarter unit directs heating or cooling where it's needed.
Christian said results of all of the retrofits will be available online, showing detailed data on the costs and benefits of the retrofits.
"This project connects our research to the surrounding community," Christian said. "We're hoping that this demonstration stimulates enough interest among members of the public that it will become self-sustaining-growing the number of houses with deep retrofits."
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2012's Mouthwatering Prospects
The run up to summer blockbuster season is a lot like baseball's offseason. Lots of rumors, lots of movement and everyone talking about who's going to do what and who will be the winners and losers. Expectations mount as we get closer to the start of the season, as we start seeing all the previews that look great. With both baseball and movies, though, it's hard to tell what you're really going to get until opening day.
Not that this will stop me from drooling in anticipation. I mean, come on. The Tigers have Cabrera and Prince at the corners! Sure, that's an exponentially compounded defensive liability but the prospects at the plate are simply mouthwatering. Kind of like the Alien prequel, Prometheus:[youtube http://youtu.be/NIBiimdaj3A]
And if that isn't enough to whet your appetite, how about a little brilliance in advertising:[youtube http://youtu.be/S7YK2uKxil8]
Summer 2012. Was there a better time to be alive?


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competition (in economics)
competition, in economics, rivalry in supplying or acquiring an economic service or good. Sellers compete with other sellers, and buyers with other buyers. In its perfect form, there is competition among many small buyers and sellers, none of whom is too large to affect the market as a whole; in practice, competition is often reduced by a great variety of limitations, including copyrights, patents, and governmental regulation, such as fair-trade laws, minimum wage laws, and wage and price controls.
Competition among merchants in foreign trade was common in ancient times, and it has been a characteristic of mercantile and industrial expansion since the Middle Ages. By the 19th cent. classical economic theorists had come to regard competition, at least within the national state, as a natural outgrowth of the operation of supply and demand within a free market economy. The price of an item was seen as ultimately fixed by the confluence of these two forces.
Early capitalist economists argued that supply-and-demand pricing worked better without any regulation or control. Their model of perfect competition was marked by absolute freedom of trade, widespread knowledge of market conditions, easy access of buyers to sellers, and the absence of all action restraining trade by agencies of the state. Under such conditions no single buyer or seller could materially affect the market price of an item. After c.1850, practical limitations to competition became evident as industrial and commercial combinations and trade unions arose to hamper it.
A major theme in the history of competition has been the monopoly, which represents a business interest so large that it has the ability to control prices in a given industry. Some governments attempted to impose competition through legislation, as the United States did in the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which made many monopolistic practices illegal. President Teddy Roosevelt was well known for his "trust-busting," filing lawsuits against over 40 major corporations during his two terms in office (1901–09). Later legislation in the United States, such as the Clayton Act (1914), the Robinson-Patman Act (1936), and the Celler-Kefauver Act (1950), offered revisions and clarifications of the Sherman Act. The Federal Trade Commission, created in 1914, is a regulatory agency with the mission of encouraging competition and discouraging monopoly.
Until the mid-20th cent., there was widespread government acceptance of the existence of industrial and commercial combinations, together with an effort to apply regulation administered either by the state or by the industries themselves. Governments had accepted the existence of what were considered "practical monopolies," particularly in the field of public utilities (see utility, public). This attitude changed somewhat after the 1970s; for example, the U.S. government forced the breakup (1984) of American Telephone and Telegraph and deregulated (1985) natural-gas prices. In the 1990s, state regulators began to allow competition among some utilities (especially natural-gas and electricity suppliers) in order to bring prices down. This was also a trend in some European countries; Germany, for example, deregulated its electric power industry in 1999.
See M. L. Greenhut et al., Economics of Imperfect Competition (1987); L. G. Telser, A Theory of Effective Cooperation and Competition (1987); T. Frazer, Monopoly, Competition and the Law: The Regulation of Business Activity in Britain, Europe and America (1988).


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BOTHELL, Wash. – Today Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law two bills, senate bill 5127 and senate bill 6074, which enable the University of Washington Bothell to move ahead with construction on its long-anticipated science and academic building to be known as UW 3.
The 74,000-square-foot building will house 11 science labs, several classrooms, gathering space, and a 200-person lecture hall. This space translates into the ability to serve an additional 1,000 students each year. It is the first building to be constructed on the UW Bothell campus in 10 years.
UW Bothell Chancellor Kenyon Chan says he is pleased and thankful the Governor signed these capital investment bills today.
"This funding is critical in the short term to increasing jobs in the construction industry and long term to increasing access to higher education in the state of Washington and preparing students for the science and technology jobs of this region," Chan says. "Our thanks go out to the Governor and the legislature for making this capital investment."
Freddie Hensen serves as president of the Association of Students of the University of Washington Bothell (ASUWB), and describes today as thrilling.
"The students are overjoyed with the commitment the state is making in this campus to provide more opportunities for students in the future and our ability to make a difference in the world," Hensen says.
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"Novels are supposed to tell something about the real world, but in most
novels about the upper classes money figures only in the decor, the things
that money can buy. Begley's books have the great virtue of knowing about
money itself, how it's acquired and kept…. Begley's previous books
gravitated rather anxiously toward Europe, which was seen as the source
both of any satisfactory culture and of appalling historical and personal
tragedy. About Schmidt turns toward America and the present, exchanging an
interest in suffering and failure, with its dangerous possibilities of
self-magnification, for comic romance, with its emphasis not on finality
but on life going on anyway."
—The New York Review of Books
"Albert Schmidt is another of Begley's brilliant impostors, though this
time an impostor unaware of his charade. He is the cultivated man–out of
Harvard, no less–unable to acknowledge his subtle strain of
Jew-hating…. About Schmidt amounts to an intriguing about-face for
Begley…. By blinding his flawed hero, Begley has painted an indelible
portrait of a man with a hole where his soul should be."
"What emerges… is a poignant study of aging centered on a man whose
flaws become both sinister and sympathetic. In an era of encroaching
coarseness, where civility dissolves… Schmidt summons in us remembrance
of elegance past…. Is he a cultured patrician, a supercilious snob or
both? Whichever he is, Begley succeeds wonderfully in making us care."
—San Francisco Chronicle
"Consistently subtle and intelligent, this novel ends by getting under
your skin despite the unlikability of its protagonist. You are left with
the feeling of having found out the complex truth behind the impeccable
facade of someone you might never notice if you met him at a party."
—The New York Times Book Review
"If the sorrows of old 'Schmidtie' strike us as somewhat short of fully
tragic, less than deeply moving, it's clearly intentional; Begley means
for us to keep our distance–to withhold our sympathies–from his smug,
officious hero…. It's this that makes Begley's novel most interesting
and nervy."
—Washington Post/Book World
"In the end, Begley has created a terribly funny, touching, infuriating
and complex character in Schmidt, whose self-deceptions and imprisonment
by his own world-view stand not only as a devastating portrait of a
disappearing world but also sound a strangely evocative cautionary tale."
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"In what could be called a novel of bad manners, Begley again demonstrates
that he can reveal the complexities of society and personality with a
clear eye and graceful style. Schmidt may not live up to today's strict
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A 19-year-old Virginia man has been arrested and charged in connection to the deaths of two women who counseled young adults in Prince William County, police say.
Prince William County police arrested Ronald Francis Dorsey, of Woodbridge, for the deaths of Erica Janelle Hickson, 37, and Lizeth Yadira Lopez, 36.
Hickson and Lopez worked for Youth Quest Independent Living in the 12300 block of Pond Run Drive in Woodbridge.
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Dorsey was enrolled in the program where both women were counselors and police said he knew both women.
Staff members at the complex reported Hickson went missing at some point during her shift during the early morning hours on Friday, police said.
Police found her body Friday afternoon in a wooded area near Golf Side Circle, which is the same area where the suspect lives, police said.
Hickson was a teacher for Fairfax County Public Schools, but she took a part-time job as a counselor with Youth Quest Independent Living, her boyfriend, Darrell Close, told News4.
"She was a loved person. She loved everyone and she lived life," Close said. "She really cared about children and looking - trying to keep them safe and out of harms way. She was a selfless person."
In April, Lopez's body was discovered near a drainage ditch in the area of Cotton Mill Drive and Griffith Avenue in Woodbridge -- not far from where Hickson's body was found, police said. Lopez was reported missing a few days before.
Close said he asked Hickson to leave the counseling program after learning of Lopez's death.
"When she learned about it and I learned about it, I asked her to leave... several times."
Dorsey has been charged with two counts of murder and is being held without bond. He has a court appearance scheduled for Oct. 3.
Youth Quest Independent Living is a program affiliated with Richmond-based Intercept Youth Services.


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Lightning is a terrifying yet majestic force of nature, especially when you see it from an aeroplane. But scientists have recently discovered that lightning can sometimes be invisible—and it could be bombarding planes with radiation as they fly.
The Washington Post reports research by Joseph Dwyer, a lightning researcher at the Florida Institute of Technology, who claims to have discovered something he refers to as "dark lightning". From the Post:
Dark lightning appears sometimes to compete with normal lightning as a way for thunderstorms to vent the electrical energy that gets pent up inside their roiling interiors, Dwyer says. Unlike with regular lightning, though, people struck by dark lightning, most likely while flying in an airplane, would not get hurt. But according to Dwyer's calculations, they might receive in an instant the maximum safe lifetime dose of ionising radiation - the kind that wreaks the most havoc on the human body.
Turns out the only real way to tell if a plane has been hit by dark lightning is to use a radiation detector. But the good news is that dark lighting is, apparently, mercifully rare, occurring just once for every 1,000 visible strikes. Combine that with the fact that pilots tend to try and avoid serious storms, and things are looking fairly safe. Phew. [Washington Post]
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hello!sorry for my english but i am greek!so..i have a question.i put them to work all the time,i put the children to collect pieces and mushrooms(with the trick of pause and repause) but my tech points are slowly groing up.so i don't have enough tech points to upgrade the skills!right now i am repairing the bath,i have 1000 units oa food and only 7000 tech points.i need level 2 fanction(50000 pnt)!!!what can i do more for tech points?
Hey again! Even though i finished the game doesnt mean i dont have questions! Do you have to buy Level 2 Alchemy before doing any potions? When my friend did the light and springy potion it blew up! Im sure that the potion was correct and my friend was wondering if she wasted her tech points on level 2 Alchemy.
I also figured out some things
Kids can:
heal people and collect herbs
If you want to email me just tell me and i will give it to u
To doggirl16:
It's not required that you purchase level 2 Alchemy for potions, but sometimes it's helpful because they do occasionally blow up. The Alchemy research helps prevent these accidents.
To: ,.amflk:
Yes, the giant clam is part of puzzle 15. There is information on the puzzles at the top of this page.
Hello again!
I've got a question yet again!
If you pick up the 5 things for Puzzle 3, will you get tech points?
I'm asking because my tech points when up when my person put down the item. Or was it one of my other scientists working?
[Edit: It was probably from one of your other scientists. -Pam]
To Dev:
Potions do not bring tech points. Is there something in particular you're wondering about?
Also, please do not post a comment more than once. Duplicate posts will be removed.
To Vicky:
When a villager is weakened, healing potions will work. A couple that come to mind are -
Healing only helps if the villager is actually sick, not just weakened.
To Ellen:
Women can have babies until the age of 50. If you reach a point that you have no females under age 50, you're in trouble. You can hope for a random island even that will bring strangers to the village or a barrel of babies may be washed ashore. However, you cannot control it.
To Gemma:
The sewing hut shows up very late in the game and is not one of the puzzles. For me, it shows up after I've purchased all technology and solved all puzzles.
Hey everybody! I have a problem, most of my villagers died of starvation, i was left with no food and was waiting for my tech points to add up so that i could make the sharks dissapear. now i am left with 5 women villagers so i can't make babies. should i stop the game? does it have any point to continue playing?thanx
Pineapple, you rock! Everything I need help with I have the answers to. Well, almost everything...
I'm having a slight problem with the key in the fire. I have been waiting for a while - four days at least with half of that time in fast mode and the other half in slow.
I have completed more then half the puzzles, gotten quite a bit of tech advancements ,and I'm getting quite far into the game, but my villages are still just "drinking water."
It's really annoying - I would think that it would have appeared in the fire by now.
Also, Pineapple, I would like to point out that somebody gave out a very handy potion indeed back on page one of the comments. It was:
A potion to make people work faster
Cactus + Black Orchid + Lotus
This was an extremely handy potion that I think deserves a spot in the "Important Potion Recipies" section, mainly because it helped me greatly when my orchard was exhusted and I was trying to quickly clock up tech points to make the shark solution before my villagers died of starvation.
To Camille:
About the fire -
The fire has to burn steadily for several hours before you can get the fire gem. Eventually, you will see white sparkles in the fire. That's when it's time to let it burn out and pur water on it to cool it.
Thanks for your comments about the potion. It's already listed on our online spreadsheet.
@JIGuest: They won't clear away the grass - you need that as a supply, just like the wood.
There are leaves to clear away in the open area on the right of the map, and stones to clear away at the bottom. It might be a good idea to leave the stones there until later, in case you need to train builders for other things. They are one of the puzzles, though.
To Siobhan:
To educate the children -
You need Level 2 Leadership. Drop the chief on a child and he/she will teach them in the amphitheater. When you see the white sparkle on a child's head, that's when he/she has gained some experience in a skill. Note: Chief must be an adult to teach the children.
To RachaelES:
For the Sun Dial room -
You have to wait until the weather is sunny and you can see rays of sun. At that moment, drop a villager onto the disk in the Sun Dial room. When the spirits appear, click on them to see their story and solve the puzzle.
I have two questions, one I beive is a bug, the other, I'm not sure what to think.
Okay I'm having a slight problem. Okay so my villagers are working on the statue. I leave, then come back to notice one of the villagers has wondered off (again). I search everywhere, hes on the detail screen so I know he didn't die, I even checked the Rooster of the Dead twice. When I try to locate him through the detail screen again , it brings me to the ocean,like it has been. Then you know that circle you see when you select a villager around their feet? Well I saw the rim around it at the very top of the screen! He's not ageing either! His twin is already a few years older than him. Is this a known bug? Can I fix it or will that guy be stuck there forever?
Now my second question, I got this Island Event or whatever those orange boxes that give you two choices are called. One of my villagers found a crate of beans on the beach. I used them as fertilizer and each of my trees got 1000 fruits. Thats not the strange thing though, then ALL of my aduts (and teens) started running around the village and "Working until he/she drops" it was hilarious I might add, although it took me forever to get them back to their jobs.
Have any of these events happened to you before, or is my game seriously screwed up? By the way, I have version 1.00.04
To Alex:
For your first question -
What you describe about the villager being stuck in the corner of the ocean isn't exactly a known bug that has a fix. However, I've heard of that same thing happening before. I don't think you can do anything about it. Just move on and don't worry about that villager.
For your second question -
The beans you got as an island event are coffee beans! Whichever option you choose, you'll still get the "Working until she drops." It's because of the caffeine of the coffee beans. Lol.
hi pam...
after about 10 times i restarted back the game.. after my villager died because of starvation..
now my village running in good condition at this moment...
i just wonder about something.. now i have 2 huts to support the whole population... the thing is, how many people or population that can be supported up to max for this 2 huts?
currently i have about 19 people, which is 9 of them are child and the balance are adults...
To Sherina09:
About huts and population -
Your two huts will support a maximum population of 35. Once you purchase level 3 Restoration, you'll be able to build a third hut and your maximum population will go up to 90+ depending on your faction and completion of the collections. A tribe can reach a population of 115 by the time it's all said and done.
Hi again. Okay after pretty much completeing the game except for a few little things I began working on a theory of the whole VV plot, I've only played the demo for the other two games, so correct me if I'm wrong about something.
When the ancient tribe (the ghosts' tribe) pretty much went crazy, I pictured people fighting over stuff, no peace, and the few sane villagers were leaving on rafts. They went to where all the previous games took place (including the island that the first game's villagers came from). They prospered for many years, building huts, and the other things we see when they land on an island.
Then something terrible killed them all off. It had to be something to do with the mysteries of Isola I beleive. Except for the island that the firts game's villagers came from (they were killed by a volcanoe). I don't really have any good ideas what that force could be.
Does any body have any nice ideas? Do you think my theory is good?
Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately, I didn't wait for the tech points to buy level 3 restoration and level 3 leadership. I choose to go for level 3 medicine 1st to finish the Aromatherapy 1st... hehe.
Another question actually.
Mr or Mrs Tribal Chief only can educate those little children once every 24 hours is it? Because after lecturing them for 1st time, there's a note saying that he/she can only do it once every 24 hours.
Or do you have any other way to do it without changing your PC clock. By the way, I don't want to do that.... that's cheating.
Hey, I had a villager be "chosen" to be the prince or whatever of the island, but I'm pretty sure he's dead by now. Does this "story line" have anything to do with the overall game? I never had a villager be "chosen" to be the princess of the farmers or whatever. Thanks, your guide has really helped me out tremendously.
I have finished all my requirements for the Aromatherapy bath and I got my MD to put the Lotus into the bowls but she won't do anything else. She runs from the fire and goes back to studying medicine. She won't light the torch! Is there anything I can do to get her or another doc to do this so i can complete the Aromatherepy puzzle? Thanks
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Yeah, the last puzzle with the prince from the science faction and the princess from the farming faction and the fact that the dead people were from the same faction. I had a villager be "chosen" to focus on being a scientist to be the "prince" but I got no message for my "princess" to focus on her faction and a marriage never was able to take place. So now my prince died of old age. Is this even relevant to the game? It's just about as random as the random villagers from different parts of the island. I have no idea what it means.
Thanks so much.
I need help!!
I know this may have been answered before but I can't make my villagers carry the statue past the bend in the path and the chief keeps being proud!! I want to know if there is a patch for this 'cause I don't want to download the game all over 'cause i reached too far!! I just have to finish about 4 puzzles. The clam gem, the statue (duh!!), the aromatherapy (working on it) and the last one. I know I must have the older version of VV3 or some other reason...
Here's some tips:
-For the pop-ups:
1. If you get stung by insect don't kill the ant because it was fighting with a spider
2. When someone troubles a shark don't make them swim with the sharks!!
-For food:
-When you meet the requirements:
1. Drag the chief and he'll start some ritual, don't disturb him until he leaves the food bin
3. When it rains, pause, then put someone on the lift until a fruit falls
4. Get rid of sharks (use potion mentioned in pineapple's walk through) to be able to fish
5. Before you start a tribe, set your computer's clock a day ahead, go on your game and plant your seed and quit then change your PC's time back to normal...on your game you should have 1000 fruits and 3000 honey...DON'T EVER DO THIS KIND OF TIME TRAVELING AGAIN FOR YOUR VILLAGE WILL BE LOST!!
-To gain skills:
1. Before you go to bed at night, make each villager, that is able to, learn a skill (do research, build something etc.) and quit the game...by the next day they might be ADEPT or MASTER in that skill
2. When villagers are sick make kids heal them
3. Drag young men on women above 60 yrs and they will improve in parenting without anyone getting pregnant (most of the time)
-To finish puzzles quicker
1. Make a lot of villagers do one puzzle (clear leaves, clear rubble etc) "overnight"
2. Make more skilled villagers in the project (building hut etc)
3. For some puzzles, you actually NEED to see the scaffolding to know that you are doing it (building huts, clearing rubble, restoring statue etc) or else it would be a waste of your valuable and crucial time!!
Well, that's all I can remember!! Hope it helps!! =D
Oh, and can someone who has beaten this game tell me exactly what the ghosts say??
Many thanks in advance and props to the creator and members of this awesome website!! Keep rockin'!!
P.S. Don't ask me about potions 'cause I'm not a chemist or something...and it can be found on this great website!! ;D
Having twins and triplets is completely random!! But I already had triplets!!
[Edit: We strongly advise against changing your computer clock for any reason in this game. Not only can it ruin your game, it can also disrupt other functions on your computer that rely on the computer's clock. -Pam]
I have questions about the roster of the dead. First earlier on I had one of my original adults find a shinny thing and saw her reflection this gave me a clone of the same girl. They both have since died but they aren't on the roster. The second question is that one of the dead isn't on the roster anymore but there is a grave. I can't click on the grave like the others. Is this just a glitch.
[Edit: It sounds like a glitch in your game. I haven't seen this particular problem before. You may want to download your game again from the site where you originally purchased it to get the most current version that will have (hopefully) corrected the bud. -Pam]
Problem...I have nearly completed the game..only 3 puzzles left BUT..all my villagers are dying of old age, and i'm down to 9 people, a lot of whom are getting older. I want to reproduce but I only have 1 girl still capable of having children..then one 65 year old female. Unfortunately I for some reason am not getting ANY girls, there are 3 kids but all boys, and without girls, I'm gonig to run out of villagers before finishing the game, and I'm on a trial.
Hey guys. I was wondering, even though all of my question was answered, I've waited a long time, but the diamond still really doesn't appear. And how can you get collectibles even if it appears randomly. I know the tip when you hear a chime kinda thing, a mushroom or collectible appears, but I can't really find it because it appears slow and mostly corals don't appear. Turtle shells appear always.
Thanks guys. :)) XD
I've got another tip. When you try to get the award for 5 skills mastered, try it on Trainee Builders you got when you first started the game. And note: you can either wait until the girl you are training for 5 skills (because even if you train a boy, the girl will get pregnant) cannot reproduce anymore or make the parenting skills your last skill to train. :)
Oh, by the way, this is a good site. I like it. Heh. :)
Hi Sean.
About the diamond in the fire -
The fire has to burn for a certain number of hours constantly before the gem will appear. If your fire dies out and you are restarting it, the timer is probably starting over each time. Keep the fire burning continuously for as long as you can. When you see white sparkles coming from the fire, it's time to let it die out.
About collectibles -
Collectibles are always random and you can't really change that. However, there are a couple of things you can watch for. Once you start clearing away the rubble at the bottom of the screen, you'll start seeing pieces of tile that you can collect. Also, once you get level 3 Leadership, your Chief can point out rare collectibles. This means that when the Chief does his thing, there is definitely a rare collectible somewhere on the island. You just have to find it before it disappears.
Thanx for the great page!
(Sorry for mistakes - i'm german)
...just one question left:
I`ve finished nearly every puzzle- except No.12.
My Master Doctor jumps out of the bath and keeps "looking at the fire". After doing this, he returns to normal activities without bothering about any flower...
What am I doing wrong?
To Kim:
It's possible to save the tribe with the kids, but very difficult.
They will only be able to gather mushrooms for food. Without adults, none of the regular food sources will work. It's just up to you whether you want the challenge of trying to save the tribe. I've been able to do it once or twice.
To JIGuest:
Try exiting the game and restarting it. It sounds like it got stuck.
To Praecox:
The symbols above the rose -
represent the potion needed retrieve the pink gem.
To Phunky Monkey:
The only thing that will save your tribe is if you encounter a random island event that brings a newcomer to the village or a barrel of babies. Unfortunately, you can't control the random events.
To Roguey:
No, there's not a potion to kill villagers. The object of the game is to have a thriving tribe and it sounds like you've got one. If you're at max population, there will always be villagers who don't "pull their own weight" because there's just not enough left to do, really. Have you gotten all of the puzzles solved or is there something you need help with maybe?
Hi. First off, I want to thank you for hosting, creating and sharing this walkthrough for us.
I do have one question though; When I put any of my villagers on the leaves which need clearing they acknowledge them but take no action (clearing). I just wanted to make sure of two things; These leaves are the leaves situated where the trees grow, and is there something else I may be doing wrong?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
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PUBLISHED: 16:33 09 April 2014 | UPDATED: 16:52 09 April 2014
A neighbour has described how she heard somebody screaming for help and thought it was children prior to discovering a woman with her leg trapped in a garden rotavator.
The woman, who lives in Flordon Lane, Newton Flotman, was collecting the washing from her back garden when she thought she heard somebody screaming "help me mummy" shortly after 3pm yesterday.
She initially thought the anguished cries were coming from children living two doors away and it was only when she went to the bottom of her garden and could still hear the screams that she realised they were coming from next door.
She found her neighbour sat up against a fence with her right foot stuck in the rotavator, which she had been using to churn up soil.
She said her foot had been twisted and was at a right angle to the rest of her leg, which was clearly broken and she had also suffered a gash.
"I was just going outside yesterday afternoon and I heard some really loud screaming 'help me' and I thought there were children next door who had hurt themselves, so I went to see if it was the children.
"Then I went down to the bottom of the garden and I could still here the screaming and it was coming from our neighbour.
"I went into the garden and the neighbour had been using the rotavator and it had fallen on her leg."
She called the emergency services and the fire service, East Anglian Air Ambulance and ambulance all arrived within eight minutes of her making the call.
The injured woman was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital by air ambulance where she is currently in a stable condition.
The neighbour said she did not know how the accident happened, but believed the rotavator may have malfunctioned in some way or become stuck while she was trying to turn it.
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In case you haven't tried it already, Twitter's search tool is very well implemented. It's effective, slick, and very fast.
Being able to quickly and efficiently search through the life streams and conversations of a good proportion of the thought leaders and early adopters in the UK and US seems to me like something with a bit of potential… a stream that's ripe for news and knowledge management apps like Techmeme, Silobreaker, and Google News. It's a fair bet that conversation and life-streaming will be a valuable search domain just like user-uploaded video (apparently Youtube searches outnumber Yahoo's).
Conventional (i.e. text and metadata-driven) image search is another search domain in which the big search companies seem willing to absorb losses. As I (and many others) have mentioned before, their willingness to do this stems from their desire to occupy user mindshare for the entire search concept, rather than piecemeal domains or verticals. As we can see from attempts by Google and Microsoft to include content-based image retrieval (CBIR) functionality that eagerness is not likely to be restricted to textual image search.
While my opinion may obviously be biased, I wouldn't be that surprised to see "conversation" (Twitter, Friendfeed and life-streaming) and "product" (including price and visual similarity features) tabs integrated into the search boxes of the big three in the relatively near future.


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A while ago, I blogged about Pao Xiang Bak Kut Teh which opened its newest branch at Glenmarie. Many of my friends visited the restaurant and unanimously agreed that the food was really awesome. The soup was thick and rich with herbal taste while the meat was soft and flavoursome. It was so good that I repeatedly visited my own blog just to reminiscent the food I had there.
Just a few weeks back, I decided to eat at this place again. Quality wise, the food was as good as the first time I tasted. Both the Pai Kut and Luan Kut (RM 9.50 per serving) were finished in no time at all. If you want more description about the food, please click here. Here are all the pictures taken during my second visit at Pao Xiang Bak Kut Teh. We also took the pork intestine and You Tiao which was equally good. Highly recommended if you are a Bak Kut Teh lover!
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At the recent Telecom.paper Mobile NL 2011 conference, Victor Saeijs, Vice President of Nokia Europe, confirmed that the company plans to launch its upcoming Windows Phone Mango smartphones in Europe first. According to Saeijs, 6 European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K.) will see Windows Phone-powered Nokia phones first while it's also interesting to note that Finland, home of the formerly world largest mobile phone maker, isn't on the list of launch countries. Furthermore, Saeijs affirmed that Nokia is still targeting a 2011 launch which will be - most likely - just one device with more to be announced at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Definitely good news for the residents of the above mentioned countries but its also obvious that Nokia will expand this list of release-countries pretty fast. Especially because Microsoft will support way more countries with its Mango release than with its initial Windows Phone 7 launch!
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On behalf of the China Triathlon Sports Association (CTSA), I'd like to invite your athletes,coaches and officials to participate in the 2005 Beijing ITU Triathlon World Cup, which will take place on September 17, 2005 in the Changping District, Beijing, P. R. China.
The race will be just one week after the Gamagori ITU Triathlon World Championships in Japan. Transferring from there to Beijing is much easier for most of you. There are flights from Nagoya to Beijing everyday.
Our Official Hotel – Jundu Tourist Villa will be open from Sept.12 immediately after the Championships. And pre-race training facilities will be arranged, such as the Course,Swimming Pool, Track, etc.
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Today a close up shot of the box from friday's tutorial.
I designed this gift box around the size of cupcake cases so that they would make my cupcakes look festive. The boxes will also fit Mr Kipling kinda pies too. Ideal for presenting neighbours with a few sweets too.
Check out the video tutorial of how to create this box.
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The ability of a bearing to accommodate an axial or radial load is determined by the contact angle α (fig. 1). A bearing with a 0° contact angle can accommodate pure radial loads only. As the contact angle increases, the axial load carrying capacity increases proportionately. When the contact angle reaches 90°, the bearing becomes a full thrust bearing, capable of accommodating only axial loads. Speed capability, however, is inversely proportional to the contact angle, meaning that as the contact angle increases, speed capability decreases.


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The AP: "The president's sweeping, $500 million plan, coming one month after the school massacre in Connecticut, marks the most comprehensive effort to tighten gun laws in nearly two decades. But his proposals, most of which are opposed by the National Rifle Association, face a doubtful future in a divided Congress where Republicans control the House."
USA Today: "President Obama unveiled the most sweeping set of gun-control proposals in two decades on Wednesday, a package that includes universal background checks on all gun buyers and a renewed ban on 'military-style' assault weapons."
And USA Today makes this point: "The beauty of a second term presidency, at least for the man in the Oval Office, is that political calculations become less important as he considers policies he wants to pursue. President Obama's sweeping gun-safety agenda laid out Wednesday reflects just that reality as he called on Americans to get behind a dramatic plan that he believes can help stem gun violence."
Politico makes a similar point: "For one of the few instances in his presidency, he now appears willing to burn political capital by pressuring Senate Democrats to vote for a measure that is likely to die in the House, a symbolic victory that sets the stage, he hopes, for more meaningful ones. Along with his tough stances on the debt ceiling, it's part of a second-term strategy of calculated confrontation: Republicans won't negotiate with him, so he plans to marshal popular opinion to force them into action."
So does Ron Brownstein: "The wide-ranging proposals on gun control that Barack Obama is expected to announce tomorrow (Jan. 16) symbolize the change in attitude accompanying his second presidential term. Rapidly accelerating a process that began during his campaign, Obama since November has confidently picked fights with Republicans—and challenged the most conservative members of his own party—on a broad range of foreign-policy and domestic social issues. Besides gun control these include immigration, the pace of withdrawal from Afghanistan and the nomination of Republican senator Chuck Hagel as Defense secretary, a red flag for the GOP's neo-conservative wing."
More: Many see Obama's newfound aggression as a sign that he feels liberated by knowing that he will never again face the voters. … But it also reflects the changing demographics that got Obama re-elected. Since the 1970s Democrats have often been paralyzed by the fear of losing culturally conservative white voters if they moved too far left, particularly on social and foreign-policy issues. And in fact, those voters did stampede away from Obama last November in even larger numbers than in 2008: Exit polls conducted on election day found that Republican Mitt Romney carried over three-fifths of both whites older than 45 and whites without a four-year college degree. Yet Obama not only won without them, but won convincingly."
Not the facts, ma'am… USA Today: "President Obama's demand Wednesday for research into gun violence could usher in a flood of data on the nation's 32,000 annual gun deaths after decades of an information blackout. Scientists and policy makers say they have little scientific data about gun violence after Congress prohibited federal agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), from offering research grants to study anything that could be used to promote gun control."
The Hill notes that Obama's initiating a fight with the NRA and Congress.
As we wrote yesterday, despite how relatively weak Obama's executive actions are on guns, Republicans are reacting caustically. Here was Rand Paul on Fox accusing Obama of having a "king complex": "I'm afraid that President Obama may have this 'king complex' sort of developing, and we're going to make sure it doesn't happen."
AP: "Despite a relentless workload ahead, President Barack Obama is lighter on his feet in one sense as he opens his second term. Gone are the hundreds of promises of the past. He's toting carry-ons instead of heavy cargo this time. Obama's first presidential campaign and the years that followed were distinguished by an overflowing ambition, converted into a checklist of things he swore to do. The list was striking not only for its length but its breadth, ranging from tidbits in forgotten corners of public policy to grand — even grandiose — pronouncements worthy of Moses."
John Kerry's confirmation hearing is set for Jan. 24.
"As many as 20 foreign hostages, including an unknown number of Americans, being held at a natural-gas facility in the Algerian desert have escaped their captors, an Algerian official told the Associated Press on Thursday," USA Today writes.


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Sadomasochistic website viewers to become subject to arrest
CODE RED ALERT (CRA indicates that post reports on a situation that represents a clear and present danger to the civil liberties and privacy of the citizenry.)
Sadomasochistic website viewers will become subject to arrest in the United Kingdom with the upcoming passage of a new obscenity law. UK viewers of websites originating from the United States will be subject to arrest while the US website owners will not be subject to criminal prosecution. (Read on to find out how Americans can also be arrested under this law.)
Such is not the unforeseen effect of the law rather it is the intended effect.
The creation of the law was spearheaded by Liz Longhurst, the mother of Jane Longhurst. Jane Longhurst was murdered five years ago by a person who was revealed to have been accessing websites showing images of women being "abused and violated".
The law criminalizes the viewing of "extreme pornography". The major question then becomes what is extreme pornography. Extreme pornography is defined in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill which is scheduled to get Royal Assent on May 8 .
As reported by the BBC News, extreme pornography is defined in the the following way-
As defined by the new Criminal Justice Bill
An act which threatens or appears to threaten a person's life
An act which results in or appears to result in serious injury to a person's anus, breasts or genitals
An act which involves or appears to involve sexual interference with a human corpse
A person performing or appearing to perform an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal
Until now pornographers, rather than consumers, have needed to operate within the confines of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act (OPA). While this law will remain, the new act is designed to reflect the realities of the internet age, when pornographic images may be hosted on websites outside the UK.
Under the new rules, criminal responsibility shifts from the producer – who is responsible under the OPA – to the consumer.
But campaigners say the new law risks criminalising thousands of people who use violent pornographic images as part of consensual sexual relationships.
Opposition to the legislation
is led by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer, a Liberal Democrat peer who has fought to have the legislation amended.
"Obviously anything that leads to violence against women has to be taken very seriously," says Baroness Miller. "But you have to be very careful about the definition of 'extreme pornography' and they have not nearly been careful enough."
She has suggested the new act adopt the legal test set out in the OPA, which bans images which "tend to deprave and corrupt".
But the government has sought to broaden the definition and the bill includes phrases such as "an act which threatens or appears to threaten a person's life".
Speaking from her home in Berkshire, Mrs Longhurst acknowledges that libertarians see her as "a horrible killjoy".
"I'm not. I do not approve of this stuff but there is room for all sorts of different people. But anything which is going to cause damage to other people needs to be stopped."
To those who fear the legislation might criminalise people who use violent pornography as a harmless sex aid, she responds with a blunt "hard luck".
"There is no reason for this stuff. I can't see why people need to see it. People say what about our human rights but where are Jane's human rights?"
Baroness Miller says the new law also threatens people's privacy.
"The government is effectively walking into people's bedrooms and saying you can't do this. It's a form of thought police."
She says there's a danger of "criminalising kinkiness" and fears the legislation has been rushed through Parliament without proper debate because it is a small part of a wider bill.
Another critic of the law states-
"How many tens or hundreds or thousands of people are going to be dragged into a police station, have their homes turned upside down, their computers stolen and their neighbours suspecting them of all sorts?"
Such "victims" won't feel able to fight the case and "will take a caution, before there are enough test cases to prove that this law is unnecessary and unworkable".
Another opponent of the new law is Edward Garnier, an MP and part-time judge, who questioned the clause when it was debated in the Commons.
"My primary concern is the vagueness of the offence," says Mr Garnier. "It was very subjective and it would not be clear to me how anybody would know if an offence had been committed."
…opponents have also seized on what they see as an anomaly in the new law, noted by Lord Wallace of Tankerness during last week's debate in the House of Lords.
"If no sexual offence is being committed it seems very odd indeed that there should be an offence for having an image of something which was not an offence," he said.
With that partly in mind, the government is tabling an amendment that would allow couples to keep pictures of themselves engaged in consensual acts – but not to distribute them. Lord Hunt, who has charge of the bill in the Lords, admits it is being rushed through to meet a deadline. But he denies the law has not been thoroughly considered and maintains it will only affect images that are "grossly offensive and disgusting".
Such is the nature of the absurdity of what is about to happen in the UK. And what the dankprofessor finds to be ironic is that the UK initiated change in their laws to legalize same sex sexual consensual behavior way before homosexual law reform occurred in the United States, and now the UK will be criminalizing UK viewers who view consensual sm behaviors on websites originating in the United States. And for those blog readers who may think this issue has nothing to do with universities and sexual politics, think again since the viewing of such websites in universities throughout the UK will become illegal.
And let us not overlook the Draconian nature of this legislature, images of actual harmful behavior need not be presented in these websites, it is appearances that count.
Such would make the San Francisco website kink.com, which was recently the subject of a feature article in the NY Times, play an unintended role in facilitating the arrest of their UK viewers. And, of course, some of these viewers in the UK may be American citizens who in a state of naivete access a website that can lead to their being arrested.
Times do change. In the old days, Americans returning to the US from Britain with copies of Lady Chatterley's Lover risked having their copy seized and risked being arrested. Now Americans in Britain could be arrested in Britain for viewing American websites.
Unfortunately, the attack on adult sexual consensual behavior/viewing knows no limits. This attack on sm consensual behavior/viewing is simply another contemporary example of a sexual crusade which has no respect for individual autonomy, and personal privacy in the implementation of moral zealotry.
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