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04.09.13: For the second year in a row CCRI men's basketball standout Desmond Williams (Torrington, CT) has earned First Team All-American honors by the NJCAA for division II men's basketball. Williams becomes the first men's basketball player to earn back-to-back First Team All-American honors in the rich history of the Knights men's basketball program.
This year the Knights went 20-12 this season and lost a hard-fought 78-85 battle with Monroe Community College in the District Championship game. Over Williams' two-year career the Knights went 51-17 winning back-to-back Region XXI titles one District title and made it to the National Championship game in his freshman year. Head Coach Rick Harris commented about his talented sophomore: "Our staff is very proud of our team's accomplishments over the past two years. 51-17, National Finalists & two time New England Champions can only be accomplished with sophomore players like Desmond Williams, Bryan Yarce (Cranston, RI), Isaac Medeiros (Johnston, RI), Steve Bevilacqua (Exeter, RI), and Rob Alers (Central Falls, RI). My staff and I are proud to have been able to work with all of them over the past two years. Hearing today that Desmond was named NJCAA DII First Team All-American for the second straight year made me realize once again how talented an individual he really is. Being the first two-time First Team All-American in CCRI's rich basketball history is quite an accomplishment for Desmond. With players like Rick Santos, Billy Perry, Mike Hazard, Abdul Abdullah, Kenny McDonald and Marvin Owens, 'Des' is in great company. Even more than a great player Desmond is wonderful young man. He is a team player who always put his teammates and team first."
As a sophomore Williams was a Co-Captain and was just as impressive as he was in his freshman campaign. He and Yarce led the Knights to an impressive 20-12 record and second Region XXI title in two years. Williams was a prolific scorer for the Knights who was ranked No. 6 in the nation this year by the NJCAA averaging 22.7 points per game and ended his career as No. 4 all-time scorer in CCRI history with 1,332 career points. In his sophomore year Williams scored in double-figures 26 of the 27 games he played in including erupting for 30 or more points five times and 20 or more points 17 times. For his efforts Williams was also honored as the Steve McDonald Award winner as the DIII/CC Co-Men's Player of the Year by Cox Communications for the second year in a row.
As a freshman Williams came into the season as a mid-major Division I recruit and has quickly elevated his stock to a high Division I talent. Williams charted double-digit scoring in 33 of his 35 games played with his season-high of 41 coming in the NJCAA Division II National Championship semi-final 83-78 victory over South Suburban College where he put up the ridiculous stat line of 41 points, nine steals and eight rebounds to lead the Knights to the National Championship game. Williams averaged 20. 6 points per game ranking him No. 17 in the Division II NJCAA men's basketball while adding 3.1 steals to rank No. 10 in the NJCAA. Williams and backcourt mate Bryan Yarce where a formidable one-two punch and quite possibly the best back court in the Nation. Williams also averaged 2.7 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game to help the Knights. Desmond was named NJCAA Division II men's basketball player of the week for the week of February 1st. He was also named to the All-Tournament team at the NJCAA National Tournament in Danville, IL, where he helped lead his to a second place finish. In addition, he was named First Team All-American by the NJCAA.
Coach Harris added: "While other team's players would seek 35 point games, Desmond would instead seek smiling teammates and satisfied coaches along with team victories. I love all my past and present players both while coaching in high school at Cranston East as well as here at CCRI, but Desmond would rank right up there with my favorite people to have coached. Sammy (Hajinian), Soap (Toun), Patrick (Dame), Bryan, Isaac and Des will always be the standard by which I measure the great young men I get to work with on a daily basis. Desmond's fluidness shooting the three or in getting to the rim as well as watching him deflect a pass with his perfectly coordinated length were things we did not have to teach. He is a once every ten-fifteen year player if a coach is lucky. His well-mannered personality and smile most of all were what made working with Des and this team a pleasure over the past two years. My staff and I congratulate him and wish him the best as he moves on to bigger and better things!"
The Community College of Rhode Island, New England's largest comprehensive community college, enrolls nearly 18,000 students in credit courses and thousands more in non-credit and job training classes. Its athletic program boasts 12 varsity programs and an academic support program for all student-athletes.
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It is not surprising, with the Bush administrations pro-industry posture, that little is done to limit the damage caused by coal production to both the environment and human health. The administration has generally favored powerful coal interests, which make large donations to candidates and political parties. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, almost 70 percent of coal companies donations have gone to the Republican Party, though Congressional Democrats have also benefited. Environmental and health advocates, moreover, have been critical of what they see as patronage appointments to the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Although environmental and human damage is evident wherever coal is mined and processed, few areas of the nation show the ravages as clearly as the Appalachian states. There the main mining method is mountaintop removal, which means literally blasting off the tops of mountains to reach the seams of coal beneath. The environmental damage has been great. Debris dumped from the former mountain tops has buried valleys and more than 1,000 miles of streams and waterways.
Instead of strengthening laws to shield the Appalachian countryside and local communities from human and environmental damage, the administration has taken steps to weaken existing protections. A regulation that went into effect in August 2007, for example, allows mountaintop removal to continue, on the condition that mine operators cause as little environmental damage as possible. Environmentalists, though, have said that the plan amounts to making waterway pollution legal by exempting coal mine wastes from a 1983 regulation known as the buffer zone rule, which prohibits surface coal-mining activities from disturbing areas within 100 feet of streams. Matthew Wasson, conservation director of Appalachian Voices, told America that the 1983 rule stemmed from lawsuits filed by families and communities near the mines. The new exemption, sought by the administration, is part of an effort to avoid compliance with the Clean Water Act. Environmentalists regard the buffer zone rule as among the few protections streams and valleys have from being buried by mountaintop removal operations.
Although most of the more easily accessible coal has already been mined, mountaintop removal nevertheless continues because of huge government subsidies. Dr. Wasson noted that the billions in subsidies make it economical for coal companies to keep on producing. If the matter were left to the free market, he added, you wouldnt see mountaintop removalits moving 20 tons of earth for one ton of coal, which except for the subsidies, wouldnt be economical at all.
The bulk of the nations coal supply is now coming from the West, and over 100 new coal-burning power plants are in the planning stage. Not all states, however, are happy about them. A Kansas state agency refused an air permit for two, and opinion polls there found that two-thirds of those questioned opposed the plants. Similarly, in Montana new coal-fired plants in the Great Plains portion of the state have faced opposition, including criticism by ranchers concerned about the impact on their water supply.
New technologies, like converting coal to liquid for easier transportation, are among more recent approaches in the search for clean energy. The process involves heating coal to 1,000 degrees and mixing it with water. This requires huge amounts of water, however, and the cost of a plant would likely reach the billions. Adding to its dubious practicability is the fact that it would increase greenhouse gas emissions, because the liquification of coal releases large amounts of carbon dioxide. Proponents claim that the carbon dioxide could be stored underground through so-called carbon sequestration. But again, huge costs would be involved and the procedure has yet to be tried. Dr. Wasson sees these new technologies as a step in the wrong direction.
For Wasson and many environmentalists, the wiser route would involve investing in wind and solar energy, painless measures that would cost less than what were now spending in subsidies for the coal industry. Unfortunately, he went on, the issue is not about a lack of alternatives to coal use, but rather a powerful set of vested interests that have a strong incentive to keep us on the current track, that is, ever greater use of coal. Congress should back clean energy options more forcefully and resist the coal industrys push for increased production and, as its consequence, more pollution.

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The Orange Box
love TF2, not that in to the portal things and Dr.freeman, lol
Back from the dead.
Half-life 2 ep1 and ep2-awesome
Team Fortress 2-also awesome
Portal-don't know much about it but seems awesome
All of them together in one package-Kickass!
I so want to get this man! >< But I gotta save money >.>
Fly Me To Polaris
looks like it's finally time for me to pick up HL2....
Can't wait to play this, especially Portal and TF2.
eh i dont know if ill be getting this right now prolly in a few months
Jay, I definitely agree! The Demoman video is awesome! The Sniper is up enxt by the way...
Anyways, sadly I don't have the Orange Box coming to me...Wait, what am I saying? I have a Black Box code and a Steam account! So yeah, I'll be playing TF2 (and maybe episode 2 and portal) like the rest of 'em...
Here's IGN's review of it...*Note: This is gonna be a bit long...*
The Orange Box Review
Five great games. One box. Hot damn!
by Hilary Goldstein
October 9, 2007 - There's never been a package on a console like The Orange Box. For $60 you get five games: Half-Life 2, HL2: Episode One, HL2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. If you're keeping score, that's one of the best shooters of all time, its two expansion packs, a new and innovative puzzle game, and an off-the-wall multiplayer game. That's in one box, on one disc. If there's one must buy game of the year, it is, without a doubt, The Orange Box. All five components are excellent, with Half-Life 2 and Episode Two being the two finest single-player first-person shooters on Xbox 360.
Accessing the five games is easy, thanks to a simple, but elegant menu system. You can hop into any of the Half-Life components without having beaten the prior versions. So, if you've played Half-Life 2 before, you can skip it (though you really should play it again), and go right into the episodic content. Also included for every game (save HL2) is director commentary which offers an in-depth look at level and map design as well as story elements for the Half-Life universe. It's about as slick a package as you will find on a console. The only failure is the horrendous box art, which I'm pretty certain was designed by a select group of mildly-talented fifth graders.
Because The Orange Box contains so many pieces, Microsoft made several exceptions to its normal rules regarding Achievements. While there are still only 1000 Gamerpoints to be earned, there are 99 Achievements to unlock (as opposed to the normal limit of 50). You can also access unique Achievement lists inside each title that are game-specific. There are some well-planned Achievements to be had. Add some spice to replaying Half-Life 2 by trying to earn every Achievement. It's quite a challenge.
Half-Life 2
There's little debate that Half-Life 2 is among the greatest shooters ever made. Despite having played Half-Life 2 three years ago on PC and two years ago on the original Xbox, I still have fun playing through yet again. Anyone with decent skill can burn through the full game in about ten hours, but those are some truly quality hours. Half-Life 2 can go toe-to-toe with any shooter of the past three years.
If, by some strange chance, you haven't played Half-Life 2 before, here's the set-up. You play as Gordon Freeman, a former scientist who, while working at Black Mesa, accidentally opened a portal to another dimension. After saving the world in the original Half-Life, you were tucked away in a bizarre form of stasis, not to be awakened until humanity needed you again. Guess what; humanity needs Gordon Freeman again. With crowbar in hand, you must free City 17 from the extra-dimensional military force known as the Combine.
What helps Half-Life 2 stand out, particularly for a console title, is the use of physics. Most games that use physics do so merely to wow you with some nifty visuals. Half-Life 2 uses it for gameplay. And not just in isolated cases. The design is built around the physics engine. The world Gordon Freeman inhabits feels organic. This is as immersive an experience as you can get, both from the excellent voice work and the exhilarating gameplay.
The physics come to life once Gordon gains the gravity gun. With this tool in hand, you can catch an enemy grenade out of the air and shoot it back their way, unplug wires to lower barriers, and move debris to help you access new areas. While the crowbar has long been representative of Gordon Freeman, it's the gravity gun that remains the most important constant through HL2 and its subsequent episodes. While there is a decent assortment of other weapons, none will treat you as well as the gravity gun.
Half-Life 2 rarely slows down to allow you to catch your breath, instead pushing you faster and faster as you progress through the story. Much of the narrative is told through the action. The story never gets in the way of the action, but just as importantly, the action never interrupts the story. Half-Life 2 is the very definition of an epic adventure. The level design is outstanding. Though you sometimes have to return to an area you've been to before, there's almost no back-tracking whatsoever. There is almost always an alternate route on the way back somewhere so that it never feels as if you are retracing your steps. Bungie and many other developers could learn a lot from Half-Life 2.
There are a few issues, though, that keep HL2 from being the greatest thing since grated cheese. There are several times during the campaign when Freeman is assisted by AI teammates. Though these guys and gals perform well in a fight, they can often get in your way when trying to move about small places. And though there is a command to tell them where to move, the AI often ignores these orders or will simply refuse to stay put and let you get through a corridor. As with the PC version, there are mid-level loads that halt the action. Unlike on PC, these loads are not a few seconds, but often 30 seconds to a full minute. This is especially aggravating when a load comes during a high-speed chase. Lastly, the visuals are not as good as they should be on 360. This is clearly a port of the original Xbox version. The resolution has been kicked up, the textures are better, and the frame rate is solid save a few random moments. But it could look much better (as Episodes One and Two prove). Even compared to the PC version from three years ago, the visuals for HL2 on 360 aren't stellar.
Episode One
Episode One came out on PC a year ago, but this is its first time available for a console. So, for 360 owners, this is a brand new experience. Ep. One picks up right where Half-Life 2 ended. From the opening scene, you'll notice a big difference in visual fidelity between HL2 and Episode One. Better textures and lighting are obvious, but the character models are refined and the facial technology is greatly improved.
Episode One pairs Freeman with rebel fighter Alyx, as the two attempt to escape City 17. As Valve freely admits, Gordon Freeman is a ghost. He has no body and no voice in the game. You won't see him in third-person shots as you do Master Chief in Halo. You won't hear him yip-yapping. He is a crowbar and a grav gun, but nothing else. It's the other people around Freeman who add a human touch to the insane and improbable events that occur. In Episodes One and Two, Alyx becomes the emotional centerpiece for the series.
There is an astounding moment as Episode One opens. Freeman is discovered, buried under some rubble. When Alyx sees him, her facial expression is as sincere and human as you are likely to have ever seen in a videogame. Though the other characters you meet have some good facial work, Alyx is a cut above the rest. Over the course of the three-hour adventure (yes, sadly, Ep. One is very short), a bond will grow as Alyx becomes as central to Half-Life's plot as Gordon Freeman.
The pacing in Episode One is noticeably different from HL2. There are far more moments to catch your breath and there are stronger story elements added. This also leads to a real lack of awe and wonder during the majority of Ep. One. With the exception of the final few minutes, there are no grand moments as were seen in Half-Life 2. The sense of wonder at a Strider passing overheard is gone. The excitement of exploring a new environment is also never provided.
Episode One is by far the weakest of the five pieces included in The Orange Box. While it's enjoyable, it adds only one new enemy (zombie Combine), no new weaponry, and has you racing through similar environments to Half-Life 2. That isn't to say it's not enjoyable, but considering HL2 is one of the best shooters of all time, Episode One is a bit disappointing. Its saving grace is the relationship with Alyx, which manages to make Freeman a more relatable (if still invisible) character.
Episode Two
Episode Two takes Freeman and Alyx out of City 17 and on the road to the wilderness rebel outpost in the White Forest. As with Episode Two, there are no significant weapon upgrades. In fact, there's only one new weapon that you get at the end of the episode -- and it's a doozy! But many will find fault with the lack of innovation with weaponry. These episodes are, according to Valve, what would have been Half-Life 3. And as such, you would expect a large variety of new weapons and enemies. This is Episode Two's one failing. And I mean it's only real failing. Episode Two is awesome. And, yes, in spite of its short length (about five hours), it is better than Episode One and Half-Life 2.
Episode Two is the perfect balance between the epic battles and constant action of Half-Life 2 and the story-driven elements of Episode One. You'll blaze through the forest in a retooled muscle car, explore the wondrous underground caverns of the Antlions, battle alongside the ass-kicking Vortigans, and finish off with a jaw-dropping and insane battle certain to leave you craving for Episode Three. But amidst the action is some significant narrative that finally begins to answer some long-standing questions. Alyx continues to grow as a character and is a true companion at this point. Her AI has been given a boost as well, so that she takes cover in combat and lends aid. She really is the perfect girlfriend; she never complains, is always supportive, and can cap a Combine soldier from 300 yards. It's impossible not to care for her by the end of Ep. Two. If you don't, there may be something fundamentally wrong with your soul.
One very significant new enemy was added for Episode Two. Hunters are smaller versions of the Strider. Where the Strider is meant to provide heavy artillery and take out vehicles and buildings, Hunters are designed for clean-up work. These nimble killers are sent in after Striders have decimated an area. Their goal is to make sure not one human is left breathing. Hunters are an awesome enemy and aren't relegated to only minor appearances like Striders. You will see these bastards often in Episode Two. They bull charge at you in the open, climb through open windows, and won't give up until either they are dead or Freeman is buried.
Updates to Valve's Source Engine can be seen almost from the moment you boot up Episode Two. The main addition is some new lighting technology. While Ep. One looks great on 360, Ep. Two is even prettier. The neon blue glow of a Hunter's flechettes and the luminous grubs in the Antlion lair are particularly impressive. It's a little disappointing that Valve didn't give at least Episode One a makeover with its new tech. If you play through all three pieces of Half-Life 2 on Orange Box, the visual evolution is quite stunning.
To review The Orange Box, I played Half-Life 2 on through Episode Two. Experiencing all three pieces successively offers an interesting perspective. Though little has been done to add new puzzle elements or weapons over the past three years, Valve has vastly improved the visuals of the series and, more importantly, the storytelling. Though I think Half-Life 2 is a blast, I never found it particularly engaging. Episode Two does many things better than HL2, with better pacing and a more interesting storyline. I can't say I will rush back to play Half-Life 2 or Episode One anytime soon, but rest assured that Episode Two will earn a second spin in my 360 this weekend.
Portal is Tetris for the next generation. It's a new kind of puzzle game that finally takes advantage of the 3D space and does something fresh and innovative. Set in the Half-Life universe (there is a direct story link to Portal in Episode Two), you play as a test subject at the Aperture Science Center. With an experimental portal gun in hand, you must navigate through nineteen levels, each time with the goal of reaching the lift to the next challenge. There is also a promise of cake should you complete the test.
The portal gun is ingenious. One trigger fires a blue portal, the other fires orange. You (or any object) go into one portal and come out the other. Shoot a blue portal at the ceiling and an orange one at the wall next to you. Step through the wall and you will find yourself falling from the ceiling. You maintain your momentum through a portal, so that you can create an infinite fall and gain incredible speed. Then, as you fall, aim your next exit portal from a slanted overhang. You will shoot out at incredible velocity, allowing you to leap a hundred yards to another ledge.
Progressing through the levels, your character discovers a few areas where the test scenery has been broken off. For brief moments, you can step behind the scene and read mad scribbles from previous test-takers. "The cake is a lie!"
Pushing you forward in your training is the disembodied voice of an AI program. The dialog is comic genius, the kind that is very hard to come by in a videogame. You will likely laugh out loud at some of the things the AI program says during the course of your evaluation. She has a sardonic wit that plays well against her robotic voice. The sense of humor is slick and adds quite a lot to Portal, which is not a particularly deep game.
The first fifteen puzzles in Portal are a real breeze. You can whip through them in a half hour easily. And, more than likely, you'll be wondering why anyone was making that big of a deal over this game. But it's the final few levels that will tax your brain a touch and add enough exciting story elements to evolve Portal into something beyond just a puzzle game. Few of the puzzles are difficult to solve, though the execution to get past them can be a challenge in the last two stages. Still, the puzzles themselves aren't that creative. It's the concept of Portal that shows ingenuity. And, all told, you should be able to beat the game in two hours.
However, it should be noted that advanced versions of puzzles unlock once you beat the game, as do time trials and other challenges. Tackling these will add considerable time to the play clock. Portal doesn't fully deliver on its promise, but is certainly a game worth playing. If nothing else, it has the greatest song to ever play in a game's credits.
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 brings two things rarely seen on Xbox 360: humor and good class-based multiplayer. TF2 offers a cartoonish style that nicely contrasts its brutal gameplay. Taking on any of nine different roles, up to sixteen players compete on a total of six maps in objective-based games.
The class system is what helps TF2 stand out among other 360 titles. The nine different roles are very unique from one another, so that playing a Soldier and playing a Demo Man are very different experiences. There are the previously-mentioned classes for those who just want to shoot stuff or make it blow up, but there are other classes that rely more on skill than brute force. The Engineer isn't much use in a firefight, but he can set up teleportation nodes and turrets, making him an invaluable asset. The Medic fires a healing gun at teammates to support them in battle. He can even turn them temporarily invincible. And then there is the Spy, a class certain to be a favorite. The Spy can assume the guise of any other class while appearing to the opponent as a member of their own team. But being a Spy isn't just about looking like the enemy, you have to act along with the disguise. You can't pretend to be a sniper and then run out on the front lines like a jackass. The other team will know something's not right. There's some actual depth to playing a Spy. Most of the other classes are a little less complicated, but no less fun to play. TF2 gets the class system right by making each role beneficial to the team and also enjoyable.
Controls in TF2 are very simple. You jump and fire weapons. That's really all you need. The left trigger is alt. fire, right trigger is primary fire. The bumpers switch weapons. It's simple, the kind of game that anyone can jump into and have fun with easily.
There is no deathmatch in TF2 and with each class having unique skills, there is an emphasis on teamwork. Going solo isn't going to help you win a Control Points battle on a map like the Well. While PC gamers are often good at playing nicely together, that's not always the case with console owners. So this teamwork requirement could turn games ugly on Xbox Live. That's not Valve's fault in any way; it's just the nature of console gaming. That's why a deathmatch option would have actually benefited the objective-based games -- since those who want team play can group together and leave others to mindless mayhem.
Each of the six maps has one game type attached to it. This helps in that the map itself was designed specifically to cater to one game type (CTF, Attack/Defend, Control Points, or Territory Control). But this also hurts the diversity considerably. One thing that is great about Halo 3 is that the multiplayer is almost infinitely customizable. There's no customization here. Six maps with specific game types, and no way to distinguish your Engineer from another. No color alterations or unique icons.
All six maps in TF2 are fun to play so long as you have at least eight people in a match. But I question the longevity of TF2 multiplayer. Will people be playing the same maps, with the same game types in six months? There are also some performance issues. I've had some big matches that ran just fine, but other matches (even ones with only four players) that were plagued by lag. Without a strong connection from the host, TF2 has some issues. When things run smoothly (and gamers aren't acting like idiots), TF2 is among the best multiplayer options on 360. It's ridiculously fun.
Closing Comments
There's nothing else available on any console like The Orange Box. Though you could argue that Half-Life 2 is old news by now, there are still four components of the Box brand new to consoles. That so much great content is offered at the standard single-game price is astonishing. Playing through Half-Life 2 again and then continuing on through Episodes One and Two is like batting with the '27 Yankees. These are Hall of Fame titles; it doesn't get much better than this. Throw in Portal, an imaginative puzzle game with a wicked sense of humor, and Team Fortress 2, one of the few multiplayer games to get the class system right, and you have a tremendous package. And all on one disc. While Portal and TF2 may not be strong enough to stand on their own, coupled with the Half-Life titles, The Orange Box really is one of the best games ever released.
Presentation: 9.5/10
The menus are slick and there's developer commentary for four of the five games. Only the hideous box art and some annoying load times keep this from perfection.
Graphics: 9.0/10
Half-Life 2 was given a resolution bump, but little else for 360, but Ep. 2 is absolutely stunning. Best facial animations ever. The art style of Portal and Team Fortress 2 are unique.
Sound: 9.0/10
Excellent voice acting, good music, and stellar sound effects combine for an audio feast for the ears.
Gameplay: 9.5/10
Half-Life 2 and its subsequent episodes feature excellent level design and fun gameplay. Portal is inventive and TF2 is one of the most fun multiplayer experiences around.
Lasting Appeal: 10/10
Playing through all three pieces of Half-Life 2 and Portal is at least 20 hours. Then add in the extra Portal challenges and TF2 and it's likely you will have The Orange Box in your 360 for a while.
Overall: 9.5/10
Another IGN article worth reading...
IGN's page for The Orange Box:
PC - http://pc.ign.com/objects/877/877579.html
360 - http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/830/830467.html
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I just finished portal yesterday. The ending is so damn funny
The old guy
heh!....apparently the ending credits song for portal is pretty good...
hmm....the packaging/Box art....isn't so pretty.....Kinda Bish Bash Bosh...on the package...
but in game menus are smart/Slick
quite honestly the right way to do wrong.
need it
killar wrote:
I just finished portal yesterday. The ending is so damn funny
just completed portal....took me a good 3 hours..the momentum puzzles really were confusing my head....and really made me feel uneasy ..i liked the ending too...
but from there...I wonder what will valve do next?..
quite honestly the right way to do wrong.
Well I am just startihng portal and trying to get used to it.... Damnit I am so damn confused.
Imma' get you Sucka!
The ending song to portals was funny.
TF2 is too fun.
oh so this is what my bro told me to buy hes all like the orange the orange box i didnt kneo that was the actual name Lol
drizza wrote:
Well I am just startihng portal and trying to get used to it.... Damnit I am so damn confused.
What level are you on? Shoot me a PM, I'll help you out
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#1 Today in History September 2809-28-2012, 09:35 PM
Today in History
September 28
48 BC On landing in Egypt, Pompey is murdered on the orders of Ptolemy.
855 The Emperor Lothar dies in Gaul, and his kingdom is divided between his three sons.
1066 William, Duke of Normandy, soon to be known as William the Conqueror invades England.
1106 King Henry of England defeats his brother Robert at the Battle of Tinchebrai and reunites England and Normandy.
1238 James of Aragon retakes Valencia, Spain, from the Arabs.
1607 Samuel de Champlain and his colonists return to France from Port Royal Nova Scotia.
1794 The Anglo-Russian-Austrian Alliance of St. Petersburg, which is directed against France, is signed.
1864 Union General William Rosecrans blames his defeat at Chickamauga on two of his subordinate generals. They are later exonerated by a court of inquiry.
1874 Colonel Ronald Mackenzie raids a war camp of Comanche and Kiowa at the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, Texas, slaughtering 2,000 of their horses.
1904 A woman is placed under arrest for smoking a cigarette on New York's Fifth Avenue.
1912 W.C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" is published.
1913 Race riots in Harriston, Mississippi, kill 10 people.
1924 Three U.S. Army aircraft arrive in Seattle, Washington after completing a 22 day round-the-world flight.
1959 Explorer VI, the U.S. satellite, takes the first video pictures of earth.
Born on September 28
1820 Fredrich Engels, socialist who collaborated with Karl Marx on The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital.
1901 Ed Sullivan, television host.
1909 Al Capp, cartoonist who created the "Li'l Abner" comic strip.
1915 Ethel Rosenburg, who, with her husband Julius, became one of the first American civilians executed for espionage.
1924 Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2).
1934 Brigitte Bardot, French actress.
1938 Ben E. King, lead singer of The Drifters and composer of "Spanish Harlem" and "Stand by Me."
1938 Koko Taylor, blues singer.
http://www.historynet.com/today-in-historyWoe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
1769 - Captain Rafael Martínez Pacheco resumed his post as commander of San Agustín de Ahumada Presidio (El Orcoquisac) on the lower Trinity River.
1859 - Juan Cortina rode into Brownsville and seized control of the town. Cortina and his men raced through the streets shouting "Death to the Americans" and "Viva Mexico."
1874 - Colonel Ranald Mackenzie led the 4th U.S. Cavalry in the Battle of Palo Dura Canyon. The event ended with the confinement of southern Plains Indians in reservations in Indian Territory and made possible the settlement of the western part of Texas.
1878 - In Comanche, John Wesley Hardin was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of Charles Webb. Hardin had been pursued for years in Texas and was captured by Texas Rangers on July 23, 1877 in Pensacola, FL.
1967 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson declared 24 counties in South Texas disaster areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Beulah.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
. If you ain't havin' fun, it's your own damn fault
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Papua New Guinea and Melanesia; World of Warcraft and the Internet; kinship and identity; resource development; political anthropology
I am a Jewish intellectual from northern California. I received a BA in anthropology from Reed College (1995), and my MA (1997) and Ph.D. (2006) from the University of Chicago. I describe myself as a political anthropologist, and I am particularly interested in issues of identity and politics -- broadly, my project involves connecting anthropological theories of kinship and identity with political-philosophical approaches to identity and agency. Within this overall framework I have two and a half field of research.
My main area of expertise is the relationship between grassroots people and the mining and hydrocarbon industries in Papua New Guinea. My book manuscript, "Making The Ipili Feasible: Imagining 'Local' and 'Global' Actors at The Porgera Gold Mine, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea," examines these issues using materials gathered over ten years of engagement with Papua New Guinea, including my dissertation research. Porgera is home to one of the largest gold mines in the world, and the Ipili were among the most successful groups to obtain concessions from the government and mining companies. In the book I use an extended case study of high-stakes negotiations at the mine site to tie a semiotic account of the creation of representations of stakeholder collectivities to a broader political-economic account of power politics within a contemporary Pacific nation.
More recently I have begun additional research on policy elites in Port Moresby, which will result in future publications. This project is designed to complement close studies of the on-site politics of resource development by enabling me to understand how 'global flows' of money and power manifest themselves in particular offices in the national capital.
Racial imagery of white development and black backwardness pervaded my fieldsite. This fact, and my own exposure the Australian culture of many of the mine's employees, led me to examine the notions of American culture that I implicitly used as a comparison with the Ipili. As a result my second main area of interest are American notions of self control, teamwork, and success. I am studying these through the lens of virtual worlds, and I am currently studying medium-core raiders in the massively multiplayer game World of Warcraft.
Finally, I have 'half' an interest in anthropology as a discipline and particularly how it is made 'public' and thus politically relevant. I call this 'half' an interest since my activities in these areas is not scholarly but 'applied': I am a founder and contributor to savageminds.org, the most popular cultural anthropology website on the Internet and one of Science's 'top twenty science blogs'. I also write occasionally for Inside Higher-Ed. Finally, I am an active advocate of open access scholarship.
Overall, however, I am a fox and not a hedgehog -- I am broadly interested in a variety of topics. I have a background in historical anthropology of 'first contact', and an interest in the image of Leviathan as a trope for 'order' in the ancient near east, early modern Europe, and contemporary social theory. I am interested in learning more about China. I am interested in the history of anthropology. So whatever.
I would be interested in working with students who focus on Papua New Guinea, virtual worlds, or wider issues of resource developments, political anthropology, or the politics of identity.
Latest texts at http://alex.golub.name/log/things-ive-written/
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- Contemporary Anthropological Theory
- Professional Skills Development
- Field Methods
- Political Anthropology
- Anthropology of Melanesia
- Anthropology of Virtual Worlds


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D80: It's Official.
Posted 09 August 2006 - 07:03 AM
There is a picture I have seen: overlapping D80 with 200, 70s, 50.... just like what you have mentioned, the size of D50 is the closest one to D80.
Then D80 is using pentaprism, but unlike D200, D80 does not support manual lens light detection. Here are the other differences b/w D200 and D80, according to the review:
D80 3fps....(D200 =5fps)
Image Buffer 6 RAW...(D200 =22)
Multiple exposure 3.....(D200 =9)
Shutter speed 1/4000 ...(D200 1/8000)
X-sync 1/200...not 1/250
Using non-CPU lenses it only support M-mode, no TTL....(can't use Ai-S.....ZF lenses in A-mode)
Has only 3 AF mode (omitted the closest subject.....)
420-pixel RGB metering II.....not 1005-pixel
Exposure step 1/3 and 1/2.... omitted 1
Take away the switchable 11/7(wide) AF points, Group AF zones........only normal/wide center AF
2 channel image processing only vs. D2x/D200 has 4 channel processing
But comparing the price, D80 is a good deal.....
Posted 09 August 2006 - 09:45 AM
Luiz Rocha - www.luizrocha.com
Nikon D800, Aquatica AD800, Ikelite strobes.
Posted 09 August 2006 - 12:07 PM
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
Posted 09 August 2006 - 12:20 PM
Posted 09 August 2006 - 12:40 PM
Posted 09 August 2006 - 12:46 PM
D300, D7000, D7100. 10.5, 10-17, 16, 10-20, 17-70, 60, 105, 150 Hugyfots, Issota, Subtronic Novas, Seacams 350, YS250s, YS-D1s
Aqualung Team
Posted 09 August 2006 - 01:18 PM
Nikon D200, D300, Aquatica housing, twin Ikelite DS 161's, Nikon 10.5, 60, VR105, Tokina 10 - 17, Sigma 17 - 70 HSM, Tokina 11 - 16
Posted 09 August 2006 - 01:31 PM
After taking loads of heat while we all awaited the D2x, Nikon has kind of taken off with a couple really great cameras now that thier flagship model is more than a year into sales. No doubt they were trying not to cannibalize sales from those waiting for the D2x, by offering the D200 and D80. And I feel kind of violated!
I don't think current D200 owners need to mope about this, unless of course they were thinking of selling up! You've got a camera that is broadly speaking the equal of the D80
With the sole exception of pixel count vs. cost though, I cannot imagine why any D200 owner would pine for a D80.
I believe the D200 has the best capability/cost quotient that any maker currently offers (including the D80 and Canon 5D). It is a superb camera and value. It appears that the D80 is a fairly substantial upgrade from a D70, but it appears to fail the level of a D200.
Recognizing this camera will be attractive to many people on a budget, Nikon made a good decision fitting it with SD media which, for the careful shopper, is less than half the cost for same size and speed in CF.
D2x in Seacam w Z-240s or SS200s, superdome and flat port, S45 and S180, 10.5, 12-24, 14, 17-35, 60, 105, 200, Seacam Wet Diopters
Posted 09 August 2006 - 03:03 PM
While it lasts...
Will the D70s be cheaper now?
I imagine it will be slowly phased out over the coming months.
"It's much better down there... It's a better place..." Enzo, Le Grand Bleu.
Posted 09 August 2006 - 03:20 PM
Strangely silent is our Canadian friend from Aquatica.....
Well.... i guess we can wait till the camera actually comes out.. hahah
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Posted 09 August 2006 - 04:04 PM
Anyone know why the X synch is reduced to 1/200th? Seems strange as this suggests it is different shutter to all other Nikons? Surprised it isn't sharing parts?
The mechanical shutter of the D100 only allowed 1/180 x-sync. The electronic shutter of the D70 made possible it's high x-sync. The new camera may have a shutter similar to these two?
Canon 5D; Aquatica housing; 2 Inon Z220 strobes; Canon 100mm macro, 17-40mm ; Sigma 15mm FE, 24mm macro, 50mm macro
Posted 09 August 2006 - 09:00 PM
Nikon Digital SLR Camera D80 Specifications
Type of camera Single-lens reflex digital camera
Effective pixels 10.2 million
Image Sensor RGB CCD, 23.6 x 15.8mm; total pixels: 10.75 million, Nikon DX format
Image Size (pixels) 3,872 x 2,592 [L], 2,896 x 1,944 [M], 1,936 x 1,296 [S]
ISO Sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index) 100 to 1600 (ISO equivalent) in steps of 1/3 EV, plus HI-0.3, HI-0.7 and HI-1
Storage Media SD memory card, SDHC compatible
Storage System Compressed NEF (RAW): 12-bit compression, JPEG: JPEG baseline-compliant
File System Exif 2.21, Compliant DCF 2.0 and DPOF
White Balance Auto (TTL white balance with 420-pixel RGB sensor), six manual modes with fine-tuning, color temperature setting (Kelvin), preset white balance; white balance bracketing also available
LCD Monitor 2.5-in., 230,000-dot, low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD with brightness adjustment, allows up to 170-degree viewing angle.
Playback Function 1) Full frame 2) Thumbnail (4 or 9 segments) 3) Zoom 4) Slideshow (Standard or Pictmotion) 5) RGB histogram indication 6) Shooting data 7) Highlight point display 8) Auto image rotation
Delete Function Card format, All photographs delete, Selected photographs delete
Video Output
Can be selected from NTSC and PAL
Interface USB 2.0 (Hi-speed) (mini-B connector); SD card slot: supports firmware updates via SD cards
Text Input Up to 36 characters of alphanumeric text input available with LCD monitor and multi-selector; stored in Exif header
Compatible Lenses Nikon F mount (with AF coupling and AF contacts)
Picture Angle Equivalent in 35mm [135] format is approx. 1.5 times lens focal length
Viewfinder Fixed eye-level pentaprism; built-in diopter adjustment (-2.0 to +1.0m-1)
Eyepoint 19.5mm (-1.0m-1)
Focusing Screen Type-B BriteView Clear Matte screen Mark II with superimposed focus brackets and On-Demand grid lines
Viewfinder Frame Coverage Approx. 95% (vertical & horizontal)
Viewfinder Magnification Approx. 0.94x with 50mm lens at infinity; -1.0m-1
Viewfinder Information Focus indications, Metering system, AE/FV lock indicator, Flash sync indicator, Shutter speed, Aperture value, Exposure/Exposure compensation indicator, ISO sensitivity, Exposure mode, Flash output level compensation, Exposure compensation, Number of remaining exposures
Autofocus TTL phase detection by Nikon Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus module with AF-assist illuminator (approx. 0.5m to 3.0m) Detection range: EV -1 to +19 (ISO 100 equivalent, at normal temperature: 20°C/68°F)
Lens Servo Instant single-servo (AF-S); continuous-servo (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); manual (M); predictive focus tracking automatically activated according to subject status in continuous-servo AF
Focus Areas 11 areas; any single area can be selected; center focus area can be switched from normal to wide-frame
AF Area Modes 1) Single Area AF: Focuses only on subjects in the selected area. Selection can be made from any one of the eleven AF spot sensors.
2) Dynamic Area AF: Focuses on subject in the selected area, but follows the subject if it moves from its original position, shifting instantly and automatically to the focus area into which the subject has moved.
3) Auto-area AF: measures all 11 focus areas, automatically determines which of them are on the primary subject, and activates only those areas.
Focus Lock Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button
Exposure Metering System Three-mode through-the-lens (TTL) exposure metering
1) 3D Color Matrix Metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses); metering performed by 420-segment RGB sensor
2) Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 6, 8, or 10mm dia. circle in center of frame
3) Spot: Meters 3.5mm dia. circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on active focus area (on center focus area when non-CPU lens is used, or if Auto-area AF is selected)
Exposure Metering Range (ISO 100, f/1.4 lens, 20°C/68°F) 1) EV 0 to 20 (3D Color Matrix or center-weighted metering)
2) EV 2 to 20 (spot metering)
Exposure Meter Coupling CPU coupling
Exposure Modes Digital Vari-Program (Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Macro Close up, Sports, Night Landscape, Night Portrait), Programmed Auto [P] with flexible program; Shutter-Priority Auto [S]; Aperture Priority Auto [A]; Manual [M]
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
Exposure Lock Luminosity locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button
Auto Exposure and Flash Bracketing 2 to 3 exposures in increments between 1/3 to 2.0 EV
Shooting Modes 1) Single frame shooting mode
2) Continuous shooting mode: approx. 3 frames per second
3) Self-timer
4) Delayed remote mode
5) Quick-response remote mode
Shutter Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal plane shutter, 30 to 1/4000 sec. in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, bulb
Sync Contact X-contact only; flash synchronization at up to 1/200 sec.
Flash Control 1) TTL: TTL flash control by 420-pixel RGB sensor Built-in Flash, SB-800, SB-600: i-TTL balanced fill-flash (except when using spot metering exposure mode) Built-in Flash, SB-800, SB-600: standard i-TTL flash (when using spot metering)
2) Auto aperture: Available with SB-800 with CPU lens
3) Non-TTL Auto: Available with Speedlights such as SB-800, 80DX, 28DX, 28, 27, and 22s
4) Range-priority manual; available with SB-800
Flash Sync Modes 1) Auto 2) Fill-in flash 3) Red-eye Reduction, 4) Red-eye Reduction with Slow Sync, 5) Slow Sync, 6) Rear-curtain Sync 7) Off
Built-in Flash (Auto, Portrait, Macro Close up, Night Portrait) auto flash with auto pop-up; Manual pop-up with button release Guide number (ISO 100, m/ft.): approx. 13/42
Flash Compensation -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
Accessory Shoe Standard ISO hot-shoe contact with safety lock provided
Self-timer Electronically controlled timer with 2 to 20 seconds duration (2, 5, 10, and 20 second selectable)
Depth of Field Preview When CPU lens is attached, lens aperture can be stopped down to value selected by user (A and M modes) or value selected by camera (P and S modes)
Remote Control Via Remote Cord MC-DC1 (optional) or Wireless Remote Control ML-L3 (optional)
Power Source One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e, MB-D80 battery pack (optional) with one or two rechargeable Nikon EN-EL3e Li-ion batteries or six AA alkaline (LR6), Ni-MH (HR6), lithium (FR6) batteries, or nickel-manganese (ZR6) AA batteries, AC Adapter EH-5 (optional)
Tripod Socket 1/4 in. (ISO 1222)
Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 132 x 103 x 77mm (5.2 x 4.1 x 3.0 in.)
Weight Approx. 585g (1 lb. 5 oz.) without battery, memory card, body cap, or monitor cover
Supplied Accessories* Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e, Quick Charger MH-18a, Audio Video Cable EG-D2, USB Cable UC-E4, Strap, Body cap, Eyepiece Cap DK-5, Rubber Eyecup DK-21, LCD monitor cover BM-7, Accessory shoe cover, PictureProject CD-ROM
Optional Accessories Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D80, Magnifying Eyepiece DK-21M, AC Adapter EH-5, Wireless Remote Control ML-L3, Remote Cord MC-DC1, Speedlight SB-800/SB-600/SB-R200, Capture NX, Camera Control Pro
*Supplied accessories may differ in each country or area.
Specifications and equipment are subject to change without any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer. August 2006
©2006 Nikon Corporation
Posted 09 August 2006 - 10:10 PM
All in all sounds like a heck of a cost effective camera but there are some advantages to the D200. From what I read they don't use the same sensor.
Life is a beach and then you dive.
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Posted 09 August 2006 - 11:49 PM
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
Posted 10 August 2006 - 02:24 AM
Posted 10 August 2006 - 03:12 AM
Ah Mikey - to snap is human, to crop is divine...or at least convenient. Didn't really understand the rest of your message, though. Does Cannibis sativa grow wild on Yap?
don't i wish..
I must admit its the bacardi plant that gets you out here...
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Posted 10 August 2006 - 12:04 PM
What I hope is for Ikelite to make a housing that fits the D80 and is backward compatable with the D50
That way I could use the D50 for now and upgrade later.
Posted 10 August 2006 - 12:17 PM
Looking at the images of the D80, I do not think it will fit in to any
of the housings which are availble for the D70/s as some of the controls
are in different positions I wonder if the likes of Nikon Canon have
any interests in the housing manufacturers as in to make us part with more
of our hard earnt cash :glare: :glare: So it looks like if I want to upgrade
it is going to cost me loads n loads .Well it looks like I will have to
start saving!!!!!!
Andy Barker
D800, Seacam,S45, Nikon 60mm micro, Nikon VR 105mm micro, Nikon 16x35mm, Nikon 16mm, fe, Seaflash 150ttl & Seacam flash arms
Posted 10 August 2006 - 05:35 PM
is SD becoming a norm ? or is this a first ?
Posted 10 August 2006 - 05:55 PM
Canon 5D Ikelite Housing and strobes
15FE | 24/2.8 | 35/1.4 | 85/1.8 | 150/2.8 macro


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Last week, upon the findings of the Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) and Fees Bureau's 2012 Employment and Earnings Survey, it was announced that a huge 94% of the UK's architects are white. Not only is this unusually high, but it shows an actual increase on the 81.1% which was recorded in 2001 by RIBA Education Statistics and UCAS on-line data, and the 93.3% which was recorded last year.
Sandra Kerr OBE, Director of Race for Opportunity, expressed her disappointment in these findings: "These are disappointing employment figures from the architectural profession. That 94 per cent of the UK's architects are white indicates that the issue of diversity is not firmly on the profession's radar. We know that the STEM industries traditionally struggle to attract and retain Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, yet significant effort has been put in over recent years to address this - with some headway being made. However, these RIBA statistics show that despite recognising that the architecture industry is failing to engage with diverse candidates."
British architectural news resources are consistently inundated with new and exciting projects by the likes of Zaha Hadid, an Iraqi-British architect, David Adjaye, of African descent, and Sunand Prasad, RIBA's president 2007-9, senior partner of his own architectural practice, born of Indian heritage, are all considered (and rightfully so), British. So how is it possible that ethnic minorities are so poorly represented in 2012? That some of the UK's top architects are BAME is testament to the notion that creativity bears no ethnicity.
It has not yet been fully speculated upon in reports, but the suggestion that universities and architectural firms recruiting architecture undergraduates and graduates have been failing to practice diverse recruitment in their candidate selections has been raised. The Minority Ethnic Students and Practitioners in Architecture report of 2002 observed that: "Looking at those accepted on a degree course in Architecture, Planning & Building, 78% of those accepted were white, 10% did not declare their ethnic origin, fewer than 1% were of mixed race and 11% were of minority ethnic origin. Thus, the representation of minority ethnic groups in Architecture, Planning & Building is lower than for higher education as a whole."
Kerr suggests ways in which architecture firms can work to combat these startling figures:
-Monitor every stage of the undergraduate to recruitment process to see where BAME candidates are dropping out
-Widen the net of universities and networks traditionally used to recruit graduates from- this will break the 'like-for-like' recruitment cycle and increase the feeder talent pool
-Improve direct engagement with diverse architecture undergraduates to identify top talent early on
-Clearly advertise and promote yourself as a diverse employer- ask recruiters to present a diverse shortlist
She continues: "The architecture profession should also consider more active engagement with schools to demonstrate to young BAME students in the breadth of careers available to them in architecture, and that it is a profession that welcomes ethnic minorities."
Though some blame is to be put at the door of the universities, it is certainly the place that the issue can be remedied. The selection of qualified architects depends entirely on those who receive places in the most prestigious institutions and the most coveted courses. If the universities can be sure to uphold fair methods of selection, there is no reason why these startling figures need continue to rise further. It seems that architectural Britain faces a challenge in maintaining fairer and more modern modes of practice.
Samantha Morley


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|View Poll Results: True Tears - Episode 4 Rating
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|9 out of 10 : Excellent
|8 out of 10 : Very Good
|7 out of 10 : Good
|6 out of 10 : Average
|5 out of 10 : Below Average
|4 out of 10 : Poor
|3 out of 10 : Bad
|2 out of 10 : Very Bad
|1 out of 10 : Painful
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|2008-01-31, 10:53
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
Everything about this series just spells excellent in my book, the animation, the story, the characters, everything. While I still like to watch series like Shana II, Clannad, and now Spice and Wolf, True Tears seems to be the most excellent out of them all. Every episode is just great. I hope this series continues like this.
|2008-01-31, 15:48
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Toronto, ON
Age: 34
This show absolutely hooked me after 4 episodes. I was initially skeptical because I know the game was horrid, and I figured the apple wouldn't fall far from the tree, but they did a great job with the characters for the anime. Let's hope they can keep it up and develop some interesting conflicts for them soon.
|2008-01-31, 19:37
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Wagering his life...
Join Date: Jun 2006
After watching the 4 first episode I find I often get lost in the rythm of the serie.
First Hiromi acts completely cold towards Shinichiro as if she couldn't care less about him and in a couple episodes she's all infatuated with him? Maybe it's seeing a girl move on her territory that made her change her attitude?
Ai is my favorite so far, and the only girl who's actively trying to get closer to Shinichiro. Not to mention the only one who doesn't take him for granted. Although from what I gather she's supposedly the other guy's girlfriend? Although I think it was a shaky arrangement at best seeing she doesn't like him that way.
Noe is just weird, and it's what makes her cute in a way.
|2008-01-31, 23:16
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|2008-02-01, 18:14
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
As for your main point, I agree: I don't see them doing anything cheap here. I just watched an interview with Takagaki Ayahi (Noe) and Iguchi Yuka (Ai) and they were saying that this franchise may have started out as a love-sim game, but the anime is a complete rewrite, making it into a human drama.
|2008-02-02, 09:19
|Link #29
Big Reader/Small Poster
Join Date: Aug 2004
Damn I just watched all 4 episodes today, this is such a great series. I'm happy I started watching it.
On a side note, I wonder what would happen if this pulled a school days and picked the bad ending of the game (or good depending on how you look at it XD) LOL?
|2008-02-02, 10:58
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Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
I really enjoyed this 4th episode of True Tears and it has now moved to be my second favorite of the season. It's rare for me to actually like all the girls who can potentially end up with the lead, but in the case of True Tears I actually do. Now I think everyone watching wasn't buying that shit Hiromi was selling to Shin about liking the #4, of course Shin is though because he thinks she wanted to get closer to Noe because of Jun. Now the thing is since Noe and Jun go to different schools how in the hell would Hiromi know they're related? Last name sure... but she only calls him #4 which shows she has no idea of his name.
Now Aiko gets involved I just have to say I love her bgm theme. It was nice to finally see a lot more of her and we find out (I'm sure it wasn't revealed earlier, at least in the show) she's the childhood friend/like a sister girl for this show. Obviously we see how much she likes him (buying a top she found plain because he looked at it) and at the same time we see her relationship with Nobuse is in trouble. It seems that Shin hooked them up, now why did she accept it? Was she seeing less and less of Shin as the years went on, and decided this was the best way to still constantly be around him? I'm guessing we will see her reasons very soon, maybe the next ep or the 6th.
Now Hiromi just gets brutalized by Shin and his mother in the following scene. Shin nearly reduces Hiromi to tears when he plays off the incident from the other day as him being an idiot. Wouldn't that give him a clue that she was lying? Oh well seems he really does love her with the way they did what he was saying, what he was thinking and the way he reacted once in bed.
Shin's mum comes which makes Shin leave straight away and she throws in a cheap shot at Hiromi about how her eyes look like her mothers. Will be interesting to see if her hatred of her is for a valid reason later on. Maybe Hiromi isn't Shin's half sister but after she was born her mother and Shin's father had an affair. So her mum might be funneling her hatred at Hiromi, or she considers her trash who would do the same to her Shin if she ended up with him.
Anyway rest of the episode was rather cute aside from Jun's near incest like actions to Noe. Wonder why he asked Shin to go out with Noe, Noe seems to want to help Shin with Hiromi more than anything else.
I rewatched from when Ai-chan met shin until Shin's mother layed the smack down on Hiromi and the awful CG was really obvious. Though I didn't really notice it during my first watch, probably because I was reading the subs and looking at the main characters.
Also rewatching a few scenes in the first episode I can't believe I missed Shin mentally undressing Hiromi at breakfast.
Next episode preview looks interesting, I'm guessing Shin's mother sees Shin and Hiromi walking together and really lays into Hiromi the first chance she gets. Also Jun finding out about #6/Hiromi being at Shin's house will be interesting, how will Shin react especially since he thinks Hiromi likes him.
|2008-02-02, 12:52
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
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|2008-02-03, 17:39
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Somehow I found out
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 34
The bad thing about being away for a week is that I had to wait so long to see this ep. The good thing is that I don't have to wait all that long to see the next.
This series is incredible. There's just so much complexity to all of these characters, and we're only just scratching at the surface. Even Isurugi Jun, who could well have been thrown in just as a plot device, grapples with a difficult issue that defines a real walking-talking character and gives him a reasonable motivation to do what would usually be unreasonable. These characters are simply amazing and the writing is more than doing them justice. Bravo.... (provided an unforeseen drop in quality doesn't eventuate).
|2008-02-03, 23:50
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Eh, I think "incredible" is going a bit far. It's quite good when it comes to character development and paying attention to details. The writing is solid as well.
With that said I have to admit that I don't always find the characters interesting. They seem overly stuffy at times and just can't seem to break out of their shell. Noe is an exception and can potentially pull this show to greater heights.
Quality and complexity doesn't always equal entertainment and I believe this show is a textbook example. No question it's still a very good show, but I don't see the separation between this show and a show like Asatte no Houkou (another quality show with excellent writing).
|2008-02-04, 00:41
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Asatte no Houkou http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl...anime&aid=4339 has 7.42 permanent and 7.70 temporary ratings. Kind of mediocre ratings actually.
True Tears http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl...anime&aid=4325 has a 8.40 temporary rating and it has actually been creeping up the last couple of weeks. If it can stay this high or higher and the permanent rating is similar this show would rank in the upper echelon in the database.
Of course over a sample of hundreds there are guys who would give Asatte no Houkou a higher score to True Tears because the former appeals to them more but there are reasons why one show averages significantly higher ratings over another. It comes down to holding and keeping the attention of the audience because of the story and characters.
|2008-02-04, 18:29
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Somehow I found out
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 34
Standard disclaimer: There's still nothing preventing this show from suddenly falling over before the end, but, on what we've seen so far, I'd be very surprised (and disappointed).
|2008-03-03, 02:41
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Sawa-Chan <3 <3 <3
Join Date: Dec 2004
Just a question on episode 4. Was Hiromi lieing when she told shinichiro that she had exchanges with Noe's brother? And as by those exchanges did she mean like even after the friendly game? or Just while the event happend.
Because i was wondering if she lied . Noe's brother was like who is she. But at the same time remembered her afterward. I was wondering if she had lied or not because well, He ( Noe's brother) addressed her as number 4 of the team, While at the time friendly game took place, werent they just Class reps and not in the team? And the game couldnt have been the girls basketbal team vs the boys.
So i was thinking she might have lieing about it completly and they had never actually met as class reps.
So the quesiton is, Was she lieing about meeting Noe's brother at all as class reps?
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Vote for Babe of the Week – Kathy, Amber, Erin, Ana, Courtney, Yolanda
It's Babe of the Week time again (hooray!) and this is the last one for the month of May, so we gotta make it count.
Who ever wins will get to join Dessie Mitcheson, Destiny Monique and the newly crowned Wendy Fiore in the mud-slinging race for Babe of the Month. So, who will it be?
Will it be 'Sassy Assy' model Kathy Perez, bombshell-from-a-small-town Amber Liana, or one of their other equally hot competitors. You just can't forget about Canadian beauty Erin English, "Brazilian Barbie" Ana Braga, model/go-go dancer Courtney Walker, or Paris Hilton's buddy Yolanda Krupiarz.
Click on each of the babes below for an intimate look at their modeling portfolios, and be sure to vote for your favorite in our poll.
Kathy Perez
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Courtney Walker
Yolanda Krupiarz
Here's the deal: At the end of the week, each Babe of the Day will compete for your votes and the winner will become Babe of the Week. Each week's winner will then face off to become Babe of the Month, and those winners will then duke it out for – you guessed it – the Babe of the Year title. Only those lucky ladies will be inducted into GuySpeed's Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for the hottest of babes.


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Oct. 15, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - MIT finished regular season dual-match competition by defeating Brandeis University, 6-3, on Wednesday. The Engineers now stand at 7-2 on the year.
At No. 1 doubles, Elaine Ni and Joanna MacKay fell, 8-3. Serena Lin and Mariah Hoover picked up an 8-4 win while the No. 3 tandem of Jaclyn Cichon and Zandile Williams posted a victory with the same margin.
In singles action, Lin dropped only her second match of the season, falling by a score of 6-1, 6-3. Jaclyn Cichon lost in the No. 2 spot, 6-2, 6-1. Ni earned a 6-2, 6-3 win while Hoover defeated her opponent, 6-3, 6-1. In MacKay's No. 5 singles match, she won the first set, 6-4. She lost the next one, 4-6, but bookended the match with another 6-4 victory. Jusleen Karve had the final win for Tech, emerging with a 6-4, 7-5 score.
This weekend MIT will be competing in the NEWITT Tournament as a final tune-up before the NEWMAC Championship Tournament.


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Planting a new hedge
The wrong hedge - what to do about it
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The legal definition of a hedge can be found in Part 8 Section 66 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003.
Generally a line of two or more evergreens rising to a height of more than two metres above ground level constitute a hedge.
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A hedge can be cheap to create and last for a long time. It can help bring wildlife into your garden; and its flowers, berries and leaves can add colour.
The right hedge can be an ideal garden boundary but the wrong hedge may bring problems.
A hedge outside your property can be a hazard to other people.
The leaflet 'Over the garden hedge' issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government offers guidance to help you agree what is right for you and your neighbours.
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If you are planting a new hedge, the leaflet 'The right hedge for you' can help you choose what is best for you and your garden.
You don't normally need permission to plant a hedge in your garden. And there are no laws that say how high you can grow your hedge. But you are responsible for looking after any hedge on your property and for making sure it is not a nuisance to anyone else. This means trimming the hedge regularly, both its top and all sides.
Problems can occur if a hedge is allowed to grow unchecked. If you are troubled by someone else's hedge, the best way to deal with the issue is to talk to them about it. It is in both your interests to try and sort things out. After all, you have to continue to live near each other and so it is better if you are on good terms.
Calling in ourselves or going to court might make matters worse.
Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 grants powers to us to deal with your complaint. You will have to pay us for this service. The fee has been set at £350.
Involving us should be a last resort if you really can't agree a solution. We can refuse to intervene if we think you haven't done everything you reasonably could to settle your dispute.
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Long-Term Complications of Whole Brain Irradiation
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
OncoLink has been a very helpful and informative resource to our family since my son was diagnosed with brain cancer. My question has to do with the long-term effects of whole-brain radiation.
Thank you in advance.
Li Liu, MD, Editorial Assistant for OncoLink, responds:
Dear K:
Thank you for your question. I am glad OncoLink is helpful and informative to your family.
The potential long-term complications of whole-brain irradiation depend on radiation dose and the age of the patient at treatment. The higher the dose and the younger the age, the more potential there is for long-term complications. These may include, neurologic deficit, cognitive dysfunction. Although the onset of these changes can be in as early as 6 months after treatment, the peak time of recognition is 1 to 2 years (American Journal of Clinical Oncology 1999 Dec; 22(6): 573-9). The incidence and extent of these complications in patients treated with irradiation are difficult to define. Other factors may contribute to these complications as well; include the underlying disease and associated pathology [fluid accumulation in the brain (hydrocephalus) or increased pressure inside the brain] and other therapies (surgery and chemotherapy). Researchers have suggested that the incidence and extent of neurological complications are total dose and dose fractionation dependent (Cancer 1994 Nov 15; 74(10): 2828-35; International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 1986 Mar; 12(3): 427-9). In addition, children who receive whole brain radiation are at risk for developing malignant and benign brain tumors many years after treatment, and also at risk for developing hormonal deficits due to radiation of the pituitary gland.
These issues in children are very complex and difficult to explain in this forum. They should be discussed with your child's oncologist.


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Biden Convenes 'Piracy Summit' That Appears To Be Entirely One-Sided
from the of-course dept
Among those expected are Sony's Michael Lynton, Warner Bros.' Barry Meyer, Viacom's Philippe Dauman, NBC Universal's Jeffrey Zucker, Warner Music Group's Edgar Bronfman, Harper Collins CEO Brian Murray, Universal Music Group's Zachary Horowitz, the MPAA's Dan Glickman, the RIAA's Mitch Bainwol, IATSE's international president Matthew Leob, AFTRA'S Kim Roberts Hedgepeth, DGA president Taylor Hackford, DGA exec director Jay Roth and SAG's David White.Notice that there aren't any consumer rights representatives. No one from technology companies. No one representing a viewpoint from outside of these industries of how they might be abusing claims of "piracy" to prop up obsolete business models. Instead, it's just the echo chamber. The same folks who have been misleading politicians for ages. And, of course, whenever you get a summit like this, expect some sort of misguided "action" to follow. Update: Public Knowledge has put out a statement, noting how one-sided this gathering is, and questioning why politicians are attending what appears to be an industry gathering on how to prop up a business model. Update 2: In the press release (pdf) about this, Biden's office has the gall to claim this "will bring together all of the stakeholders." Ha! It's 100% entertainment industry interests. No tech. No consumer advocates. No ISPs. This is a complete joke. Update 3: This just gets more and more ridiculous. Reporter Ryan Reilly was covering the "summit," posting the seating chart and quoting Biden as saying that "piracy" is "flat unadulterated theft" but it looks like Reilly has now been kicked out of the summit. Openness and transparency apparently doesn't apply when it involves propping up one small industry's obsolete business model.


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Uka Uka Racing Are Ready To Defend The 2009 Melges 24 World Championship Title
24 October 2009
The reigning champions have a good insight into the local conditions they face when racing in Annapolis.
Uka Uka Racing, Lorenzo Santini's team who are holders of the world title for the Melges 24 class, are back, arriving last Monday, here in Annapolis – located in Maryland on the North-Eastern U.S.A.-coastline – to prepare to defend their World Champion title. This is this the fourth time this year that Uka Uka Racing have flown across the Atlantic Ocean to come to Annapolis to learn the difficult racing conditions here.
In the course of the first few days, characterized by light breezes, the team were interested in testing their speed and to understand the situations and condition to be expected in the different race areas on Chesapeake Bay, where on Monday, October the 26th, the Sheehy Lexus of Annapolis 2009 Melges 24 World Championship will start.
After having won the 2008 World Championship the team has won all the raceswhich they took part in, notwithstanding small crewing changes to key roles.
This is the winning sequence of their triumphs: the Premiere Racing of Key West, Fla. at the beginning of 2009, then the NOOD Regatta in Annapolis, Md. followed by the Italian Championship in Cagliari followed by victory at Torbole Week (the last leg of the Volvo Cup) and finally, but not least, the European Championship title in Hyères, France at the end of August.
This is a real dream team, whose key members have been Lorenzo Bressani at the helm, Federico Michetti team manager and trimmer, the tacticians Jonathan McKee and Branko Brcin (replaced McKee in Hyères), Francesca Prina, the Bow, Matteo Sprecacenere (replaced Prina in Key West), Carlo Zermini (replaced Santini in Torbole) and lastly the owner Lorenzo Santini, the foundation on which the successes are built .
"My opinion – says the owner Lorenzo Santini - is that we trained very well for the main event of this season; I am therefore confident, and so is everybody in our team. Of the difficult racing area, we decided to strengthen the team by relaying on the experience of Dave Scott, an experienced sailor and North Sails worker, who knows this racing area very well."
"I'm looking forward to getting going – says the helmsman Lorenzo Bressani - we are ready to race. We trained well, together with Terry Hutchinson, Favini, Zandonà and Larson. The feedback is very positive. No doubt the racing area is complicated and speed itself will not be so critical as at other events, but certainly it will not hurt."
"This year has also been fantastic for us – continues Bressani – we won all the races in which we took part, therefore I do not feel any more tense than we should for an important event. We are all focused and ready."
The Pre-Worlds event, ahead of the World Championship, will take place today and tomorrow – starting at 10.30 am – and will consist of 2 races for each day.
For more information regarding the event please refer to the official website: http://www.melges24worlds2009.com/
The event will be closely covered in real time with footage, team interviews and pictures on the website:
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/otwa/ and www.t2p.tv
Uka Uka Racing is sponsored by: Helly Hansen, Ares Italia, HS Marine, Punto Snai, Serafini Yacht & Braid, Battistelli & Assistudio, Lomek, Giuseppe Morresi, Meridiana, Officine Meccaniche Romagnoli, MC Impianti, Euromarche, Arteficium, Olicor e Scalalaggio Anconetani.


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A Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger at the New Braintree Public Library
Venue: New Braintree Public Library
Time: 7:00 PM, Feb 4, 2012
Address: 45 Memorial Drive, New Braintree, Massachusetts, 01531-0067, USA
Join us for a Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger A multimedia lecture, book signing, and Q&A. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Friends of the New Braintree Public Library.
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Who owns the land? Only the land knows. We mortals are passersby, and our lives are but a brief moment in the great span of time and space. We are born, we live out our lives, and most of us do the best we can with it, but the wind is forever, and the rivers flow forever to the sea, and all the seasons of the weathers will come and go after we are gone. But the Earth endures, the Earth is eternal" - Earl Hamner
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(1) Evidence that the person is a confirmed adult communicant in good standing in a Congregation of this Church [he would have supplied evidence from his employers at All Saints in Las Vegas];
(2) Evidence of previous Ministry and that all other credentials are valid and authentic [as noted, he easily could have produced proof that he was validly ordained by the Catholic Church in 1982, but that is all; as argued above, he certainly would not have had any kind of certificate or credentials attesting that his departure from the Church had not been for any reasons touching upon his moral character];
(3) Evidence of moral and godly character; and that the person is free from any vows or other engagements inconsistent with the exercise of Holy Orders in this Church [after his dismissal from the Roman Catholic Church, he certainly would have been "free from any (such) vows or engagements," but evidence of the reasons for his dismissal would at the same time have negated any previous submissions of his "moral and godly character" making him fit to be a priest];
(4) Transcripts of all relevant academic and theological studies [this would have required him to submit a transcript from St. John's College of Theology in Minnesota, where he had been briefly suspended for sexual misconduct, and required, as a condition of graduation, to take sexual abuse counseling];
(5) A certificate from at least two Presbyters of this Church stating that, from personal examination or from satisfactory evidence presented to them, they believe that the departure of the person from the Communion to which the person has belonged has not arisen from any circumstance unfavorable to moral or religious character, or on account of which it may not be expedient to admit the person to Holy Orders in this Church [again, such a certificate must have come from his employers at All Saints in Las Vegas -- but if it had been submitted, it would serve only as evidence that he had lied to them about his background in order to be hired, because it was contradicted by Abbot Polan when he talked to Bishop Jefferts Schori];
(6) Certificates in the forms provided in Canon III.8.6 and III.8.7 from the Rector or Member of the Clergy in charge and Vestry of a Parish of this Church [these would again have come from All Saints in Las Vegas, showing their support for his application]; and
(7) A statement of the reasons for seeking to enter Holy Orders in this Church [such a statement would have focused on the need for additional clergy at All Saints, but probably said nothing about the reasons Bede Parry had been ousted from priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church].
No person shall be ordered Priest or Deacon to minister in this Church until the person shall have been examined by the Bishop and two Priests and shall have exhibited such testimonials and other requisites as the Canons in that case provided may direct.
If any Bishop . . . confers ordination as Priest or Deacon upon a Christian minister who has not received Episcopal ordination, the Bishop shall do so only in accordance with such provisions as shall be set forth in the Canons of this Church.
No person ordained by a foreign Bishop, or by a Bishop not in communion with this Church, shall be permitted to officiate as a Minister of this Church until the person shall have complied with the Canon or Canons in that case provided . . . .
1. (a) . . . [A] Member of the Clergy shall:
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(g) exercise his or her ministry in accordance with applicable provisions of the Constitution and Canons of the Church and of the Diocese, ecclesiastical licensure or commission and Community rule or bylaws . . . .
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(f) report to the Intake Officer all matters which may constitute an Offense as defined in Canon IV.2 meeting the standards of Canon IV.3.3, except for matters disclosed to the Member of Clergy as confessor within the Rite of Reconciliation of a Penitent;
If at any time the Bishop Diocesan [in this special instance, referring to Bishop Wolfe] determines that a Member of the Clergy may have committed any Offense, or that the good order, welfare or safety of the Church or any person or Community may be threatened by that member of the Clergy, the Bishop Diocesan may, without prior notice or hearing, (a) place restrictions upon the exercise of the ministry of such Member of the Clergy or (b) place such Member of the Clergy on Administrative Leave.


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Soils are the 'living skin' of our Earth. Thanks to weathering over millennia, they now form an indispensable basis of life for humans and a habitat for flora and fauna, whilst at the same time being a medium which counterbalances the hydrological and material cycles.
For example, with their filtering and buffering properties, they make a decisive contribution to conserving groundwater. The water trickles through the various soil layers and is thereby cleaned by chemical and biological processes. Inorganic and organic compounds are bonded or metabolised in the soil. In this way, noxious substances such as pesticides and heavy metals can be rendered harmless, whilst at the same time, however, accumulating in the soil. Even an alteration in the pH value because of acid inputs – from acid rain for example – can be counterbalanced to a certain extent by the buffering qualities of the soils.
Improper use results in the soils increasingly losing their functions as a wildlife habitat and nutritional basis; they are degraded or are completely destroyed by, for example, erosion. Sealing off the ground by building homes or streets on it also leads to soils being forever lost for other purposes to an irresponsibly high extent.
Our responsibility lies in ensuring that even in the future there is enough healthy soil available. The requirement for sustainable soil use and adequate soil conservation is, therefore, applied in a targeted manner wherever it is essential to improve knowledge regarding the distribution and properties of soils via information systems. A further focal point is the development and application of methods to evaluate soil information collected with the aim of sustainable soil use. The activities of BGR in the soil domain are characterized by the involvement of neighboring geoscientific disciplines, in particular geology, hydrogeology, mineralogy, geochemistry and geophysics.
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Opinion: Marco Rubio on Tom Perez's Extremism and ObamaCare's Costs
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on the Senate's confirmation of Thomas Perez as labor secretary. Plus, the deleterious effects of ObamaCare on business and workers. Photo: Associated Press
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... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... my friends was confirmed as our nation's labor secretary on Thursday ... despite concerns over the deal he struck with the city of Saint Paul Minnesota to get a case with drawn from the Supreme Court ... his admission in April federal law ... and his refusal to comply ... with a House subpoena ... Florida Senator Marco Rubio joins me now by Phones Center ... if the Senate to tighten confirms a guy like this wall what they confirm ... when in doubt ... the guy object to record ... record and the ... attorney general would not wanna try to apply the law or bought with a record ... one that was pursuing an activist ... liberal agenda on case after case ... he cited a ball that got it but ... you know it it brought charges against a a ... the ... fight was ... a counselor from abortion clinic ... and the kids cooperate ... to reprimand them for even bringing it ... he actually argued in a pre that the ... government that first that it did not prevent government from from implementing or try to control ... what a torture hired to teach religion what the school ... Regis West history ... that well but the mention of America put up a lot to the nomination based on that ... I objected to it ... so without further debate ... a subpoena ... from the hire of oversight committee which is basically nor did it start over ... emails from personnel Intel you've got to stop it ... yes and six Republican senators did vote for cloture ... what does it say about the cohesiveness of the GOP in the Senate that that happened ... well I would say that I think it unfortunate that in an effort to protect the filibuster ... we did not protect our constitutional obligation to make the bottom of the matter I spoke about the bombing ... a Republican ... somewhat of an outstanding picking up ... from a House oversight Committee which you refuse to comply with are likely to flat out ignored ... there's at least a board that they can never have they should have the opportunity before they're forced to bow out of luck ... have all the information about the record ... in fact it is now able to successfully ... over about two hundred pm open conducting official ... in violation and to try and help the cap ... I do think it's a very attractive to her porch which will continue to snub the House subpoena now he's a member of the cabinet without any consequences ... we are somewhat out of the moon Triton for that but but but but the bottom line is about to head the Labor Department ... what happened at the ... left but extremists running the Labor Department I promise you that stocks it could ... grow our economy and making America more attractive with it ... on that we have been a cabinet member ... that open the fight to the congressional branch ... of the church ... office that we all talk about ... it that that the power for import up to a principle ... to allow it to the capital ... for ... confirming among the last couple days ... hopefully if I that I can get rich ... and defies belief I wanna change something very briefly center we've got about a minute left ... I know you're in for good today talking the small business owners about Obamacare ... what is the feedback that you've gotten so far about the effect of a loss ... on costs for the small business owners ... for all that I got ... a bit ... of ... a corrupt ... it paid workers ... who are most concerned about ... that would make it the ambit of ... the work that could deprive the people who covers are happy with ... that people are not pay what you pay ... if people were going to get their hours cut to people ... over the top ... at people looking for work or not it would buy that ... all because that that they can call ... our way to hire more people were growing ... and need to find confident because of the disaster ... Obamacare will ... do you support efforts to delay the individual mandate is well it's a businessman and ... I support efforts to repeal the law can or cannot take that into ... it because it's critical ... that they have to kill a bill that basically codified starting out ... but the profit that Apple amenable I think we should fight the party that I don't think that would ... assure production ... over ... the pitch fight Obamacare ... are clear ... and Lenovo for short-term budget ... to pay for Obamacare ... to take on it after ... I phone the disaster and cabinet ... member now in open defiance is opinion it does defy belief ... Florida Senator Marco Rubio thank so much for