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There was something willfully and unapologetically garish about 1980s/early '90s action movies. And while their effects and catchphrases feel hokey and dated now, they are still tons of fun to revisit. So it's little wonder Hollywood's been trying to recapture the magic of these flashy features, by culling together a supergroup of '80s action icons for The Expendables 2, rebooting Total Recall and remaking the cult classic RoboCop.
Of course, in some ways the tale of a cyborg police officer is timeless, but Hitfix contributor Drew McWeeny has discovered how catastrophic Columbia Pictures's soon-to-shoot remake will be, as he's gotten access to a copy of the script penned by newcomer Joshua Zetumer with revisions by Nick Schenk (Gran Torino). Via TwitterMcWeeny unleashed a torrent of furious tweets, revealing plot details and lines of dialogue along with a running account of the detrimental impact it was having on his health and sanity. One of my favorite reactions:
From here, I'll recount specifics on the RoboCop remake, so obviously there's some serious spoilers ahead-- though if you've seen the original RoboCop, you already know what's happening. First up, it appears that the filmmakers' way of dealing with the original film is to openly reference and mock it. For one, a reporter at RoboCop's public unveiling quotes the poster of the original movie, declaring, ""I think it's safe to say that Alex Murphy is now part man, part machine, ALL COP!" Then there's the original suit. Tweets McWeeny:
"I'll share this one detail. In the film, when Murphy is turned into Robocop 1.0, it's described 'a high-tech version of the '80s suit.' / Then they show a focus group scene where criminals laugh at the design. 'He looks like a toy from the '80s!' / So they redesign him to look 'meaner' as Robocop 2.0, who passes focus group approval. / So they not only make sure to include the original design, they also point out it's dated and stupid. *facepalm*"
A great deal of the plot appears to revolve around RoboCop's evolving look/powers as McWeeny mentions RoboCop 3.0, whose construction was outsourced to China and gets a test run attacking an Al Queda training camp, and RoboCop 4.0 which resembles a "cop on steroids painted metallic blue." But wait, there's more! RoboCop 4.0 is also a transformer.
Then there's details that scream the studio's intentions to market to that profitable kids' demographic:
But it's not all bad news, says McWeeny:
"I'll say this: once the script stops all the winky-winky crap and just starts telling a story, it's not terrible. But it's way too late. / If you can get past Robocop The Transformer, there are some interesting action beats. And I'm sure Padilla will direct the hell out of it./ But overall? Ouch. Ouch. Ohpleasedon't. Ouch. And a big side order of ouch." "
The RoboCop remake will be directed by Elite Squad helmer Jose Padilha, and features a promising cast that includes Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Joel Kinnaman, Hugh Laurie, and Jackie Earle Haley. There's no word yet on when the film will go into production, so it's hard to say if such a public flogging of its screenplay will spur revisions. But let's hope so.
RoboCop is slated to hit theaters August 9th, 2013.


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West Gadsden played its first home game of the season this past Friday against the Yellow Jackets of Vernon High.
Vernon received the opening kick and immediately implemented an impressive run-heavy offense, but a fumble recovery by K.J. McMillian ended the drive inside the Panthers' 10-yard line.
Unlike their opponents, West Gadsden's first drive came to an end after three plays, which forced the defense back onto the field after its initial appearance, which lasted over six minutes.
The Munroe volleyball team played three opponents this past week with only one of those opponents, Wakulla Christian, competing in their small school classification. Munroe won that match but dropped two to John Paul II Catholic and Port St. Joe High School.
After an hour delay this past Friday, East Gadsden and Chiles finally stepped onto to the field to warm up. Despite the weather, several members of the "Jag Nation" made the trip to Chiles High to cheer on their team.
High winds and the wetness of the field lead to a run-heavy offense by both teams. Neither offense was able to successfully progress down the field until the Timberwolves offensive line began to open up some holes for their running backs to run through near the end of the opening period.
The county volleyball teams are in full action after one week of the 2015 regular season.
The Munroe volleyball team went 0-2 their opening week. The team, which advanced to regional semifinals last season, lost in three games to both Grace Christian (Bainbridge) and North Florida Christian. Despite the losses, head coach Spenser Morris saw marked improvement at times.
Morris said, "At times we played exceptionally well, but then our youth and inexperience would show up, unfortunately!"
With 18 players and a few empty seats on the bus, the Bobcats of Robert F. Munroe Day School began the 2015 campaign with a trip to the sand hills just north of Panama City to take on the Bucks of Dean Bozeman High School. Under new Head Coach Rodell Thomas and fresh off of a positive summer of lifting weights, replacing seven departed seniors, and learning a new system, the Bobcats looked to see just where they are in terms of being ready for the regular season.
The Munroe volleyball team participated in The Canopy Road Classic preseason tournament hosted by Leon High School.
Preseason contests allow coaches to evaluate their team's current status and make lists of what needs work before the actual season hits full gear.
Players have the opportunity to shake off their nerves and fine tune fundamentals. All of this is "free" since the games don't count in the regular season record.
Last season under the leadership of Head Coach Joey Striplin, West Gadsden went 4-6 and ultimately took the next step toward reaching the postseason.
This season coach Striplin will be heading into his third year as the Panthers' leader, and seems to be extremely optimistic about his team's chances within their district as well as in the play-offs.
The Panther coach said he believes in "quality over quantity" and isn't overly concerned about having a specific number of players on his
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Gold Farming: Ethics and Raiding Impact
I decided to use AdSense to put a few ads on my page. I should have guessed that this being a Wow blog, the ads that would be placed would be...... yup, gold sellers and powerlevelers.
Being new to this, I haven't yet figured out if/how I can get rid of the gold selling ads and get Google to post, say, legal gold making guides and/or things like web hosting or gaming peripherals, but I will work on that.
Anyway, seeing those ads on my page got me thinking about an age-old MMO topic; is selling in game stuff (currency, items, leveling, etc) for real money a good thing, or a bad thing?
It's certainly the 'party line' to say the gold sellers are the bad guys. Blizzard actively discourages it and has shut down gold selling accounts by the thousands. Gold sellers annoy us by clogging trade channels and even spamming us with tells to buy their products - something I personally invariably report.
So it's annoying, but is it a Bad Thing?
There are multiple arguments on both sides of this issue.
Bad: Turns gaming into 'work.' It leads to the exploitation of impoverished peoples. It encourages scammers and hackers. Leads to spam advertising in and out of game.
Good: Allows people to spend time doing what they want in game (raiding, etc) as opposed to grinding gold. Creates real life jobs, and the workers typically /shrug and say that its just a job.
I'm sure if I get comments on this there will be some emotional responses - every forum where it's discussed tends to devolve into hysteria. So let's see how it goes here, and if you have solid points on either side I'd love to hear them.
I'm going to come down on the side of..... Neither White nor Black. In my mind, the issue is Shades of Gray.
I think there are genuine problems with scammers/hackers (I've been hacked myself), and the working conditions of farmers should be addressed, but I don't think that necessarily means the selling of gold for real currency is bad - only that those conditions should be addressed. Many other games out there allow selling in game items for real currency under their TOS. The TOS could still root out in game annoyances like spammers, but allow gold selling online but out of game. For most of the 'bad' perspectives I see them as possibly either mistaken or something that can be addressed. The Guardian has a fairly recent article on gold farmers in China, and fairly recently China moved to try to stop it.
As far as it goes, I agree with many people who say 'it's a game - if you don't enjoy it, don't play it,' or, 'if it ever becomes work, it's time to quit.' I feel the same way. I've never bought gold or anything like it, and I never intend to. I've always found it easy enough to make all the gold I could ever need in the game.
But the costs of raiding are very steep and hardcore raiders can easily spend 1-2k gold a week on raiding costs, not including item enhancement from new gear. That's a lot of additional time spent farming for your raid stuffs - if you have the money and would rather not farm (or play the greedy goblin AH game) - what really is wrong with spending real money to avoid it? I have yet to hear a cogent argument against that.
So in conclusion I'd tend to believe that gold sellers are annoying at times, but I don't see them as evil. If they were better regulated, they may not only provide real jobs for impoverished regions, but also a real service for people willing and able to spend the money and allow them to spend their in-game time on what they enjoy the most.
AGAIN, DON'T CLICK the gold selling ads in my links. That was NOT my intention with this article - the appearance of the ads merely sparked my own thought process. I don't plan to write much more on this type of topic in the future. I plan to see if I can get rid of the ads; if I can't, well, they just become background noise I guess. /shrug
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You have apparently turned on an ad thing that is in Blogger. You should be able to turn it off. I have blogger like you and I don't have any ads. There are ways to filter google ads from gold sellers, but I've heard it isn't all easy to get rid of them anyway. So the most easy way is simply not to have ads.ReplyDelete
If you still can't find a way to turn them off I suggest you join the BlogAzeroth community (which you should anyway). When you've registered at the forum you'll get access to a lot of hands-on advice on how to tweak Blogger. You can also ask for help and you'll be sure to get good answes. If you don't know where to find BlogAzeroth, follow the link from my blog.
Or join wordpress.com ! :)ReplyDelete
I wasn't looking to eliminate them entirely - I do know how to do that! :)
wordpress may be in my future, but not immediately ;)
Frankly I don't understand why you wan't them at all. Surely they can't give you that much money? Is it really worth it?ReplyDelete
on my self-hosted site, I've got ads only appearing for those readers who come from google search engines. Regular readers (ie. cookie-tracked) don't see them. Makes very little money but might just cover my hosting costs in a year.ReplyDelete


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Uncovering the Mohawk Trail's treasures
Photo Gallery | Mohawk Trail Road Trip
To most of the residents of Northern Berkshire, the Mohawk Trail is a means of getting from North Adams to Greenfield and, eventually, Boston. It is to us what the Massachusetts Turnpike is to the residents of central and southern Berkshire County. And when using the northern "MassPike," we're in hurry to get from North Adams and its environs to Boston and only stop along the trail if we need a restroom -- and they can be few and far in between.
The Trail is an historic American Indian foot path connecting the Connecticut and Hudson River Valleys. The Mohawk Trail highway was officially dedicated on Oct. 14, 1914, and celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
On a beautiful July day with lots of sun, a friend and I set out to explore the treasures the Trail has -- and which I have overlooked all my life.
Hairpin Turn
The first stop is the infamous Hairpin Turn. As you pull into the parking lot of the Golden Eagle restaurant, note how the building nestles into a niche carved into the cliffs behind it. The building, originally a gift shop owned by Donald and Lewis Canedy, initially sat on the tip of the U-turn. In the fall of 1958, within a span of 10 weeks, two runaway tractor-trailers missed the turn and crashed through the gift shop. The Canedys rebuilt and had a recess carved into the cliff, and the building has been safe since.
We stopped here now for the coin-operated tourist binoculars situated on the left side of the restaurant's parking lot. A quarter will provide 2 minutes of viewing time of the spectacular bird's-eye view of North Adams, Clarksburg, Adams and Williamstown. Well worth spending a dollar or two on.
Elk Memorial
The Elk On The Trail at the summit of the Mohawk Trail is a memorial commissioned by the Greenfield Elk's Club to Massachusetts Elks who died in World War I. The bronze statue of an elk stands on a rough-cut granite base. The elk, with a full rack of antlers, was cast at the Gorham Manufacturing Company of Providence, R.I., and dedicated on June 17, 1923.
Eastern Summit
The next stop was less than a half-mile away at the Eastern Summit Gift Shop, which turned out to be closed that day. It wasn't a wasted stop though. Off the parking lot, two tourist binoculars ,provide scenic views of the valley on the eastern side of the mountain and maybe even the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire.
Mohawk Trail State Forest
In Charlemont, the state forest offers campsites and cabin for those planning an extended stay, but it is also open for day use (with a $5 per car parking fee). Plenty of picnic tables sit along the Cold River, which flows through the park and is appropriately named, and has clean and modern restrooms to change into swim wear. The river bed is extremely rocky, and water shoes might be in order.
The forest has more than 6,000 acres of mountain ridges, deep gorges and tall old-growth trees and diversity of plant and animal life with trails to explore, and the river offers excellent trout fishing. You can also tube down parts of it.
Hail to the Sunrise
Facing east and overlooking the Deerfield River at the site of the old Indian fordway in Charlemont, Hail to the Sunrise depicts a Mohawk Indian, arms raised in supplication to the Great Spirit and greeting the new-born day.
The monument honors the Five Indian Nations of the Mohawk Trail. An inscription on the arrowhead-shaped plaque at the statue's base reads: "Hail to the Sunrise -- In Memory of the Mohawk Indian." The memorial originally held a reflecting pool, now empty, with inscribed stones from various tribes and councils from throughout the United States. It was erected by the Improved Order of the Red Men and its women's auxiliary, the Allied Councils of Pocahontas of the Old Deerfield conference and dedicated on Oct. 1, 1932.
Avery and Son General Store
Located in the heart of downtown Charlemont, Avery's General Store is the epitome of the old adage of having "everything from a safety pin to a horse blanket." It offers grocery items, hand-cut quarter hinds of beef, sliced dried beef, paint, a full-line of hardware, clothing, and camping and tubing equipment. Items hang from the walls and ceiling and line the packed, narrow aisles.
Karen Hogness and her husband, Dennis Avery, are the ffith generation to run the store, which opened in 1861. Karen believes the store in one of the oldest general stores run by the same family in the country.
Customer Paul Hicks said in passing, "If Avery's doesn't have it, you don't need it."
Bissell Covered Bridge
Who knew there was a covered bridge in the heart of Charlemont? A block or two from Avery's turn onto Route 8A going to Jacksonville, Vt., travel less than a half-mile and there it is. The bridge is sited near an old mill dam and pond, but is not the original, which was constructed in the 1880s. According to a local resident, it is the second replacement of the original. It is listed on the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places.
Native Views
What's not to like about a retro-looking gift store with a huge American Indian, bear and teepee out front? I've loved the American Indian statue since I was young, and I was excited to finally take time to explore it. There is a small section of the shop, formerly known as the Big Indian Shop, devoted to American Indian crafts, but it also seems to sell handcrafts from Tibet, Nepal, and India. The clerk on duty didn't speak English and was unable to explain what the shop was all about. It was still fun to poke around and look at the merchandise.
Mohawk Trading Post
Down the road from Native Views, this gift shop in Shelburne has all things American Indian and caters to tourists and traveling American Indians alike. Laurene York-Risse, herself an American Indian, has owned the shop since 1985 and said it is best described as an American Indian specialty shop. We saw moccasins for the whole family, T-shirts, pottery, beading supplies, books, CDs, jewelry and children's toys. It also has American Indian-made jerky and salt-water taffy, and herbs and feathers for American Indian ceremonies. Lilting American Indian music plays in the background and Laurene is a friendly source of all kinds of information.
Hoosac Tunnel Eastern Portal
We took the scenic route back to North Adams and turned right onto Zoar Road just before the Mohawk Park campground. We followed the road past the Zoar Picnic Area (lots of tables and grills -- porta-potties, too!) and stayed on the road past Whitcomb Hill Road and to the entrance of the Hoosac Tunnel, where the tracks cross the road.
I have been to the western entrance off South Church Street in North Adams countless times, but it was the first time at the eastern end. My traveling partner, a longtime resident of the town of Florida, claims there are ruins of the workers' house a short hike from the tunnel.
Golden Eagle Restaurant
After a long day discovering the treasures along the trail, it seemed appropriate to stop at the place where we began -- the Hairpin Turn. What could be nicer than drinks and an appetizer on the second-floor veranda of the restaurant as the sun sets? Owner/Chef John Morris, who has been with the restaurant since it opened in 1982, said the restaurant offers fresh beef and seafood in addition to vegetarian dishes and gluten-free wraps. He added it was a destination for visitors to Mass MoCA in North Adams and stays open in the winter for its many local customers.
There are many other treasures waiting to be discovered along the Mohawk Trail, and some day I plan to go back to Shelburne Falls to poke around the many shops, art galleries and bookstores. There are also many eateries there to be tried and I didn't get to the Trolley Museum. There's also supposed to be homes in the Charlemont area that were part of the Underground Railroad. More exploring is definitely in the cards!
If you go ...
Mohawk Trail State Forest
Where: 175 Mohawk Trail, Charlemont
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to &:30 p.m. (No alcoholic beverages allowed)
Information: (413) 339-5504
Hyytinen Hollow Tube Rentals
Where: 7 Tea St. Ext., Charlemont
Hours: Memorial Day to Labor Day, daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Information: (413) 339-4786 or hyytinenhollow.com
Avery & Son General Store
Where: 127 Main St., Charlemont
Hours: Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Information: (413) 339-4915
Berkshire East Zip Line Canopy Tours
Where: 66 Thunder Mountain Road, Charlemont
Hours: Vary according to tour availability. Reservations recommended.
Information:berkshireeast.com or (413) 339-6617
Zoar Outdoor Whitewater Rafting and Zip Line
Where: 7 Main St., Charlemont
Hours: Office/outfitters, daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., tours leave 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Reservations necessary.
Information: (800) 532-7483 or zoaroutdoor.com
Crab Apple Whitewater
Where: 2056 Mohawk Trail, Charlemont
Hours: Full-day tours leave 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.; half day tours run 1-6 p.m.; Stand-Up Paddleboards, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Reservations required.
Information: (800) 553-7238
Bridge of Flowers
Where: Downtown Shelburne Falls
Hours: Early spring to late fall
Information: bridgeofflowersmass.org
Native Views
Where: 2217 Mohawk Trail, Shelburne Falls
Hours: Thursday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Information: (413) 625-2333, shelburnefalls.com
Mohawk Trading Post
Where: 874 Mohawk Trail, Shelburne
Hours: Summer - Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, noon- 5:30 p.m., closed Tuesday; foliage season - extended hours; January-April -- Friday through Monday, 10 to 5 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Information: (413) 625-2412, mohawk-trading-post.com
Shelburne Falls Coffee Roasters
Where: 1207 Mohawk Trail, Shelburne
Hours: Open Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
Information: (413) 625-0116, shelburnefallscoffee.com
Skip's Roadside Diner
Where: 24 French King Highway, Gill
Hours: Open Monday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Information: (413) 863-9991
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I do think I have the most wonderful blog friends you can have. I feel grateful about you coming here ( some of you 7 years in total! ). So thank you for sharing your thoughts, ideas, the kisses and well wishes, the patience and most of all maybe, the shared excitement for life in general. I like to keep it real, and you definitively are able to see the beauty in the simple things. The little things that many seems to forget. Because sometimes, life takes over and make your days way too hectic. And then, you forget to breath, to listen, to wonder. It is about slowing down, enjoying what you have and making the most of what you have where you live. Because we share so many similar interests I feel connected, a sort of togetherness I really like. I hope we can continue this another year!
This would be a great new year resolution.
More kindness.
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I'm pretty sure Bertolt Brecht was exercising his gift for sarcasm in "The Solution" when he offered a modest proposal to address the people's loss of confidence in the government. While the government asserted it could regain confidence in the people only by redoubled efforts, Brecht asked:
Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?
We seem to be living out a variation of "The Solution." In any event, Brecht's poem comes to mind in connection with Mexican political scientist Fredo Arias-King's comments, quoted by Mark Krikorian in "Amnesty is the best revenge."
While a representative for Vicente Fox's ultimately successful campaign for presidency of that country, Krikorian recalls, Mexican political scientist Fredo Arias-King met with almost 80 United States senators and representatives, discussing immigration in depth with most of them. Krikorian offer Arias-King's observation regarding what he calls "today's amnesty scramble" (with emphases added by Krikorian):
Also curiously, the Republican enthusiasm for increased immigration also was not so much about voting in the end, even with "converted" Latinos. Instead, these legislators seemingly believed that they could weaken the restraining and frustrating straightjacket devised by the Founding Fathers and abetted by American norms. In that idealized "new" United States, political uncertainty, demanding constituents, difficult elections, and accountability in general would "go away" after tinkering with the People, who have given lawmakers their privileges but who, like a Sword of Damocles, can also "unfairly" take them away. Hispanics would acquiesce and assist in the "natural progress" of these legislators to remain in power and increase the scope of that power. In this sense, Republicans and Democrats were similar.
Krikorian has more at the link, but that is a very powerful observation.


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mechabot wrote:this somehow makes me wish i still had armada megatron/optimus.
i really miss them.
anyway, what was that white and yellow truck? if it's optimus i never saw him look like that!
SJ21 wrote:Nice display. It's interesting that you have a lot of your Primes in alt mode. Usually people display in bot mode.
Silverwing wrote:Also, I feel compelled to give the obligatory:
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At this link you will find a letter that denounces NASA's support of Climate Change having human activity as a major cause: http://www.livescience.com/19643-nasa-astronauts-letter-global-warm...
On that webpage you can find a link to the report regarding this letter.
If their motive is looked at carefully, what would we find?
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Joan, My homes, which number more than John McCain's and Mitt Romney's together, are all on land high enough that they won't be inundated by a rising sea level. It's the thousands of acres of ocean front I bought, intending to resell, that may be underwater later this century.
BTW, this post is a spoof too.
Your cynical sarcasm is what's wrong with liberal arguments on this issue. Believe it or not these people aren't evil. If having a stake in technologies that are harming the climate biases their views, it's an unconscious process. People with biases aren't usually aware that they have them.
The trend of climate change itself and many of the possible warming scenarios it might cause are shockingly extreme relative to what lay people see on a daily basis. The predictions have the same level of disaster as may wild apocalypse theories that should be summarily dismissed. While they're scientifically valid, they don't pass the sniff test for a lay person.
I realize that it can be annoying to calmly explain over and over that climate really is a problem and present overwhelming evidence, but calling those people stupid and evil when they're not severely harms your ability to convince anyone.
Ben, you are correct when you state,
"calling those people stupid and evil when they're not severely harms your ability to convince anyone."
On the other hand, life takes on a "let them eat cake" quality when those who have figured out how to manipulate and exploit people who work for a living, whether in a mom and pop business or those who work for wages, do not know, don't seem to want to know, and perceive only their point of view. The investment counselor who gains his or her wealth by swindling, simply doesn't seem to care how many pension funds disappear. He or she may be a likable bloke, and give lots of money to charity, or contribute generously to political campaigns, or take on noble causes, while performing thefts and corrupting all he or she touches, but that does not make him or her a good citizen.
It is easy to throw the whole lot into a lump and label them "stupid and evil", but when one banker and one financial advisor, then another, and another, until the whole system is corrupt, which one does point to and say this one is evil, this one is greedy, this one is a thug, or whatever label one wants to choose.
If a banker is professional, he or she knows when a family who has owned a hardware store for three generations, goes broke, loses their source of income through no fault of their own but by immoral and unethical laws, and then multiply that family by the millions, somewhere a banker with moral and ethical values will recognize the failure is not in the one going broke, but in systemic crimes.
It seems to me I remember there were a lot of foreclosures on businesses and homes in another era of our history that included Harry Truman, the haberdasher. Was that era, and the one we are in now caused by debtors or creditors? Obviously, both. No one forces an individual to take out a loan or put too much on a credit card, but banks giving loans to businesses that can not service the loans and credit cards to those unable to make even the interest payments, leads one to question intent of the financial industries.
Joan and sarcasm do not mix.
Thank you, Joan, for taking my satire well.
It saddens me that so many people believe their perhaps-sociopathic leaders and get burned by their leaders' greed. There are many varieties of capitalism in the world and America's is among the most cruel. Methinks American capitalism was designed by and for the sociopaths among us.
America doesn't have capitalism right now so much as cronyism. Men in government have given their friends special privileges and bought votes with misguided attempts to help others for so long that our originally capitalism economy has been distorted beyond recognition.
Ben, are you denying the existence of crony capitalism?
Unfortunately I have to agreee Tom :-(
I do remember a time when that wasn't true, but now those times are constantly demeaned and people who think that should be true again are insulted or berated about how un-American they are. Guess Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower should be called the same.
Jessica, on the below dates in the 1787 Constitutional Convention, two of America's founders spoke as follows.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON. The people seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the rich and well-born a distinct and permanent share in the government. (June 18)
JAMES MADISON. An increase of population will increase the proportion who labor under all the hardships of life and secretly sigh for a more equal distribution of its blessings. The government ought to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. (June 26)
I haven't read all of the records of the early Congresses, so I don't know when in our "free enterprise" system the first bailout occurred. Search on "Yazoo lands" and you'll probably read of an early 1800s bailout of land speculators who bribed the Georgia legislature to sell them land in what was then western Georgia but is now in Alabama. Way back before the Internet, I found the story in histories of the US Congress.
Despite the rhetoric we've all heard, America has always had a subsidy enterprise economy: subsidies for the well-connected and taxes for others.
Though I don't know the details, Teddy Roosevelt was, in a sense, unAmerican; during his presidency the government acted to prohibit adulterated foods and child labor.
There were certainly poor decisions that caused market distortions at the state level in our early history. But, considering that the federal government had a budget of less than 3% of GDP until the early 1900s, they didn't have the ability to subsidize failure during the founder's era the way they do now with a 20% of GDP budget.
We can't help that politicians do bad things, but if we reduce the size of government we can make them impotent so their poor decisions hurt fewer people.
Tom, I agree
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"MasterChef" runner-up Joshua Marks was found dead of a gunshot to his head in an alley on Chicago's south side Friday night, police said Saturday.
Investigators have not yet ruled whether Marks, who has publicly acknowledged suffering from bipolar disorder, committed suicide, Chicago Police spokesman John Mirabelli told CNN.
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Just about everywhere else in the Sunshine State, swimming with manatees is either discouraged or banned, with violators facing substantial fines. But here in the spring-fed waters of the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, a big chunk of the tourist industry centers on up-close interactions with an endangered species.
There are plenty of opportunities for anyone who visits Citrus County, about 60 miles north of Tampa, to meet a manatee face to face. Nearly 40 commercial operators, permitted by the refuge, conduct tours daily by boat or kayak, charging anywhere from $25 to upwards of $100 a head. Numerous private and rental boats also ply these protected waters.
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For years, officials of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — the agency in charge of the refuge — and local dive operations functioned under a loose system of self-policed guidelines for swimming with manatees. The operators were required to show customers a video explaining what they could and couldn't do with the endangered mammals: no chasing; no disturbing an animal resting on the bottom; no diving on or riding a manatee; no poking, prodding or grabbing; and no separating a mother and calf.
A visitor could touch a manatee with one open hand, but only if the animal approached the swimmer first. In addition, several areas of Kings Bay were set aside as no-entry manatee sanctuaries and marked with buoys. Few tickets were written against violators.
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RAYNHAM — The Raynham Board of Selectmen is opposing the new Walmart's efforts to receive a license to cash checks at its new Route 138 superstore.
The three-person board voted unanimously on Tuesday night to write a letter to the Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks David Cotney expressing concern about the request, citing constant police calls at the other town Walmart store off Route 44 and a lack of coordinated planning for the check cashing service.
The motion came after the town received correspondence from Cotney about an upcoming public hearing, after Walmart filed for a license to operate a check cashing service at its new 160 Broadway Store on Route 138. The hearing is scheduled for April 14 at 6 p.m. at Raynham Town Hall.
Joseph Pacheco, chairman of the Raynham Board of Selectmen, said that the check cashing service license request caught the board by surprise and that it was never discussed during the planning process for the Route 138 Walmart store.
"When the original proposal came down the pipe, it didn't include a check cashing service," Pacheco said. "It takes additional resources … you risk people getting robbed and stuff when carrying that much cash around. Outside of that, it's separate and has to really be monitored. Walmart never reached out to us and said this was something they were interested in doing."
Selectman Richard Schiavo said that concerns from the Raynham Police Department about the amount of calls they receive for shoplifting and related issues at the Raynham Walmart off Route 44 led him to voice his disapproval of the check cashing service license for the new Walmart store in the town. Schiavo said he also wants the town to look into the check cashing license long held by the Route 44 Walmart, which is on Paramount Drive.
"I requested we raise the question of safety there as well because we have an incredible amount of police calls," Schiavo said. "The number of police calls at Walmart … it's just mind-boggling."
Bill Wertz, a spokesperson for Walmart, issued a statement for the company in response to the check cashing issue in Raynham.
"We're seeking approval from the Massachusetts Division of Banks to offer convenient and safe check cashing services at the new Raynham Supercenter, just as we provide this service to customers at our other Massachusetts locations," Wertz said. "Customers appreciate our low fees and the ability to cash checks where they do their shopping."
Wertz said Walmart cashes checks at stores in 47 states.
Raynham police Chief James Donovan said that in 2013, calls from the Paramount Drive Walmart resulted in one-third of all bookings, or people charged with a crime, throughout the town. In 2013, Raynham police charged 619 people with a crime town wide, Donovan said. Out of that, 202 resulted from calls at the Paramount Drive Walmart, he said. In total, Raynham Police responded to 763 calls at the Paramount Drive store in 2013, Donovan said.
Donovan said he feels strongly about Walmart draining Raynham police resources and is calling for the store to voluntarily offer his department mitigation funds. Donovan said he understands Walmart generates a large amount of tax dollars to the town, but argued that it requires a disproportionate amount of police service.
"I think I'd go back to the fact that it's inordinate," Donovan said. "The other businesses in town are paying the same rates. … But the amount of calls we go to Walmart for is inordinate. That's kind of the point. They are drawing our services far more than everyone else."
According to town records, the Paramount Drive Walmart has been one of the community's top five property tax contributors. In fiscal 2012, it trailed behind only Johnson and Johnson, the Chestnut Farm apartment complex, the Cedar-Raynham Shaw's Plaza company and Preferred Freezer. It's unclear exactly how much the new Route 138 Walmart will contribute to the town in property taxes, but Walmart pointed out that the Paramount Drive store paid more than $300,000 in taxes to the town in 2013.
Donovan said that Walmart is a "billion-dollar company" that could easily help the situation, specifically by helping his department with holding cells, of which it has only two. Donovan said the problem is the high amount of juveniles and women who are arrested at Walmart, explaining that they must be separated from adult men at the station, meaning that his officers must take more time to transport prisoners to the county jail in New Bedford.
"Really, they are the victims of crime," Donovan said of Walmart. "We don't want to re-victimize the victim, but obviously they are profiting, making lots of money from these stores … and having an impact on police department. They could certainly afford to help me with that, and we could help them better to reduce their loss and keep the store safe for customers and employees."
Walmart responded on Friday to Donovan's comments, challenging his figures related to calls at the Paramount Drive Walmart.
"Walmart takes the safety of its associates and customers very seriously, and both Walmart stores in Raynham are safe places to work and shop," said Wertz, the Walmart spokesperson, in an email to the Gazette. "The city's own statistics on its police log (www.raynhampd.com/policeLog.htm), suggest that calls to Walmart are only 3 to 5 percent of the total. We have not had time to analyze the nature of the bookings to which the police chief has referred, but part of keeping Walmart and other businesses safe requires apprehending and arresting those who break the law."
Walmart also shot down Donovan's request that Walmart provide additional mitigation to the Raynham Police Department.
"However, the notion that businesses should make individual contributions to the police department is not consistent with the city's system of funding municipal services with tax revenue after careful review and consideration of needs and priorities," Wertz said in the email.
Donovan was promoted to the Raynham Police Chief position in 2010 after much of the dealings with Walmart surrounding the new Route 138 store already took place, he said. Walmart provided $100,000 toward a new Raynham fire engine and $2,500 community grant to help with the town's teen center.
Donovan said that he didn't have specific information to offer about crimes at the Route 44 Raynham Walmart related to its check cashing operations, such larceny using fake checks.
But Donovan said that the amount of calls to the store has increased steadily in recent years, and attributed part of the problem to the heroin epidemic in Taunton. Donovan said, "almost none of these people committing crimes are local," noting that he's arrested suspects from Connecticut and Rhode Island and often New Bedford and Fall River.
"Most of the shoplifters are drug-dependent," Donovan said. "So this spike in heroin activity we've had, I'm sure, affects Walmart and retail theft there."
Donovan said that thankfully, so far, the new Walmart on Route 138 has yielded only six calls since it opened on March 15, including five for shoplifting.
Donovan said he has heard Walmart's responses before — that most of the calls are not for violent crimes. But he said that doesn't make a difference in terms of the police resources needed, and often calls for nonviolent crime results in more complicated issues.
"Sometimes minor amounts of product is stolen there, but it ends up that the person is carrying a firearm," he said. "We've gone there for a minor amount of product and the person flees because they are wanted for some other more serious offense. It's not anything to take lightly."


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New to the forums and digital art. I have Black Ink on Steam (PC) and a Parblo Island A609 Tablet. Both are working fine. I am PhD Engineering student, so I apologize in advance if my questions are too specific.
What do typical brush inputs range from? Are they an absolute number, or is it scaled. Scaled meaning: does pressure range from 0-1 at increments of 1/2048 (2048 the pressure level my tablet is spec'd for)? Is this the same for tilt (i.e. does tilt go from 0 to 1, incremented by 1/60, or w/e my tilt sensitivity is?).
I ask because I'm trying to get a better sense of the relative scales/magnitudes of the functions will relate to the inputs. I.e. if I use the multiply block to multiply 2 by pressure, what numbers am I really multiplying and how does it interpret it for modifying a pressure sensitive color option? Assuming it's scaled, would multiplying by two have the effect that the output would a ramp from 0-1 then for pressures from 0-0.5, and then "ceiling" of 1 for pressures 0.5-1?
Alternatively, if you have documentation math-inclined users, and I just couldn't find it, that'd be cool with me.


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Radcliffe, Shaw, Smith Win Theater Awards
Feb 22, 2008
Congratulations are in order tonight for several members of the Harry Potter films for their work on the British stage. The annual Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award winners have now been announced, with actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) winning the "London Newcomer of the Year" for his performance in the play Equus. Equus was also named "Best Play -Revival" and the "AKA Theatre Event of the Year," which involved Dan Radcliffe's publicity photos for the play.
UPDATEThanks to Julie who let us know Dan remarked on learning of his win for these awards: "I'm truly delighted to have won this prestigious award and thank you so much to everyone at Whatsonstage.com for voting for me. Equus is a tremendous and thought-provoking play, and I'm so proud and honoured to have been a part of this incredible production. Thank you to Peter Shaffer, Thea Sharrock, Richard Griffiths, David Pugh, Dafydd Rogers and Barbara Houseman for having faith in me ' playing the role of Alan Strang will remain one of the greatest experiences of my life."
In other awards, Dame Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) took top acting honors as Best Actress in a Play for her work in "The Lady from Dubuque" at the Theatre Royal Haymarket," and Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia) won the "Best Solo Performance" award for her performance in "Happy Days" at the NT Lyttelton. The Whatsonstage awards will be presented at the Lyric theater in London, England this Sunday, February 24. Congratulations!


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Giles Price
Giles Price is a photographer based in London. His work is primarily portrait based, tending toward a graphic, straight up style and utilising a self developed system of lighting in camera rather than extensive post-production. Price's work has appeared in publications including the Telegraph Magazine, Independent On Sunday magazine, Guardian Weekend Magazine and Big magazine. He recently collaborated with stylist Simon Foxton on fashion editorial for i-D magazine and his ongoing interests in youth and style can be seen in several bodies of work including 444 SQN, Teen Tribes for Future Laboratories, and Bengali Barnets also for i-D magazine. He has shot and published a portfolio of major religious leaders in the UK and is currently completing a group of important scientists and thinkers. His portraits of First World War veterans (2004) and Johnson Beharry VC (2007) are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Nov. 16, 2004
After finishing the season tied for second in the league, the Yale men's soccer team had five players named to All-Ivy League teams. Seniors Andrew Dealy and Ryan Raybould were named first team All-Ivy while junior Jon Skalecki was named to the second team. Senior Lindsey Williams along with sophomore Alex Munns received honorable mention nods.
Dealy, a unanimous first team selection, finished his senior season second on the team in scoring with 15 points (6 goals, 3 assists). Two of his goals came in Yale's 4-2 victory against Princeton on November 13, for which he was named Ivy League Player of the Week. His 56 career points are the sixth best in Yale's history. He was also named this year to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team.
Raybould, the Yale captain, started all 17 games this year and was named to the first team. As a midfielder, he has notched three assists this season, two of which were on game-winning goals. He was also named to the All-Tournament Team at the Brown Classic. Last fall, he was named honorable mention All-Ivy and was again named to the All-Tournament team at the Brown Classic.
Skalecki, a second team All-Ivy selection, started all 17 games this year on defense and had one assist. It is the second consecutive year he has started every game after missing all of 2002 due to a knee injury.
Williams, who was named honorable mention, finished fourth on the team this year in scoring with 10 points (3 goals, 4 assists). One of his goals was the game-winner in Yale's 1-0 shutout of then 14th-ranked Penn on October 23. In addition, he was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Yale, Brown and Tulsa Tournaments. Last year, he was named honorable mention All-Ivy after finishing fourth on the team in goals with three and points with 7.
Munns, Yale's second honorable mention selection, appeared in 17 games this season and led the Bulldogs in scoring with 17 points (7 goals, 3 assists). Two of his goals were game-winners and he had a hat trick against Sacred Heart on October 20. He finished third on the team in goals as a freshman with four.


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President Barack Obama sent U.S. Special Operations Forces to Syria earlier this year in an attempt to rescue multiple American hostages held captive by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL), including American journalist James Foley, who was later brutally murdered by the extremist group.
The operation was unsuccessful, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said, because the hostages were not being held at the location where U.S. forces were dispatched.
"The United States attempted a rescue operation recently to free a number of American hostages held in Syria by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. This operation involved air and ground components and was focused on a particular captor network within ISIL. Unfortunately, the mission was not successful because the hostages were not present at the targeted location," Kirby said.
U.S. officials told the Associated Press and other publications that several dozen U.S. troops participated in the operation in eastern Syria. One U.S. soldier was injured while a "number" of ISIS militants were killed, according to the AP.
Officials did not say precisely when the mission took place. Lisa Monaco, the assistant to the president on Homeland Security and counterterrorism operations, would not reveal details of the mission, citing a need to "protect our military's operational capabilities."
The White House intended to keep the operation secret but went public with limited details after "it was clear a number of media outlets were preparing to report" on it.
"We never intended to disclose this operation. An overriding concern for the safety of the hostages and for operational security made it imperative that we preserve as much secrecy as possible," said Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the White House's National Security Council.
"We only went public today when it was clear a number of media outlets were preparing to report on the operation and that we would have no choice but to acknowledge it."
What is known of the operation is that, as in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, modified Black Hawk helicopters flown by the elite 160th Special Operations Air Regiment (SOAR) were used, and the team was made up of a "joint force with virtually every service represented," according to an official speaking to The Washington Post.
While the team failed to rescue hostages, troops did seize "unspecified materials" — most likely intelligence documents — from the militants, according to The Post.
"The U.S. Government had what we believed was sufficient intelligence, and when the opportunity presented itself, the President authorized the Department of Defense to move aggressively to recover our citizens. Unfortunately, that mission was ultimately not successful because the hostages were not present," Monaco said.
"Given the need to protect our military's operational capabilities, we will not be able to reveal the details of this operation. But the President could not be prouder of the U.S. forces who carried out this mission and the dedicated intelligence and diplomatic professionals who supported their efforts. Their effort should serve as another signal to those who would do us harm that the United States will not tolerate the abduction of our people and will spare no effort to secure the safety of our citizens and to hold their captors accountable."
This was not the first time the U.S. military had conducted a raid inside Syria. U.S. Special operations forces conducted a cross-border raid in 2008, killing an Iraqi believed to be helping smuggle weapons, cash, and fighters from Syria into Iraq, according to The New York Times.
ISIS militants seized four additional foreigners in Syria recently, bringing the total number the group is holding to approximately 20, The Guardian reported. The hostages are believed to be held in Raqqa, a town in northern Syria with a heavy ISIS presence.


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The purpose of the Kansas Automobile Injury Reparations Act (KAIRA) is to make personal injury protection insurance mandatory by requiring that every owner of a motor vehicle obtain first party coverage for personal injury protection (PIP) benefits payable by his or her own insurance company. In this regard, a person injured while occupying a motor vehicle owned and insured by someone else is not entitled to recover any PIP benefits if he or she owns a motor vehicle with respect to which a liability insurance policy is required by the KAIRA.
Appeal from Wyandotte District Court; DANIEL A. DUNCAN, judge. Opinion filed May 4, 2001. Affirmed.
Donald W. Vasos and David A. Hoffman, of Vasos Law Offices, of Fairway, for appellant.
J. Donald Lysaught, Jr., of Mustain, Higgins, Kolich, Lysaught & Tomasic, Chartered, of Kansas City, for appellee.
Before RULON, C.J., KNUDSON, J., and WAHL, S.J.
RULON, C.J.: Plaintiff Vanessa Simental Hernandez appeals the decision of the district court denying her personal injury protection survivor's benefits. We affirm.
On May 24, 1997, Theodoro Hernandez died from injuries sustained in a vehicle collision in Colorado. At the time of the collision he was driving a Nissan Maxima owned by Sandra Simental. Theodoro and Sandra were not married, but they lived together in Kansas and had a child, Vanessa Simental Hernandez, born March 15, 1997. Sandra had insured the car with Guaranty National Insurance Company (Guaranty).
Plaintiff filed a petition against Guaranty seeking personal injury protection (PIP) benefits in the form of survivor's benefits, essential services, and funeral expenses. After a bench trial, the district court awarded appellant $10,800 in survivor's benefits. In doing so, the court said plaintiff was a survivor as defined in K.S.A. 40-3103(x), entitling her to survivor's benefits under K.S.A. 40-3107(f). Guaranty filed a motion to reconsider, arguing the court relied upon inapplicable provisions of the KAIRA and that Theodoro owned an automobile, for which the KAIRA required an insurance policy. The court agreed with Guaranty and voided its prior judgment that awarded plaintiff PIP benefits.
This issue requires statutory interpretation of the KAIRA, which is a question of law giving this court unlimited review. Morris v. American Standard Ins. Co., 26 Kan. App. 2d 933, 935, 996 P.2d 349, rev. denied 269 Kan. 933 (2000).
"'The purpose of the Kansas automobile injury reparations act [KAIRA] is to make personal injury protection insurance mandatory by requiring every owner of a motor vehicle obtain first party coverage for personal injury protection benefits payable by his own insurance company.'" Dreiling v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 227 Kan. 851, Syl. ¶ 1, 610 P.2d 611 (1980). In this regard, a person injured while occupying a motor vehicle owned and insured by someone else is not entitled to recover any PIP benefits if he or she owns a motor vehicle, with respect to which a liability insurance policy is required by the KAIRA. K.S.A. 40-3109(a)(3). See also Dreiling, 227 Kan. at 855-56 (denying PIP benefits to plaintiff because he owned a vehicle for which he was required, but had failed, to maintain an insurance policy). In compliance with this provision, Guaranty's insurance policy specifically excluded such persons from coverage.
Plaintiff concedes that Theodoro would not have been entitled to PIP benefits had he lived because, at the time of the accident, he owned a vehicle that was not insured. See 227 Kan. at 855-56. Furthermore, Theodoro would have been prevented under both the KAIRA and Guaranty's policy from recovering PIP benefits because the accident occurred in Colorado, not in Kansas. See K.S.A. 40-3109(a)(3) (limiting an insurer's duty to pay PIP benefits to persons other than the owner for injuries sustained only in this state).
Despite Theodoro's lack of an entitlement to PIP benefits, plaintiff claims she is entitled to recover survivor's benefits. Plaintiff bases her argument on the fact that she did not own a motor vehicle at the time of the accident. According to plaintiff, because she is a relative of and resides with the owner of the car (Sandra), plaintiff should be covered under Sandra's insurance. This argument has no legal merit.
Clearly, because Theodoro would not be entitled to any PIP benefits had he survived the accident, plaintiff is not entitled to survivor's benefits as a result of Theodoro's death.


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Utah County Surveyor
Gary Ratcliffe
Welcome to the Utah County Surveyor's Office. The history of the Surveyor's Office in Utah County can be traced back to 1898. Eleven people have held the office since then. The County Surveyor carries out duties related to various statutory mandates and functions. Click here to learn more about what the County Surveyor does.
As you navigate through the various sources and links on our website, we welcome your comments and suggestions to improve this site.
Thank you,
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"Bernie Gilmore has a unique voice in Canadian music that should be heard by all. The characters and stories that come alive in his songs reflect our heritage and culture in an entertaining way. With his rich baritone voice and his strong guitar work, his shows are not to be missed" - James Gordon
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So at Wal-Mart today I came across the endless supply of Vader carrying cases with the Clone and Anakin. But all of the Clones were the SA version from Clone Wars and the EE Exclusive set. It wasn't in just one, it was in ALL of the cases. All of the pics and reports about them show the #6 Clone. Is this a variation? Has anyone else seen these?
No sir. Clone number 6 in all of mine at Wal*Mart.Kevin
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Next week at Superpark 17, SNOWBOARDER Magazine is giving you access to the action at Mt. Bachelor in raw, live format. Superpark 17: The Webcast presented by Woodward will provide a candid and never-before-seen peek at the best riders on the gnarliest features. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday May 7-9 at 1:30pm – 4:30pm PST, tune into www.snowboardermag.com as hosts T. Bird and Preston Strout let you in on what goes on, as well as talk to special guests.
If you can't watch live, check back on the website each night, as we will be releasing the full replay of each day's webcasts, so you don't miss a thing.
As always, follow @snowboardermag and #Superpark17 for up to the minute leaks from the event all week.


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New ministry reaching Bangor's homeless and most hopeless with the name of Jesus
There is power in the name of Jesus. The power to overcome fear. The power to break the chains of addiction. The power to change lives in an instant. The power to teach people love, when they have never experienced true love of their own.
With genuine faith in this life-changing power we have the mission of a new ministry in our area called City Reach Bangor. Pastor Bobby Bledsoe — a New Jersey native who moved to Maine to attend Faith School of Theology in Charleston, Maine — felt called to stay in this area and serve the 'least of these' in our city, and is doing so with this new ministry.


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Mid-January Container Shipment Announcements
To view December's Container Shipment Announcements, click here.
To view December's Container Shipment Announcements, click here.
At MedShare, we care deeply about not only meeting our recipients' need for supplies and equipment in the short-term, but also – and more importantly – about strengthening and sustaining healthcare systems worldwide.
To this end, we're pleased to announce our commitment to strengthen healthcare systems in a network of 12 hospitals in Bangladesh in collaboration with The International Center for Diarrheal Disease and Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), the Ministry of Health of Bangladesh and Americares. Announced at this year's Clinton Global Initiative, the commitment will lead to the distribution of nearly $8 million worth of donated medicines and supplies and will establish best practice guidelines for patient care and treatment. Over three-years, this project will provide direct benefit to more than 5 million people, the vast majority of whom subsist on less than $2 per day.
Although Bangladesh's economy has grown at 5% or more the past 15 years, it remains one of the poorest countries in the world. The 12 hospitals included in thie commitment each have 200+ beds and are located throughout Bangladesh in a mix of rural and urban settings. MedShare's contribution to the commitment will include 7 ocean containers of medical supplies and equipment.
In celebration of the occasion, MedShare was honored to participate in a special dinner in New York during the Clinton Global Initiative hosted by icddr,b, who is the coordinating NGO for the project. icddr,b translates knowledge from research into policy using strategic health programs. This allows basic research to rapidly influence policy applications and action if the evidence supports meaningful public health benefit. Research priorities at icddr,b are cross cutting, such as to child health, infectious diseases & vaccine sciences, reproductive health, nutrition, population, HIV/AIDS & safe water.
Representing MedShare at the event were Meridith Rentz, CEO & President, A.B. Short, Senior Advisor to the CEO, Sandy Tytel, Chair of MedShare's New York Regional Council, David Pass, Chief Advancement Officer, and Angie Fife Engelberger and Ralph Engelberger. Angie is a member of MedShare's Southeast Regional Council and her company, Project Development Services, Inc. (PDSI), sponsored MedShare's first container of medical supplies and equipment for the project in celebration of their 10th Anniversary. PDSI is a privately-held hotel development and renovation company that specializes in hotel project management.
Projects like this and our relationships with The Atlantic Philanthropies and CURE International demonstrate how MedShare is working within the World Health Organization'sframework for action to improve healthcare systems. WHO identified six building blocks necessary to improve health systems, one of which is access to medical products and technologies. By sending MedShare supplies and equipment to projects where other partners are in place to provide human capital, clinical expertise, physical infrastructure, and pharmaceutical product, we are contributing to a more sustainable system that has the potential to make a long-term, measurable impact that we can then report back to you, our stakeholders, without whom MedShare's mission would not be possible.
This story is an excerpt from our October e-newsletter. For more – including a first-hand account of a Trustee's trip to NYC, a letter from our CEO Meridith Rentz, and how to get your family and friends involved – click here.


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The most powerful attack in Final Fantasy VII of Squares Final Fantasy series. Omnislash is the character Cloud Strife's final limit break, consisting of 14 repetitive critical slashes followed by a powerful leaping cleave.
Omnislash is the greatest attack in Final Fantasy VII.
by Omnislash March 30, 2003
Cloud's ultimate Limit Break. Cloud assaults his oppenent with a long series of powerful sword attacks (15 hits). This may be used against a single enemy or a group; either way, this is an extremely powerful attack. With the correct sword in hand, this attack can actually cause just as much, if not more, damage that the fabled "Knights of the Round" Materia.
Cloud killed Emerald WEAPON with Omnislash.
by Master Tonberry December 08, 2004
Cloud's Final Limit of Final Fantasy 7. Second only to Knights of the Round. In Final Fantasy Tactics they added a second Final Limit to Cloud called Cherry Blossom. A devastating 16 hit attack.
My friend got Omnislash on Disc 1. They have a guide at http://originalnintendo.net/blog/2008/12/omnislash-disc-1-clouds-final-limit-of.html
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by Omnislash March 30, 2003
A writer or work of slash fanfic that contains a multitude of pairings. Often used to refer to writers that will write any pairing, no matter how implausible, simply because it is slash and therefore good.
Derives from omni (all) and slash, the plethora of Final Fantasy 7 yaoi also likely playing a part.
Derives from omni (all) and slash, the plethora of Final Fantasy 7 yaoi also likely playing a part.
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April 2, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Isaac Taylor tallied five goals, including the game-winner, in MIT's 12-11 come-from-behind win over Wheaton College on Saturday. Andrew Rohan paced the Lyons with five points on four goals and an assist. The Engineers improve to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in the Pilgrim Lacrosse League while Wheaton falls to 2-4 on the year and 0-2 in conference play.
Rohan wasted no time getting Wheaton on the scoreboard by connecting on a feed from Richie Rasamny after eight seconds had elapsed. Taylor countered with an unassisted goal eight seconds later. Rohan returned the lead to the Lyons at the 11:24 mark. Once again, Taylor notched the equalizer, converting a pass from Patrick Bossi. A goal by Wheaton's Ellis Reavey was answered with a score from Tech's Scott Purchase. For the third time in the period, Rohan gave his squad the edge, completing a hat-trick by scoring on a pass from Larry Nussbaum. Rohan then set-up John Sharry, resulting in a 5-3 lead for the Lyons at the end of the period.
Taylor Jackson opened the scoring for Wheaton in the second stanza with an unassisted goal at 9:10. MIT's Taylor narrowed the deficit to two (6-4) over a minute later. The Lyons' Adam Cohen posted back-to-back goals, giving them their largest advantage of the game with 4:20 left in the half. The Engineers cut the margin back down to two during the next 1:06 on goals from Taylor and Carter Powers. Wheaton maintained its 8-6 lead through halftime.
In the third quarter, Clinton Cain brought Tech within one at 9:14. The game remained scoreless until the 1:32 mark when Jackson re-established Wheaton's two-goal cushion (9-7).
Once again, Cain struck first for MIT, scoring at 12:12 on a feed from Tyler Sorba. Powers tied the game with an unassisted goal less than three minutes later. The Lyons' Jackson ended the deadlock with an unassisted goal of his own at 3:37. Jonathan Stolmeier responded with back-to-back goals, resulting in the Engineers' first lead of the game (11-10) with 2:06 left to play. Wheaton continued to attack with Rohan connecting on a pass from Jackson at 1:39. Just like in the first period, Tech's Taylor answered with the game-winning goal 15 seconds later.
In the net, Zach Brewer collected 18 saves for MIT while Nick Jones finished with 11 for Wheaton.
The next game for MIT will be on Saturday, April 9 when it travels to Pilgrim Lacrosse League foe Massachusetts Maritime Academy.