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First Good Morning America. Then the Super Bowl. Now the Grammys.
Newtown children will sing a live spot for the Grammy awards from Connecticut alongside American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, Newtown Music Project director Sabrina Post told USA Today. Proceeds will go to the Newtown Youth Academy
Seacrest will conduct a live interview with children, and a pre-recorded performance of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" will be broadcast out to audiences watching the Grammys around the globe. Co-producer Tim Hayes told Broadway World the 21-member choir would also perform Carly Rae Jepsen's 2012 pop hit "Call Me Maybe," to be broadcast live.
Newtown children's singing voices have been heard far and wide across America lately. The group of children singing at the Grammys previously performed "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" for Good Morning America with singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and members of the Talking Heads. Another group, the Sandy Hook Elementary Chorus led by Maryrose Kristopik, took the field in the Super Bowl's pre-show, singing "America the Beautiful" with Jennifer Hudson just before the National Anthem.
The Grammy Awards will air at 8 p.m. EST, Sunday, Feb. 10, on CBS.


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Macomb County officials unveiled a Blue Economy Strategic Development Plan Friday for Lake St. Clair and the Clinton River.
The plan, drafted by a committee that included local, county and regional representatives, included a wide range of proposals from increased access to the waterfront to increased ecosystem restoration.
"The plan is a means of providing a clear understanding of the many different aspects of the blue economy here in this county," said Hackel, citing the miles of streams, rivers and lakefront in the county as location for business development, recreation opportunities and environmental preservation.
"Macomb County is very well suited to build upon the extensive and the unique water assets that are familiar to the residents and visitors of our county," he added.
For nearly six months, the advisory council composed of elected and appointed officials, business leaders and members of water quality boards from the tri-county region composed the Blue Economy Strategic Development Plan.
The plan, discussed at a press conference at MacRay Harbor in Harrison Township, includes a variety of projects that are in various stages of planning.
These proposed projects include fishing tournaments on Lake St. Clair, a possible minor league ballpark in Utica, a botanical garden next to the Mall at Partridge Creek and expanded parkland along the waterfront in New Baltimore.
County officials said they would look at a variety options to fund these and nearly 45 other possible projects throughout the county including bonding and collaborate on grants.
Ken DeBeaussaert, chairman of the committee, said discussions will be on-going about the plan.
"Water does bring people together," said DeBeaussaert, the former director of the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes. "It unites people in away a lot issues don't."

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Carshalton Athletic captain Lewis Taylor is calling on football fans to support him as he trains for the biggest race of his life.
Not content with working a full-time job and playing for Carshalton Athletic, the energetic midfielder is further testing his stamina levels by taking on the London Marathon this year – and its all in memory of his late mother.
He said: "My mum passed away after a sudden heart attack last year so I've decided to honour her by running the marathon.
"I'm doing it alongside a friend and any money I raise will be split between the Heart Foundation and global charity International Needs."
Taylor's training routine began in earnest a while back and, over and above finishing the gruelling 26.2 mile course through the capital, he and his running partner have a couple of goals in mind.
"We are aiming to complete it in under four hours but, even if we don't achieve that, we want to at least run the whole distance – not get into a stop-start scenario," Taylor added.
"I'm down the gym every day after work, plus we've recently hit the streets to get used to varying terrain.
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---- — MILWAUKEE — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's statistical arm will restore some agricultural reports it had suspended because of automatic federal budget cuts after farmers and others in the dairy industry said the information was crucial to their business.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service keeps tabs on a wide range of agricultural industries that generate billions of dollars for the U.S. economy, and its reports influence the price and supply of many products that end up on dinner plates. Farmers use the reports to decide how much to produce, and food processors and traders look to them to determine when to buy and sell.
The agency said last month that it would suspend reports covering at least 10 agricultural products — ranging from chickpeas to cattle — because of $85 billion in across-the-board federal spending cuts going into effect. It now says it will provide milk production reports for the dairy industry, but other reports will not be restored.
The milk production estimates are used to set prices. NASS had planned to suspend monthly reports running through September, along with an annual one due April 25. But the agency has backtracked, saying it would provide the monthly and annual reports as previously scheduled.
However, the reports will use limited data.
Chris Galen, spokesman for the National Milk Producers Federation, said his organization and the 30,000 dairy farmers it represents appreciate the fact that NASS found a way to provide some monthly information on milk production.
"What everyone in the industry is wondering is how accurate it will be?" he said.
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February 21, 2013
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Mary Jane (Drabczyk) Belin Mitravich, age 66, entered into heavenly rest on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. A lifelong resident of Niagara Falls, NY. Born on February 16, 1947, the daughter of the late Stephen "Rusty" and Anna (Gadacz) Drabczyk.
Mrs. Mitravich attended local schools, including Trott Vocational and graduated from Niagara Falls High School. She also attended Cornell University where she received her degree in Food Processing and was the owner and operator of Pete's Peppers from 1990 to 2002, which were well-known throughout local taverns and restaurants. She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mary Jane further enjoyed cooking, working on her computer, playing bingo, basket making and raising her two dogs, Neechi and Nico. In addition, she was an avid Bills fan. She was predeceased by her husband of twenty years, Robert E. Belin, with whom she had three children.
She is survived by her husband of twenty-four years, Peter A. Mitravich, Jr. of Niagara Falls, NY; her daughters, Madeline B. Coffman and Tara L. Belin; and son, Stephen M. Belin, all of Niagara Falls, NY; her grandchildren, Bobbiejo, Johnny and Cody Coffman of Niagara Falls, NY, and Brittany Belin Cole of Alden, NY; and several great-grandchildren. Mary Jane is also step-mother to Chrissy Belin Hosey, Annette Belin and Michael, Amy, Rachel Mitravich and Pam (Michael) Maurer. Special niece, Shelley Spillman and great-grandson, Michael Stone, Jr. She is survived by several nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, cousins, step-grandchildren; and her dearest friends, Roxanne Morgan and Cheryl (Doug) Wagner/Proctor. Besides her parents and first husband, Mary Jane was predeceased by her sisters, Bernice Carlino, Delores Bernat; and brother, Ronald Drabczyk.
Friends may call on Sunday, February 24th from 2-4 PM and 7-9 PM at ZAJAC FUNERAL HOME, INC., 319-24th St., corner Welch Ave., Niagara Falls, NY, where funeral services will begin at 10:00 AM on Monday, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 AM at Divine Mercy Parish, 24th and Niagara Sts., with Rev. Andrew Lauricella officiating. Burial following in St. Michael's Cemetery, Lewiston, NY. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the American Heart Association Hearts Gifts Processing Center, PO Box 3049, Syracuse, NY 13220-3049.
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By Ronnie Ellis
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Legislative leaders want to address the "leadership vacuum" created by the resignation of their staff director at a meeting of the Legislative Research Commission next week.
The LRC is governed by a group of 16 legislators representing both parties and both chambers of the General Assembly. The body is co-chaired by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. The commission's staff was headed by Robert "Bobby" Sherman for 14 years before he resigned last Friday.
Sherman's resignation came in the wake of a growing list of allegations of sexual harassment and other alleged inappropriate behavior by lawmakers toward LRC staff.
Friday, Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, Senate Minority Leader R.J. Palmer, D-Winchester, and House Minority Leader Jeff Hoover, R-Jamestown, signed a letter to the other 13 members of the commission requesting the group meet Wednesday to discuss two items related to Sherman's resignation.
"First, the resignation of Bobby Sherman on September 30, 2013, has left a leadership vacuum within the administrative staff," the letter states. It goes on to say there are four deputy directors but none has the authority to assume Sherman's duties.
Friday's letter from the three legislative leaders said Sherman "designated Robert Jenkins the administrator in charge." But that is temporary, the letter says, until the full commission can meet and take action.
The letter states the commission needs to "immediately begin to address the process to find a permanent successor to Mr. Sherman. This is a critical position and will not be easy to fill. The last time the organization conducted a search was in 1988."
Sherman, 61, took over after that search, beginning in 1999.
Stumbo did not sign the letter but later Friday issued a statement saying he agreed with the other three leaders' call for a meeting.
The meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in room 125 of the Capitol Annex.
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A dog's nose knows, and when it comes to finding missing people quickly, it's tops.
A trained and certified search and rescue dog can find a person more than 80 percent faster than an entire team of human searchers, something that could mean the difference between finding a missing person alive or dead.
A Fairview Heights man knows this, and discovered the only official canine search and rescue team in the region was based in St. Louis. He joined the St. Louis search and rescue team and decided that because there was none based in the metro-east, he would start his own nonprofit team dedicated to helping local agencies find missing people.
"Before I knew it, I was training a dog," said Ron Edwards, president of the all-volunteer group, SAR K9 Co-Op Inc. in Fairview Heights.
Edwards started the team to help federal, state, county and city emergency responders find people who are lost, trapped, incapacited or deceased, free of charge. Since he started it, the group has grown, but Edwards' dog, Rock, is the only certified search and rescue dog on the team so far. Rock, a 2 1/2-year-old black Labrador mixed breed, has achieved the highest level of certification for a search dog through the National Association for Search and Rescue.
"I'm not bragging, but he's fantastic," said Liz Edwards, Edwards' wife.
During a practice search of an 80-acre, heavily wooded property at night, Rock found the "missing" person in two minutes flat, Ron Edwards said. The same search might take a team of people all night to comb the woods, climbing up and down hills, trying to find a missing person.
"I lucked out and got a really, really good dog," he said, scratching behind the ears of the playful, eager dog.
The other team members either have dogs in training for certification or are support staff to help in the field with organizing a search. Some of the team are searching for the perfect dog to train and certify as a search and rescue dog. It takes a year, or longer, to certify a dog to find a person, said Edwards, who is a retired drafting technician.
Steve Cleveland of Caseyville, a firefighter for Fairview Heights and French Village, hopes to find his search and rescue dog soon so they can start training toward certification. Or rather, he's waiting for the perfect dog to find him.
"We're all about helping people in need," Cleveland said of the team. "I want to help out and lend my expertise and help them do good. My whole idea is the dog will find you, the dog will pick you. I'm shooting for a lab, or, maybe a German shepherd."
Cleveland has two dogs at home, but they are pets, not working dogs, he added.
Another member, Darrell Coons, of Belleville, works for the Alzheimer's Association and knows how crucial it is to find a missing Alzheimer's patient quickly.
"We're in this to get as many people back home alive as we can," he said. "Because when a person is missing, it is an emergency."
He added that 25 percent of Alzheimer's patients are found dead after being missing for 12 hours and that number jumps to more than half if they are missing for more than 24 hours. Finding them fast is the highest priority.
Edwards' wife, Liz Edwards, is certified to help organize a search and has been trained in the most effective ways to find a missing person as quickly as possible. She will train more volunteers as ground support people to help the canine teams search as effectively as possible. The team is on call-out status in 19 counties in Illinois and Missouri but the group wants more emergency agencies, such as police departments, fire departments and other emergency workers, to know they exist and are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to put the teams to work to find missing people.
Ron Edwards and Rock have assisted in 13 searches so far, and 11 of those searches were for Alzheimer's patients, Edwards said, something they expect to see more of as the population ages. Joe Bertie of O'Fallon is a member and husband and wife Steve Bolt and Lesa Bolt of Smithton are also members. Lisa Bolt is training her dog to become certified to search for cadavers. The Fairview Heights-based team is a "sister team" with the Canine Search and Rescue Association in St. Louis. The two groups train together and can call upon each other to help with searches if needed.
SAR K9 Co-op Inc. is looking for more volunteers to train and become certified to assist in search and rescue operations, both as handlers and as ground support people. They don't have to have a dog to volunteer to help. Volunteers should enjoy the outdoors, be physically able to handle being out in all kinds of conditions and want to help people, Liz Edwards said.
"Because if we have a search, it's probably going to be at 2 a.m. in a few inches of snow or in the rain," Ron Edwards said. "And, they should have a love for dogs, or love to work with dogs."
The team offers training to volunteers so they can become certified through the National Association for Search and Rescue and Ron Edwards will help volunteers find a suitable dog, if they are interested in training one to become a certified search and rescue animal. More information about the national search and rescue organization can be found at www.nasar.org.
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The city of Clinton is on the path of getting out of the white good disposal business after councilmen agreed Tuesday night that the city is unable to cover the program's cost.
Currently, the city sells a white good sticker to residents, with that sticker placed on the item to be disposed.
The cost of the sticker is set at $10 and is the actual cost the city pays to dispose of the item at the Clinton County Area Solid Waste Agency.
But while it appears the city is breaking even on each transport, that is not the case.
That's because the hourly rate for a city equipment operator is $29.67 in fiscal year 2014. Between having two employees pick up an appliance and drop it off with an assumed time frame of 30 minutes at the solid waste agency, city equipment use and the cost of fuel, the city would have to charge $48.67 per sticker in order to recoup the city's cost.
Clinton City Finance Director Jessica Kinser told the City Council at its Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday night that the city could either choose to raise the sticker price, or eliminate the service altogether.
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Florida State's Jameis Winston already has faced N.C. State once in his college career.
Winston, the Seminoles' starting quarterback against N.C. State in Saturday's game in Tallahassee, Fla., started all three games against the Wolfpack with FSU's baseball team during a series this past May in Raleigh.
In the first game, Winston, who started in right field, got three hits off Wolfpack ace Carlos Rodon. The other Seminoles only managed six more in eight innings.
Told after the game Winston was going to be FSU's next quarterback, Rodon said he was impressed with the freshman. Rodon, who was a sophomore, did strike out Winston once, but he wasn't too worried about bragging rights.
"He can have the hits, as long as I get the win," Rodon said that day.
Winston, who has become a Heisman Trophy front-runner, had more success against Rodon, one of the best pitchers in college baseball, than any other Wolfpack pitcher. After his three hits in the opener, Winston finished the series 4-for-11 with four singles and a run scored in three games. The Seminoles won the last two games of the series.
N.C. State baseball coach Elliott Avent said this week he remembered Winston's at-bats against Rodon, who struck out eight and gave up one run in eight innings.
"When Carlos gets going like that, he can make you look like you don't belong up there," Avent said. "But with Winston, he's a big, strong kid with raw ability, and he wasn't overmatched."
FSU baseball coach Mike Martin said Winston, who finished the season with a .235 batting average in 41 games and a 3.00 earned run average in 17 pitching appearances, only spends about seven weeks a year on baseball.
One main reason Winston chose FSU was because of the strength of the baseball program, but Martin said football is Winston's priority.
"I don't think anyone knows how good he can be as an everyday player," Martin said.
Winston was a 15th-round pick of the Texas Rangers in 2012 out of high school. Martin said there's no doubt he could have a future in baseball.
Martin coached Deion Sanders at FSU. Sanders, a Hall of Fame defensive back in the NFL, played parts of nine seasons in the major leagues.
"Primetime wasn't as good Jaboo is in college," said Martin, using the nicknames for Sanders and Winston.
Martin didn't know if Winston could pull off what Sanders did, and go pro in both sports, but he did say, "If anybody can do it, Jaboo can."
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RENO, NV - A Reno police officer is being hailed a hero, after talking a suicidal man down from a downtown casino Sunday night.
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SOUTH BOARDMAN — Dickie Joe Borgen, age 76, of South Boardman, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. He was born on Sept. 20, 1937, in Kalkaska, to the late Richard and Minnie (Ludlow) Borgen.
He served his country as member of the United States Army as a combat engineer in Germany from 1961 to 1963.
Dickie Joe worked as a mechanic most of his life. He also worked at Corning Glass and in the lumbering industry.
He was a member of the New Horizon's Clubhouse, the Moose Lodge and Eagles Club in Albion, and the Evergreen Bible Baptist Church.
Dickie Joe is survived by his dear brothers and sisters, John Borgen, of Ontonagon, Goldie (Wilho) Aho, of Ontonagon, Rolene Holt, of California, Mary (Joe) Leu, of Mass City, Doyle (Barbara) Borgen, of Fife Lake, Charles (Carol) Borgen, of South Boardman, Kenny (Gloria) Borgen, of Kalkaska, Ursal (Marvin) Clay, of Fife Lake, and Josie (Ronald) Clay, of Fife Lake.
Funeral services will be today at 11 a.m. at the Evergreen Bible Baptist Church, with Pastor Wm. Kuiper officiating. A graveside service will follow at Lodi Cemetery.
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Sometimes theres only a sense of a heavenly connection a whish of passing angel wings that comfort or inspire. But once in a while there is an occasion where unseen hands protect at just the right time.
This is one of those unforgettable stories where a guardian angel intervened.
It had been a perfect day for a toddlers birthday party. The year was 1979. Three candles stood tall on the cake as grandparents and friends gathered to celebrate little Ryans special day.
Then with hugs all around, the little boys mom and dad whisked him into their shiny silver Ford pickup truck for the ride home. They planned to be through the Highway 129 serpentine turns that lead into Asotin, Wash., before nightfall.
All three shared the trucks bench seat, a time before child safety seats and seat belts were stressed or thought about much. Ryan sat closest to the passenger door, where he could peek out as the passing hillside sped by.
Ryan, sit close to your mom, Micah Smith of Richland remembers saying to his son as they began their decent down the windy road.
About a third of the way down the mountain, Micah steered a hard left on the tight switchback and then the unthinkable happened.
The passenger door opened, the centrifugal force sending it out wide on its hinges.
I can remember small details of that moment as though it happened yesterday, Micah says with a shudder. The whine of the truck tires as we rounded the corner the wind blowing through the cab and the speedometer needle on 35.
And in the rearview mirror, a car was right behind them.
As Micah lunged across his wife Nancys lap, his one hand on the steering wheel, his other fell short of Ryan as he tumbled out the door.
I cant explain what happened next, Micah recalls of the miracle he and his wife witnessed that day. Seconds passed, but instead of seeing our little boy roll and tumble onto the highway behind us, we saw him suspended in mid-air, outside of the pickup.
As the tires squealed, the door still flung open, Nancy slid to the edge of the seat, reached hard and grabbed their toddlers chubby arms, pulling him back into the truck.
It was only then that Ryans guardian angel let go.
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Is it possible to use just the definite article with the word "accent" at all times when talking about someone's English? I mean can we say "He speaks with the American accent"? Or do we have to use "a", rather?
By "accent" I mean the brand of English one has been speaking.
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I'd say no. I can rattle off at least a dozen regional accents in the US, so there is no single accent.
However, even if there were only one accent, I'd still use "a" to mean "an accent that is American."
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
There are many different American accents (accents which are used by American people), and many different English accents etc.
If you mean, for example, that someone says "sidewalk" instead of "pavement" then you simply say that they speak American English, not British English. Their accent is irrelevant.
No, use "a" or "an." Even if the accent is well defined and singular, you still do not say "the."
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
Would that be a sort of mistake to say "He speaks American English", meaning the person was born and bred in the US and does pronounce the r's, for instance?
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Re: Xenoblade
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June 09, 2012, 12:52:11 PM »
Quote from: Agent D. on June 09, 2012, 07:19:02 AM
Exploration is fine if I gain something from it, but to just see huge areas of ocean and cliffs I can't reach pisses me off.
Yeah but there's not many places where you *can't* reach in the game. When I got to Makna Forest, I thought "can you really go that far off and explore the waterfall?" You can! The game is huge!
Take the time to explore!
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June 09, 2012, 04:26:13 PM »
Quote from: Lard on June 09, 2012, 12:52:11 PM
Quote from: Agent D. on June 09, 2012, 07:19:02 AM
Exploration is fine if I gain something from it, but to just see huge areas of ocean and cliffs I can't reach pisses me off.
Yeah but there's not many places where you *can't* reach in the game. When I got to Makna Forest, I thought "can you really go that far off and explore the waterfall?" You can! The game is huge!
Take the time to explore!
Lol, I went to the secret spot in makna forest, right next to the waterfall that leads off the bionis....and leapt off it. Well, fell off, but yeah.
In alcamoth now, man that place is a huge space of boring so far. Leveled twice since I got there doing...you guessed it, fetch quests. Level 44 now, so overpowered.
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June 16, 2012, 02:32:58 AM »
I've managed to put in about 15 hours so far and still like the game. The gameplay reminds me a polished FFXII that is much more enjoyable. The story seems standard JRPG but I think it is going to start to pick up. I like the fact that I don't have to hunt down (no pun intended) a person after I have finished a quest for them. The results are immediate. Up to this point in my game, I am very pleased.
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June 16, 2012, 08:12:56 PM »
i dont give a rats ass about exploration just means more opportunity for me to get lost. so is the combat fun?
Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
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June 17, 2012, 06:08:58 AM »
Quote from: Alisha on June 16, 2012, 08:12:56 PM
i dont give a rats ass about exploration just means more opportunity for me to get lost. so is the combat fun?
Getting lost isn't that big of a problem in this game thanks to the waypoint system where you just open up the map, select the waypoint you've been to closest to your destination that you want to go to, and there you are easy peasie.
As for combat, imagine FFXII's combat but without all the annoying and ass that plagued FFXII's combat. You don't transition to an boxed off battle arena whenever you get into a fight, you don't have to fumble about with menus during fights, instead you have an action pallet where you a bunch of skills and spells are located, although there aren't any items, using spells and skills only cost cooldown time save for your main ability which requires charging up through combat, enemies have helpful indicators over their heads that tell you how badly they'll kick your shit in as well as if they're going to chase after you or whether they'll assemble into a swarm and rush your sorry ass, there's no need for a basic understanding of programming, treasure is regulated to enemies, quests rewards, and trading, while maps contain shinnies that can be collected for more prizes or for trading, all equipment shows up on your character model instead of just weapons, non-basic attack abilities can't be tied down by enemies abusing the game's query system, you can perform combo attacks once you've charged up enough meter for it which involves cycling through party members and using skills and spells of the same color, and if you're not feeling up to fighting or you want to get the hell out of dodge then you'll be pleased to know that running away in this game actually works versus FFs XII or XIII-2.
The tl;dr is that this game has somewhere between serviceable and fun combat which is a far cry above any other game that uses a similar combat system. And with that said, and call this a hunch, but for some reason I suspect that you will not like this game. But I'll have to play deeper to know for sure.
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Re: Xenoblade
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June 17, 2012, 06:57:27 AM »
well i did like ffxii's combat since i played it while on hiatis from ffxi so it felt familliar. i just didnt like the lack of a decent class system.
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December 01, 2012, 03:57:47 AM »
I stopped playing for some unknown reason and I can't get motivated to start back up.
It's fun, yet the quests can be tedious. I'm thinking that's the reason I stopped playing? hmmmm
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December 01, 2012, 08:06:21 AM »
Quote from: pseudonym on December 01, 2012, 03:57:47 AM
I stopped playing for some unknown reason and I can't get motivated to start back up.
It's fun, yet the quests can be tedious. I'm thinking that's the reason I stopped playing? hmmmm
The quests stop being so bad after you get past the Frontier Village/Alcamoth combo where the game stops dumping hundreds of quests onto your lap. Also you basically have literally nothing to worry about in terms of timing out quests for Alcamoth until like the final quarter of the game.
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I just finished Xenoblade and at the same time I am making my first post on RPGFan. I'll try to make it a good one. I clocked in at 110 hours and all in all I loved the game.
The world that Monolith Soft made is huge and incredible. There are a few points in the game where the views that you can take in are astonishing. It isn't just that the view is incredible so much as you can GO to what you can see. You aren't protected, you can go find enemies that will destroy you. It was fun making those types of mistakes. There aren't a lot of invisible walls in this game which was refreshing. The world of Mechonis was pretty boring for me compared to what Bionis had to offer but it was a relatively small amount of the game.
The character models are pretty bad, especially if you have an Xbox or PS3. On top of that, some of the outfits are awful, but I guess that comes with the territory in a JRPG. I found myself relieved when certain female characters found a new piece of armor so they could stop looking like a seven year olds fantasy.
I enjoyed the story quite a bit, there are events that happen in the beginning of the game that do a really good job in giving Shulk a purpose. He isn't just an empty shell, things happen to him that make him fight back. Shulk was a good protagonist that was well relatable. I hated Riki. I hate the silly characters like that are thrown into games. He's like the Jar Jar Binks of Xenoblade and I wish developers would stop creating this type of character. It bugged me that the game spent a decent amount of time letting you know that there was a love triangle going on with Shulk, Melia and Seven, but really didn't do anything with it. It just existed, but had no conclusion. Disappointing. The twists in the story were fun, pretty predictable but I enjoyed the story that Monolith wanted to tell.
I don't play MMO's, but I have read that the combat is similar to MMO's in a lot of ways. I thought it was fun. I started to get bored of Shulk, but then I wanted to raise the affinity of all the other party members so I switched it up for the last half of the game. That kept the combat somewhat fresh in that I had to learn the different strategies involved with each character. There are a TON of side quests and I did the vast majority of them. I beat the game at a lvl 80 so there are plenty of end game quests that I will get to in my free time. The problem with the side quests is that they are so generic. I appreciate that for a lot of the quests you don't have to run back to town, but they just didn't have any sort of impact to draw me in. I still did them, but they just weren't exciting. If you wanted storytelling you had to go to the main storyline. That in my opinion is a lost opportunity.
A lot of my impressions make it look like I didn't like the game, that's not true at all. I think we can all agree that the game is incredible, I wouldn't have spent 110 hours playing it if it wasn't. I wrote this pretty quickly so I apologize if it jumps around a bit. I just wanted to get what I was thinking on paper.
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Re: Xenoblade
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January 28, 2013, 03:38:48 PM »
I really want to buy this, but I don't have a Wii and it's starting to get really expensive - £45-50 on ebay (>$70), which is about double what I pay for new PC games, and it's not available new anywhere. Is it worth picking up now to play at some point in the future, before the prices reach insane Suikoden II levels?
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January 28, 2013, 04:43:45 PM »
Yes. Nintendo doesn't have the best track record for budget re-releases, especially considering the Wii is dead in their eyes.
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Hammad Memon was 14 when he shot and killed a classmate at Discovery Middle School in Madison in 2010.
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A memorial service for JoAn Luther, 83, of Indianapolis, former resident of Jeffersonville, will be at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at Zion Evangelical Church, Indianapolis. She died suddenly on Dec. 28, 2012.
She was born in Tippecanoe County on July 29, 1929. She graduated from Klondike School in 1947, worked as a champion typist in Lafayette, and married her husband of 48 years, the late H. Daniel "Dan" Luther on Sept. 20, 1952. After Dan completed a civil engineering degree at Purdue, the Luther family moved to Jeffersonville. They were members of the Faith Lutheran Church and were involved in many community organizations. She was a highly talented artist and musician. Her oil paintings are broadly displayed across many states. Her professional piano playing remained in high demand, even into this last Christmas Eve, at Santorini's Restaurant. She conducted, sang in, and toured the U.S. with multiple choirs for several decades. Her knitting skills won many blue ribbons in the Indiana and Kentucky State Fairs.
Survivors include siblings, Robert Haderle and his wife, Mary Lou, Caroline Wright and her husband, Gordon, and Nancy Vonic; children, Mark Luther and his wife, Kathleen, Paul Luther and his wife, Anh, Ann (Ron Jackson) Luther and N. Beth Line and her husband, Jeff; grandchildren, Neal, Tilly, and Alex Luther; Danielle, Derrick and his wife, Sarah, Jenny, and Dan Luther, and Ashley Trowbridge and her husband, Chris, and Lacey Duncan; and great-grandchild, Chloe Trost; and many nieces, nephews, and friends.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, at Zion Evangelical Church, 603 North New Jersey St., Indianapolis.
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U-T San Diego reported that the woman, a staff sergeant whose name is being withheld, entered the pleas Monday. If convicted, she faces up to a year in jail and a dishonorable discharge.
The woman and another staff sergeant had sex in a hotel room last year after several hours of drinking. She is charged with falsely claiming that she was too drunk to consent to sex.
Her husband of 17 years reported the alleged adultery.
The Marine who had sex with the woman testified Monday that he didn't know she was married and that she never appeared too intoxicated to give her consent.


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Alright then capitals are important, but what can they all do? So, I'm starting a list of references in the comic for the powers they have mentioned. If anyone has anything else they know, or speculation feel free to talk about it.
Alright then you need a capital for a barbarian to start a side.
When ruins are rebuilt a capital decides what they pop.
Units can be promoted to warlord in the capital.
I'll try to get the links when I have time, this is just what I recall. Also note, IMO I think that a lot of things we don't know if its a capital issue or a having one city issue.


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Armacell Armaflex pipe insulation tape was compared to original SDA foam seals and Mortite seals in three pairs of SDA CRS+ loudspeakers. Armaflex was compared to Mortite in SDA SRS 1.2TL's and SDA SRS's. Armaflex is composed of 1/8th inch thick by 2" wide elastomeric synthetic foam rubber. All SDA loudspeakers tested have tweeters, drivers and passive radiators secured with steel rings.
Figure 1. Mortite, original SDA foam seals and Armaflex pipe insulation tape.
Figure 2. Original SDA foam rubber gaskets that were replaced with Mortite. I usually keep original parts...just in case.
Results varied among the three types of SDA's. In the CRS+'s, there was no audible or tactile difference between speakers equipped with Armaflex or Mortite. Both Mortite and Armaflex outperformed the original seals in the areas of overall clarity, detail, bass articulation and tactile sensation. There was no change in spatial information.
Others have found the original seals/steel ring combination to sound superior to the Mortite/steel ring combination. Those reports can be read at these links:
Mortite, Rings and Gaskets
Jesse's Right About Mortite
Based on results from the CRS+ trials, original seals were not evaluated in the SRS's and 1.2TL's. In the SRS's, Armaflex provided more overall clarity, detail, bass articulation and tactile sensation. There was no change in spatial information.
In the 1.2TL's, Armaflex provided more overall clarity, detail, bass articulation, image weight and tactile sensation. There were improvements in spatial information ranging from subtle to substantial, depending on the recording.
Installation Procedure
I used a 1/2" wide chisel to scrape Mortite off the driver and passive radiator rims. For most of the tweeters, I could simply peel off the Mortite. I occasionally had to use a small flat blade screwdriver on some tweeters. If you decide to remove Mortite from your driver rims, take care not to hold the drivers by the magnet. You don't want to risk shifting the magnet assembly. I held my drivers by the basket spokes.
Figure 3. Mortite came off easily with a nice sharp chisel.
Figure 4. Mortited parts ready for stripping and application of Armaflex strips.
Marks 1/2" apart were made on the Amaflex's backing at regular intervals. Ink and pencil marks did not easily adhere to Armaflex's yellow wax paper backing, therefore a fine point ink pen was used to punch holes and then the pen and straight edge (24" drafting T-square and 48" carpenter's level) were used to scribe cutting guide lines. The tweeters' silk domes were protected while face down by placing the tweeters on a roll of electrical tape.
Figure 5. Completed Armaflex installation on CRS+ drivers, passive radiator and tweeter.
Audio Evaluations - Methodology
Listening evaluations were done with familiar, well-recorded CD's and SACD's. Detailed listening notes were taken and the placement and quality of sound images were marked on a chart. Measurements for frequency response, harmonic distortion and bass decay were taken with Dayton Audio OmniMic software running on a laptop computer. The OmniMic microphone was placed at the listening position at ear height. The home's central air conditioning units were turned off during listening and measurement sessions.
The color coded lines on the harmonic distortion plots represent the following:
Black - frequency response.
Dark blue - sum of 2nd-5th harmonics.
Red - 2nd harmonic.
Purple - 3rd harmonic.
Green - 4th harmonic.
Light blue - 5th harmonic.
You may find it easier to discern differences in the plots if you save them to your computer and flip through them. Reasonable targets for frequency response in residential music rooms are +/- 10 dB from 10 to 200 Hz and +/- 5 dB from 200 to 20 kHz.
Audio Evaluations - SDA CRS+
Figure 6. Two identical pairs of CRS+'s were evaluated in the home theater system.
The teak finished CRS+'s evaluated in the home theater system have been extensively modified as described here:
CRS+ (1989 Version) PCB, Xover and SDA Inductor Upgrade
Driver and Passive Radiator Rings for the CRS+
Figure 7. The SRS's were moved out of the room and each CRS+ was set up on a pair of Metal Technology TMT-30 30" stands.
One pair of CRS+'s was marked with blue tape and designated the "control" pair. It had Mortite seals throughout the trials. The other pair was "variable" and had its seals changed from Mortite to original foam to Armaflex.
I could discern no audible or tactile differences between the Mortited control CRS+ and the Mortited variable CRS+, although there were minor differences in the frequency response and harmonic distortion plots.
Figure 8. Frequency response of control teak CRS+ pair with Mortite.
Figure 9. Frequency response of variable teak CRS+ pair with Mortite.
Figure 10. Harmonic distortion of control teak CRS+ pair with Mortite.
Figure 11. Harmonic distortion of variable teak CRS+ pair with Mortite.
Figures 12 through 15 show the frequency response and harmonic distortion plots for the variable teak CRS+'s with the original foam seals and with Armaflex seals. Installing the original seals resulted in diminished clarity and detail and blurred bass. For example, on Jakiem Joyner's "Stay with me tonight" track ("babySOUL" CD) The distinct locations, as well as the note articulations, of the electric bass and kick drum became blurred. The congas on the left became muted and their reverberant envelope was significantly diminished. The string overtones and decay of acoustic guitar notes at the center right were muted. The echoes of acoustic guitar notes coming from the left and right speaker were muted. Tactile sensation and image placement remained the same as with Mortite.
Replacing the original seals with Armaflex restored the "life" to the sound. I could discern no audible or tactile difference between the control CRS+'s with Mortite and the variable CRS+'s with Armaflex.
Figure 12. Frequency response of variable teak CRS+ pair with original foam seals.
Figure 13. Frequency response of variable teak CRS+ pair with Armaflex seals.
Figure 14. Harmonic distortion of variable teak CRS+ pair with original seals.
Figure 15. Harmonic distortion of variable teak CRS+ pair with Armaflex seals.
Audio Evaluations - SDA SRS (Signature Reference System)
The SRS's in my home theater system have bee extensively modified as described here:
Further Improvements to the SRS...
Figure 16. SRS's in home theater system.
In the SRS's, the Armaflex seals provided more overall clarity, detail, bass articulation and tactile sensation. There was no change in spatial information.
Figure 17. Frequency response of SRS's with Mortite seals.
Figure 18. Frequency response of SRS's with Armaflex seals.
Figure 19. Harmonic distortion of SRS's with Mortite seals.
Figure 20. Harmonic distortion of SRS's with Armaflex seals.


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Reviews by Spikester:
3.66/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Clear pale gold with one finger of white head that recedes rather quickly but leaves a good amount of lace.
Smells like saaz or noble hops earthy and slightly skunky. Light malts a some yeast.
Taste is hop forward with a crisp bitterness. Malts are true to the style. Just enough to smooth the flavors.
Mouthfeel is medium with adequete carbonation. Has a medium dry bitter finish.
Overall a decent if not stellar example of a Czech pilsner beer. Easy drinking and certainly a value brew. My bottle says brewed in San Jose not Monrovia.
Best before date 5/20/14 so it was pretty fresh.
Serving type: bottle
01-30-2014 06:46:25 | More by Spikester
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07-31-2014 04:05:11 | More by KyleSweetsema
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07-08-2014 21:39:28 | More by CED
New York
3.25/5 rDev -0.9%
07-05-2014 17:29:27 | More by ElijahRivera
3.66/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz brown bottle into a Samuel Adams Perfect Pint glass. Best by 10/22/14 stamped on back label. Purchased at Trader Joe's (Charlottesville, VA).
A: Crystal clear straw-gold with 2-finger stark white, frothy head with good retention and a nice strip of lacing at the top of the glass.
S: Crisp sulfur at the front followed by grainy, slightly sweet pilsner graininess and capped by a healthy dose of floral, spicy noble hops
T: Really good flavor, fairly sharply bitter, really pushing the limit for the style and quickly approaching German pilsener territory. All in all this beer is pretty high quality and a pretty clean lager with no major flaws. A little too sweet and grainy and not quite toasty enough in the malt component for a Bo/Czech pils but with a good noble hops character. Very enjoyable, especially for $5.99 a sixer.
M: Crisp and refreshing with light-medium body and a medium dry finish. Carbonation is high as you'd expect.
O: PLZNER is another high-quality, low-priced TJ beer that really delivers the value. A few little tweaks to decrease the sweetness and moderate the bitterness (which is too sharp and needs to be softer), and this would be an excellent example of the style.
Serving type: bottle
07-05-2014 02:18:43 | More by argock
New York
3.75/5 rDev +14.3%
07-01-2014 23:02:16 | More by monkeybeerbelly
3/5 rDev -8.5%
06-25-2014 02:57:31 | More by MidwestBA
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06-22-2014 22:20:15 | More by mojohawk21
3/5 rDev -8.5%
06-09-2014 01:28:58 | More by KevMo84
2.89/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
JosephsBrau Plznr has a thick, pureed-type off-white head, a clear, bubbly, golden appearance, and significant lacing left behind. The aroma is of sweet, biscuit grain and grassy hop oil. Taste is of those elements, with an even slightly citrus hop bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium and a touch chewy, and JosephsBrau Plznr finishes crisp, refreshing, and semi-dry.
Serving type: bottle
06-08-2014 13:08:46 | More by RonaldTheriot
3.56/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
First, I had a Josephsbrau's Plznr Czech Style Lager. On the back label they say it's "a celebration of noble hops."
Looks like a Pils. Deep golden yellow? Yep. Snow white head? Yep.
A decent amount of Pils malt aroma, sweet as usual, and a hint of Noble hops behind it. Not bad, so far.
Up front: Very sweet Pils here, and some bitter, too. The bitterness is definitely a Noble hop, a heavy bitterness that's not too bitter but still enough to feel it.
Mid: Again, more bitterness, pretty much a the same as before, with some grassiness, again, classical Noble hop flavor. Though y'all won't believe me, there's a decent amount of tartness/astringency here as well. Surprised? I'm not, since it's a nice part of a good Pils.
Back: Yet again, there's lots of Noble malt bitterness and the tart/astringent flavors. There's again lots of sweet Pils malt toasty, bread.
Aftertest: Less Pils malt sweetness here and almost only Noble hop bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Not bad, quite thick and chewy, yum, just like a German Pils.
Overall: I hate to say this, but this beer isn't at all a Czech Pils, not at all. It's not soft enough; it's too dry and well, too GERMAN Pils like. It's also not a bad German Pils, but it's not in any way a Czech style. So, is that bad marketing? Or just a complete misunderstanding of styles?
Now, as a German Pils, it's again not bad at all. It's got lots of Noble hop bitterness and the tartness I expect, but it's lacking enough Pils malt flavors to make it keep it from being a one note wonder. It's definitely a "a celebration of noble hops." Yet it's not much more than, though. On the back label on the bottle it says it's 32 IBUs, which is again what it tastes like, which is a now what most German Pils' are. Again, it's not bad, but not up to the standards of the beer I've been drinking from Franken and from other Bayernbiere. A 3.5 of 5.
Serving type: bottle
06-01-2014 04:41:42 | More by boddhitree
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06-01-2014 00:54:54 | More by JohnBender
3/5 rDev -8.5%
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4/5 rDev +22%
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3.25/5 rDev -0.9%
04-05-2014 00:31:04 | More by Matt2509
3/5 rDev -8.5%
03-25-2014 03:12:03 | More by Pog-Mo-Thoin
3.34/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Yellow with an ok head and lace.
Aroma and taste have grassy, dry hay, noble hops, a fair malt backbone. Body is fairly light, carbonation is a bit lower than expected. Finish is dry hay and grassy.
Overall it's refreshing enough, not TJ's best but drinkable.
Serving type: bottle
03-23-2014 06:41:04 | More by AlCaponeJunior
4.5/5 rDev +37.2%
03-16-2014 14:52:15 | More by Fettpopps
3.5/5 rDev +6.7%
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3.5/5 rDev +6.7%
03-01-2014 01:45:18 | More by tdm168
3.25/5 rDev -0.9%
02-11-2014 07:03:49 | More by Irrationalist
North Carolina
3.75/5 rDev +14.3%
02-03-2014 16:40:04 | More by Onenote81
New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev +6.7%
01-28-2014 02:51:37 | More by Johnny_Muir
4/5 rDev +22%
01-09-2014 04:18:36 | More by Guyute
3.93/5 rDev +19.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from a bottle into a pilsner glass.
Appearance: Pours darker than a lot of pilsners, with a dark gold/coppery hue and a fluffy 3 finger head.
Smell: Sweet, bready nose with a little bit of citrus acidity that'll tickle the nostril hair.
Taste: It fills out the mouth with a tingle of floral hops that quickly fades into a cracker-like maltiness, soon finishing out into what I can only describe as a orange juice like acidity combined with a light bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Again, quite similar to orange juice. It's not really the carbonation, but the sharpness from the acidity that takes over the mouth feel, but it still remains smooth going down with just a bit of a tickle at the back of the throat.
Overall: Sadly, I only had one at my disposal or I probably would have had 4 or 5. It's low enough in alcohol content to be a very sessionable beer, but doesn't overpower the palate to the point where you only want to have one or two. It's light, crisp, refreshing and has a perfect balance of flavors for this style. I'm really impressed.
Serving type: bottle
12-29-2013 16:59:38 | More by jawlessbody
Josephs Brau PLZNR Czech-Style Lager from Trader Joe's Brewing Company
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The Board of Trustees will consider a budget for 2012-13 which is dramatically smaller than the one for the school year that just ended.
This coming school year, the school district is expecting $323 million in revenues and $331 million in expenses. Compared to last year, total revenues are down 11.4 percent, while total expenses are down 13.4 percent.
The budget assumes voters reject the to help the state fill a budget gap of its own.
In January, Gov. Brown said if his temporary sales tax and income tax on those making more than $250,000 don't pass, school districts would have to cut the academic year short by three weeks.
That is just what CUSD is proposing in its agreements with its various unions.
In addition, the budget proposes to reduce non-teachers' salaries, freeze automatic salary increases for teachers and Teamster members and increase class size across all grade levels by 1.5 students per class.
Despite these cuts, the district will face a negative cash flow.
In a certification notice it must send to the Orange County Department of Education, the district answers the question, "Do cash flow projections show that the district will end the budget year with a negative cash balance in the general fund?" with a yes.
Last year, that question was answered with a no, but still the district did not make it through to the end of the school year without having to take and asking for the state .
Other features of the budget
It redirects – or in district parlance "sweeps" – $11 million targeted for specific programs into the general fund. , some of these moves may include the defunding of:
- Advanced Placement fee reimbursement
- PE teacher incentive grants
- Community-based English tutors
- Intensive instruction for students studying to take the California High School Exit Exam
- School counselor grants (for grades 7-12)
- Administrative training program
- Pupil retention block grants
In addition, many programs will be drastically reduced and offered on a "minimal basis," including:
- Almost all of the summer school budget
- $1.2 of the $1.6 million for deferred maintenance
- $226,441 of the $333,730 for GATE students
- Most—$2 million of the $2.8 million—for textbook repair, replacement
The budget also redirects $1.2 million in deferred maintenance to the general fund.
Expenditures in a super category called "books and supplies" will increase slightly, but actual purchases of new books will be down, 25 percent for textbooks and core curricula material and 98.5 percent in books and other reference materials.
The additional spending comes from a 24.6-percent increase in "materials and supplies." There's no notation explaining what these might be and why their price is going up.
While the required-by-law threshold of keeping 2 percent of the district's cash in reserves is maintained in the proposed budget, the actual number has decreased by 13.1 percent to reflect the overall smaller budget. Last year, the district had $7.6 million in reserves. This year, it will have $1 million less.
The trustees meet 7 p.m. Wednesday at the district headquarters, 33122 Valle Road in San Juan Capistrano.


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An 11-year-old spayed female Chesapeake Bay retriever was presented to the University of Pennsylvania's Dentistry and Oral
Surgery Service because of a mass on her tongue. The owners had noticed what they thought was a blister on the dog's tongue,
and the referring veterinarian had biopsied the mass. The histopathologic results were squamous cell carcinoma. The lymph
nodes were not enlarged, and three-view thoracic radiographs showed no evidence of metastasis.
Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common malignant tumor reported in dogs.1 It can occur anywhere, but it often affects the tonsils or tongue. Early surgical intervention is ideal but requires large
margins—up to 3 cm. Because the tumor was located on the middle or body of the tongue, it was thought that surgery was a viable
About 80 percent of the tongue was resected. An esophagostomy tube was placed to provide nutrition and medications postoperatively.
A fentanyl patch was placed on the dog's chest to provide analgesia. The incision site seeped periodically for several days,
but the patient was bright and alert and was sent home with antibiotics and detailed feeding instructions. She wore an Elizabethan
collar for two weeks after the surgery and continued to do well at home, eventually re-learning how to eat and drink water.
The owners had to make tiny meatballs and hold them at an incline so the dog could swallow them. It took several weeks, but
she learned how to suck up water instead of lapping it up with her tongue. The esophagostomy tube was removed after six weeks.
Patricia March is a technician at Animal Dental Center in Baltimore, Md., and the current president of the Academy of Veterinary Dental
Technicians (AVDT).
1. Withrow SJ, Vail D. Withrow and MacEwen's small animal clinical oncology, 4th ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders-Elsevier, 2007;455,457.
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Having started businesses myself I know how costly it can be to start up. That's why when I find a free entrepreneurial tool, I don't hesitate to pass it along to those working to launch their own businesses. The five resources below are my absolute favorite free tools for small business marketing and I don't even factor in the price when I make that judgment; some of these tools are so essential to my marketing strategies that, paid or not, I'd still recommend them!
The SBA had a great blogpost last week about free market research tools from the U.S federal government. Another free resource for industry statistics, national survey results and demographical data is the Pew Research Center. Their fact tank focuses on public opinion polling, media content analysis and social science research so it's a great place if you're looking for free, empirical data about what people think about certain topics (this can help you develop your "ideal customer"). Remember market research isn't only valuable to your marketing research, statistics and data are also vital to business plans and investment pitch decks.
Eventbrite is great if you're hosting any type of event. Last year, we hosted an entrepreneurial panel and we used Eventbrite to efficiently and easily sell tickets, keep track of our comprehensive guest list, market the event on social media, send out email invitations and by customizing an event page on Eventbrite we automatically had a link we could send to interested guests to check out before they signed up. This one is highly recommended!
There is such a thing as free PR (public relations). HARO works as a feed where reporters sign up their story ideas. If you've subscribed to HARO, you'll get a daily email of journalists looking for sources, interview subjects and examples for their media pieces. If you'd like more publicity and want a reporter to write about your business, sign up for HARO and be on the lookout for journalists interested in covering your industry.
Before you put your new product out into the market, you have to make sure whether or not it stands a chance to be profitable. The Porter's Five Forces Analysis is a powerful tool that can help you understand how strong your competitors are, how much influence buyers and material suppliers have on the future of your product, whether or not your product can be easily substituted by a competitor's offering and designation of any potential threats of competitors coming to your market space. This business jargon sounds very "marketing 101" but these basics are important and combining these factors into a careful assessment will give you a foundational analysis which you can use to determine your most successful marketing strategy.
I strongly believe that almost all services, products and companies need a website. If you haven't finalized your business yet, throw up a "splash page" which is a minimal site that lets the public know that your offering is "coming soon." To do this fast, easily, effectively and for free, check out Google Sites. You can browse through eye pleasing templates and create your own URL in a matter of minutes.
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Good day! This post couldn't be written any better! Reading this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!
Great article. I had to share it with my father for his company and my husband as we are developing a new product. Thank you!
Many thanks Bryan for mentioning HARO in this post. Indeed it's a great tool for small business and the case studies are plentiful!