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Breaking News: Major League Baseball Takes Over Los Angeles Dodgers Team
On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 MLB.com reported that the Major League Baseball has taken over operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Commissioner Bud Selig announced Wednesday.
"Pursuant to my authority as Commissioner, I informed Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt today that I will appoint a representative to oversee all aspects of the business and the day-to-day operations of the Club," Selig said in a statement.
"I have taken this action because of my deep concerns regarding the finances and operations of the Dodgers and to protect the best interests of the Club, its great fans and all of Major League Baseball. My office will continue its thorough investigation into the operations and finances of the Dodgers and related entities during the period of Mr. McCourt's ownership. I will announce the name of my representative in the next several days."
He concluded "The Dodgers have been one of the most prestigious franchises in all of sports, and we owe it to their legion of loyal fans to ensure that this club is being operated properly now and will be guided appropriately in the future."
In an email message sent to Dodgers employees on Wednesday, McCourt said, "In light of the Commissioner's announcement today, I ask that you please continue to conduct business as usual with our complete dedication to the game and our loyal fans. Each of you has represented this organization with class, and while this is no doubt a challenging time for all of us, I truly appreciate your efforts."
McCourt, owner and chairman of the Dodgers, bought the club from News Corp. on Jan. 29, 2004, and the club reached the postseason in four of his seven seasons as owner.
However, the club's finances have come into question since his highly publicized divorce from Jamie McCourt, his wife of 29 years who also served as CEO of the club until 2009.
This season, while the club has struggled to reach .500 on the field, there have been media reports that McCourt's request to accept a $200 million advance in broadcasting revenues from FOX was rejected by the Commissioner. Last week it was reported that FOX directly loaned McCourt $30 million, which apparently was needed to make payroll.
Meanwhile, the franchise has been under intense scrutiny since an assault in the the Dodger Stadium parking lot on Opening Day that left a San Francisco Giants fan hospitalized in a medically induced coma.
In the wake of that incident, attendance has been significantly down, while the Los Angeles Police Department has made a highly visible presence, essentially taking over security at the park.
On Tuesday, McCourt announced the hiring of Los Angeles civic leader and developer Steve Soboroff as a vice chairman, with responsibilities including the enhancement of fan experience and the strengthening of ties to the community.
This is the third time in recent Major League Baseball history that the Commissioner's office has taken over operations of a club.
In the wake of contraction discussions after the 2001 season, MLB purchased the Montreal Expos from Jeffrey Loria and his partners for $120 million. In a three-way transaction, Loria purchased the Marlins from John Henry, and Henry led a group that bought the Red Sox from the Yawkey Estate.
At the time, MLB established a relocation committee with the express purpose of selling the Expos, moving the team from Montreal and negotiating the building of a new ballpark in the location city. MLB held ownership and operational control of the Expos for four and half years. The team was moved to Washington in 2005 and was sold to the Lerner Family in July 2006 for $450 million. The club moved into new Nationals Park in 2007.
The Texas Rangers were placed under operational control of MLB last year when Tom Hicks filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to try to force an already-agreed sale to a group headed by Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan, the team's president. In the interim, Ryan essentially oversaw the day-to-day operations of the club with then MLB president Bob DuPuy heading negotiations to satisfy Hicks' creditors.
The situation was ultimately resolved in a bankruptcy court auction as Greenberg-Hicks outbid Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and bought the team for $550 million this past August.
Also TMZ.com reported that Jamie McCourt have made a statement saying: "As the 50% owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, I welcome and support the Commissioner's actions to provide the necessary transparency, guidance and direction for the franchise and for Dodgers fans everywhere.""
Sources: MLB.com & TMZ.com
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Since 1933, the IRC has provided hope and humanitarian aid to refugees and other victims of oppression and violent conflict around the world.
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Posted by The.IRC on May 16th, 2013
For decades, the United States has provided protection to refugees and asylees who face persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion. Call the Senate Judiciary Committee today in support of a bill that would improve these protections. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Resettlement, United States | Tags: refugees, Advocacy, how to help, asylees, immigration reform, #CIRmarkup |
Posted by Jordan.Helton on May 11th, 2013
For Hadya, her walk across the graduation stage this weekend at the University of Richmond is a validation of her family's aspirations that date back to their decision to leave Afghanistan in the 1990s, a time when the Taliban forbid girls from getting an education. more »
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Posted by The.IRC on April 25th, 2013
American University's chapter of Project Nur hosted a cultural fair to support the International Rescue Committee's work with Syrian refugees. more »
Posted in Fundraising, Syria Crisis, United States | Tags: Syria, fundraising, Syrian refugees, DIY, iRescue |
Posted by The.IRC on April 22nd, 2013
April 21st is Earth Day, and we honor it today through New Roots, the International Rescue Committee's nationwide gardening, micro-enterprise and nutrition program. more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States | Tags: Earth Day, new roots |
Posted by The.IRC on April 18th, 2013
With thousands of families being torn apart each year because of our badly broken immigration system, we simply cannot afford further delay. Now is the time to act on immigration reform. Email your member of Congress today and urge them to pass the immigration reform bill. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Immigration, United States | Tags: Advocacy, immigration, United States, comprehensive immigration reform |
Posted by The.IRC on April 10th, 2013
We're thrilled to announce that our 9-episode web series, "New Roots in the Bronx," has just been selected as an Official Honoree in the 17th Annual Webby Awards! more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, Urban Refugees, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: new roots, resettlement, urban refugees, refugeess, Webby Awards |
Posted by The.IRC on March 21st, 2013
Thanks to a tractor donated by a local church, refugee farmers in the IRC's New Roots program in Phoenix will be able to do their work in half the time and harvest twice as much land. more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States, US - Phoenix, AZ | Tags: refugees, community gardening, new roots, resettlement, urban farming |
Posted by The.IRC on March 19th, 2013
As a refugee from Iraq, IRC English teacher Taghreed had to meet the same challenges her students face every day: the stress of leaving a home, the difficulties of resettlement, and the adjustment to American life. more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, resettlement, education, ESL |
Posted by The.IRC on March 18th, 2013
Dalya Sarkees can still describe the colorful dawn sky above Baghdad the morning the U.S.-led invasion started. She's one of thousands of Iraqi refugees resettled in the U.S. by the IRC as violence continues to plague the country a decade after the war began in 2003. more »
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Posted by The.IRC on March 4th, 2013
As a steering committee member of GenR, the International Rescue Committee's young professionals group, I was honored to have the chance last Friday to introduce more than 100 of my colleagues to the work of the IRC. more »
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DANVILLE -- In a split over Presbyterian Church USA's position on homosexuality, gays in the clergy and abortion, Danville's Community Presbyterian Church has seceded from its mother church.
Reflecting the national schism in the denomination over homosexuality and interpretation of the Bible, Community Presbyterian has joined the more conservative splinter Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
With about 2 million members and 10,000 congregations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, Presbyterian Church USA is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country. Its Bay Area governing body is the San Francisco Presbytery, which includes 78 churches.
On June 3, Community Presbyterian officially joined the more traditional evangelical church, which has about 300 churches and 115,000 members. The Evangelical Presbyterian Church does not allow the ordination of homosexuals, and is opposed to gay marriage and abortion.
"Until a year ago there was a flat prohibition against sexually active gays and lesbians serving as church officers," PCUSA spokesman Jerry Van Marter said.
"That was lifted last year after the Presbyteries voted in 2010. That hastened the departure of some churches, including Danville. Over the last five years, we've lost 20 to 30 churches each year because of growing theological disagreements."
The 1,850-member Community Presbyterian Church has been in Danville since 1876. Its first location was on Front Street where the Town
The property--- valued at about $14 million according to a recent Reuters article -- is home to the church, a preschool and the K-8 San Ramon Valley Christian Academy. Church buildings host a variety of community activities, such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Boy Scout meetings.
Community Presbyterian spokeswoman Debra Prince stressed that PCUSA's acceptance of gay and lesbian ministers, deacons and elders was only one of five reasons for the split.
The reasons are spelled out in papers on the church's website and are mainly concerned with Presbyterian Church USA moving away from traditional interpretations of the Bible. One paper discusses a disagreement with PCUSA's acceptance of abortion and the ordination of homosexuals.
"The Evangelical Presbyterian Church follows the authority of scripture," Prince said. "They do not allow the ordination of homosexuals. However, we welcome everyone in our congregation. At our church, we allow people to be part of our congregation regardless of what their religious affiliation has been. Our church welcomes anyone who is willing to know more about Christianity."
The split with PCUSA dates back to September 2010 when 96 percent of the congregation voted to secede. Since then, the departure has been worked out through the San Francisco Presbytery, which held the church's property in a trust. A decision made in a Presbyterian court this year allowed Community Presbyterian to retain its property.
"All the relationships were very amicable," said Lee Camp, a volunteer director of planning for Community Presbyterian. "We agreed to pay some money to the Presbytery to negate the effects of such a large church leaving so there wouldn't be a shock to their finances."
The church paid the Presbytery $108,640 to offset declining revenues from its departure, and it will continue to support PCUSA missionaries in the amount of $42,500 annually for five years, according to the church website.
Meanwhile, PCUSA is still working out its positions on homosexuality. In early July, its General Assembly met in Pittsburgh where in a close vote it rejected an amendment to its constitution that would have redefined marriage as between two persons, rather than between a man and a woman.
"The fact that the assembly talked about same sex marriage was too much for some folks," said Van Marter, the PCUSA spokesman.
Contact Jason Sweeney at 925-847-2123. Follow him at Twitter.com/Jason_Sweeney.
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The hugely successful Forza Motorsport series takes a sharp left-turn away from the traditional tracks of previous entries, and embarks on an exciting road trip, offering open-world gameplay amongst the Rocky Mountains of Colorado - and entry to the Horizon Festival, offering new ways to enjoy the authentic Forza driving experience!
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For the first time, Forza steps away from the track and takes to the open road for expansive new open world gameplay. Set in the idyllic mountains of Colorado, you'll get to experience on-road, off-road and dirt road driving, all with the same level of realism you'd expect from Forza. With dramatic 24 hour lighting that only adds to the realism of your journey, this expansive environment will keep you heading towards the horizon, never looking back!
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Taking to the road doesn't just mean driving for driving's sake – there's still a lot of competition to be found on the streets of Forza Horizon with new action-based gameplay. Compete in festival events, show off your skills, or go fast and furious with instant street race challenges where your pink slip – and your reputation – is on the line. These challenges aren't just limited to career mode – go online and compete with friends and rivals in a variety of challenges and prove who really is the best behind the wheel!
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What's the point of driving without the chance to party away your victories? The all-new Horizon Festival offers just that - a place where music and cars collide, a place where competition meets culture. With some of today's hottest music curated by Radio 1 DJ and Bestival founder Rob da Bank, the Horizon Festival serves as the hub for all your career and online events
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The races may be different, but the driving is undeniably Forza. Built with the same engine that made Forza Motorsport 4 such a game-changer for authenticity, Forza Horizon boasts the same graphics, physics and handling, and a diverse line-up of cars to really show it off! For an authentic driving experience, accept nothing less than first place!
And so another year gallops to a close, thundering through the ribbon into January on a wave of good cheer and over-eating. And what a cracker of a year it's been for gaming, with all the major platforms delivering some absolutely stonking exclusives along with some truly spectacular blockbusters spread across all formats, like warm butter on the crumpet you're hopefully eating right now to ward off the December chills.
For Xbox 360 owners, it's been the year in which Master Chief finally returned to the gaming stage. Absent for five years - an eternity in games terms - his triumphant return in Halo 4 not only kickstarted the new Reclaimer Trilogy, but also introduced new developer 343 Studios to the series. 343 immediately put its stamp on Bungie's universe, crafting a game with sumptuous visuals and a distinctly personal spin on storytelling, as Chief battles not just to save the galaxy, but his AI companion Cortana, whose code is deteriorating. Add in an exhaustive suite of multiplayer modes, a full co-op campaign, and the ongoing Spartan Ops bonus missions and you've got one of the best games of the series, and of this year.
Halo wasn't the only Microsoft legend getting a makeover in 2012. Forza Horizon took the imposing racing simulation and gave it a funky mainstream twist, combining developer Turn 10's impeccable vehicle physics with an open world underground racing vibe. Everything from drift racing to hardcore rallying is covered as you roar around a virtual Colorado racing festival, looking for events and opportunities to show off your talent behind the wheel.
The wonderful land of Albion also showed off a new perspective in Fable: The Journey. This Kinect-fuelled spin-off from the superb RPG series puts you right into the action as a young boy, separated from his tribe and forced to travel across this magical land alone as dark forces gather against him. Using precision motion control, you steer your wagon, fire off spells and even look after your loyal horse. It's an unusual game, offering an experience far removed from the other Fable titles, yet it's also one of the best Kinect games. Immersive and packed with genuine challenge, it's a good sign that motion gaming doesn't have to just mean simple mini-games for little kids.
Definitely not suitable for little kids was The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Previously a well-deserved smash hit on the PC, the game crossed over to consoles exclusively for Xbox 360. This was no mere half-hearted port either. Czech developer CD Projekt went out of its way to recreate the game specifically for a console audience, adding four hours of fresh questing content, as well as new cinematics. The result was one of the best role-playing games, not just of 2012, but of all time. A thorny, challenging adventure set in a bawdy, complex world torn apart by racism, political strife and class war.
On the digital frontline, the Xbox continued to thrill. World conquering epic Minecraft came to consoles just for the 360, allowing a whole new audience to experience the genius of Mojang's communal block bashing and building. No surprise that it quickly became one of the most popular online games, challenging even the heavyweight shooters. Indie hit Fez got critics hot under the collar too with its mind-bending puzzle platforming action, and knockabout motocross romp Trials Evolution offered gamers the chance to punish their ragdoll rider in the year's biggest highs and most hilarious fails.
Xbox owners weren't left out when it came to multi-format releases either. The brilliant Borderlands 2, with its lunatic mix of co-op action and loot-swapping mayhem, is what your Xbox LIVE Friends List was invented for, while the online action of hits such as FIFA 13 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted made the most of Microsoft's ever-evolving digital community. Even the biggest game of the year had something extra special for Xbox players, as Activision announced that all the DLC maps for Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be exclusive to Xbox 360 for a limited time.
And that's just this year. Where will Xbox be in another twelve months? Will there be a new console to save up for? How long will we have to wait for Halo 5? And what will developers do next with the controller-free Kinect? One thing's for sure, it's going to be an amazing ride finding out.
Published: 13/12/2012
The Open Road Dream
Forza Horizon is something of a rarity - a racing game with real-world driving physics and a real world to drive around in. Well, almost. The game gives you the US state of Colorado as your playground, but it's a miniaturised version, with the state's vast plains, canyons and mountain ranges reduced to a more manageable map of stunning scenery and winding roads.
There have been plenty of open-world racing games before, most of them lightweight and fun games with arcade-style handling, like several entries in the Need for Speed series, or Burnout Paradise. But none have managed to to combine this kind of setting with the realistic car handling of Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport before - although the rough-round-the-edges Test Drive Unlimited games were a pretty good attempt.
The appeal of taking to the open road in a simulated version of your dream car is obvious though, and at last it's been fully realised. As an offshoot of Microsoft's Forza Motorsport circuit racing series, Forza Horizon takes the amazing technology of those games - beautiful graphics, intense handling, impeccable car models, a wealth of performance upgrades and great online modes - and sets them free on its wide-open map.
Festival Of Speed
The game has a story, of sorts: you're a new competitor at the Horizon festival, an event that combines music with motor-racing. The setting's well realised: you can tune into three distinct radio stations with cool playlists put together by Radio 1 DJ and Bestival supremo Rob da Bank, and the festival installations dotted around Colorado, with their crowds, tents and laser lighting, definitely look the part. The story sections, as you hunt down a series of silly rival racers, are pretty cheesy, despite some no-expense-spared animation and voice acting . Thankfully they don't get in the way of the racing.
And the racing is nothing short of superb. That trademark Forza handling is in there in full and can be adapted to suit you with a wide range of assists and difficulty settings. Whether you go for easy riding or tough simulation, a pad or a steering wheel, it always feels great and lets you have a bit of fun with the car, but it will bite back - unlike those arcade games, it's easy to lose control if you get too cocky on these wild roads.
Where the game really wins out over the regular Motorsport games is in variety. There's off-road racing for rally cars, SUVs and all-wheel drives. There are point-to-point races on sweeping freeways where you rarely have to brake and can sustain speeds of 150mph for minutes at a time, if you can weave through the traffic that is. And there are tight little circuits on town streets that more closely resemble the Forza experience you're used to.
Alongside the regular races, there are Showcases which play out like Top Gear stunts (in which you might race a plane or a hot air balloon), showboating skill challenges for drifting and near misses, speed camera records to go for, and more relaxing activities like hunting classic car wrecks, or photo shoots. All of it is brilliant fun, and all of it has been structured into a satisfying career with a good difficulty curve - unlike the Motorsport games.
Grand Tourism
Forza Horizon's Colorado may not be the biggest game-world you've ever seen, but it is one of the prettiest, with the game engine doing a great job of drawing the rolling foot hills, dusty red-rock canyons and majestic Rockies, as well as the gleaming car bodies. There's a spectacular 24-hour cycle too, and night racing is a real thrill.
It's a pleasure just to explore, and although fast-travel is possible, to begin with you'll mostly enjoy travelling to and from events in your favourite car. You'll meet other racers on the road, and can challenge them to one-off races on random routes too if you like.
The car selection is great - not as huge as Forza Motorsport 4's, but with a few tasty new additions and lots of exotic supercars and classics to collect. Lots of these production road cars make more sense on Horizon's open roads than they ever did on racing circuits. You can customise your car with paint-jobs (which you can buy from other players or make yourself) and performance upgrades in true Forza style, although the option to fine-tune your setup isn't there.
The only slight disappointment is multiplayer. Although Forza Horizon has the great Rivals system from Forza 4 for challenging friends to time trials, and decent options in the race lobbies (including some fun casual games like cat and mouse), it's hard to imagine it attracting the dedicated racing community of the main games - and it would have been nice to see more options for multiplayer gaming in the open world.
Hopefully these will be added (along with weather, and a bigger game world) in a sequel. But it's offline that Forza Horizon really excels at - in fact, it's the best single-player racing game in years, probably since the great Project Gotham Racing series bit the dust. It's a must for petrol-heads and racing game fans alike, and if you're both, it's heaven.
GAME's Verdict:
The Good:
- The full Forza driving experience takes to the open road
- Superb handling, stunning graphics and almost all the options you could want
- Varied racing and activities across a well-paced career that will keep you busy for ages
The Bad:
- The festival story is cheesy and uncool - I mean, Bluetooth headsets?
- The map could be bigger
- Multiplayer feels a bit underdeveloped
Published: 19/10/2012
Microsoft's prestige racing franchise gets a funky spin-off this week, as Forza Horizon takes the impeccable handling and speed of old and marries it to an openworld free-for-all. Set in and around the fictional Horizon festival of music and motors, it's a fresh take on a beloved series and critics seem to be bowled over by its charm.
Giant Bomb dished out a full five star rating for the game, and praised it for opening the game up to those who prefer arcade to simulation without losing that Forza realism. "It manages to simultaneously feel like a Forza game while also letting in more of what makes racing games fun for all players, rather than staying strictly focused on those of us who want strict simulations of varying realism," says their review.
IGN gives the game a 9/10, declaring "if you love cars, this is essential" while Eurogamer compares it to the similar festival-based Motorstorm and finds in favour of Forza. "It exchanges infinite laps and bottomless grind for an actual structure and a sense of adventure," says the site's 9/10 review, "while mastering its roads requires less practiced skill than it does courage and intuition."
Destructoid is similarly bowled over, adding another 9/10 to the pile and declaring that Horizon offers racing game fans "an exceptional automotive experience that they didn't even know they wanted".
Forza Horizon is out this week exclusively for Xbox 360.
Published: 12/10/2012
Lost Horizons
Driving in circles is fun and everything, but nothing really beats the thrill of the open road. Which makes it a bit of a mystery why that's not featured more in driving games that, historically, have fussily kept players on single, un-branching ribbons of tarmac.
There have been exceptions, though more often than not they've been noble failures. Take Test Drive Unlimited, Eden Studio's eccentric racer that burst onto the scene before any of our Xboxes had even had a chance to red ring. Its ambition was peerless - exotic cars were hurled against the exotic backdrop of Hawaii while the game was stitched together with fabric borrowed from MMOs - though its execution sadly wasn't.
We're On The Road To Nowhere
Perhaps it was a lack of funds, or perhaps it was a lack of technical know-how. They're two things, however, that the next open world pretender has in abundance. Forza Horizon comes with the backing of Microsoft and all the cash that entails, and while it's the developer Playground's first game there's a serious amount of talent in the new UK studio. Founded by veterans from Codemasters' racing studio, Playground has hoovered up the casualties of the racing scene in the UK, with staff credits including Burnout, Project Gotham and Split/Second.
Not a bad foundation for a new game, and that's before you've even factored in the Forza element. Turn 10, the developer of the mainline Forza games, is lending a guiding hand, and that means that Horizon has a certain amount of polish, a certain amount of depth and a rather large amount of auto exotica to get all hot under the collar for.
Pedigree Racer
And what does it mean for the game itself? Well, Forza Horizon seems to have found the perfect middle-ground between arcade and simulation, and a couple of hours of play reveals a game that's a true pretender to Project Gotham Racing 4's crown as not only the best racing game of the generation, but one of the best racing games of all time. Seriously, it's that good.
You're an upstart racer, entering into a festival of speed that's spanning the entirety of the state of Colorado. It's a bit like the UK's Goodwood Festival but with less mud, less tweed and about the same number of Bluetooth headsets knocking around. There's a self-consciously youthful vibe to the whole thing - the soundtrack's provided by Rob da Bank and there's a handful of excruciating cut-scenes to get through - but that doesn't detract from the real star of the show.
Forza Horizon's cars, as you'd expect from a series of this pedigree, are a joy to drive. The slightly exaggerated handling that's defined Forza actually feels more at home on the open road than it does on a race track - and placed in contrast to other arcade racers it feels as simulation-minded as you'd want to go. There are a handful of assists that can ease the ride, but when they're all switched off the cars are a real handful.
The Long and Winding Road
It's easy to just get lost to the joys of the open road, picking a direction and then burning through one of Forza Horizon's well-realised day/night cycles. There's a smart sense of progression that could mean that Horizon's one of the more engaging racing games in recent years, though, and it's all centred around that music festival.
The festival acts as a central hub from which a series of missions spoke out, and they're quick to usher you through the various flavours of machinery that Forza Horizon offers up. One second you can be driving a Volkswagen Corrado across the freeway, the next you could be tearing up gravel and dirt off-road in a Subaru Impreza.
And even in between the races there's plenty for you to do: cars can be unlocked by finding them in well-hidden barns, billboards can be smashed through and speedtraps allow you to engage in a little competition with your friends, powered by the Rivals system that made Forza Motorsport 4 such a success.
Could Forza Horizon be the game that finally unlocks the potential of the open road? All signs are suggesting that it can - and that in the process it could create one of the finest racing experiences of this generation.
Published: 27/09/2012
The connection between lavish grown-up driving simulation Forza, and Nintendo's cheery evergreen Pokémon role-playing series isn't immediately obvious, but it's there according to Turn 10, the developer behind Microsoft's best-selling racing franchise.
"I knew that I wanted this car-collecting element to be implemented into the game. What game, especially back in 2002, had inspired collecting more than Pokémon?" the studio's creative director Dan Greenawalt explained in an interview with UK games site Spong.
"It did collecting using a rarity system - through different coloured versions - with a sense that everything felt very natural," he continued. "And actually, there's a really natural sense of rarity in cars. So in Forza 1, the cars had a rarity meter, and you had to pick your region - much like choosing Pokémon Sapphire or Ruby - and that made certain cars more or less rare in the game. That was directly inspired by Pokémon."
So there you have it. Next time you snap up that desirable sports car in Forza, you'll know it's basically a four-wheeled Mewtwo.
Turn 10's last game was Forza 4, released to critical acclaim in 2011. It's now collaborating with Playground Games on the openworld spin-off, Forza Horizon, due for Xbox 360 in October.
Published: 19/09/2012
Best of E3 2012
Alas, there weren't any signs of the next-gen Xbox or PlayStation at this year's E3 - but fret not because there was still plenty on show to tempt us into spending yet more hours hunched in front of our tellies, causing pile-ups, roasting Redcoats and possessing, erm, murderous rodents:
Watch Dogs
What's It On? PC, Xbox 360 & PS3
None of us were expecting it so we shouldn't have been surprised when Ubisoft's new IP duly brought the roof down at E3 with a 10-minute gameplay walkthrough of its astonishing third-person open world game. Players stalk the streets, able to manipulate and hack into all things 'connected' - from traffic lights and surveillance cameras to the personal details of city residents - with the aim of taking down the bad guys (whoever they may be...). With gorgeous graphics, incredible detailing and some genuinely original gameplay, this looks like a grown-up cyberpunk action thriller to die for.
When's It Out? 2013Quick Mention: Xbox 360-exclusive Forza Horizon promises open-world racing mated to the outstanding physics and handling of the world-class racing series.
What's It On? PC, Xbox 360 & PS3
This game's fresh, original setting sees you taking on the role of a betrayed assassin in a striking steampunk world. Labelling it as a 'stealth-based first-person shooter' doesn't quite cover it though because the amazing variety of tools and ways of offing the enemy is like nothing you've quite seen before. From possessing rats to stopping time and teleporting, the imaginative scope of Dishonored's gameplay means a title stinking rich with nefarious ways to murder and maim.
When's It Out? 12th OctoberQuick Mention: Go mental on a tropical island in the first-person sequel, Far Cry 3, whose trailer raised eyebrows at E3 because of its explosive, violent and explicit content. But based on the series' previous form, we know this latest entry will have the gaming chops to back up the sensationalism... fingers crossed.
Assassin's Creed III
What's It On? PC, Xbox 360 & PS3
Out goes moody Ezio and in slips, err, moody Connor, a Native American with a mission to rip the scalps off the British army and Templars infesting the 18th Century US frontier. What this means for fans of the series is a distinct change in location and action with our killer hunting wildlife, slicing up wolves, leaping from tree to tree (as well as buildings) and clambering up cliff faces to toast enemy bases. Incredibly, the action demoed at E3 looked even more fluid than in previous franchise outings, and with its new setting, mechanics and hero, Assassin's Creed III could well be the best entry yet.
When's It Out? OctoberQuick Mention: Naughty Dog's post-apocalyptic thriller, The Last Of Us for the PS3 continues to show huge promise, boasting fantastic visuals and story-lead gameplay that features some seriously brutal action.
Don't worry, Nintendo fans, we haven't forgotten you! We'll be focusing on the Nintendo Wii U games revealed at E3 next week.
Published: 14/06/2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel promised Israel Tuesday that he will work with Congress to ensure continued funding for the Iron Dome missile defense system, a senior defense official said after the Pentagon chief met with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
The two-hour session in the Pentagon was Hagel's first meeting with a foreign counterpart. And it comes less than a week after he took the job amid fierce Republican criticism and accusations from some GOP-leaning outside groups that he was "anti-Israel."
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Swedish rugs have a long history in Swedish / Scandinavian weaving which reaches right into the Modern period. An established form of Swedish folk weaving, "Rollakans" were used as coverlets or flat woven tapestry rugs. Swedish rugs are the product of ancient weaving traditions transported from countries in the Asian Steppe on epic journeys through harsh Arctic conditions. Evolving from a practical fur-like cold weather garment into a stylish coverlet, the rya was the premier all-purpose textile for the Scandinavian region. After many years of creating long-pile ryas and flat-woven carpets, Swedish weavers developed a passion for designs incorporating simple geometric patterns and artful motifs based on regional folklore. By the 20thcentury, Swedish carpets were international art objects that were partly the product of government funding. Swedish master weavers and textile artists continued to grow their trendsetting style with shaggy carpets, bold works of art and colorful rugs that epitomize modern, mid-century designs.
Swedish rugs have been the benefactors of the recent resurgence in mid-century modern interiors. Rugs from Sweden are known for incorporating modernist motifs and designs which naturally go perfectly in any modern decor or setting. As the demand increases for the art deco and vintage rugs - people can expect the prices of the Swedish rugs to escalate over the next few years. With that said, Swedish rugs are probably the best value - simply put... for a fraction of what it would cost to get a good (not great) mid-century modernist painting, one could buy any one of a number of the best Swedish rugs that ever made. It is because of this simple fact that people are now buying Swedish rugs and using them as wall hangings / tapestries. There is no doubt that the Swedish rugs and carpets have just as much artistic value as any painting but since the price points are so much less this begs the question - why buy a modernist painting when you could own a Swedish rug that is just as beautiful and is far less expensive?
As a nice little side note... the term "antique rugs" in Swedish is: antika mattor
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Eras: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Styles: Deco / Modern, Mid-Century, Scandinavian Style
Measurements: 190.5 x 127.0 x CM (H x W x D) Change Unit
Quantity: 1
Condition: Excellent Condition
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Legally: There was an Event in Japan that let people get Speed Boost Torchics in the Dream World in Japan. They could have been traded via GTS negotiations.
Illegally: Pokesav, PokeGTS, Action Replay, or PokeGen.
Pokegen or Pokesav so in other words they hack
They probably used AR to hack the game or Pokegen/Pokegts. Also if I recall correctly there was a special event in Japan when B/W was first released, but I could be wrong about that.
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S-300 possessed by Damascus that exceeds the efficiency of US Patriot missiles.
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Comment Number: | 522418-06870 |
Received: | 7/7/2006 7:19:03 PM |
Organization: | Tastefully Simple - Independent Consultant |
Commenter: | Tammy Smith |
State: | MI |
Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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I am concerned about the proposed Business Opportunity Rule R511993. I believe it could prevent me from successfully operating my business as a direct seller of Tastefully Simple products. I understand that your mission is to protect the public from unfair and deceptive acts or practices. However, some of the sections in the proposed rule will make it very difficult for me to sell Tastefully Simple products and help others start Tastefully Simple businesses of their own. One of the most confusing and burdensome sections of the proposed rule is the seven-day waiting period for new consultants. Our new consultant startup kit costs only $170. People buy TVs, cars and other items that cost much more than that, and they don't have to wait seven days. This waiting period gives the impression that there might be something wrong with our business. I appreciate the work of the FTC to protect consumers, but I believe this proposed new rule has many unintended consequences and that there are less burdensome alternatives available in achieving the FTC's goals. Thank you for your time and for taking my comments into consideration.


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THE PLAINS — The Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies must have watched last week's Ironton's game film extensively in preparations towards Friday's Division IV, Region 15 Semifinal contest.
A week after going for 414 yards of team rushing spurred the No. 2 Fighting Tigers to a rematch with No. 3 Johnstown-Monroe, Ironton was held to 128 yards on the ground, sustained injuries to key starters and suffered a season-ending loss to the Johnnies for the second time in as many seasons. But this 42-7 result at Athens High School started to develop after a costly Fighting Tiger miscue on special teams that would open the floodgates.
"That was a big momentum (swing) for them," Ironton coach Mark Vass said.
The only productive drive for the Fighting Tigers (7-4) came on the opening possession of the contest, where they marched 76 yards on 12 plays to take the early 7-0 lead. Quarterback Tanner Dutey punched the ball in from a yard out for the score.
"The opening drive looked good, we executed pretty well, we drove down the field, scored and got off to a good start," Vass said.
In response, Tyler Thompson and company needed four plays to encompass 67 yards for the equalizer. He found Bailey Duncan for a 43-yard pass play in what would be the first of five touchdowns Thompson would be associated with on the night.
Johnstown-Monroe (10-2) seized momentum for good on the ensuing kickoff. Kicker Preston Hiles, who was born with a deformed arm, squibbed the ball towards the Ironton front line and it hit a Fighting Tiger, bounced around the Riggs Stadium turf and was eventually recovered by the Johnnies' Daniel-Mark Allmendinger.
Five plays later, Thompson ran in for the first of his three scores on the ground to double up the lead with 4:31 left in the first. On the night, the senior signal caller had 32 yards on seven carries.
Thompson rushed in both second quarter scores, one of four yards with 4:31 left and the second being a 5-yard scamper with 31 seconds left until the half. After scoring their only points of the game, Ironton finished the half with a pair of three-and-outs and unable to break past the Johnstown-Monroe 39-yard-line.
The Fighting Tigers would have to also finish the game without the services of Aaron Stephens and Patrick Lewis, who both left with lower-body injuries.
"I think we were down to about 20 kids," Vass said. "It's no excuse. That was a good ball club. Even if you were healthy, you're going to be in a dog fight without a doubt and hopefully it would've been a better game."
Ironton's last gasp of getting any type of momentum came from the opening kickoff of the second half. A Jalen Schweickart onside kick was recovered by Trevor White at the Johnnie 46. Unfortunately, the Fighting Tigers were unable to get a first down on four plays, turning it over with 40 yards between them and a second score.
After an Adam Carter 15-yard touchdown run was the only points of the third, Thompson aired the ball out to Hiles on a fly pattern in the fourth to close the scoring. Sophomore Cody Farley led Johnstown-Monroe in rushing with 117 yards on 22 carries.
A week after exploding for 310 yards rushing, Lewis closed his high school career with a modest 17 yards on seven carries. He along with 19 other seniors have made Vass's first season at the helm memorable.
"I'm just proud of these kids, it's been a great season," Vass said. "Like I told them, I couldn't have had a better group, especially that senior group. They had great leadership and they committed to me early on, me and the coaches, they did everything we asked, they played hard and I'm just proud of them even in this game."
Cody Leist can be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 294, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Johnstown-Monroe 14 14 7 7 — 42
Ironton 7 0 0 0 — 7
Scoring Summary:
First Quarter:
I—Dutey 1 run (J. Schweickart kick) 6:17
JM-Duncan 43 pass from Thompson (Benton kick) 4:31
JM-Thompson 2 run (Benton kick) 2:57
Second Quarter:
JM-Thompson 4 run (Benton kick) 3:14
JM-Thompson 5 run (Benton kick) :31
Third Quarter:
JM-Carter 15 run (Benton kick) 4:22
Fourth Quarter:
JM-Hiles 26 pass from Thompson (Benton kick) 11:41
Team Statistics:
First Downs 20 13
Rush Att.-Yds. 44-238 45-128
Pass Att.-Comp.-Int. 7-4-0 8-3-1
Pass Yds. 106 29
Total Yds. 344 157
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-3
Turnovers 1 4
Penalties-Yds. 7-80 1-15
Punts-Avg. 3-29 5-32.8
Individual Statistics:
RUSHING: Johnstown-Monroe—Farley 22-117, Carter 5-59, Thompson 7-32, Sadinsky 2-12, Branstool 3-6, Dowell 2-2, Wasierski 3-0; Ironton—White 14-62, Brown 7-23, Lewis 7-17, Price 2-12, Cox 5-9, Long 2-9, Thomas 1-2, Young 1-(-2), Dutey 6-(-4).
PASSING: Johnstown-Monroe—Thompson 7-4-0 106; Ironton—Dutey 8-3-1 29.
RECEIVING: Johnstown-Monroe—Duncan 2-64, Sadinsky 1-29, Grassman 1-3; Ironton—Lewis 3-29.
RECORDS: Johnstown-Monroe 10-2; Ironton 7-4.


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Snyder Home Engulfed in Flames Thursday
By: Snyder Daily News
Updated: October 25, 2012
The home was located at 4100 Gary Brewer Road in Snyder and owned by Jaime Herrera.
The blaze took place just before 10 a.m.
Herrera was transported to Cogdell Memorial Hospital by Scurry County EMS with minor burns.
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Four analysts we'd prefer to see broadcast Round 1 of the NFL draft
With the 2013 NFL draft out of the way, we're still recovering from 16 hours worth of live draft coverage on television. And while we don't expect ESPN or NFL Network to make any big changes to their broadcasting pecking orders until those with seniority are ready to walk away, we still have four analysts in mind whom we'd love to see on the main desks earlier in future years.
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Cellar/Tasting Notes "The most prodigious wine I have yet tasted from the Delas portfolio is the brilliant 2009 Hermitage Les Bessards. Its inky/purple color is followed by abundant notes of acacia flowers, blackberries, black currants, new saddle leather, roasted meats and graphite, amazing concentration, a..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "One of the greatest young wines I have ever tasted, the monumental 2009 Cos dEstournel has lived up to its pre-bottling potential. A remarkable effort from winemaking guru Jean-Guillaume Prats and owner Michel Reybier, this blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot (33%) and a touch of..
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Cellar/Tasting Notes Massive, unctuously textured, and rich, but at the same time refreshing and vibrant, this extraordinary effort appears to be the finest Vieux Chateau Certan made in my lifetime.
Cellar/Tasting Notes Can the 2009 Ducru Beaucaillou be better than the brilliant 2000 and extraordinary 2003 and 2005? Purchasers will have to decide for themselves, but this compelling effort is one of the all-time great Ducru Beaucaillous.
Cellar/Tasting Notes "It displays enormous creme de cassis and boysenberry fruit with some cherries, spice box, and crushed rock in the background. It is intense, with loads of minerality, huge extraction, massive power, yet again, the vintage character seems to have given it a freshness and vibrancy despite the wines..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Unquestionably the greatest Beausejour-Duffau since the 1990, this property has made a strong comeback under the brilliant management of Nicolas Thienpont and Stephane Derenoncourt. One of St.-Emilion's greatest terroirs, it has underperformed in most vintages, although it generally produces very..
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Kris Jenner calls reports that she once abused her children "ridiculous and not true." The claims come from the alleged diaries of her late ex-husband Robert Kardashian, which his widow has turned over to In Touch magazine. In an entry from 1989, the high-powered attorney allegedly wrote, "Kris was kicking and beating [Kim] and said she was going to kill her. Kim was hysterical." According to the magazine, Robert also wrote about Kris's alleged affair with a young soccer player named Todd Waterman and suggested she was an irresponsible mother who stayed out all night. "She doesn't leave a number in case of emergency. She doesn't care!"
One of the skeletons in Sylvester Stallone's closet has just come out -- in the '80s, he paid millions to settle an abuse case with his half-sister. According to the New York Post, when Sly was at the height of his Rocky and Rambo fame, he agreed to pay Toni-Ann Filiti $2 million plus $16,666 a month for life. Filiti, who died last year at age 48, said it was compensation for physical and emotional injuries. Stallone's camp insisted at the time and continues to assert that it was a shakedown and that he agreed to it on the advice of his lawyers
On Wednesday's American Idol we saw a glimpse of the much-hyped feud between diva judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj, but what aired on the show wasn't nearly as bad at the initial reports back when TMZ broke the infighting story in October. Back then, Nicki threatened to "knock out" Mariah. On Wednesday's show, after they fought over one contestant, Nicki said, "Maybe I should just get off the f**king panel," before bolting. Mariah took exception to her diva-like behavior. Nicki was heard off-camera telling her fellow judges to "Shut the f**k up."
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4. | master | ||
what you are when you can overcome someone or something Ex. 1) "I am your master now, Marcus, so listen to me. LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Ex. 2) "I am the master at solving a rubik's cube. Can you solve it? NO! Hahahaha!" |
1. | Master | ||
The dominant person in a D/s or BDSM relationship. Also refered to as the Top, Dom, Domme. Riprap is serenity's Master, whom she loves and obeys without question.
2. | Master | ||
Mainly used in context of master/slave relationship where Master is dominant in every way - especially in bed.
Master will often use pain as a method of control, torture and/or pleasure depending on his slave. This pain can be physical, mental or emotional and can be so intense it takes his slave to subspace. Master knows everything about his slave and is capable of controlling her thoughts, actions and feelings - this is how much he is capable of owning her. Master holds both position of God and Devil simultaneously to his slave. He is capable of filling his slave with so much happiness and so much pain at the same time it cannot be explained. He is always with her and is so in-tune with her, he can communicate using CDMA There can only be one Master in a slaves life. A master can however have more than one woman in his life - this is a very effective method of torture for his slave and does not mean he loves her any less, nor does it mean he no longer wants his slave. It means he has a need she cannot meet. Master makes the rules and he will punish his slave accordingly if she breaks them. He will reward good behaviour accordingly. The man i can never thank enough for everything he has given me so far. My master will beat me if i dont wash the pots properly
3. | Master | ||
One being king of his domain Goodbye George Lucas, Joss Whedon is my master now
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Setting on a hard disk drive, CD-Rom, etc. 1. I set the jumper on the back of the drive to master and hooked it up on the IDE cable and now Windows can correctly recognize it.
2. The are 4 possible hard disk drive settings: - primary master - primary slave - secondary master - secondary slave There cannot be 2 primary master hard disks at any one time or else the computer BIOS will not know which to boot up from. |
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One with total control over his/her own mind,
one who walks with god, always striving to be righteous, or if not righteous; prefers his/her own death. A sage, a mastermind, a "sorcerer". One whom, no task is impossible, One holding the knowledge that: for we as humans, NO task is impossible, for as compared to other animals, we are the magicians of the world. ... ... ... conversely, "master" in reference to bdsm, is a coward, weak minded, and foolish. They desire to be called "master" by those who are most weak, to make up for their own shortcomings, they NEED the reassurance of the weak in order to be happy, the only thing of value that they will accomplish in their lives is death, for it is all that they are good for: fertilizer for the plants, they are as manure. -----------
Example: ----------- from "Tao te Ching": "... the Master acts without claiming the results as his; he achieves his merit and does not rest arrogantly in it, he does not wish to display his superiority." .... I have 3 things i hold as precious: gentleness, economy, shrinking from taking precedence of others. With that gentleness, I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence from others, I can become a vessel of the highest honor. nowadays they give up gentleness for being bold, economy they give up for being liberal, they give up the hindmost place for the foremost, -- all of which the end is death. gentleness is sure to be victorious even in battle, and firmly to maintain its ground. Heaven will save its possessor, by his very gentleness protecting him. .... He who in "the way's" wars has skill, seeks no martial port; He who fights with most good will to rage makes no resort. He who vanquishes yet still keeps from his foes apart; He whose hests men most fulfill yet humbly plies his art. Thus we say, "He never contends, and therein is his might." Thus we say, "Men's wills he bends, that they with him unite." Thus we say, "Like Heaven's his ends, no sage of old more bright." |
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one with dominion over the application of their mind MLVR - "I post as a master."


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The Republican is the latest candidate to jump into the already crowded field and his entrance has been expected for some time.
He filed the necessary paperwork Thursday morning with the state and city Board Of Elections and the city's Campaign Finance Board, just as he said he would do two days before at a construction industry lunch in Midtown.
Following this step, Lhota can now start raising and spending money on a campaign he hopes will lead him to City Hall.
Lhota is running for mayor in a city where Democrats outnumber members of his party by more than six to one. In addition, unlike Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Lhota is not a billionaire, so funding his own campaign is not an option.
In an interview Thursday afternoon, Lhota told NY1 that those challenges are not insurmountable.
Many of his opponents have a significant head start when it comes to fundraising, but that does not bother Lhota. He said he will participate in the city's campaign finance program and raise the money he needs to mount a campaign.
"I will absolutely catch up to them and I will absolutely have enough to run for mayor," Lhota said.
He also said his party affiliation won't be a problem.
"New Yorkers don't vote for mayor based on their political label," Lhota said. "They vote for mayor based on the person. Who are they, what are they going to do for the city, how are they going to help the city of New York, how are they going to help that individual and that family continue to live and thrive in the city of New York. And that's what this race is going to be about."
Lhota spent a little more than a year as the head of the MTA. His longest stint in government was working at City Hall for former mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Giuliani has been promoting Lhota's candidacy these past few weeks, and Lhota said to expect to see his former boss helping the campaign in parts of Queens and on Staten Island.
Giuliani's critics said he was a divisive leader at times, particularly because he rarely met with African-American elected leaders.
Lhota did not criticize the former mayor Thursday but did make it clear he has a different style.
"The thing that was important about Joe Lhota when he worked in City Hall is Joe Lhota talked to everybody," Lhota said. "And I will do the same thing when I run for mayor. I will talk to everybody. We may not necessarily agree, but that doesn't mean we can't have an open and civil dialogue. And that's going to be at the core of, that's at the core of who I am, and it's going to be at the core of the campaign."
Lhota also launched a website Thursday morning. In it, he calls himself a "Mayor for All of New York." He says he is running because he loves the city but the things he loves about it are "fragile and must be protected."
Lhota may be running as a Republican, but his name could appear on a third party ballot line as well. He says he is talking to other parties about an endorsement, and he is considering creating a new party line to run on himself.
"I will seek out a third party line and, if necessary, go out and create a third party line," Lhota said.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday showed Lhota leading the pack of possible Republican candidates for mayor. But when he is matched up against Democrats who are running, or are expected to run for City Hall, he fares much more poorly.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio all beat him in that poll by at least a 3-to-1 margin.
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May 7, 2012 9:06 PM
Akimbo = noob
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Im so sick of level 10 running around with akimbos my god they use as I'd it's attack weapon I rarely use it and when I do it when I'm out of ammo and I use it for defense most people don't know how to use it :/
But you use them.........Get a stinger instead.
My eyes... they burn! My God, your grammar is atrocious. It hurt to read through that entire run-on sentence... :'(
Dude thats a big 10-4, hillarious. I needed that laugh.
two months later and my eyes are still hurting fom this... --__--
^^ see, I'm having to squint just to keep my eyes from exploding out of my head :O
If most people don't know how to use it then why are you complaining?
Just another butt hurt punk, nothing to see here move on.
O........... k?
cool story bro
arab i am mad
no,i am mad...house..
very witty.
He got a point but.....cool story bro.
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He got a point but.....cool story bro.
The pot calling the kettle black. Let me check my memory, you left OG because they break their own code of conduct and use noob tubes and fmg's. I run into you in hctdm, and i'm getting killed by you and your bcc buddy by toobs and fmg's. Cool story yourself..
FMG9'S ARE SOO 1337!? ADD ME MY NAME IS XxXqU1K$0p3SXxX. I MERK EVERYONE WITH THE FM9'S BECAUSE IF YOU PUT THE AKIMBO THINGIE THEY MAKE THE BAD GUY DIE LIKE FASTER!
ok....i snipe alot sometimes i test snipers with a guy named [SO4]EvilMonkey
Ak1mB0? No0bZ0rS? Th3Y AhR l3Git They"rE arE iN tHE gAeM, S1r. I So pR0 W1tH mY DuAl W1EldZ aKimB0 FmDeRPz aNd SkaVEngEr s0 I nEvR rUN 0UT oF AmM0
Akimboz FNG9 iz SOOOO L3git! Like, theye take sooooooo much skil too yooze! Theyrre actualllly, like, underpowred, ya noe? THe time two kill should be, like, 0.1 seconds, ya no? And mye grammerz iz, like, perrfect!
But WAWpro, do you get angry about Akimbo handguns?
I mean, how many times do you see people running around with Akimbo Five Sevens for example? If you do see them, give them props because they actually had the patience to use the handguns enough to unlock Akimbo.
I personally love handguns and I find they are much more reliable than Machine Pistols.
Some Akimbo handguns have special abilities like the lunge animation on the USP akimbo or the insta-reload glitch on the Five-Seven or the high power of the Desert Eagle, .44 Magnum, and MP412. If used correctly with Steady Aim, you can down Akimbo FMG9 users with one pull of both triggers of the high caliber handguns.
why are you reviving so meny threads
I am sorry if what I'm doing is bothering you, but being new to these forums, I have so much that I want to share with these forums.
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I am sorry if what I'm doing is bothering you, but being new to these forums, I have so much that I want to share with these forums.
no necroposting please. And you can't post a thread with a topic that we've already discussed before or we'll just spam you with lrn2srch that's just the way it is, sorry mate it's just like the 60s if you don't remember it then you probably weren't there
hold on a sec there pika...
necroposting just to necropost is a big no-no for anybody (unless it's eliteking, than it's ok) but I'll accept a necropost if it was done to share some insight or a thoughtful response, which this guy did.
no need to go slapping his hand on this one. He could have done the wrong thing and started a new thread about it. I'm glad he didn't; it also proves that he's smarter than 99% of the forum noobs in that he's trying to bring some useful opinions to the community rather than spamming it with useless junk like sovietcookie and others that I will not name
Just sayin'
It's because you're famous.
I don't find the Akimo Scorpions NOOBIE.
You complain about something, then admit to using them. lolwut?
They are just weapons dude
Weapons that kill in 0.1 seconds.
lol. Isnt that just great when you walk around a corner then its like the insta kill with throwing knife. And you go awww
It annoys me so much when I'm walking along, thinking I'm fine, but it turns out I was lagging and I then see my character die instantly
You have them on your class retard
I rest my case.
You can't complain about what you use.
Learn how it goes!
Call me a noob, call me a son of a b_ _ _ _. I love to spam some bullets with my MP9's, they're as smooth as a sewing machine!! Besides I too pretty much use them only after I run out of ammo with my primary weapon or in those tight alleys. Its getting so OLD hearing all the complaints about playing style, what guns we use, attachments, perks, etc. These type people need to design a Private Match and set it up however they want, otherwise....get over it!
well tell that to beastblood,he cant stop using them >.>
I thought that was nintendon't :/
lol nintendon't just goes around with the FMGs tittle.
And fmg's are not his style,he use inf Pred Missles more
FMG9=MLG PRO I should change my name to xXFMGxAKiMBOxMLGXx
If akimbo=noob
And Nintendon't uses akimbo...
Than Nintendon't must be a noob :P :P :P
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Our first stay we booked online using our CAA discount card for a non smoking room. We got there at 10pm and were given a smoking room that actually had visible dirt all over the floor. We asked for a non smoking room but were told the hotel was fully booked. We decided to just suck it up and find... More
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Hi everyone!! My name is Gaby and my biggest obsessions are: The Twilight Series, Robsten (as a whole and separate), and a few others. I am extremely dedicated to them and love that I can get even more out of them from others on Tumblr :))... Formally known as "gabylo"
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My sisters arrive, each with their own take on grief, and we join my mother in the kitchen. We are drinking gin at just past noon and our mid-week gathering is so unusual it feels like Christmas. We talk of how glad we were that it was swift, that the horror of these last few days is over, and that he is no longer in pain. We realise we must let others know, and my eldest sister takes the phone to call our uncle. She dials and immediately tells him the news is bad, "he died this morning". There is a pause. "Oh I do apologise", she says, and puts the phone down. She looks aghast. "It was the wrong number". We burst out laughing and can't stop, clutching our sides and spilling our gin, a near-manic release of tension. In the midst of this hysteria the phone rings and my younger sister answers it; "can I speak with Dr Greenwood, please?" It is a sales call. "Are you a medium?" she says. "No? Then you will find it difficult". Her audacity launches us back into peals of laughter, and I marvel at the strength of women, who see humour in tragedy and hope in despair.
A series of visitors come and go all day and we congregate in the sitting room, drinking tea and perching on footstools; studiously avoiding my father's chair. The elephant in the room. Huge and unwieldy, it goes with nothing, but yields unsurpassed comfort which justifies its presence. As children, it was with immense daring we would sink into its battered arms, leaping up the instant he appeared in the doorway to reclaim his throne. The visitors all say we must be relieved. Must we? Can't we be angry? Or devastated? I am both. But still I cannot cry.