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Lawsuit filed to halt "Google bus" shuttle pilot program
The road to regulating Google Buses has a new pothole: a lawsuit.
A lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court today demands the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's commuter shuttle pilot program be set aside while a full environmental review is conducted under the California Environmental Quality Act.
"We know that these buses are having devastating impacts on our neighborhoods, driving up rents and evictions of long-time San Francisco residents," Sara Shortt, executive director of the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco and one of the lawsuit petitioners, said in a press statement. "We've protested in the streets and taken our plea to City Hall to no avail. We hope to finally receive justice in a court of law."
The suit was filed against the City and County of San Francisco, Mayor Ed Lee, the Board of Supervisors, the SFMTA, Google, Genentech, Apple, and a handful of private transportation providers. It alleges the tech shuttle pilot project is in violation of the California Vehicle Code which prohibits any vehicle, except common carriers (public buses), to pull into red zones that are designated as bus stops. It also alleges the city abused its discretion and violated the CEQA by exempting the Shuttle Project from environmental review.
The Coalition for Fair, Legal and Environmental Transit, Service Employees International Union Local 1021, the union's Alysabeth Alexander, and Shortt are the petitioners of the suit. In early April, they also petitioned the Board of Supervisors to vote for an environmental review of the tech shuttles.
The contentious meeting lasted over 7 hours, with housing advocates and tech workers firing shots from both sides into the night. Ultimately the supervisors voted 8-2 against the environmental review, a move seen as driven by a deferential attitude towards the technology industry in San Francisco.
Paul Rose, a spokesperson for the SFMTA, responded to the lawsuit in an email to the Guardian.
"The agency developed this pilot proposal to help ensure the most efficient transportation network possible by reducing Muni delays and congestion on our roadways," Rose wrote. "We have not yet had a chance to review the lawsuit and it would not be appropriate to comment on any pending litigation."
The early April vote was only the latest in the city's alleged deferential treatment towards the commuter shuttles.
The SFMTA allowed the shuttles to use Muni bus stops for years without enforcing illegal use of red zones, the suit alleges. A study by the city's Budget and Legislative analyst revealed that out of 13,000 citations written to vehicles in red zones in the last three years only 45 were issued to tech shuttles -- despite the SFMTA's knowledge of 200 "conflicting" bus stops between Muni and the tech shuttles.
Much has been made of those startling numbers, with petitioners alleging a "handshake deal" on the part of the SFMTA to tech company shuttles, allowing them to park at red zones at will.
But emails the Guardian obtained by public records request show Carli Paine, head of the tech shuttle pilot program, followed up complaints on illegal stops made by tech shuttles since 2010, but to no avail.
"Know that I have made clear to the shuttle providers that the law says that it is not legal to stop in the Muni Zones," Paine wrote in a July 2012 email to a colleague who was in contact with tech companies. "Participating in this process does not mean that they are guaranteed not to get tickets--especially if they are doing things that create safety concerns or delay Muni."
Paine also attempted to clarify enforcement policies around the shuttles with enforcement officers from the SFPD and SFMTA, also to no avail, the emails show.
The deferential treatment to shuttles may not have originated from the SFMTA then, but from higher up the political ladder.
"There are a number of our supervisors who do not want to buck the tech industry," Shortt told the Guardian. "They feel there may be more to gain from allowing illegal activity to continue by these corporations than support."
But does the suit call for the tech shuttles to stop running? We asked Richard Drury, the attorney filing the suit, to explain the specific asks of the suit.
"Not technically no," Drury said. "They've operated illegally for years and the city turned a blind eye. They could continute to do that while the city runs an environmental review, but if the SFMTA or Police Department decided to start ticketing them for $271, they could."
So the lawsuit wouldn't stop the shuttles. It just asks for them to be reviewed.
Among issues regarding air quality the shuttles' heavy weight damages city streets at much higher rates than cars, studies by the city's Budget Legislative Analyst showed. Studies conducted by students and other interested individuals revealed increased rents near shuttle stops, which the filers of the lawsuit say leads to a displacement of residents.
Displacement is a consideration in CEQA reviews, a recent addition to state law.
"We're just asking for the city to study the impacts," Drury said. "Maybe that means the shuttles get clean fuel, or corporations pay to offset displacement of residents."
Below is a downloadable PDF of the lawsuit.
Google Bus Commuter Shuttle Lawsuit by FitztheReporter
Oh for fuck's sake.
Out of the buses and into your cars!!!
The clowns have taken over the asylum.
Waste of time.
The city followed all due process and the BOS overwhelmingly agreed and signed off on it. It is an information gathering program designed to foster a well grounded policy so a judge will give the city the latitude that it needs.
The plaintiffs can't just stamp their feet and throw a tantrum about displacement without proof, and the numbers just don't add up. They will be treated by the court as if they are adults, which isn't going to end well for them.
The bay area manages to plant its head even more firmly up its own ass
Wow, where to start:
1) the city is in a pilot. That means a temporary period after which the results will be reviewed. Therefore, there is no need to ask them to study it further
2) the city has said it's going to road enforcement of the red zones for the shuttles. That is their discretion, it would seem
3) regarding "increased rents": you can't file a suit against the laws of economics. Your energy will be better spent trying to increase housing supply.
4) displacement: I'm not particularly familiar with this one, but it seems pretty clear that CEQA review would be more relevant for a project that will demolish homes of otherwise reducing the housing supply. It has nothing to do with individuals' decisions on where they live or what they can afford (see #3).
5) and regarding 3) and 4), these areas seeing increased rents are on main thoroughfares and near transit hubs. It's impossible to link them directly to the corporate shuttles.
So move to Mountain View and buy a bike.
If these tech workers really gave a shit about their carbon footprints they'd move to Mountain View and ride a bike to work.
Yeah right. And if progressives really gave a shat about the environment they'd insist we evict the unemployed and retirees from San Francisco so that the people who actually work here but are now commuting can live here instead. Save gas and defer global warming.
every one who commutes out.
So the problem isn't SF residents commuting out, but Bay Area residents commuting in.
And that is because SF has not built enough homes for its workers.
It is worth it that they filed this lawsuit, at least to just to watch the neoliberal gang choke in these pages.
Talk about squirming. Academy of Art should be in real trouble - they must have 10X the shuttles that Google has. Plus how many housing units have they taken over during the last 10 years. Yet progressives want to give them a pass. Squirm
The usual nonprofiteer suspects have made a cottage industry out of holding the Academy of Art [sic] University accountable, disqualified.
Here in UK the Environmental Agency works pretty well blocking heavy transport's entry into the center of London. But nothing against shuttles, thank's God!
make a lot of sense.
Restrictions based on how successful the people riding the bus are is ideological nonsense.
I've studied that clown pic closely and I'm pretty sure two of them are dudes.
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There was big fanfare in 2006, with the announcement of a 400-million dollar project called Old Capital Green. Tanya Scott was one of the investors who purchased this building back then. It is the old LeFleur Cadillac dealership headquarters. It would be torn down and in it's place, a 400-thousand square foot development called CEVA Green, with commercial mixed use office and residential space and a medical pavilion. But she said tough economic times, coupled with the need to improve the surrounding infrastructure put her plans and the entire project on hold.
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Little dove Cottage is set near center of our 100 acre farm. It is surrounded by pines and large oak tress. There are gardens and views and deer and turkey can be seen walking across the yard. Dove Cottage is also on the edge of our outdoor venue so there are several places to sit and relax outside and when night comes, there is a perfect place near the house for that outdoor weiner roast and smores.
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Bay Area Women's Cycling is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2010 Northern California Women's Racing Series sponsored by NCNCA. This year we are pleased to present three Series, for Women Master's 35+ category 1/2/3, Women Category 3 and Women Category 4 racers. All three Series strive to provide more opportunities for women to race against their peers and to provide additional prizes for participants.
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340 (540) Numerical Analysis (3) Formulation of numerical problems for solution on a digital computer. Error analysis and control, nonlinear equations, differentiation, integration, systems of equations, differential equations, curve fitting and eigenvalue problems. Prereq: CSCI 221 and MATH 252; CSCI 301 or MATH 310. (Same as MATH 340/540)
350 Advanced COB0L (3) Business programming applications using advanced features of COBOL with emphasis on programming style, techniques. and structured programming. Prereq: CSCI 250.
351 Object Oriented System Analysis and Design (3) Study of the systems development life cycle system, various types of systems including business and government. Methods of designing systems, data management, input and output design, hardware selection and methods of information processing. Prereq: CSCI 221 or 250.
352 Object Oriented Systems Development (3) Practical applications involving an in-depth study of technical issues and design methodologies used in the design of decision support systems. Prereq: CSCI 351.
360 Introduction to Computer Networks (3) Fundamentals of Microcomputer connectivity and communications. Local and wide area network basics, networking architecture and standards. Network protocols including TCP/IP. Comparison, installation, and maintenance of Network Operating System.Prereq: CSCI 200 or 201; CSCI 221 or 250.
380 Artificial Intelligence (3) Introduction to artificial intelligence, pattern recognition and classification, fuzzy set logic, natural language user interfaces, learning machines and adaptive systems, object oriented programming inference and rule based systems, arity, expert systems, associative systems, forward and backward chaining backtracking depth first and breadth first searching. Programming in languages appropriate to A.l. Prereq: CSCI 222 and 301.
385 Parallel Computing (3) Introduction to Fundamentals of Parallelism, Parallel computation models which include parallel algorithms and parallel architectures, performance and scalability of parallel systems, parallel algorithms and programming for well known numerical problems. Prereq: CSCI 222 or CSCI 226.
410 (610) Data Base Management Systems (3) Fundamentals of data base processing. Network, hierarchical, and relational data bases. Comparison of data base systems. Data base implementation. Prereq: CSCI 222 or CSCI 250.
420 (620) Computer Organization and Architecture (3) A study of the organization of modern computer systems, memory organization and management features, virtual memory systems interrupt service, multiprogramming, hardware and software equiva-lency, RISC and large instruction set machines, logic emulation, variable architectures, multilevel machines, stack and pipeline architectures. Concurrency in computation. The organization of microcomputers, medium and large computer systems. Special architectures. Prereq: CSCI 320 and CSCI 325.
445 (645) Computer Graphics (3) Frame buffers, display files, graphics primitives, transformations of two-dimensional spaces, windows, viewports, clipping, covering, transformations of three-dimensional space, parallel and perspective projections, stereoscopic views, hidden line algorithms. Prereq: CSCI 222; CSCI 301 or MATH 241.
458 Decision Support and Expert Systems (3) Introduction to principles of DSS and Expert Systems. Examine different expert systems and expert shells. Development of knowledge bases and expansion of expert shells. Prereq: CSCI 221 or 250.
470 (670) Organization of Programming Languages (3) Syntax and basic characteristics of grammars, Backus-Naur form, language constructs, dynamic and static storage allocation, binding time, interpreted versus compiled languages, lexical analysis, parsing, special purpose languages. Prereq: CSCI 320.
475 Compilers, Interpreters, and Language Translators (3) Theory of compilable languages, construction of software for compiling, interpreting, and translating computer languages. Study of various types of translators, implementation of a translator for a language. Prereq: CSCI 320 and 325.
485 (685) Computer Operating Systems (3) A study of operating systems, processing of l/O and interrupt service, buffering, spooling and memory management services, security and error protection, systems accounting and resource allocation, multiprogramming and multi-processing, inter-process communication, includes the study and use of several operating systems. Prereq: CSCI 320 and CSCI 325.
490 (690) Special Problems (1-3) Individual projects for students exhibiting special interests and abilities in selected areas. Maximum of three hours applicable to minor requirements. Course may be repeated with total credits not to exceed six hours. Prereq: Departmental approval.
495 Senior Seminar (1) Selected Topics: [Title]. Computer science and information systems, hardware, software. Professional opportunities and issues, employment trends. Students are required to write summary reports and give oral presentations. Graded on a pass/fail basis. Prereq: Senior standing computer science majors.


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aaah~ Your imagination. your art. your style. it's amazing!! i love your gallery!!
your art is so fanciful !
I love your art's fantasy properties
Inspiring gallery!!
Wow seeing your first submissions from 2009 all the way up until now... you really accomplished a lot man. Any recommendations for books/tutorials or practicing methods you thought were really helpful along the way? Thanks in advance.
ass bad.
oops, i mean
Bad Ass!!!
your work that is
Impressive works. really great stuff here
woowww!! galeria incrivel cara!!! parabéns pelos trabalhos!!
thank you, nice gallery
Cool works! Congratulations!
mike eu estou tendando descobrir como você ficou tão com com a iluminação, parabéns!


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*France has until 2015 to bring its deficit to 3 pct of GDP. PARIS, July 22- France will not accelerate cuts in public spending even though disappointing growth could make it difficult to meet EU fiscal targets, President Francois Hollande said.» Read More
LISBON, April 30- Portugal's government expects to have room to start reversing public sector salary cuts from 2015 while maintaining its budget deficit reduction targets after the end of its international bailout next month.
TRIPOLI, April 23- Libya plans deep austerity measures to tackle a budget deficit expected to reach up to 10 billion Libyan dinars this year due to rebel blockades which have strangled oil production, a senior lawmaker told Reuters. Libya traditionally runs large surpluses thanks to oil export revenues.
DUBLIN, April 15- Ireland nudged up its growth forecasts for 2014 and 2015, reversing a trend of downgrades over recent years but the government is sticking with planned tax increases and spending cuts to reduce a still high budget deficit.
NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI, April 8- From convincing sceptical bond investors that the fiscal deficit can be contained to concerns that El Nino will devastate agricultural crops, any new government in India will face urgent and critical challenges with no easy solutions.
Osborne looks determined to stick to his message that Britain is only half-way through the belt-tightening plan he launched in 2010 to fix Britain's still wide budget deficit.
*Portugal to more than halve deficit by end-2015, then more. LISBON, March 9- Portugal's international bailout is expected to end in mid-May. To avoid a repeat of the 78 billion euro financial rescue agreed in May 2011 with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, Lisbon cannot let up on shrinking its budget gap and trimming a huge sovereign debt.
WASHINGTON, March 3- When he releases his budget proposal on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will be able to celebrate the smallest deficit since he took office in 2009. He also will be able to enjoy a cease-fire in the fiscal battles that have paralyzed Washington for the past three years.
WASHINGTON, March 3- When he releases his budget proposal on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will be able to celebrate the smallest deficit since he took office in 2009. He also will be able to enjoy a cease-fire in the fiscal battles that have paralyzed Washington for the past three years.
The Ukrainian economy has collapsed says Pavlo Sheremeta, Ukraine's economy minister, adding that the country now needs to quickly design and implement an austerity program.
Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL, says the company has its own drones, after Amazon revealed it was testing drones to deliver packages last year.
Rob Subbaraman, Chief Economist, Asia ex-Japan at Nomura, says Asia has seen a deterioration in fundamentals over the past five years and must implement painful supply-side reforms.
Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says the euro was a "straightjacket" for Spain at the beginning of the crisis.
Euclid Tsakalotos, member of the Greek parliament for Syriza, discusses the Greek bailout and says creditors hope the country is not on track, as it allows them to pile on the pressure for more reforms.
António Pires de Lima, Portugal's Minister of Economy, says that the higher financing costs for Portuguese companies are unfair, and that it's time for the banking union to be implemented.
Antonio Pires de Lima, Portugal's economy minister, reiterates Portugal's commitment to reach its deficit target and says the government has made sure to comply with the constitution when drafting its budget.
Guiliano Noci, associate dean at MIP Politecnico di Milano, argues that nothing has changed in Italy following the confidence vote, and that Germany should change its approach to southern European countries.
Karine Berger, Member of Parliament for the socialist party & member of Finance Commission at the National Assembly, tells CNBC that they want to sustain growth and recovery in France next year.
Maxime Alimi, Euro area economist at AXA IM, tells CNBC that if you look at the numbers, French government spending will still be up, just not as high as it was before.
Stephane Pedrazzi previews the French budget which is set to focus on spending cuts rather than tax rises.
Mark Grant, Southwest Securities, explains why the euro zone still has some tough economic challenges to face, as Europe grapples with lingering financial liabilities.


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I have been following Tech for years and I am a huge college football fan. Texas Tech always seems to either meet or exceed expectations. The entire nation is riding on OU, Okl. St., and A&M to be the top dawgs of the Big 12. The Sooners are a legit national title contender but I think they can be beat.....at least in Lubbock....I know the games in Norman. Oklahoma State is high on their offense but I am not sold on them just yet. Same goes for the Aggs. I actually think they are the best team in the Big 12. However, both the Cowboys and the Aggs travel to Lubbock. Tech can win both games. I do want to see Tech beat the crappy horns in Austin.
Either way, This is a totally different team and from the sounds of it, the Defense is vastly improved. If both sides of the ball play with some consistency, we can be looking at a very special season.


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Land Rush for Tim Johnson's U.S. Sentate Seat
A collective NOOOOOOOOOOO is coming from South Dakota Democratic Party Headquarters as Huron Lawyer and former legislator Ron Volesky mulls a run for U.S. Senate. On the state level, it's presumably against what Democrats would prefer. You can read the text of Volesky's announcement here.
Conventional wisdom would say that no primary for Rick Weiland is the optimum avenue to election. As a result the way is clear for the candidate to form their message while the opposition party runs itself ragged.
A stride or two away from the normal could reap benefits, also. From essentially late March through early June all you will hear will be the Republican drum beat. Without a primary, the Democrats would not even register the shake of a tambourine for almost three months. Even though others can't vote in the primary, there is no restriction on listening to a message.
As of this writing (of course things may have changed in the last 5 minutes) four Republicans and one Independent are in the race along with the lone Democrat. To be fair, Volesky announced he is considering a run. Whether he will actually run depends on the amount of legal tender he can accumulate.


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Ed Schultz Lets Slide Obvious Lie About Scott Walker From Union Boss Leo Gerard
Ed Schultz prides himself on all the time he's spent in Wisconsin over the last year, acting as bellicose cheerleader for its public-sector unions.
Alas, much of that time was wasted as shown by Schultz ignoring or not catching a blatant falsehood about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from Leo Gerard, president of United Steelworkers (audio after page break)
Appearing on Schultz's radio show Monday, Gerard said this after Schultz criticized Walker's plan to use a portion of the state's share of the $25 billion mortgage settlement/bank shakedown toward his state budget, as allowed by the settlement (audio) --
SCHULTZ: Here you have Wisconsin's governor taking it and putting it against his general budget to make his budget look better, instead of using it for what it's intended for.
GERARD: And, and when he created that deficit, remember, let's not, again, I keep using this term economic amnesia. When Walker took office, Wisconsin didn't have a deficit. He quickly created one by giving the unwarranted tax breaks to corporations, multinational corporations, he didn't do it to the small guys, and to the already rich and powerful, and the middle class and people trying to get in the middle class got a pittance, got nothing and now he's taking their money.
Don't you love it when someone afflicted with a deceitful memory alleges "economic amnesia" in others?
It was all of last week that Rachel Maddow, one of Schultz's colleagues at MSNBC, was railing against Walker for ads claiming he's balanced Wisconsin's budget from a $3.6 billion deficit when he took office. Not true, not true, Maddow quibbled. There's still a $143 million deficit for the current two-year budget cycle to end in 2013. In other words, even by Maddow's far-left reckoning, Walker hasn't eliminated the multi-billion deficit Gerard denies even existed, he's trimmed it by only 96 percent. And did I mention Walker did this while lowering business and property taxes?
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Liberals vs. Teenagers
Submitted by Specialty Machining on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:17pm.
Exaggerate the points you like & minimize the ones you don't, but if a person is persistent they'll get more of the truth.
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"He quickly created one by
Submitted by Reaver on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:19pm.
"He quickly created one by giving the unwarranted tax breaks to corporations, "
One wonders what Leo Gerard would consider a "warranted" tax break. So how much did the United Steelworkers pay in taxes? Oh, that's right unions are tax exempt I must have economic amnesia to forget something like that.
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Ses hilarious to me,
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 9:35pm.
That a Union boss of all people (someone who creates nothing!) is complaining about unwarrented tax breaks. Talk about clueless. With such rampant stupidity as this, it really isnt a shock he was wrong about everything else also.
This must be the only time big fat dumb Ed isnt at the bottom of the iq chart, on his own show.
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Really? Ed and a guest
Submitted by pilgrim4jc on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:47pm.
Really? Ed and a guest propagating falsehoods? Say it isn't so!
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Ohh Fat Ed is lying............
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 9:10pm.
You can tell his lips are moving!
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This is how
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 9:18pm.
Fatso makes a living. If he isn't lying daily, he invites his lying buddies on to do it. Why would anybody waste time with these radicals and how they earn their keep. Pathetic and repulsive
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Schultz has invested a lot of time and energy in . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 9:42pm.
. . . the campaign to recall Gov. Walker. If Walker is recalled, Special Ed will annoint himself as Champion of Laobr. If Walker remains, Schultz and his union pals will look pretty stupid.
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Hat to pick nits but...
Submitted by wahappened on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 10:52pm.
there's absolutely nothing that Ed Shultz can do now to make himself un-stupid.
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Submitted by grammajane on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:20am.
Excellent!!! Love it..
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Of course he does!
Submitted by FistsforLiberty on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 10:41pm.
He's a liar, a hypocrite and delusional.
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FirstEnergy contributes $1.26 million to Habitat for Humanity
2006 donation brings the company's total support for Habitat for Humanity to more than $10 million since 2002
AMERICUS, Ga. (Sept. 7, 2006) – Habitat for Humanity International today announced that FirstEnergy Corp., Ohio's largest contributor to the organization's five-year More than Houses campaign, has continued its support of building simple, decent homes with a $1.26 million donation in 2006, bringing total support to more than $10 million since 2002.
"By working with Habitat for Humanity we not only help people realize their dream of homeownership, but we are doing it in partnership with the people right here in the communities we serve," said FirstEnergy President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony J. Alexander.
The contribution will help build more than 20 homes this year, bringing the total number of homes sponsored by the company to nearly 200. Over the past five years, FirstEnergy has given $10.7 million to help eliminate substandard housing in Ohio, making it a significant contributor to Habitat's "More than Houses" campaign. Each of the Habitat for Humanity homes are built and certified to EnergyStar™ energy efficiency standards.
"FirstEnergy has made an enormous impact on the lives of low-income families in Ohio," said Mark Crozet, vice president of Development at Habitat for Humanity International. "This growing partnership will allow Habitat to build even more affordable houses in Ohio communities."
In addition to FirstEnergy's financial support, its employees have donated their time to help build the homes, joining with Habitat's local volunteers to improve communities and the lives of Ohio families.
According to the most recent census, more than 750,000 Ohio residents live in poverty, and nearly one out of every four Ohio families spends more than 30 percent of its income on housing. With its contributions, FirstEnergy is doing its part to help eliminate substandard housing in Ohio by building affordable, energy-efficient homes in partnership with low-income families.
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Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.TheStreet Ratings' stock model projects a stock's total return potential over a 12-month period including both price appreciation and dividends. Our Buy, Hold or Sell ratings designate how we expect these stocks to perform against a general benchmark of the equities market and interest rates.
While plenty of high-yield opportunities exist, investors must always consider the safety of their dividend and the total return potential of their investment. It is not uncommon for a struggling company to suspend high-yielding dividends and subsequently result in precipitous share price declines.
TheStreet Ratings' stock rating model views dividends favorably, but not so much that other factors are disregarded. Our model gauges the relationship between risk and reward in several ways, including: the pricing drawdown as compared to potential profit volatility, i.e. how much one is willing to risk in order to earn profits?; the level of acceptable volatility for highly performing stocks; the current valuation as compared to projected earnings growth; and the financial strength of the underlying company as compared to its stock's valuation as compared to its stock's performance.
These and many more derived observations are then combined, ranked, weighted, and scenario-tested to create a more complete analysis. The result is a systematic and disciplined method of selecting stocks. As always, stock ratings should not be treated as gospel — rather, use them as a starting point for your own research.
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ARMOUR Residential REITDividend Yield: 13.10%ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) shares currently have a dividend yield of 13.10%. ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. is a real estate investment trust launched and managed by ARMOUR Residential Management LLC. It invests in the real estate markets of the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 6.55.The average volume for ARMOUR Residential REIT has been 9,400,600 shares per day over the past 30 days. ARMOUR Residential REIT has a market cap of $2.4 billion and is part of the real estate industry. Shares are down 0.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.TheStreet Ratings rates ARMOUR Residential REIT as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, compelling growth in net income and attractive valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the stock has had a generally disappointing performance in the past year.Highlights from the ratings report include:
- ARR's very impressive revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 16.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues leaped by 215.9%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT INC has improved earnings per share by 37.0% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past year. However, we anticipate underperformance relative to this pattern in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT INC increased its bottom line by earning $0.97 versus $0.02 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 8.2% in earnings ($0.89 versus $0.97).
- The company's current return on equity greatly increased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of significant strength within the corporation. When compared to other companies in the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) industry and the overall market, ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT INC's return on equity is below that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- ARR has underperformed the S&P 500 Index, declining 7.12% from its price level of one year ago. Turning toward the future, the fact that the stock has come down in price over the past year should not necessarily be interpreted as a negative; it could be one of the factors that may help make the stock attractive down the road. Right now, however, we believe that it is too soon to buy.
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Wayne tornado: EF4, 170 MPH winds, 1.38 miles wide, 19 mile damage path
The National Weather Service in Omaha says the Friday night tornado that destroyed homes and businesses in northeast Nebraska was a powerful EF4 in places, with winds reaching 170 miles per hour.
The weather service, in a preliminary damage survey, said Saturday night the tornado at one time was 1.38 miles wide and was on the ground for a total of 19 miles.
The violent tornado began 8 miles southwest of Wayne and gained strength as it headed northeast. A farmstead about four-and-half miles southwest of Wayne sustained substantial damage.
The tornado became about a-mile-and-quarter wide as it severely damaged another farmstead and caused EF3 damage to two homes along Highway 15 just south of Wayne. The tornado missed the downtown and residential districts, and severely damaged the softball complex on the southeast side of Wayne.
The report says the most significant damage occurred in the industrial park on the east side of Wayne, where numerous metal building structures, some quite large, sustained serious damage or were mangled into rubble.
The tornado then crossed Highway 35 and had a direct hit on the Wayne Municipal Airport. Two hangers were flattened, and some private aircraft were tumbled and ripped up. The tornado then struck another farmstead and a home northeast of the airport.
The storm then crossed into Dixon county, where more trees, crops and farmsteads were damaged before the tornado narrowed and dissipated about 6 miles north-northwest of Wakefield.
In all, 15 people were injured, and one person suffered critical injuries, according to The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency. Wayne said their Chief Information Officer John Dunning was seriously injured in the tornado and was in a medically induced coma.
Gov. Dave Heineman, who issued an emergency declaration for the area Friday night, will fly to the region Sunday to survey tornado damage.
Wayne Mayor Ken Chamberlin says damage to the community is in the millions of dollars and that the rebuilding process will be lengthy.
The local public health department will provide tetanus shots Sunday afternoon to anyone injured in the recovery and response.
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Just read the whole thing, some real cool stuff in there
Casey was probably saying on the plane. "POUND THE CI(ROCK)!!!"
That was a great reply from someone lmfao!!!
Ciroc Peach - C'mon.
i8theball.com it's a website...about, you know....basketball.
"You never heard of DeMar just google him, the defense don't know what to do wit him"
I doubt it was just Gay and Amir only who were drinking on that Ciroc.
We all know Pietrus stays drunk.
It seems I'm the only one who thinks this is dubious behaviour. For one, I'm not sure we even know if they asked before or after the game. Neither do we know if this was a one time thing or if for some players this is a regular thing. I'm not sure about the attitude of our current team at all.
So feel safe : Rudy and Amir are not heavy drinkers, just a couple of school boys IMO...
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Burglary/2200 blk W Grand Ronde- Complainant reported their house broken into and ransacked with a lot of items missing. The suspects broke a window to gain entry. Suspect vehicle, gray older 4dr with an older Hispanic male and a younger Hispanic male Burglary/2800 blk W John Day- Pasco Police called reporting a safe found in a dumpster at 500 blk N 24th St. The safe contained information for this address. Upon contact at the residence, the rear glass slider had been shattered. Investigation continuing. Burglary/900 blk N Cleveland St- Male cashed his paycheck and put the money in his girlfriend's purse last night. They had two friends over last night and at the time they went to bed the friends went home. This morning he found the sliding glass door open and the money missing from the purse. They confronted the two friends who both denied taking the money. Trespass/Gum & Bruneau Railroad Tracks- Male was intoxicated walking on the tracks. He refused to obey officers when he was called off the tracks. He went to jail. Theft/500 blk N Arthur St- Complainant left his $500.00 Raleigh mountain bike (sliver and green with red tires) outside his front door. This morning it was gone. No suspects or witnesses. Fraud/800 blk S Olympia St- Complainant reported his credit card number was used at a Target store in Brooklyn NY. No suspects or witnesses. B Squad Theft/7400 blk W Canal Dr- Female was detained by loss prevention for theft. Officer Littrell also had probable cause for her arrest on a shoplift from another store a few days ago. She confessed to both crimes and was booked at the BCSO Jail. Suspicious Circumstance/6400 blk W 1st Ave- Officer Hanson responded to a report of an unknown suspect jiggling the door to the above residence and then running off. This had happened in the past as well. There also has been mail taken from the residence's mail box. Theft/800 blk N Columbia Center Blvd- Loss prevention reported that male and female had concealed items and did not pay for them. The female also had a warrant for her arrest. She was booked for theft and the warrant. Male was booked for theft. Burglary/2000 blk W 5th Ave- Complainant reported that an unknown suspect tried to enter the residence via a window. An area check did not produce a suspect. CAT Warrant Arrest/2100 blk W 4th Ave- Detectives contacted a 30 year old male and arrested him for 3 felony warrants. He is also a gang member. He was booked into Benton County Jail.


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Organic Goldeneye Pale Ale - Black Isle Brewery Co Ltd
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Reviews by stjaernstoft:
3.83/5 rDev +0.5%
Black Isle Organic Goldeneye Pale Ale, ABV: 5.6%.
330 ml bottle, 16.50 SEK at Systembolaget.
A: The liquid is hazy golden, with shades of orange - it's quite beautiful. On top there's a small white head which leaves a nice ring of lacing.
S: On the nose I get a sweet, pleasant, fruity and floral, hoppy aroma, with notes of peaches, pears, green grapes and marmalade balls, as well as hints of bread and honey.
T: A minor, but noticeable sweetness, with medium bitter flavours of fruity and floral hops, grains, bready malt, marmalade, dried apricots, grapes, honey notes and a hint of alcohol.
M: A medium-sized body, and a somewhat oily liquid, with notable carbonation.
O: The 'Goldeneye' is a balanced, sweet and quite mild pale ale that makes an interesting and rather unusual, sessionable drink. As I'm traditionally not that much into sweetness in beers, I'm surprised by how much I actually enjoy this one. Nice.
09-08-2011 15:00:57 | More by stjaernstoft
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04-10-2012 08:35:48 | More by aztraz
4.25/5 rDev +11.5%
07-17-2014 17:58:32 | More by bianconoir
4/5 rDev +5%
01-12-2013 22:01:45 | More by BuddhaBrowett
3.73/5 rDev -2.1%
330ml bottle
A- Light copper colour, two fingers, nicely persistent head that also leaves quite good amounts of lacing
S- Fresh but very delicate herbal/grassy aroma, with quite a nice amount of fruity notes showing up (mainly citric - expecially orange and grapefruit, but also peach)
T- Delicate body with a very light malt presence (flavour-wise), just a slight note of caramel. A refreshing grassy and flowery feel pervades the whole tasting experience, as the smell suggested. Fruity (peach, pear) and citric notes on the back of the tongue and in the aftertaste with a slightly juicy feel to them. Moderate and really delicate bitterness given the nice amount of hop flavours, but still enough to provide for a refreshing, thirst-quenching finish
M- Light in body, medium carbonation. Nice but still smooth crispness on the palate, more on the juicy side on the tongue
O- Highly enjoyable, refreshing ale. Delicate and perfectly balanced
05-31-2012 15:56:43 | More by Cozzatoad
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
The beer is clear copper chestnut, has an off-white compact and slowly settling head that leaves loads of lacing.
Fresh fruits, lemon, lime, green apples, pears and newly mowed lawn in the smell.
Starting rather sweet, bread and dried apricots, then fresh riper apples, peaches, a modest bitter orange finish with a sharp bitter twist at the end.
Medium low carbonation, soft and slightly sticky feeling, a big body, a coarse dry finish.
Good - I liked the fruitiness and malty body, possibly a bit too sweet and short coarse peak of bitterness.
04-18-2011 14:28:10 | More by rarbring
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
04-13-2014 18:07:24 | More by jmtpi
United Kingdom (Scotland)
4.28/5 rDev +12.3%
Serving type - Cask, Bottle, Keg
A - On all of the above you get a Golden amber colour, which has very little head in the bottle but more so in the Keg and even more so on the Cask.
S - Fruity and slightly sweet especially in Cask.
T - In the Cask especially you get a lot of honey coming through which makes it a very smooth and pleasant drink, I'd go as far as saying it's the best Cask pint I've ever had. In the bottle (chilled) and in the keg you get a lot of dried fruits and a slight grapefruit taste.
M- Cask is just so smooth and feels almost creamy which is a contrast to the keg and bottle because there is a very dry finish.
O - It's certainly a great peer in my opinion and especially in the Cask because it's completely different, however this by no means makes the bottle and keg inferior, just different.
04-24-2013 13:14:54 | More by Scott_jessuk
4.5/5 rDev +18.1%
07-26-2014 18:39:59 | More by Saksis
3.63/5 rDev -4.7%
The colour is copper-amber (20 EBC); the liquid is clear. The two finger head is airy and off-white. It sinks slowly leaving some lacing.
The smell is classic British: Dried fruits (mostly apricots but some pears and pineapples), dried flowers, some hints of diacetyl and delicate malt sweetness. The bitterness is quite mild and includes some wheat sour notes.
The taste is smooth with quite a lot of pear-like fruit esters. Malt sweetness with just little roasted hints, some very mild bitter notes and a touch of fresh rye bread. The light aftertaste got some hints of alcohol, wheat-ey sourness and apricots. The finish is balanced and sweet.
The carbonation is mild; the bubbles are small and fresh. The liquid is semi-smooth.
An interesting take on the English pale ale style with the wheat and the pear/apple-like flavours.
05-20-2011 19:56:13 | More by bark
4.25/5 rDev +11.5%
03-30-2014 10:01:32 | More by rredshift
3/5 rDev -21.3%
01-01-2013 15:01:21 | More by harpus
4.05/5 rDev +6.3%
Poured from a 33cL bottle into a BrewDog cervoise glass. Lot 038. Best before March 2012.
A: Clear orange/amber-brown with light white head and bubbles within. Scattered lacing.
S: Strongly citrusy hops. Fruity. Malts as a foundation.
T/M: A bit weaker/waterier than the smell. Drying hops and a carbonated tingle set up a very lightly sweet, fruity maintaste before a bitter and incredibly drying aftertaste.
O: An enjoyable beer, if shockingly dry at the end. Not my favourite pale ale, but one I would definitely order in a bar if I saw it.
07-25-2011 16:34:52 | More by AgentMunky
3.8/5 rDev -0.3%
08-18-2014 16:59:45 | More by Synapstic
4/5 rDev +5%
A: This beer pours deep golden with a medium large white kind of compact head that dissipates into quite nice lacings.
S: The malt is a bit held back. The floral hops dominates, but there is also a healthy dose of bitter hops. Faint strawberries.
T: The malt is a bit more present (compared to the taste), nice caramell. The bitterness is stronger but the floral hops are just as nice as in the smell. Strawberries, again.
M: Body is medium and carbonation mild. Aftertaste stays for a long time and holds a nice dry bitterness.
D: This is a nice beer. It's well-crafted and in great balance.
04-14-2011 17:06:05 | More by Evil_Pidde
3/5 rDev -21.3%
08-03-2013 12:47:34 | More by Necronomad
Ontario (Canada)
3.88/5 rDev +1.8%
A copper gold colour with steller lacing. Smell has citrus and berry hops on it, aromatic fruity hopiness, some caramel malt also. Taste is a nicely balanced malt start then a lot of the drying citrus grapefruit and lemon hops, dry florals as well. Mouthfeel is crisp, dry and pretty refreshing with moderate carbonation. Quite a tasty PA that is easy to drink but offers somewhat limited depth, works fairly well though and its enjoyable.
06-25-2013 09:03:12 | More by mick303
Organic Goldeneye Pale Ale from Black Isle Brewery Co Ltd
85 out of 100 based on 17 ratings.


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Libertarian Party of Arapahoe County Happy Hour at Landry's
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Landry's Seafood House
7209 S Clinton StEnglewood, CO 80112
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Landry's ambiance is breezy but genteel — Gulf Coast, circa 1940. Jazz plays softly. Ceiling fans spin overhead. It's the kind of place Hepburn and Tracy would have hung out, maybe split a dozen oysters and a drink before dinner and lingered after a dessert of bananas foster on the patio or dock outside.
One look at the menu, and it's clear Landry's isn't just the catch of the day. It's a classic. The exceptional, fresh seafood gets star billing, any way customers want it — red snapper, flounder, redfish, rainbow trout, salmon, tuna and mahi-mahi — all with or without specialty toppings incorporating jumbo lump crab, shrimp, scallops and crawfish. Bountiful seafood platters including Gulf shrimp, oysters and shellfish prepared myriad ways. Seafood-spiked gumbos, salads and pastas, plus beef and fowl to appeal to every palate.
Nobody does seafood quite like Landry's. Our recipes are field-tested for months. Our chefs are quality control experts. Our wait staff is warm, welcoming and well trained in every detail of the menu.
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By George Bremer
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ANDERSON, Ind. — One of the greatest sights during the opening days of Indianapolis Colts training camp has been Chuck Pagano bouncing around with full energy.
The head coach, of course, missed most of his first season after being diagnosed with leukemia. He returned for the final regular-season game and the AFC Wild Card playoff loss in Baltimore, but he's still receiving treatments every six months.
The amazing part is there is no visible sign of the toll the disease must have taken. His hair has fully grown back, and he's as animated as ever running from station to station to coach his players.
He said doctors have given him no restrictions, and the only changes he's made to his daily camp routine are procedural.
"You know you always learn from experience so there's a few minor things here and there," Pagano said. "But the basic format, the way we run our meetings, the way that we run our walkthroughs, the time that we practice, those things are all going to be the same."
It was here in Anderson when the warning signs first began to appear last year.
Pagano felt fatigued and unexplained bruising began to appear, but it was easy to write those symptoms off to the rigors of training camp and the added pressure of being a first-time head coach.
He finally agreed to consult a doctor during the Colts' bye week, after he'd completed a full preseason and three regular-season games. The diagnosis came back as acute promyelocytic leukemia, and the coach became an inspiration from the start.
More than 30 players shaved their heads in solidarity, and countless others — including two Colts cheerleaders — joined them around the city. The "ChuckStrong" campaign was born, with proceeds from countless sales of t-shirts and wrist bands emblazoned with the slogan going toward leukemia research.
A young team rallied around Pagano's example and finished with the surprise playoff appearance.
The head coach returned just before Christmas and led the team to a 28-16 victory over the Houston Texans in Week 17 at Lucas Oil Stadium. That game, and the standing ovation Pagano received from the fans before it, was nominated for an Espy Award as the year's best sports moment.
Some have wondered what the Colts will use as motivation this season, with its head coach back on the sideline. But Pagano likely still is the answer.
As simple as the goal once seemed, the team would like nothing more than to play for its head coach for a full season.
"It'd be huge," quarterback Andrew Luck said. "It would be unbelievable. I think the most important thing last year was that he did come back and coach the last two games and was in remission. If we could have him for the whole season, that would be truly awesome."


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U of Texas put 'golden handcuffs' on law faculty with help of $213M private foundation
Posted Apr 23, 2013 4:02 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
As the state attorney general continues to look into the operations of a private nonprofit foundation that helped raise money for the University of Texas Law School, details are emerging about the "golden handcuffs" that discouraged faculty from going to other institutions.
Although there is nothing to indicate that any illegal conduct took place, questions have been raised about the propriety, transparency and accuracy of compensation arrangements for faculty at the state's premier law school that involve benefits provided by an outside foundation with a powerful board of trustees, the American-Statesman reports.
News reports have also noted that the largesse from the University of Texas Law School Foundation created what university president William Powers Jr. called "a divided atmosphere among the faculty" over law school's faculty compensation practices.
The foundation has assets of $213 million and gave nearly $75 million to the law school and its faculty in little more than a decade, the newspaper says. Since the 1950s, as recommended by a series of law school deans, the foundation has given faculty financial assistance including stipends and mortgage help. Such "golden handcuffs" also benefited the law school by giving its faculty a financial incentive to stay at the University of Texas, said the current law dean, Ward Farnsworth.
Sometimes, a loan would be provided that had a certain portion forgiven each year that a law professor remained on the faculty. Alternatively, a law professor might be given a deferred compensation agreement that provided for him to get more pay for each year he stayed at UT.
Particularly at private law schools, "It's a common recruiting tool," Farnsworth said.
Among those who benefited at UT were former dean Lawrence Sager, who had $300,000 of a $500,000 loan forgiven before he was asked to step down as dean and return to the faculty, ending his loan-forgiveness arrangement.
An internal report has suggested that Sager might also have been getting $100,000 a year in deferred compensation at a time when salaries for other deans in the UT system were frozen.
See also:
ABAJournal.com: "Foundation's Forgivable Loans to U of Texas Law Profs Draw Fire; Former Dean Got $500K"
ABAJournal.com: "U of Texas regents OK external probe of law school funding"
Daily Texan: "Texas Senate passes bill limiting boards of regents' power"
Houston Chronicle: "UT regents back down on records, probe"
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Crysis 3 is enjoyable, but it's a bundle of missed opportunities
Crysis 3
It takes a game with a strong vision and sense of self to break through the wall of sequels and get people excited about a new world. What's troubling is that the things that made that first game so remarkable tend to get sandblasted away in the sequels. With larger budgets and marketing campaigns on the line, by the time we get to the third game in a series it tends to look like other big-name games in the market.
Compare the smaller scale and horror of the first Dead Space with the near-war mentality of Dead Space 3. Compare the features and feel of the first Mass Effect title with the third. Both of these series are made of three good, and sometimes great, titles, but it's hard to ignore how much of the series' DNA can get lost in multiple sequels.
Crysis 3 is an enjoyable game, but it's lost much of what made the first two games special. It's not bad by any means, but you can see hints of a much better game peeking out through the cracks. I don't mind the time I spent playing through the game's single-player campaign, and I had great fun during a few sequences, but it feels like the features of the first two games have been eroded, not improved.
You're the hunter
I won't try to recap the story thus far, as once we get to the point where a character gets a suit and then kills himself and gives the suit away and then the suit is a character who becomes the character with a suit I begin to lose my mind a little bit. The game's opening scenes are effective at bringing the character back into the world.
You play as Prophet, a soldier who wears a nanosuit that is partially made of alien technology. A group of soldiers, led by an old friend, break you out of what seems to be deep freeze to once again help lead the resistance against an evil corporation called Cell.
New York has been reclaimed by nature, and now sits under a great glass dome; a few of the aliens from previous games roam the great forest, acting like animals without the power of their hive mind. Cell uses… something to create what seems to be unlimited power, and they'll put you to work if you can't pay your bills. It's time to go to war.
This is all a surreal, if intriguing, way to begin the game. You're given a bow along with a series of arrows with different properties; you can fire the weapon without taking up energy while cloaked. The marketing played up the idea of a lone hunter in the jungle, taking down human and alien foes alike.
During your adventures you can find upgrade points that allow you to power up your suit, and the power-ups you have equipped at any time create a sort of loadout that buff your already preternatural abilities. You can set different ability sets to quick-keys, so it's simple to move from a build that focuses on speed and stealth and into one that's more geared to offensive capabilities.
The weapon modification system is likewise streamlined and smart. You hold a button to pull up the modification screen, and then hit a button that corresponds with the scope, barrel, or other options to cycle through your choices. With a little practice you can take your rifle and add a laser sight, silencer, and extended magazine, or take them away for something else. It doesn't take long to learn these systems, and you'll feel like a nasty killing machine very quickly.
Then you begin to actually hunt, and things begin to fall apart.
From one place to the next, and then back again
The game often gives you a large area to explore, complete with secondary objectives, and you're free to go about your business any way you choose. There are even a few vehicles here and there to drive, and the requisite scene where you grab the gun in a flying section that's largely out of control.
The beats of modern action games are set entrenched in our minds that one can almost set their watch by the appearance of certain set pieces or "dramatic" moments.
The issue is that there is very little reason to use most of that arsenal, and that's bad news for a game that's made up of a series of small sandboxes. It's fun to try a silencer, but it's not really needed. Weapons and ammunition are plentiful, making the switch between semi and fully automatic more of a toy than something that's tactically useful.
You can build your abilities out in a way that makes it trivial to simply walk through most of the game's major conflicts. Sure, you can choose to not use these abilities and fight through every environment, but I shouldn't have to ignore certain abilities and builds to have an appropriate level of challenge.
Combine these things with a storyline that attempts pathos and relationships that never really land emotionally, and you have an experience that feels hollow. There is often a sense that the game could have been deeper, with meaningful choices in terms of abilities and weaponry, but they simplified the action to such a degree that any tinkering you do in these areas is merely for your own enjoyment, without it being necessary to succeed in the game itself.
The enemies themselves don't put up much resistance, and the only trick you need to learn is finding a place to hunker down while your energy recharges during large battles. The rest is a matter of cloaking, using your bow, retrieving the arrows, and then doing the same thing to the next group.
The game ends on an interesting note, but the campaign drips with expected plot twists and awkwardly-inserted emotions that just don't hit in a meaningful way. There is a subplot about a character who wants back into the suit, although you want out, that isn't explored fully.
Crysis 3 is filled what what could have been interesting subplots and ideas, but Crytek seemed hesitant to commit fully to any of them. The result is a competent, fun, but ultimately forgettable experience. It's also a beautiful game on the 360, but performance is uneven. I've begun testing the game on my PC, and I'll report back to see how things look on a fully jacked system. I'm also looking forward to jumping online once the servers are up and running and filled with gamers to try the multiplayer.
Until then, Crysis 3 is a stock shooter that's often fun, but doesn't offer enough that's new or exciting to make it a must-buy.


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Weil Gotshal layoffs are start of a wave, consultant says (video)
Posted Jun 27, 2013 11:29 AM CDT
By Lee Pacchia
Weil, Gotshal & Manges' announcement this week that it is firing 60 associates and 110 support staffers and cutting the pay of about 30 partners is the start of a wave of such downsizings, according to law firm consultant Bruce MacEwen, publisher of the blog Adam Smith, Esq. The cuts put Weil in a stronger position, he says, but that's not true in the case of every law firm making reductions. MacEwen discusses how to tell if a firm is making cuts from a position of strength or from a position of weakness.
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