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The shooting rails did not meet my expectations. They do not secure to the tree well and the backrest sticks out too far making it uncomfortable to sit in my hang on stands. I would not purchase these again. There was also a bolt missing.
Rail isn't bad for the money. Its light weight but does the job. Make my son and I a little safer many feet off the ground. I would buy another if needed.
I bought the shooting rail for the firearm season the rail was easy to put together and easy to install the front part of the rail does sag alittle but will serve it purpose very happy with it
This shooting rest is great! It is the second one that I have bought from "the Guide." It is easy to install and will do what it says. It holds my crossbow and rifle across the front easily. It does bend forward a little when weight is applied to it, but others do as well. It will definitely give you a solid rest for that once in a lifetime shot - and do it at a cheaper price than other name brands.
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Joplin has made some small building code changes. A new house must have hardware, called hurricane straps, that secures the roof more tightly. Bolts securing the house to the foundation now have to be placed four feet apart, rather than six. Walls made of concrete or cement need steel reinforcement. Such simple, inexpensive changes should mean that a tornado has to be strong enough to lift up the whole house – not just the roof – before it can do structural damage.
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There isn't good data on how many communities in tornado-prone places require such protection built into new houses. But even in those regions, according to the Insurance Institute, the chances of a house being hit by a damaging tornado could be as low as 1 in 10,000.
Shelter from the Storm
One thing Joplin did not do after the May 2011 tornado is require people to add storm shelters or safe rooms. Well-built shelters protect people from debris – the main source of death and injuries from tornadoes. But shelters cost $2,500 to $10,000 to build.
Many in Joplin assumed the expense anyway, and the city has especially focused on fortifying community shelters and safe rooms in schools. One engineer estimated Joplin and the region are adding 750,000 square feet of public shelter space – about $120 million worth. That's enough to harbor 100,000 people.
About half of the homes rebuilt within a year of the tornado included a shelter, according to one official's estimate. Stammer himself did not have to rebuild but added a shelter anyway, because of how quickly the tornado formed. Stammer said he realized that had the tornado hit at a different point of the day, he would not have made it to his office emergency bunker, where he usually directs storm response.
FEMA has helped cover the cost of residential shelters in some states, but some question the practicality of broader government programs or requirements that would force people to install them.

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Genshiken Nidaime ReviewI liked this series quite a bit. It's a nice look into fujoshi fandom. I think it's probably the only series I've seen that is entirely devoted to it.(feel free to send me a message if you know of more). That being said, I think it's a great addition to the animated Genshiken series. If you liked the previous series, you'll probably like this.
1 out of 4 people found this review helpful:If you liked season 1...... then prepare to be disappointed. I wasn't particularly fond of any of the new characters, and the ones they kept were so watered down it was as if they were new characters too (except maybe Madarame). Also, the main character was just annoying. They took an anime i loved and turned into another typical cookie cutter story.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful:Sister Fujoshi. Sister Fujoshi Everywhere. (And then Hato)Well, I enjoyed this after only watching half of the original Genshiken. I think I'd like it even if it was new to me. Sure, I might be confused at some parts but I loved it.Read more
Anime creators are taking notice of us, my sister rotten girls! Have you noticed the rise of fujoshi characters in anime? We're being noticed! YAY! Gotta love Hato's yaoi though...
So I thought that Hato and ...
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful:Interesting, but AwkwardI feel bad giving this a three star review, but let me explain why.Read more
Basically, I've recently been binging on series trying to find good stuff. I watched this right after Watamote, trying for another "slice of life" anime. I got it, sort of, and I like the references it makes, the otaku look at life, but really, for me at least, I didn't love it. I feel like if the first Genshiken was available ...
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful:A fun romp through BL culture and a great addition to the franchiseSecond Season / Generation is my first outing in the Genshiken universe and I have to say I very much enjoyed it. There are many anime that have touched on the subject of the otakuness from the male perspective. Second Generation is a refreshing look from the other side done in a funny, touching, and respectful manner. The characters are fun to watch and each moves forward in the series in their ...Read more
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful:Near and Dear to my Heart~ <3The Genshiken series has always been one of my top 5 favorite Anime/Manga series, and I can't express my immense joy when they announced this series after years of nothing. I think the new characters are lively and vibrant which helps this series along wonderfully since it takes place mostly in the same location, a small room. I loved and adored the interaction between the old characters and the ...Read more
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful:Very good but not quite on par with previous seasonsThis new Genshiken is definitevely a good anime. The characters are interesting and the atmosphere is still nailed. But where the original was reflexive and realistic, even thou was funny and exciting, this new series is just "too anime". i mean, too much "out of this world" situation and resolutions.Read more
Still quite and enjoyable tough. I specially liked the way they touched on the whole sexual ...
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful:Great Series, Want More!Really enjoyed this series, and have to admit to being depressed something so challenging to my shounen otaku sensibilities was over so quickly. If you like slice of life anime with a dose of cringe comedy and floating sexual identity (both figurative and literal!) you can't go wrong with this season of Genshiken.
11 out of 14 people found this review helpful:Big step down towards average (picks up in the end)I'm a big fan of the original Genshiken, a realistic and funny anime about an Otaku circle in a Japanese university. Every character seemed fleshed out and relatively realistic, and the introduction of the very not-otaku Kasukabe created a lot of tension, especially between her and uber-otaku Madarame. It was generally slow-paced and reflective on otaku subculture.Read more
But now most of the ...
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:Still awesome into season 3I loved Seasons 1 and 2, loved the manga, and I was an absolute Kuji-un nerd for both the real show and the show-within-a-show. Season 3 is fun in so many ways that it's unfair to give it only 4 stars when it's so enjoyable, but it falls short in one key area: there's no protagonist.Read more
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Sandys speaks on new climate role in Parliament
The MP for South Thanet Laura Sandys, has just been appointed the new Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for the Department for Energy and Climate Change, Greg Barker MP - who happens to represent Bexhill & Battle in Sussex.
The Kent MP said she was hoping to bring her experience of the energy sector the the role.
"It is a real privilege to be working as Greg Barker MP's PPS. Having worked with the energy sector for 20 years prior to my election to Parliament, I hope I can bring some of my experience to the role.
"Having also worked briefly at the Consumer Association I am very aware of the challenges faced by customers with rising bills. With the roll-out of the Green Deal just around the corner, we have a real opportunity to improve the UK's housing stock, reduce energy bills and keep families warm.
– Laura Sandys, MP for South Thanet & Parliamentary Private Secretary
"I also look forward to working closely with the Department, colleagues, and the wider energy sector to ensure the arguments for energy investment and green growth are clearly made and understood.
"Already, the green economy represents a huge part of the UK economy and has created more jobs than sectors such as ICT, finance, insurance, and the motor trade. Transitioning to a green economy is not a nice to have, but a total necessity if we are to achieve long term economic growth."


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The start of school for kindergartners this fall will all come down to a birthdate. A new state law is bumping up the cutoff date, and parents are now trying to decide whether to hold their children back or not.
The new law states any child attending kindergarten must be 5 years old by Aug. 31, which is a month earlier than in years past.
"You often times do see big differences in the abilities and developmentally readiness of children that are just turning 5 Sept. 30," said Granbery Elementary Principal Lori Donahue.
Amy Wingo's birthday was on the cusp of the enrollment cutoff, and she said starting school early had effects that stayed with her into college.
"Immaturity, maybe. Didn't have the study habits of someone that was older," Wingo said.
Now, she has decided to hold her own daughter back a year.
"In her preschool class now, she is the oldest, and I feel like it is great. I feel like she thrives and she helps the others," Wingo said.
The practice of holding a child back is called "redshirting," and some parents think it's best to give their kids a leg-up on sports while others try to avoid bullying by allowing more time to develop their social skills in pre-K.
"I think it has to do with each family and what they think is best," said parent Rachel Goodson.
Educators feel that extra time really is precious to prepare kids for that leap into kindergarten where they're going to have to be more independent.
"It's different now from even when I was in kindergarten, because they do move pretty fast now and homework and things like that," Goodson said.
Students at that age must know letters and numbers and how to read on their own by the end of the year, but there are some exceptions to the new rule.
"If children are enrolled in a Metro pre-K, they're automatically grandfathered into kindergarten," Donahue said.
Parents can also appeal for an assessment test.
"And those that make the cut score will be admitted to kindergarten," Donahue said.
Otherwise, parents may be left with the expense of another year of day care or a repeat of pre-K.
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The sun was a dusty red smudge on the horizon when Capt. Rich Kosztyu pulled the throttles back on his 28 ProKat, Michele Ann, and we settled into a bumpy sea 25 miles off Shark River in northern New Jersey. Small, dark storm petrels, "tuna chicks" in local parlance, pattered on the surface, and shearwaters sliced the tops of the waves, both species hoping to pick up the scraps scattered by school-size bluefin tuna. Occasionally a tuna busted, but there was no pattern to their feeding or, it seemed, to their movement. Anyone who has chased tuna even a few times knows the inevitable frustration when they are around but just won't cooperate.
We left the dock at Neptune just after 4 a.m. to get where we were, an area loosely referred to as the Mud Hole. That name covers the ancient riverbed scars that run across the continental shelf from the mouth of the Hudson River to where the shelf drops into the abyss as the Hudson Canyon. Kosztyu and captains Chris Gatley and Jimmy Gahm were on an extended busman's holiday this week, precipitated by the appearance of bluefin tuna. They had been tracking the fish for several days, and so far they'd brought 45 to the boat, all just above and below the 47-inch mark.
They were trying to figure out this new bluefin fishery. Warminster, Pennsylvania, angler Bill Marsh came along to pull on tuna. But that didn't seem like it was going to happen here. Kosztyu reckoned it wasn't worth chasing fish that weren't settling down to feed, so he pointed the bow offshore and powered toward the sunrise.
This strategy, the willingness to run and gun, look for birds and stay on the move, is how Kosztyu and Gatley had been finding fish over the past week. It wasn't as if this were a fishery with a well-established routine.
Bluefin Redux
School bluefin tuna had not been regular visitors to this portion of the Jersey coast for nearly 20 years. First hints of their return came three years ago when Al Ristori, of the Newark Star-Ledger, reported that anglers working the Mud Hole were catching bluefins in the 25-inch range. The past two years have seen the same run of bluefins in July, with the fish each year averaging a little larger.
"There has been a 20-year lull in the Mud Hole," says Gatley. "Ten years ago it was dead. Now for the past two years, there has been consistently good fishing for bluefins. The sand eels have rebounded, and that is a major reason the fish stick around."
"To see bluefins again is great," says Kosztyu. The first year they started showing up, they appeared along the 30-fathom line. Then the second season he fished them, in '09, he found productive jigging on both the 20- and the 30-fathom lines. "That's when the jigging got hot," he says. "We had sand eels like we haven't seen in years, since the 1980s and '90s. I don't know why they left, but they started showing up again, and we were marking acres of them on the bottom."


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Perfect Location in Newport
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Charming Home in the Perfect Location. Walk to the famous Cliff Walk or take a quick stroll to shop and have lunch. Minutes away from the beach and downtown. Don't drive when you can walk to tennis at the Tennis Hall of Fame or to dinner on the Warf. The house has great flow with its large dining room/living room combination, marble bath and large kitchen. Store your bikes in the cellar which includes a full laundry. Have a cookout after the beach on the front patio or lounge on the porch as you sip a cool cocktail. Driveway parking and street parking pass are included. Well maintained, perfect location and great flow make this home a top choice!
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Driveway parking, Air Conditioning System, house ventilation, grill, patio, porch, fireplace, washer/dryer
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Cliff Walk, Mansions, Tennis, Shopping, Restaurants, Beach, Spa, Tours, Sailing, Night Clubs
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I was born in 1945, virtually minutes after the end of WWII. While I was growing up the war was somehow always in the background and LIFE Magazine was always in my lap.
These photographs were taken at the WWII Air Show in August, 2002 in Reading, PA. The people in them are re-enactors. The hardware has been restored. Some of the accessories have been recreated but most are authentic.
I tried to photograph what I saw as if I were a war correspondent for LIFE during the Second World War. It wasn't easy. There were something on the order of 100,000 spectators to shoot around. The photographs are a memorial to my father and all those other fathers who have served.
Dad had his share of stories from that period. I'm sure other fathers did as well. These pictures bring those stories back and those stories will serve as the un-written captions for these images.


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Delayed election could doom Maybell project
Original post made on Aug 8, 2013
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on Aug 8, 2013 at 10:16 am
> "This is the opposition's referendum so the project should not
> bear the burden of the delay," Gonzalez said. "It's best for
> us and the City to move forward."
Ms. Gonzalez' taking this position for her organization is understandable--but is she authorized to speak for what's good for the City too?
on Aug 8, 2013 at 10:27 am
How reprehensible of Candice Gonzalez! She is clearly trying to push the project through before the 2014 election.
on Aug 8, 2013 at 10:30 am
Ms. Gonzales could learn a lesson here: when you steamroll a neighborhood, they might not roll over and take it. She wouldn't be in this mess if she tried listening to neighbors (and, for example, done a traffic study that didn't pretend that bikes and kids do not exist on the school corridor) instead of steamrolling the neighborhood concerns and counting on a plaint city council to ram the project through. She's undoubtedly lobbying the council hard for another bailout in the form of a more expensive special election at the time of her choice.
PAHC should have to pay the difference instead of spending their money on political consultants.


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BGCC is proud of the high quality programs and services that we offer our members. This wouldn't be possible without the many volunteers who give their time and talents to our members every day.
If you're sincerely interested in inspiring, motivating and improving young lives, we'd love to have you join our team as a volunteer! Here are some of the volunteer opportunities that are available right now:
- Tutoring
- Mentor opportunities
- Coaching and refereeing
- Character development and life skills coaches (for Passport to Manhood and SMART Girls)
Before you can become a volunteer, it's required that you first attend formal volunteer orientation training, offered monthly or more often if needed.
Please contact Cindy Newton, Community Engagement Coordinator at 216-883-2106, ext. 228, or, firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve your preferred date for volunteer orientation training.
2014 Volunteer Orientation Training Dates
Thursday, August 21, from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. @ Broadway Club (6114 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44127)
< Call for upcoming Volunteer Orientations after these dates >
- Volunteer application forms will be distributed at the Volunteer Orientation Training.
- All volunteers must submit to a background check which requires a fee of $10.00, payable at time of submission, by cash or check. The payment can also be made by going to www.clevekids.org and where it indicates a $10 donation, fill out the information and indicate "Background Check."
- Interviews for placement will be scheduled following Volunteer Orientation Training; when your background check comes back as cleared and application forms are complete. The Community Engagement Coordinator will contact you to schedule the interview.
Thank you for your interest in volunteering for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland. We look forward to hearing from you, and our members look forward to getting to know you!
Many thanks to the following companies and organizations that visited and helped BGCC the past month:
GMS – Day of Caring at Broadway
Fannie May Brands – Progressive Field Chocolate Event
DDR – Softball Event at West Side
Women's Board of BGCC – Picnic at the Snively Farm for BGCC Kids
Bridge Board – Field Day at Mt. Pleasant
Cleveland Clinic – Lake County Captain's Game Day
DDR – Luau Party at Mt. Pleasant
Board Day of Caring at King Kennedy
Kohl's Parma & Avon Day of Caring at Broadway
3M – Carnival Day at Broadway
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The Cleveland Indians have traded outfielder Shin-Soo Choo to the Cincinnati Reds and acquired pitcher Trevor Bauer from the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-team deal involving nine players.
Center fielder Drew Stubbs was sent from Cincinnati to Cleveland as part of the trade announced Tuesday night.
In addition to Stubbs, the Indians received Bauer, the No. 3 pick in the 2011 draft, and right-handers Matt Albers and Bryan Shaw from the Diamondbacks.
Cleveland shipped Choo, infielder-outfielder Jason Donald and cash to the Reds, while sending left-handed reliever Tony Sipp and first baseman Lars Anderson to Arizona.
The Diamondbacks also received minor league shortstop Didi Gregorius from Cincinnati.
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The Boone Police Department has added and additional charge to man who was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman at an area elderly residential care facility.
Charles Michael Horton, 60, was arrested on Thursday, January 10, at the Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation facility in Boone.
Workers called Boone Police around 11 p.m. that night to report that a man visiting a disabled female resident had been caught committing sexual acts against the woman.
Horton was apprehended as he walked away from the facility.
He was charged at that time with a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery and held in the Watauga County Detention Center under a $4,000 secured bond.
On Wednesday, January 23, Horton was charged with an additional charge of felony second degree sexual assault.
He is still in the custody of the Watauga County Sheriff, now with an additional $250,000 secured bond resulting from the new charge.
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We spotted this deer swimming beside Monument Island on the Salamonie Reservoir while boating this Sunday (7/5/09). Quite a sight!
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St. Crispian's Day to be celebrated Oct. 25
Lake Erie College will celebrate St. Crispian's Day Oct. 25 from Noon – 5 p.m. with a continuous reading of an excerpt from Shakespeare's Henry V. Readings will take place on the stage of the Arthur S. Holden Center and complimentary Elizabethan hors d'oeuvres will be served.
St. Crispian's Day marks the feast day of two early Christian martyr twins, Crispin and Crispinian.
The day is most famous for the battles that occurred on it, such as the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, that was later dramatized by William Shakespeare in Henry V.
The continuous reading of Shakespeare, Henry V, IV, iii., 23-70, will be presented by faculty, students and staff of the College. Members of the community are also invited to read from some or all of the St. Crispian's Day speech. A 10-minute scholarly presentation will also take place every hour. The presentation schedule is as follows:
Noon – "The Historical Context of The Battle of Agincourt," presented by Darlene Hall, Ph.D., associate professor of history
1:00 p.m. – "Meter and Scansion: Iambic pentameter in the St. Crispian's Day Speech," presented by Richard Sax, Ph.D., vice president of academic affairs and professor of English
2:00 p.m. – "Studies in Leadership: Henry V as Boy King, Military Leader, British Icon," presented by Michael T. Victor, J.D., president of the College
3:00 p.m. – "The Economics of Empire: Late Medieval Version," presented by Robert Trebar, dean of management studies
4:00 p.m. – "Fine Arts Representations of Henry V," Nancy Prudic, area chair of Fine Arts and assistant professor of visual arts
5:00 p.m. – Dinner and a Movie: Henry V (1989), Director Kenneth Branagh, Coe Conference Room, Holden Center
For more information or to sign up for a reading time, contact Lori O'Laughlin at 440.375.7150 or email@example.com. The event is free and open to the public.


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- Publisher: Arktos Entertainment
- Release Date: Oct 15, 2012
- Summary: (Formerly known as "The War Z") It has been 5 years since the outbreak, giving rise to a post-apocalyptic nightmare with 95% of the human race wiped out. To survive, you'll require food, weapons, and other supplies. Some of you will scavenge as you negotiate the terrain, others will be forced to fight for survival as they encounter zombies and other players. Every decision has an effect on whether you live or how quickly you meet your death.… Collapse
- Developer: Hammerpoint Interactive
- Genre(s): Massively Multiplayer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
Positive: 0 out of 13
Mixed: 0 out of 13
Negative: 13 out of 13
Jan 15, 2013The War Z is plagued by too many mistakes, but the developers seem to be unprofessional. I've watched the development of the game for too long now - without realizing improvement.
Feb 5, 2013The War Z might use the same elements that make DayZ an enthralling experience. But it puts them together so halfheartedly that you have to turn away in disbelief.
Jan 27, 2013A shameless knock-off that repeats many of DayZ's problems. Worst audio ever. Bullets for sale? Really?
Jan 9, 2013The War Z: The foundation-release of Hammerpoint Interactive's zombie-mmog is just a disaster. Missing features, technical problems, bugs, server hacks – there are so many things to be fixed, that it's hard to believe this project could ever be a smooth-running game.
Jan 18, 2013The only way to draw even the tiniest bit of entertainment from the game is by playing on nearly empty servers to avoid the player-killing cheaters and focus on the undead. Even then, you soon get fed up with the dreary zombie combat, or some hacker shows up and puts you out of your misery. Fighting zombie hordes in an apocalyptic wasteland has never been so depressing.
Feb 22, 2013The War Z has about as much value as its crappy in-game melee weaponry and that's not much at all. At least it doesn't cost anything to play after you buy it, and the cash shop items are fair enough, so you won't see people running around with machine guns just because they spent money. If you're going to give your money to a zombie-survival game, grab ArmA II and a copy of the DayZ mod, or wait for the full retail version of DayZ to arrive on digital store shelves and check that out. Do not buy into The War Z.
Mar 7, 2013Its mechanical foundation - like this Foundation Release - crumbles at the lightest touch. [March 2013, p.94]
Score distribution:
Positive: 279 out of 1643
Mixed: 45 out of 1643
Negative: 1,319 out of 1643
Mar 13, 2013I review it from a point with ~15 hours of gameplay, to be honest, it isnt all that bad as everyone says. I have ~200 Hours of gameplay on dayz and all i can say is that, you should also give WarZ a fair Chance...... I give this Game a fair 8, also keep in mind that it is FAR from complete....… Expand
Dec 19, 2012Heard how bad it was going to be, but wanted to try it anyways. The game is fun with friends to just hop right in and try to find each other in a post-apocalyptic world while avoiding hordes of zombies (barely) and sly bandits, who are out there trying to take your supplies by killing you. It was fun before the 4-hour patch to just jump in, survive, die and repeat. But after the 4-hour re-spawn timer, if you delete a character (Why is there even a re-spawn timer anyways? If you die, you die.) and create a new one, you get nothing. Not even food or a flashlight. Seriously? You join a server and spawn in the middle of the damn forest with NO FLASHLIGHT?! On top of that, even to survive just to find food would be impossible without some type of defense. All I can say is, this game had a TON of potential. Probably the only reason I bought it. While it was play-able, after the 4-hour re-spawn patch/update, it's pretty much unplayable. To buy or not to buy? It was a buy game, but not anymore. I even had three of my friends get it because it was quite enjoyable in the beginning, but now we are all getting our refunds.… Expand
Jul 31, 2014The "worst" game ever made. It's even worse than Superman 64 or E.T on Atari 2600. It has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Do not play this game. You can't even call it a "game". It's an insult to the humanity.… Expand
Oct 29, 2013Worst game ever The developers want to pull the money out of the pockets of the players.
Do not play it Sometime you regret having spent money for the game .
Here's a few things that come to mind spontaneously:
- It flies regularly out of the game "Punkbuster" kicks either match or you get errors. If you fly out of the game you will still be some time ingame Anyone can kill you in this period zombies or players .
- Graphics bugs can be found anywhere Missing or incorrect textures. Flying objects or sunk in the ground.
- At many specific points you just get lag. Lags when Chem lights or burning torches lying around .
- Lag and bugs with zombies. Zombies hit from a distance. Zombies stuck in objects. Zombies teleport around.
- Wait for 10 seconds until you can leave the game mostly you wait even longer. In time you can not cancel or defend themselves. For me, waiting times were up to 1 minute are not uncommon.
- Many hackers in the game with Aimbot ESP, Wallhack & Flyhack Let's tell you anything. There are also hackers veterans server.
- Lately, there are fewer and fewer servers and fewer players .
- GC was prohibited .
- You can only buy in-game dollars with GC. Prices in-game store dollars) were extremely elevated so that the customers need to buy more GC.
- New maps have been promised for months and repeatedly postponed .
Without private servers you can hardly play quietly On many players spawn camping with sniper rifles You can not trust anyone Private servers are very expensive about 50 dollars) for 1 month.
- Premium Accounts (1650 GC) are not very good. While you get more than twice as much experience but the loot is not only more but better. Quantity rather than quality. But Premiumserver are Public. There are no premium private server. Therefore, the risk of dying during looting much higher. You get 900 GC back but only if one logs on once a day. Time is important.
- The screenshots in Steam does not always correspond to the truth. A few zombies, characters, and weapons do not exist in the game.
- Little customization of the characters. Some characters do not even have 2 look.
- Game content are promised (eg cars) and are now canceled.
- Many players were banned for no reason. The manufacturer was no answer. Players had to wait for months until they were able to play again. Some wait longer or forever.
- PvE Here you'll find no PvE only PvP
Look around there are still dozens of other problems and complaints.… Expand
Dec 21, 2012If you get banned for saying whats wrong with the game i don't think it deserves any score above 0. When players are getting banned for expressing their option you know its a dark time in the gaming industry.… Expand
Dec 19, 2012This game is one of 2012's biggest disappointments (if people even believed this would have been successful)
The Steam page is full of lies, no 100 man servers, no skills, micro-transactions in an already paid game, and a 'final product' that looks more like an Alpha build.
DO NOT PURCHASE THIS GAME: That $15 can be spent on many different other games.… Expand


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News about Terrorism, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Aug. 27, 2014
Rabbis from around the world arrive in Mumbai, India, to reopen Nariman House, Jewish center attacked and gutted during 2008 killing rampage by Pakistani gunmen, which left six people dead; center will include a $2.5 million museum that will be the first in Mumbai to memorialize those killed in the attacks. MORE
Aug. 23, 2014
Obama administration has used increasingly pointed language to describe danger posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in response to group's rapid advance across northern Iraq; some American officials and terrorism experts say the ominous words overstate group's ability to attack the United States and its interests abroad, and that ISIS could be undone by its own brutality and nihilism. MORE
Aug. 22, 2014
Texas Gov Rick Perry warns that militants from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and other terrorist groups may have already slipped across the Mexican border; says while there is no clear evidence that such a breach has happened, United States' southern border should be considered security issue as well as social and economic problem. MORE
Aug. 22, 2014
Joshua Faudem testifies at trial in Brooklyn about 2003 bombing of bar in Tel Aviv, where he worked; around 300 plaintiffs are accusing Arab Bank of knowingly financing terrorism by maintaining accounts associated with Hamas. MORE
Aug. 22, 2014
Editorial laments execution of journalist James Foley by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria extremists, and fact that hostage-taking has become standard weapon in terrorists' arsenal; reflects on difficulty of deciding whether to submit to terrorist extortion; contends Foley's death should be reminder to honor the many brave journalists, aid workers and civil servants who risk their lives in conflict zones. MORE
Aug. 20, 2014
Former Canadian Idol contestant Khurram Syed Sher is acquitted of conspiring to facilitate terrorism; judge finds insufficient evidence that he intended to join complex plot that involved sending money to terrorists abroad and scouting targets in Canada. MORE
Aug. 15, 2014
Plaintiffs in case against Arab Bank lay out their case in federal court in Brooklyn, accusing bank of knowingly financing Hamas; plaintiffs totally almost 300 are victims or family members of victims of 24 terrorist attacks in early 2000s linked to Hamas; case is first civil trial against bank under Antiterrorism Act. MORE
Aug. 14, 2014
Saudi Arabia donates $100 million to a fledgling United Nations counterterrorism agency and expresses hope that infusion will strengthen its abilities and set an example for other donor countries. MORE
Aug. 14, 2014
Basic bank account at Arab Bank's Al Mazra branch in Beirut, Lebanon, is at center of first civil trial against a bank under Anti-Terrorism Act; account is in name of Osama Hamdan, a spokesman for Hamas, and suit charges that account and ones like it make up critical financial infrastructure for terrorist networks; suit was filed in Federal District Court in Brooklyn by 279 plaintiffs who represent victims of Hamas attacks. MORE
Aug. 6, 2014
Secret documents leaked to online magazine The Intercept show that about 20,800 United States citizens and permanent residents are included in federal government database of people suspected of having links to terrorism, of whom about 5,000 have been placed on one or more watch lists. MORE
Aug. 1, 2014
Norway calls off terrorism alert, saying attack by a militant Islamist group with combat training in Syria is no longer seen as imminent. MORE
Jul. 31, 2014
American authorities say Moner Mohammad Abusalha, Florida youth who died in a suicide attack in Syria in May 2014, traveled to United States for several months after training with extremist group allied with Al Qaeda; with so many Americans traveling abroad, US officials face difficult question of how to deal with potential danger posed by small group of radicalized citizens. MORE
Jul. 29, 2014
Violent Islamists of Boko Haram are targeting prominent political figures in Cameroon and Nigeria; terrorist group has attacked or kidnapped prominent citizens in Cameroon and committed a series of suicide bombings in Nigeria that have killed at least 11 people over two days. MORE
Jul. 25, 2014
Norway's intelligence service says it has received information about an imminent 'concrete threat' against Norway from people with links to Islamic fighters in Syria. MORE
Jul. 19, 2014
Dispute emerges over who is paying legal fees for Libyan terrorism defendant Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, who faces conspiracy charges related to Al Qaeda's 1998 bombings of two American embassies in East Africa; at issue is whether Libyan government retained Ruqai's lawyer and if there is conflict of interest; complicating matters is Ruqai's declining health. MORE
Jul. 18, 2014
Lady Justice Heather Hallett, appointed to look into legal matters arising from Northern Ireland peace process, releases report saying British government's program to inform some potential terrorism suspects that they did not face arrest is 'flawed' but not an amnesty. MORE
Jul. 17, 2014
Ahmed Abassi, Tunisian man accused of engaging in terrorist acts against targets in United States and other countries, is sentenced in Manhattan to time he has served in prison since his arrest in 2013; he plead guilty to lesser charges in June and will be deported. MORE
Jul. 14, 2014
Atty Gen Eric H Holder Jr expresses 'extreme, extreme concern' over reports that bomb makers from Yemen responsible for 2009 underwear-bomb plot are now in Syria cooperating with foreign militants there; Holder seems to confirm reports that Yemeni bomb makers are working to design small explosive devices, without explicitly saying so. MORE
Jul. 11, 2014
Five California men file federal lawsuit challenging national Suspicious Activity Reporting database, which gathers data about individual Ameridans in hunt for terrorists; plaintiffs contend federal standards are too lax in allowing reports from security guards and police to be uploaded without restriction or scrutiny, and that they encourage racial and religious profiling. MORE
Jul. 10, 2014
Matthew G Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is resigning after three years. MORE
Jul. 9, 2014
Atty Gen Eric H Holder Jr implores more European countries to adopt American-style counterterrorism laws and tactics, including undercover stings to prevent potential terrorist from traveling to Syria. MORE
Jul. 7, 2014
Editorial calls on Obama administration to address issues of targeted drone attacks on suspected terrorists, which can cause unintended civilian deaths; agrees with warnings that United States' continued use of drones to carry out secretive killings could have serious negative repercussions, including growth of terrorist organizations; calls for more transparency and creation of independent commission to review drone policy. MORE
Jul. 6, 2014
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria releases 21-minute video of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a public sermon in Mosul, Iraq; until video release, he has been all but invisible, seemingly reluctant to risk a public appearance as his group grew in strength and he became the United States' second-most sought-after terrorist; US is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture. MORE
Jul. 4, 2014
News analysis; Sunni militants' seizure of large parts of Iraq stuns Obama administration and lays bare limitations of terrorism strategy that relies less on American soldiers and more on training troops in countries where threat abounds; White House, faced with a war-weary American public, is struggling to contain fast-moving Islamic State in Iraq and Syria with measures that officials concede will take months or longer to be effective. MORE
Jul. 3, 2014
Department of Homeland Security tightens passenger screening on many United States-bound flights from Europe, Africa and the Middle East in response to intelligence reports of increased threat from Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen; intelligence of new threat is latest indication that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is trying to bring down a United States-bound airliner. MORE
Jun. 29, 2014
Ahmed Abu Khattala, Libyan militia leader charged in connection with 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, enters not guilty plea during federal arraignment proceedings in Washington DC; plea formally opens one of most complicated terrorism cases Justice Department has mounted in recent years. MORE
Jun. 29, 2014
Op-Ed article by policy experts Juan C Zarate and Thomas M Sanderson examines new fundraising methods by Qaeda-inspired terrorists worldwide, noting that they have quickly outpaced American efforts to thwart them; says groups, including ISIS, have adopted charity models that attract global revenue streams, supplementing them with kidnapping, drug trafficking and outright robbery; calls for renewed campaign against terrorist financing. MORE
Jun. 27, 2014
Pentagon says it is phasing out Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines, elite American counterterrorism unit that has been operating in Philippines since just after September 11, 2001, attacks; unit was formed to help train and advise Philippines in fight against Al Qaeda-linked groups; American Special Forces will continue to help Philippines on smaller scale. MORE
Jun. 25, 2014
Federal District Court judges in Oregon uphold a 2008 law permitting warrantless surveillance but strike down a key aspect of the so-called no-fly list that blocks people suspected of terrorism ties from boarding planes. MORE
Jun. 20, 2014
Ahmed Abu Khattala, Libyan suspected of playing key role in deadly attack on the United States Mission in Benghazi, is talking freely with American interrogators aboard a Navy ship headed to the US; interrogation highlights how the Federal Bureau of Investigation has become increasingly comfortable focusing on gathering intelligence when questioning suspects linked to terrorism, rather than seeking evidence admissible in court. MORE
Jun. 19, 2014
Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, an Iraqi detainee at Guantanamo Bay, is arraigned on war-crimes charges before military commission; case could help determine whether tribunals system will be used extensively in the future to prosecute terrorism suspects or wither away after the handful of cases before it are completed. MORE
Jun. 16, 2014
Editorial raises concerns about Pres Obama's plan to make major investment of $5 billion so that other countries can help in fight against extremists; contends plan seems too heavily dependent on military responses; maintains experience in Iraq underscores need for investment in community projects, education and moderate groups that build civil society and discourage extremism. MORE
Jun. 15, 2014
Eliza Griswold article explains how America's changing strategy to fight against terrorism, which has been broadened to include Africa, is coming to rely on small groups of Special Operations forces offering military aid and advice; notes change is primarily driven by desire on part of the United States to fight terrorists without doing much actual fighting. MORE
Jun. 15, 2014
Intelligence analysts believe man featured in jihadist recruitment video that has been circulating among extremist groups is Moner Mohammad Abusalha, 22-year-old Floridian who blew himself up in suicide attack on Syrian government forces; roughly 100 Americans have tried to travel to Syria to fight alongside Islamic extremists, and American officials express deep concerns that video may inspire others to follow Abusalha's path. MORE
Jun. 12, 2014
Philippines capture Khair Mundos, top leader of a militant group who the United States says funneled money from Al Qaeda to Filipino rebels blamed for more than a decade of bombings, beheadings and kidnappings in the southern part of the country. MORE
Jun. 10, 2014
Pakistani Taliban's deadly assault on Karachi's international airport shakes country to its core, offering violent reminder that for all its divisions, Taliban remains astonishingly resilient force; terrorist group's ability to draw on international militant network to conduct sophisticated attacks means trouble not just for Pakistan, but for American interests in Afghanistan. MORE
Jun. 6, 2014
Nigerian officials say massacre in village of Attagara, in which Boko Haram men opened fire, killing scores of villagers, is bloodiest in series of attacks by sect; deadly assaults have become so pervasive that officials say group has established virtual control over entire area in country's far northeast; apparent lack of military intervention is likely to renew questions about capacity of Nigerian armed forces to confront Boko Haram. MORE
Jun. 6, 2014
Chinese courts in northwestern region of Xinjiang sentence 81 people on terrorism and other charges, part of widening crackdown after spate of deadly violence in country for which authorities blame foreign-backed Islamist separatists. MORE
Jun. 4, 2014
Ahmed Abassi, Tunisian man who federal prosecutors in Manhattan say had wanted to commit acts of terrorism in 2013, pleads guilty on two counts of fraud and misuse of visas to facilitate an act of international terrorism. MORE
Jun. 3, 2014
French authorities say they have arrested four men described as jihadi recruiters operating in the Paris region and in the south of France and one French citizen near Brussels; arrests are latest in string of cases intended to disrupt flow of French citizens to Syria; France and much of Europe have grown steadily more concerned about possibility that main terrorist threat could come from their own citizens. MORE
Jun. 3, 2014
Editorial argues that Pres Obama's decision to trade five high-value Taliban prisoners for American Sgt Bowe Bergdahl raises serious questions and could affect nation's antiterrorism policy; notes Obama did not notify Congress, as required by law, and that it remains unclear whether men represent a further security threat. MORE
Jun. 2, 2014
Some visitors to National September 11 Memorial Museum say seven-minute video installation devoted to explaining Al Qaeda and terrorism provides them with basic information about Islam and Al Qaeda; many say it is not enough explanation to enrich their perspective, and others believe Muslims might feel uncomfortable visiting. MORE
May. 31, 2014
Canadian jury convicts Mohamed Hassan Hersi, former security guard from Toronto, of attempting to join foreign terrorist organization Shabab; conviction is first of its kind for the country. MORE
May. 30, 2014
As many as 3,000 Westerners are believed to have gone to Syria to fight as jihadis, prompting more aggressive efforts by their home governments to keep them from leaving and to detain them on their return; extremist groups with ties to Al Qaeda are identifying, recruiting and training men from United States and Europe to carry out attacks when they return home; more than 70 are said to be from United States. MORE
May. 30, 2014
Pres Obama's speech at West Point, outlining shift in counterterrorism strategy, underscores how American forces have changed tactics in combating Al Qaeda and its affiliates, relying more on allied or indigenous troops with limited American combat role. MORE
May. 29, 2014
Pres Obama, in speech at West Point, says that American's main terrorist threat now comes from decentralized Al Qaeda affiliates and extremists; most groups have primarily or exclusively local objectives, like expanding their turf, overturning an autocratic state or defending a vision of Islam from supposed foreign threats, but all share admiration or affinity for Al Qaeda's brand of puritanical militancy. MORE
May. 29, 2014
Pres Obama lays out his foreign policy plan for his final two and a half years in office during commencement speech at West Point, calling on Congress to finance a fund to help besieged countries train in counterterrorism; says that United States can play vital role in world affairs without resorting to unilateral force or retreating to isolationism. MORE
May. 29, 2014
Profile of Joshua L Dratel, criminal defense lawyer who has represented clients accused of terrorism in roughly 30 cases since 1998; says it is important to be able to distance himself from his clients and that he does not agree with many of them, but feels they deserve fair trials. MORE
May. 28, 2014
Solicitor General Donald B Verrilli Jr writes brief asking Supreme Court not to intervene in lawsuit in which American victims of terrorist attacks in Israel are accusing Jordan's Arab Bank of providing services to terrorists; crux of dispute involves judge's decision to penalize the bank for refusing to turn over financial records as potential evidence. MORE
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Airstrike in Somalia by U.S. Forces Targets Shabab Leader
Somali and American officials said Tuesday that the leader of the Shabab, the Somali militant group that has allied itself with Al Qaeda, may have been killed.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
Saudi Arabia: 88 Held on Suspicion of Terrorist Ties
Saudi Arabia has detained 88 people on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks at home and abroad, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON TERRORISM AND: Saudi Arabia , Terrorism , Iraq , Syria , Yemen
From Afar, the United States Seems at Odds With Its Ideals
A mysterious sign at the protests in Ferguson, Mo., bespoke a larger truth: America has lost influence by failing to embody its own creeds.
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON TERRORISM AND: Terrorism , News and News Media , Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) , United States , Signs and Signage
British Leader's Plan Targets Jihadists' Passports
In announcing new police powers, Prime Minister David Cameron was trying to show toughness in the face of young British Muslims' going off to fight in Syria and Iraq,
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON TERRORISM AND: Cameron, David , Terrorism , Muslims and Islam , Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) , Great Britain
12 Are Killed as Militants Attack Prison in Somalia
At least 12 people were killed, including seven attackers, in what officials said was an attempt by the Shabab group to free fellow militants.
September 1, 2014, Monday
MORE ON TERRORISM AND: Terrorism , Prisons and Prisoners , Shabab , Deaths (Fatalities) , Somalia
Affiliate of Al Qaeda Confirms Capture of U.N. Peacekeepers in Syria
The Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda, said it had seized more than 40 peacekeepers because the United Nations failed to help the people of Syria during the country's civil war.
September 1, 2014, Monday
MORE ON TERRORISM AND: Al Nusra Front , Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ) , International Relations , Al Qaeda , Philippines , United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations , Kidnapping and Hostages , Syria , Terrorism , United Nations , Assad, Bashar al- , Golan Heights , Fiji , Israel
Germany Steps Up Its Response to Global Security Crises
The country's top politicians on Sunday approved the delivery of thousands of machine guns and hand grenades, as well as hundreds of antitank missiles, to Kurdish forces battling Islamic militants in Iraq.
September 1, 2014, Monday
MORE ON TERRORISM AND: Terrorism , Kurds , Merkel, Angela , Germany , Defense and Military Forces , Brussels (Belgium) , Ukraine , International Relations , Al Nusra Front , Al Qaeda , Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Obama and the Warmongers
The president's deliberative approach to the ISIS threat may be drowned out by the chants for blood.
September 1, 2014, Monday
MORE ON TERRORISM AND: Obama, Barack , United States Politics and Government , Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) , Fox News Channel , Republican Party , United States , Iraq , Syria , Terrorism , United States Defense and Military Forces , News and News Media
ISIS Displaying a Deft Command of Varied Media
ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, is using every contemporary mode of messaging to recruit fighters, intimidate enemies and promote its claim to have established a caliphate.
August 31, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON TERRORISM AND: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) , Al Qaeda , Social Media , Propaganda , Terrorism , Iraq , Syria
Facing Hard-Liners and Sanctions, Iran's Leader Toughens Talk
In the second year of Hassan Rouhani's presidency, he has struck a new tone, echoing the longstanding Iranian view that the United States can never be trusted.
August 31, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON TERRORISM AND: Rouhani, Hassan , Iran , Embargoes and Sanctions , Nuclear Weapons , Terrorism , International Relations
Inside U.S. Hostage Policy
A look at some very rare exceptions in the United States's otherwise strict policy of never negotiating with hostage-takers.
Boko Haram Kidnapping Tactics, Explained
In Nigeria, nearly 300 schoolgirls have been held captive for over a hundred days. Some background information on the Islamist group that has been trying to topple the country's government for years.
U.S. General Killed in Afghanistan
A Pentagon spokesman, Rear Adm. John F. Kirby, said that a suspected Afghan soldier shot up to 15 people, including an American general who was killed, at a military training academy in Kabul.
How the Conflict in Gaza May End
The conflicting demands of Palestinian militants and Israel reflected both sides' broader agendas and the difficulty of reaching a lasting end to the hostilities.
Video Released of U.S. Bomber in Syria
Jihadist video released from Syria featuring an American suicide bomber, Moner Mohammad Abusalha, provides new details into his mind-set before he died in an attack in May.
Al Qaeda Guide to Kidnapping
An excerpt from a book by Al Qaeda, published in 2004, prescribes rules for how militants should carry out kidnappings for ransom.
Al Qaeda's Reluctant Financiers
The New York Times obtained this exclusive video of a 2003 kidnapping in North Africa, an operation that led to Al Qaeda's use abductions to finance its operations.
Hamas's Tunnels to Israel
An underground look at Hamas's tunnels into Israel.
U.S. Diplomacy in the Gaza Crisis
As the death toll rises in the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, a look at the Obama administration's strategy for reaching a cease-fire.
Netanyahu Vows Military Attacks in Gaza
The Israeli prime minister said international pressure would not prevent him from pressing forward with a broad military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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Beach Dreams Unit #196 in Wells
- bedrooms 2
- baths 1
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Cottage
- community Beach Dreams
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 500 - $ 1,100 / week
vacation rental description
This is a 2 bedroom cottage with 1 full bath. One bedroom has 2 twin beds, one has a full size bed and there is a queen pull-out sleeper in the living room. There is a fully applianced kitchen which is open to the living area, both with cathedral ceilings for an open feel. All rooms have ceiling fans and there is an air conditioner in the living room. Off the living area is a covered deck for relaxing and grilling outdoors after a day at the beach, pool, or enjoying one of the many amenities in the Wells/Ogunquit area.
Our cottage is situated right next to the woods so it is very private. We only have 1 cottage next to us. It is a short walk to the back pool.
Please email any questions.
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Romney Sloan 508-835-4339
cottage rental amenities
The resort has three swimming pools, Kiddies pool,a hot tub & recreation building.
Amenities at the resort include bocce, tennis, and recreation hall
with video game room and pool table. Area great for walking, biking or taking the trolley (there is a trollet stop right at the entrance to Beach Dreams)
which makes various stops throughout the area. Only a short walk to Moody Beach.
activities and attractions in Wells Maine
Located less than one mile from beautiful Southern Maine beaches. Choose from 5
different beaches daily. Recreation nearby includes swimming, golf, 2
miniature golf courses within one mile from Beach Dreams, there's also biking, hiking, shopping, great restaurants,
kayaking, fishing, and boating. Short drive to Portland and Kittery outlet malls
vacation rental rates
May 3 - June 21 $100/night or $550/ week
June 21- Aug 30 $175/night or $1100/week
Aug 30- Nov 1 $100/night or $500/week
50% due at booking/ balance is due 1 week before you arrive
$200 security deposit due with booking.
Romney Sloan 508-835-4339
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Julie Matlof Kennedy
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Julie Matlof Kennedy is Of Counsel for Litigation Training at Morrison Foerster LLP. As a member of the Litigation Department, she is responsible for the development and implementation of the litigation training curriculum for all of Morrison & Foerster's offices. She designs and teaches in-house courses for attorneys on writing, oral advocacy, negotiation, and litigation and trial skills. Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Ms. Kennedy was a partner at a litigation boutique in San Francisco, where her practice focused on complex business disputes. She has tried a number of cases and argued successfully before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has served on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
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Carter: Looking Up, The Key to Taking the Past into the Future
So here we are in one of my favorite locations, the place where I get to see the view from my front porch. The photo tells the story my friends and a good one it is. This week, however, the location of my front porch shifted about 200 miles to the south...
So here we are in one of my favorite locations, the place where I get to see the view from my front porch. The photo tells the story my friends and a good one it is. This week, however, the location of my front porch shifted about 200 miles to the south and west of Adelphia, New Jersey. Once again it was once again my good fortune to be able to attend the 112th Convention of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Fireman's Association (CVVFA) in Shippensburg, Pa. It is always great to get together with my buddies from the association. Rather than puffing my cigar on the porch, I sat in my camp chair and shared some serious smoking time with a couple of my buddies.
One of the high points of my annual trip to the CVVFA convention is our annual memorial service when we honor all who passed on during the past year. My friend, association Chaplain Charlie Barnhart is an ordained deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA). My friends, I want you to know that Charlie is no stranger to the pulpit when it comes to preaching the word of the Lord.
Since I was not at last year's CVVFA Convention, because I was speaking at the Fire Rescue Conference in Denver, I did not have the chance to do my annual commentary on Chaplain Charlie's sermon. Over the past many years I have created quite the tradition of creating a commentary for my Firehouse blog based upon his CVVFA memorial service sermon. I bumped into Charlie as I was pulling into my parking spot at the Shippen Place Hotel in beautiful downtown Shippensburg. He and I chatted the day we arrived. He told me that he had a sermon that would really grab me and motivate me. I told him that I am a tough audience, but that we would see how it went.
My friend's Charlie preached a fine sermon which compared the life of our Lord Jesus Christ to ET, the hero of Steven Spielberg's 1980's hit "ET: The Extra Terrestrial". His sermon was entitled, 'Look Up'. He spoke about how ET was a stranger who made both friends and enemies. He also spoke of ET as a being who missed his home and his friends. When Charlie asked us if any of us had cried during the 'ET Phone Home' sequence, I had to raise my hand.
As I was leaving the service Charlie asked me what I thought of his sermon. Did it motivate me? What did I think? Could I make any sense of his message? My reply to him was probably not what he wanted to hear. I said that I was in a bit of a quandary. I had several pages of notes but no real sense of direction. However, I told him that I would put my mind to work on it. I told Charlie that it was one of his final comments in the sermon which had finally spurred me to begin thinking in a solid direction.
I think my mind began did begin to take me in a direction different from Charlie's sermon message when he asked the question, "…have you ever been lonely?" ET was lonely he said. Sometimes even the Lord was lonely. I suddenly knew what I simply had to write about. I am quite familiar with the concept of lonely. My friend's, I have really been quite lonely since my best friend in the whole world, Jack Peltier of Marlboro, Mass., passed away last December. As a matter of fact, Jack was one of the deceased members who was honored during the service. Toward the end of his sermon, as I was sitting there mulling over Charlie's words, he paused to ask us to look up. He asked us to look up beyond the ceiling of the church and to look up to heaven.
As I looked up I thought about all of the good times that Jack and I shared over the years. I thought about the time we spent on our road trip back in 2006. You sure learn a lot about a guy when you spend a solid 30 days on the road with another person. I thought of the countless hours we spent at the Fire Department Instructor's Conference (FDIC) over the years teaching and training people and bend an arm or two at a wide variety of local watering holes in Memphis, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis.
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Grandfather Tim Holmes, from Wales who now lives in Australia, has saved his grand childrens' lives after their home became surrounded by out of control wildfires. The dramatic and despirate rescue took place as Tasmania was inundated with hundreds of wildfires.
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A former Massey executive -- and the highest coal official to date charged in a mine disaster probe --implicated former CEO Don Blankenship in the conspiracy during a Feb. 28 plea hearing.
David Hughart, 53, of Crab Orchard, pleaded guilty in Beckley to conspiring to impede MSHA inspectors and conspiracy to violate mine health and safety laws.
Hughart admitted that there was a practice and policy of pre-notification of inspectors when inspectors were on the property between higher up officials and lower officials.
U.S. District Judge Irene Berger asked who these higher-up people were and Hughart responded that it was the chief executive officer.
He said mine foremen and supervisors also had this agreement.
Berger asked if there were meetings where this practice was discussed and Hughart said there were and he admitted he was part of those discussions.
Hughart said this practice went on over an eight to 10 year period.
The U.S. Attorney's office did not wish to comment on Hughart's statement.
Hughart pleaded guilty to covering up certain mine ventilation and dust control compliance information. Hughart was said to have worked with others to provide advance notification of safety inspections, allowing the concealment of potential hazards to miner health and safety.
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin also announced the plea in a news release.
"Mine safety and health laws are not optional," Goodwin said in the news release. "This prosecution reiterates the message that mine safety violations are very serious crimes."
Information filed with the court said Hughart and others committed these violations from 2000 through March 2010.
In the Feb. 28 hearing, Hughart said he knew the procedure was wrong but condoned it and allowed it to happen.
Hughart could face up to six years in prison and a $350,000 fine when he is sentenced at 1:30 p.m. June 25. He was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond.
After the hearing, Hughart's wife, Karen, told sister-station WVNS that Blankenship threatened her husband's job on "numerous occasions."
"This was common practice, common practice within Massey that they notify guards and anyone else in the property and if you do not do that, you are fired and you are black balled from the coal industry," she said.
In his released statement, United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts, said he thinks Blankenship's indictment and conviction "is the only possible outcome" for the investigation to be complete.
"The statement in court today by Mr. David C. Hughart that the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, was involved in a long-term scheme to violate mine safety laws and cover it up is surprising only in that a high-level Massey employee finally told the truth," the statement read. "Those of us who have observed Blankenship's lawless ways over the past many years have long predicted this day would come if the facts ever came out."
Roberts continued, alleging Blankenship ran "roughshod over mine safety and health laws, over labor laws and over the people of central Appalachia."
"Those few of us who would stand up to him were often hounded with lawsuits and subjected to threats and attempted intimidation," the statement reads.
"Thankfully, those days are over," the statement continued. "But the damage Don Blankenship and Massey Energy did to workers, their families and their communities will take years to overcome. I commend U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin for taking this investigation where no one else has, and look forward to the day when Don Blankenship is behind bars where he belongs."


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Welcome to episode thirty-eight of the Must Tries Series, where the people running the city's restaurants and bars make recommendations from their menus and from other spots, too. Up this time, legendary quiz master and Wudaokou crew member Josh Lally of Lush and Pyro Pizza, a supporter of the city's education scene for nearly a decade.
What is the must-try pizza at Pyro?
It would be a complete cop out to say "all of them", so I won't be that guy. I'm a pretty basic guy at heart, so I love the pepperoni, occasionally with extra pepperoni and mushrooms or black olives. And it doesn't hurt that we use American pepperoni and Anchor mozzarella cheese from New Zealand. We also make a pretty kick-ass nacho beef pizza. But the best thing about pizza is that you can customize it how you want it. So the best pizza we have is the one that you order with exactly what you want on it!
How about cocktails at Lush?
The simple answer is: any of the epic cocktails. At 1.3 liters, they're the best to share or to kick-start your night into high gear. The Adios MF is the go-to for most students and with nine shots of genuine alcohol (I regularly test our supply, much to my liver's chagrin), it's definitely the old reliable. And I'd be the world's worst quiz master if I didn't promote the fact that our epics are only 100 rmb on Wednesday nights when I host our award-winning (shameless, I know) quiz. It's been called the hardest (and most fun) in Beijing.
Note: A pro tip for those of you cautious about the city's alcohol supply. Order a shot straight up and taste it. If it tastes like nail polish remover, you're only out a few rmb and your liver will thank you. If it tastes legit, pour the remainder of the shot into your mixed drink and make it a double! And stick to alcohols that you know the flavor of. It's not foolproof, but it will save you from the most dubious stuff.
Next up: shooters.
Nothing better represents the student life quite like tequila. It may not be fancy, but it gets the job done. I think one of the most common exchanges is:
"Get me anything. Well, anything but tequila."
"Here you go!"
"F U! I said no tequila!"
"Shut up and drink it!"
Let's move back to food. What's the must-try at Lush?
The burger. I'm quite partial to the Spicy Burger, with chipotle mayo, pepperjack cheese, and jalapeno peppers for a triple kick (as well as lettuce, tomato, and onion).
For dessert, the Mud Pie is amazing and made in-house, and has been the best-selling dessert on the menu since our inception. I could go on and on about the many little things we do to guarantee quality and authenticity, but we're going for highlights rather than novel-length dissertations.
Outside of Lush, what are three "must tries" you recommend around Beijing?
Only three? Beijing has really grown into quite a wonderful city for the bar and restaurant scene, and is light years ahead of where it was when I first landed in February 2005. But narrowing it down to three, I think these would have to be the ones:
Only held a handful of times through the year, I'd definitely say that anyone who loves a party absolutely has to experience a Yen party. If you're lucky enough to be in the city for the Halloween Fetish party, it's my personal fave, and one of the largest parties in Asia.
Ganges. They've been around for ages, and while it's a bit pricy, it's just solid every time I order it. Delivery is fast, the food is good and filling (and super easy to nuke the next day), and it's awesome when you order it on a Sunday afternoon and pick at it all day over movies on the couch.
And I love the Carnivore pizza from Gung Ho!, especially on whole wheat crust (so I can tell myself I'm being healthy with my choice) and accompanied by the Xinjiang spice pack they send along. Delicious.


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Try as you might to avoid them, these irksome terms likely crept into your vocabulary.
No matter the conscious resistance that we mount, buzzwords have a way of worming into our vocabulary like lexical pathogens. Each year certain phrases become the communicable disease of our discourse.
You may roll your eyes when your "hipster" colleague refers to something as "artisanal," but hours later you'll be gushing over vegan chicken broth bouillon cubes that can only be described as "glocal" for reasons obscure to you and to the person whom you've made your unfortunate confidant.
Some expressions seem to exist only to make us realize that we are no less obnoxious than anyone else. Everyone is susceptible to trends in talk. At the Atlantic Wire, Jen Doll glosses the year's most overused and loathsome vernacular. You may want to strike some of these words from your vocabulary in the new year, if you can.
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The verb "curate" gets called out for dressing up the mundane act of aggregating web content. Many sites claimed to be masterful custodians of crowd-sourced material in 2012. But a word that connotes the careful selection of works for a museum hardly applies to sites whose primary goal is to amass free content.
The presidential election provided plenty of opportunities for "gaffes" and the use of that noun.
"Fiscal cliff", a combination of expiring tax cuts and government spending cuts scheduled to become effective Dec. 31, was also featured ad nauseum in our political discourse, and looks to continue to.
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Then there was the unfortunate suggestion of "legitimate rape" that also surfaced this election year.
Several perennial adverbs and adjectives made the list for overuse: "historic," "epic," "actually" and "literally" being obvious cases of depleted meaning.
Internet culture spawned the "meme", a short phrase or picture that goes viral, and this year's Oxford American Dictionary word "GIF", which stands for Graphics Interchange Format.
Online conversational expressions such as "jeah" and the sinister laugh "hehehe" also make the Atlantic Wire's list. So did the acronyms "YOLO" (you only live once) and "TLDR" (too long, didn't read).
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But we at least know where Tiquan Underwood got the inspiration for his coif.
Quote from: Durango 95 on October 01, 2012, 05:35:58 PMBut we at least know where Tiquan Underwood got the inspiration for his coif. I expected a liberal to ignore as much. Sorry that I am unable to bury my head into the sand like you can. Does it ever rain where you live?
Quote from: Bayfisher on October 01, 2012, 03:26:09 PMhttp://dailycaller.com/2012/09/30/as-college-sophomore-eric-holder-participated-in-armed-takeover-of-former-columbia-university-rotc-office/We should do a staunch investigation of what every US official was doing 42 years ago. or when they were 18 years old. We all know people never mature. All of us are exactly the same people we were at 18.
Quote from: CBWx2 on October 01, 2012, 09:20:40 PMQuote from: Bayfisher on October 01, 2012, 03:26:09 PMhttp://dailycaller.com/2012/09/30/as-college-sophomore-eric-holder-participated-in-armed-takeover-of-former-columbia-university-rotc-office/We should do a staunch investigation of what every US official was doing 42 years ago. or when they were 18 years old. We all know people never mature. All of us are exactly the same people we were at 18. remember days when public officials were vetted. Reporters actually badgered for answers. This pussified, conformed version of America is boring and insulting. I'm sure you were screaming for something in Bush's past. According to you two I should just conform to society and sweep these crazy articles under the rug? Out of sight, out of mind.
Lmao! You don't have to dig far for corruption. It is rampant throughout. And dig for all the Republican stuff you want. I'm in the Common Sense Party if they have one. Lol. I can think for myself. Anyone that doesn't see how corrupt it is and how many lies were spewed is simply hiding the truth from themselves.
GOP Quietly Hires Firm Tied to Voter Fraud Scandal for Work in Battleground StatesThe Palm Beach Post report last night that a Florida Republican Party contractor turned in at least 106 questionable registration firms, with similar signatures and wrong addresses, doesnt seem like a national news story. But it has unwoven a somewhat concealed effort by Republicans in several states to deploy a firm with an ugly history of allegedly destroying Democratic voter registration forms and other acts of fraud.The contractor in Florida is called Strategic Allied Consulting, a business entity created a few months ago and registered online by a former Arizona Republican Party director named Nathan Sproul.Sproul, a consultant based in Tempe, is infamous for accusations that his firms have committed fraud by tampering with Democratic voter registration forms and suppressing votes. Sproul was hired by the Romney campaign for a period of five months that began last November and ended in March. But now theres evidence that the payments continued, only to a different name.As Greg Flynn of BlueNC pointed out earlier this month, Strategic Allied Consulting recently put up a proxy to hide the fact that its website was registered by Sproul; but not before Flynn took a screen shot. Flynn notes that the firm has been aggressively hiring in Nevada, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida. He flagged two large payments to the firm from GOP committees in Florida and North Carolina.I found a few more payments, like this one from the Colorado Republican Committee: $140,000 to the Sproul-connected firm on July 6, 2012. (UPDATE: I also found the California Republican Party making $430,840 in payments to "Grassroots Outreach, LLC" this cycle for voter registration and petition gathering. According to this disclosure, Grassroots Outreach shares the same address as Sproul's office in Tempe, Arizona. Craigslist job postings in California and Colorado use identical language as Strategic Alled Consulting's listings in North Carolina.)Brad Friedman has put up a history of Sprouls companies, and their work for Republican interests. They range from antics like gathering signatures to put Nader on the ballot and being banned from Walmart for partisan voting drives to more serious offenses, like allegedly destroying Democratic registration forms in several states while on the payroll of the RNC.I called Sprouls firm in Arizona to ask about its connection to Strategic Allied Consulting. I am not at liberty to discuss that, the reception answered bluntly, before transferring me to another employee who gave a similarly coy response. I e-mailed my questions over, and will post a response if they send it. Its also worth noting Sproul hid his tracks in 2008.For the 2008 campaign cycle, Sproul changed his companys name from Sproul & Associates (an earlier iteration was called Voter Outreach of America) to Lincoln Strategy Group, and McCains campaign used a California affiliate to hire him.It's possible that Romney, like McCain, wanted to utilize Sproul without becoming publicly associated with him. The type of fraud Sproul has been accused of is fairly breathtaking, and seems to dwarf the trumped-up charges by Republicans that Democrats have engaged in widespread voter fraud (claims that have been widely debunked).In 2004, a voter registration worker in Nevada hired by Sprouls firm told reporters that he had witnessed his surpervisors chucking registration forms signed by Democrats. They were thrown away in the trash, he claimed. Sprouls canvassers in Oregon confessed to doing the same thing, and other reports emerged across several swing states. In Minnesota, workers said they were actually fired for bringing in registration forms signed by Democrats. CBS News obtained faxes showing that Sproul's firm had even impersonated the left-leaning America Votes! to organize voter registration drives at libraries.One of the mysteries with Sproul that I had wondered about while covering this story in the past is why there had never been a serious investigation.As I pointed out in a blog post earlier this year, Sproul's alleged activities were uniquely worrisome. So the difference between ACORN and Sproul is that ACORN doesnt throw away or change registration documents after they have been filled out, remarked Chris Cannon, a Republican lawmaker from Utah, who later lost his seat because of a right-wing primary challenge, during a congressional hearing on voter suppression. Indeed, many voter registration groups (including ACORN) have paid per-registration form turned in, thus incentivizing fake signaturesi.e., Mickey Mouse registering to vote. But this type of thing doesn't actually result in fraudulent votes because Mickey Mouse doesnt show up at the polls and try to cast a ballot. Destroying registration forms, on the other hand, means citizens who believed they were registered show up and could have been denied their vote.Sam Stein reported that in 2004, Senators Patrick Leahy and Ted Kennedy had demanded an investigation in light of the many reports of Sprouls firm destroying registration forms. But the Department of Justice sat on its hands. Sproul & Associates clearly merited a full investigation by the Justice Department; and yet the DoJ did nothing, said New York University law professor Mark Miller at the Cannon hearing.Perhaps Sprouls ties to prominent Republicans helped him escape an investigation.As Congress and ethics experts loudly called for investigations into Sprouls voter suppression, the Bush administration literally welcomed Sproul and his wife into the White House for a Christmas party in 2006. The administration instead chose prosecute groups associated with registering low-income and poor Americans to vote.UPDATE: Around 2:30 pm EST on Thursday, WRAL News in North Carolina reports that the NC GOP is dropping its contract with Strategic Allied Consulting. Last night, the Florida Republican Party said it would be ending its contract with the firm as well. What about the Colorado Republican Party, the California Republicans Party, and what appears to be GOP contracts in Virginia and Nevada? UPDATE: NBC News is reporting that the national Republican Party is cutting ties with Strategic Allied Partners. They've also confirmed that the company is run by Nathan Sproul. Sproul was hired for a multimillion dollar contract to recruit 4,000-5,000 people to help register Republican voters in swing states (at $12-$16/hr, according to the Craigslist posts we reported). Given the size of this contract, the abrupt way that the party dropped Sproul might raise some eyebrows. Maybe they were worried the Palm Beach incident wasn't isolated? http://www.thenation.com/blog/170198/gop-quietly-hires-firm-tied-voter-fraud-scandal-work-battleground-states


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Every year an interesting Italian adventure is offered by the Office of International Programs. All alumni and friends of Duquesne University are invited to join us. Dr. Jean Anne Hattler, Director of Short-Term Programs and Michael Wright, Director of our Italian Campus in Rome co-lead the trip.


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Emmy Award–winning CBS television crime drama series
Sometimes being a science fiction fan demands the locating and viewing of programs that, save for the individuals involved in the show's production, almost nobody knows exist! Enter The Robinsons: Lost in Space, a 2004 science fiction drama that never made it past a single episode/ pilot that, though unaired, had managed to snag the directorial talents of none other than John Woo.
Written by Douglas Petrie, the individual responsible for countless television episodes including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI, True Calling, Angel, and even the animated WB series The Batman; Lost in Space represented his return to dedicated science fiction writing (after a couple episodes of The 4400).
Interestingly, The Robinsons: Lost in Space shared little in common with the 1998 major motion picture Lost in Space (starring William Hurt and Matt LeBlanc) in favor of paying more direct homage to the 1965 television series of the same name. And it makes sense too considering 2003 witnessed SyFy's (then The Sci-Fi Channel) incredible success with its reimagined Battlestar Galactica TV Miniseries that would go on to spawn what is considered by many to be one of the greatest space dramas of all time.
2004's Lost in Space worked off the requisite family-dynamic only in this incarnation of the franchise, John Robinson is a retired space marine colonel who persists on migrating his family (wife Maureen, teens David and Judy, ten year-old Will, Will's robot and a baby Penny) to a distant planet where they will give living off the land as farmers a go.
The plot, though occasionally radiant, makes certain to interject abundant family-driven melodrama: Except for John, none of them seems overly pleased to take the voyage or the lifestyle change that will follow, Judy is apparently battling with her teen hormones, Will gets picked on at school and builds a robot bodyguard, David is fed up with his father's military devotion and so on.
While plodding alone to make certain the viewer understands just how important these trials of tribulations of the space-family Robinson really are, the departure is swift and under-emphasized. Shortly after departure their mother ship (the Jupiter) falls under alien attack, and the Robinsons (minus son David) along with young pilot Don West are forced to jettison via their landing module (appropriately named the Jupiter 2). It's off through a black hole for the Jupiter 2 and hence the Robinsons, just like the two incarnations before this one, find themselves lost in space.
Notably missing in this version however is the villainous Dr. Smith character, a staple in the other two variations as the lead antagonist.
A bit of a departure for John Woo, his signature style isn't evident until the alien attack sequence, which spans both an exterior CG firefight and interior human/ alien confrontation. Woo's artful slow motion sequences and unique camera-angles are especially present in the latter.
Tracking a copy of this 41-minute pilot down isn't the easiest thing to do but is by no means impossible thanks to the power of the Internet. In fact the entire piece has been uploaded for viewing pleasure to sites like Youtube and homemade DVD burns are periodically available for purchase.
In all, the Robinsons: Lost in Space is an interesting, if not slightly cliché example of a modern space drama that sadly, never got picked up by its intended network (the WB) who were clearly toying with the concept of competing with SyFy's immensely popular Battlestar Galactica. Though not without its flaws (in this case a bit too much emphasis on the emotionally dramatic), the pilot does serve as an adequate stepping-stone to what could have been a decent show. The disgruntled family element would likely have succeeded as the backdrop for Judy and Don West's budding love interest and it definitely would have been interesting to discover more about the intentions fueling the malicious alien attackers.
On an interesting and somewhat related note, not all of the elaborate sets built for this pilot went to waste when the project failed to ignite a series. In effort to recoup some of its investment, WB sold the set of the Jupiter 2 spacecraft to the producers of none other than Battlestar Galactica where viewers would come to know it as the interior of the Battlestar Pegasus.
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