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Moderately Easy Trophies!!!
Welcome to the #1 trophy guide in neopia. Here you'll find guides to 36 trophies that you always wondered how people got while looking at user lookups. Thats 20! more than the next comparable guide. Click on any of the trophies below to figure out the secret and make your user lookup shine!
Royal Astronomer
Defender of Neopia
Defender of Neopia Series 2
NC Mall Album
Armada CHAMPION!!!
Grarrl Keno CHAMPION!!!
Snow Wars CHAMPION!!!
Pyramid Bonus CHAMPION!!!
Brain Tree Quest CHAMPION!!!
Sakhmet Solitaire CHAMPION!!!
Third place at NeoQuest!
Go! Go! Go! CHAMPION!!!
Cheat! CHAMPION!!!
Kacheekers CHAMPION!!!
Geos CHAMPION!!!
Beating Punchbag Bob CHAMPION!!!
Jhudoras Cloud CHAMPION!!!
Sewage Surfer CHAMPION!!!
Illusen's Glade CHAMPION!!!
Runner-up medal at Round Table Poker!!
Invasion of Meridell CHAMPION!!!
Grand Theft Ummagine CHAMPION!!!
Cellblock CHAMPION!!!
Gourmet Club Bowls CHAMPION!!!
Bilge Dice CHAMPION!!!
Second place at ToyBox Escape!!
NeoQuest II CHAMPION!!!
Faerie Cavess II - Fyora's Quest CHAMPION!!!
Chia Bomber 2 CHAMPION!!!
Second place at Neverending Boss Battle!!
Ruins Rampage CHAMPION!!!
Bruno's Backwoods Breakaway CHAMPION!!!
MAGAX Destroyer II CHAMPION!!!
The Great Desert Race CHAMPION!!!
Dungeon Dash CHAMPION!!!
Altador Plot
Trophy earned: Royal Astronomer, Site Event Trophy
Avatar earned: Lenny - Finneus, Collect your first prize after finishing the plot.
Time required: 6-12 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~Arrazetti
The Altador Plot is open indefinitely so more people can progress through and finish it. Plots are very fun site wide events that always end with great prizes and a trophy for your userlookup. For finishing this one you also get a very pretty site theme that you can use while browsing neopets and a new daily. To earn the trophy visit king altador in the council chambers after finishing the plot.
Trophy earned: Kadoatery, Site Feature Trophy
Avatar earned: Kadoatery - Mew! Feed 75 Kadoaties.
Time required: 1-3 hours
Guides: Andy's Kadoatery guide
Check the neopets game message board for the main kadoatery feeding thread. There's plenty of helpful people here that will let you know when the Kad's will be hungry again and can answer any questions you have. This can be a hard trophy to get since you have to be so quick. If all else fails try inventory feeding, its not the best way to feed a lot of kads but is the best way to feed one if you aren't experienced.
Neocash Mall
Trophy earned: NC Mall Album, Site Feature Trophy
Avatar earned: Goggles [doesn't count in collection]
Time required: 30 seconds
Go here. Check the box for "Gallery visible to the public".
To get the avatar try on something at the NC Mall. There won't be an event for it but it'll shop up in your avatar list. This avatar doesn't add to your avatar total because people in some countries can't get it yet.
Defenders of Neopia,
Defenders of Neopia 2
Tophies earned: 2 Site Feature Trophies
Avatars earned: Defenders of Neopia - Aisha click here
Defenders of Neopia – Lupe click here
You can receive either Meerouladen or Heermeedjet for beating the Meerca Brothers in DON mission 8.
Time required: 1-3 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~Nangauta
For the two tophies you just have to beat the first bad guys for defenders of Neopia series 1 and 2 in the battledome, The enemies are pretty easy but might require a slightly leveled up pet.
Neopets Battledome!!!
Trophy earned: Beating Punchbag Bob CHAMPION!!!, Game Trophy
Avatars: none, but sometimes he is randomly replaced by his evil brother Sid who will give you an avatar
Time Required: Varies based on weapons and pet, 1-2 hours
Guides: hts30's neotimes article
Good luck, settle in for a long drawn out battle! You pretty much Can't loose, but it's going to take a while.
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy
Avatars: Capara, Awarded after winning the first round of cheat
Time required: 2 hours
Guides: lordarnger's new neopian times article, Catmenfrommoon's
Easy, lets move on to the next one!
Go! Go! Go!
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy
Time required: 3 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=730&week=2
Another easy one, just learn the game and use some patience. It's pretty fun, actually.
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy
Avatars earned: 1, awarded semi randomly
Time required: 6-8 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~Kiquin
This game is very easy. It's a lot like connect four but played on a game board. Check the guide for a way to win every game in tournaments 1-10. The avatar for this game is awarded randomly so just keep playing until you get it!
Sahkmet Solitaire
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy
Time required: ~60 games or 4 hours
Guides: Docktor's NNT article
Just like solitaire except you have a choice of playing 1 card at a time once through the deck or 3 cards at a time 3 times through the deck. I found 3 cards at a time to have a higher win percentage. For bronze you just need to win 2 non consecutive games. For gold you need to win 2 games in a row (hard).
Pyramid Bonus
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy
Time required: ~100 games or 4 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~Krawkognaw
Win two non consecutive games for the bronze trophy. Another card game similar to Sahmet Solitare. Just takes some patience, good luck! Gold is awarded for 2 consecutive wins.
Snow Wars
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy
Time required: 1-2 hours
Guides: This game doesn't even require a guide it's so easy!
Roundtable Poker
Trophy earned: Runner up medal
Time required: 3-4 hours, possibly more
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~x_Darigan_Overlord_x
This game takes quite a few neopoints to enter, but once you get used to it its easy enough to win and even make some money playing. In order to get the trophy you have to beat all of the competitors and get to round 6.
Invasion of Meridell
Trophy earned: Runner up medal for finishing mission 5 battle 3. Gold trophy earned for finishing the game on the first of the month.
Avatars earned: IOM Moehog, finish Mission 7 Battle 3 in the SAME month you created the game.
Time required: 3 hours for runner up medal, 4 hours for the avatar, 6 hours for trophies.
Guides: http://home.neopets.com/templates/homepage.phtml?pet_name=HappyLark
This is another one that a lot of people don't have because its time consuming and boring. Its not bad though and you kind of get into it after a while. Very neat looking trophies.
Trophy earned: Bronze, Game Trophy.
Avatars earned: Neoquest – Wise and Powerful, finish the first ~2/3 of the game.
Time required: approximately 24 hours of playing time
Guides: Check the in depth neoquest guide. Also, Neoquest 1 Maps
Check the guide site. This takes forever but you get an avatar and a trophy.
Neoquest 2
Tophy earned: Bronze, Game Trophy (Gold recommended).
Avatars earned: (3) Neoquest II – Bionic Cybunny, Neoquest II – Devilpuss, Neoquest II – Weakling
Time required: ~24 hours of playing time for bronze, maybe 90 total hours for gold.
Guides: Check the in depth neoquest guide.
This game also takes forever but it's a bit less boring than the first neoquest. Also if you get the gold trophy for beating the game on insane you are awarded one of four extremely good battledome weapons (Wand of Reality 3mil+, Bow of Destiny ~3mil, Staff of Righteous Fury 400k, Sword of Apocalyse 750k). If your dream pet is a Draik or a Krawk this isn't a bad way to get them very quickly.
Bruno's Backwoods Breakaway
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy.
Time required: 1-2 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~yuio88
This game takes a bit of skill but shouldn't be too bad. Make sure to earn some neopoints practicing before trying for the trophy on the first of the month. Type "lookoutbruno" for an extra life. Collect all of the available points (5180). You'll be tied for first and almost assuredly get a gold trophy at some point during the month.
Ruins Rampage
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy.
Time required: 2-3 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~Little_Benu
Easy game similar to grand theft ummagine and faerie caves. Finish the game and collect all of the coins to get the top score of 850. You'll be tied for first and first and almost assuredly get a gold trophy at some point during the month.
Chia Bomber 2
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy.
Avatar earned: Chia Bomber, submit a score over 1300.
Time required: 2-4 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~Unbeatable13#CBIIGuide
To get this trophy you'll have to beat the entire game using only your waterballoons and without losing a life. Everyone in the hs list is awarded the trophy every night. To get the avatar you'll need a score of greater than 1300, for the trophy you'll need a perfect score of 1687. If you can get the avatar you can get the trophy, just keep at it. Type "geoffrey" to get an extra life.
Dungeon Dash
Trophy earned: Gold, Game trophy.
Time required: ~1-2 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~Gamers_Page
To get this trophy you need to beat the entire game with AAA, Abigail will not work. All of the players with 5000 points in the hs list are awarded the gold trophy every night.
Grand Theft Ummagine
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy.
Avatar earned: Grand Theft Ummagine
Time required: 2-3 hours
Guides: Velasco's, Parkerchempro's
If you finish the game and get all of the available points (1250) you'll be tied for first place. Its best to do this later in the month so you don't get bumped off the high score list. The gold trophy is awarded to everyone in the top 100 with a perfect score.
Faerie Caves II – Fyora's Quest
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy.
Time required: 1-2 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~maizemaize3
Easy game, finish it and get all of the available points (1520). You'll be tied for first place. Its best to do this later in the month so you don't get bumped off the high score list. The gold trophy is awarded to everyone in the top 100 with a perfect score.
Monthly Multiplayer Games
Monthly Multiplayer games
Just try these every month. Don't actually play, sign up and then go every day and make a move. You'll be sent a neomail when your games start.
If your opponent doesn't move for 24 hours you can send him a neomail saying he has 24 more hours to move or he forfeits. Get 4 people that do this and you get a gold trophy! If it only happens the first 3 times you should get a silver or a bronze.
Trophy earned: Gold, Game trophy.
Time required: ~5 min every few days over a month.
Guides: elbandito999's
Trophy earned: Gold, Game trophy.
Time required: ~5 min every few days over a month.
Guides: elbandito999's
Trophy earned: Gold, Game trophy.
Time required: ~5 min every few days over a month.
Guides: elbandito999's
First of the month trophies.
On the first day of the month all of the high scores are reset. So in general it is much easier to get on the high score list on this day. In addition, if the first falls on a weekend or a holiday scores that are above the review cutoff aren't reviewed until a weekday. So you don't have to compete with all of the people that can get extremely high scores in a game. This is the only time I can ever get a trophy in any of the flash games, and it also opens up possibilities for getting a few other "moderately easy" trophies.
Also a note, high score tables are reset at 12:15am NST or so. So make sure not to send scores before the high score table is reset. I also have problems submitting scores if I opened the game window the previous neopian day, so I always wait until 12:00am NST before opening any game windows that I'm trying to get a trophy on.
Toybox Escape
Trophy earned: Gold, Game Trophy.
Time required: 1 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~GoldLeaves, http://www.neopets.com/~Calcetines_Maniacos
This game has a fixed upper limit. Its going to take some practice to get the max score for each level but keep practicing. My top score for this is 846 which is enough for a third place trophy on the first of any month.
Gourmet Club Bowls
Trophy earned: Bronze or higher, Game Trophy.
Avatar earned: Dr. Grumps
Time required: 30 minutes
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~Peophin12345987
Make sure to type shepherd at the beginning to double your score. I scored high enough my first time playing this to earn a silver trophy. Just practice a bit if you can't beat all of the opponents at first.
The Great Desert Race
Trophy earned: Bronze or higher, Game Trophy.
Time required: 2-4 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~Jexxen
This game is very easy but sort of boring. The only way to get on the high score list is to land on the Tug-O-War space multiple times each time you guess correctly you gain 100 points. In order to land on the space multiple times you must keep landing on the sandstorm space right next to the finish. One of your players will keep traversing in a circle and hitting that particular sandstorm and your other player will attempt to save extra dice rolls to make sure you can get the correct dice roll to land on the vortex space. There are three places where you can do this: 1. Leave one of your players at the start and attempt to keep getting lost in Sutek's tomb, do this until your forced to move on. 2. Both players continually use the sandstorm and attempt to land on the tug-o-war space, one player moves forward at a time. 3. Once one player passes the final sandstorm you can trap them on the space before the finish spot, you would need to roll a 1 to finish but every time you roll a 1 you can have the player behind the vortex move forward. If you use those three techniques in sequence you can very easily get a high score, it's just going to take you quite some time.
Bilge Dice
Trophy earned: Bronze or higher, Game Trophy.
Avatars earned: Bilge Dice, randomly awarded when scoring 24.
Bilge Dice Lucky Streak, This avatar is almost impossible to get. About 1 person per month gets this avatar.
Time required: Around thirty minutes daily for about a week.
Guides: xxtoyxx's NT article
Read some of the guides to make sure you know how to play before you start playing for the trophy. While your learning make sure to only play with the smallest ante. I play this every day for around 6000 neopoints on average. As you play more you will be able to ante more per game. When you go over positive 5000 neopoints for the day you have to stop. To get the trophy you should be winning over 27% of the games you play and be comfortable betting 1000 per ante. You should start playing daily on the first of the month after the scores get reset. In order to get a high score you have to score 7990 for several days in a row, the easiest way to do this is to lose a 10np game at the beginning of the day. You'll have to win 2 in a row to get 7990 so this could end up taking some time because this will only happen 1/11 games or so. Good luck.
You might want to play this daily for neopoints and just get the perfect score avatar through playing randomly.
Sewage Surfer
Trophy earned: Silver or higher, Game Trophy.
Avatar earned: Sewage Surfer, quit on level 50
Time required: 3-4 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~miss45420
This game is easy, but like many of the others in this guide, tedious. To get the avatar you need to quit on the very last level, #50. Why not get a trophy at the same time! To get the trophy play the entire game up to level 50 on the first of the month. Once you reach level 50 wait, stop, and wait until your awarded a trophy. After that you can quit at any time that month and receive the avatar. For those who already have the avatar and feel like going through it all over again, feel free to finish the game and collect neopoints for being on the high score list all month.
Grarrl Keno
Trophy earned: Bronze or higher, Game Trophy.
Avatar earned: Grarrl Keno, Radomly awarded with 4 or more correct choices.
Time required: 15 minutes, ~300,000 np
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~Grupt16180#KENO
To get this trophy you'll have to spend some neopoints. Its impossible to win money playing grarrl keno, the odds are against you. What you'll want to do is risk the minimum amount to get your desired trophy on the highest win% bet you can make (check the above guide). Do it on the first of the month and you'll recoup some of the neopoints by sticking around on the high score table. To get the avatar you'll have to bet on 8 eggs and match 4 or more of them, its awarded randomly and is slightly easier to get using internet explorer.
Neverending Boss Battle
Trophy earned: Bronze or Silver, Game Trophy.
Time required: 30 minutes, plus practicing.
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~GRAND_HIPPOPOTAMUS#boss
Its easy enough to get a trophy on this game at this point since not so many people play it anymore. You'll have to be at least slightly decent at it though so get to practicing for the first of next month... I got my trophy without even trying for the high score table. Typing foreverandeverandever will give you an extra life.
Magax: Destroyer 2
Trophy earned: Bronze or higher
Avatar earned: Magax: Destroyer
Time required: ~3 hours
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~GardeDesMorts
This trophy is all about luck. To get it you'll have to kill every enemy in the game and get more of the random small jubjubs flying around than others. I fly over the first ghost scorchio and continue killing all of the enemies to the right until I reach the scorchio, then I fly over the entire level again to check for any other flying jubjubs.
To get the avatar you'll need to submit a score of 3500+.
Type "xagam" to restore your health to full.
Quest Trophies
Some of the quests around Neopia have trophys associated with them. If you start on level 1 on the first day of the month and do these quests twice a day (once every 12 hours) you should get a trophy sometime in the first two weeks of the month. The scores you get are relative to how quickly you find the item so you should have two browser window's open and be very quick.
Jhudoras Cloud
Jhudora's Cloud
Trophy earned: Gold
Avatar earned: Evil Jhudora. Complete a Jhudora's Cloud quest on Jhudora Day, February 4th.
Time required: 5 minutes every 12 hours for 1-2 weeks
Guides: Kreative's
Complete the quests as fast as possible for the most points, I use two seperate windows, one with the quest page open and one with the shop wizard. You can complete a quest every 12 hours. You can't complete a quest for Jhudora and Illusen on the same day so you'll have to do their trophies on seperate months.
Illusen's Glade
Trophy earned: Gold
Avatar earned: Illusen Doll. Complete an Illusen's Glade quest on Illusen Day March 17th.
Time required: 5 minutes every 12 hours for 1-2 weeks
Guides: Kreative's
Complete the quests as fast as possible for the most points, I use two seperate windows, one with the quest page open and one with the shop wizard. You can complete a quest every 12 hours. You can't complete a quest for Jhudora and Illusen on the same day so you'll have to do their trophies on seperate months.
Brain Tree Quests
Trophy earned: Gold
Time required: 5 minutes every day for 1-2 weeks
Guides: http://www.neopets.com/~_CleopatrasCat_
Feed the esophagor twice to get the answer to the Brain Tree's riddle. This is the only way to get the correct answer and there isn't any way to circumvent it. You can only do one brain tree quest per day, so keep at it until you get the trophy.
Coming Soon
Gwyl's Great Escape
Jolly Jugglers
The Last Smiley
An exhausting comprehensive list of every game guide on neopets. Truly remarkable.
Jellybeanott's amazing guide to the highest neopoint ratio games. Always up to date. This is the only pet page I visit every day.
Fred has a much more thorough explanation of the mechanics of how trophies are given out, as well as a comprehensive list of plot trophies. Definitely worth looking at if you want to know what happens when scores are tied on the high score list.
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Duck Eggs and Squash Blossoms at the Red Stick
At least one weekend each season, I make a trek to the Red Stick Farmers Market. I drive an hour across the Atchafalaya Basin to Baton Rouge to load up on unique homegrown surprises that always seem to show up at this terrific Saturday morning market.
There is a wide divide between the two sides of the swamp – both from a culinary point of view as well as culturally. To me, South Louisiana has more raw talent for cooking than most anyplace in America. It is the birthplace of our adventurous way of cooking and the culinary incubator of creative interpretations that continue to define and redefine the cuisine. But, I believe within the southern part of our state, there are three distinctly different styles of cooking.
New Orleans is fixated on haute Creole cuisine with a hotbed of talent that continues to evolve. Baton Rouge, and the Florida Parishes in the southeast part of the state, are more aligned with English-speaking, Deep South cooking and a more genteel, traditional style. But, Acadiana is unique. French Cajun Creole is the heritage, and there is no mistaking the rural homespun approach and the focus on depth of flavor with an elevated sense of taste.
This market caters to us all and I'm always delighted to find edible treasures at the Red Stick. Today, I discovered two little gems; duck eggs and squash blossoms. Wanda Barras, my goat cheese lady, is set up with a stall hawking her incredible cheeses along with a pile of fresh duck eggs. Wanda's Belle Ecorce Farm in St. Martinville is home to a menagerie of livestock including lots of laying ducks. Her duck eggs are spectacular – much larger than a chicken's and the higher yolk to white ratio yields a richer and more intense egg.
When I saw the fresh squash blossoms, I began to think about a delicious breakfast dish I once had in the Napa countryside town of St. Helena. A most memorable morning, it was a rustic, French quiche-like tart that combined a variety of freshly grown vegetables with farmhouse eggs. Those, I believe, were hens' eggs, so I am expecting my take on this Provencal classic, using duck eggs, will only be more delicious.
With a basket full of produce, eggs, goat cheese and even some fresh Gulf shrimp, it's time to head home to the kitchen and give this French-inspired egg dish a shot. Who knows, perhaps we can improve on the recipe and create new memories.
Duck Egg and Squash Blossom Breakfast Tart with Fresh Gulf Shrimp
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 30 – 45 minutes
Serves: 4
You can use pie dough or even puff pastry for this crust. I experimented with a container of Crescent Dinner Rolls that I found in my refrigerator and discovered that it makes a terrific tart crust. Be sure to follow my directions and protect the edges of the dough when you blind bake so that it doesn't overcook.
For the tart crust:
Spray butter
1 can Crescent Dinner Rolls, 8 rolls
Preheat the oven to 350º F.
In a 12-inch tart baking dish, spray the butter around the inside bottom and edges as well as the outer rim.
Open the can of rolls and position the dough on a cutting board. Carefully unroll the 8 dough triangles and spread out on the surface of the board. Match up the triangles to form 4 large rectangles. Move the first rectangle to the baking dish and drape the edge of the dough along the rim with the rest of the dough inside covering the bottom. Do this for each section of the remaining dough until you have all of the rim and the bottom of the dish covered.
With a fork, puncture holes in the bottom of the dough as well as the edges along the inside rim. Before blind baking, you will need to protect the outer edges of the dough from over-browning by covering with aluminum foil. Take long strips of foil and place on top of the outer rim of the dish where the dough extends upward.
Place the baking dish on a cookie sheet and move it to the center of the oven. Bake until the bottom of the dough is brown, about 15 minutes. Take out of the oven and remove the aluminum foil from around the rim.
For the egg filling:
3 duck eggs
1/2 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 sprig thyme
1/2 cup yellow onion, finely minced
2 tablespoons green onion tops, finely diced
In a stainless steel mixing bowl, crack the eggs and add the milk. With a wire whisk, beat the eggs vigorously until thoroughly combined. Add the salt and the leaves of the sprig of thyme along with the onions. Combine all and set aside.
For the assembly:
6 small squash with flower blossoms
8 green asparagus spears
4 large Gulf shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 cup goat cheese
Prepare the squash by cutting off the flower ends and reserving. Slice the squash into very thin rounds and place in a microwaveable container. Cut the tips of the asparagus off the stalks and place in the container along with the squash slices. Add a tablespoon of water, cover the container and microwave on high for 1 minute. Remove from the microwave and dry the par-cooked vegetables.
Place the shrimp on the cutting board and with a sharp knife carefully cut each in half horizontally along the length of the back of the shrimp. You should now have 8 pieces of shrimp.
Place the baking dish with the blind-baked dough on a cookie sheet, Add the egg mixture until it reaches just below the rim. Position the squash blossoms in sections of the egg mixture along with the asparagus tips and slices of squash.
Place the outer side of each of the shrimp halves into the egg mixture so that it appears above the egg surface. Place several small bite-sized pieces of the goat cheese among the vegetables and shrimp.
Place the filled tart back into the oven and bake until the egg mixture is fully set, about 20 minutes. Watch carefully and do not let the tart overcook and the exposed dough edge become over-browned. Remove immediately and let the tart rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
This tart is great served warm, at room temperature or even cold the next day. Slice it into triangles and serve with mixed greens, a slice of tomato and cold watermelon. Paired with a Champagne-laced Mimosa and this could be a brunch to remember.
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The model C-1 is an open flame heater that does not need to be vented. But, it does require a fresh or combustible air intake from the outside. It is round, 12.5 inches in diameter and 22 inches tall. It is rated at 20,000 BTU's and is constructed of non-rusting mill polished aluminum shell supporting a stainless steel burner. The diagram below shows the ventilation requirements.Complete installation instructions come with the heater.
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With Single Stage Thermostat, $459.00 including shipping to Continental US
With Day/Night Setback Thermostat, $545.00 including shipping to Continental US
A-1 vented heater
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This heater is an enclosed flame heater that requires venting to the outside of the greenhouse. It also requires fresh or combustible air intake from the outside of the greenhouse. The construction is non-rusting mill polished aluminum outer shell, supporting a 24 gauge aluminized steel firebox with vertical flues for maximum air circulation. It measures 16.25 inches wide, 17.5 inches deep and 25 inches tall. It is rated at 25,000 BTU's. This heater must have a 3" vent pipe (not included) for proper draft. The diagram below shows the ventilation requirements. Complete instructions come with the heater.
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Placement of A-1 heaters
If using multiple heaters alternate placement for maximum circulation of warm air
With Single Stage Thermostat, $559.00 including shipping to Continental US
With Day/Night Setback Thermostat, $635.00 including shipping to Continental US
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|Jun 2, 2013, 04:54 PM
debt snowball software
i'm following Dave Ramsey's baby steps now, and I am looking for a good debt snowball software (free) for my MacBook Pro (version 10.5.8). Anyone know of one that is decent??
|Jun 5, 2013, 03:04 PM
After looking over his sight, is he associated to church's?
"It's quite an experience to hold the hand of someone as they move from living to dead."
"Times are looking grim these days, holding on to everything, it's hard to draw the line"
|Jun 5, 2013, 03:59 PM
"I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really I was alive" Walter White
|Jun 20, 2013, 10:16 AM
I am a recent graduate of Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University and I have to say it has been quite a life changing experience. After years of being unhappy with my finances and feeling I was wasting time in my life with the bills piling up and my retirement fund going nowhere, I finally had a moment where I had enough and knew I had to make a change.
This change has been amazing. In my opinion I was not in terrible financial shape, but knew it had to change. With our mortgage, student loans, cars and credit card bills, my fiancé and I were around $200,000 in debt at 27 years old. Now that we have adjusted our lifestyle and got our mind right this last February, we have knocked out around 30,000 in debt from selling a car, tax returns, and moving all the money from our savings except our Baby Step 1, $1000 emergency fund.
The best news is that due to eliminating that debt, selling things, and sticking to our spending plan, our debt free date except the mortgage is June of 2014!! This will free up $2000 a month of our money to start sending to a 3-6 months of expenses for an emergency fund, retirement fund, and paying off the home early!
It is crazy how just a few months can improve someones happiness in life so much. Now we are just counting down the days until we can be debt free!! I encourage all of you even if you have a small amount of debt to go through his program. It will give you, and has given us the peace of mind in knowing that if we follow these steps, can retire when we want, on our terms, and how we want to. That is truly financial peace.
|Jun 21, 2013, 10:25 AM
The overall ideas he teaches are good, but he goes too far on a few, such as:
People who take out student loans are morons.
No dave, not everyone wants to spend their college years getting 4 hours of sleep a night because they have to work 40 hours on top of their school and homework in order to "cashflow" college. Not everyone wants to live like a homeless person for the best years of their lives.
There's a biblical answer for [insert financial question here].
No dave, there isn't. The bible will tell you "treat others the way you want to be treated" and a few other things that some basic empathy and rational thought would also tell you. But when you try to relate a car loan to a bible verse, you sound to devout christians like a great guy (which is why he does it), and to the rest of us like an idiot or a panderer. We want your financial advice. If we want to hear your preaching, we'll go to your church.
Credit scores are not important and getting credit to raise your credit score is stupid.
He actually goes so far as to say that you can lease an apartment or get a mortgage with no credit score, by showing them paystubs, employment history, and bill payment history. You know, because apartment managers and loan officers are fine with spending hours on your paperwork, and going out on a limb for you based on data they aren't used to working with.
And the whole not getting credit to raise your credit score thing he asks "why would you go into debt in order to raise your credit score so that you can go into more debt?" Well dave, if you do it right, you don't go into debt. I've got an awesome credit score that allowed me to buy a house at a very low rate because I opened a few credit card accounts year ago, and use them for everything, paying them off in full every couple of weeks.
|Jun 21, 2013, 01:11 PM
I borrowed the CD set from a friend and listened to every one of those CD's. A lot of it is common sense (emergency fund, car loans/financing, saving and living beneath your means...etc.).
Also the Bible incorporation was unnecessary. I am a religious person, but the constant insertion of random verses was actually annoying.
What I really hated was what he said about credit scores. Ridiculous. You can't do anything with a bad credit score. I don't care if you have thousands of dollars in a brief case with you. If you go to rent an apartment and have a bad credit score you will not be accepted as a resident (at least in my area). Having a credit card does not equate to having debt. If you do not manage your finances correctly, even if all you carry is cash and a debit card, you can still screw yourself up.
|Jun 21, 2013, 09:42 PM
|Jun 22, 2013, 04:18 AM
Well its been a good 5 months since the course ended, surprisingly I remember everything he said. That's probably the most memorable class I've been in. All his teachings might not be spot on, but the way he delivers really makes it stick in your mind.
As for the "unnecessary" bible verses, that's just his way of spreading Christianity. The bible says to spread it however you can, so that's why he does that. If its annoying just don't listen to that part!
"I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really I was alive" Walter White
|Jun 22, 2013, 09:29 PM
|Jun 22, 2013, 09:44 PM
I like Dave Ramsey, but I wouldn't listen to him for investment advice.
The rest is good stuff.
|Jun 22, 2013, 10:21 PM
"I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really I was alive" Walter White
|Jun 23, 2013, 10:03 AM
|Jun 23, 2013, 10:13 AM
I don't agree with Dave Ramsey on everything, but on this he is 100% right IMO. The world tells us that we need credit in order to function. We have to have it or the pleasures of life will pass us by, like our FICO score is somehow the gateway to happiness. It's all just BS.
Could you lose out on a job because your refuse to have credit and thus have a zero FICO score? I suppose it is possible, but would you really want to work somewhere that is that shortsighted? That they are so robotic that a number on a page is their determining factor in the hiring process?
|Jun 23, 2013, 06:21 PM
For some jobs (e.g. in Finance), you want to see credit history to see if people are responsible with their personal money, and if there are potential problems that would lead to unethical behavior down the road.
For public companies, doing that kind of "due diligence" when hiring employees might have nothing to do with shortsightedness or being robotic, but all about minimizing risk and minimizing exposure to later law suits and such.
|Jun 23, 2013, 06:50 PM
I like Dave Ramsey and agree with some of his principles which are common sense so really not his:
Be debt free
Don't use credit
Have certain types of insurance
Don't lend money
That said. He is too rude, opinionated and redundant. I use to listen to his podcast everyday on my commute but it's nothing new:
Caller 1: I have a car and...
Dave interrupts: sell it, get a beater.
Caller 2: My brother said...
Dave: he's a doofus..
Being debt free is the way though.
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WELCH (WVVA) - McDowell County Schools superintendent says a teacher at River View High School has been suspended, but that no criminal investigation is involved.
Nelson Spencer confirmed the suspension to WVVA News Thursday afternoon. Spencer would not elaborate on the nature of the suspension, other than no crime had been committed.
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Six killed in Bluffton Univ. bus crash
[size=12pt]Six killed in Bluffton Univ. bus crash[/size]
Posted: Friday March 2, 2007 8:08AM; Updated: Friday March 2, 2007 8:39AM
ATLANTA -- A charter bus carrying a college baseball team from Ohio plunged off a highway ramp early Friday and slammed into the pavement below, killing at least six people and scattering sports equipment across the road, authorities said.
The bus carrying the team from Bluffton University, a Mennonite-affiliated school south of Toledo, toppled off the Northside Drive bridge onto Interstate 75, police spokesman Joe Cobb said.
At least six of the 35 people aboard were killed and others were injured.
"It's bad, I know that," he said. "It's hard to describe. The bus is completely annihilated."
Robin Bowlus, a college spokeswoman, said she couldn't confirm whether the bus was the one that left Bluffton at 7 p.m. on Thursday but she hasn't been able to reach anyone who had been on the team bus by cell phone.
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Even though Samuel Lemon did not construct his stone tavern until some years after he purchased the tract of land, he wasted no time beginning his occupation as innkeeper. Shortly after construction of the nearby wagon road referred to as the "Northern Turnpike," or "Great Northern Route," he built a two-story log house beside the road. It was considered one of the most popular "wagon taverns" along the road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. It was said that as many as fifty wagons would spend a night at "Lemon's." The Conestogas would carry merchandise to the west and return with a "back-load" of bar iron. The teamsters' routine upon arriving at the tavern was recalled in 1867:
The isolated and dormant tavern no longer evokes the impressions of exuberant confusion and activity of early days. No longer displayed is the excitement of arrivals and departures, and the colorful and gay exhibit of dress and equipage.
The journals and letters of travelers tell us about the tavern trade, although no account has been uncovered relating to the Lemon Tavern. One wagoner wrote,
The bars enjoyed a thriving business, offering "slings," "todys," "bounces" with "whiskey," "cherry," or "jinnn." The drovers slept in the barroom, usually in a circle with their feet to the center where a supplementary stove stood. Invariably the traveler complained of the primitive board and lodging. [14]
The Interiors of the old taverns have been radically altered. The dining rooms were partitioned and the barrooms (the social centers of the tavern) and wagon stands changed beyond recognition. A few of them have been preserved, however. In the Definbaugh Tavern, the counter register desk and cupboards are intact. An early photograph of the White Swan barroom shows a quaint little bar, typically ornamented with fancy lattice work. The study of these examples might well apply to the Lemon House in a general way. [15]
In the early years before the establishment of the Portage Railroad, Samuel Lemon prospered slowly but certainly. During his second year of ownership he added over 250 acres of land to his holdings. [16] Gradually he added to his livestock and the valuation of his property crept slowly upward until 1835 when the tax assessor raised the value of his property almost $1000. to $1450. This re-evaluation was probably due to the obvious value of land located so strategically along the railroad. By 1839 the tavern seemed profitable enough for the assessor to double its worth. [17] By then Lemon's stone mansion-tavern was in full swing. The railroad was bringing him a great traffic for food and drink. By the mid-1840's his trade more than doubled and by 1848 the county valued his entire property at $5020. and taxed him the enormous sum of $72.76. On the basis of the size of this tax levy, Samuel Lemon was the wealthiest man in Washington Township and a random selection of pages from the tax records of 1848 suggests that he was one of the wealthiest persons in Cambria County. By 1847 he had outfitted his home with some fine pieces of furniture and owned a carriage conspicuous enough to be taxed. [18]
Recent accounts of the Lemon House refer to the structure as a "hostelry," suggesting that the mansion provided overnight accommodations. Accounts contemporary with the operation of the structure do not describe it as a hotel, but as a place for momentary respite and a meal and drink. Undoubtedly, there were overnight guests but probably not on a scheduled basis. While the Lemon House is a large home, it is not a hotel. Furthermore, other more spacious establishments along the route and at the termini of the Hollidaysburg-Johnstown run were operated specifically as hotels. [19]
There is one account which, on the contrary, indicates that the Lemon House was indeed frequented as a hotel. It is an extract in the possession of Mr. Irving London of Johnstown. The passage entitled "Travel over the Portage Railroad, 1835-1845, page 177," describes, "the Mansion House" as a "large and commodious hotel where passengers and emigrants could obtain lodging, food, and other refreshments . . . ." It further relates that the hotel was "erected at the Summit." Neither Mr. London nor this writer has been able to locate the source of this statement and thus it cannot assuredly be identified as a contemporary or modern source.
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Fast Facts About the Olympians > Hestia
Name: Greek - Hestia; Roman - Vesta
Parents: Cronus and Rhea
Siblings: Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus. Hestia was the oldest and youngest sibling -- following the regurgitation of the gods by Papa Cronus.
Mates: None
Children: None
Role of Hestia
For Humans: Hestia was goddess of the town and family hearth and the fire in the hearth. She presided over the cooking of meals, the happiness of the home, and the community's harmony.
For Gods: Hestia received part of the offerings to them in every sacrifice. Since the sacrifices required the fire of the hearth altar, Hestia presided over sacrifices to the gods.
Canonical Olympian? No. Hestia, while one of the principal goddesses, is said to have given up her seat to another, probably Dionysus. Besides, Hestia is hearth-bound.


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The Ciliopathy-associated Protein Homologs RPGRIP1
The aim of this study was to gain more insight in the function of two ciliopathy-associated protein homologs, RPGR interacting protein 1 (RPGRIP1), and RPGRIP1-like protein (RPGRIP1L). Base on the data, the authors hypothesize that RPGRIP1 and RPGRIP1L function as cilium-specific scaffolds that recruit a Nek4 signaling network which regulates cilium stability.
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Cohesinopathies are human developmental disorders caused by inherited defects in cellular components controlling the process of sister chromatid cohesion. This cohesion mechanism takes care of keeping the sister chromatids close together from the stage of DNA replication up until mitosis. Two syndromes were described so far in the group of cohesinopathes: Roberts syndrome and Cornelia de Lange syndrome. In Van der Lelij research, a third cohesinopathy is added to this group: The Warsaw Breakage syndrome, caused by mutations in DDX11/ChlR1.
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Bisciotti sees several players taking charge
Ravens have plenty of position battles heading into 3rd preseason game
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti thinks the Ravens will have no shortage of leadership, despite the retirement of Ray Lewis.
During a Monday interview with baltimoreravens.com, the team's official website, Bisciotti said he thinks it will be easier for other players to step forward now that Lewis is gone. Bisciotti named linebacker Terrell Suggs and quarterback Joe Flacco in particular, and also praised linebacker Elvis Dumervil for quickly embracing a leadership role.
"I think this is a great time for guys like Suggs to step up, and Joe to step up," Bisciotti told the team's website. "It's coming along exactly the way I figured.
"Ray Lewis is a once-in-a-generation guy. When you have someone of that iconic level, it was hard to step out of his level, and they really didn't try to. That knew that they were seeing something special and they were fortunate to be a part of it."
Suggs has been the vocal leader during this training camp, and the good-natured trash talking between Suggs and Flacco has been a dominant soundtrack during practices.
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An investigative team found Jamari Knox after midnight, unharmed. He was returned to DHR custody.
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The best part of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" has no transformers in it. In the first act of Michael Bay's two-hour-plus threequel, regular transformer pal Shia LaBeouf fights a harder battle than any Decepticon has ever forced on him: Finding a job. In a humorous montage of ill-fated interviews, LaBeouf reminds us that he posseses legitimate acting talent beyond those countless reactions shots to CGI. (Remember "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints"?) In a vain display of self-confidence, the erstwhile hero repeatedly gets put in his place by striking out. Even a bemused John Malkovich doesn't bat an eyelash when LaBeouf proclaims that he saved the world twice already. When he tells another potential employer that he received a medal from President Obama, the hustler hits another wall: "We're mostly Republican here," comes the reply.
The movie hardly needs giant robots in disguise to make this genuinely entertaining montage work. But the robots eventually take over the screen, the speakers belch out a million thundering sounds at once, and the band plays on. That's the ongoing paradox of Bay's entire filmography, a string of blockbusters with the potential for something more.
From "Bad Boys" to "The Island," Bay has shown an ability to direct screwball comedy and even convey a fair amount of romanticism, but in each case the dissonance has resulted in a fragmented work divided between story and spectacle. Invariably, spectacle wins out. The Bay aesthetic is expensive but ironically disposable. (Will anyone remember, much less talk about, "Dark of the Moon" in 20 years? In 50?) In Bayville, money talks, but that doesn't mean it always has something to say. Which is a shame, because the least ugly aspects of "Transfomers" are also its cheapest conceits.
Kysersosai | July 19, 2011 5:46 AM
If you haven't everyone watch Transformers: The Movie. This is not only a great movie it is the only movie to do justice to the loving memories people have of a short lived cartoon. They're not "robots" they are machines that are fundamentally people. You don't need humans at all in the movie. Pixars seemed to be doing ok with out them... I wonder why? ITS CALLED A GOOD SCRIPT!!!
Bay makes eye candy. Fine I don't expect Anthony Hopkins to walk done a VS runway. Get your head out of your @$$.
rodimus | July 17, 2011 1:12 AM
Bay makes a truly fantastic looking movie, always. He films things with the same flair and exaggeration a comic book artist would. What the man does not seem to possess is an editor that will challenge him. You could forgive the unnecessary human element and the unfunny humour and racism in all three films if someone would go toe-to-toe with him and say, "Mike, you've filmed a lot of great stuff, but it doesn't actually all have to be in the film, you know. Let's get the scissors."
Sarke Beeley | July 16, 2011 10:37 AM
I think you need the human element in Transformers to some extent. Terminator wasn't just about the Terminator, it was about the human lives he was trying to destroy (or save as it got worse). I think in the first Tranformers film characters such as Optimus and Bumblebee were soulful enough for the viewer to care about them and I think Bay should have gone with that. In this film there didn't NEED to be a (terrible) love story, the relationship between Sam and the Transformers was enough to make us bothered about whether they survived or not. Get rid of the love interest, show more of the Transformers personalities (which most have) and have the humans as what the should be - partners in the story, not the main event.
Hardcore Nerd | July 12, 2011 10:59 AM
One word .. Disapointment !!! The movie is suppose to be about transformers . My son who is 8 wanted to leave the theatre twice because of the pointless human garbage , They make the mistake of trying to make the actors in the film the main charchters , but their not . It' not called Humans : dark of the moon . You get a few batttles , kool for what they are . You make the suppose to be stars one line extras , as if they had nothing to do with the film . Tranformers is idiot proof , there is so much material from the series you would have to be a complete failure to screw it up . Simply , transformers is for kids , for the kids inside us all . I don't want a love story , or human heroes . I want transformers , Dinobots , ultra magnus , Kupp , Triple changers , omega supreme , tripticon . The big thing is suppose to be 4 or 5 new autobots . lol This movie was nothing more than a quick payday for an enormus robot size ego . They need to find a director who wants to make a Transformer movie thats actually about , you guest it tranformers .
erichkohn | July 6, 2011 6:43 AM
@actionman As much as the light and colors of the Chicago battle blew me away, I found it largely incoherent and uninteresting, while the very idea of LaBeouf's character finding a job is inherently funny and well-played. LaBeouf, who comes across as a smarmy bastard in interviews, plays a smarmy bastard really well--so it's amusing to see his charm fail to do the trick. I agree that "The Rock" was a high point in Bay's career. He needs a good script to go along with the noise.
Hans Gruber | July 6, 2011 1:45 AM
Transmorphers is a superior film
actionman | July 6, 2011 1:39 AM
Wow, I disagree with you COMPLETELY. Bay has no clue how to direct comedy, and his taste in what is "funny" is shockingly lame and obvious. The first 90 mins of TF3 were dreadful. It was only during the Siege of Chicago that the film came alive. Over the years, Bay has gotten worse as an overall filmmaker, while getting better at presenting large scale action. His finest work, The Rock, will never be replicated again.
Angelo | July 6, 2011 1:17 AM
It's a film about alien robots that transform into cars, planes and helicopters. Get a life.
Matt | July 6, 2011 1:08 AM
I think people are missing the point of the article. The writer is not saying that Transformers would be better off without the explosions and robots the reviewer is saying that Michael Bay has it in him to make a visually stylistic comedy (or romantic comedy?) that might stand the test of time better than his current body of work. Each and every Bay-directed film, whilst showing glimmers of this underused talent and propensity for screwball comedic moments eventually succumbs to similarly staged action stunts, contrived plot devices, expensive looking explosions and militarism. It's an interesting observation, though I'm not sure if it would play out as well as the writer hopes should Bay actually try his hand at another genre.
chris | July 5, 2011 7:20 AM
I agree with Marnie. If you don't like "Transformers", don't see the movie. Personally, I don't pay to see anything that Michael Bay makes. All of his movies are just about the same: I'm going to have a series of explosions strung together with the weakest of plots.
herbert katz | July 4, 2011 12:10 PM
I agree with the reviewer. TheTransformer film best part is not about transformers. In general the movie seems to go in many disconnected directions.
There is no entertainment value when the title of the movie, Transformers, play no role.
LA Portfolio | July 4, 2011 2:47 AM
Transformers Shia LaBeouf interviewed with Regis and Kelly to promote directing plans over Manson's documentary film after Manson's label leaves him for antisemitic songs like Pretty as a Swastika.
Read: Marilyn Manson Jews and Nazis
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Marnie | July 4, 2011 2:35 AM
No offence but if you wanted to see a comedy then go and see one but dont expect to pay to see a Transformers film and not see Transformers I thought the clue would have been in the title surely??!! I mean if u detest them that much dont go to see or if you are a true film critic then your review needs to be non biased and not from a person who isnt into Transformers, thats not a fair critique in my opinion anyway.As for me I find all 3 film thoroughly entertaining and fun to watch, im not going to take them seriously because lets face it thats not what they were made for. I say go see T3 if you want to brighten up your evening from the dull and mundane reality tv that seems to be everywhere we go these days, and let your imagination run wild and have fun! If you want a serious thinker for a film then go see one of martin Scorsese's!. Marnie =D


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It's one of the toughest job markets out there right now in America, but there are pockets of silver linings that are hiring new college graduates right now.
As you may expect, they are specialized degrees and most involve math or science. For those students who have the interest and aptitude, these are well paying jobs with a strong near-term future.
Based on the National Association of Colleges and Employers 2011 Job Outlook report, here are the top bachelor's degree programs.
#5 Business Administration – A number of different employers hire college graduates with this degree, but a number of different jobs can be held with such a degree. The hiring outlook through 2018 forecasts a 20% plus rate. Some jobs currently hiring include public relations, marketing and operations analysis. The Department of Labor's salary outlook for these positions is:
Public Relations Specialist: $59,150
Marketing Specialist: $66,850
Operations Research Analyst: $76,980
#4 Computer Science – As U.S. business has become virtually dependent on technology to succeed, hiring computer technologists is a necessity for every industry. Even the smallest businesses that utilize technology hire in-house or outsource such help.
As technology has developed the career opportunities for computer science majors has grown and diversified. The DOL expects hiring to increase by 24% over the next seven years.
Computer Support Specialist: $49,930
Network Systems Administrator: $72,200
Computer Scientist: $103,150
#3 Engineering – President Obama recently said one way to improve the economy is to train and hire more engineers. Engineering comes in a number of flavors…mechanical, electrical, civil, software and more.
While the hiring outlook for the next decade isn't as strong…only 11%…given the state of the economy, it's still remarkable. The median salaries for engineers are near the top of the scale.
Mechanical Engineer: $82,480
Civil Engineer: $82,280
Electrical Engineer: $87,770
#2 Finance – Even though banks were involved in the financial meltdown, finance has been a sector that recovered quickly from the recession and many opportunities still exist in finance and insurance for new graduates.
The hiring forecast is about 20% for the next eight years and a number of different opportunities exist in many industries. Financial analysts top the demand scale. Salary ranges from the DOL are:
Financial Analyst: $86,040
Personal Financial Advisor: $91,220
Actuary: $98,620
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#1 Accounting – Money makes the world go 'round and businesses need people to keep track of it. An accounting degree can also lead to other financial positions like budget analysis, bookkeeping and lending analysis.
The DOL forecasts a 22% hiring rate for accountants through 2018. Salary ranges for accounting related degrees are:
Loan Officer: $65,900
Accountant: $68,960
Budget Analyst: $70,660
A bachelor's degree isn't out of reach. There are many paths to obtaining any one of these degrees including community colleges, career colleges, public universities and online courses. Many students who have earned these degrees took a hybrid approach that involved combinations of types of schools.
You can search for the right combination for the education of your dreams.


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It's a pretty controversial ad. The plan was to air it during this weekend's NASCAR race on the big Jumbotron, but it's gone viral online beforehand.
It looks a lot like a beer commercial. But this actually is a spot promoting the legalization of marijuana.
Ad's audio: "If you're an adult who enjoys a good beer there's a similar product you might want to know about -- one without all the calories and serious health problems -- less toxic so it doesn't cause hangovers overdose deaths and it's not linked to violence or reckless behavior. Marijuana less harmful than alcohol and time to treat it that way. For more information visit marijuanaissafer.org."
The "Marijuana Policy Project" planned to air the ad a dozen times over the weekend. That's the group pushing for pot to be legalized.
The company that runs the Jumbotron reportedly yanked the ads under pressure from anti-drug groups.
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Posted Aug 24, 2011 12:15 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
A Wisconsin lawyer has been criminally charged with theft of at least $10,000 by fraud for allegedly stealing $542,000 over a five-year period by falsely claiming to represent individuals to whom refunds of surplus funds were due in mortgage foreclosure cases.
Thomas E. Bielinski, 52, allegedly filed documents in Milwaukee Circuit Court on the purported behalf of 47 individuals owed money because the proceeds from the sale of their homes exceeded the amount owed to the lenders who filed suit and their counsel. He collected in 43 of the matters, but four claims, in which he sought $84,000 total, were denied, reports the Proof & Hearsay blog of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
He allegedly had no other law practice, and so fraud was his primary source of income, the article says, relying on information from the criminal complaint.
When Bielinski's home was searched, authorities reportedly found 16 court files and two fake notary seals. An Associated Press article says he is accused of perpetrating the fraud by forging claimants' signatures. Then, after he was paid, he allegedly removed documents from court files to eliminate evidence.
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With the endless amounts of gore and hot men to ogle, it's no surprise that at GT Towers we're huge fans of True Blood. So when a trailer for the new season emerges from the depths of the web, it's hard to contain our excitement. For vampy goodness look below:
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While we're not sure if Tara will be returning, that massive hole Sookie and Lafayette are digging doesn't look good. Aside from Tara everyone is present and correct with a multitude of shots of Alexander Skarsgård looking lovely as ever as the beautiful Eric Northman *drool*.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0834800799, Paperback)A respected Zen master in Japan and founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, Shunryu Suzuki has blazed a path in American Buddhism like few others. He is the master who climbs down from the pages of the koan books and answers your questions face to face. If not face to face, you can at least find the answers as recorded in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, a transcription of juicy excerpts from his lectures. From diverse topics such as transience of the world, sudden enlightenment, and the nuts and bolts of meditation, Suzuki always returns to the idea of beginner's mind, a recognition that our original nature is our true nature. With beginner's mind, we dedicate ourselves to sincere practice, without the thought of gaining anything special. Day to day life becomes our Zen training, and we discover that "to study Buddhism is to study ourselves." And to know our true selves is to be enlightened. --Brian Bruya
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Is there a chance that we are active in free agency? Do we have money to spend? The Raiders need OTs,DT,CB,QB and a MLB in that order. Could we fill some voids through trading and free agency? I also think we need a vet WR and OLB. Also do we have a chance getting Peppers? or Karlos Dansby, Joey Porter, Dunta Robinson, Darren Sharper, T.O, Holt, or even vick. Is there any OL or DL in free agency worth picking up?
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First edition cover
|Joseph Heller
|Cover artist
|Paul Bacon[1]
|Black humor, absurdist fiction,satire, war fiction, historical fiction
|Simon & Schuster
|Publication date
|11 November 1961
|Media type
|Print (hardback)
|453 pp (1st edition hardback)
|Dewey Decimal
|813/.54 22
|LC Classification
|Followed by
|Closing Time (1994)
Catch-22 is a satirical novel by the American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953, and the novel was first published in 1961. It is set during World War II in 1943[2] and is frequently cited as one of the great literary works of the twentieth century.[3] It uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, describing events from different characters' points of view and out of sequence so that the time line develops along with the plot.
The novel follows Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier. Most of the events in the book occur while the fictional 256th squadron is based on the island of Pianosa, in the Mediterranean Sea west of Italy. The novel looks into the experiences of Yossarian and the other airmen in the camp, and their attempts to keep their sanity in order to fulfill their service requirements, so that they can return home. The phrase "Catch-22", "a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule,"[4] has entered the English language.
- 1 Concept
- 2 Synopsis
- 3 Style
- 4 Characters
- 5 Influences
- 6 Literary allusions
- 7 Historical context
- 8 Explanation of the novel's title
- 9 Publication & Movie Rights
- 10 Reception
- 11 Rankings
- 12 Adaptations
- 13 Release details
- 14 See also
- 15 Notes and references
- 16 External links
Among other things, Catch-22 is a general critique of bureaucratic operation and reasoning. Resulting from its specific use in the book, the phrase "Catch-22" is common idiomatic usage meaning "a no-win situation" or "adouble bind" of any type. Within the book, "Catch-22" is a military rule, the self-contradictory circular logic that, for example, prevents anyone from avoiding combat missions. The narrator explains:
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he were sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. (p. 56, ch. 5)
Other forms of Catch-22 are invoked throughout the novel to justify various bureaucratic actions. At one point, victims of harassment by military police quote the MPs' explanation of one of Catch-22's provisions: "Catch-22 states that agents enforcing Catch-22 need not prove that Catch-22 actually contains whatever provision the accused violator is accused of violating." Another character explains: "Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing."
Yossarian comes to realize that Catch-22 does not actually exist, but because the powers that be claim it does, and the world believes it does, it nevertheless has potent effects. Indeed, because it does not exist, there is no way it can be repealed, undone, overthrown, or denounced. The combination of force with specious and spurious legalistic justification is one of the book's primary motifs.
The motif of bureaucratic absurdity is further explored in 1994's Closing Time, Heller's sequel to Catch-22. This darker, slower-paced, apocalyptic novel explores the pre- and post-war lives of some of the major characters in Catch-22, with particular emphasis on the relationship between Yossarian and tailgunner Sammy Singer.


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Highlight your speeches in your copy of the script. Mark only words you will speak—not role tags or stage directions. (Yellow non-fluorescent marker is best.)
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Hold your script at a steady height, but make sure it doesn't hide your face. If there's anyone in the audience you can't see, your script is too high.
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If the audience laughs, stop speaking until they can hear you again.
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The little parakeet
Swings back and forth,
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He hops on the bottom
Of his cage, playing with a ball
With a bell inside.
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He wets his beak and tweets
As Mother broke a glass inside.
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Went to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire with my best friend kraken-productions!
We walked by this glorious car!
Went to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire with my best friend kraken-productions!
Just so you can get an idea of how lil the lil figures are. I believe this prototype was in the sexy manly hands of our art director Shawn.
yes yes yes yes yes! FINALLY!!!!
At work, I make it clear that my folder is MY FOLDER! This was the only non-violent, non-seductive Harley I could find lol
In the spirit of Halloween, I'm in a costume contest at my comic book store. I'm hating myself for saying this but if you go to their facebook page and like my photo, I could win a $50 gift card to use in the shop. Pretty much it's free comic book money!
So search for 4 Color Fantasies and look for my picture (it's the one above) to help me win!
The guilt is already eating at me
I surprised my little brothers and my mom with a visit to Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland! It was my mom's first time to their Halloween special event. Short lines, less people, and everyone in the Halloween Spirit! We had a blast!
I wish you still feel pain even after you die.
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I love this film. I absolutely love it, so so much
With 100 days left in the year, I'll celebrate with liquid heaven: strawberry Nesquik. Hopefully my strawberry allergy doesn't kick in
Gonna have one expensive christmas list this year. Seeing that they revealed yet another DC Bombshells statue made my heart flutter! Can't wait to have these gorgeous ladies on my dresser.


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March 13, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville University announced its 2008 broadcast schedule on 1010XL as more than 20 Dolphin baseball games will be aired live during the season.
The Voice of the Dolphins, Barry Milligan, returns for his second year calling play-by-play, while several guest analysts, including 1010XL's own Jason Godbee, will provide color commentary throughout the year.
The broadcast schedule will feature all games against Florida (March 25 & 26) and Florida State (April 2 & May 7), key matchups in the Atlantic Sun Conference and NCAA postseason action.
The first broadcast will be Saturday, March 15, when the Dolphins travel to Steven L. Marsh Stadium to face Lipscomb at 3 p.m. ET. The Dolphin Pregame Show begins at 2:45 p.m.
All JU games can also be followed live via Gametracker on the Dolphins' official web site, Judolphins.com while 14 more games remain available via video streaming on ASun.TV.
March 15 at Lipscomb 3 p.m.
March 18 at Florida International 6 p.m.
March 22 East Tenn. State 1 p.m.
March 25 at Florida 6:30 p.m.
March 26 Florida 6:30 p.m.
March 29 at USC Upstate (DH) 1 p.m.
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April 19 Florida Gulf Coast Noon
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May 7 at Florida State 6 p.m.
May 10 at Dallas Baptist (DH) 2 p.m.
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Indeed. To quote Abrams loosely, "This movie was not made for Star Trek fans."
I think this is what you referring to:
This movie was not made for Star Trek fans — it was made for movie fans, but if you're a Star Trek fan, I think you'll be really happy. There's a lot of stuff in here for you. But we couldn't just make the movie just for fans of Star Trek.
I think that is just standard PR talk which you might even hear, in a more moderate form though, if Paramount had not decided to blow up the budget and reach a larger audience than before as the goal of Trek movies has been and always will be to reach the general audience. The question is whether you dumb down your product in order to achieve this goal or not and IMO the last two movies have which is why I am a proponent of smaller budgets Ã* la TUC or FC. Let's not forget that the movie which has been the most popular one for the longest time, TWOK, is the one with the smallest budget.
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Hello friends, just made a March Madness Bracket group on espn for the site per U-God's recommendation.
This link: http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/group?groupID=70801&entryID=463119seems to be the group directory but regardless the group name is Southsidesox and the password is bob. This is the one always interesting fantasy sports thing to do every year, so join up! You too could win a million dollars in more than a trillion (closer to a bajillion) tries. Or did they stop doing that? Cursed nonsensical promotion.
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Jim Cramer's protege, David Peltier, identifies the best of breed dividend stocks that will pay a reliable AND significant income stream.
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