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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer's" Charisma Carpenter Attacked by Serial Rapist Cop
Talk about scary. Actress Charisma Carpenter was attacked by a rapist when she was 22 years old, she recently revealed.
In 1991, Carpenter and her friends were involved in a brutal attack that left her friends shot and wounded, NY Daily News reports.
Carpenter escaped the attack, but is telling her story in a new series for Investigation Discovery called I Survived Evil. She will also host the series.
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Carpenter joins others in sharing the details of how they survived violent attacks.
She explains the event of the 1991 attack that occurred when she was a cheerleader for the San Diego Chargers. She and friends went to Torrey Pines State Beach to swim and a masked gunman attacked the trio.
The man was serial rapist Henry Hubbard Jr. -- and also a San Diego cop. Thanks to Carpenter's evidence from Hubbard's attacks, a flashlight, he is now in prison serving a 56-year prison sentence.
President and general manager of Investigation Discovery Henry Schleiff, explained choosing Carpenter as host: "The fact that Charisma has personally lived through the tragic nightmare of being attacked -- and, thankfully, is willing to share her ordeal with our viewers -- makes her the perfect host for I Survived Evil."
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Carpenter says she'd like to interview Hubbard for one episode, explaining, "I'm interested in a sit-down, to ask him myself questions [I have]. Whether or not Hubbard will let me [I don't know], but my producers are interested, though they're treating it very delicately. I think they're worried about me, but really, I'm OK with it."
I Survived Evil comes to Investigation Discovery in 2013.


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- Phelps picks up first 2014 win at the Wheels
- Thursday Night Thunder strikes at Rolling Wheels July 24
- Decker, Friesen win at Stars and Stripes
Phelps Rockets to First Win of the Season at Rolling Wheels Raceway
Marcuccilli and Ruggles Eligible for Dig Safely 811 'Dig Safely Double' Award at Weedsport
ELBRIDGE, N.Y. - July 24, 2014 - DIRTcar Correspondent Mike Mallett - The much anticipated 'Thursday Night Thunder' series finally got underway at the Rolling Wheels Raceway with Jimmy Phelps, of Baldwinsville, N.Y., grabbing his first win of the 2014 season in the DIRTcar Big-Block Modified 35-lap feature event. Phelps, driving his Heinke-Baldwin Racing No. 98h Troyer car, led the entire distance for the victory. Dave Marcuccilli dominated the 20-lap DIRTcar Sportsman feature and Daryl Ruggles took top honors in the 305 Sprint Car 20-lap A-Main. As a result of their victories, both drivers earned an opportunity to win additional monies this Sunday, July 27, at Weedsport Speedway as part of the 'Dig Safely Double' Award if they can put themselves in Victory Lane once again. Marcuccilli is eligible for an extra $300 while Ruggles could earn another $200.
Big-Block Modifieds return to "The Fast Track," along with DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds and 305 Sprint Cars
ELBRIDGE, N.Y. -- The rumble returns to Rolling Wheels.
After an exciting Stars & Stripes Summer Super Show presented by Dig Safely 811 Thursday, July 3, featuring the Big-Block Modifieds of the Super DIRTcar Series and the 360 Sprint Cars of the Empire Super Sprints, "The Fast Track" opens back up for Thursday Night Thunder July 24.
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Central New York's racers set sights on July 24 Thursday Night Thunder
ELBRIDGE, N.Y. -- July 5, 2014 -- Billy Decker, of Sidney, N.Y, and Stewart Friesen, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, claimed victory during the Stars & Stripes Summer Super Show presented by Dig Safely 811 scheduled for Thursday, July 3, at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park.Read more...

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Before this season, I would have made outrageous bets with anyone that the Bucs would have made the playoffs for the first time since the Gruden era. Now, 6 weeks in I'm starting to think about the possibilities of not even winning a game. The best looking game left on our schedule is against the Rams, and look what they just did to the Texans. Maybe we'll get a free win from the Saints backups in week 17. Anyway, throughout the offseason I argued that the Bucs could make a case for the most complete team in the NFL. The pieces were there. So what happened? During the preseason we looked like a joke, but it was preseason, our starters weren't really playing much. Then week 1 came and we lost to the Jets by a last second field goal, but it was okay- we just needed to fix the penalties. After week 2, all I could say was, "Man, we had that game. But stupid penalties took back turnovers and TDs and bad play calling at the end cost us the game. Once we get those fixed we can beat any team. I mean, we just held the Saints to 16!" Now, 4 weeks later, the penalties still come frequently, and we still have some of the worst play calling and use of talents in the NFL. With Josh Freeman in Minnesota, the only place to put the blame is on the coaching, but Greg Schiano still needs to look at the tape. With that, I give you 10 ways to fire Greg Schiano (or things to do with him before he gets fired):
1. Freeman could come back to Tampa and endorse Schiano as the head coach. After a week of endorsement, he could fire him.
2.We could travel to Arizona, and put Schiano in at running back to run 50 times against their front 7. Also, after each tackle, Dashon Goldson could come flying in late (unnoticed by the refs of course).
3. Have Legarrette Blount come in and tell Schiano he can keep his job if he can tackle Blount at all.
4. We could think about releasing him but instead bring Lawrence Tynes and Carl Nicks in and give him MRSA. Twice. After that, our only option is to put him on the NFI list.
5. Have Tiquan Underwood come in and cut him, resign him, and then cut him again.
6. Have the Saints do it, they always seem to beat Schiano.
7. Have him watch every single one of his press conferences without a break; he'll go insane thinking he's watching the same video on repeat.
8. Have Bill Belichick take him to dinner, where he calmly explains to Schiano that not only is he fired, but they also can no longer be friends. Man that'd be devastating.
9. Bring the current Rutgers OLine and put him against the Cowboys, Cardinals, and Giants (all on the field at the same time) and he could run the QB kneel against all three blitzing defenses. If he keeps the ball, he keeps his job.
10. Wait for him to get arrested. If this guy can't keep a group of grown men from performing 62 illegal actions a game after so many weeks of avoidable penalties, who's to say he can't avoid illegal actions off the field? Heck, the NFLPA may already be ahead of us.
While most of these probably won't happen, it's time to fire Schiano, get a real franchise QB, and bring winning back to Tampa Bay football.


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In our Christian faith we can do an awful lot of talking about sad or depressing things like sin and pain. However, there are a lot of verses that talk about positive thinking. Sometimes we just need that little boost to pick us up. Here are some bible verses on positive thinking to just give your day a little pep:
Know Goodness
Philippians 4:8
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. (NLT)
Matthew 15:11
It's not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth. (NLT)
Romans 8:28-31
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called;those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (NIV)
Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (NIV)
1 Corinthians 10:31
When you eat or drink or do anything else, always do it to honor God. (CEV)
Add a Little Joy
Psalm 118:24
The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad. (NIV)
Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (NIV)
Ephesians 4:31-32
Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. (NLT)
John 14:27
I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don't be troubled or afraid. (NLT)
1 John 4:4
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (NKJV)
Ephesians 4:21-24
If indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. (NASB)
Know God is There
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (NIV)
Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him (NIV)
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (NIV)
Matthew 21:22
You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it. (NLT)
1 John 1:9
But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. (NLT)
Psalm 27:13
Yet I am confident I will see the Lord's goodness while I am here in the land of the living. (NLT)
Matthew 11:28-30
Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light." (NLT)


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Greenville police said they have arrested three men following an "aggressive" bank robbery Wednesday morning.
Police said the robbery happened at the TD Bank at 1450 Wade Hampton Blvd. about 11 a.m. when two men entered the bank with guns drawn while a third waited outside in a getaway car.
Spokesperson Johnathan Bragg with the Greenville Police Department said the men jumped over the counter and took an unknown amount of money. He said they dropped some of the cash as they fled from the bank.
SLIDESHOW: Police search for bank robbers
The getaway car was abandoned down the road and the men fled in a silver Dodge Charger with a Florida license plate, Bragg said. FOX Carolina crews at the scene said the first car was a silver Pontiac
and was left at the Brookside Garden Apartments with the lights and
windshield wipers still on. Police said that car had been stolen, but did not say from when or where.
Bragg said witnesses saw both men armed with handguns. He said no one was injured during the robbery though police said one of the men grabbed a customer, shoved her against the counter and held her against her will during the robbery.
On Thursday, police said they later arrested 22-year-old Joshua Watson, 28-year-old James McGowan and 27-year-old Jack Jenkins Jr. Police charged the men with bank robbery, first-degree assault and battery, kidnapping and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
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As I sit in front of the computer trying to come up with a clever way to talk about the meltdown of one of the most storied franchises in sports, I realized that nothing could be more entertaining than the story itself.
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SCV Helping Hand recipient for the week ending April 24, 2011:
It is, as one observer put it, a strange business model.
Sometimes, we use words so often, and in such far-ranging contexts, that we actually forget what they really mean. Of interest to me today is the word "hope."
This is in response to the April 21 letter, "Not all librarians can stay after change," regarding the upcoming changes to our local public libraries.
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Teaching gay history - another cutting-edge idea out of Sacramento.
On April 20, there was an article on www.livescience.com that announced that scientists have discovered an additional 657 barrier islands since their last survey in 2001.
"Know your incumbents. No votes for incumbents."
The ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Valencia was hopping as Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital paid tribute to its volunteers with a "Volunteers Rock the World" luncheon on Thursday, April 14.
One week from today, hundreds of guests will find themselves feasting on the gourmet delights offered up by more than 40 restaurants, caterers and wine and beer purveyors at the annual Taste of the Town to benefit the Santa Clarita Child & Family Center.
The Rising Sun Karate Academy tournament team, comprised of 15 members ranging in age from 7 to 19, scored big at the Compete Nationals Competition held recently in Ontario, Calif..
Mark and Linda Eason of Flower Mound, Texas are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Eason to Kaelen Jakes of Dallas, Texas.
Being from "Awesometown," our cub scout team named their team "Team Awesome" for the Annual Cub Scout Cup held today in the Valley Trails facility in Castaic, reported Scout mother April Coletto, of Saugus. Their shirts display, "Team Awesome" and their ranking of BEAR. Left to right, Danny Shannon, Matthew Coletto, Jake Andrews, Peter Walsh, Joshua Riddle and Zack Andrews.
Dear Santa Clarita friends and neighbors,
My wife Pamela and I moved to Santa Clarita in 1965. We raised two children and have five gorgeous grandchildren. Four generations of our family live in Santa Clarita.
This summer, the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce will host the third annual Patriot Luncheon on July 11 at the Hyatt Regency Valencia.
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich will address the Santa Clarita Valley business and community leaders on May 1 at the fifth annual State of the County Luncheon.
We all know that perception often influences our decisions, yet we catch ourselves and become reminded that what we perceive isn't always what's really going on. With the constant barrage of information available in today's 24/7 world, it's important to not get caught up in the day-to-day market volatility and news headlines. That daily hype doesn't always dovetail with what Wells Fargo Advisors top strategists are observing in the financial marketplace.
Bayless is…
With everything from nationally ranked academic programs to effective career education opportunities and college placement services, Hart district students are afforded every opportunity to excel in an increasingly competitive academic environment.
Whether priorities are schools, recreation or convenience and friendly neighborhoods, home buyers are finding that Fair Oaks Ranch by Pardee Homes fills the bill.


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NORMAL, Ill. -- The fate of a semi driver involved in a fatal crash now lies in the hands of a McLean County Jury.
Prosecutors have wrapped up their case against Mansur Shakirov.
Shakirov is charged with reckless homicide after he hit and killed Bloomington firefighter Chris Brown last March.
According to the Pantagraph, Shakirov waived his right to testify.
Jurors are now deliberating.


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Cam Barker sat out last night's game due to a shoulder injury... no word on the extent yet.
Martin Brodeur sounds like he is close to returning from his shoulder injury but he said he doesn't think it will ever fully heal... that's doesn't sound promising. I'd be nervous if I was a Marty owner.
Danny Briere is day-to-day due to a suspected rib injury and he sounds questionable to return in the Flyers next game on Wednesday.
Bobby Butler returned last night after missing seven games due to a groin injury but he saw less than nine minutes of ice-time.


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- School supply lists grades K-8 have been posted by grade level in English, Portuguese and Spanish on the individual school webpages.
- The district calendar for the 2014-15 school year is posted above see the quick link at the top of this page. Additionally, confirmed 2014-15 event dates are now on the websites online calendars.
- Bus routes have been posted under the "Students & Family" tab (above).
- Applications for the districts Free & Reduced Lunch Program can be processed ASAP. See our Lunch Menus/Food Services webpage for information and applications.
- New to the district? See our Registration & Parent Outreach Center webpage for information about registering your child for school.
Before/After-School Program information:
On June 24, the School Committee approved the bid for Kidsborough to lease district space for its before- and after-school program grades K-8 for the 2014-15 school year. For information about the program - including their August open houses at the elementary schools - please click here.
Welcome to Kane Elementary School!
520 Farm Road
Marlborough, MA 01752
(508) 460-3507
Wendy Stanley, Principal
Jay Gratton, Assistant Principal
Gabrielle Abrams, Executive Director of Primary & Elementary Education
|Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
School Hours: 8:50 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.
|Kane School thanks business partner
Synopsys for its generous support of Kane programs and activities!
|Summer Reading: Click here for more information!
Student supply lists for 2014-15:
|Night of the Arts
On June 5, Kane celebrated the arts with displays, portfolios, a basket raffle and an ice cream social. The Kane Night of the Arts is a popular annual spring event at the school. Below are some highlights!
Street realignment
To ease some of the crowding at Kane Elementary, the school of attendance for 13 district streets will change from Kane to Jaworek Elemetary beginning this fall. Incoming kindergartners and incoming first-graders living on the affected streets will go to Jaworek, unless they have older siblings who are at Kane already. In such cases, parents can contact the school to discuss the options of either keeping their students at Kane or having them attend Jaworek. It is the district's intention not to split siblings between the two schools.
The streets affected are 1-540 Boston Post Road East, East Main Street, Curtis Avenue, Cotting Avenue, Cook Lane (from Boston Post Road to Peters Avenue), Bouffard Drive, Crystal Brook Way, Jean Road, Raymond Road, Symphony Road, Harmony Lane, Melody Lane, and Ames Place.
For additional information or questions, please call Kane School Principal Wendy Stanley at (508) 460-3507.
|Let the reading begin!
On Feb. 7, Kane School kicked off its Reading Olympics, and in the spirit of the Sochi games launched its month of reading with Opening Ceremonies. While the Olympic theme played over the loud speakers, students passed a torch from class to class, and each classroom designed, colored and carried a special banner into the cafeteria for the ceremony itself.
During the ceremony, the entire school read a story, learned about the importance of working hard to achieve goals, and even got to meet an actual Olympian. Gil Santos, father of Kane first-grader Giovanna Landioso, competed in taekwondo for Brazil in 2 consecutive Olympics.
Principal Steve Silvestri led all students in the Reading Pledge, and then Kane mascot Kirby the Koala made a special appearance to greet the kids and light the Reading Olympics torch on stage.
Between Feb. 7 and March 5, students who read daily and log their reading on a special chart will earn an official reading medal during the closing ceremonies on March 5.
Shown below are highlights of the Opening Ceremonies!
|Go Pats!
Third-graders in Jane Williams's class sport their Patriots' spirit wear Jan. 17 to help support the team in the play-offs.
On November 4, Kane fourth-graders were joined by a group of "expert" astronomers for a star-gazing party. Volunteers from Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston (ATMOB) and members of the Aldrich Astronomy group brought high-powered telescopes and arranged them upon the many visible bodies in the night sky. Families of fourth-graders brought refreshments and a curiosity for the night sky. National Honor Society members from Marlborough High School assisted in guiding families through activities such as viewing the Andromeda Galaxy and various double stars in the darkened playground area, playing in the gym, using chalk and black paper, or engaging in a presentation from Bruce Tinkler about telescope magnification. This event was out of this world!
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On Sept. 20, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released its 2013 information about school accountability, how our school is performing relative to other schools, and the progress our school is making toward narrowing proficiency gaps for different groups of students. To access the Kane parent letter (three languages) regarding this information and the district- and school-level DESE "report cards," see our NCLB Report Card webpage.
Parents: Starting with the 2012-13 school year, the district implemented a standards-based report card system. These report cards differ from those in the past; the new report cards reflect the Common Core standards embedded in the district's new curriculum. Feedback on the report cards will be collected periodically to identify and develop revisions as needed. To access a parent pamphlet on the standards-based report cards, click: English - Portuguese - Spanish. To access a glossary of terms and phrases, click: English – Portuguese – Spanish.


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Russian rocket launches with American on board
Despite disagreements over Ukraine, Russian rocket launches with American on board
Likely prehistoric human remains found in Arizona
Anthropologist: Remains found near Colorado City could be those of man from 1,800 years ago
Oversight chair questions safety at nuke dump
Chair of oversight board questions safety at nuke dump; calls accidents "near misses"
Man gets probation in fossil-smuggling case
Judge sentences man to 2 years of probation on felony plea to smuggling fossils from China
Company hoping to carry NASA astronauts at Michoud
Company hoping to carry NASA astronauts showing off its work at Michoud
Mentally demanding jobs keep people smart past retirement
A mentally demanding job can be stressful. But, it could also keep people's minds sharp even after they retire.
Malaysia says search for downed plane to shift to smaller area in south Indian Ocean
Smart shoe insoles aims to help track patients with Alzheimer's disease
The GPS tracker inside rechargeable Smart Soles transmits their location both on demand, but also when the wearer goes outside a set radius, determined by their caregiver.
Washington landslide: Big, deadly and dangerous
5 Things to know about deadly weekend landslide in Washington state
AP WAS THERE: Exxon Valdez Runs Aground in 1989
1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, then world's worst oil spill, as reported by The Associated Press
California doctors speed up Valley fever diagnosis
California doctors have found new way to diagnose Valley fever through DNA testing
Future generation of manned spacecraft undergoes testing in Va.
WTOP space contributor Greg Redfern explores the future of manned spaceflight at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.
For kids of bankrupt Detroit, challenges abound
'A difficult place to be a child' _ challenges abound, yet hopes run high for Detroit's youth
Report: Labor in tub OK but water births unproven
Report to OB/GYNs: Warm tub helps labor pain but questions about risks, benefit of water birth
Spring forecast: Cool in North, still dry in West
Spring brings stubborn cold to northern US, continued drought in Southwest
Boston Marathon bombing survivor dances again
Professional dancer takes the stage for 1st time since losing part of leg in marathon bombing
Government: Education system rife with inequities
Government finds inequities in education remain for minority children, those with disabilities
Ships to investigate China satellite contact
Disparities remain in America's schools
Data: Minority students face higher suspension rates, less access to advanced classes
Maryland officers use radar, cameras to fight oyster poaching
Two men from Westover, Md. have been convicted in the first case involving the Maryland Law Enforcement Information Network high-tech monitoring system.
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I am so proud.
Bob Consultation, the three-year-old thoroughbred from Hemet, just won easily Saturday, March 30, at Santa Anita with masterful jockey Garrett Gomez in the saddle. I'm extra excited because the winning horse simply is called Bob.
Bob is owned by Hemet True Value Hardware owner Rick Truskowski, Jerry Young of Royal Service Cleaning Professionals, highly regarded horse trainer Marcos Menjivar who operates Farrell Jones Lay-Up Center in Hemet and Hemetian attorney Dave Angeloff. They took pity and called their horse Bob after I repeatedly whined in print that no one ever names their sons after me.
Consultation was added to the horse's name by Angeloff in reference to the all-important attorney-client meeting to start off a legal case. I felt vindicated after the Beaumont City Council wouldn't name their new span in San Timoteo Canyon the people's choice, Bob's Bridge.
I felt better when Valle Vista resident Carl Bennett responded to the slight by renaming his female standard poodle not just Bob, but Bob Pratte.
I couldn't be happier with Bob's gallop to the winner's circle. Trainers decided Bob had lots of potential, but felt he was not mature enough to run as a two-year-old.
Their strategy paid off. He's run three times as a 3-year-old this year and finished second, third and now first.
It's pretty exciting. A horse from Hemet is tearing up the track at Santa Anita.
I wonder if I should make plane reservations for the Kentucky Derby.


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Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)
And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.
Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.
Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!
Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.
But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.
Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.
And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.
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Mrs Hughes for Mrs Carson!
Jim Carter said it: we should start a petition for more romance between Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Carson on Downton Abbey. And because I am a huge Downton Abbey fan and a fan of Carson/Hughes, I created this silly petition. These two characters have one of the best relationships in the series. They are loyal and caring, towards those under their care and each other. And we must not forget: Mr. Carson sang for Mrs. Hughes! Everyone can see that they belong together. It just seems that Mr. Fellowes doesn't really agree... I don't say that this will change their relationship but it's a way to express our love for this couple.
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A newspaper carrier Saturday helped save the life of a 93-year-old woman, who was trapped inside her house for three days without food or water after falling in the kitchen.
Esther Wilkins said she had just gotten back from church Wednesday evening, when she tripped over her feet and fell to the ground inside her house.
"I went flying across the floor and ended up under the kitchen table," she said Monday from her hospital room at Community Howard Regional Health.
Normally, Esther said she wears a medical alert bracelet with a button to call for help in case of situations just like this, but earlier that day she'd taken it off. She said she lives alone in her home on Elizabeth Street.
"That night I just had to spread out on the cold tiles on the kitchen floor to sleep," she said.
The next day she discovered she could use a kitchen chair with wheels on it to scoot around the apartment, but she wasn't able to stand up to reach her phone or her door handle.
But by taking off her shoe, Esther said she could reach the switch to turn on the hallway light, so she didn't have to sit in total darkness.
By Thursday night, she said she was frantically trying to think of ways to get help. She contemplated breaking out her window to shout for help, but decided against it.
"I just couldn't get help," she said. "I kept trying, trying, trying to think of ways, but I just couldn't get help."
Then early Friday morning, Esther heard someone at the door. She realized it was her newspaper carrier, Sam Gregory, delivering her daily copy of the Kokomo Tribune.
"I knew he delivered my paper, and he was always so kind," Esther said, noting Gregory would always hang the paper inside her storm door so she could easily reach it. "I called out from the kitchen, 'Sam, Sam, I need help. This is Esther.'"
From that distance, however, he couldn't hear her and moved on.
By Friday, Esther said she struggled with thirst and hunger.
"I didn't have a drink of water or a bite of food for the whole time I was on the floor," she said.
Esther was so delirious she said she saw the black-and-white photos on her wall in color, and they were moving. Her lips were so parched she could easily peel off the skin, she said.
But Esther said she realized Gregory was her only chance for help. Early Saturday morning, she shuffled herself towards the door with her chair and waited for the sound of the storm door opening.
Sure enough, at around 5 a.m., he arrived with the paper, and Esther grabbed her chance.
Gregory, 27, said Monday he heard Esther yelling for help. He said he had begun to suspect something was wrong earlier after he noticed she hadn't gotten her papers for two days.
"I heard her yelling my name and that she needed my help," he said, noting he's been a Kokomo Tribune carrier for about six months. "Once she knew she had my attention, she really started shouting."
In a master-lock box on the door handle to her house, Esther kept an extra key. She shouted out the number code to the box, Gregory opened it, retrieved the key and entered the house.
"I was just shocked," he said, recalling seeing Esther on the floor. "I've never been in that situation before."
Esther quickly informed Gregory of the situation. The first thing he did was get her a glass of water.
"That was the sweetest glass of water I've ever tasted," Esther said. "It was so, so good."
Gregory called an ambulance and waited with her until it arrived.
When she got to the hospital, doctors told Esther she was severely dehydrated and might have died later that day without medical treatment.
"I don't think I'd still be here if Sam hadn't found me," she said.
Tina Holtsclaw, a friend who visits Esther a few times a week, said it was a miracle Esther was found when she was.
"Sam could have just walked away, but he didn't, and I'm so thankful for that," she said. "I can tell you Esther is going to love him forever."
And in fact, Esther said she does.
"If he were here in front of me right now, I'd say 'Sam, you are my hero,'" she said.
Esther reported Monday she's still bruised, but feeling good, and happy to be alive. She said she'll likely start therapy today, and plans not to live alone after leaving the hospital.
"The whole thing was very traumatic, but I feel like I'm getting back to normal," Esther said.
As far as Gregory, he said he was just happy to be at the right place at the right time.
"It's not every day you get the chance to save somebody's life," he said. "It feels pretty good."
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Birthday Presents!Posted: February 28, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized 2 Comments
A week ago Monday was my birthday! I got beautiful flowers!
A vintage RAZZA "Pisces" necklace. After all, I am a Pisces!
A really cool MacBook cover that looks like an antique book.
That's it half way up/down the picture with the red binding.
A beautiful slip from Free People.
It is much prettier in this picture than online. HOT PEACH. I wanted this to go under a sheer dress that I will show you in a future post.
From my mother and sister the "Spinning Top" necklace from ANTHROPOLOGIE.
A gorgeous pendant necklace with pearls and stones that have a lot of "fire" in them like opals.
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Laura Taylor, professor of agricultural and resource economics, has been selected as one of 50 American Council on Education Fellows for the 2013-14 academic year.
The ACE Fellows Program, established in 1965, is designed to strengthen institutional capacity and build leadership in American higher education. Most previous fellows have advanced into administrative positions, according to Margarita Benitez, interim director of the program. Of more than 2,000 participants since the program began, more than 300 have become chief executive officers of colleges or universities, and more than 1,300 have become provosts, vice presidents or deans.
Taylor directs the Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy, which provides leadership in economics research and outreach programs to develop forward-thinking environmental policy in North Carolina. Her research focuses on policy evaluation and the valuation of natural resources and the environment. She is a member of the North Carolina Task Force for the Department of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, and recently served on the N.C. Legislative Research Commission Advisory Subcommittee on Offshore Energy Exploration as well as the Science Advisory Board for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The ACE Fellowship is Taylor's second leadership award of the year. Last month, she received the Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship, which provides outstanding academic environmental researchers with skills and approaches to integrate science into decision‐making.


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INDIANAPOLIS—Last week, the team announced it would be shutting down amid controversy surrounding its well known owner, Tony George, the former IMS and IRL Chief.
"When the team made the announcement to suspend operations it was a big blow to us," said Vision staffer Pat Caporali.
Caporali, who had made special inroads for years reaching out to Vision fans via Facebook and Twitter, saw an opportunity as fans wrote in saying they wanted to help.
"Their letters just kept coming in, people wanted to get involved," said Caporali.
Caporali along with other members of Vision, including driver Ed Carpenter, have been corresponding with fans. They've been sending letters of recommendation they hope to use to find a new sponsor.
"They're coming from fans and sponsors of other cars, it's rare to get a letter of reference from a competitor," said Carpenter.
Carpenter is Tony George's step-son. When asked about the recent developments involving his step-father, Carpenter did give a few comments:
"As close as I am to him, we're all trying to figure this out together," said Carpenter.
"We are a racing family and that's not going to change. I'm not walking away, I can't speak for Tony but I don't think he's walking away either. Tony is a man of few words and I think people can take that however they want. There are probably some things I'd like to say but I'll let Tony speak when he wants to speak," said Carpenter.


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My friend "Christian" began a line of questioning via email asking me what I thought about this and that, always coming around to his personal fear that pornography is harmful. [First conversation here.] We left off with his asking me to research mirror neurons. I told him I would read about it, but just a quick Wikipedia glimpse informed me enough that I got agitated and shot off an email that may have ended our communication. This–in conjunction with statistics that gay people have a life span below heterosexual people–makes me feel that any grasp for straws will do. Medical reality is not the only reality, and when I think of Nina Hartley's speech during hers and Craig Gross' debate [here], I wonder about people today who fill themselves with prescription medication so they can be "normal"; who believe God will cure them of their natural desire to be gay. I can say in all honesty, if the quality of my life were to fall drastically in order to fit in, I wouldn't take the extra 10-15 years just to live as long as 'everyone else'. I will always choose quality over quantity. One hundred years of eh… vs. seventy years of oh yeah! sounds a lot like "Hell", to me.
I don't think I have to post Christian's email to paint the picture.
Then what? What do you propose? Mirror neurons seems like common sense to me. How else do we learn if not by mimicking. As an actual sex worker who refused to do certain acts and have not altered my sexual tastes just because I watched something, I know there is still the matter of personal preference at work. Educating people and giving them the tools that lead to self-awareness is the practical approach. You asked me before if I think everything should be legal. Why ask that? What do you propose? You know my blog and speak at times as if you understand my mind but then ask me questions that sound as if you're leading towards something you'd rather not simply say. I understand your being concerned for gay people and sex workers–all people's health–yet you must admit there are doctors who abuse their power regardless of the application process. Amsterdam offers legal drugs and prostitution and theirs is a relatively peaceful society. I'm glad you like XXX Church, but they still spread propaganda too. "Porn Kills"?? It grabs you and then the rest reads something like "Porn kills families." When do individuals become accountable for their choices? I'm accountable for mine.
I'm a little too busy just yet to read the research Christian sent, but I did ask my Bible scholar friend, "Dolan", what he knows about mirror neurons. I gave him a quick sum-up and this is what he sent:
Some mirror neurons basically fire in the brain when you watch porn the same as specific regular (normal) neurons fire in the brain while you are actually having sex. So what!
Mirror neurons also fire in the brain while you are watching basketball, watching dancing, watching monkeys figure out how to stack boxes to figure out how to reach a banana on a shelf.
Mirror neurons are the learning neurons for "Monkey See, Monkey Do." Mirror neurons allow you to read a book and then change the spark plugs in your car. Or read a Harlequin Romance novel while masturbating. Monkey want to fuck his wife more skillfully, monkey should probably watch porn.
As usual, "Christians" are fucked (pun intended) in the head about sex. It's called brain-washing.
This nonsense is supposed to mean that your brain's mirror neurons are vicariously making you commit Sin and your Soul is now doomed to hell and being forced to eat okra and watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show for all eternity.
Any sex that is not for producing baby Christians is a Sin and will cause you to go straight to Hell, do not pass GO! do not collect $200, unless you can find a Preacher to bribe Jesus–with that $200–for you. Jesus makes a pretty good living and sure has a lot of his franchise buildings, churches, collecting nasty-dirty guilty-feelings bribes from the bipedal hominids.
Porn has done more to make people's attitudes about sex become more healthy–since the end of World War II with home movie projectors–away from religion's neurotic brain-washing, than any high school health class.
Here's a challenge for Doc C. : Find me any good college text book on Psychology that does not say the number one reason for guilt and sex neuroses is religious strictures and tenets.
It's brain-washing, and they try to start it with children as young as they can.
That is not all he said (lol), but it's too long to post. Thank you, Dolan, for adding to this exchange.
I hope the conversation with Christian is not over, but I feel my question to him should be answered before I spend more time defending what I believe is common sense.
Educate people. Educate. Inform. People like Gail Dines, who redefine positive terms and ideas, twist them around and would choose to ban everything that offends them are the same kind of people who would pile all the lowly sex workers into a transport large enough to carry them and then light a fire under their ass. Hate is not education. Shame is not education. "Abstinence-only" education is not education. Words have meaning. Saying 'no' to things you don't like and shutting down other's voices is not progressive.
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By Jim Brighters, NBA Editor
Additions: Erick Green (46)
Joffrey Lauvergne (55)
(Sports Network) - The Denver Nuggets traded Rudy Gobert, the man with the wingspan longer than a battleship, for a second-round pick and cash from the Utah Jazz.
Gobert is an intriguing prospect, but wouldn't crack the Nuggets' rotation for some time.
The biggest question facing the Nuggets is whether new coach Brian Shaw will continue old coach George Karl's philosophy of up-tempo, high-scoring chaos.
The personnel dictates that as the prudent play, but Shaw studied under Phil Jackson and Frank Vogel. Neither had anything to do with high-octane except the gas in their cars.
Green fits into a good offense seeing as he led Division I in scoring last season at the University of Virginia. However, at 6-foot-3, is Green a point guard or undersized shooting guard?
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The way we hear it, Titans rookie QB Rusty Smith's mental and physical attributes give him a chance to be successful on the NFL-level, but he's unquestionably raw.
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Titans offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger has been diagnosed with cancer and will leave the team to undergo chemotherapy, according to multiple media reports.
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Showdowns happen all the time in football. And the one going on between Titans head coach Jeff Fisher and QB Vince Young will end with one of them elsewhere next year.
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Young to I.R. with thumb injury
Vince Young will undergo surgery to repair his injured thumb, ending his season a day after a controversial exit following the team's Week 11 loss.
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An NFL insider says the Titans are missing the boat by not using TE Craig Stevens more as a pass catcher.
Fisher: Young done as Titans' starting QB
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Redskins beat Titans on Gano's game-winner
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Moss valuable decoy, still key target for Titans
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The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms with Bironas, keeping him off the free agent market and with the team he has spent the past eight seasons.||||||| The Titans announced the deal Thursday. NFL.com and The Tennessean both report the deal is for two years. Bironas, 35, ranks as the third most accurate kicker in NFL history, connecting on 85.6 percent of his attempts. He trails only Al Del Greco as the franchise's leading scorer with 916 points.
Bironas kicked his fourth field goal, a 40-yarder as time expired, and the Titans beat the Steelers 26-23 on Thursday night to snap a two-game skid.||||||| Still one of the league's best, Bironas also had field goals of 22 and 38 yards in the first quarter, and his 47-yarder on the final play of the first half gave Tennessee a 16-10 lead.
Bironas' 38-yard field goal in the second quarter of Sunday's 30-3 win over Carolina was the 200th of his career.||||||| Bironas is 13 of 15 on field goals this season while making all 21 of his extra-point tries.
The Titans and Bironas have agreed to terms on a multiyear contract.||||||| Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt said Wednesday in announcing the deal that Bironas is one of the best kickers in the NFL. In four seasons, Bironas has made 84.5 percent of his field-goal attempts. He's among the NFL leaders with 59 touchbacks on kickoffs. Last season, Bironas was 29-of-33 on field-goal attempts and accounted for 127 points. The Titans originally signed him as a free agent in 2005.
Bironas was held out of practice on Thursday after missing the entire preseason with a strained groin on his kicking leg. He said on Thursday that Titans coach Jeff Fisher gave him a day off to rest as he begins getting ready for the season opener.||||||| Bironas said he is likely to practice on Friday and expects to kick on Sunday. He made 35 of 39 field goals last season.


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According to the police report, the store manager recognized the suspect from a previous incident in which the man had reportedly shoplifted a large beef loin by simply walking out of the store with it.
The manager advised that while store employees watched, the suspect began to walk towards the exit with the crab legs and concealed lobster tails. After noticing employees standing near the doors, the suspect got in a checkout line and paid for the crab legs with cash.
When the suspect tried to leave without paying for the lobster tails, store employees attempted to stop him. The manager said the suspect pushed past the employees, ran to his vehicle and backed out of the parking lot so that his license plate could not be read.
Store surveillance showed the suspect repeatedly adjusting the front of his overalls, but did not show the suspect actually concealing any merchandise.
The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 6' 2" tall and 225-pounds. At the time of the incident, the suspect was wearing light colored bib overalls, a red long sleeved t-shirt and a red baseball cap. The suspect left the scene in a dark green Dodge Caravan or Plymouth Voyager minivan with no hubcaps.
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A brief email from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, Thursday afternoon, says
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We do have new information about Casteel and it comes from, of all places,
Casteel was polite in court Wednesday and in person "passionate about civil
liberties and personal freedom-gee, just a bit," according to recent tweets.
A Twitter account, appearing to belong to Casteel, shows a man interested in
politics and at times, suspicious of the government.
There's mention of a military helicopter flying over his home in Kentucky and
how the sheriff's department there didn't take a complaint about it seriously.
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Robert Rodriguez's Latin Shaft Gets a Red Band Trailer (NSFW)
Watching the latest trailer for DIY-to-Hollywood filmmaker Robert Rodriguez's Machete, I felt like I was watching a Latino adaptation of the '70s blaxploitation classic Shaft — albeit an extra bloody one. However, once I put "Robert Rodriguez's Latin Shaft" into the title of the post, I realized that "Red Band" trailer could take on an entirely different meaning. I'm sticking with the title despite — or because of — this unintentional euphemism, but you can feel secure that the nudity in this NSFW trailer is not supplied by Rodriguez's Latin Shaft (or for that matter, his Machete).
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I'm a huge Assassin's Creed fan. I played the first one and absolutely loved it. It had repetitive gameplay, yes, but the setting and the mission design of the main assassinations made the game shine above anything I had played in a while. Yet the flaws were there, and there was certainly room for improvement. AC2 came out and it blew me away. It was easily one of of the best games I'd ever played, and one of the few games I ever played through over and over again. The story was better, the main character was full of personality, the gameplay made just running around the city doing nothing ridiculously fun… It was an amazing game. Brotherhood came out and introduced the concept of recruiting assassins, leveling them up and sending them to missions around the world. It made them better back-up for when you were in trouble and they generated some income to help you purchase goods and buildings (though I still struggle with the design decision to make you able to purchase the Colosseum for a fortune and have it make as much revenue as a blacksmith). The story was good, the setting was good… It introduced optional objectives for full synch, which were half fun, half frustration (I will always hate timed missions). Then Revelations came out and for all the good that it was to place it in Constantinople/Istambul, it competent, if not strong, storyline, with some god-awful design choices (tower defense… seriously? And if you capture a templar tower you better get your awareness meter down in a couple of minutes or your own tower will be attacked… After a while I just gave up trying to capture them). Yet Revelations' biggest weakness was that if you have more than a couple brain cells and you're up to date with what's happening in the world, it didn't really reveal anything. There was a big cutscene that was meant to shock you and show you how what you do as Desmond will decide the fate of the human race (more on that later…), yet there were hints of the big revelation right up to the end of Assassin's Creed 1. You had mostly pieced the puzzled together by now, and treating it as a surprise was kind of insulting to the player. The only high note of the game was that Ezio was still an amazing character, even as an old man, and the glimpses of Altair's life and the bond that Ezio feels between his life and Altair's amounts to some of the most touching moments in my AC history.
So now we have Assassin's Creed 3. We have a new character, Connor. We have a new setting, the American Revolution. We have the conclusion to Desmond's story. What do we have, in the end? The biggest mess of a game I played all year. What I write from this point forward is an means to try to explain just how baffling this game is, just how divided I was with my feelings for it.
First of all, the start of the game, where many people are complaining that it's slow… That's, honestly, the least of my problems. If anything, I wish it actually took its time in telling you the story in AC fashion. It doesn't… The story begins and you're controlling not Connor, but his father Haythan. The suave attitude that made so many reviewers love him for will only become present later in the game, where he seems to lighten up and take things less seriously. In the first few hours, he's an arrogant man behaving as though the world could only hope to reach his feet. You don't get any insight into why he's doing things (they're setting up for a plot twist, you see) and you are recruiting a bunch of men who appear the very image of virtue. A group of men who are all in their 20's yet appear to be at least forty five… (apparently making two different skins for characters, in their youth and as old men, is too much work). The recruiting job is told through several sequences that provide you with little to no free running chances. You're in the tavern (you're there a lot, in the first few hours of the game), in the middle of Boston, and you walk out to find yourself in the middle of the countryside. There's too much Animus white light pulling you away from being compelled by a story you are witnessing unfold, yet are in significantly less control than any other AC game while experiencing it. And when the reveal happens… Wow… It shocks you if you hadn't already puzzled out the many hints, or bothered to read the database page for Connor's mother (Last few paragraphs… They give it all away.)
Then the game actually begins, 6-7 hours into it, controlling Connor as a child, playing hide and seek, hunting… Until his mother dies in an attack on her village (it's not really that surprising, at least not enough to make this a spoiler), and the shock reveal of who's behind the attack is once again ruined by her Animus database page, revealing information that will only be known to you, in-game, on the 85% completion mark. Then you grow up and run off to find the Assassins so they can train you… Do you search Boston, hostile to an indian man, forging friendships with open-minded individuals who help you find the Assassins? No, you stumble for awhile in the forest and the first place you go just happens to be where you're supposed to be. You meet Achilles, a black man, an Assassin and he becomes your mentor. The forming of a bond is implied, but never actually showed. Achilles almost never leaves the Manor you find him in, and does little else but complain that you aren't doing enough. He apparently trained you, but you never see any of that… He shows you the clothes of the first Assassin in the americas, but in my game I only got them after the end credits (maybe it was a bug…)
From then on you meet a bunch of characters, that if you're not American (as is my case) you will only know a few in any depth, some only by name, and a whole lot of them not at all. And that's one of the game's greatest flaws… Connor is apparently deeply involved what happens to the revolution, yet major moments occur because he has someone to kill while the battle of Bunker Hill is taking place. Besides Paul Revere, and maybe Sam Adams, no one asks you to do anything. You're not an precious asset to the revolution… At the siege of Charlestown you perform a feat that would be amazing if it wasn't so downplayed by the Colonial General. He's surprised that you pulled it off (by your own volition, mind you, he didn't ask for your help), but treats as you're just some crazy guy… Not like a tool that could severely shift the balance of the war, which, by the way, never once feels like it was anything but a walk in the park for the patriots. Lafayette is perhaps the only one that treats you as a friend (a feeling which Connor does not respond to), yet he is only seen, briefly, three or four times in the game. The assassins that you recruit (a pale shadow of the brotherhood mechanic) feel indistinguishable from each other. Connor forms no relationship with anyone, and that passive nature makes him the worst main character in an Assassin's Creed franchise. He reacts to the world around him, never showing an ounce of personality (you know, unshakeable convictions or distinguishable traces that are there no matter what happens) and at the same time never reacting to the progression of his mission. Every line is delivered with the same passionless tone. He doesn't stutter, he isn't afraid, he isn't mad out of his mind at something. He finds out something (the second reveal I mentioned earlier) and shows no reaction to it. He responds angrily, yet not even raising his voice, and it doesn't seem to affect his view of the world, the revolution…
It is perhaps the biggest let-down of the game: It does not reflect Connor's story. Now, that may seem paradoxal, given what I just said, but that is simply the case: Connor is simply a tool to tell the story of the American Revolutionary War. Assassin's Creed (remember when they actually had a Creed?) I, II, Brotherhood and Revelations (yes, even Revelations) all gave you a historical context and a protagonist whose tale was set in the same timeframe. That's it. Historical events were found within Altair's and Ezio's storylines. Historical events ARE Connor's storyline. The Revolutionary cause is the same as Connor's, and never will the two be apart (even when ample cause is given for them to be so). Characters drove Ezio's storyline forward, while events drive Connor's.
It's also worth noting that it's supposed to be interesting that he's half English, half Native American, yet whereas I heard it meant he wasn't fully accepted in both societies, that isn't really the case with this game. It makes no difference that he's Native American… It means that you can have a hunting bow and an axe for weapons, but he doesn't control them in any way, shape or form, differently from Ezio. Maybe it's stereotypical of me to want an animalistic (shamanist, even?) influence on his fighting style, but for crying out loud give me something to make him special, to make this new character feel unique. That his dialogue made him sound like Hayden Christensen in Episode II did not help either.
Nothing in this game feels unique, in fact, or even remotely interesting. And I don't mean the colonial cities, which as expected are wooden two, maybe three, stories tall buildings that after an initial interest all feel bland and the same. New York is more interesting than Boston, but only slightly so. It has more brick buildings than wood ones… and that's something, perhaps. Nothing excites you… The story's greatest flaw is that there is no sense of importance in any of it. The signing of the Declaration of Independence is a minute long cutscene with Ben Franklin (the second time you see him in the game and he doesn't even talk to you in it) lacking any sense of gravity, it isn't handled in a way that shows you: pay attention, this is an important moment. You could actually miss the fact that what had just happened in front of you was the most famous moment in the American Revolution. That's unforgivable, and a really poor design choice. Meeting Washington for the first time?
"And this is our Commander, George Washington…"
"Hey, how's it going… I have to talk to Lee over there."
Of course the dialogue isn't exactly like that, but it's enough for you to understand my point. Thomas Jefferson? Not in the game. John Adams? Not in the game. Ben Franklin? Such a small participation that you'd think Ubisoft would give up and add a baloon next to him saying "Hey kids! It's Ben Franklin!", since it doesn't reveal anything about the man other than "Look how quirky he is!" His point is to introduce the page collecting system and give you a quick one liner during the signing of the Declaration of Independence. That's it!
And the whole point of placing the game in the American Revolution was to make a case that no side is completely wrong, and that both have their fair share of wrong deeds. It shows us that to the British, it's about people not wanting to pay taxes (something that Shaun, Desmond's ally, constantly talks about), and to the Americans, it's about wanting to rule themselves, even though coloring these notions with ideals of liberty and equality (you're not present when these important notions were being discussed in the Congress), yet forgetting that it's only for those who are white and land owners. It is meant to show us in turn, that the Templars are not completely wrong. Except anyone with the tiniest bit of moral compass would tell you that it really doesn't matter that the Templars might have noble goals, they still behave like cartoon villains, missing only pointy mustaches (talk about a personality shift). "I only wanted to protect the Natives!" And you do that by pointing guns at their leadership? "I only aimed to bring peace?" By massacring the rebel militia? The game is filled with moments where deeds and their reported intentions just don't add up, which means that instead of showing us a history of ambiguous moral dilemmas, it shows us one hell of an inconsistent storyline.
So… Is there anything good about the game? Well, yes. Combat is more fluid, and while the parkour is buggy as hell (being stuck trying to 'run up' a foot long crate during a chase scene is no fun at all) tree running is fun if only somewhat linear (there is literally one right path among most trees). Hunting could be fun if that's your thing (I love animals, so I flinched every time I had to kill something). The homestead mechanics are awesome and the people you meet and help, perhaps because you interact with them more than any other character in the game, are the closest things to relationships Connor has throughout the game. That you don't get any money from missions, not even when you win a brawler tournament, is irritating at times, but you'll never find yourself without money, even more so after you get the huntress into your homestead… which kind of sucked. It came to a point where selling ship masts made less money to you than selling deer pelts. The crafting is, therefore, significantly broken in that regard, and after a while I only sold the pelts and crafted items to help me in my missions, like a new sword or an improved pistol (even though you really don't need them). I also crafted every single invention, and I have no clue as to why I did it.
There are a lot of side missions to do in this game, to the point I spent one of the few days it took me to finish this game doing nothing but side missions and collecting feathers and almanaque pages. Three points in that regard: 1) Almanaque pages are a waste of your time, and chasing after them asks of you parkour skills that the game doesn't give you (still got them all, for some reason); 2) Feathers are not only a waste (the reward is the same lame clothes Connor has in the beggining of his adventure), but also personally an exercise in self loathing… Many times I asked myself (why the hell am I chasing feathers in a virtual world… I could be studying); 3)This game feels short… Before you scream at me that it took me close to fifty hours to beat it, I want to clarify that I am pulling this notion out of 'you know where' and I have no empyrical data on how long the game is. My point is simple: I went through everything. I went after every chest, every feather every almanaque page, every fort, every naval encounter, EVERYTHING! Yet now it feels to me (again, it's only a feeling) that the main storyline, the stuff that you do that is actually meant to carry the story forward is really sparse. I can't help but feel that if I only went to the main story missions I would have finished this game in something like 8-10 hours, and that's cheating a little since after the earlier portion of the game every story mission is as far away from the previous as possible, forcing you to cross the terrain.
One of the things you can do in the game, though, is naval combat, and it made me want to ask Ubisoft to remake Sid Meier's Pirates only so I could play this game all year long. It is really fun. In fact, it's probably the best part of the game. While the notion of balancing two types of cannons, the sails and the wind direction may seem too much for a console game, it works beautifully. You'll adjust your sails when you want more maneuverability, you'll change the type of ammo you're using according to the necessity (normal, heated, chain or grape shot), you'll fight giant waves in huge storms… On the naval combat itself, it's perfect. The Captain Kidd missions are even more fun, with different environments to explore, and non-frustrating chase sequences (surprise!), The only issue I have with naval combat is with the damned checkpoints (a problem in both naval and regular missions). Let me give you an example: In a mission you're to draw an English Man-o-war by taking out seven smaller British ships… After you do that, you fight the Man-o-war and two Frigates… if you die during the fight with the Man-o-war, you have to fight the smaller ships all over again. Don't get me wrong, they're easy to beat, but why not have a checkpoint in the middle of the mission? It's even worse when at the start of a mission you're supposed to look for an English ship at a really slow speeed until you reach an area. Get desynched in the area? You're back to the slow mechanic… An example of that on a normal mission? Your first assassination as Connor is that of a man at his house, atop a cliff. You're on the other side of the river to that cliff. You can't be detected. You kill six or seven soldiers on the way to the top, and if you get detected as you're about reach his house, the game will take you back to the other side of the river… Perhaps twenty minutes before you started the mission (if you're sneaking around).
The checkpoint problem is made worse by the ridiculous 'optional' objectives. Near the start, you're playing Haytham, and you have to infiltrate a fort, eavesdrop on two guys walking around the fort without being detected, all the while completing two 'optional' objectives: Do it non-lethaly (I'd have no problem with that if Haytham wasn't killing people all over Boston without a second thought), and sabotage two of the fort's guns. Fail at any point in that mission and you're back before the two even started talking. The final mission, though, of Connor's storyline is where the two problems (checkpoints and optional objectives) meet in all their frustrating glory. You have to chase someone through the harbor… Yes, that's the climatic end mission for Connor. Remember when in AC2 you went to the Vatican, to Rome, inside the Sistine Chapel to try and kill the corrupt Pope? Or at the end of Ezio's journey at Revelations, and the moments at Masyaf? In here, you chase a guy across the same harbor you've passed through twenty times before, with no checkpoints and two optional objectives: do not let him further away from you than 50 meters (or feet? don't remember), and, I kid you not, DON'T SHOVE ANYONE… That's the optional objective. If an explosion knocked a guy into your path and he flew into your direction… "You shoved him! Failed…" That mission, the last one, is also the least fun mission of the game. For starters, as I mentioned, it aims at nothing. For crying out loud, it's supposed to be the climax of Connor's tale, and I can name a dozen missions that are more epic than that. Second, it's really short, maybe five minutes, yet it took me about an hour to beat it, because a) there's no checkpoint; and b) there's only one way to beat it. Choice in how to handle the situation? Nope. To avoid the explosion, you need to vault over the barrels, to get past a line of guys firing at you, you need to step over a crate of fishes… Only one right path in which everything that you do slightly wrong results in desynch…
That's it… That's what makes the experience of playing this game utterly confusing and a mess in your own mind if you try to make any sense of some of the design choices. I started this game thinking it would warrant an 8.0, then it bogged down to a 7.0, then you start having fun with Connor and you're back at 8.0, 8.5… Then things start to come together and the rating in your head goes down, and down until you just want to finish the game and get things over with. Then the end happens (the actual ending, with Desmond), and it's probably the worst ending of a video game I've ever played. Worse than Mass Effect 3? Yes. Now, doing the most I can to avoid spoilers, this is a punch to the face of any AC fan… We were promised the resolution to Desmond's tale… Yet it offers as much resolution as guy taping a black 'The End' cardboard over your TV screen. It ends… for someone. It answers no questions, even more so if you've read the e-mails that you get when you're off the Animus, the image of what will happen when the vault is opened is already within your mind. That makes three in-game 'OMG' moments that the game does its absolute best to ruin it for you beforehand.
Every negative review I've read so far tells you of how bugs and lack of polish ruined this game… Frankly, that's the least that's wrong with it, as in a couple of months and a few patches, they'll be gone. It does show you that there was close to no testing period with this game, as I can't imagine anything less than 95% of people who made it to the end didn't passionately hate the 'resolution'. Bugs and polishing can be fixed, hell even the checkpoint problems can be fixed, but an unconvincing story, with unrealistic motives, a character as bland as they come, uninspiring settings (why not the French Revolution? The rise of Napoleon?), these things cannot be fixed with a mere patch. This game reminded me of the Star Wars prequels: a long time spent developing the world, the setting and not nearly enough time in giving me dialogue that would make me give a crap about the characters. It is, like the prequels, horribly directed, and staged. With gravitas in expositional dialogues instead of dramatically set cutscenes. To me, to the type of gamer that I am, focused on the story, on the characters, this game (4.0/10.0) is as much of a let-down as they come. If you're in for the parkour, for the kills… maybe this game is for you. Who am I kidding, most of you will buy this game, if for nothing else to get some resolution to the story you've been following for the past six years, but I warn you: I was really disappointed, and you just might be too.
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Look I know that the first game against Miami(OH) was a disappointment , but you people need to chill, I'll tell you why. Look everybody for the last two days said ,'' you guys suck'', or ,'' ya'll offensive line suck balls'', and ,'' you guys gonna lose 3 or 4 games'', uh, no we not. Ok lets address the first issue the offensive line everybody keep talking about , look we didnt have an experience line out there, only James Wilson was starting at the same position he started last year out of the whole offensive line. Marcus Gilbert move from left tackle to right guard to fill in for Carl Johnson absence, and Mike Pouncey move to Center for his brother and he made some mistakes it happens people ,like you never had a bad day before. Our best offensive lineman in my opinion , Xaxier Nixon was also hurt and so was his back up Matt Patchan and Maurice Hurt was not there either so Jon Halapio took his spot and he was a freshman also. Look watch our offense dramatically change when we Carl Johnson, Xaxier Nixon , Maurice Hurt come back and we put Marcus Gilbert in his right position.
As for John Brantley , look he made some very good throws but the wide recievers drop the ball, like the one when Deonte Thompson drop the ball in the endzone. I just think he was too nervous it happens thats why I was happy we didn't play a good team first, but dont put all the blame on him he didn't get much help from the running game because the offensive line wasn't there either so it didnt open up the play action and all that other stuff they ran. Just look at 2008 for example we have the best offensive line in the country no one was missing so it open up the passing game that made Percy Harvin and Louis Murphy affective and even we didn't have Percy Harvin for the Alabama game in 2008 we still put up 30 because we hd an experience and talented offensive line that we run ran all over Alabama and that open up the passing game and that famous jump pass to Riley Cooper. Ya you can't win without a talented and experience offensive line, period.
Now as for our defense , I was really impress because we basically had a bunch of new guys and freshmans out there . Honestly the gators give me that since of last year Alabama team, the Crimson Tide offense wasnt that consistent till late, but they had alot of depht in the defense. Just like us we have a new offense that will get better and a very deep defensive talent with speed. So what if we gave up 12 points to Miami(OH) , Alabama gave up 14 points to a FIU team last year and last time I checked they the defending champions that everyone is hunting for . Look at this way we only allowed 4 rushing yards and Alabama was #1 at rushing defense and we gave up 208 passing yard and , Alabama gave up 214 yards to FIU last year and FIU was a really bad team last year they were 3-9 and we whooped them 62-3 but we were not that good as Alabama at stopping the run we allow FIU to get 53 yards , Alabama gave up 1 yard rushing against FIU. Thats why Alabama dominated the SEC because they can stop the run , what do SEC teams beat you with? Uh I'll tell you thats running the ball and if you can't stop the run you wont win. Do you now know why I compare this defense to the 2009 Alabama defense, if not, I'll explain it a little bit more.
We didn't have our hard-hitting , Will Hill , that didn't stop us. A true feshman came and took his place an play absolutely well he look like a linebacker. Now lets see we loss Brandon Spikes , lets see Jon Bostic took care of that he had 5 tackles and an interception and if anybody actually took the time to look at my ''Defense'' article Isaid that Jon is gonna surprise you gator fans this year. We lost Joe Haden but we have Moses Jenkins and Jeremy Brown , we see much of Moses , but Jeremy sure look fresh getting that interception. We had the most freshman play the first game then anybody in the nation which was 15 freshmans. Ole Miss had only 6 freshman play but they still lost to some FCS team that tells you alot about our freshmans, on defense our freshmens made 34 tackles out of our 65 total tackles . So chill because Urban Meyer said everyone will be back for USF except for Moses Jenkins , but I think we will be alright , so gator fans forget this game and get ready for a great future from the Florida Gators.


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Party leaders in the Senate have reached a deal for a vote on 14 judicial nominees before the summer.
The deal was reached "after months of backlog and partisan recrimination," according to The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times. Some Republicans had threatened a filibuster because of four controversial recess appointments in January, including the appointment of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
The agreement calls for action on 12 nominees to federal district courts and two nominees to federal appeals courts. The appellate nominees are Stephanie Thacker, nominated for the Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and Jacqueline Nguyen, nominated for the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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