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Cablegram F6 LONDON, 15 July 1949, 1.59 p.m.
Today the Ministers discussed separately the short term problem and longer term policies. Officials had preparatory discussion on longer-term policies.
2. The United Kingdom officials gave more detailed account than hitherto of Cripps-Snyder and Abbott discussions. They confirmed that the Americans had adopted a listening role. There is no indication of what the United States might do in 1949/50.
3. Australia questioned the adequacy of the United Kingdom 6 points (para 8 of our No.1) [1] and emphasised the necessity to take up with the Americans in September the following additional issues (a) Necessity for building pattern of self-balancing trade over wider area than sterling dollar area alone and to include Eastern Europe. International political policies may have to be adjusted for this purpose.
(b) Review of international machinery for investment.
(c) Need for changes in the structure of United States industry, particularly high cost agriculture, to accord with present status of United States in world economy.
4. New Zealand mentioned problems of German and Japanese trade and Asian Dominions stressed development needs on familiar lines. There will be further discussion of 6 points and of draft agreed conclusion which United Kingdom has circulated (see separate telegram).
5. On procedure, Cripps welcomed continuing consultations (details yet to be worked out) on approach to be made to Americans in September.
6. In first ministerial discussions of the immediate problem, Cripps underlined the necessity for action. He reported the latest figure for reserves as down to 385m.
7. I pointed out Australia's position with regard to difficulties of immediate reduction of dollar imports in view of licensing procedure, etc., but indicated that, subject to further examination by my Government, it was possible that a reduction of A10m. might be made in the level of licences issued during 1949/[5]0.
8. Other Commonwealth Ministers had indicated similar difficulties in making immediate cuts. India understood the necessity for adequate pooling of sterling resources of dollar supplies had to be dispensed with. There was more emphasis in the discussion on the problem of United Kingdom high costs. Cripps reasserted the United Kingdom intention to take remedial measures. He declined 1 or 2 opportunities to comment on devaluation. The discussion was adjourned without conclusions being reached.
9. One feature of the discussion was a comment by Abbott that Canada saw no prospect of making credits available under the present balance of payments position, primarily because of the United States dollar loss through United States commitments in many Canadian markets. In response to a question from Nash, Cripps expressed the opinion that because of the inclusion of R.S.A. [2] deficit in E.R.P. no United States dollar loans would be available for sterling area countries. We propose to follow up this point further.
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Sat, May 14, 2011
The NBAA joined with other general aviation operator groups
Friday in a letter urging Congress to complete reauthorization
legislation for the FAA that also would maintain the current FAA
Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program.
NBAA joined with the AOPA and EAA in signing the letter which
points out that together the groups "represent nearly all of the
general aviation aircraft operators in the United States -
including thousands who participate in the BARR program for
legitimate privacy, security and competitive reasons."
"The letter emphasizes the overwhelming importance of protecting
the privacy of all citizens, preventing corporate espionage, and
preserving the security of general aviation flight operations,"
said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen.
In reconciling the differences between the House and Senate
reauthorization bills, the groups urge that the final legislation
include Section 817 of the House-passed FAA reauthorization
measure, H.R. 658, which would preserve the BARR program. The
BARR program was originally enabled by Congress in the 2000 FAA
reauthorization bill (Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and
Reform Act for the 21st Century) in response to advances in
computer technology and the advent of for-profit commercial flight
tracking services.
Under the BARR program, the FAA, Department of Homeland
Security, and law enforcement agencies always retain their ability
to track general aviation aircraft movements, but general aviation
operators are provided the ability to "opt-out" of having their
real-time private movements disseminated beyond the government to
unknown third parties throughout world. The House legislative
provision directs the FAA to continue the program and allow
aircraft owners and operators to opt-out of having their flight
information published by these flight-tracking services, and notes
that the online broadcast of general aviation movements by
government against citizens' will "does not serve a public policy
A notice was published in the Federal Register in March that the
FAA has tentatively decided to dramatically restrict the BARR
program, effectively limiting privacy protection for general
aviation operators to only those with a known and specific security
"Americans have a reasonable and appropriate expectation of
privacy in their personal movements regardless of the mode of
transportation involved," the letter reads. "It would set a
dangerous precedent to establish a policy that movements in any
type of vehicle (whether car, train or airplane) can be
disseminated by the federal government to unknown third parties
against a citizen's will."
The letter notes that the current BARR program has succeeded for
more than a decade by providing a "do not track" option similar to
other opt-out programs throughout government, while maintaining
government's and law enforcement's ability to track all general
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Nils Anderson, 94, North Haven, Stevens Point, a founder of Ellis Stone Construction Co., died Saturday, May 19, 2001, at St. Michael's Hospital.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Stevens Point, with the Rev. Bob Barnes officiating. Interment will be in Restlawn Memorial Park.
Visitation will be at the church from 10 a.m. Tuesday until the services.
Memorials may be given to the Nils Anderson Scholarship Fund for Religious Studies.
Boston Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Mr. Anderson was born in Sweden on Feb. 24, 1907, a son of the late Jimmy and Adalina Anderson. He completed his schooling in Sweden, served in the Swedish Army and worked in the construction trade prior to coming to the United States in 1929.
He worked in New York City and the states of Maine and Washington before settling in central Wisconsin in the mid-1930s, where he and three fellow Swedish immigrants founded Ellis Stone Construction Co.
He was married to Mildred Reeves in June 1937 at Red Granite. She died in May 1974.
Ellis Stone was originally a stone quarry business and then developed into a construction company in the early 1950s. He retired from active participation in the company in the mid-1970s.
He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and served on various boards of the church. He was a member of the Stevens Point Rotary Club and was a recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow Award.
He was an honorary member of the Associated General Contractors of America-Wisconsin Chapter and previously served on its Board of Directors. He served on the apprenticeship committee for Stone Masons of Wisconsin.
He was a past member of the Board of Directors of the First National Bank of Stevens Point and was Director Emeritus of M&I Midstate Bank. He was also a member of the Hot Shot Club and the Stevens Point Curling Club.
Survivors include one son, James (Patti) Anderson, Stevens Point; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Karen Sneed; two sisters and one brother.


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With so many RTS games out there, I'd always just let Dawn of War float under my radar. I was never in to 40K, and I figured the game would only be really appealing to fans of the franchise. Like Brian. Brian is totally gay for the Tau, so he's been pretty excited about Dark Crusade coming out in a couple of weeks.
Finally I broke down and downloaded the demo, because I'm always dragging him into new games, I figured the least I could do is see what he's going on about. If for no other reason than to have more specific knowledge of the Tau with which to tease him. Also, Brian is really fun to play games with/against. He has this uncanny ability to pilot the largest tank or war machine he can find straight into the nearest body of water. Even on maps that have no water. He's that good.
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6. Rivendell
A/N: I use Sindarin according to the wonderful grammar and dictionary of the Elvish tongues by Helmut W. Pesch, but I am no linguist, so please forgive any mistakes.
6. Rivendell
I put on my socks and shoes and climbed the narrow trail leading up the banks of the Bruinen.
The path turned into a dark forest of pine trees and then climbed steeply up again in a narrow ravine between cleft and cracked rock faces, which rose almost vertically in barren crags grown with crippled mountain pines, only just maintaining their precarious toe-hold among the rocks. Finally I emerged from the gorge on a small plateau looking across a deep valley cutting through the wild and rugged moors of the foothills of the Misty Mountains.
At once I felt a sense of an almost unnatural peace and quiet envelop me.
The steep mountain sides around the sheltered valley were grown with dark and deep pine woods, but the valley itself was green with a more Southern vegetation. The Bruinen rushed in many silver falls down to the bottom of the valley. Any buildings I might be able to see from my vantage point were lost in the silvery mists of the waterfalls. The spray of the cascades created a humid atmosphere in which lush green ferns and bright colourful flowers flourished. I was looking at an oasis of spring in the autumn of the harsh climate of moors and mountains.
Feeling my heart beat faster with the excitement of seeing the beautiful buildings of the Rivendell of the movies up close, I started down the trail under the dark and fragrant shadows of the pine trees.
Would anybody still be here?
I shook my head at my stupid thoughts. The game was obviously warped. While the landscape was brilliant and I had been having a really good holiday, the story was not running. There would be no one here. I would stay for a day or so to roam the valley and feel like an Elven queen, but then I would use that switch and return to reality. They really needed to put in some work before they could hit the market with this game. But, I smiled up at the branches of the pines and firs above me, inhaling the fresh forest air, tasting its clear and spicy quality like wine on my tongue… if they got this story trouble straightened out, no one would want to stay in real life anymore.
After endless turns leading in narrow serpentines down the mountain side, I finally stepped out of the dark of the forest into bright sunshine. I was at the very bottom of the valley. In front of me grassy slopes and meadows gleamed in deep green hues reminding me of precious jewels. The path I had been following led through the meadows to the river and across it on a delicate white bridge of slender arcs carved with flowing designs reminiscent of art nouveau. Carefully trimmed weeping willows echoed the soft lines of the bridge's architecture with their swaying lithe branches.
On both sides of the river many buildings climbed up the sides of the valley, with terraces and balconies and gardens set between them, halls and towers and cloisters on different levels following the natural rising of the ground, at times carved into the rock of the mountain itself.
In the air above a singing waterfall tumbling down between two terraces blooming with red flowers a rainbow was drifting, the rays of the sun breaking into blue, violet, red, yellow and green colours shimmering in the misty spray of the falling water.
I stared at in wonder at the beauty of Imladris, almost forgetting to breathe. This was not a house, this was a palace, and I would not call it homely. It was of an exquisite loveliness and an artfulness, which transcended mere mortal efforts at architecture and gardening. For the first time I had an inkling of what Elvish could mean.
But it was absolutely quiet.
The only sound was the rushing of the Bruinen from its spring high up above in the glaciers, the wind in the trees and the song of many birds delighting in the sunshine. There was no sign of anyone living in these summer palaces. Indeed, as I narrowed my eyes to discern more details, I saw many closed shutters and no sparkle of windowpanes in the sunlight at all.
I began walking towards the Last Homely House east of the sea with apprehension growing in my heart. I tried to tell myself that it was only a game, but the beauty of this place and its loneliness touched something deep inside of me. The sadness I had always felt at the ending of the books was tangible here among those empty palaces, a deep feeling of sorrow casting dark shadows even in the brightest light of the summer sun.
I climbed broad white stairs to a terrace in front of a great hall. The access to the hall was a large gate of dark wood inlaid with golden designs, the stone arches above it carved with flowers and leaves, almost like the tympanum of a cathedral. I tried to open it, but it was barred. I sighed and turned around. On the other side of the terrace a slender white staircase led up to another set of buildings closer to the river. I would try to get to the terrace with the rainbow, I decided. Even if I did not find a treasure at the end of the rainbow, I would surely have a lovely view of the palaces of Imladris and the valley. As I climbed the stairs, I noticed signs of neglect and wear. Weeds were growing from the crevices between the white stones, some of the stairs were cracked and in the edges dust and dry leaves had accumulated into small heaps of debris.
The stairs led to a narrow corridor between two buildings. There were two doors with rounded tops set across from each other. I tried to open them, but they were locked, too. I followed the corridor around the next corner and found myself on the terraced garden I had seen from below.
Between the cracked tiles of smooth cream coloured stone streaked with red grass was growing and the rose bushes desperately needed a trim. They were blooming in abundance nevertheless, and as I walked to the balustrade, I was enveloped in their sweet, summery perfume. Ten feet below the balustrade the river plunged in a silver arc into a pool on a lower garden and terrace. The spray of the cascades touched my hot cheeks in a cooling mist.
I closed my eyes for a moment to enjoy the sensation.
"Dan ech-tollen! You have come back! Ma phaid ech-pannen, Elladan? Which paths have you walked, Elladan?" A dark voice called out to me.
I jumped, almost swallowing my heart with fright.
I turned around and blinked in surprise.
I was looking in a pair of the clearest grey eyes I had ever seen. They were very bright and keen, like beryl come alive. They were set under dark slanting brows in a pale face without any trace of facial hair, the face almost chiselled in cool, clear angles, reminding me of carved marble statues of angels I had seen in a museum once. His sensual lips were touched by a hint of red, slim and straight, but there was no smile tugging at their corners. The nose was straight, thin and a bit arrogant. Long, dark, almost black hair was flowing down his shoulders and his back. Between the dark tresses I caught a glimpse of pointed ears as pearly white as his face.
I stared at the Elf in front of me, not knowing what to say.
"Who are you?" The Elf finally asked me, recovered from the same surprise that had me still staring at him with my mouth open. I closed my mouth and swallowed. He was speaking English or Westron now, and although I had understood his Sindarin words, and knew I could respond in Sindarin, I felt more comfortable answering in English.
"My name is Jarro. I am a ranger of the North. I came to Rivendell to see if it was true and indeed all Elves have left the shores of Middle-earth." My heart was pounding with excitement. He frowned, and his eyes flashed, looking me up and down. For a moment I had the uncomfortable feeling that he could see through me like Neo in the Matrix and only saw rows of green figures rippling in the void.
"There are no more rangers in the North." His voice was calm and cool.
A feeling of shock was spreading from my stomach. What was I to say?
"Well, I am. Or at least, a traveller from the North, if you prefer a humbler title." I swallowed. "And you are obviously an Elf. May I ask you name?"
His eyes darkened slightly. I had the feeling he was not convinced by my explanation, but had decided to let it rest at that for the moment.
When he answered, his voice was darker, too, a little bit husky, and tinged with worry.
"I am indeed an Elf. My name is Elrohir, son of Elrond-Peredhil and Celebrían of Lorien. Master of Imladris." At giving the last title a hint of sarcastic smile played across his lips.
"Is anyone else here?" I asked, before realizing that this was perhaps not a polite question.
"No", he answered, and his voice betrayed a certain tension. "They have gone across the Sundering Seas to reach the white shores of Aman, the Blessed Realm and home of our souls."
I stared at him, standing in his grey robes among the fading beauty of Imladris and felt sudden tears burning in my eyes. "You have to be very lonely."
His gaze, all at once very fierce, seemed to penetrate my mind, laying open the depths of my soul. "No more lonely than you are, my lady."
I shuddered, caught in the power of his spell. Then the feeling was gone, and I could hear the rushing of the Bruinen again, splashing across the rocks behind me.
"Where is your brother? Were you expecting him?" My curiosity was back.
A shadow passed across Elrohir's face. He shook his head. "He should be back any day now. We, too, have to leave the shores of Arda, having already lingered far too long. The choice of the Valar is almost upon us…" The last words he whispered, they were barely audible with the sound of the water fall behind me.
Then he seemed to shake himself free of his concerns and smiled at me politely. "Your quest, my lady ranger, was successful. You have found one of the two last Elves in Middle-earth. Until we depart, may I offer you what hospitality remains in the Last Homely House east of the Sea?"
I inclined my head, hopefully in gracious motion. "That would be lovely, my Lord Elrohir."
"Make that only Elrohir, my lady. There is no court left here to require such formalities."
I smiled at him. "Then you have to dispense with calling me 'my lady'. It's Jarro, please."
He grinned at me, looking suddenly very young. "Then Jarro it is. Please, follow me. You have to be tired and hungry."
He led me to a door leading out to the rose garden and opened it easily. Inside was a cool, shadowy room, completely empty of furniture. "Most things have gone with the last party of Elves travelling from Imladris to the Havens. My brother and I have been using a few rooms at the very top of Imladris. They offer the most magnificent view of the valley. But I am afraid it is quite a climb."
I shrugged. "That's alright; it was quite a climb to get into Rivendell at all."
"Then by all means follow me."
He turned around and swiftly made his way through a dark archway into a dusky corridor and then up a winding stair lit from small window slits set in the outer wall. The Elf moved with unbelievable grace. His silken robes gave only the slightest rustling sound, and he seemed to glide, rather than walk up the confined staircase.
His dark hair reached almost his hips, flowing in waves of silky twilight and leaving a spicy scent drifting behind him.
I hurried to keep up, my thoughts racing in tight circles. This was so unbelievably real, he felt so unbelievably real, and not at all human! How could anyone program an entirely different race with this kind of accuracy? If someone had told me about this, I would never have believed a single word!
Finally we reached the end of the stairs and stepped into a corridor bright with sunlight flooding from graceful arcs. The corridor opened into a hall with a ceiling of ribbed vaults supported by slender twisted columns. Large windows of clear glass, reaching from the floor to the ceiling, looked out across the valley, and from somewhere to the right I heard the muted noise of water. At the back of the room was a large fire place, and there were a few easy chairs and chaise longues facing either to the fire place or to the windows, some small tables sat between them. The wall opposite of the corridor through which we had entered was taken up by shelves crammed with books, lining the entire wall from the floor to the ceiling, surrounding the opening of another door leading into a room beyond. I thought I could see a huge desk and more shelves there.
"This is very beautiful", I said, looking at Elrohir, who had patiently waited for me to take in the view. He smiled, but his smile did not reach his eyes.
"Please, sit down; I will get you a drink. And then I will leave you for a moment to get a room ready. It's been some time since we had a guest here. Would you like wine, or water, or juice?" He moved to a table circling one of the columns, where several jugs, bottles and glasses were arrayed.
"Water will be fine, hantale." I answered and let my backpack slide to the floor with a muffled thump.
Elrohir looked up in amazement at my use of the formal Quenyan "Thank you". "You know the Elvish tongues?"
I nodded. "Mîn egor tâd phith. One or two words. But my grammar is atrocious. I learned from books. There is no one left to speak Elvish." I grinned at him. "Well, almost no one, as I now know."
He smiled at me, and this time his smile was filled with real warmth. "It is good to hear our language spoken by a guest. Mae govannen, Jarro." He offered me a beaker with water. I accepted gratefully.
"I will be back in a moment. Rest a bit and enjoy the view."
With that he was gone, leaving me to stare out of the window. My heart was racing, and my stomach was fluttering. I slumped down in one of the easy chairs, twirling the beaker in my fingers, asking myself how it was possible to feel absolutely real, physical attraction for someone who was neither human and nor real.
I drank the cool water and enjoyed the cool liquid running down my throat. I put the beaker down on a small table at the side of the chair I was sitting on. Even though the room was sparsely furnished and the furniture was obviously ancient, everything was clean and polished, very well preserved. In the quiet minutes of waiting, my heart calmed down again and I breathed easier. It's only a game, Jarro, I told myself. Enjoy it while it lasts. Tomorrow you are back to looking for another miserable job paying for your miserable tiny flat in a huge, noisy, dirty city, which never sleeps, where you can only dream of this kind of quiet or this kind of clean, soft air. Not to mention handsome Elves with beautiful grey eyes…
I had not heard Elrohir return to the room, but had suddenly felt his presence behind me.
I turned around, and my breath caught in my throat, as I saw the clear, shining profile of his Elvish face in a ray of sunshine slanting through the window. He crossed the room and poured a pale golden wine in a crystal goblet. "A room is ready for you, my – Jarro. Would you care for a glass of wine? It's a Lindon white, one of the few bottles remaining. I can assure you there is no better wine left in all of Arda."
"Thank you that would be lovely."
My eyes followed involuntarily the graceful movements of his hands. I only resurfaced from my musings, when I felt the cool glass pressed into my hand. My heart racing I looked up into bright grey eyes sparkling with faint amusement.
He sat down opposite of me and reclined in an elegant chaise longue, lifting his glass to me.
I frowned at him, but raised my glass all the same. "Slainte!" I said, as I had no clue what Elves might say for 'cheers'. He smiled at me. "Almare."
The pale golden liquid tasted of summer, golden sunny days liquefied with a hint of vanilla and lemon fruit. I swirled the wine around in my mouth, then let it run down my throat, enjoying the way it prickled against my palate.
"Where is your brother?" I asked abruptly, never taking the time to think before speaking and regretting it immediately, when I saw Elrohir's eyes cloud with anxiety.
"I don't know where he is", he answered, his voice husky. I could see his slender fingers grip his goblet tighter. "He… we… When it became clear that we must finally decide where to turn, to stay here in Arda, in Middle-earth and live a human life, or leave for Aman to rejoin our people for all eternity… you may not know it, but as our father was, we may claim either part of our heritage to decide our destiny. We can decide our fate, choosing a mortal life or living on as immortal Elves. After the war –" He paused, looking at me inquiringly, "you do know about the war, do you? In the human realms so many things are forgotten in such a short time that it is difficult to keep up with what knowledge now remains of the ages past."
I cleared my throat, forcing my voice to sound light. "I know about the War of the Rings, yes."
He nodded, as if he had expected me to know and continued. "We stayed here to help King Elessar rebuild his realm, even though most of our people had left. He was our brother, he was our closest friend. How could we go and leave him in the wake of such a terrible war?"
He was staring off into a distant time and place. When he spoke again, his voice sounded sorrowful and weary. "And when he died, and our sister died, too, how could we leave their children all on their own? But centuries have passed now, and those times are no longer alive in the memories of most mortals. My brother and I are all who remain in Arda of the firstborn. And the Valar have finally issued their call. A ship is waiting at Dol Amroth to bear us into the West."
I almost dared not to breathe, caught up in his tale, feeling an incomprehensible sense of grief surrounding the Elf. Elrohir sighed. Then he smiled sadly and forced his attention back to me and the present.
"Elladan… he could not decide at once. He said he needed time to think and went off, hiking into the Misty Mountains, and perhaps walking far from them, trying to find an answer to his questions."
He sighed and rubbed at his temples with his fingertips. "He should have been back a long time ago."
"Are you worried that something has happened to him?" I dared to ask, speaking softly.
He looked up, and his face was suddenly very white. I saw his jaw muscles tighten.
He swallowed hard and his eyes turned almost black.
"Yes, I am worried. And time is running short."
"The ship…", I trailed off, but when he nodded, I continued. "Is there a deadline or something? A certain time you have to keep?"
"Yes", he sighed. "If we want to depart, we have to sail before the winter solstice."
"Well", I said, "then there is enough time to find him. When do we leave?"
"Why would you come with me?" Elrohir asked, astonishment apparent in his voice.
I swallowed, realizing that I might spend a lot of time locked in the matrix of this game if I intended to roam through Middle-earth until December, searching high and low for a lost elf.
But I remembered the slightly conceited tone of the computer freak called Mr. Smith "You could spend years in this game, and it would only be an afternoon in the real world".
It had worked so far, I thought, after all I had already spent more than two weeks in this game. Why not add three more months? Why not put the game to a real test – especially now that a kind of interesting plot had surfaced? After all, there was really nothing in my real life that was really attractive at the moment. And if I was fed up with the game, I could go off in a corner any time, produce the box with the magic switch and go back to real life and a dinner with the nice doctor.
I looked up at the Elf and answered, trying to keep my voice as firm and noble as Haldir in the second part of the movies. "Once there existed great friendship between you and the rangers of the North. What could I do but honour this friendship of old? If your brother can be found, we will find him."
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Baby Harper is probably the only newborn to ever have a fashion sense by showing up for Fashion Week with her mom Victoria Beckham. This was her newborn's first fashion week ever, and she is starting her off early. Dressed in some of the most expensive designer wear, baby Harper is set to take the runway with surprise. The former Spice Girl, and her little Harper Seven, that is just shy of being two months old, was seen in NYC right before Fashion's Night Out, the first and most official kick off to the start of NY Fashion Week. ExploreTalent.com is an online auditions and jobs website for performers and a casting calls and auditions.
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Wii U GamePad won't have multitouch or mandate 'Achievements'
As the smoke surrounding the Wii U settles, even more new details (Nintendo sure is letting it drip out one drop at a time) are surfacing and, depending on where you stand, could make you either very happy or very sad.
Speaking to Kotaku, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime (that's feess-em-ay) revealed some new deets on what the Wii U can and can't do.
For starters, the incredibly light Wii U GamePad's 6.2-inch touchscreen will not support multitouch, which is quite a bummer because if you whip out your smartphone or tablet, it's very likely that they have multitouch. Even a lot of the cheapo tablets and smartphones can do multitouch nowadays. A touchscreen without multitouch is gimping the Wii U for the future, much like the Wii Remote's lack of 1:1 was before the MotionPlus dongle was released to "fix" it.
"When we went through the building of this and, given some of the functionality, we thought that single-touch was a more appropriate option, especially when you've got other button configurations.
Again, we envision this as a controller that you're putting in your hands and you're doing a two-screen experience. The concept of putting it in your lap to do multi-touch for us just feels unwieldy."
Looks like ports of Fruit Ninja or Veggie Samurai won't be in the cards.
Second, Nintendo will not require games to include "Achievements" alà Microsoft does with Xbox 360 games:
In other words, the system itself has Achievements. "We will have that," Fils-Aime said. "Once you start getting into game-specific [Achievements] that's developer driven." Microsoft may require every game to have Achievements, but, Fils-Aime said, "That is not our philosophy."
On Nintendo's hated Friend Codes (you know, those annoying 16-digit codes you have to input to add people as friends), Fils-Aime told Kotaku that it'll still be on the Wii U, only less annoying and a lot simpler than what the company's done with them before:
You will be able to identify people as friends and have a certain level of interaction vs. a different level of interaction for the more general population. The method by which you identify someone as a friend is a lot simpler than what's happening today with Friend Codes.
Another Wii U nugget is that Nintendo is waiting on Super Smash Bros. (for Wii U and 3DS) to show off Wii U to 3DS connectivity. Considering series creator Masahiro Sakurai is only just starting work on those games and that "it's going to take time" before they're even ready to be revealed, Wii U to 3DS connectivity could be a repeat of the failed Gamecube to Game Boy Advance connectivity all over again.
Kotaku also confirms that there will be no internal hard drive in the Wii U. Fils-Aime insists that the USB ports will allow you to attach external storage drives to your hearts content. However, Wii game saves and purchases will be transferable to the Wii U.
We've been keeping up with the Wii U like there's no tomorrow, but what's your opinion of Nintendo's next console and its tablet controller? Is it just a novel idea or will it revolutionize gaming once again?
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New York Tells Rapists, Thieves and Murderers Which Homes to Target
If you live in New York's Westchester and Rockland counties, The Journal News gave rapists, thieves and murderers the best Christmas present they could ever hope for… a roadmap of the homes they should avoid and those which they can target without fear.
The Journal News decided to aid and abet criminals by publishing the names and addresses of hundreds of law abiding citizens who have a legal permit for a gun.
A criminal's worst nightmare is being confronted by a would-be victim who has the means to protect themselves and their family. The criminal's intention is to commit their crime and get away with it. Clear-thinking people know this.
Think of all the homes you've seen with a "Beware of Dog" sign. Property owners post a sign like this to deter criminals by letting them know of the violent force they'll encounter should they attempt to enter the property. Home security systems are another method of protection used by millions of families to deter criminals.
Thanks to The Journal News, criminals now know the addresses of those who may confront them with a gun. But most importantly, the published list lets them know the homes where they will NOT be confronted with a gun, thereby further increasing the chance of their success in committing the intended crime.
An attack dog, security system or gun owner presents more resistance and, until now, criminals could only hope their victims didn't have a gun.
However, in Westchester and Rockland counties, criminals now know which homes present the least resistance.
Just as mass murderers choose "Gun Free Zones," criminals who seek to rape, steal, murder, kidnap, etc. choose people and places they believe will present the least resistance. The Journal News gave criminals a big assist.
It's time to inform the media and politicians that criminals commit crimes – duh! They break the law and that's why they're called criminals. A crime is an act or the commission of an act that is forbidden by a public law.
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What a bunch of libtard morons.
I would be first to voluntarily subscribe to "arm and lock" list to be published by antigun commies.+1
I know a family with the last name of Smith, they got a dog and named it Wesson. They say that their home is proctected by Smith & Wesson.
I am pretty sure they have the real Smith & Wessons there too.
The Monday after Newtown, I stopped by the local Gander Mountian. Their gun dept was over run.
I have one gun and thinking of adding to it.
Before it is too late.+2
Get a second amendment attorney to organize a class action law suit against The Journal News, on behalf of the the non-firearm owners that have been put at undue risk with the by publication of this information.+7
"..undue risk with the by publication of this information…"
Wow, dsylxeai kicking in again.
Try: undue risk by the publication of this information.+3
Some twit tried the same crap in Arkansas a few years back, published a list of conceal carry permit holders. It was determined quickly that law enforcement are the only people who are legally permitted to view that information.
In most of the South you can find the names of gun owners listed in a book that you can find in most households. It's called the phone book.Noteworthy Comment +12
The non-gun owners should be required to put up "Gun Free Zone" signs and photographs of their children around their property.+6
My guess is that "The Journal News" idiots were hoping to gin up enough fear and loathing among their decorticate readers to call for confiscation of all legal citizen firearms. After, that would be "fair" in today's terms, wouldn't it? Why should one group be allowed to take steps to protect themselves when others haven't?+3
It would be right fun to see this map updated one year from now. Superimposed with the homes where crimes occurred and with the homes that were added to the list of residents with legal firearms+3
Molon Labe
It's coming. (Unlike that Mayan BS)+2
Reporter on the story:
Dwight R Worley
23006 139 Ave
Springfield Gardens, NY 11413
Journal News President:
—Janet Hasson, 3 Gate House Lane Mamaroneck, NY 10534 (914) 694.5204
—Cyndee Royle, 1133 Westchester Ave., Suite N110, White Plains, NY 10604, 914-694-9300
–Nancy Cutler 9 Woodwind Ln, Spring Valley, NY. (845) 354 3485
Just reportin'+3


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American Lamb Love Is In The Air This February
DENVER, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- February is National Lamb Lovers Month, and in celebration, the American Lamb Board is calling all fans of lamb to show some love – and shoot some photos.
Starting February 1, fans of lamb are invited to enter the Lamb Lovers Month Photo Contest. Entrants should visit lambloversmonth.com and click the link to enter the contest. They'll then post a lambspotting photo of an American lamb dish at a restaurant, themselves purchasing American lamb at a butcher shop or retailer, or an American lamb dish cooked at home. All photo entries must be submitted with an explanation and a complete questionnaire (located on the Facebook page). Entrants can increase their chances of winning by sharing the contest on Facebook, submitting multiple pictures (up to three), and tweeting about the contest using the #lamblovers hashtag. The lamb lover who submits a lambspotting photo that best showcases American Lamb during Lamb Lovers Month will be eligible to win a year membership to the Lamb Lovers Month Club., which includes lamb once a month and $100 Ingredients gift card to cook a monthly romantic meal for your loved one. A winner will be contacted by March 4, 2013.
For those lamb lovers looking for a little inspiration in the kitchen, here's an ideal recipe to showcase your love this February:
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PowerShell function Get-ScriptDirectory
Very often when I'm writing a script in PowerShell, I will need to obtain the directory in which that same script resides. This is sadly not completely trivial in PowerShell, but the following function achieves the desired result:
Hopefully, having created a gist for this and blogged about it, I won't have to keep resorting to Google in future to remind me how to do this. This particular version was posted to the PowerShell Code Repository by Andy Arismendi.
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The Teucrium Natural Gas Fund
The Teucrium Natural Gas Fund (NYSE: NAGS) provides investors unleveraged direct exposure to natural gas without the need for a futures account. The Teucrium Natural Gas Fund was also designed to reduce the effects of contango and backwardation. NAGS, as a result of the diversified futures structure, was specifically designed to reduce the cost of rolling the investment when compared to funds that hold only a single month.
The investment objective of the Fund is to have the daily changes in percentage terms of the Shares' Net Asset Value ("NAV") reflect the daily changes in percentage terms of a weighted average of the following: the nearest to spot month March, April, October and November Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures Contracts traded on the NYMEX, weighted 25% equally in each contract month, less the Fund's expenses. This weighted average of the four Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures Contracts is referred to as the "Benchmark," and the four Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures Contracts that at any given time make up the Benchmark are referred to as the "Benchmark Component Futures Contracts."
Teucrium Natural Gas Fund is a commodity pool that issues Shares that may be purchased and sold on the NYSE Arca. The Fund is a series of the Teucrium Commodity Trust ("Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust organized on September 11, 2009. The Fund is one of seven series of the Trust; each series operates as a separate commodity pool. Additional series of the Trust may be created in the future. The Trust and the Fund operate pursuant to the Trust's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement".) The Fund was formed and is managed and controlled by the Sponsor, Teucrium Trading, LLC. The Sponsor, a limited liability company formed in Delaware on July 28, 2009, is registered as a commodity pool operator ("CPO") with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and is a member of the National Futures Association ("NFA").
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|Release date
|17 October 2012 (Update)
|Combat level
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|33 (and 10.8 experience)
|Always drops
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|He's committing smash and grab!
Goblin Raiders are raiders who are involved in Goblin raids, led by Hollowtoof. They drop items relevant to what they're raiding. When raiding they shout various phrases such as "Got one!" , "Hur hur hur!" and "I got a ..." They appear to be wielding the Raider axe.
These raiders will shout various phrases, and each time they shout this, one raided drop (logs for a wood-gathering goblin, seeds for a goblin on a farm) is added to that goblin. When it is killed, they drop all of it. For example when a goblin has said something three times, it will drop two logs and one oak logs.
They also appeared in RuneScape 2007 in Varrock at level 4. They shouted things like "Die human" and "take over Varrock!" and attacked the guards. They had the regular goblin drops.
As said before, the goblin will drop materials from their raiding spot. The quantity is the amount of times they yelled something.
100% dropsEdit
- ^ Goblins have a chance to not drop bones.
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Copper ore Varies Common 82 Iron ore Varies Common 266
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Marigold seed Varies Common 28 Potato seed Varies Common 6 Barley seed Varies Common 3
Other itemsEdit
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Goblin mail 1 Common 554 Nature talisman 1 Rare 387 Clue scroll (easy) (m) 1 Unknown Not sold Bronze helm 1 Common 150 Bronze spear 1 Common 599 Coins 1–24 Common Not sold Chaos rune 1 Common 50 Bronze javelin 5 Common 75 Bronze arrow 10 Common 70
Universal dropsEdit
- Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.
- These drops are dropped alongside main drops.
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Key token 1 Rare Not sold


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Lil Bub in NYC
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If you're anything like me, you think Lil Bub is maybe the finest cat thing on the planet. The perma-kitten with stunted legs, bug eyes and a perpetually limp tongue has become an insta-celeb in influential cat video circles. Which is why Vice up and decided to make a documentary following Lil Bub's provocative exploits. We can't wait for the full-length Bubathon, so in the meantime, here's a Bubful teaser. Stay tuned! [YouTube]


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All of you Medal of Honor fans must be looking for a decent Medal of Honor Windows 7 theme – here's one!
Medal of Honor Beta / Limited Edition Tier 1
The Medal of Honor 2010 multiplayer beta will be extended, so you have another chance to try out Medal of Honor 2010. If you want to know how to get a Medal of Honor beta key, get this guide. Definitely check out the limited Medal of Honor Tier 1 Edition if you are going to buy the game afterwards.
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Medal of Honor Wallpapers:
The Windows 7 Medal of Honor theme includes wallpapers of previous Medal of Honor games as well as the new Medal of Honor 2010:
Medal of Honor Start Orb:
I've created a simple Medal of Honor start orb for Windows 7:
Medal of Honor Sounds
Various sounds are included in the Windows 7 theme, here's a preview:
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Download Medal of Honor Windows 7 Theme
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If you have problems installing the Windows 7 Medal of Honor theme, please read the tutorials on our site using the search box or read the attached readme files. Can also be installed on Windows Vista, but there is no auto-install for Vista. Windows 7 will automatically install the theme for you!
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