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Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor thought it would be swell to be a member of the British House of Lords. Fortunately, Benedict XVI stopped him, possibly because it is illegal for a priest to be a member of a legislative body according to Canon Law.
Of course, janitors, fishermen, receptionists, and baristas all have more honorable professions than any legislator. (NB: I'm not being hyperbolic here.) So for a high ranking prelate to join a talking shop of politicians would be a disgrace, although the poorly-informed Cardinal apparently fails to see this fact.
Interestingly, many constitutions of 19th century America prohibited clergy of all types from serving in elected office. Numerous state constitutions contained such provisions, as did the constitution of the Republic of Texas. I don't have a particularly strong opinion on the existence of such provisions, but the sentiment seems like a good one.
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I am strongly in favor of barring clergy from "serving" in legislatures, but I don't think the ban goes far enough. Police, soldiers, lawyers, doctors, businesspeople, labor leaders, teachers, the homeless, property-owners, stockbrokers, bankers, tennents, writers, editors, people on welfare, and people earning minimum wage should also be prohibited from serving in government…
I think we should only have statesmen in government.
Who is a statesman? A famous politician who is dead.
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As northern California dries out after its latest series of intense rains, new weather stations are helping forecasters there more accurately predict flooding from the state's most damaging type of winter storms.
Sometimes referred to as the "pineapple express," these events occur when winds sweep tropical moisture into narrow filaments.
The filaments, which scientists call atmospheric rivers, hit land as a series of intense storms, one after another. In 2010 one particularly strong atmospheric river doused parts of California with up to 26 inches (660 millimeters) of rain and dumped up to 17 feet (5.2 meters) of snow in the mountains.
The latest one struck last week, dropping 15 inches (450 millimeters) of rain in parts of northern California—just as scientists were preparing to report on the new forecasting system in San Francisco, at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Atmospheric rivers are concentrated bands of water vapor that form about a mile (1.6 kilometers) above the ocean, typically ahead of a cold front, then migrate east.
Satellite images have long been able to show them heading for the coast. But it's only now that forecasters are able to zero in on just how much precipitation and flooding they might cause when they arrive.
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To do this, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other scientists are in the process of installing an $11 million array of automated weather stations, which will be scattered throughout the state.
The backbone of the new system consists of four "atmospheric river observatories" spaced along the coast. These will train Doppler radar on the heart of approaching storms.
"That tells us a lot about the winds aloft," Martin Ralph, a meteorologist at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, said at the AGU meeting. Knowledge of the winds helps predict how far inland the storms will travel and how fast.
Backing up these observatories is a grid of soil-moisture monitors and snow-level radars. The former help determine how much rain the soils can absorb without flooding.
The latter instruments beam radar pulses into the sky to determine the altitude at which falling snowflakes are changing to raindrops. That information will allow forecasters to estimate how much precipitation will fall as snow, and how much as rain, when the storms plow into the Sierra Nevada mountains.
And that in turn will help determine the risk of flooding. (Watch video: "Floods 101.")
Snow collects in the mountains and doesn't run into rivers until the spring melt. Rain runs off immediately. So the difference between snowflakes and raindrops is crucial—and forecasters have had great trouble calling the outcome in advance.
"Out over the Pacific we have very little data," said Kevin Baker, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service's San Francisco Bay office. "We're relying on satellites. The integration of this kind of information is critical to improving the forecast."
The Pacific Northwest isn't the only place where coastlines can be hit by atmospheric rivers. At any give time several of the filaments can be spotted around the globe.
"They're the engines of the water cycle in the mid-latitudes," Ralph said—the main pathway by which water vapor from the warm, wet tropics is shunted toward the cold, dry poles. On average, the atmospheric rivers striking the U.S. West Coast carry ten times as much water as the Mississippi River.
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How will California's weather change as a result of global warming? The state seems fairly certain to get more of its precipitation in the future as rain and less as snow. That by itself will increase the risk of flooding—and also of water shortages, because the Sierra Nevada snowpack functions as a natural reservoir.
(Read about California's water crisis in National Geographic magazine.)
It's less clear how global warming will affect atmospheric rivers and the storms they bring. The warmer air of the future will be able to hold more moisture, but weather models indicate that the speed at which the storms move may slow down.
The first change will tend to increase, the second to reduce the rate at which moisture hits land. Global climate models suggest that by the end of this century, "on average, the changes are relatively small," said Michael Dettinger, a research hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey in La Jolla, California.
(See "More Mega-Snowstorms Coming—Global Warming to Blame?")
But that's the average. The models also suggest that global warming will increase the extremes, Dettinger said—delivering "a few megastorms of a scale that we may not have encountered, historically."
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Scotty McCreery's debut disc Clear As Day debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 this week, selling 197,000 copies in its first week.
That makes McCreery, 18, the first American Idol winner to top the chart since Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard's Soulful opened at number one back in 2003. It also provides the Idol franchise a much-needed success story.
McCreery's strong sales week improves greatly upon the 39,000 debut tally that Lee Dewyze's Live It Up notched last year, as well as the 80,000 first week sales of Kris Allen's self-titled 2009 offering.
Of course, McCreery didn't sell as many albums as past winners Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson, but considering the current state of the record industry, the fact that David Cook and Jordin Sparks' sophomore albums both recently floundered, and the musical irrelevance of Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks these days, Idol was in dire need of a fresh star, and it looks like it's got one with McCreery. READ FULL STORY


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Two federal appeals courts recently handed down important decisions that clarify the standard for revoking a dealer's federal firearms license (FFL). While the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) can only revoke an FFL for "willful" violations of the law, the batfe has argued that repeated recordkeeping errors are all it takes to prove a "willful" violation. All too often, the courts have agreed.
In the two new cases, the courts took a harder look at BATFE's argument--and at their own past decisions.
The first case, decided in Oct. 2008 by the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, involved ArmaLite, Inc., a well known and reputable Illinois gun manufacturer that also had a dealer's license for a location in Ohio. batfe revoked the license for Armalite's Ohio location due to errors in the store's records, and ArmaLite appealed through the courts.
Eventually, the Sixth Circuit clarified its own previous decisions, saying that an ffl only commits a "willful" violation when it "intentionally, knowingly or recklessly violates known legal requirements." Unfortunately, the court also decided that one of ArmaLite's violations met this higher standard and was enough to justify the revocation of the Ohio license. ArmaLite disagrees with that element of the decision, but had primarily fought the case to counter the administrative misuse of the term "willful."
In the second case, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals considered a similar appeal by The General Store, which the court described as "an aptly named retailer" in Spokane, Wash. As in the ArmaLite case, the appeals court agreed that a "willful" violation "did not mean a mere mistake or negligence." Unfortunately, the court agreed that two of the store's violations were "willful" under the stronger definition--again enough to justify the revocation.
Despite their final outcomes, these decisions mean that in future cases around the country, the BATFE will have to meet a higher standard to revoke dealer's licenses.NRA remains committed to tightening the standard for BATFE actions by legislation in Congress, and will cover those efforts in a future report. NRA members facing similar problems with BATFE should go to www.nraila.org/batfe or call (703) 267-1160 for more information.
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A humid continental climate (Köppen prefix D and a third letter of a or b) is a climatic region typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.
Precipitation is relatively well distributed year-round in many areas with this climate, while others may see a marked reduction in wintry precipitation and even a wintertime drought. Snowfall, regardless of average seasonal totals, occurs in all areas with a humid continental climate and in many such places is more common than rain during the height of winter. In places with sufficient wintertime precipitation, the snow cover is often deep. Most summer rainfall occurs during thunderstorms and a very occasional tropical system. Though humidity levels are often high in locations with humid continental climates, the "humid" designation does not mean that the humidity levels are necessarily high, only that the climate is not dry enough to be classified as semi-arid or arid. Very few areas with a humid continental climate fall in the Dsa or Dsb categories; generally these are adjacent to Mediterranean climates where the elevation precludes such classification due to colder winters.
Humid continental climates tend to be found above 40° N latitude, within the central and northeastern portions of North America, Europe, and Asia. They are much less commonly found in the Southern Hemisphere due to the larger ocean area at that latitude and the consequent greater maritime moderation.
The Köppen definition of this climate regarding temperature is as follows: the mean temperature of the coldest month must be below −3 °C (26.6 °F) (some climatologists prefer to use the freezing mark), and there must be at least four months whose mean temperatures are at or above 10 °C (50 °F). In addition, the location in question must not be semi-arid or arid.
Explanation of lettering[edit]
Under Köppen, the following variants of this climate are possible:[1]
- The second letter
- f : Does not meet either of the alternative specifications.
- s : A dry summer — the driest summer month has at most 30 millimetres (1.18 in) of rainfall and has at most 1⁄3 the precipitation of the wettest winter month.
- w : A dry winter — the driest winter month has at most one‑tenth of the precipitation found in the wettest summer month.
- The third letter
- a : Warmest month averages above 22 °C (71.6 °F)
- b : Does not meet the requirements for a, but there still are at least four months above 10 °C (50 °F).
Dfa/Dwa/Dsa: Hot (or very warm) summer subtype[edit]
A hot (or very warm) version of a continental climate features an average temperature of at least 22 °C (71.6 °F) in its warmest month. The warmest month is usually July, though in some cases, it can be August. In this region, July afternoon temperatures average up to 32 °C (90 °F), while the January mean temperature can be far below −3.0 °C (26.6 °F). In Europe, it is found in areas largely inland in Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, in the Pannonian Basin in parts of Hungary, Croatia and Serbia and in the Don River estuary of Russia. In Asia, around the Caspian Sea in Russia, Kazakhstan, in parts of Iran, Turkey and parts of Kashmir in India. It covers a great swath of Northeast China, almost all of North Korea, most of South Korea and much of northern Japan (including most of Hokkaido) as well as various central areas. In East Asia, this climate exhibits a monsoonal tendency with much higher precipitation in summer than in winter, and due the effects of the strong Siberian High much colder winter temperatures than similar latitudes around the world, however with lower snowfall, the exception being western Japan with its heavy snowfall. Within North America, it includes parts of southern New England and the Middle Atlantic states, much of the Midwestern United States, and small parts of Southern Ontario, Canada, from the Atlantic to the 100th meridian, and in the general range of between 39 °N to 44 °N latitude (with a larger north-south spread in the western portion due to the lack of maritime influences); precipitation increases further eastward in this zone and is less seasonally uniform in the west.
The 0 °C (32 °F) isotherm (freeze line) and the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm (persistent-snow line) are often both argued as the statistical dividing line between the humid continental climate dominating areas to the north and west and the humid subtropical climate dominating areas to the south and southwest. The Köppen climate classification, the most popular climate classification, uses −3 °C (27 °F) as its lower threshold criterion; however, many climatologists in the U.S. prefer to use 0 °C (32 °F) as the standard because they feel it better reflects consistency in regional floristic character (i.e. forest composition/type).
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The western states of the central United States (namely Montana, Wyoming, parts of southern Idaho, parts of Colorado, parts of Utah,western Nebraska, and parts of western North and South Dakota) have thermal regimes which fit the Dfa climate type, but are quite dry, and are generally grouped with the steppe (BSk) climates.
Outside of North America the Dfa climate type is present near the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, the Southern Federal District of Russia, southern Moldova, and parts of southern and western Romania, but tends to be drier and can be even semi-arid, in these places. Tohoku in Japan between Tokyo and Hokkaidō also has a climate with Köppen classification Dfa, but is wetter even than that part of North America with this climate type. A variant which has dry winters and hence much lower snowfall with monsoonal type summer rainfall is to be found in north-eastern China including coastal regions of the Yellow Sea and over much of the Korean Peninsula; it has the Köppen classification Dwa. Much of central Asia, northwestern China, and southern Mongolia have a thermal regime similar to that of the Dfa climate type, but these regions receive so little precipitation that they are more often classified as steppes (BSk) or deserts (BWk).
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It appears nowhere within the Southern Hemisphere, which has no large landmasses so situated in the middle latitudes that allow the combination of hot summers and at least one month of sub-freezing temperatures.
Dfb/Dwb/Dsb: Mild to warm summer subtype[edit]
The warm summer version of the humid continental climate covers a much larger area than the hot subtype. In North America, the climate zone covers from about 44°N to 50°N latitude mostly east of the 100th meridian. However, it can be found as far north as 54°N, and further west in the Canadian Prairie Provinces and below 40°N in the high Appalachians. In Europe this subtype reaches its most northerly latitude at nearly 61° N. Areas featuring this subtype of the continental climate have an average temperature in the warmest month below 22°C. Summer high temperatures in this zone typically average between 21–28 °C (70–82 °F) during the daytime and the average temperatures in the coldest month are generally far below the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm.
Such high-altitude locations as South Lake Tahoe, California and Aspen, Colorado in the western United States exhibit local Dfb climates. The south-central and southwestern Prairie Provinces also fits the Dfb criteria from a thermal profile, but because of semi-arid precipitation portions of it are grouped into the BSk category.
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In Europe, it is also found in central Scandinavia. In eastern Central Europe (eastern Austria, (small parts of) Germany, most of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, northern Romania) and in coastal areas of central Scandinavia is a warm summer subtype with less severe winters, more similar to the winters of the hot summer subtype found in eastern North America – the winters here are modified by the oceanic climate influence of western Europe.
The warm summer subtype is marked by mild summers, long cold winters and less precipitation than the hot summer subtype, however, short periods of extreme heat are not uncommon. Northern Japan has a similar climate.
Much of Mongolia and parts of southern Siberia have a thermal regime fitting this climate, but they have steppe- or desert-like precipitation, and so are not really considered to have a humid continental climate.
In the Southern Hemisphere it exists in well-defined areas only in the Southern Alps of New Zealand[citation needed], the Snowy Mountains of Australia- Kiandra, New South Wales qualifies using the 0C/32F baseline- and perhaps as isolated microclimates of the southern Andes of Chile and Argentina.[citation needed]
Other examples of humid continental climates[edit]
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See also[edit]
- ^ "Updated world map of China and Japan, and Syria, the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". University of Melbourne. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00014739.normals.txt
- ^ 数据集检索. Old-cdc.cma.gov.cn. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
- ^ Climate Information for Astana World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 14 August 2012
- ^ Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000 Station Data. Climate.weather.gc.ca (2013-07-10). Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
- ^ Monthly Averages for Minneapolis, MN. weather.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
- ^ Погода и Климат - Климат Хабаровска. Pogodaiklimat.ru. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
- ^ Погода и Климат - Климат Киева. Pogodaiklimat.ru. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
- ^ ftp://ftp.tor.ec.gc.ca/Pub/Normals/English/
- ^ Welcome to IMGW-PIB. Imgw.pl (1972-12-30). Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
- ^ Climatological Normals of Stockholm. Hko.gov.hk (2012-12-20). Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
- ^ Japan Meteorological Agency. Jma.go.jp. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.


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Next week, the United States Senate will once again take up the latest version of the DISCLOSE Act, in yet another attempt to curtail the First Amendment rights of Americans. The bill, S. 3369, has been fast-tracked on the Senate calendar and is set for a vote on Monday, July 16.NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), as well as all members of the Senate, expressing the NRA's steadfast opposition to the legislation."Due to the importance of the fundamental speech and associational rights of the National Rifle Association's four million members," Cox wrote, "and considering the blatant attack on those rights that S. 3369 represents, we strongly oppose the DISCLOSE Act and will consider votes on this legislation in future candidate evaluations."You may read the full text of the letter here.Provisions of the DISCLOSE Act that violate First Amendment rights include disclosure provisions that require organizations to turn membership and donor lists over to the government. In recent weeks, we have seen media attacks on political donors that illustrate the danger this legislation poses, and that expose its true intent: to stifle free speech.Also, the bill would create complicated regulation of political spending and campaign activity, creating immense costs to comply with the law and cause a severe chilling effect on free speech.While the act would have minimal impact on some institutions, such as labor unions, its biggest impact would be limiting the ability of the American people to join together to make their voices heard on issues of every sort. It would also magnify the power of the mainstream media, severely limiting the information available to the American people and threatening the integrity of our electoral process.Please contact your United States Senator before the Monday vote and urge him or her to vote against this assault on our First Amendment rights. You can find contact information for your U.S. Senators by using the "Write Your Representatives" tool at www.NRAILA.org. You may also contact your Senators by phone at (202) 224-3121.
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C ,DS,JAVA (basic),DBMS(basic)
Study the basic concepts in OOP, C and DBMS.
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Empty Rhetoric in the Obama Administration's Iran Policy
The Obama administration has often responded to crises of confidence in its foreign policy by treating unease and skepticism among international allies and partners, and among critics at home, as a messaging problem. It has interpreted failure to secure buy-in or cooperation as a failure to communicate effectively, rather than as a potential sign of flawed substance.
Iran Action Plan is No Step Forward
America VS. Iran: The Competition for the Future of the Middle East
China-Iran Ties: Assessment and Implications for U.S. Policy
Iran's Nuclear Program: IAEA Update
Sanctions on Iran: Reactions and Impact
Deterrence Misapplied: Challenges in Containing a Nuclear Iran
In this working paper for the Council on Foreign Relations, Frederick W. Kagan examines the deterrence model from a theoretical and historical perspective and assesses whether a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran would be deterrable. The full text of the paper can be downloaded below or accessed here.
Gasoline Sanctions on Iran: How Will Tehran Respond?
Iran's September
Iran Policy: Sanctioned Individuals & Entities
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[1] United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1737, 1747, and 1803 (available at http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/IaeaIran/index.shtml).
[2] U.S. Department of Treasury press releases (available at http://www.treas.gov/press/).
[3] U.S. Department of State (available at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/index.htm).


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> What fool thought this was a good idea? IMO: anyone so squeamish that
> they can't stand the thought of some stranger's bare hands touching
> their food should stay home and cook for themselves.
Afaiaa, cooks/chefs having to wear gloves/hair nets etc. in restaurants
has been common health and safety practice in this neck of the woods for a
few decades. One has to wonder what makes California so special?
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An American navy nurse and a Frenchman fall in love while stationed in the South Pacific during World War II. Great Rodgers and Hammerstein score!
South Pacific -- Rodgers and Hammerstein's Academy Award-winning 'South Pacific' is a towering musical masterpiece and the tender love story of a naive young Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) and an older French Plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi) on a U.S. occupied South Sea island. The breathtaking score is highlighted by some of the most romantic songs ever written: 'Some Enchanted Evening,' 'There is Nothin' Like a Dame,' 'Younger Than Springtime' and more. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, South Pacific ranks among the most celebrated of Rodgers and Hammerstein's acclaimed musicals.
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Josephs bill would ban gay-to-straight conversion therapy for minors
HARRISBURG, Oct. 5 – State Rep. Babette Josephs, D-Phila., has introduced a bill that would ban mental health providers from offering sexual orientation conversion therapy for minors.
"No reputable mainstream mental health association considers being gay, lesbian or bisexual a disease or mental illness. Yet, that is exactly the premise behind this kind of therapy – a wrong assumption that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be 'corrected,'" Josephs said.
"As homosexuality is not a disorder, so attempts to 'convert' the sexual orientation of anyone, particularly a minor, threatens the individual's short- and long-term health and well-being."
Conversion therapy generally purports to change a person's sexual orientation by using such techniques as aversion or psychoanalytic treatments or spiritual interventions.
Josephs noted that the potential negative effects of such treatments include depression, substance abuse, self-loathing and suicide.
"The very concept of 'correcting' homosexuality is dehumanizing and contrary to conventional societal norms. The fact that minors are forcefully subjected to this therapy that is not based in any scientific fact is unacceptable. Pennsylvania's children deserve better," Josephs said.
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Title: Most badass music ever (IMHO, honestly!)
Posted: September 25, 2009 (10:06 PM)
Hello everyone.
So, perusing the HG logs, I see many of you post about music in your blogs! Specially Genj, who I added as a friend just to get his music updates.
Well, I am a Jazz lover myself, perhaps a rarity here... I'm not into not Kenny G, mind you, but more like "Miles in Montreux '73" Jazz. (an ultra-rare live performance where the master is booed off-stage, yet makes music I love)
At any rate, I'm listening right now to the song which I think is the most badass ever. It may not be the best ever, but it is unaparalleled in badass-ness, if you ask me.
This song is called "Champagne of Course", and is performed by Terje Rypdal, Bjørnar Andresen & Espen Rud in their 1970 album "Min Bul".
Yes, it is ultra-obscure... but damn is it badass! I'm sure Honestgamers is a fine place to search for brave souls who would dare to seek this song out, so that's why I have shared this tidibit of my life with you.
Title: Der Langrisser reviewed
Posted: September 21, 2009 (03:39 PM)
Just submitted a Der Langrisser review.
It says the things I wanted to say about this game, so in many ways it's more of a review for bringing peace to my soul than anything else.
On the other hand, the many screenshots I submitted are mostly daft fun. I had quite a laugh collecting them, and I hope you have some too from seeing (reading, actually) them.
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Title: Plot twist of the week
Posted: September 12, 2009 (12:09 AM)
I was just at "Armor games" the other day. It's a site where some serious flash gaming goes on. I wouldn't be surprised if some of you guys hated it, be it because it's just too casual or because a company where you worked at got bankrupt when its employees learned of it.
Anyway, I just finished playing one of their games, "Stick War". The game itself is good and challenging, tough little more than a way to spend one or two hours.
However, it ends with a twist that... well, i'll talk little of it, except that I didn't see it coming, and even if I did I wouldn't find it less brilliant.
It only makes sense in the game's context, and to learn about it you'd have to play the game to the end. But still, it's the best twist i've seen in a game for a looooong, long time.
And I just wanted to tell someone about it. So there!
Title: Matrix Cubed
Posted: September 01, 2009 (11:42 AM)
I've just submitted a review for a game featuring NEO and the Matrix... device.
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Title: New review, after a lot of time idle.
Posted: August 22, 2009 (05:21 PM)
Hello Everyone.
After many months idle, I've submitted a review for the site.
It's for the PC version of Buck Rogers: Countdown to doomsday.
Hopefully, you'll like it. Or at least not hate it! :p
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Posted: April 20, 2008 (10:43 PM)
Well, I just reviewed that
I also am strating to think that the fate that befell the 'Valis' sseries was maybe not so horrible as that of 'Phantasy Star'...
Anyway, I'd love to compare this game with that PC-engine rpg that Zig reviewed once, something about a magic flute or whatnot, that got a 2/10 score.
(this one got a 1/10)
Title: 'My hero' review.
Posted: April 12, 2008 (04:30 PM)
I just submitted a review for this SMS game.
I'll admit it got longer than I expected, but this game made me feel so mocked that I felt I needed to express the whole extent of my hate for it.
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Title: The first time I edit a review.
Posted: April 10, 2008 (02:21 PM)
As a Historian, I think that some flaws should be acknowledged as being 'existent' and therefore present their ugly faces to mankind so that people may learn with them. Especially when these flaws don't really do the world much harm and just boggle some intellectual-elite video-game afficcionados!
Therefore, I have a bit of a policy not to go around massively editing my flawed reviews.
Still, just because something is flawed, doesn't mean it should be ANNOYING as well!
My REVIEW for Ultima: Martian Dreams was deemed ANNOYING by people with influence because IT capitALIZES appAREntly RaNdOm LETTERS!
Learning from this mistake, i set out to repair this wrondingdoing and edit my review for the game so that it could be LESS ANNOYING!
Still, it's overall quality is pretty much the same! Only WITHOUT annoying CAPITALIZED LETTERS!
(well, with fewer of them, at least.)
Title: 'Ultima: Martian Dreams' Review
Posted: April 04, 2008 (07:03 PM)
I have just submitted a review for this game about that important historical moment when Sigmund Freud & Nikolai Tesla went to rescue those guys who got stranded in Mars.
It's a submission meant for the brevity contest, so it's a brief review!
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Title: Warning forever reviewed.
Posted: March 29, 2008 (10:26 AM)
Since 'Warning Forever' has been added to the database, I have submitted my review for it!
And some nifty screenshots too.
Actually, 'Warning Forever' is one of those games that looks truly good when in motion, with all the explosions, the laser beams, the vulcan shots in the air, and all that. The still screenshots do the game little justice.
I'm off to play more 'Warning Forever'! Yay!
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Title: HG cybersquatted?!
Posted: March 28, 2008 (11:43 PM)
So... I loaded the HG main page sometime earlier today... and was re-directed to a typical cyber-squatter site!
Later on I re-loaed the page and was was nice and peachy.
So... evil greedy undead cybersquatters loom over these premises?!
Title: Icewind Dale Review
Posted: March 21, 2008 (05:49 PM)
After reading the review about 'Hard to a God' and the comment on how the enemies were terribly stupid, I decided to write about another game that suffered with a similar scheme: Icewind Dale!
Title: Star Control 3 review up.
Posted: March 15, 2008 (09:58 AM)
All right, with the game now in the list, I submitted my review for it!
As soon as it is displayed on the site, i expect fans of 'Star Control 2' to come to my blog here and start demanding my head for giving the game 4 points more than they think it deserved!
Still, I don't see why it should be so hated in the gaming community. Come one guys! OK, so the ending sucked terribly (it's not much of a spoiler, because the ending is 'get dumped in the credits screen, the same clickable on the main menu'), but at least discovering that the precursors disappeared because [CLASSIFIED] was a really clever way of explaining it! Don't you think?!
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Title: Where's 'Star Control 3'?!
Posted: March 14, 2008 (06:20 PM)
I have just written a review for the vilified adventure game (no, not RPG, not Strategy) 'Star Control 3'....
... and yet i cannot send it because it does not grace the site's game listings!
What should I do?!
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Title: 'Growl' Review.
Posted: March 09, 2008 (11:06 PM)
Just posted a review for 'Growl', AKA 'Runark'.
'Runark' sound like a cool name, eh?!
Besides the name, the cover for this cartridge is also nice.
Too bad the game itself is pretty lame. Alas...
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"Miss America's return to her home in Atlantic City, New Jersey will be a 13 day event following Labor Day weekend and will include three nights of Preliminary Competitions that will take place on Sept. 10, 11 and 12 at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall."
The Miss America Pageant will not be held on a Saturday this year, likely due to ABC running Saturday night football in September.
On Wednesday, March 20, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced the date for the Miss America pageant, which is returning to Atlantic City this September, as announced this past winter.
The pageant will be held Sunday, Sept. 15, according to The Miss America Organization (MAO) and the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA), the Atlantic City Alliance (ACA) and the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority (ACCVA).
"Miss America's return to her home in Atlantic City, New Jersey will be a 13 day event following Labor Day weekend and will include three nights of Preliminary Competitions that will take place on Sept. 10, 11 and 12 at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall," read the statement released Wednesday by the MAO. "This historic return to Atlantic City will be a monumental event complete with the much anticipated Miss America 'Show Us Your Shoes Parade' that will be held on the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk on Saturday, Sept. 14."
"We are so excited to announce the date and sincerely thank Governor Chris Christie and the State of New Jersey and Atlantic City for their help in bringing Miss America home," said
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"We look forward to creating an incredible new era for our organization as we return to Atlantic City on September 15th live on ABC! We are now looking forward to creating the most exciting television event ever for Miss America's return home with the support of our network partner ABC — we know it will be a spectacular television event."
Meanwhile, Miss America's president and CEO Art McMaster stated."This September, we will be proud to showcase Atlantic City and Miss America together on network television. Miss America has evolved into a national pastime and our organization enables over 12,000 young women to participate in our scholarship program each and every year. We know that the country will embrace our return to our birthplace and experience a new and very relevant Miss America,"
Tickets for the Miss America 2014 Competition will be on sale soon. The MAO says to check its Web site in May for details (missamerica.org).
"Good riddance NJ can have It in Vegas we don't expolit women We sell them, as proud member of N.O.W Im glad to see it go"
"Having been proud of the Miss America Pageant growing up in the great state of New Jersey, I am so happy it is returning!!!! It was like moving the Statue of Liberty to Las Vegas!!! It's a tradition born and raised in Atlantic City NJ!!! Let's keep it here!!!"
"Glad to have the Pageant back in Atlantic City, however, it is being held on Yom Kipper Kol Nidra and the whole Jewish population will not be attending. since it is our most religious holiday. How inconsiderate of the Miss America Pageant Board of Directors to do such a thing.
"At that moment I was completely shocked and overwhelmed," she says. "I thought they had made a mistake. I believe I said, 'Oh my God' and 'thank you.'"
Joni Mitchell: "Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone."
"I attended the pageant a couple of times when it was in Las Vegas, but I have to tell you now that it is back I think it will be wonderful."
All of what you need to know about the 2014 Miss America Competition and all of the events leading up to the finals.
TMZ probably has a bounty out and reward money established for any of its correspondents who can uncover dirt on any contestant.
The town of Atlantic City felt jilted when Miss America left town and fled west to Sin City, Las Vegas. While the economic reasons for the change were compelling, including the loss of a viable television contract to broadcast the pageant, it was still a shock when the pageant left in 2005, showing up on the CMT network in January 2006.
"I am looking forward to being here and participating in the pageant especially the Boardwalk Parade."
Plus, Miss America update, Hard Rock Rising Battle Finals and the Album of the Week (David Bowie)
The Miss America Pageant is coming back home to Atlantic City in 2013, but it may not be the Miss America Pageant of old. In an exclusive interview with Atlantic City Weekly, the organization's CEO Art McMaster says a date for the pageant should be set within a week or so. Are there more changes in store for this year's pageant?
"Since coming to Las Vegas it seems to me the Pageant has lost its wholesomeness, which always set it apart from the other pageants."
The classic Miss America theme song, "There She Is Miss America," with its lyrics — "The dream of a million girls who are more than pretty can come true in Atlantic City" — is relevant once again. The Miss America Pageant is headed back to Atlantic City.
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Investors sit in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in China's Taiyuan, Shanxi province. Reuters
Foreign buyers are now being seen as the potential salvation for a Chinese stock market bereft of domestic investors who have turned their sights to stocks abroad.
China's markets were among the worst performers globally last year, and have performed poorly for the past five years even as other markets have doubled.
Just one-third of Chinese brokerage accounts hold stocks, an all-time low, according to China Securities Depositary and Clearing Corp., which manages clearing and settlement for China's stock markets. Instead, investors are embracing a program that allows them to invest overseas.
Last year marked the biggest increase in quotas for a program known as QDII, for Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors, putting the total since its inauguration in 2007 at $86 billion.
"I don't want to put all my eggs in the same China basket," said Dora Tao, an accountant in Shanghai who is considering investing in the QDII program.
But where Chinese are ignoring their local market, foreign investors see bargains and are maxing out on the quotas that allow them to invest in Chinese stocks that trade in the mainland.
And now China's top securities regulator has said that quotas that allow foreigners to invest in Chinese equity markets could be increased tenfold.
"The five brokers we work with don't have any more quota left for us; everyone is looking to get new quotas," said Aaron Boesky, chief executive of Marco Polo Investments Group. which focuses on mainland Chinese stocks.
"Foreign investors who haven't been through those terrible years see China now as a great buying opportunity."
As part of its effort to boost its market, China is expanding those quotas to an eager audience.
That program is known as QFII, for Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors, and allows investment funds, endowments and the like to invest in Chinese stocks that trade on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges.
It took China a decade to issue $36 billion in quotas for foreign investors, about a day's worth of combined trading volume for the mainland markets.
Then last April, the country's securities regulator more than doubled QFII quotas to $80 billion, and in December it decided to lift a cap for sovereign-wealth funds and central banks that prevented a single institution from investing more than $1 billion.
Beijing has been raising the limits on the overseas portfolios of Chinese investors, who have grabbed the opportunity to sink more money into foreign markets. The WSJ's Wei Gu talks about why so many prefer other countries' stocks to their own.
With a new program that allows Chinese brokers to get overseas yuan back into the Chinese markets, equities could see up to $70 billion in new foreign money, which equals 5% of the free float of Chinese stocks, Mr. Boesky said.
But foreigners seem to be the only ones who are eager to get into the Chinese market because, unlike the Chinese investors, they haven't experienced the five-year bear market.
Like investors everywhere, Chinese tend to buy the investments with the best recent track record. That is one reason they are putting money overseas.
For the past two years, funds investing overseas have handily beaten the funds that invest inside China. In 2012, funds that let Chinese invest abroad were up an average of 10%, with the top performer up 30%, while the Shanghai stock market was up only slightly.
The Chinese government started the QDII program just as the financial crisis was about to hit, so the inaugural performance was rather inauspicious.
The first four funds fell by as much as 40% and frustrated investors responded by dumping their holdings.
Better subsequent performance and encouragement by the Chinese government, which is pushing residents to venture abroad to help lower price pressures inside the country on everything from paintings to properties, have drawn investors back into the funds.
China's central bank said in early January that it would study the possibility of starting a second program, which would allow domestic investors to invest in overseas stocks directly.
Chinese funds that invest abroad often focus on well-known overseas-listed Chinese companies, including Internet darlings such as Baidu Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. By doing so, they have managed to avoid damage from the accounting blowups that have plagued some Chinese stocks.
The improving performance of funds that invest abroad has helped bring in more assets. Two-thirds of the 70-some QDII funds were opened in the past two years.
"Chinese investors have gone out of the initial panic stage after the global financial crisis," said Ding Chen, chief executive officer of CSOP Asset Management. "The sentiment towards overseas investing has turned."
The best performing QDII fund in the past six months is Fortune SG Fund Management's China growth fund, which rose 30% by investing in Hong Kong and U.S.-listed Chinese companies.
Luxury goods, emerging markets, properties and commodities are also popular themes.
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text: Alonso bounces back to break Ferrari drought with victory in China 14 April, 2013 Chinese GP winner Fernando Alonso on the Shanghai podium The last time that Fernando Alonso stood aloft the top step of a podium was thirteen races ago in Germany, putting behind him the second lap retirement in Malaysia the Spaniard gave a masterclass as he powered to victory in the Chinese Grand Prix and re-ignite his title challenge. From the start Alonso was racy, tucking into second place and thereafter paced himself, taking the lead briefly before the first rounds of pitstops with half a dozen laps on the chart, by mid-distance the Ferrari driver had done enough to control the race to the very end with plenty to spare. His delight was evident as he stood on the F138 in parc ferme and acknowledged the cheers from the crowd, including his team. It was the Spaniard's 31st grand prix win, his tenth as a Ferrari driver – an important win for the Maranello squad. Fernando Alonso celebrates in parc ferme Alonso said on the podium, "It was a fantastic race for us from the start. There were no big problems and the tyre degradation better than expected. It feels great. In the two races we have finished we've got second place and victory, so our start of the 2013 season is very good. We're very optimistic for the rest of the season. You always push in a Formula 1 race, we had some pace in the pocket, but it's difficult to know when to use it." But it was clear that Alonso was keeping his race face on until next weekend in Bahrain, even admitting that he would not be celebrating much, "I expect a tough race again in Bahrain. We will see different conditions. Who knows how competitive anyone can be. The races we have finished, the car seems capable of getting on the podium. The celebrations tonight will be nothing special as I have an early flight for Bahrain. I'll have some dinner and the guys will probably party more than me." Kimi Raikkonen was second after another impressive showing by the Lotus driver despite a very bad start from the front row of the grid. Raikkonen was in the wars early on, resulting in a gash on the nose of his E21 after a coming together with Sergio Perez's McLaren. But his team opted to keep the Finn out and he proceeded to do enough to keep Lewis Hamilton at bay for the final half of the race. Lewis Hamilton leads at the start of the Chinese GP Poker faced and hardly cracking a smile, Raikkonen said during the podium interview, "I think in the end it was an OK result. Obviously we want to win. After a bad start, the car was handling well. Overtaking Perez, I was next to him and he just pushed me on the kerb. I tried to avoid him and when on the grass and I hit him. It damaged the nose but luckily it didn't damage too much the handling, just a bit of understeer. Anyhow, good points and we try to do better next time." Hamilton in turn started from pole and led for a spell, but it was evident that the Mercedes was not as kind to the Pirelli tyres as were the leaders. He settled into third and had to work hard hard to keep Sebastian Vettel at bay throughout a nail-biting last lap. With tyres clearly 'off the cliff' Hamilton managed to stay ahead of the Red Bull driver who was charging on fresh softs. In the end they crossed the line almost side by side – Hamilton followed by Vettel – top four all world champions. Hamilton reflected, "I'm really happy with today's result and very happy for the team. We didn't quite have the pace of these two [Alonso and Raikkonen] but we're very pleased to get on the podium." "I'm really happy with today's result and very happy for the team. We didn't quite have the pace of these two [Alonso and Raikkonen] but we're very pleased to get on the podium." Lewis Hamilton chased over the finish line by Sebastian Vettel The day ended with Vettel top of the championship points standings with 52 points, three more than Raikkonen in second and Alonso third with 43. Vettel and Jenson Button were the only two in the top nine who opted to run the harder (white band) Pirelli compound while the others were on the softer (yellow band) option. Although the strategy in the end did not give them a chance of winning it did see them make up places and in the end Vettel was fourth and Button fifth, which was a fair return considering where they started. Vettel summed up his afternoon, "The team told me that there was quite a big gap behind Lewis [Hamilton], but also that there was a big gap to the car behind, so they told me to go for it. We had fresh speed on the tyres and with a couple of corners more we could have tried something. But it didn't quite happen – that's the way it goes sometimes. Nevertheless our strategy worked well and overall we can be happy." Button said, "For me, it is quite strange because we led a lot of the race. We did well, we had to try something different because we knew we didn't have the pace to finish in the top five on a three or four stop strategy. We had to go long which was tricky with everyone jumping all over each other. We couldn't block or fight people which was frustrating and is not the most exciting racing. But it's what we had to do and we came away with the 10 points. Fifth place is pretty good and we beat a Ferrari and a Lotus." Fernando Alonso leads teammate Felipe Mass early on in the race Notably all five world champions on the grid hogged the top five spots on the results sheet, and five different constructors. For Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber luck in China was not kind to him. First he ran out of fuel during Q2 on Saturday and started the race from the pitlane, and 24 hours later the Red Bull was again parked on the side of the race track this time without a rear wheel which went astray after Webber pitted to fix damage to the RB9 after a skirmish with Jean Eric Vergne in the Toro Rosso. "The start of the race was going OK and we decided to get rid of the other tyres quickly and then regroup. But then I got to Jean-Eric [Vergne]. I was coming from a reasonable distance behind but he knew I was there. He looked like I was going to get past him and then he went for the apex. It's disappointing," reported Webber, who was 11th when he retired with 15 laps on his chart. With his teammate winning and starting from fifth on the grid, Felipe Massa would have been excused for expecting more than sixth place at the end of the race. Apart from an early flurry the Brazilian did not seem comfortable and mysteriously did not offer much resistance when under attack. The pecking order at Maranello is re-established despite some doubts before the Shanghai weekend. Felipe Massa leads Sebastian Vettel Massa explained, "I couldn't use the medium tyres, I had a huge amount of graining. It was increasing every lap. At the end of the run, the graining cleaned up and I was doing quick lap times. It was a big problem which I had for the whole race. If we didn't have the issues, I think we had the big possibility to fight for victory so it's a shame to have this problem. From Friday, I was never quick on the medium. I was always struggling with the fronts and was the same because of the graining." Our 'man of the match' award this time out would go to Daniel Ricciardo who qualified the Toro Rosso in seventh, and drove a solid race to claim his first points of the season with a seventh place finish – his best result to date in F1. Ricciardo, sporting his ever present smile told reporters, "I am really pleased to score my first points of the season and to confirm the qualifying performance. The last time I qualified this well was sixth in Bahrain last year and then I failed to score, so today, I really wanted to show people what I could do. From the start of the season, we have had many changes in terms of personnel and it takes a while for that to gel and this weekend, it felt like everything clicked into place, after the first two race weekends were a bit up and down, but now I expect us to continue getting stronger from here on." Esteban Gutierrez crashes out of the race Force India have been the surprise package of the season, both Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil top ten material. What should have been a strong weekend for the Silverstone based team turned into disappointment for Sutil who was punted from behind by Esteban Gutierrez in the Sauber. The Mexican rookie retired immediately. Sutil limped back to the pits with a seriously damaged wing but in the Force India pit box the rear of the VJM06 caught alight and that was that for the Sutil. The FIA stewards slapped Gutierrez with a five place grid penalty for a clear case of brain fade at speed, effective in Bahrain. Di Resta who survived a few torrid momments when he went wheel to wheel with Sutil, salvaged some pride for the team with eighth place. "The pace of the third stage of the race was unbelievable and on our tyres we were able to improve and improve. It was a top job by the boys because they had a few issues before we went out. I think it was the right strategy but I was a bit unfortunate with Adrian [Sutil] being a bit aggressive at the start of the race. I lost four places and then had to battle back. Whether he intended that I don't know. I will have to ask him later. We will discuss it in-house, but that was what cost us the most during the race," recounted Di Resta. Alonso fans Ninth place went to Romain Grosjean in the Lotus, failing to match the pace of his teammate who finished on the podium The final point went to Nico Hulkenberg who led at one point in the Sauber, but twice his crew tripped up during his pitstops which did little to help his cause. "The pit-lane wasn't my friend today – twice I had some issues in there. Other than that it was a good effort, I was leading the race for few laps, but then got overtaken by quite a few people." mused the German. Williams hardly featured at all with Valterri Bottas and Pastor maldonado finishing 13th and 14th respectively. Behind them Jules Bianchi again was the best driver of the backmarker teams, finishing 15th for Marussia. Last word to Ferrari team principal Stefano Domencali who saw his driver back on the top step podium for the first time in eight months, "I'm not surprised by the advantage we got today. Fernando was extraordinary. Our pace was really strong, the team performed well and we tried to manage the gaps with our main competitors. But today was just one win – now we need to focus on the next race." Round 3, Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai – Sundey, 14 April 2013 Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts 1 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 Winner 3 25 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 56 +10.1 secs 2 18 3 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 +12.3 secs 1 15 4 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 56 +12.5 secs 9 12 5 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56 +35.2 secs 8 10 6 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +40.8 secs 5 8 7 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 56 +42.6 secs 7 6 8 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 56 +51.0 secs 11 4 9 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 56 +53.4 secs 6 2 10 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 56 +56.5 secs 10 1 11 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 56 +63.8 secs 12 12 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 56 +72.6 secs 15 13 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 56 +93.8 secs 16 14 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 56 +95.4 secs 14 15 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 55 +1 Lap 18 16 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 55 +1 Lap 20 17 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 55 +1 Lap 19 18 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 55 +1 Lap 21 Ret 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 21 +35 Laps 4 Ret 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 15 +41 Laps 22 Ret 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 5 +51 Laps 13 Ret 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 4 +52 Laps 17 Note – Webber originally qualified 14th but moved to the back of the grid for failing to provide a one-litre fuel sample after qualifying Tweet Related NewsTech Talk: Mercedes new front wing and other trick bits spotted in ShanghaiLost in translation cause of China chequered flag debacleHakkinen slams Vettel for ignoring team ordersPhotos: Best of Chinese Grand Prix race dayRed Bull and Vettel deny that team orders were ignored in ShanghaiAlonso: I think this podium should be dedicated to Stefano DomenicaliRaikkonen: Things have been pretty difficult but I'm sure that with more knowledge we can work things outMassa calls for probe into disastrous pitstop during Chinese Grand PrixLotus progress halted as gearbox gremlins strike in ShanghaiHamilton: I just can't believe how amazing the car is and how hard everyone has worked Pitwal Massive difference between China and Malaysia podiums. I guess that's the difference between when men race and when spoilt little boys steal a win they didn't deserve. Hawk Does anyone really doubt that teams have no. 1 and no. 2 drivers? What happened to the no. 2s? Alonso, Kimi, Lewis, Seb, Button.. all drove very good races under their circumstances. Lewis still proves he can drive a not very good car. Button did the impossible! Finish the race on 2 stops? And in 5th! Incredible. Vettel.. What can I say? Alonso just did what he was expected to do, nothing more. Kimi should have had a better race I think. That Lotus' full potential was not exploited. Alonso_is_slow Alonso can only win with the fastest car. Lol. @Alonso_is_slow You sure talk a lot of BS, for saying that in 2005 and 2006 McLaren had the fastest car, 2010, 2011, 2012 Red Bull was the fastest car, and he won races and even championships in those years. nemo nobody @ lol And you talk BS as well. In 2005, 2006 Mclaren was quicker but finished half of the races mostly because of mechanical errors. So at the end of the year Renault was the superior car. You can read more on Wikipedia if you don't remember well. I sure do… madnessisfame Congratulations to you Mr. Alonso…you were phenomenal…ace driving mannar…gerat chemistry with the car…I am sure the haters loved you today…and I am hoping Massa to find his lucky moments again & soon…enjoy Bahrain again f1fanatic @Hawk: which world are you living in? Mercs not a good car this season? i wouldnt dare say its the best out there but its a fairly decent contender this year. Kimi had a good race, just that his start was compromised and i believe he was fully exploiting the potential of the lotus. also do note he had damage on his car. @Alonso_is_slow: no words to describe your stupidity. @nemo nobody is Alonso_is_slow. Lol. @Nemo Nobody …are you for real? He said Alonso can only win in the fastest car. I said in 2005 and 2006 the McLaren was the fastest car. You actually agreed with me. It's ok, I'll start using wikipedia and you can start using your brain, deal? fools ALONSO FOR THE WINNNNNN! 2nd in Aus. DNF- Malaysia 1st place China Vettel 4th. I love it! The 3 best were on podium with the best at 1st place winning by 10+ seconds!!!! Alonso for the 2013 WDC! fools For all the haters talking smack about Massa out qualifying him… well take a look at 2013 CHINA GP- Results. Nuff said. fools @ Alonso_is_slow you would say that you hater! quit commenting you fool. useless! now all of a sudden Alonso has the fastest car? lol. You mean hes just the best. period. 10+ with a win in the bag hater! Alonso came from 3rd to win. He showed whos best. You know it too ! fools Not to many haters this today. Maybe because they think that YallaF1 is still shut down. lol! Or maybe they realized Alonso is the best driver on the grid. You know winning by 10 seconds when everybody else had the same strategy is quite fast! Alonso looking good for the WDC. I can bet Vettel is crying with his fans boys. Yes fan boys Forza Ferrari Beautiful day and a beautiful dominant victory for Ferrari and Alonso! Fantastic! So happy! Hoping for more of the same in the coming races. Forza Ferrari!!!


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We're seeing more and more cameras that can take – or at least put together – 360º panoramic images. This prototype made by Ricoh is another example. It has two fisheye lenses that can each cover 180º. The camera will automatically combine the images from each half to create a full 360º image.
But the camera itself is just one part of Ricoh's project. After it processes an image, the camera will upload it to a mobile device using Wi-Fi, so users can immediately view and play with the picture.
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The Dalles Dam
|Dalles Dam
From the Washington side
|Official name
|The Dalles Lock and Dam
|Klickitat County, Washington / Wasco County, Oregon, USA
|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Operator)
Bonneville Power Administration (Marketer)
|Dam and spillways
|Type of dam
|Concrete gravity, run-of-the-river
|260 feet (79 m)
|8,875 feet (2,705 m)
|Spillway type
|Service, gate-controlled
|Lake Celilo
|Total capacity
|330,000 acre·ft (0.41 km3)
|Power station
|Installed capacity
|Annual generation
|6,180 GWh[1]
The Dalles Dam is a concrete-gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River, two-miles (3 km) east of the city of The Dalles, Oregon, United States.[2] It joins Wasco County, Oregon with Klickitat County, Washington, 192 miles (309 km) upriver from the mouth of the Columbia near Astoria, Oregon. The closest towns on the Washington side are Dallesport and Wishram.
The Army Corps of Engineers commenced work on the dam in 1952 and completed it five years later. Slackwater created by the dam submerged Celilo Falls, the economic and cultural hub of Native Americans in the region and the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in North America.[3] On March 10, 1957, hundreds of observers looked on as the rising waters rapidly silenced the falls, submerged fishing platforms, and consumed the village of Celilo.
The reservoir behind the dam is named Lake Celilo and runs 24 miles (39 km) up the river channel, to the foot of John Day Dam. The dam is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the power is marketed by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). It is part of an extensive system of dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers.
The Dalles Dam Visitor Center is located at Seufert Park on the Oregon shore, and was built in 1981. Visitors used to be able to ride a tour train, which has been closed since autumn 2001. The closure is due to post-September 11 concerns, the deteriorating conditions of the tracks, and a small derailment of the train. The Columbia Hills State Park is nearby.
- Altitude: 79 feet (24 m) above sea level[citation needed]
- Height: 81 feet (25 m) (Lake Celilo normal pool elevation 160 feet)[citation needed]
- Length: 8,875 feet (2,705 m)[citation needed]
- Navigation lock:
- Single-lift
- 86 feet (26 m) wide[citation needed]
- 650 feet (198 m) long[citation needed]
- Powerhouse:
- Length: 2,089 feet (636.7 m)[citation needed]
- Fourteen 78,000 kilowatt units[citation needed]
- Eight 85,975 kilowatt units[citation needed]
- Total capacity: 1,779.8 megawatts[citation needed]
- Overload capacity: 2,038 MW[citation needed]
- Spillway:
- Gates: 23[citation needed]
- Length: 1,380 feet (420 m)[citation needed]
- Flow: 5,038 m3/s (177,900 cu ft/s)[citation needed]
- ^ http://carma.org/plant/detail/45210
- ^ "The Columbia River System Inside Story". BPA.gov. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ Dietrich, William (1995). Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. p. 52.
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- The Dalles Lock & Dam - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- "The Dales Dam to Submerge Famous Indian Fishing Spot." Popular Mechanics, April 1956, pp. 138-140.
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We are open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 7:30am to 5:00pm,
we are closed from 11am-1pm for lunch.
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from 10am-2pm for your convience in scheduling appointments,
please call
541-808-2377 to reach our receptionist.
Please visit the appointments page for more information on scheduling an appointment and "need to know" information about pre-operative and post-operative care.
Spay and neuter is an act of love, for our pets, our community, and for millions of helpless, homeless animals. We hope that you would join us in ending the needless killing.
To schedule your low cost spay/neuter please call
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Clinic schedule varies see the calendar for a list of our current open business days.
S/Nipped does offer a transport for animals of Curry County, Douglas County and Lane County. Please call the clinic and ask to be placed on the transport list for your area. Once we have approximately 10 animals for the trip you will be given a call with the date.
Female Dog Spay $100
Male Dog Neuter $100
Female Cat Spay $65
Male Cat Neuter $45
Feral Cat Package $45
Declined Patient Exam Fee $20
(This fee is assessed when a patient is denied surgery, it covers the cost of our time for the pre-operative exam and helps to recover some of our lost fees due to an unused surgical space.)
Declined Patient Anethsia fee $40
(This fee is assessed when a surgical candidate has been anethesized and during surgical prep we find the animal is already spayed or neutered or has a condition that the veterinarian deems a denial.)
Cryptorchid fee (undescended testicle) -$60
S/Nipped does offer a few additional low cost services to our surgical patients, those services include:
Microchipping (perminant ID for pets) $30
FVRCP Vaccination for cats $13.00
Leukemia Vaccination for Cats $13.00
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Flea/Earmite/Roundworm Hookworm treatment for Cats $15
Nail Trim $5
Cardboard Pet Carrier $10
These two services are highly recommended for all animals:
Additional Take home Pain Medication $10
E-Collar $6
These are our new prices as of February 1, 2013
We do have restrictions at the clinic. Our belief is that spay/neuter is an elective procedure and may not be beneficial for all pets, therefore we will decline pets who are not good surgical candidates. Those pets 7 years and older are at a much higher risk during surgery so the S/Nipped team asks that you contact your local veterinarian for those geriatric surgical clients, exceptions maybe made on a case by case basis with prior blood work only.
Please visit the appointments page for more information on scheduling an appointment and "need to know" information about pre-operative and post-operative care.
Microchipping (perminant ID for pets) $35
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Flea Treatment for Dogs $15
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Roundworm Treatment for Cats $15
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S/Nipped's united coalition seeks to reduce the number of stray, unwanted, and homeless companion animals through two different programs.
To make a donation by check or money order to S/Nipped please send it to 132 N. Wasson Coos Bay, OR. 97420. Or you can donate online by clicking on the Make A Donation button below. Every $1 counts.
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Learn more by watching the Humane Alliance video.
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Warner Readies 'Eight Is Enough' From the Vault10 Jan, 2012 By: John Latchem
Warner Home Video is preparing classic 1970s family sitcom "Eight Is Enough" for a DVD release. The show chronicled the lives of columnist Tom Bradford (Dick Van Patten), his wife and their eight children.
The show was based on a book by Thomas Braden. The cast includes Adam Rich, Willie Aames, Connie Needham, Dianne Kay, Susan Richardson, Laurie Walters and Lani O'Grady. The pilot episode, which is included in the set, featured Star Wars star Mark Hamill in the role of eldest brother David, played by Grant Goodeve in the series.
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[Update, January 21st] A quick note about the title, since we had someone asking about it who seemed put off by it. At the beginning of the show we noted that it was just us three guys and that none of the ladies that often appear on the show could make it this week. We joked that it was The All Guy Show, and that (sarcastically) nothing sells better than a fitness show hosted by a bunch of guys. The "no broads" thing was very tongue-in-cheek, as you can see by listening to the first little while of the episode. I chose "broads" because I didn't want to be offensive since we love the women who do the show with us, yet I was going for that kind of "alpha male, we don't need no broads around here!" kind of joke. That's it. Just a little light humor :)
The show this week is myself, Greg Hoffman and Kevin Webster. Kevin has been a member of our private Facebook group for quite a while but is making his AMFC debut this week!
We kicked off with Kevin's backstory – where he's coming from, what his fitness and health goals are and what he hopes to get out of the group. Like several of us, he's aiming for dropping about 25-30 pounds or so.
Greg brought us up to speed on his surgery rehab, I described the cycle of depression that I went through at the end of 2011, and then we moved on to the main topic of the week: Affiliate Summit West 2012 in Las Vegas. The climate, the restaurant food, the illnesses, the walking… there's a lot to talk about!
Our recommendation? You should probably skip Serendipity 3 outside of Caesar's Palace.
We have a great discussion about alcohol in the last segment of the show. To wit, here is Greg's recipe for a new drink called the Shawn Collins (it's like a Tom Collins):
1 1/2 oz bourbon
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Lootera Posters: Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha
Two brand new posters from Vikramaditya Motwane's Lootera, a romantic drama starring Ranveer Singh as Varun and Sonakshi Sinha as Pakhi.
Story: Varun and Pakhi are in love, but forbidden by their parents to marry each other. The two elope and get married. Soon, differences start creeping in and they divorce. 5 years later, the two meet again, and believe they are still in love with each other. Then Varun realizes that Pakhi has a rare disease and will soon die, therefore Varun comes up with a plan to sacrifice his life to save Pakhi.
Co-produced by Ekta Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Bahl, Lootera releases in cinemas 5th July 2013.
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Lootera Poster – Ranveer Singh
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Looking great, i think ranveer singh is 100times better than ranbir kapoor. Waiting for the movie..
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sid: (March 19, 2013 at 7:10 pm)
Ranveer is awesome future superstar for sure
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HIm, yeah totally agree with you, but her is awful…hope she doesn't mess the movie!
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Great love story
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Sonakshi is looking like mother of ranveer. She does suit to salman and ajay both look buddha.
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ranveer got ugly face thn other young….puppet of yrf……..arrogant made his debut father funded yrf film….
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Our first impression was how much the Prestige XDC 909 looked like a steel-toecapped boot! The glistening black and silver crown drew our attention away from the ball – not a good idea for most of us.
But once we got our heads around the cosmetics and started hitting golf balls, we found the golf club performed okay, with its nicely rounded sole making the club versatile from any lie.
With a price tag of £59 the Prestige XDC 909 is towards the budget end of the rescue clubs market, and it doesn't sport the best components, either, so we reckon this is more of a middle-of-the-road gof club. It performs adequately without having the necessary wow factor to lure your attention away from other clubs, which offer a better quality product for a similar price.
Low centre of gravity generates a higher flight for increased control and accuracy. Produces great distances from tough lies.
Lofts: 18°, 21°, 24°, 27°
Contact: 0870 609 1896Web: www.prestige-golf.co.uk
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