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Honestly, even though I think long time fans would hate the idea, but I would lose the main characters and create new characters. The game would be platform/shooter based similar to Uncharted. But it would be about a normal family who got caught up in the outbreak and the evacuation from their city. The game would follow their escape from their home, to where ever they end up.
I think I realize that going back to pre-rendered graphics wouldn't work. But I would want to ditch the RE4/5/6 style. The only choice is a free roaming 3rd person game similar to Uncharted, Tomb Raider and Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Give it the traditional gameplay with the option to switch it to over-the-shoulder at will. It would be a large trapped environment that you have to play detective in solving puzzles and such to find new paths and items in the backtracking that you do. Ammo and health would not be dropped by enemies and you'd have to find it lying around. Also lots of notes.
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I would do a RE6 and have multiple campaigns,
Have one play the classic style with the fixed camera and the classic controls, maybe staring characters with less combat/field experience (such as Claire or Rebecca)
And one play TPS like the newer games, staring characters with experience like Jill, Chris, Leon Etc.
Both campaigns could be co-op, but would only cross over in cut scenes (similar to RE2 when you saw the other character) due to the game play styles.
The game will appeal to EVERY RE fan old and new, and stop the constant fan war of the classic and old games, and be a huge success.
I would have it more like RE4, optional coop, no qte's and more of Leon, Ada, Sherry, Rebecca, Jill, and Claire.
I wouldn't be happy.
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edward18 posted...
I wouldn't be happy.
There's a shock.
You said EVERYONE would love it.
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MakoChanX posted...
I would do a RE6 and have multiple campaigns,
Just make sure you don't have to unlock certain content by finishing both campaigns. I wouldn't touch the first one with a ten foot pole!
ridley723 posted...
Nope, they would be completely separate. RE2 had two "campaigns", but neither of them were directly connected, this would be the same, but would have little cross over scenes etc.
I think doing this would provide such a diverse game, bring all the elements of Resident Evil, past and present, into one experience.
I don't see why not either. They've done two separate stories before (2), and they've programmed both genres in the past.
It would please so many people (expect you as you've stated, Edward) to experience both sides of Resident Evil, or just choose a side of genre you prefer and play that!


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I have a large Mtssa Aztec vs Milt regnelli cross that was in bloom when I got it 2 years ago. However, it hasnt bloomed since. It is in a bright east-facing window in Washington DC. Other orchids in the same area that have bloomed reliably for me include Hawkinsara (Koolau Sunset), Burrageara Nelly Iser and Brassidium Wild Warrior Chieftain. So I am guessing that light levels are not the problem. The plant is growing vigorously in Leca and I fertilize with Dyna-Grow using the manufacturers recommended dilutions as for the my other orchids. Room temperature is ~68-72ÃÂC although the temperature on the window sill reaches 85ÃÂC during the day in summer. Could it be that the winter night time temperatures are not low enough?
Your orchid cross has been registered as Bratonia (Miltassia) Stephenses' Love Blooms. Bratonia replaces Miltassia in the great renaming of orchid names.
Sorry, I have no idea why it refuses to flower in your conditions, especially so when you have flowered a Brassidium. I say this because for some people Brassia just grow beautiful leaves and never flower.
That's funny. I have a NOID brassia that has horrible looking leaves because it never has gotten watered often enough, but it never fails to put out one or two spikes a year. The leaves are crinkled and spotted--ugly! The miltassias (or whatever name they are now) are both spiking and looking good, although with the same crinkled leaves. I try to water them twice a week but sometimes forget. Shame on me.
Well, yes my son has one that experiences absolute total neglect and it flowers every year. That is almost no shade, no repotting, no nuthin, spose it flowers because death is just around the corner. Annual temperature range low 40's F to one or two days 100F
A mystery, other growers bring presentable plants to orchid society meetings with lovely flowers and foliage.
I wish the RHS would ban punctuation on orchid names. Having the apostrophe just causes confusion. It is the right place above, not my typo.
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a neologism for sharing "rent" or "social surplus" – the money we spend on the nature we use. When we buy land, such as the land beneath a home, we typically pay the wrong person – the homeowner. Instead, since land cost us nothing to make and is the common heritage of us all, rather than pay the owner, we should pay ourselves, our neighbors, our community. That is, we should all pay land dues to the public treasury, then our government would pay us land dividends from this collected revenue. It's similar to the Alaska oil dividend, almost $2,000 last year. Indeed, the annual rental value of land, oil, all other natural resources, including the broadcast spectrum and other government-granted permits such as corporate charters, totals several trillion dollars each year. It's so much that some could be spent on basic social services, the rest parceled out as a dividend, as Tom Paine suggested, and taxes (except any on natural rents) could be abolished, as Thomas Jefferson suggested. Were we sharing Earth by sharing her worth, territorial disputes would be fewer, less intense, and more resolvable.
a manual. The world did not come without a way for people to prosper, and the planet to heal and stay well; that way is geonomics. Economies are part of the ecosystem. Both generate surpluses and follow self-regulating feedback loops. A cycle like the Law of Supply and Demand is one of the economy's on/off loops. Our spending for land and resources – things that nobody made and everybody needs – constitutes our society's surplus. Those profits without production (remember, nobody produced Earth) can become our commonwealth. To share it, we could pay land dues in to the public treasury (wouldn't oil companies love that?) and get rent dividends back, a la Alaska's oil dividend. Doing so let's us axe taxes and jettison subsidies. Taxes and subsidies distort price (the DNA of exchange), violate quid pro quo by benefiting the well-connected more than anyone else, reinforce hierarchy of state over citizen, and are costly to administer (you don't really need so much bureaucracy, do you?). Conversely, land dues motivate people to not waste sites, resources, and the ecosystem while rent dividends motivate people to not waste themselves. Receiving this income supplement – a Citizens Dividend – people can invest in their favorite technology or outgrow being "economan" and shrink their overbearing workweek in order to enjoy more time with family, friends, community, and nature. Then in all that free time, maybe we could figure out just what we are here for.
shaped by reality. In the 1980′s, the Swedish government doubled its stock transfer tax. Tax receipts, however, rose only 15%, since traders simply fled to London exchanges. Fearing a further exodus, the Swedish government quickly rescinded the tax altogether. (The New York Times, April 20) That willingness to tax anything leads us astray. Pushing us astray is that unwillingness to pay what we owe: rent for land, our common heritage. Assuming land value is up for grabs, we speculate. We cap the property tax on both land and buildings and the rate at which assessments can go up; while real market values rise quicker, assessments can never catch up. Our stewards, the Bureau of Land Management, routinely sell and lease sites below market value, often to insiders, says the Government Accounting Office. Once we grasp that rent is ours to share, we'll collect it all, rather than let it enrich a few, and quit taxing earnings, which do belong to the individual earner. That shift is geonomic policy.
shaped by reality. In the 1980′s, the Swedish government doubled its stock transfer tax. Tax receipts, however, rose only 15%, since traders simply fled to London exchanges. Fearing a further exodus, the Swedish government quickly rescinded the tax altogether. (The New York Times, April 20) That willingness to tax anything leads us astray. Pushing us astray is that unwillingness to pay what we owe: rent for land, our common heritage. Assuming land value is up for grabs, we speculate. We cap the property tax on both land and buildings and the rate at which assessments can go up; while real market values rise quicker, assessments can never catch up. Our stewards, the Bureau of Land Management, routinely sell and lease sites below market value, often to insiders, says the Government Accounting Office. Once we grasp that rent is ours to share, we'll collect it all, rather than let it enrich a few, and quit taxing earnings, which do belong to the individual earner. That shift is geonomic policy.
the study of the money we spend on the nature we use. When we pay that money to private owners, we reward both speculation and over-extraction. Robert Kiyosaki's bestseller, Rich Dad's Prophecy, says, "One of the reasons McDonald's is such a rich company is not because it sells a lot of burgers but because it owns the land at some of the best intersections in the world. The main reason Kim and I invest in such properties is to own the land at the corner of the intersection. (p 200) My real estate advisor states that the rich either made their money in real estate or hold their money in real estate." (p 141, via Greg Young) When government recovers the rents for natural advantages for everyone, it can save citizens millions. Ben Sevack, Montreal steel manufacturer, tells us (August 12) that Alberta, by leasing oil & gas fields, recovers enough revenue to be the only province in Canada to get by without a sales tax and to levy a flat provincial income tax. While running for re-election, provincial Premier Ralph Klein proposes to abolish their income tax and promises to eliminate medical insurance premiums and use resource revenue to pay for all medical expense for seniors. After all this planned tax-cutting and greater expense, they still expect a large budget surplus. Even places without oil and gas have high site values in their downtowns, and high values in their utility franchises. Recover the values of locations and privileges, displace the harmful taxes on sales, salaries, and structures, then use the revenue to fund basic government and pay residents a dividend, and you have geonomics in action.
what you do when you see economies as part of the ecosystem, following feedback loops and storing up energy. Surplus energy – fat or profit – enables us to produce and reproduce. To recycle society's surplus, the commonwealth, geonomics would replace taxes with land dues (charged to users of sites and resources, in-cluding the EM spectrum, and extra to polluters), and replace subsidies with rent dividends to citizens (a la Alaska's oil dividend). Without taxes and subsidies to distort them, prices become precise, reflect accurately our costs and values; then, motivated by no more than the bottom line, both producers and consumers make sustainable choices. While no place uses geonomics in its entirety, some places use parts of it, most notably a shift of the property tax off buildings, onto locations. Shifting the property tax drives efficient use of land, in-fills cities, improves the housing stock, makes homes affordable, engenders jobs and investment opportunities, lowers crime, raises civic participation, etc – overall it makes cities more livable. Geonomics – a way to share the bounty of nature and society – is something we can work for locally, globally, and in between.
an alternative to conventional land trusts. Just as it seems some functions should not be left to the market – private courts and cops invite corruption (while private mediation is fine) – just so some land should not be left in the market. That said, sacred sites do not make much of a model for treating the vast acreage of land that we need to use. So the usual trust model, which is anti-use and counter-market, can not apply where it's needed most. Trust proponents worry about ownership and control – two very human ambitions – but they're not central. Supposedly, we the people own millions acres – acres that private corporations treat as private fiefdoms – and conversely, the Nature Conservancy owns wilderness the public can some places use as parks. So, the issue is not who owns but who gets the rent – ideally, all of us.
a study of a phenomenon David Ricardo noted going on two centuries ago. When wine grapes rise to $10,000 a ton from the very best land (last year, cabernet sauvignon commanded an average of $4,021 a ton in the Napa Valley), then vineyard prices soar from $18,000 an acre in the 1980′s to $100,000 an acre five years ago and now for a top pedigree up to $300,000 an acre (The New York Times, April 9, via Wyn Achenbaum). Pricey land does not make wine pricey; spendy wine makes land spendy. While vintners make their wine tasty, nature and society in general – not any lone owner – make land desireable. Steve Kerch of CBS's MarketWatch (April 5) notes that much of what a home sells for on the open market is a reflection of intangible factors such as what school district the house sits in. The price the builder has to pay for the land also tends to be driven by the same intangibles. Because the value of land comes from society, and because one's use excludes the rest of society, each user owes all others compensation, and is owed compensation by everyone else. Sharing land's value, instead of taxing one's efforts, is the policy of geonomics.
the policy that the earth's natural patterns suggests. Use the eco-system's self-regulating feedback loops as a model. What then needs changing? Basically, the flow of money spent to own or use Earth (both sites and resources) must visit each of us. Our agent, government, exists to collect this natural rent via fees and to disburse the collected revenue via dividends. Doing this, we could forgo taxes on homes and earnings and subsidies of either the needy or the greedy. For more, see our web site, our pamphlet of the title above, or any of our other lit pieces; ask for our literature list.
more transformation than reform; it's a step ahead. Harvard economics students this year did petition to change the curriculum, in the wake of the English who caught the dissension from across The Channel. French reformers, who fault conventional economics for conjuring mathematical models of little empirical relevance and being closed to critical and reflective thought, reject this "autism" – or detachment from reality – and dub their offering "post-autistic economics". Not a bad name, but again, academics define themselves by what they're not, not by what they are, unlike geonomists. We track rent – the money we spend on the nature we use – and watch it pull all the other economic indicators in its wake. We see economies as part and parcel of the ecosystem, similarly following natural patterns and able to self-regulate more so than allowed, once we quit distorting prices. To align people and planet, we'd replace taxes and subsidies with recovering and sharing rents.
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Patna: The BJP has shifted the venue for March 3 rally by its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Muzaffarpur from the Policelines ground due to inadequate space.
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Around 1917 Claude Alexander Conlin envisioned a wordwide network of people, projecting and receiving positive, healing affirmations, connected by crystal balls. This vision was rooted in the practice of New Thought. He developed and taught Four Branches of this practice, the Visionary, Projective, Receptive, and Healing Branches. Tonight we summerize and expand on the previous discussions of these techniques.
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Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
"A fun and poignant coming-of-age story," declared Entertainment Weekly of the third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares, author of The Here and Now.
It's the summer before the sisterhood departs for college . . . their last real summer together before they head off to start their grown-up lives. It's the time when Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen need their Pants the most.
"Readers of the other books won't be disappointed." —Booklist, Starred
"A treat for anyone." —Los Angeles Times
"These are friends worth having." —Chicago Tribune
About the Author
Ann Brashares is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Here and Now, the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, 3 Willows, The Last Summer (of You & Me), and My Name Is Memory. She lives in New York City with her husband and their four children.
Praise for Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood…
"Readers of the other books won't be disappointed." - Booklist, Starred
"Filled with conversations, action, & life." - Kliatt, Starred
"The girls are once again wonderfully drawn, with all their realistic faults." - Publishers Weekly
"The Pants set will bruise their fingertips on this page-turner." - The Bulletin, Recommended
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EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Marathon runners got an extra boost of energy from Sunday's crowds. They say that of all the things they did to give to prepare, it was the energy and support of all the fans lining the street that gave them a second wind. The Eugene Marathon drew thousands of supporters, who … Continue reading »
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Thieves steal a $3,000 bamboo bike from shop that funds "Earn a Bike" and "Trips for Kids" programs.
A cold front will drop temperatures 30 degrees tomorrow and bring rain and snow.
A legal dispute has prevented the Cherry Creek Marina from opening for the summer season slated to begin on April 1.
From hustling street performer on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade to Platinum-selling recording artist, it seems just like yesterday that Andy Grammer was discovered by Steve Greenberg and signed to S-Curve Records. With his 2011 self-titled debut album, Grammer became the first male pop star in a decade, since John Mayer in 2002, to reach the Top 10 at Adult Pop Radio on his first two singles, "Keep Your Head Up" and "FineBy Me," certified Platinum and Gold respectively, selling more than 1.5 million downloads combined. Read more...


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oh rave shut up and stop whinning or ill kick you..........just kidding.
Right ... a week passed by and only 1 response.
i said stop whinning.....and besides my grandmother died so leave me alone
Im sorry to hear about your loss, Cojoe. -_- On of my own grandfather died last year.
I'm sorry about your loss Cojoe; but I didn't mention you.
Anyone entering the AO banner contest?
Leave Coj alone!!! Ne katsoyori Kun.... you're being mean...
down sara down...no need to bite their heads off...........
HUH?! Did I say something wrong????!! I said that one of my own grand-dad's died last year and I miss him! I DIDN'T MEAN TO INSULT YOU! Im sorry!!!!
dude calm down she just over reacted....Sara please apologize when your on again....I apologize Katsoyori
KOmenosai.....i won't talk for a bit .... i seem to be getting ini trouble lately....


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Best Rainy Day Bars In Los Angeles
LA is the kind of city where there's fun stuff to do rain or shine.
Best Baseball Bars In OC
When you can't make it to the stadium (or when the home team is out of town), try these places for watching the baseball game of your choice.
Best Rainy Day Bars In OC
On those rare rainy days, these are great places to get out of the damp weather and avoid the drivers, who have no idea how to deal with rain.
Best Baseball Bars In Los Angeles
Catch your baseball team playing at any of these Los Angeles bars and you'll be on a winning streak.
Best Irish Bars In OC
Even if it's not St. Patrick's Day, an Irish bar is something to be enjoyed. No matter the occasion, try these great Irish bars in Orange County.
Bars Serving The Best Hot Toddys In LA
Avoid the lukewarm messes and get a great hot toddy at one of these places in Los Angeles.
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Whether you're looking to take the chill off of a cool evening or fight off a cold, a hot toddy is a great way to do it. Try these places for some of the best hot toddys in our fair county.
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Some of L.A.'s oldest landmarks with ancestry, authentic relics and the best Irish coffees, corned beef and cabbage welcome party-goers to their establishments for good St. Patrick's Day fun.
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Whether you want to go to an Irish pub or a bar that opens at 6am, we've got you covered.
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A fireplace adds instant charm to a bar. If you're looking to enjoy some drinks in a cozy setting that includes a fireplace, try these places.
Ask A Los Angeles Bartender: Your Best Martini Recipe
With new liqueur flavors and spirits flooding the industry, Los Angeles bartenders are having a field day inventing and reinventing the martini.
Unique Nights Out In Los Angeles
Finding entertainment in Los Angeles doesn't have to be limited to bar-hopping and celebrity stalking. There are tons of exciting events that will make for an incredible and unique night out in Los Angeles.
Best Bars In Los Angeles With A Fireplace
There's nothing better than curling up in front of a crackling fireplace to get warm. Granted, you'll have to share it with strangers, but check out these LA bars with the best fireplaces.
Ask An OC Bartender: Your Best Martini Recipe
The martini has come a long way from being a gin drink enjoyed by men in tuxedos. Try these recipes from Bruno's Italian Kitchen for a great twist on the classic cocktail.
Beyond The Bar: Late Night Options In OC
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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from March 31, 2015 to April 25, 2026
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Wildlife Puppet Show
at Blue Heron Nature Center (in Blue Heron Park), Staten Island
1:00 p.m.
Learn more about the ecology of native wildlife as you meet the Rangers and their puppet friends.
Category: Nature, Kids
Freshwater Fishing
at Baisley Pond Park Parking Lot (in Baisley Pond Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.
Catch-and-release fishing is a great way to get outdoors and discover nature just a few blocks from home.
Category: Nature, Kids, Fishing
Family Storytime & Craft at QBG
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Bring your little gardeners and nature lovers to Queens Botanical Garden for a relaxing afternoon featuring nature-inspired stories and crafts.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Kids
Fleece Festival
at Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn , Prospect Park Zoo (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join the Prospect Park Alliance and Wildlife Conservation Society for a weekend of fleece fun at Lefferts Historic House and the Prospect Park Zoo.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, History, Kids
Bryant Park Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Bryant Park Shakespeare returns with three productions presented by The Drilling Company.
Category: Art, Theater, Free Summer Theater, Shakespeare in the Parks
Remembering Yesterday: Queens and Its World's Fairs
at Kingsland Homestead (in Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech), Queens
2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Remembering is both a collective and a personal activity. In this exhibition, both are on display in relation to two World's Fairs that took place in Flushing, Queens in…
Category: Art, History
Monday, May 18, 2015
Adapted Swim Program for People with Disabilities at Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center
at Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center, Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
The Adapted Aquatics program offers aquatic exercise therapy that ranges from gentle water walking to aerobic-type exercise which improves range of motion, felxibility, mobilty, muscle…
Category: Accessible, Fitness, Sports, Seniors
Sit Aerobics
at Hamilton Fish Recreation Center (in Hamilton Fish Park), Manhattan
2:15 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
A seated exercise class that raises the heart rate and improves balance, with minimal impact on joints. For adults and seniors. Recreation center membership is required. Visit the…
Category: Accessible, Fitness, Seniors
New Music in Bryant Park
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
5:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Award-winning classical and jazz ensembles perform back to back each week, showcasing works commissioned by Chamber Music America.
Category: Concerts, Art, Free Summer Concerts
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Elected Leader of a true democratic state: B. Netanyahu:
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This Week's Nutrition News Feedby Toby Amidor in Food News, November 27, 2013
In this week's news: The rise of vegan Thanksgiving, food banks that grow kale and the problem with pizza joints and calorie counts.
Pass the Tofu Drumstick
Having a vegan feast is becoming more popular. According to the Department of Agriculture, Americans ate about 12% less meat in 2012 than in 2007. Instead of turkey and trimmings, some Thanksgiving cooks are making tofurkey (tofu shaped like turkey) or cooking portobello mushroom steaks with kale salad, pecan stuffing and mushroom gravy on the side.
More Leafy Greens at Food Banks
Twenty food banks nationwide have started their own farms to help supply fresh produce to low-income families. Most food banks rely heavily on canned goods, which tend to be high in sodium. Farming offers an alternative way to feed those in need of assistance by providing fresh foods that are lower in sodium and added sugar.
Pouring It On
Over the years, The New York City Department of Health has garnered a reputation for controversial ads, and a newly released promotion is no exception. With the tagline "your kids could be drinking themselves sick," the campaign targets sugary drinks and encourages parents to replace them with water, seltzer or nonfat milk.
Cheese Pizza, Hold the Calories
The FDA requires all chain restaurants with at least 20 locations to disclose the amount of calories in foods served. However, new legislation in the Senate would exempt grocery stores and pizza delivery joints from posting those numbers. These establishments feel that they would be unable to comply with the FDA guidelines due to the number of offerings (for example, there are 34 million different combos of pizza toppings).
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Heart attacks and strokes kill one in three Americans. The new cholesterol guidelines released earlier this month aim to decrease the incidence. However, there's been a growing backlash against the recommendations as experts criticize the scientific studies on which they were heavily based.
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Slow Start for CS Wind Energy Plan
Updated: 11/19/2008 - Many are ecstatic that gas prices are down, but smiles at the pump have in some cases meant less interest in renewable energy.
Updated: 11/19/2008 - Many are ecstatic that gas prices are down, but smiles at the pump have in some cases meant less interest in renewable energy.
Posted: 11/19/2008 - A Bryan wrecker company has until December 1 to convince a judge that its lawsuit against the Twin Cities and their police chiefs is legitimate.
Posted: 11/19/2008 - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate's top Democrat has called off a planned vote this week on a $25 billion auto industry bailout.
Posted: 11/19/2008 - NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street has plummeted to levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average ending the day below the 8,000 mark, as the fate of Detroit's Big Three automakers and the economy dishearten investors.
Updated: 11/19/2008 - New insight into the death of a 23-year-old Bryan man. Preliminary autopsy results show Brandon Rosales was shot twice in the head, and his body was partially burned.
Updated: 11/19/2008 - It's a group that first gained attention last month with an Anti-Obama carnival, now the Young Conservatives of Texas is stirring the political pot once again.
Updated: 11/19/2008 - Cell phones, watches, cars…it's becoming easier and easier to find devices with Global Positioning Systems (GPS). And on Wednesday afternoon, the City of College Station invited residents to come out and discover other uses for a GPS device besides just finding a restaurant.
Posted: 11/19/2008 - The Comal County Sheriff's Office issued an Amber Alert Wednesday afternoon for a 6-year-old Texas girl who is believed to be in grave danger.
Updated: 11/19/2008 - Leon County authorities are looking for a pair of robbers believed to be armed and dangerous.
Updated: 02/13/2009 - A familiar face's return marked a major contradiction in testimony as the trial of former Arts Council director P. David Romei continued Wednesday.
Posted: 11/19/2008 - General Electric Co is recalling about 244,000 wall ovens under the GE, GE Profile, Monogram and Kenmore brands because of a fire and burn hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.
Posted: 11/18/2008 - WASHINGTON (AP) - Detroit's Big Three automakers are warning lawmakers that if they let the industry collapse, the already teetering economy will face catastrophe.
Updated: 11/18/2008 - A community "first" will take place in Downtown Bryan on Thursday. That's when the city of Bryan will present the inaugural "Lights On," a downtown holiday celebration.
Updated: 11/18/2008 - A woman convicted of stealing from Junction 505 will have to wait to receive her punishment.
Updated: 11/18/2008 - New rules on how, and when, you can restrain your dog outdoors could be coming to Bryan.
Posted: 11/18/2008 - Former NFL referee and supporter of education, Red Cashion was the guest speaker at the Navasota Education Foundation's annual dinner held Tuesday night at the Grimes County Expo Center.
Updated: 11/18/2008 - Hearne's Fire Chief is at home recovering from a heart attack he suffered while battling a nightclub blaze.
Updated: 11/19/2008 - Texas EquuSearch and now Bryan Police are reporting they have found the body of 23-year-old, Brandon Rosales of Bryan who went missing over the weekend.
Posted: 11/18/2008 - A Texas A&M anthropologist has discovered a long-lost primate in Indonesia.
Posted: 11/18/2008 - A Texas A&M group that's saved countless lives is getting a sizeable donation from a fellow Aggie.
Updated: 02/13/2009 - Testimony continues in the trial of former Arts Council director P. David Romei Tuesday, with Romei continuing on the stand.
Updated: 11/18/2008 - More than 200 Texas A&M students remembered 12 Aggies who lost their lives nine years ago in the bonfire collapse.
Posted: 11/17/2008 - Lauren Simpson, a visualization sciences student from Texas A&M University, turned a whim into an award, recently earning a Woodie from MTVu for a stop-motion music video she conceived, directed and created with fellow visualization students for the band Motion City Soundtrack.
Posted: 11/17/2008 - An 18-wheeler accident near Franklin has landed the driver in the hospital.
Updated: 11/18/2008 - A former Bryan pastor will spend the next four years on probation for stealing from his own church.


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It was the first snow the boy could remember. Like the first time anyone sees snow, he was amazed by the awesome power the white powder seemed to have over the world. Snow held the world still so that every second that passed seemed to teeter on existence for a beat and then fall into an abyss of awe and wonder. The boy's father worked a lot, too much his father would say many years later. But on this snow day the father stopped working so that he could take the boy out to play in the snow. The boy would never forget that moment.
The father noticed the boy staring quietly out the window, watching the snowfall, watching the world turn white. The boy looked outside, steam fogging the window in front of his gaping mouth. The boy kind of understood that this was what happens to rain when it's really cold outside but this seemed far more fun than rain ever could be. The father stopped working, put down his pencil, closed the account book he had been writing in and took off his glasses. After putting on his shoes and winter coat, he bundled the boy up. They both giggled as the father stuffed the boy's hands into mittens and made a cap snug on his head. Grabbing the boy by the mittened hand, the father took him out in the nearly blinding whiteness outside.
The boy hadn't played much with his father until that point in their lives. The father worked too much, just like he would say many years later. But that day they played for hours. First they just explored the sensation of being in the snow. They let snowflakes dance down to their tongues, the crystal's melting demise making their tongues tingle. The boy spent a lot of time just picking up snow and dusting it from his mittens. They made snow angels, they built a snowman and even had a playful father and son snowball fight. The father let the son win of course. As the sun's light became eclipsed by the grey of the sky and the dark of the night, they started to end their day in the snow.
As they were walking towards home the boy looked up at his father and told him that this was the best day ever and the most fun he'd ever had, that he loved spending time with his father. The boy asked if the father could stop work to play with him more often. The father kneeled down so that he could look his son in the eyes, his knee in the snow sounding like a muffled crunch. He took a small handful of powdered snow and put it in the boy's mitten, cupped his own hands around his son's hands and together than made a snowball. He told his son that they would save this snowball, forever, as a reminder of the day, of the fun they had. This snowball would be a reminder that sometimes you had to stop and have fun, spend time with the ones you love, enjoy life. Once inside, they took the snowball, put it in a Ziploc bag and placed it in the freezer.
The boy's mother had died years before, so many years in fact that all the boy could remember of his mother was a comforting smell. Years later, the boy would try to identify that smell – always smelling perfumes, foods, shampoos, deodorants – always searching to put a name to that comforting olfactory sensation that dangled in the back of his memory, just out of reach. The father worked hard to support himself and the boy, but maybe too much, as he would say many years later. But after that one snow day, the father would often stop and play with the boy. He still worked a lot but on occasion he would look up from his account book and see a yearning in the boy's eyes. The father would put down his pencil, close the account book he had been writing in, take off his glasses and play with his son. Sometimes they would play cards, sometimes they would go outside and throw a baseball and sometimes, if the weather was just right, they would play in the snow.
The boy grew up and started to play more without his father. He played baseball at school with his father cheering him on in the stands. He played clarinet in the school band and his father would tap his foot while sitting in the audience. Even though he didn't play with the boy so much anymore, the father would still stop and watch the boy play. It always made the boy feel proud and full of love when he saw his father watching him play ball or clarinet. The boy would never forget those moments.
Eventually the boy became a man and moved out of his father's home. His father gave him speeches about responsibility and prudence, things that he thought men should know and practice. The man was given some money and a wristwatch that had been on his father's wrist for as long as the man could remember. His father told him that the money would help him start his new life and the watch would help him find time to stop and enjoy life. His father also gave him a Ziploc bag with a snowball in it. The man looked at the snowball, once so large that it barely fit his mittened hands but now the size of a golfball in his grown hands – hands that looked more like his father's did when they made the snowball together many years ago. The father gave the man the snowball and told him that he should always stop and take time to play, to love life, to never forget the day they stopped to watch the snowfall take over their small world together, their first snowman, their first snow ball fight. The man took the Ziploc bag with the snowball and hugged his father. The man would never forget that moment.
The man soon found a wife, a wife that soon became the mother of his son. When his son was born the man's father was already in the hospital because he had fallen ill. The night the man's son was born, he led his father by the arm from his wing of the hospital to the where the newborn baby was. The man's father walked slowly these days, feet skimming the floor like sandpaper being lightly rubbed against soft grain wood. When the man held the baby close to his father it brought tears to both of them, as well as smiles. The man's father had a breathing tube forked in his nostrils so that it looked almost like a mustache, a translucent crescent hanging over his lips. When the man looked at his father he saw this but it only accented his father's smile. As they stood together holding the baby, the man's heart was still for a moment as his memory flashed to something – something dangling just out of reach. He smelled the air between his father and his son, it smelt familiar, comforting. As he smelled the indescribable yet undeniable smell of a newborn baby mingled with two generations of his family he realized what it reminded him of: his mother.
Soon after this, the man was able to leave the hospital with his wife and their son. Unfortunately, the man's father was not able to leave. He would never leave the hospital ,in fact.
One night the man got a call from the hospital saying his father was seizing and would not live through the night. The man was barely sleeping, as a father does when a newborn baby is in the house, so he answered the phone on the second ring and was immediately alert. Upon hearing the news about his father, the man kissed his wife on the lips, kissed his son on the forehead and put on his shoes and winter coat. He went to the kitchen, opened the freezer and pulled out a Ziploc bag with a small golfball-sized snowball in it. The man put the Ziploc bag in his coat pocket and left the house.
When the man arrived at the hospital his father was not conscious. The doctors and nurses were polite and consoling, telling the man that his father was in an induced coma to help ease him into a peaceful passing. They could rouse him from this peacefulness but that would most certainly be the beginning of the end of his life. Regardless, asleep or awake, these would be the last moments that the man would have with his father. The man asked that his father be awakened from the coma so that his father could have the last moments of his life, so that they could share this time together. A few minutes later a nurse had the man sign some papers, then injected a clear liquid into the saline drip. The man's father opened his eyes, glassy and looking afar. It took a second or two before they focused on his son but when they did he smiled.
The man took the Ziploc bag out of his pocket, removed the golfball-sized snowball and put it in a plastic cup by the side of the bed. His father grabbed the man's hands and they felt like sandpaper on soft grain wood as they rubbed together. They shared a few stories about how much they meant to each other, recounting moments that they thought the most important or most memorable in their time together. The father told his son that he wished he had worked less and played more, that even though they had so many good memories, there could have been more. The man talked about the day they went out into the snow and made their first snow angels, their first snowman and their first snowball fight. He told his father about how he had never forgotten when they made a snowball together and that they'd keep it forever. Then the man grabbed the cup beside the bed and showed his father the golfball-sized snowball in it, now even smaller as it melted. The father smiled wide and tears ran down the man's cheeks as he smiled even wider. They sat like that through the night, the father going in and out of sleep and then man watching solemnly with a tolerance for being awake that only new father could understand. The man would never forget these moments.
Just before the sun came up, as the first rays of light trickled bright reds of day into deep blues of night, the man's father awoke with a start. His eyes were immediately wide and scared, which startled the man – because he knew this was the end. The man asked his father if he was okay, if there was anything he could get for him. His father asked for a sip of water and the man instinctively grabbed the cup beside the bed, put his hand under his father's head and gently tipped the cup to his father's dry lips. His father closed his eyes as he drank the water, drinking the memory of their best day ever, the reminder to stop and enjoy life passing over his lips. The boy was still holding his father's head when the constant beeping, that had been background noise up until this point, turned into a solid tone. The man's father never opened his eyes again. The man would never forget this moment.
The man was really sad for a long time. He would try to work more because it helped him to not think about the sad things in life. Eventually, the man's baby son grew up and became a little boy. One day, as the man worked nearby, he noticed his son looking out the window – snow falling outside, turning the world white. The man closed his computer, took off his glasses and put on his shoes and winter coat. He bundled up his son, both of them giggling as the man stuffed his son's hands into mittens and made a cap snug on his head. Grabbing the boy by the mittened hand, the father took his son out in the nearly blinding whiteness outside. They marveled in the wonders of the snow filled, small world that they shared together right then. They made snow angels and a snowman and had a father and son snowball fight. The father let the son win of course. They played until the cold and the end of day beckoned them home. Before going into the warmth and comfort of their home, the man kneeled down so that his eyes were level with his son's eyes. The muffled crunch of his knee in the snow sent a chill up the man's spine. The man put a small amount of powdered snow in his son's mittened hands, wrapped his hands around them and together they made a snowball.