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2014: Keene Creek Clean-up and Tree Planting
This year, we were particularly excited to not only team up with local business Bent Paddle Brewing and Involta but also to focus on a green space in our own backyard: the Keene Creek. On Sunday, June 1st a total of 24 volunteers spent almost 4 hours cleaning up 900 pounds (that's right!) of garbage. We found shopping carts, a highchair, a sink and much more waste which certainly did not belong on the banks of a creek. A total of 20 trees – which included White Pine, Tamarac and White Cedar – were also planted and fenced.
The City of Duluth played an imperative role in this year's event by providing the integral tools for clean-up and planting. The City also coordinated the pick-up of all the garbage collected. The event concluded by rewarding the volunteers with the tasty beverages crafted – with Lake Superior water, of course – by Bent Paddle Brewing. Always a gratifying day, we already look forward to next year's event…because we give a sheet.
2013: Tree Planting
June 20th marks the first anniversary of the devastating flood that hit the Duluth area. 10 inches of rain fell in some parts of our area causing more than $100 million in damage.
We found the time to be refreshingly ironic as we set off on our annual tree planning exercise. Employees from Loll Designs, and our sister companies Epicurean and Intectural, all joined to plant trees in four areas around Duluth. Erosion from stream beds were hit the hardest from the flood and we saw that first-hand as we sought to plant and rehab those areas.
We're already looking forward to next year's planning to focus on areas in Duluth which need it most. Plus, fresh air and getting your hands a bit dirty is always nice change from the office!
2012: Tree Planting
On Friday June 15th Loll, Intectural, and Epicurean teamed up with the Duluth Streams Corps for our annual tree planting. A hillside along Tischer Creek on both sides of the Superior Hiking Trail between Woodland Ave and the Hartley Nature Center was planted to help prevent soil erosion, bring back native tree species, and help protect trout habitat. This year, unlike past years, we planted fewer trees but installed a fence around all of them. The success rate is much higher with this method and it becomes a quality over quantity tree planting. This also allowed us to plant more desirable tree species that deer would normally eat like white pine. Tree Count: 68 pines, 32 mountain ash, and 5 yellow birch were planted and fenced. 87 white spruce and 50 shrubs were also planted for a total of nearly 250 plantings.
Teaming up with the Duluth Stream Corps, a division of Community Action Duluth, provided expertise in what, how and where we planted. The Corps also provided tools, trees, fencing, and all other supplies as well as coordinating with the city and landowners.


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During the meeting held at State House in Dar es Salaam, Mr Dangote said the factory will be the largest in the East and Central Africa.
The statement issued by the Directorate of Presidential Communication pointed out that President Kikwete has been in the forefront, pushing for the construction of the plant.
Largely, Mr Kikwete pushed for the establishment of the factory with the aim of improving investment and bolstering the quality of cement in the country.
The Nigerian billionaire industrialist was quoted by the media yesterday as saying that when the plant starts work next year, they will look on how to reduce pressure on the price of the product.

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I, like many other players, used silencers and Ghost to actually flank around the map in the CoD games. Im 100% cool with the decision to make Ghost only work when moving but why then make it a level 55 unlock? You neutered it to death for those who used it to camp but now you screwed a playstyle for an entire prestige and are forcing the first use of a permanent unlock token just to be able to have it. Not cool bro.
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ghost is on one of the default classes
Hadn't he said he wanted only justice? But I couldn't. I could not tell her.
It would have been too dark, too dark altogether.
Spend a token on it?
"As a human, I will seek companionship when alone, but desire solitude after I have found a companion!" -Mal
yeah after you prestige you can unlock it permanently if you want.
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cos of people like you there is no changes in cod ever.
someone will always complain.
sheep always want the same every year :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
kills all progress.
Your our favorite no life karma troll.
Alexanaxela posted...
ghost is on one of the default classes
I know, I just dont like the rest of the class
Skello1O posted...
Spend a token on it?
Token has been spent
60yoc posted...
cos of people like you there is no changes in cod ever.
Your comments dont even make sense in relation to my post
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Agreed, I think people are finally realizing that it wasn't ghost that was overpowered, it was UAVs, and ghost was the only counter. Still, I think the running change was genius, and the 55 unlock doesn't take that long to get. Then just spend a token, and you're golden.
Alexanaxela posted...
ghost is on one of the default classes
wait. in the default classes is items already available that you didnt even unlock yet ? should have checked them out i guess :D
@TC yes its a change to bring ghost not for everyone immediately like in other cods and like i said. SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS COMPLAIN IF THEY CHANGE SOMETHING. Cos of people like you there is no real change in COD cos everyone will just complain and so they give us the same game every year and only do minor changes... and even then people complain. Stupid.
Your our favorite no life karma troll.
I don't see what there is to complain about. New players have to go a prestige without Ghost, big deal. You can have it forever after that first prestige if you want.
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On a damp afternoon on the outskirts of Bangalore , inside a cavernous warehouse that was once an auto-parts assembly plant, a local rock band runs a sound check. After the lead guitarist of Solder shows up, band members belt out lyrics, and their loud music echoes off the roof of the venue, which has hosted many international groups. Only now, local bands are rocking the house.
Bangalore is rapidly becoming one of the country's hotbeds of rock music, buoyed by young, middle-class Indians who have money to spare and an appetite for head-banging music.
"What we are trying to do is to have Indian rock like we have American rock, Brit rock," said Siddarth Abraham, Solders vocalist, who looks the part with a shaved head, beard and arms laced with tattoos.
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"Before it turned into this IT capital with a mix of people from all over the country, it had its own Bangalorean identity," said Rajeev Rajagopal, the drummer of Thermal and a Quarter, a top local group. " Bangalore had this great vibe about it and there was live music here many years before we started playing. There were older folks we would look up to," he said.
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As the music scene in Bangalore has grown in recent years, its followers offer several theories on why rock music has taken hold of the city's youth. Some say a local Indian army garrison popularised western music with its ball dances, a relic of the British Raj.
Others credit a sizable Anglo-Indian population with an ear for rock 'n' roll, as well as schools such as St Joseph 's College and Christ University, with some of the city's prolific bands tracing their origin to these institutes.
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I received my copy of Star Trek: The Videogame on the UK release date – the 26th of April. That means I narrowly avoided 'Operation Kenneth', with no problem connecting to any of our review team. Indeed, in the immortal words of Mr Lindenbaum: "Works fine for me." I'm not excusing the shambles of a US launch, I'm saying that the product I played came after that. I'm reviewing that product. If you have a problem with that, stop reading now.
Six hours was spent making this decision.
I'm making excuses, a critical reader will point out, and you're not wrong. I'm somewhat nervous, because I enjoyed Star Trek: The Videogame, thoroughly. I don't want this to be a 'contrary to popular belief' review. It's not. This is just myself, my team, and the game. In one paragraph, here's what I loved about Star Trek: The Videogame:
The entire game, including its story, felt authentic and ingrained. Whilst the graphics weren't outstanding on PC, the lighting at times was beautiful, especially when contrasting the red-alert lights with the blue phaser fire. The pacing, for a third person shooter, was superb. Star Trek isn't just about gunning down swarms of enemies. For quite long stretches, you'll find yourself at the foot of some glorious exposition voiced by some of the cast. Shooting, too, is absolutely fantastic, with all of the guns sending enemies flying back, with sound that popped through my headphones like a boot hitting the ground. That glorious thump. There's a lot to do in Star Trek: The Videogame, and whilst it's seemingly generic on paper, well… what AAA third person title isn't? It knows what it is, and aside from a few bugs, it's a well executed side story in the Star Trek universe.
I sat down to play it at 10pm, and I finished it by 5.30 in the morning. Sue me. Now let's get back to the appropriate format.
Coop platforming is about hoping your friend falls and dies, so you feel better about yourself.
If you look at the titles' Wikipeida page, contrary to popular belief, Star Trek: The Videogame is "a single-player action game with cooperative gameplay elements." This means that if you go into the experience expecting some superfluously intertwined duality of sorts, you're going to be disappointed. Don't be a sucker for marketing, this is as cooperative as F3AR. Aside from unlocking doors together, and cracking a few codes, there's not much in the name of "cooperation" other than "dude… seriously… get to the door already." Is that a bad thing? Does that make Star Trek a bad game? Absolutely not.
When people ask me "well, what does multiplayer actually bring to games?" I always reply with "that depends entirely on the quality of your social life, doesn't it?" I'd say the same thing in this case. We actually played without voice communication for "absolute immserfications", nodding to each-other whenever we saw something we found hilarious, or noticed a reference to TOS. I was Spock, and he was Kirk. That's who we were. I enjoyed the fact that he was playing his role, and he enjoyed the fact that I was doing mine.
The developers made good use of three-dimensional space, with some very stylish moments.
In discussing exactly what the cooperative experience entails, and why it even exists, it's really no more complicated than the fact that the Spock/Kirk duality is a fascinating one in the Star Trek universe. You get to play as Spock, or Kirk, in a game. What's more, they do the entire campaign together. What does it bring to the table? Spock… and Kirk… playable together for 10 hours. This is a heavily story based game, and devoting 10 hours purely to the Kirk/Spock relationship is something we've not seen in the Star Trek canon – it is unique, although it is iterative.
As Spock said to Kirk. before you entertain your "seemingly relentless desire to stretch your legs," let's talk about what the game actually is.
The story focuses around the Gorn – a slimmer, much more heavily stylized Gorn. Having attacked "New Vulcan", the home of the Vulcan people after their home-world was destroyed (seen in the movie), the Enterprise is sent to investigate. They come across a station not known to the Federation, and investigate exactly what's going on. It soon becomes apparent that this station is a Vulcan structure, and before you know it, the Gorn are here to ruin the party.
Everything oozes with authenticity.
Much of the game takes place on the Enterprise, the space station, New Vulcan, the Gorn planet, and the Gorn ship. It should be noted that every location is rendered in exquisite detail. There's a lot of the Enterprise to explore, although not of your own accord, and it's a painstakingly accurate replica of the films version. I found a surprising amount of pacing for the sake of authenticity, for example you'll be walking through the hallways, and up the turbo-lifts of the Enterprise much more than you'd expect, making your way from the bridge to the shuttle bay on your first mission. By no means does Star Trek look like a cheap game, but to some extent it is still a relatively buggy one.
The primary bugs our team faced were few but important. For instance, after a cut-scene, it was quite usual for one of us to be unable to move once the scene was over. This wasn't as annoying as it might seem – although of course it is inexcusable – because clicking "restart checkpoint" from the menu will plonk you back exactly where you are, all things working. In reality, that's the biggest bug right now in Star Trek, and to Digital Extremes' credit, when playing single player, your AI teammate is surprisingly tactical, and not at all a burden. He is both useful, and manages to path-find and stay alive extraordinarily well.
Strafing and shooting is visceral brilliance.
Starting the game, you're able to choose either Spock, or Kirk. This doesn't change the game in any meaningful way, although if you're playing alone there are a few times where your experiences will differ. For instance, Spock has the ability to mind-meld certain opponents to get access to door codes, and he even has stealth elements, where he can use the Vulcan nerve pinch to stealthily take out enemies. There are certain levels dedicated to the possibility of stealth, and playing as Spock you can orchestrate them well. As Kirk, however, you're much more run and gun. You can still be stealthy with Kirk, but Spocks freeze-phaser makes this much easier. It's also a quieter weapon.
You'll have to contend with few too many cooperative hacking mini-games, and it's not ever fun to need two people to open a door (but this isn't nearly as bad as in Resident Evil 6, for example), but those iterative cooperative mechanics in no way define the cooperative experience – at least, they didn't for me. It's not a game about opening doors together, it's a game about enjoying the story, dynamic, and adventure as a duo.
Playing in a duo, however, you can if you so wish orchestrate a stealth approach, mapping out where the enemies are with your tricorder, looking for alternative routes around the level, such as vents and Jefferies tubes'. There's an element of Uncharted in the game, with very competent platforming mechanics that, whilst animated beautifully, can be a little janky to use. It's tempting to press 'W' and 'space' to shimmy up on a ledge, but you only need to hit 'space' on its own, with 'W' often making you wiggle around corners until you remember you're 'doin' it wrong'. I guess that's not technically a bug, but it doesn't feel great until you really get used to it.
Running forward and shooting is also viscerally brilliant.
We were also surprised that the game included swimming sections, and even moments of free-falling and gliding, or using small jet-bike type apparatus to bob and weave around the Enterprise as it engages in fights with the Gorn. At times, Star Trek looks absolutely beautiful, but it comes into its own more in the shiny hallways of space-ships and stations than it does on organic land.
There are a few things that seem awry with the title, such as the inclusion of an upgrade system which seems… unfinished. Throughout the entire game, I upgraded only my pistol power. You earn exp as you play, but that isn't really something I found to be integral to the game. I don't recall ever even being how much I earned, or how much I got per kill. What's more, we only received enough exp to upgrade a couple of things, only once respectively though-out the entire game, which is a shame because it's possible to unlock more settings on your phaser, for example, or better support skills.
The absolute best thing about Star Trek: The Videogame – combat
Running and gunning. I know, I know, run-and-gun is almost a derogatory term now, but I don't think I've ever seen combat from a film executed so accurately in a game. The character movement is totally organic, and strafing around enemies, using the phasers, as lens flare, epic music, and pulsations of light from all the weapons go off around you is authentic and atmospheric. It literally never got old. The shooting is Star Trek is fantastic. And, surprisingly, there's just the right amount of it.
All this shooting is broken up with a little bit of exploration serving as time for exposition fed to you from the cast, some platforming, and a lot of cut-scenes. The aforementioned interactive sequences such as gliding and jetting through space are also a welcome break, but what wasn't so welcome was the relatively tacked on sequence where you both control the guns of the Enterprise. These guns did not feel good, and the whole thing was confusing as all hell. As Gorn missiles and suicide ships slammed into the Enterprise, I had no idea what the hell I was doing, and there was little explanation as to how the shield controls worked – which I had to time with every strike perfectly. Still, this was a short experience I guess they added just to let us integrate at least a little with the iconic ship.
Hell, the shooting is just visceral and brilliant… okay?
The dynamic of: short burts of combat, cut-scene, interactive element, exposition, platforming, rinse, repeat gave the experience a level of fullness and consistency that a lot of games are lacking at the moment. There's no pivotal X% moment part where you think "well, the game is coming to a close here on in", prior to the Gorn ship, that is. There's a lot to be said about the quality of the writing, too, and although at first, for some reason, the voice acting is incredibly wooden, that straightens out as though they recorded it in chronological order and the cast gradually got used to what they were doing.
Is Star Trek doomed as cash-in. Is it really just fan service?
The games pacing and dynamic is too well thought out, and its story too well written to be accused of such a thing. The combat is fantastic, if iterative (I mean, it's a third person cover shooter), and there's actually a surprising amount to the whole thing. I can't objectively call it a bad game… it's just a little samey on paper. The thing is, it totally gets away with it because it's Star Trek. It's not getting away with being bad, it's just getting away with the same thing that every other third person action game gets away with: having cover mechanics, platforming, and a lot of cut-scenes. Tomb Raider seems to be doing pretty well with those.
Star Trek won't appeal to people who don't like Star Trek. To those people, you'll find absolutely nothing new. Given the game's called Star Trek, however, it's probable that Digital Extremes know who their demographic is: Star Trek fans. With solid mechanics, a fantastic dynamic, and gameplay that genuinely had me sitting down of my own accord for 10 hours straight, Star Trek is a must have for fans of the films, the show, or the prior games – now that it works.
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This summer, public housing authorities in Kansas City (MO), Cambridge (MA), Annapolis (MD), and Lakeland (FL) will become smoke-free, following a trend encouraged by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and already adopted by public housing authorities across the country in cities such as Boston, Detroit, Houston and San Antonio. In 2009 and 2012, HUD issued notices (PIH Notice 2009-21 and PIH Notice 2012-25) to public housing authorities outlining several reasons to adopt a smoke-free policy in public housing. HUD also offers a Smoke-Free Housing Tool Kit for authorities to facilitate implementation of a smoke-free initiative, available at http://www.portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/smokefreetoolkits1. Further, HUD provides information regarding smoking cessation resources that public housing authorities may make available to their residents. In the event a public housing authority adopts a non-smoking policy, HUD advises that such authorities should update their PHA plans with HUD and revise their lease agreements to include the non-smoking policy.
In April, Kansas City Housing Authority adopted a smoke-free policy that will ban smoking in all of its 1,700 residential public housing units as well as outdoor grounds on July 1, 2014. Residents may apply for a six-month extension for the implementation of the smoking ban in their units.
The Cambridge Housing Authority's smoke-free policy, which was adopted last fall and will be enforced beginning in August 2014, prohibits smoking in public housing units. However, residents and visitors will be permitted to smoke outdoors at public housing developments. Additional public housing authorities in Massachusetts may join the smoke-free ranks soon, as officials are considering statewide guidelines that encourage all housing agencies to ban smoking.
Lakeland, Florida public housing residents will also soon be subject to a ban on smoking in their homes, pursuant to a rule adopted in 2013. Enforcement of the smoke-free policy in Lakeland is set to begin shortly. New residents and existing residents renewing their leases will have to sign a form promising not to smoke indoors.
The current smoking ban in public housing units is being extended to all public housing properties by the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis. Residents have not been permitted to smoke in their units since May 2011, but on April 14, 2014, the Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution expanding the ban to all properties.
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If you're reading this post, chances are that you did not win a ticket to the inauguration from newly-elected Congressman Gary Peters. However, there are numerous opportunities to watch this historic occasion unfold tomorrow/later today — whether by watching on msnbc.com from your office, calling in sick (please coordinate this with your co-workers), or dropping by a viewing party to soak up the energy of your fellow citizens. Wherever you are, no matter what your political affiliation, we hope you'll take some time to appreciate our country's long history of peaceful transitions of power, as well as the potent symbolism of President Obama's election for the civil rights movement and for the history of our great country. Some options of where you can witness this historic change of power, right here in Michigan, after the jump.
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Amazing as it might seem, Baseball America didn't start rating the best prospects in baseball until its 10th year of existence. We had been ranking prospects by their minor league and their organization for years, and we broke them down by position during spring training.
According to scouting directors, the 2005 draft class doesn't need a boost from Townsend's presence. By all accounts, it's a deep class that scouts are looking forward to sifting through, even if they aren't looking forward to paying the players at the top the multimillion-dollar, major league contracts that Justin Verlander, Humber and Niemann received as the second, third and fourth selections in 2004.
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In a change from recent years, high schools have produced more of Ohio's best draft prospects than the colleges in 2005. Slugging outfielder Nolan Reimold is one of the few position players and collegians of note, and his late surge could carry him into the fifth round or earlier.
Zach Putnam looked like he would become the state's first first-round pick since the Yankees reached up for David Parrish 28th overall in 2000. But Putnam has leveled off as a pitcher, and now teams project him as a third-round talent as a third baseman. After Putnam and Chris Getz, the state's most attractive prospects are pitchers. Sophomore-eligibles Paul Phillips and Jayson Ruhlman could be premium picks in 2006 if they return to school and show more consistency.
High school righthanders are Indiana's strength, after being in short supply a year ago. Josh Lindblom has an outside chance of going in the supplemental first round, and the state's next three best prospects are three more prep righties. The state's colleges have been a disappointment, as several players failed to build on the momentum from strong summer performances.
Wisconsin had a second-round pick in high school righthander Erik Cordier last year, but that's more the exception than the rule. The state's largest school, the University of Wisconsin in Madison, doesn't play baseball, so NCAA Division III powerhouse Wisconsin-Whitewater has become the state's preeminent college program. Whitewater's pair of aces, Greg Reinhard and Kevin Tomasiewicz, are its best prospects this year, and beyond them the state will have few draft picks.
C.J. Henry is one of the draft's finest athletes and is considered reasonably signable despite having the basketball talent to play at major college programs. Bryant Beaver is another top athlete, though makeup concerns make it unlikely he'll even get drafted. The state's best college programs—Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Oral Roberts—are all slightly down this year in terms of performance and draftable talent.
Nebraska gets a four-star rating almost solely because of the presence of Alex Gordon, the top college hitter in the draft. After him, there's no one close to a significant position player available. The state's high schools may not yield a single draft pick, so behind Gordon the prospect crop consists mainly of college pitchers.
Missouri is one of the nation's underrated producers of baseball talent. It has neither two first-rounders as it did a year ago with high schoolers Scott Elbert and Blake DeWitt, nor the stunning depth of 2003, but it still has plenty to offer. NCAA Division II Central Missouri State alone has five pitchers who could go on the first day of the draft, and the University of Missouri will provide several draft picks after its best season since 1996. Mizzou offers even better things to come because ace Max Scherzer, a sophomore, should be one of the first selections in the 2006 draft.
The Gopher State has produced recent first-round picks in Joe Mauer (2001) and Glen Perkins (2004), but doesn't have that kind of talent this year. While the University of Minnesota usually produces most of the state's draft picks, shortstop Matt Fornasiere is the only Gopher certain to be selected this time around. The state's high schools could get entirely shut out, though righthander Ryan Lindgren probably will go as a draft-and-follow.
If you're looking for lefthanders, come to Louisiana. Starting with likely first-rounder Brian Bogusevic, the state could have six southpaws taken in the top five rounds. The Bayou State also boasts a trio of hard-throwing righthanders, but not much in the way of position players. The best long-term bat in the state may belong to Bogusevic, but most clubs like him better on the mound.
After the top pitching prospect in the draft (Mike Pelfrey) and the second-best high school catcher available (Brent Milleville), Kansas has a significant dropoff. The state's high schools haven't offered much depth all decade, though Milleville is Kansas' best prep prospect since Pelfrey and Pirates second-round pick Blair Johnson three years ago. The junior colleges pick up some of the slack, offering several interesting players.
Righthander Jeremy Hellickson is the latest prospect to make a run at becoming Iowa's first high school first-rounder ever, but he'll probably come up a round short. Beyond Hellickson, Iowa is as barren as it was a year ago, when the state's top picks were 20th-round righties Jose Garcia and Nathan Johnson.
For the third straight year, pitching again dominates the Illinois scene. Righthander Michael Bowden should be the state's highest-drafted player since Kris Honel went in the first round to the White Sox in 2001. Catcher Chris Robinson has lived up to his billing and should go by the fifth round, but it could be another five or 10 rounds before the next position player is selected.
Righthander Neil Wagner was supposed to be North Dakota's best prospect in years, but his junior season didn't go as planned, allowing high schoolers Kyle Carr and Andrew Gudmunson to pass him as potential draft picks. Scouts didn't have a reason to trek to South Dakota this spring.


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The 2014 USA Men's National Basketball Team will compete for the Jones Cup in August in Taiwan, and the Mitchell Cup in September in the Dominican Republic. The USA Men's Olympic Team attends high profile Olympic qualifiers and the USA Men's National Basketball Team works in concert with Team USA to attend other qualifiers worldwide, such as the Jones Cup. The Jones Cup is a FIBA recognized event that is respected worldwide, and will be aired on ESPN and Fox Sports.
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This is the first year for Dayton as a member of the UBA and they will contribute several players to the All-Star festivities as the host city.
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Wright State to hold various summer camps
FAIRBORN — The Wright State Raiders will be holding numerous camps this summer for multiple sports. The summer camps include the following:
Volleyball: Coach Susan Clements and assistant coach Kara Hellmann will host six camps in July at the WSU McLin Gym, including four residential and two for commuters. Specialized camps include an Elite Setter Camp (July 11-13), Libero Camp (July 12-13), Hitter Camp (July 12-13) and a High Potential Camp (July 13-15). An All Skills Camp and Little Raider Camp will be held July 16-18. For more information, call Kara Hellman at 775-3665.
Men's Basketball: Coach Billy Donlon will host camps June 16-19 and June 23-26 for ages seven to high school seniors. The camp will concentrate on fundamentals in order to build a strong foundation from which to grow. For more information, call DJ Wyrick at 775-2370.
Baseball: The Wright State baseball coaches will hold camps throughout the summer with Youth Day Camps scheduled for June 23-26 and July 7-10. Campers will learn the fundamentals of the game and how to play the "Raider Way." For more information, call Justin Parker at 775-4188.
Women's Soccer: The Wright State Girls' Soccer Academy will be back this summer with an overnight camp (June 25-27) and two youth camps (July 7-10, July 14-17) held during the morning hours. Additionally, there will be three one-day camps (June 2, July 28 and August 1). Emphasis will be placed on the technical aspects of the game such as dribbling, passing, receiving, striking a ball, finishing and more. For more information, call 775-2771.
Men's Soccer: The Wright State Boys Soccer Academy will host an overnight camp (June 12-14) as well as youth camps (July 7-10, July 14-17). Also, one-day youth camps will be available July 2, July 28 and August 1. In addition to the fundamentals, players will be placed in game situations that require decision making and a competitive spirit. For more information, call Jake Slemker at 775-2801.


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Will Altemueller threw a one-hitter and Drew Shinkle nearly hit for the cycle as host Elkin defeated Ashe County, 9-2, in a Mountain Valley Athletic Conference game Wednesday night.
"He hit the strike zone all night long," Elkin Coach Steve Martin said. "He was mowing them down."
Altemueller finished with 12 strikeouts.
Shinkle finished his night with a home run, two doubles and a single. He came within a play at third base — trying to stretch a double into a triple — of a cycle. Shinkle as two home runs, three doubles and a single in his last two games.
"He hit the ball well," Martin said of Shinkle. "Everybody in the lineup hit. We put the ball in play tonight."
Altemueller helped his cause with a hit and an RBI.
The nine runs and the 12 hits were season highs for Elkin, who went into Thursday night's game at Alleghany 3-11 overall and 3-7 in the conference.
The nine runs marked the second straight game the Buckin' Elks have reached their season high in runs. They scored six Saturday in an 11-6 loss to Mount Airy.
Elkin 13, Ashe County 2, 5 inn.: In Elkin, Cayley Shoemaker had a strong day on the mound and at the plate as the Lady Elks defeated the Huskies.
Shoemaker allowed just two hits, no earned runs, walked one and struck out seven in her five innings of work. She also went 3-for-3 at the plate.
Three RBI in the first two innings by Rebekah Cranford helped stake Elkin take the early 5-0 lead.
After the Huskies cut it to 5-2 in the top half of the third, the Lady Elks responded with four of their own in the bottom of the third. Victoria Kiger's RBI double highlighted the outburst.
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"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." William Gibson: Neuromancer
"What does a scanner see? he asked himself. I mean, really see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does a passive infrared scanner like they used to use or a cube-type holo-scanner like they use these days, the latest thing, see into me - into us - clearly or darkly? I hope it does, he thought, see clearly, because I can't any longer these days see into myself. I see only murk. Murk outside; murk inside. I hope, for everyone's sake, the scanners do better. Because, he thought, if the scanner sees only darkly, the way I myself do, then we are cursed, cursed again and like we have been continually, and we'll wind up dead this way, knowing very little and getting that little fragment wrong too." Phillip K. Dick: A Scanner Darkly
William Gibson's landmark Sprawl Trilogy depicted a neon-soaked future of powerful megacorporations, revolutions in biomedical science and cybernetics and a world where the line between cyberspace and reality would blur to an almost unrecognizable point. This jarring and prophetic vision of our near-future helped create one of the most iconic subgeneras of science fiction, cyberpunk. I'm also making an educated guess that our own Mr. Shoemaker is a massive fan of Neuromancer and the genera at large.
What is cyberpunk? I hopefully won't get this wrong, if not please correct/flame me. Cyberpunk settings are typically near-future worlds where technology has accelerated at a breakneck pace. Biological, cybernetic engineering and information technology has become highly advanced, but this isn't the happy idealistic world envisioned by science fiction optimists like Gene Roddenberry. These are worlds with deep social problems. Corporation personhood has mutated to nightmarish levels, even controlling private armies that rival governments. In some cyberpunk worlds, the corps ARE the government. Human augmentation has led to a new 1% that is literally more powerful than average citizens, thanks to bio-modification and cybernetic enhancement. Authoritarian corporations and governments use highly advanced surveillance technology to monitor the public with ease.
Cyberpunk protagonists are typically individuals who operate on the fringes of society. Drug-addicted undercover cops, bounty hunters, corporate agents and of course hackers are only some of the antiheroes that roam these worlds, operating in the shadows.
This genera in gaming has been passe in previous years, but it's reemerging. Games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution have become smash hits and a sequel is in the works. Shadowrun has been raised from the dead thanks to Kickstarter. Other titles like Remember Me and Watch Dogs look highly promising. And Projekt Red have even announced a Cyberpunk 2077 game to be released in the near-future. If these titles live up to expectation is a question in of itself, but I'm absolutely delighted that cyberpunk in gaming and science fiction in general is having a sort of renaissance.


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The Portlandia-perpetuated clichés about Oregon's most populous city are, in fact, mostly spot-on: Grey skies blanket earnest, crafty, foodie types obsessed with coffee. But perhaps it's the lack of distracting sun that inspires residents to such industrious creativity. Though the indie scene of Portland is legendary, this artisanal vibe extends to food, drink, clothes, and housewares. And nowhere are they more florid than in the downtown Portland district. Spend a leisurely afternoon shuttling between old-school institutions and the new kids on the block and you'll leave exquisitely fed, nattily dressed , and above all, highly caffeinated.
The most scenic of this local fave is in the lobby of the Ace Hotel, where you can beautiful-people-watch and get your joe fix. 1026 SW Stark


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Bobby Frankel no stranger to strong horses, opinions
• Ran horses at Del Mar for 37 seasons, starting in 1972.
• Fourth all-time on track's win list for trainers with 349.
• Fourth all-time on track's stakes victory list for trainers with 70.
• Leading trainer of meeting five times, 1973 and 1975-78.
• Won Pacific Classic six times with Missionary Ridge (1992), Bertrando (1993), Tinners Way (1994-95) and Skimming (2000-2001).
• Won Eddie Read Handicap seven times with No Turning (1977), Wickerr (1981-82), Al Mamoon (1986), Saratoga Passage (1989), Marquetry (1992), and Expelled (1997).
Bobby Frankel was a love/hate relationship waiting to happen for anybody who had to deal with him.
You had to love the Hall of Fame trainer, who died Monday morning at the age of 68, for how smart he was and how engaging and charming he could be. Especially when his mood was right and the subject was thoroughbred racing, which he knew thoroughly from every possible aspect.
You had to love him for his strong opinions, expressed without sugar coating or fear of how they'd be taken by anyone.
You could come to hate how, when his mood was wrong, he could be intimidating and dismissive and go into attack mode on any and every little thing.
A guy who spent hours with a rookie turf writer who stopped by his barn at Del Mar in 1985, schooling him on the daily backstretch rituals, the game as it is played at its highest level and providing the Frankel take on the way racing was perceived and covered by the media.
A guy who went off on the same writer a year later when he had the audacity to suggest that runner-up Zoffany was making inroads on Al Mamoon in the stretch of the Eddie Read Handicap.
"Were you watching the race?" Frankel asked. "He wasn't getting caught and he wouldn't have if they'd have gone around again."
Two San Diegans who knew Frankel well are Joe Harper, president and CEO of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and Edmund Gann, a major ownership client of Frankel's for more than 30 years.
"He was an interesting guy and a hell of a trainer," Harper said.
Among his first meetings with Frankel, Harper recalled, was at a dinner of some kind soon after Frankel had moved to Southern California from New York.
"You could sense that here was a guy that was different, that was bringing something new to the table," Harper said. "Of course he had that New Yorker's edge to him which I found actually was kind of fun.
"He was a critic and the years that he trained here, when you saw him coming you knew he had something to tell you that you were doing wrong. I never minded that either.
"You always knew where you stood with Bob and I always appreciated that about him. We would have some pretty good arguments over a wide variety of things, but I always respected him and hopefully he felt the same way."


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Remember Strategic Allied Consulting and it's founder, Nathan Sproul? You know...he's the fella who got into a bit of trouble a few weeks back for voter registration fraud while working under contract for the RNC. Well, it seems ol' Nathan isn't done yet.
Joseph Tanfani of the L.A. Times writes that Sproul is apparently still hard at work setting up Republican GOTV efforts. He references Bluenc.com, a North Carolina political blog, which connected some dots and found that Strategic Allied Consulting has merely morphed into a different entity called Issue Advocacy Partners and continues to operate just as if nothing happened.
Brad Friedman at BradBlog.com does a good job bringing the whole story together.
So, what happened to the RNC's supposed "zero tolerance" policy for voter registration fraud?
(Update #1)
Hungrycoyote pointed out that Think Progress has a piece on this as well.
Just Bob posted a link to today's Tampa Bay Times piece on the release of documents related to the criminal investigation into SAC's voter fraud.
Citizendc added a link that delves in to Sproul's use of shell companies.
(Update #2)
Citizendc pointed out to Just Bob & hungrycoyote that their comments just showed that Karl Rove's American Crossroads and Sproul's Strategic Alliance Consulting both share the same address:
45 North Hills Drive
Suite 100
Warrenton, VA 20186
Nice work, folks! Now THAT is some interesting information that I'd certainly love to hear more about
(Update #3)
here4tehbeer pointed out that the same address is used by Holtzman Vogel Josefiak PLLC, a law firm in which Jill Holtzman Vogel, the current representative to the Va. State Senate for the 27th District, is a partner.
Citizendc added that another Partner in that firm, Jason Torchinsky, is also a Lawyer for Americans for Prosperity, a Koch organization.
What a small, small world it seems to be when your mission is to pervert Democracy by any means necessary.


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- To make the brittle: Combine the granulated sugar, honey and water in a medium-sized saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar.
- Boil, without stirring, until the mixture turns a deep amber color, about 10 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and immediately stir in the toasted almonds, butter and baking soda.
- Mix with a wooden spoon just until the butter melts and the foaming subsides.
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Are Afghan Lives Worth Anything?
This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.
It was a blast. I'm talking about my daughter's wedding. You don't often see a child of yours quite that happy. I'm no party animal, but I danced my 64-year-old legs off. And I can't claim that, as I walked my daughter to the ceremony, or ate, or talked with friends, or simply sat back and watched the young and energetic enjoy themselves, I thought about those Afghan wedding celebrations where the "blast" isn't metaphorical, where the bride, the groom, the partygoers in the midst of revelry die.
In the two weeks since, however, that's been on my mind--or rather the lack of interest our world shows in dead civilians from a distant imperial war--and all because of a passage I stumbled upon in a striking article by journalist Anand Gopal. In "Uprooting an Afghan Village" in the June issue of the Progressive magazine, he writes about Garloch, an Afghan village he visited in the eastern province of Laghman. After destructive American raids, Gopal tells us, many of its desperate inhabitants simply packed up and left for exile in Afghan or Pakistani refugee camps.
One early dawn in August 2008, writes Gopal, American helicopters first descended on Garloch for a six-hour raid:
The Americans claim there were gunshots as they left. The villagers deny it. Regardless, American bombers swooped by the village just after the soldiers left and dropped a payload on one house. It belonged to Haiji Qadir, a pole-thin, wizened old man who was hosting more than forty relatives for a wedding party. The bomb split the house in two, killing sixteen, including twelve from Qadir's family, and wounding scores more.... The malek [chief] went to the province's governor and delivered a stern warning: protect our villagers or we will turn against the Americans.
That passage caught my eye because, to the best of my knowledge, I'm the only person in the US who has tried to keep track of the wedding parties wiped out, in whole or part, by American military action since the Bush administration invaded Afghanistan in November 2001. With Gopal's report from Garloch, that number, by my count, has reached five (only three of which are well documented in print).
The first occurred in December of that invasion year when a B-52 and two B-1B bombers, wielding precision-guided weapons, managed, according to reports, to wipe out 110 out of 112 revelers in another small Afghan village. At least one Iraqi wedding party near the Syrian border was also eviscerated--by US planes back in 2004. Soon after that slaughter, responding to media inquiries, an American general asked: "How many people go to the middle of the desert...to hold a wedding eighty miles from the nearest civilization?" Later, in what passed for an acknowledgment of the incident, another American general said: "Could there have been a celebration of some type going on?... Certainly. Bad guys have celebrations." Case closed.
Perhaps over the course of an almost eight-year war in Afghanistan, the toll in wedding parties may seem modest: not even one a year! But before we settle for that figure, evidently so low it's not worth a headline in this country, let's keep in mind that there's no reason to believe:
• I've seen every article in English that, in passing, happens to mention an Afghan wedding slaughter--the one Gopal notes, for instance, seems to have gotten no other coverage; or
• that other wedding slaughters haven't been recorded in languages I can't read; or
• that, in the rural Pashtun backlands, some US attacks on wedding celebrants might not have made it into news reports anywhere.
In fact, no one knows how many weddings--rare celebratory moments in an Afghan world that, for three decades, has had little to celebrate-- have been taken out by US planes or raids, or a combination of the two.
Turning the Page on the Past
After the Obama administration took office and the new president doubled down the American bet on the Afghan War, there was a certain amount of anxious chatter in the punditocracy (and even in the military) about Afghanistan being "the graveyard of empires." Of course, no one in Washington was going to admit that the US is just such an empire, only that we may suffer the fate of empires past.
When it comes to wedding parties, though, there turn out to be some similarities to the empire under the last Afghan gravestone. The Soviet Union was, of course, defeated in Afghanistan by some of the very jihadists the US is now fighting, thanks to generous support from the CIA, the Saudis, and Pakistan's intelligence services. It withdrew from that country in defeat in 1989, and went over its own cliff in 1991. As it happens, the Russians, too, evidently made it a habit to knock off Afghan wedding parties, though we have no tally of how many or how regularly.
Reviewing a book on the Soviet-Afghan War for the Washington Monthly, Christian Caryl wrote recently:
One Soviet soldier recalls an instance in 1987 when his unit opened fire on what they took to be a "mujaheddin caravan." The Russians soon discovered that they had slaughtered a roving wedding party on its way from one village to another--a blunder that soon, all too predictably, inspired a series of revenge attacks on the Red Army troops in the area. This undoubtedly sounds wearily familiar to US and NATO planners (and Afghan government officials) struggling to contain the effects from the "collateral damage" that is often cited today as one of the major sources of the West's political problems in the country."
And, by the way, don't get me started on that gloomy companion rite to the wedding celebration: the funeral. Even I haven't been counting those, but that doesn't mean the US and its allies haven't been knocking off funeral parties in Afghanistan (and recently, via a CIA drone aircraft, in Pakistan as well).


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I am at loss of
what I need to do to get a roof over my family.
I have tried to
appeal for rental flat and also apply new flat from HDB but to no
I just want some
advice from anyone who can help to overcome my difficulties and help
me getting a roof over my head for my kids and me.
Let me highlight
what I have done since 2009, just maybe anyone can tell me where
should I go from here.
I am a divorcee
with 3 children under my custody. Also I was made a bankrupt by my
ex-husband's action of cheating me financially and the bank for non-payments of
renovation loan for my first house.
I have to comply
with HDB regulation to sell my 4 room flat in 2009 because of my
divorce case. My first and only HDB house was sold at a loss.
Since then, I
have been staying with my sister's family (family of 5 kids and 2
adults), together with my parents (2 adults) and another sister's
family (family of 1 kid and 2 adults. In total, there are 16 people
occupying the 4-room flat.
Living in a house
with 16 people is definitely difficult. It has somehow or rather
invaded my family's as well as my sisters' families privacy. My
children and I are now sleeping in the living room. Our belongings
are scattered around and are mostly kept in the storeroom. My kids
have no place to study peaceful
In order to
provide a more conducive environment for my growing children, I have
been in correspondence with HDB and have visited the MP thrice in my
effort to purchase a flat. However, up till now, I am still without
any home of my own.
I had appealed
for the following since 2009
Rental – not
eligible to rent due to income ceiling (even before I can submit my
New HDB
flats/ Returned flats – HDB loan & the use of CPF funds to pay
for resale levy.
In their reply,
HDB is only able to give a small loan of $100k as I am a sole
breadwinner and a bankrupcy and will consider the use of CPF funds to
pay for resale levy. They also suggested that I consider applying
under BTO.
As per their
advice, I have applied for 3 BTOs and all three applications were
rejected as priority was given to first-time buyers and my number is
above the supply of flats. Only if you are a first timer, then they
will reconsider.
This is my
dilemma and problem.
am caught in the situation where:=
I was in the position to apply a new house from HDB because of my
non-first timer status and priority given to first-time buyer.
cannot rent a flat from HDB because of my high income ceiling.
cannot rent a flat from open market because I am cash strap and need
the cash for my family expenses (my ex-husband is unemployed and
does not give maintenance expenses)
cannot buy a flat from open market because of my bankruptcy status.
This is my last resort to seek anyone's
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My next question
is, it takes estimated 3 – 5 years for the BTO houses to be up and
if they keep rejecting my application, when am I able to get a home.
As times goes by, houses are becoming more and more expensive and my
children are growing.
I am asking for
help or alternative that I could have in trying to provide home,
shelter and security for my children so that they are able to live
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Should my boyfriend of 2 yrs cut his bf off because I find text of him putting me down saying really nasty things
When A Man Loves A woman

(lyrics)

When a man loves a woman

Can't keep his mind on nothing else

He'll trade the world

For the good thing he's found

If she's bad he can't see it

She can do no wrong

Turn his back on his best friend

If he put her down
Sorry but I have seen love like that !! Not experienced myself but yeah husband and wife like glue, no one gets between them.
Yeah, Sad huh? There are actually two sides to this story. I have people in my life who have cell phones and they leave them lying around, and I have never seen any of their text messages, because I respect them enough to not be looking at them. People who read other people's text messages, are like eaves droppers; they are likely to be unhappy with what they learn.
@pixelbest....I know a few marriages like that too. Enviable.
Time to get separate accounts. Maybe a different boyfriend, if he won't even tell his friend to respect you.
@ grantmepeaceplease, agree, she should cut her losses now if he won't stand up for her.
Was the text to your boyfriend? If so, I would be mad at him for listening to it without sticking up for you.

You can't make him drop his friends .. he'll just resent you.

I would talk to him about how this makes you feel. If he doesn't care .. he's not much of a boyfriend .. maybe better to cut him off.
What does your boyfriend think? Up to him really, his friend is probably jealous and misery likes company. Does he want to keep him in his life?
no...deal with it...it's called living in the real world...not everyone likes everyone else, however your boyfriend should make some boundaries...tell his friend he doesn't need to hear it and to keep his opinions to himself from now on.
He should have done that on his own
more likely there is truth (at least bf thinks so) to what the friend is saying.. that is why the friend said it and the boyfriend isn't kicking his a**. My point in the snark was that my money would be on the friend if push comes to shove.
Well if his best friend ain't getting any and he is too dumb to see that is why he is putting the girl down? No he won't lol.
No. Not if his best friend was there first! You should never get in the way of friendship! But if he does give his friend up then imagine how he could treat you.
Sadly not everyone is a true friend in life. I've had two close female friends who have stabbed me in the back. One slept with my husband, my issue with her, she did not keep him lol.The other acted out in my life so much, still recovering from what she did !!
That'd be nice. What really nasty things did he say about you?
Give him an ultimatum. Either his friend goes or you go.
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