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Slathering Through The Matter Machine 0
There is a whole lot of shooting going on, no I don't mean this game, I mean on the whole damn console. It seems like over half the games that come out these days are some kind of shooter. I've been playing the modern first person shooter since Tribes came out in… hmmm, 1998, that's a while ago. I make that point to say that, I'm not going to play a shooter these days for the online multiplayer, there's just not any juice in that anymore for me. If I play a shooter these days, its because t...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Ironically, what this game needed was simply more time. 0
TimeShift is a perfect example of publishers pushing an unfinished game onto the market in time for the holiday season. While the result is by no means disastrous, there's no doubt the game could have been significantly better. The story goes that at some point in the future, a secret science facility invents a suit that protects its wearer from the side-effects of time travel, i.e. being squished into a singularity by gravitational forces. Of course, one power-hungry jerk in your team can't re...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
If you like Half-Life 2... 0
... you might just get some decent times from Timeshift. I played the first hour of this back in 2008 and didn't care much for it. I pulled it out of my collection recently and started again... got past the first hour (still pretty awful) and then began to really enjoy it. The time slowing/stopping/reversing are really a whole bunch of fun to use, and keeps the combat interesting. There are few puzzles scattered through the game which require the time powers, but they are very simple and not r...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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Reverse time to prevent yourself from buying TimeShift! 0
I don't know how I made it through this one. I'm going to gloss over the technical details so I can get to why this game really pisses me off. It's visually competent even though everything has a plasticky look. All the weapons sound weaker than they should and halfway through you get a crossbow that kills every enemy in one shot. Combined with the ability to slow and pause time, this is basically god-mode. Even though it starts out kind of rough (lots of enemies, weak weapons), this one weapo...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
The Time Feature is cool but it dont save this Game 0
With the Feature of stoping time are slowing time down is a Great Feature and i like it a lot but does this Feature alone save the Game , Well My Friend i must say No it dont, How about Boss fights i dont see them At the end of the Game you do have this Walker Boss walking Through the City but even that is just so so Boss, As a rule through out the Game you are slowing stoping time and Killing Hund...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
A serviceable shooter that doesn't reinvent the genre. 0
Timeshift is the newest thing from Saber Interactive, the studio that developed the famous Will Rock game in 2003, this is the new thing there doing, a time changing, heavily scripted shooter. The Story is terrible, its hard to figure out whats going on, you are the "beta suit" in this lab, some crazy bald ass guy runs off with the "alpha suit" kills everyone in this building, which I don't understand at all, this pre-rendered scene is decent as best, but doesn't tell you who you are, or what i...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Prince of Persia with Guns. 0
Timeshift made me appreciate this current gen of Graphics card, as well as my processor. It's not DX10 based, yet, it's graphics are amazingly good. Yet, Timeshift is more than just looks. So yeah, basically the tale told there is not exactly Half Life or Metal Gear Solid, it's complex, and somewhat boring, so yeah, the gameplay makes up for it, and so does the design and awesome Timeshifting powers, but we'll get to it. After 5 minutes gameplay you won't be earning any powers, you'll be left wi...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Not Even Time Travel Gimmicks Save Timeshift From Mediocrity 0
If there is one game genre the Xbox 360 is robust in it would quite easily be the first person shooter genre. But while that isn't necessarily an issue, with games likes Perfect Dark Zero, Prey, Call of Duty 2 and even Halo 3 picking up the FPS limelight with innovative and immersive gameplay, Timeshift developers Saber obviously had a real issue of making their game stand out from the rest. This issue proved so much that eventually Saber caved in and started the game's dev...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Time Shift 0
Finally a game that involves time travel. Time Shift was incredible, with great graphics and awesome weapons, the characters you meet are very interesting and the abilties you have, give you a serious edge. Unlike some games with weather effects where the rain or snow does not look real, Timeshift has effects where the rain is believable. While there are some discrepencies with how certain time powers are used, such as slowing time-also makes you slow down, and that can hamper game play at certa...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
It's Just Fun. Nothing else needs to be said... 0
I am a pretty big FPS fan. And somethings that always stick out to me is the gameplay, multiplayer, story and graphics. Though I've looked I've struggled to find a great FPS besides MW, Killzone or Resistance on my PS3. Until Now.No it dosn't have a great story.No it dosn't have local multiplayer.However it is just plain fun.For example each gun has two features. The first weopon you recieve is a handheld machine gun... with a rocket launcher. Whoever came up with that idea is a genius. Then th...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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Reflecting on the Other Side of the World from River Falls
NOV. 12, 2007--University of Wisconsin-River Falls sophomore Jason Kittel, an art education major from Star Prairie, Wis., carefully puts the final edits a film in a campus computer lab on a sunny autumn day. The plethora of images that flash across the screen transport him to summer in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains in China where he and five other UWRF students had an adventure of their lives in a world much different than home.
The student group was invited by UWRF distinguished alumnus How Wong Man, who is founder and president of the China Exploration and Research Society (CERS), with a center near Shangri-La in the Yunnan Province of China.
A film on their summer experience, "Fire and Earth: A Look Into Traditional Nixi Tibetan Blackware Pottery," premiered Nov. 14 at the Kinnickinnic River Theater at the UWRF University Center.
Among the six students were graduate student Sandra Anderson of Hayward, Wis.; Kittel; Andrew Moore, a senior art educational major from Stillwater, Minn.; Karen Pedersen, a senior chemistry major from Stillwater; and Nicholas Bisley, a senior conservation major from Gresham, Wis. An incoming freshman from Kunming, Yunnan, China, Haiya (Sarah) Zhang, who is studying business administration at UWRF, joined the group as a student and interpreter. Faculty advisor and art professor Lynn Jermal and her husband, Kevin Caldwell, of Hudson, Wis., accompanied the group.
Before reaching the CERS center in Shangri-La, the group spent a week exploring other areas of China. In Beijing they learned about Chinese dynasties by visiting the Forbidden City, the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs. Although massive scale, these spaces contrast greatly with the hutongs, the winding ancient neighborhoods of China.
The group enjoyed dinner at the home of Mr. Fong, who explained the fine art of cricket fighting with its specialty tools and shared his grasshopper collection, kept in a small bamboo cage. The Chinese keep the crickets and grasshoppers for sound as well as sport.
The group also visited the tomb of China's first emperor, Zin Shi Huang (259-210 B.C.) where more than 8,000 finely sculpted, life-size terracotta soldiers and horses were discovered by local farmers in 1974. Later they explored the beginnings of Chinese civilization at the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum and its Han and Tang Dynasties artifacts collection.
When the group arrived in Zhang's hometown of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, they began to become acclimated to the higher altitude of northwest Yunnan. They viewed "Dynamic Kunming" a music, dance and theatrical display of the songs, dances and instruments of Yunnan's 26 minority tribes.
From there, they visited the Stone Forest, a geographical site of outcroppings of limestone in fingers and groupings, and Ethnic Nationalities Park, with exhibits on the lifestyle, art and architecture of the regional tribes.
To prepare for higher altitudes, the group took Ginseng tablets and green tea on the plane. From the airport, they journeyed by Land Rover to the Shangri-La CERS Center, which would serve as headquarters for their study and research.
From July 31 through Aug. 20 the group worked on service learning projects. In 2005, Bisley had helped plan new sanitation stations and several walking and hiking paths in Langdu, a small remote village with a small yak cheese factory that encourage eco-tourism.
These previous efforts by UWRF staff and students have helped pave the way for the tourists to visit these remote regions. "I saw few westerners or Chinese tourists around Shangri-La in 2005," said Jermal, who also was on the first trip to Langdu. "Now there are Internet cafes, ATM's and many middle-class Chinese and independent western travelers everywhere."
Several projects focused on arts conservation. The group was escorted over narrow mountain roads into a beautiful valley to document the flourishing Tibetan pottery tradition in Tangdui in Nixi Township. They stayed at the 10-month-old Nixi Kang Sang Guest House, the only inn and restaurant in this village along a rushing brook. Some conditions were primitive; for example, a visit to the outhouse required a walk across some logs over a rushing stream, under a cow gate and up a path, Jermal said.
Each day the group was escorted to the master potter Sun Nuo QiLing's house where he and one of his sons made the traditional black pottery that eight generations of family have made. QiLing apprenticed with his grandfather, also a master potter, after primary school, and at age 13 and spent five years learning the craft. QiLing has trained many of the other potters of the village's 30 families, of which two-thirds have a potter or two in the family earning part of the family's income. Most potters make between $400 and $1,000 a year working daily at their craft with about 10 days off during planting season.
QiLing and his son each work about eight hours a day at a simple board using tools they have carved. From digging the red clay and creating clay vessels to firing the finished pieces in a pit, the entire process is done without gas or electricity.
The UWRF students filmed and documented the process. "The firing process that the master executed for us the last morning of our visit is an amazing memory," said Anderson. After they were formed, the pots were gradually dried near the wood stoves or in the sun and then on ceiling racks in the large family room and stacked among wood pieces. Pine boughs were stacked around the pile, and wood shavings and kindling was lit to start the wood pieces burning.
After the fire quieted, the fired pots were covered with sawdust and ash to cause reduction, which blackens the color. The students then dug them out with sticks and poured a mixture of yogurt whey and barley powder into the interior to rid the pot of toxins and seal the cooking surface. Once they accounted for all the pots they were transported into the house by baskets on their backs to be polished and cleaned. The entire process took about three hours.
Around the homes were small fields for their barley, corn or cash crops like sunflowers as well as stupas (places for Buddhist offerings), stone fences, and branch barriers to designate family areas or pastures for pigs, chickens or a cow or two. Meat animals are housed in a courtyard inside a walled area on the first floor of each Tibetan home.
Each home has wide verandas on the second and third floor and a small temple room for prayers, storage rooms, bedrooms, the potter's workroom and toilets. The homes are large, covered in stucco, often decorated with carved wood and painted reliefs. Each day the master's wife made the students a traditional lunch of braided bread, yak cheese, butter tea and other folk dishes using wood-burning stoves.
After a week of working in Tibetan homes the group headed back to record their field notes and work on several projects at the CERS center. One result is the film that Kittel and Zhang have produced as well as a book illustrating the pottery process to be produced in English, Tibetan and Mandarin Chinese.
Students also designed business cards and posters for QiLing and the Nixi Kang Sang Guest House. They also made multiple trips to interview and tape a Tibetan musician, Cai Rang Dan Re Shi. Through an interview and his first video-taping experience, Re Shi shared the instruments and traditional songs of Tibetan music, some of which are endangered because so few can build and play the instruments. His music is featured in the Nixi pottery film, and students plan to produce a film of Re Shi to help preserve Tibetan music.
As the students finalized their research projects at the center, Chinese children approached them to practice the English they learn in school. The children's parents beamed with pride, and the students experienced some of their most treasured moments.
This unique opportunity for a global experience will continue through the partnership with the CERS and the generosity of its founder How Man Wong, says Jermal. "UW-River Falls is unique in offering such a profound internship experience in this changing part of China," she said.
Bisley agrees that the experience is profound. "The internship provided the opportunity to experience a very different culture in a way tourists cannot. Staying in Tibetan villages for an extended period allowed me to relate to the culture and people and see myself as part of the community fabric. I also began to look at my own culture in a new way."
Photos: Top, right: Back row, L to R: Tracy Man, CERS accountant; Sonam Doriji, CERS translator; Haiya (Sarah) Zhang, who is freshman business major from Kunming, Yunnan; Polly Chik, CERS staff; sophomore Jason Kittel, an art education major from Star Prairie, Wis.; Nicholas Bisley, a senior conservation major from Gresham, Wis.; Kevin Caldwell of Hudson, Wis. Front row, L to R: Andrew Moore, a senior art educational major from Stillwater, Minn.; graduate student Sandra Anderson of Hayward, Wis.; CERS founder/director and UWRF alumnus Wong How Man; Karen Pedersen, a senior chemistry major from Stillwater; and UWRF art Professor Lynn Jermal of Hudson.
Middle, right: Master Potter Sun Nuo QiLing (foreground) cleaning pots with his grandson (center), and his son, (background). Both Sun's grandson and son are learning the art of the traditional Tibetan pottery.
Bottom, Left: UWRF students look on during the firing process.
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Andes, Mendoza
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There is a day tour from Mendoza called Alta Montana tour, it's a nice way of visiting the Andes, very safe, nice people,lunch, some women alone. Or you can take the regular bus,stop in Aconcagua park ,come back in the same day or stay in a hosteria in Puente del Inca if you like hiking ( for me the best option)
Forming a spectacular backdrop to Mendoza, the Andes are always in view here and sooner or later you're bound to feel them pull you away from the vines and the wine that were probably the reason you chose to come here. Serious hikers and climbers will of course know that Mendoza is the stepping off point to the Alta Montana, the highest stretch of the Andes here in Argentina, but I'm just a sightseer so I'll leave advice about the seriously active stuff to others such as Trekki who really knows the ins and outs (or should that be ups and downs?) of Mendoza's outdoor activities. You don't have to get out the hiking boots to experience these mountains though - a day spent driving the Ruta Alta Montana (RN-7) is a fantastic way to spend one of your days here. Whether you hire a car (as we did) or take a tour, the road up, and up, to Los Penitentes, and on to Puente del Inca, will be one of the highlights of your time in Argentina.
Fantastic scenery changing at every twist and turn in the road, extraordinary colours in the rock, ski resort villages, a wide and fertile valley, the Rio Mendoza, the first glimpse of Acongagua, strange tattered shrines, the skeleton of a railway line and, always the mountains. It's wonderful.
This is the original flag that was taken by San Martin's army when he crossed the Andes. It was hand-embroidered by the patricias mendocinas and the religious of the Company of Mary. The flag is now kept and shown at the Casa de Gobierno.
Try to be early there, because they show it until 12.20 pm
Located on the top of Cerro de la Gloria (Glory Hill) in Parque General San Martin is an impressive monument to Jose de San Martin, an Argentine hero of South America's liberation from Spanish rule.
This monument, designed by Uruguayan Juan Ferrary and built between 1909-14, consists of a huge stone base with various bronze figures attached at strategic locations. There are several friezes around it's lower level depicting various stages in the journey of San Martin's 'Army of the Andes' as it crossed over into Chile in 1817 to liberate that country from Spain. Surmounting everything is a large figure holding aloft broken chains, signifying the break from Spain. In a way, the scenes displayed on the monument reminded us of the Voortrekker Monument outside Pretoria, commemorating the tribulations of the early Dutch settlers in South Africa.
The winding road that leads to this high elevation in the park also offers some nice views out over Mendoza.
Mendoza's proximity to the Andes provides for some excellent opportunities to go up the mountains and if you want to cross into Chile. If you leave early, the sunrise over the Pre-cordillera is spectular. If you continue your way towards Chile, you will also stop at Los Penitentes, a decent place for snowboarding, if you happen to be in Mendoza during wintertime.
A traditional excursion throughout the year, is start in Mendoza city, going along the Mendoza River, up to the border with Chile. 100 km from the city you can find the Valle de Uspallata, setting of the native Huarpes during pre-Hispanic times.
The tour goes on with a visit to the historical bridge over the Picheuta River, then to Polvaredas and Punta de Vacas.-
Then, you can find a natural viewpoint allows you to aprreciate the magnificient Aconcagua. It is the highest summit in America, with 6962 meters and entirely in Argentine territory. Its name in Quechua means Sentry of Stone (Centinela de Piedra). In the gulch of Los Horcones, base of the mountain, expeditions from all over the world meet. It is not an easy mountain. The official season of ascension is between November and March.
Ascension: permission for 20 days, 80 to 120 $, according to the season.
Long Trekking: permission for 7 days, 30 to 40 $, according to the season.
Short Trekking: permission for 3 days 15 to 20 $, according to the season.
The Provincial Park Aconcagua has during its official season a park keeper, information, bathrooms in Plaza de Mulas and free doctor's service in Plaza de Mulas and Plaza Argentina
The picture I can show is a postcard, because when I was there, the weather was terrible and I couldn´t see the Aconcagua. Sorry, for that.-
This is a natural stone bridge with water seeping through its cracks and crevices. It is situated 180 km. from the capital city; also in Luján de Cuyo country; at an elevation of 2,727 m. above sea level. Its water have healing effects for diseases such a gout, rheumatism, dermatitis and syphilis.
In the area can be seen also the ruins of the hotel Termas del Inca, built under the bridge in 1905 and razed by an avalanche in 1961.
This center is at present only exploited as a tourist attraction for its magnificient combination of colored stone and thermal waters.-
Mt. Aconcagua, located within the Aconcagua National Park, is regarded as the highest summit in the Western hemisphere, 6960m above sea level. It lies in the Central Andes mountain range, the peak being in Mendoza province. The summit was first reached in 1897. Puente del Inca near the Chilean border is a starting point for those who want to climb the mountain. Puente del Inca (bridge of the Inca) is a natural stone bridge over the River Mendoza. The ruins in the picture are not the ruins of the Incas, but of a hotel built here in the early part of the 20th century. A huge flood destroyed everything years ago.
On the border with Chile we find Las Cuevas (3,200 mts. above sea level), a small village built folowing the European Style.-
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At least 80 missing in Canada train blaze—firefighter
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LAC MEGANTIC—At least 80 people are missing after a driverless oil tanker train derailed and exploded in the small Canadian town of Lac-Megantic, destroying dozens of buildings, a firefighter back from the scene told AFP Saturday.
The accident in the small Quebec town, located around 250 kilometers (155 miles) east of Montreal, created a spectacular fireball and forced 2,000 people from their homes.
Officials earlier only confirmed one fatality, but had warned the toll could rise. A search for bodies was to begin Sunday at dawn.
The firefighter said on condition of anonymity that there had been at least 50 people in one bar that was consumed by the flames.
"There is nothing left," he said.
Witnesses reported as many as six explosions after the train derailed at about 1:20 am (0520 GMT) in Lac-Megantic, a picturesque resort town of 6,000 residents near the border with the US state of Maine.
Michel Brunet, a spokesman for Quebec's provincial police, said late Saturday the official death toll remained at one but added: "We expect there will be more fatalities."
Radio-Canada had earlier reported that 60 people were unaccounted for in Lac-Megantic, where the blaze was still raging, 20 hours on.
"There have been several reports" from people who said they were unable to reach relatives who lived near the accident site, Brunet said.
"The fire is still raging, our investigators have not yet even be able to get close to the scene," he added, more than 12 hours after the incident.
An initial evacuation zone of a kilometer around the crash site was widened Saturday as a precaution against harmful particles in the air, bringing the total to 2,000 people forced to leave their homes.
Around 150 firefighters were battling the blaze, including some who came across the border from Maine, just 25 kilometers south of the town.
"No conductor on board"
The cause of the crash was still unknown, but a spokesman for the Montreal Maine & Atlantic company, Christophe Journet, told AFP the train had been stopped in the neighboring town of Nantes, around 13 kilometers west of Lac-Megantic, for a crew changeover.
For an unknown reason, Journet said, the train "started to advance, to move down the slope leading to Lac-Megantic," even though the brakes were engaged.
As a result, "there was no conductor on board" when the train crashed, he said.
A team of investigators from Canada's transportation safety agency was quickly dispatched to the scene to investigate.
One witness, Nancy Cameron, posted a photo on social media websites showing one of the train's locomotives spouting flames near Nantes.
Other witnesses were in Lac-Megantic when the train came barreling in.
"When we came out of a bar, we saw cars arriving in the center of town at full speed," Yvon Rosa told Radio-Canada.
"We heard explosions and there was fire everywhere. We ran to the edge of the water," Rosa said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered his "thoughts and prayers" to the community and said the federal government was ready to provide assistance.
The Montreal Maine & Atlantic train consisted of five locomotives and 77 rail cars and was carrying oil from the US state of North Dakota, said the company's vice president of marketing, Joe McGonigle.
But Quebec authorities spoke of 72 cars transporting 100 tonnes of oil each. "Around 10 cars have been secured and separated from the train," the Quebec emergency agency said in a statement.
The Montreal Maine & Atlantic company has a network of more than 800 kilometers through Quebec and New Brunswick provinces and the neighboring US states of Maine and Vermont.
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HYDERABAD: The first University of Hyderabad-TIFR symposium on 'Frontiers in Science' will be held at Sir C. V. Raman auditorium in University of Hyderabad (UoH) campus on Friday and Saturday.
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Oso Community Chapel is place for prayer and comfort
Anne Mulligan / For The Herald
Oso Community Chapel members mingle after church service on Sunday.
Annie Mulligan / For The Herald
Tina Ray, wife of Oso Community Chapel Pastor Gary Ray, reacts to good news at church Sunday - a video announcing her grandchild. Although the community is experiencing tragedy, the Rays are looking forward to a daughter getting married, their first grandchild and a new location for the church.
Back then, the town had hotels and stores. Naturally, a church followed.
These days, about 80 people attend Sunday services at the Oso Community Chapel at 22318 Highway 530, in a building that once had a woodstove in the sanctuary.
Since the March 22 mudslide, the church has become a stop for rescue workers, and for anyone else who needs a place to grieve and to give.
"There was no gas station, no restaurant, no infrastructure," the Rev. Gary Ray said. "They needed support, and we were providing that. We just made ourselves available."
The church of about 2,000 square feet has no office. The listed phone number rings to the pastor's cell phone.
Ray, 52, works at the church full time. His son, Ryan Ray, works part-time as the worship leader.
Gary Ray has received more than 1,300 phone calls — and hundreds of emails and text messages — since the hillside wiped out a neighborhood, left at least 36 dead and blocked Highway 530 between Arlington and Darrington.
The church already is planning for months of work in helping the area recover, Ray said.
The slide happened just as the Oso Community Chapel was getting ready to open another church and community center on Camano Island. The Camano church, which hasn't been named yet, is at 788 Smith Road, just south of Highway 532. The first big events are planned for this weekend, with an egg hunt on Saturday and a brunch and service for Easter Sunday.
After the slide, the chapel staff had to draw back from Camano to focus their efforts on Oso, Ray said.
Other churches sent folks to keep work going at the five-acre, 6,000-square foot Camano site, with "helping hands from all over," Ray said.
"It was very unexpected, just a few folks we know, but mostly folks we don't know, who are going to come and be a part of that," he said.
Other churches, including some from neighboring states, also are paying for a community memorial and tribute dinner planned for 5 p.m. April 26 at the Oso chapel.
Many of the memorial services and funerals for the victims have been private events. The memorial dinner is planned as a public way for people to share, Ray said.
"We'll have speakers. We'll have music," he said. "It's supposed to be light and positive and a time to thank all those who have been working so hard."
Rescuers and neighbors helped one another in countless ways after the slide, he said. The church grounds were even used to load up livestock when the area was being evacuated.
After the mudslide, Ray's wife, Tina, made a 5.5-foot cross out of rough-cut timber and wire. At least 200 people have stopped at the cross since.
"It's a place where people coming through just pause and reflect," Ray said.
An Arlington floral shop, Flowers by George, donated the first flowers to decorate the cross.
"The hope was people would come by and put in their own flowers as a tribute, and they have," Ray said. "It's a beautiful thing and a way for people to feel like they're doing something — a way for them to show they care."
The church also opened a small room with free Internet service. A "comfort center" was created where people could come vent or just have a quiet moment. They brought in clergy trained in crisis response.
When the historic Trafton School closed in 2010, the Oso Chapel agreed to rent the property from the school district and offer no-cost or low-cost community programs, Ray said.
The school has been used to store some of the donated goods for slide victims. Volunteers have been sorting and organizing the items, and building shelving to hold them. People have just stepped up since the slide, and found new ways to serve, Ray said.
Some people have been afraid to return to their homes near the slide area, Ray said. Others have lost their jobs or their businesses are closing because of the highway shut-down and the length of the detour around the slide through Skagit County.
As a pastor, Ray's job is to encourage faith, no matter what, he said.
"I believe that all are here for a purpose, and that purpose is to love God and love others," he said. "In my ministry work, I focus on making matters of faith interesting, understandable and practical. It is in times like these that character is developed, and by faith, hope is found."
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Memorial event
To create a public service where people can grieve and give thanks, the Oso Community Chapel, at 22318 Highway 530, plans a dinner, prayer and memorial event at 5 p.m. April 26. People are asked to bring side dishes and desserts. More info: 360-862-3550.
New church opening
A new church is opening at 788 Smith Road, Camano Island, an offshoot of the Oso Community Chapel.
The first service is planned for Easter Sunday on April 20. Brunch will be at 11:30 a.m., with the service to follow.
There is also a community Easter Egg Hunt set for 10 a.m. April 19.
The Camano church has fields for youth sports, and free Internet access. Programs planned include a family-friendly community library, senior lunches, women's fellowship and youth services.
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Originally posted by CalmOceans
You have succeeded in dethroning the car and food analogies as the worst ever used by posters. Never thought I would see the day.
The amount of people in this thread that seem unaware that that this in relation to EA games in general and not future or current mmo endeavors is rather astounding. It isn't about f2p with them, they've been hinting at it for a long time now, and their main focus is going to be with games you purchase and then have additional microtransactions like in DS3 made available
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
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Cash shops are now at the heart of any funding stratergy for all games. They are all being made with an online play element so cash shops could be brought in.
We predicted this years ago, thats what Steam and Origin etc are all about, form a gaming club online, network with friends, bring in cash shop games. It was all part of the same package.
"Free" to Play was an early element of that package need to bring about a monetised gaming environment. I am not saying the whole thing was planned from the start. But once they saw what they could do they pushed in that direction.
The writting was on the wall and now gamers are being signed up at gunpoint, there will be no choice. Will we put up with it? Yes, and if you want to know why think about the younger gamer who is coming into gaming, think about the world of the internet that he is used to.
Welcome to a new world of gaming, just remember to bring your credit card.
Originally posted by MindTrigger
Amusing, fairly amusing, have you seem to have missed the period in time when P2P games had limited (both level and time-wise) trials and the content allowed within that trial was polished to near perfection and fun and engaging, the moment you subbed and went passed the trial point you got that sick feeling of getting scammed. I got something similar to this with WoW post-Cataclysm, I gave that play for free to level 20 trial a try and I liked it, spent around 100$ getting all the expansions with a 1 month sub included in the package, played it... within 2 days I was bored of the game... played for almost 3 more weeks, hit level cap, got all the last tier items (then) in the game, walked away feeling like I got scammed (not to mention being a EVE-Online player I went for a PVP server... I forgot that PVP in WoW = a level 85 retard dropping on you in PVP gear while you're doing a quest and have aggro on you). So for 15$ a month I got 1 week of fun (that's cobbling together all the fun moments I had in the first few days and some fun moments during my stint in Northrend) and that's neglecting the box and xpac costs. Since then I've looked around and Blizzard isn't the only one who's pulling that trick on people with their P2P games.
Also if you were pre-NGE and continued playing that game for 2 years even after the NGE then it goes to show how much we can value your opinion on what constitutes a game worth, what was it? 45$/month? (sorry but no, the only reason it wasn't as bad as SWtOR was because SOE couldn't rip all the guts out of it to replace it with WoW mechanics and even so the fact people continued to pay 2 play that... ).
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I don't mind MTs if the game is free. What I don't like is "Pay 2 Win" or a "masked Pay 2 Play", where you really are paying $15 per month for features such as being able to hold more than 5 gold, wear blue items, browse the auction house, or play for 15 min without a gigantic ad minimizing your screen.
Moreover, I really don't like purchasing a game, especially a FPS, and then getting bombarded with MTs. It's bs.
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Dead Space 4 - pay 60 for the disc and 10 to unlock each level.
Don't be terrorized! You're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder! More people die every year from prescription drugs than terrorism LOL!
Originally posted by Scot
Video games are not the only entertainment out there. It is a free world. No one says you must play games.
I don't put up with anything in my entertainment. There is no point. There are always good movies, tv, books. There is no lack of entertainment.
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I think the question no one is asking is "when is it ok for a company to ask for more money" I mean honestly we are paying hundreds of dollars for systems that don't come with a single game is it also a bad thing for sony/microsoft to expect us to pay for a game right when we purchase the new systems they come out with?
I am certainly not a cheerleader standing here urging any of these companies on but I think we nneed to stop looking at this issue in such black and white terms.
For example if a game has to be ready to ship three months before it ships is it really that bad to have release day dlc? In my estimation it really isn't and these are the issues I don't hear about from those arguing for or against companies finding extra revenue streams.
I think the issue simply isn't as cut and dried as many of us would like everyone to believe either for or against the idea I mean honestly why can't we also then just get pissed off about the hundreds we've spent on successive mario games when in theory they could have just waited until they got all those ideas and put them all into one game.
Me personally I have had some games that I thought were so much fun I had to have the DLC, unfortunately for that company (Bioware) I tend to wait for a year after they release that game, when it then releases with a version that has all the dlc in it I often purchase it but again if the alternative is for them to then simply move on to the next game with no support for the game I've already spent so much on I don't see it as a problem.
Kudos to the poster above me who seems to have a very reasonable stance on this issue. No one is forced to play games nor are they forced to by into the extra content that comes along after release.
I remember games back in the master system/genesis days costing little more than games cost now but we all know games cost alot more to make now than they did then so let's try and see things from the devs perspective
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EA must make the best games in the business for people to rage about them so much. So great, that their titles are must-have's.
Why else rage about something that can easily be avoided
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"Free to play, pay to win""
Originally posted by CalmOceans
In that case: Stop buying gas for your car, stop buying aspirines, stop buying diapers for your kids. Because guess what: All those companies have high-salary CEOs.
Judge the game by its gameplay. Not by its developers or publishers.
Gaming is about games.
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Originally posted by CalmOceans
I can kill this entire pointless analogy with one word......Wimbledon.
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wow. out of principle, if he meant that literally, then i will probably be shying away from most EA titles
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If you take any random comment from anyone in EA that is not part of a gaming hype article you will start thinking about shying away from their titles. :)
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Originally posted by raistlinm
It's not unreasonable for them to expect you to purchase games with consoles. Didn't you know they often cost more to make than they are sold for. I first heard about that years ago for the older playstations so it's not a recent thing. If they are making profit now on it across the board, I haven't read that.
Originally posted by raistlinm
It is always ok for a company to ask for more money. They ask ... does not mean that you have to give it to them.
Games are not necessity of life. Companies can charge anything, anyway they want to. It is their creation. You don't have to play.
Originally posted by Scot
Why? It is not like i don't already know they want more money. It does not mean that i will give it to them.
I played Dead Space 3 .. and finished the game without paying a single dime to RMT. Still fun.
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Originally posted by nariusseldon
The reason why people rage is because it's threatening their lifestyle, which is what gaming is for a lot of people. Not just a mere hobby. Almost a threat to their mere existance.
The second problem is they make some of the best games on the market. If people thought their games where complete crap, then nobody would complain about the company motto. I'm sure there are people out there that doesn't like EA games but they don't rant about their DLCs or their Ingame stores since they have no interest in the games in the first place.
The third problem is people are afraid of trendsetters. Particularly microtransaction trendsetters. It could potentially effect more companies than EA if they are successful with it.
None of that however is something you can blame EA for. They are not a bunch of hippies sleeping at each others couches trying to code a game because they have a deep passion for it. They are in it to make money for themselves and their investors just like any big corporation should. If I was an investor in a company, I would want them to persue any revenue stream they could in order for my stocks to rise. Gamers don't see it that way because they are not investors, they are consumers and as a consumer it's their job to put their money where it's worth the most instead of bitching on forums, and then buy the latest must have EA title anyway
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This is what the F2P players get. They were warned that it would not turn out how they dreamed it would. Did you guys really think that everything would be all rosey? Again, you guys were warned, and it is only going to get worse from here on out too. Do NOT underestimate greed. And while I am here, stop pre-ordering shit.
Originally posted by Starpower
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EA is not just talking about F2P games. This will include store bought SINGLE PLAYER games. (With constant internet connection required for DRM and micro-transactions) Do you not understand how bad that is? As the F2P market has shown us, it will not be limited to cosmetic items or expanded content, no matter what they promise. Single player DLC has already gone from adding actual content, like new campaign or maps, to selling individual items and gear. The same with pre-order bonuses. These items are more powerful that what you should have at the time, altering game balancing. If they will do that, they will go further. Right now, games are generally balanced for people who buy the game, not all the microtransactions. This will change if we let it.
F2P games are designed to be difficult, grindy, and inconvenient if you don't pay. This model will migrate to the Single Player / B2P market. You will have single player games where they arbitrarily limit how much you can carry, and sell you bags of holding. They will give you games with 3 classes, and sell you 3 more. A game store purchase will not get you a complete game, as they will hold something back to sell you. Spells, vehicles, cool weapons, whatever. They will get away with it too. Most professional reviewers are either paid off, or are still overwhelmed with honeymoon hype to write an accurate review. Worse, EA is the biggest publisher, so if you want to continue to play video games, you will have little choice.
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More than anything else, apps shrink the world like the World Wide Web couldn't. There are apps to go places, apps to invite strangers over for dinner, apps to share your couch with a visiting traveller, and apps to track the ISS. It is inevitable that, sooner or later, you're going to meet people you never thought you would, who share your interests. And just when you're about to say "Hello!" you realise you speak different languages. To help with that, here are three great translation apps.
SayHi Translate
SayHi is available on the iTunes app store for 99 cents (Rs. 54), and an Android version is expected within the next two months.
The app can recognise 32 languages and dialects, including Korean, Swedish, Danish, Polish, and Russian. Even more, it is also equipped to understand and translate nine languages via voice, which means you can now speak Hindi (or Slovak if you're up for it) into the phone and find out what it means in Italian or Basque, instantly.
It also stores the text of past translations locally. The only drawback is that you have to be connected to the net if you want to translate anything new. Last, SayHi can be a good companion app if you're learning a new language, and carry it like an interpreter in your pocket!
Google Translate
An oldie but goodie, Google Translate still dominates online translation services for the sheer number of languages it can translate — over 60 — whether you're keying the words in or speaking them. It's available for Android, and iOS devices.
If you're using the translation service on an Android device, you can also make use of a cool augmented reality feature. Just snap a signboard text on which you're having a tough time deciphering, highlight the textual bits, and Google Translate will have your answer.
The interface, as keeping with most of Google products and services, has nothing to look at. Just be sure you're using the two-way button, to flip input and output languages, right. And, not the least, it's absolutely free.
Mantaphrase advertises itself as an interactive communications app, and is available only for iOS devices. Another major drawback is that if you want to use it for free, you've to be an oriental sojourner: only English, "traditional" Chinese, and Japanese come at no price.
Additional languages can be purchased, but Mantaphrase is yet to roll them out.
Going beyond simply translating what you want to understand or say at the moment, Mantaphrase also provides suggestions for what you can say next. This means you can build conversations from the word "Go!" instead of being awkward around your newfound interlocutors.
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Bamboo bats hit the baseball scene in early 2000 placing strips of bamboo wood together and forming billets to make bamboo bats. After the billets are made the bat is formed. Bamboo shoots are hollow, so they cannot be made with just one piece of wood. Bamboo is a very strong and durable wood, it is a fast growing wood and is very cost effective. It only takes five years to grow to its usable maturity whereas ash and maple, they take much, much longer. Bamboo is thought off as the greener choice. Bamboo bats are quickly becoming more and more popular as the need for stronger, lighter wood bats are becoming a trend specifically in youth leagues. Check out the bamboo bats at JustBats.com and remember from click to hit.
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Are the bamboo layers really put shortways across the bat? I'd expect them to be placed lengthwise to take advantage of the high tensile strength of bamboo.
Thanks for this article! I can find nothing else on the web that describes how bamboo bats are made!
Sorry for the confusion, in our video the graphic does look like the layers go across the bat, but they actually go lengthwise up and down the bat.
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Usta Regional Tournament Segments
What are these? Like national opens??? I'm confused
They are Level 3 tournaments taking the place of the Copper Bowl, Dunlop etc. They are held 4 times per year with 8 concurrent tournaments of 32 draws.
Players qualify using their national rankings and can plan at any location.
I like it. We needed to reduce the distance traveled for all of these national tournaments. The reduced draw size will reduce the number of early round blowouts as well as shorten the length of time away from home. I see it as a positive adjustment.
Just out of curiosity, and I am not trying to infer anything negative by this question, but are you a current junior player playing national tournaments or a parent? I have talked too many of both at tournaments and have not found any support for the changes. I am sure there are some of both who do support the changes. I just have not run into any.
Not trying to start an argument or claiming that my opinion is correct or the only thing that is valid. Just curious.
I'm a parent and I'm OK with disagreements as long as everyone remains respectful. I'm sure there are pros and cons to the changes. I'm just offering my perspective. Thanks.
I have wondered if the parents and players in SoCal are not representative of the overall feelings about the changes. I am speculating, but it might be that SoCal had a disproportional number of Level 3 tournaments and easier access to Level 2 tournaments. Anyway, the mood here has not been one of support. At least the effort to eliminate the Easter Bowl failed.
I guess we'll see how the year goes. My kid did well enough, I think, to qualify for any of the revised events. But no parent I've talked to is feeling sanguine that their travel will be reduced. Those in the middle tier (ranking of 100-500) feel obligated now to play the level 3s to have a chance to qualify for the L2s -- which certainly was not the case before, as one could often qualify for a Nat. Open with hardly any ranking at all.
I guess the USTA wants everyone to have the experience of real pro or ITF tennis ... lots of traveling and lots of disappointments early.. chasing points at this stage for more kids and parents ... I'm glad I don't have to keep on doing this ... it's a sad life really...
think about it.. Thanksgiving day playing a Nat'l open
Christmas day,traveling to AZ for winter Nats..
the only places I really liked ... Hawaii got canceled and Florida clay is a good summer vacation but my kids hate clay courts tennis..
Kalamazoo is an awesome experience for anyone who loves tennis ,it breathes with excitement ..
I definitely like the idea of the Level 3 (& the level 2) tournaments running concurrently. I also like the more "regional" aspect of it. (but jeez.....who selected the out in the middle of nowhere site of Midland TX.....& two months in a row?? ugh)
I don't think i have a problem with lowering the draw size to 32 for the level 3s....since there will be 8 tournaments running concurrently. 8 X 32 = 256
But i'm thinking that the Level 2 tournaments (with only 4 sites running concurrently) are going to see ALOT of great kids left out now that they've reduced the draw size to 32. Especially kids from the stronger sections who could be better than 1/2 the field (at least the on kids who rack up easy national points in weak sections, or sections with easy point systems in place).
Only 128 total kids will be playing on those Level Two tournament weekends. & these will be huge point gathering tournaments (that those left out won't get squat for national points). We'll see how it shakes out after the first L2 tournaments are played in Feb.
hey mr. madison im just guessing jareds your son im good friends with garret... i was looking at next years schedule and didnt see zonals are they taking that out also?
Zonals are still in.
Won't these changes force better players to play in their sections designated and sectional tournaments? Some in the mid rankings don't play these anymore, they just wait for the Nationals, they may not be able to get in now forcing them to play locally. This would provide for better tennis locally and/or make those more difficult to get into. My kids aren't old enough or ranked high enough to get into the Nationals anyway so I'm still deciding if I like the changes. Would like input on this thought from other players and parents. Thanks.
BTW, CA Bowl officially canceled - and no mention of refund.
Looking at the California Bowl you had to have a b16s ranking above 509 to get in. My guess is it will take above 200 for L3s next year. What is your guess?
Don't follow the 16's much but it seems to me that your math is on target ... My son got in Winter Nats ranked 261 (10th alternate) so 8 tournaments (256 kids total vs. 128 for WN) would give a target of around 500 to qualify. At any one site, it seems to me that a kid close to the median ranking of 250 would have a good shot to get in. FWIW.
It'll be interesting to see if the changes have the desired effects. I haven't looked at all of the segments, but just glancing at the Kansas City G18s, most of the applicants are from the *******, Northern, and Missouri Valley sections, but more than a third are from the others, many of them from the east and west coasts.
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Smoking to be banned in English prisons – report
LONDON – Smoking is set to be prohibited in all prisons in England and Wales over fears of that staff may bring compensation claims, the Times reported on Friday.
A pilot scheme is set to be launched early next year banning all tobacco products in the grounds of jails in south-west England, with a full ban due to be rolled out within 12 months.
Senior prison staff was informed of the move in a letter.
"You will no doubt be aware that the decision has been made that the time is right for the prison estate to adopt a tobacco and smoke-free policy to provide a smoke-free workplace/environment for our staff and prisoners," the letter read, according to the Times.
Prisoners are due to be offered nicotine patches as a way of dealing with withdrawal symptoms, which it is feared may lead some inmates to violence.
"I am not sure it is the right time," a prison source told the paper. "Everything in jails is extremely stretched and more job losses are coming."
Prison Service staff have campaigned for a ban and authorities are worried that officers could bring compensation claims over the effects of passive smoking.
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The SSTL-300i satellite platforms avionics, allowing 45° roll/pitch off-pointing for high resolution spot imaging and also stereo mode imaging. Stereo mode imaging is an exciting new development that makes it possible to build digital terrain maps which include, for example, heights of buildings, hills and mountains – useful in the planning of wireless communications. When NigeriaSat-2 is launched in 2010 it will be the first small earth observation satellite to use the new functionality of the SSTL-300i platform. Credit: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited
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Obama hosting new Japan PM amid tensions in Asia
More delicate will be how Obama and Abe address Japan's dispute with China over the Japanese-administered Senkaku islands that flared after Tokyo nationalized some of them in September. China also claims the tiny islands, which it calls Diaoyu. It has stepped up patrols into what Japan considers its territorial waters, heightening concern that a conflict could be sparked. The tensions highlight the rivalry between China, the world's second-largest economy, and Japan, which is the third.
Tokyo accused China last month of locking weapons-guiding radar on a Japanese destroyer and a helicopter, in what it viewed as a dangerous escalation. Beijing accused Tokyo of fabricating the reports to smear China.
Abe will seek a reaffirmation of U.S. treaty obligations to help Japan in the event of conflict - spelled out in clear terms last month by then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who said the U.S. opposes any unilateral actions seeking to undermine Japan's administration of the islands.
Obama will likely give that assurance but tread cautiously. The U.S. is at odds with China on many issues - Washington's growing concern over cybertheft is a clear example. But the U.S. wants to avoid a conflict in the region and is wary of alienating Beijing, whose support is needed to pressure North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs that potentially threaten the U.S.
Danny Russel, National Security Council senior director for Asia, said Obama will find it useful to get an update on the high-level contacts between Tokyo and Beijing.
"The president's focus, as you can imagine, is on the importance of managing these issues in a diplomatic way that lowers the tensions," Russel said in a briefing to reporters ahead of Abe's visit.
"Obama will not want to contribute to the impression that already exists in China that the U.S. and Japan are ganging up against China," said Robert Hathaway, director of the Asia program at the Wilson Center think tank in Washington.
AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace in Washington and AP Auto Writer Tom Krisher in Cleveland contributed to this report.
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Discussion on Elburn Station will wait another week
ELBURN—A number of residents showed up at Tuesday's Village Board meeting, but those who thought they would witness a discussion regarding the Elburn Station came away disappointed.
- Posted January 26, 2013
Local teens receive Brattin Civic Youth Award
AURORA—Last December marked a significant month for Sugar Grove resident and Rosary High School junior Julia Hoyda.
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Parson celebrates 40 years with SG Fire Dept.
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Fire Department on Jan. 6 held a surprise party for Assistant Fire Chief Wayne Parson in honor of his 40th year working for the Fire Protection District.
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Windsor West subdivision inquires about landscape development plan
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday was approached by Linda Wischnowski, the association manager of Association Partners Inc., and Carol Jolley, secretary of Windsor West Communities, in regard to the state of the landscape development...
- Posted January 26, 2013
West Physical Therapy, SG Legion assemble packages for area servicemen
SUGAR GROVE—West Physical Therapy's Sugar Grove and Geneva locations collected items in December 2012 to put in care packages to send to local servicemen and women stationed overseas. Sugar Grove American Legion Post 1271 assembled and shipped...
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HorsePower fundraiser a hit
ST. CHARLES—A fundraiser for HorsePower Therapeutic Riding was held at St. Charles Bowl on Saturday.
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Waubonsee works to help students complete credentials
SUGAR GROVE—When Waubonsee Community College students stop by a special "Graduation Station" at the Sugar Grove Campus next month, they'll receive information on how to apply for a degree or certificate online, and watch clips of the...
- Posted January 26, 2013
Photos: That'll do it—Wise retires
Bud Wise (back row, right) and his co-workers enjoy his retirement party on Dec. 19 at Hogan/Walker John Deere in Elburn. Wise worked at Jewel for 38 years and has been with John Deere since 1996. The...
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Kaneland Educator of the Year representatives announced
KANELAND—The following educators and support staff will represent Kaneland District 302 in Kane County's 2013 Educator-of-the-Year competition:
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Chicken Soup Lunch Sale set for Feb. 3
AURORA—The Sisterhood of Temple B'nai Israel's third annual Chicken Soup Lunch Sale will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3, at the synagogue, 400 N. Edgelawn, Aurora.
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Drew it up
David's clutch 3 beats rival Sycamore; KHS also downs L-P KANELAND—Your boys basketball team is 11-6, 5-1 in the Northern Illinois Big XII setting, and 10-2 in its last 12 contests.
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Knights grab 5th on NIB-12 mat
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Lost weekend
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Bowlers handle IMSA
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BELOIT, WIS.—Stephanie Rosenwinkel, of Elburn has been named to the Beloit College dean's list for the 2012 fall semester. Rosenwinkel is a freshman.
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Krauss to star in Bryan College's 'Spitfire Grill'
DAYTON, TENN.—Wendy Krauss of Sugar Grove will play a lead role in the Bryan College Hilltop Players' production of "The Spitfire Grill" beginning Friday, Jan. 25.
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Edward Joseph Foster
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BOISE -- Several Treasure Valley organizations teamed up this April for Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month. This year, the groups launched the Let's Talk About it, Idaho, campaign to get people in community talking about these important issues.
The campaign started in early April with a kickoff rally at the Capitol. The rally has become a yearly event.
After almost a month, the organizations involved in the campaign are calling the program a success.
Roger Sherman, the Executive Director of the Idaho Children's Trust Fund, says this year the group's message has spread to new towns and reached more people than ever before. That is the first step. When we start talking about it we start being aware, we start being knowledgeable, you know then we can start doing something about it, said Sherman.
The executive director of the Women and Children's Alliance, Beatrice Black, also felt the message of prevention reached more people this year. She credits some of the success to the collaboration of organizations.
The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, Commit 65, Idaho Children's Trust Fund, FACES Family Justice Center, Protect Idaho Kids, and the Women's & Children's Alliance were all involved in the campaign.
Boise radio DJ KeKe Luv also helped raise awareness for child abuse prevention by broadcasting live from different locations throughout the valley for 175 hours.
Even though April, Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness month was a success, Sherman says he hopes people continue to talk about child abuse and sexual assault through the rest of the year.


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UPDATE 1/7 5:30 p.m.: Suffolk Police say traffic has been alternated and is flowing in both directions on the westbound side of Pruden Boulevard/Route 460 as crews work to right the overturned tractor trailer.
The accident at the ramp coming off the Franklin Bypass/Route 58 is expected to clear by 5:30 p.m. as crews work to right the overturned log truck and contain a fuel leak.
SUFFOLK -- Emergency crews responded to two separate single-vehicle accidents involving overturned tractor trailers in Suffolk Tuesday.
Police say a tractor trailer overturned in the 4100 block of Pruden Boulevard/Route 460 near the Pruden Center around 1:30 p.m.
The driver was taken Sentara Obici Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Both eastbound lanes are closed and traffic is being alternated into one of the westbound travel lanes. This traffic pattern is anticipated for the next several hours, officials said.
Crews responded to another accident involving an overturned tractor trailer on the ramp coming off the Franklin Bypass/Route 58 onto Papermill Road from Franklin around 1:30 p.m.
No injuries were reported in this incident.
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Medbox is a leader in the development, sales and service of automated, biometrically controlled dispensing and storage systems for medicine and merchandise. Medbox has offices throughout the world, including New York, Arizona, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Florida, Tokyo, London and Toronto, and has their corporate headquarters in Los Angeles.
Medbox provides their patented systems, software and consulting services to pharmacies, dispensaries, urgent care centers, drug rehab clinics, hospitals, prison systems, hospice facilities, and medical groups worldwide. In addition, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Vaporfection International, Inc. (www.vaporfection.com), the company offers an industry award winning medical vaporizer product.
Medbox, Inc. is a publicly traded company, and is quoted on the OTC Markets, ticker symbol MDBX.
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Russia's Caucasus have seen decades of war, terror
Dozens of Chechens have trained in Pakistan's northwest frontier of Waziristan, but most have returned to Russia to fight.
Recently, however, the al-Qaida inspired group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has made strides at recruiting European fighters for attacks against the West, according to Noman Benotman, a former jihadist fighter who now works for the London-based Quillium Foundation.
The TTP, which has supported attacks in response to U.S. drone strikes, was linked to the failed 2010 attack in New York City's Times Square.
"I would be surprised if these attacks were the work of lone wolves," Benotman said.
In recent years, people from Chechnya have faced charges in several European countries.
In 2011, a Danish court sentenced a Chechen-born man to 12 years in prison for preparing a letter bomb that exploded as he was assembling it in a Copenhagen hotel.
Last month, Spain's Interior Ministry said French and Spanish police arrested three suspected Islamic extremists in an operation in and around Paris. A statement said the suspected activists were of Chechen origin and believed linked to a terror cell dismantled last August in southern Spain.
Last August, a Turk and two Russians of Chechen descent were arrested and jailed in Spain on charges of belonging to an unnamed terror organization and possession of explosives. They have since been released while investigations continue.
Isachenkov reported from Moscow. Also contributing to this report were Musa Sadulayev in Grozny, Russia; Bradley Klapper in Washington; Angela Charlton in Paris; Paisley Dodds in London; and Harold Heckle in Madrid.
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Even if Tory toffs are Labour fantasy, Cameron needs to skewer that mythJulian Glover: Crude class war may not wash, but Conservatives are at risk if they don't show the modern intake is far from the stereotype
Repeat performance
David McKie: Repetition tends to get a bad name, yet it can stir emotions in high rhetoric or be used to induce calm
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Gordon Brown: We need to build a low carbon economy across the world, with a deal that helps developing nations and ensures trust
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Simon Tisdall: Beware misinterpreting Obama. Afghanistan is an asset and the US won't be leaving any time soon
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Labour abandoning David Cameron 'class war', say Tories
The rewards of bankingPeter Preston: Not everyone in the City is purely driven by cash. Camaraderie, loyalty and self-respect live there too
Plan a 'make and do' Britain and Labour could flourishJackie Ashley: Instead of arguing over the nature of cuts, No 10 should offer a positive vision of an economy less reliant on the bankers