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CORNWALL CHRONICLE VOLUME 21 : NUMBER 3 APRIL 2011 Latin word aperire, which means "to open," as in flowers, and it appeared as the fourth month of the year around 450 B.C. Compared to the defining seriousness of a hard New England winter, the warmth of April is like a hot water bole on a March night. It brings relief. Coats are shed, smiles return, puppies join the family. The contrast is absolute. Life becomes lighter. There is no mystery as to why there is not a January Fool's Day. Edna St. Vincent Millay says it best, noting that "April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers." �Jeff Jacobsen April Musings This is the month of tentatively poking our heads out of the foxholes to see what remains aer so many days of shelling. "April is the cruelest month," wrote T.S. Ellio in his classic poem, The Wasteland. Obviously, though, the misguided poet had no way of knowing about Cornwall's last December. Or January. Or February. Whatever weather we have this month, I'll give odds that it will not be remembered as "the cruelest." Granted, though, his chosen line does have a bit more gravitas than the more appropriate "April's here! Yippee!" Yes, the snow was lovely. Yes, the cold was bracing. Yes, the lovely/bracing novelty wore off around the time when our thermometer registered minus 16. With the firewood truck unable to get through the snow to resupply us, I began to make Gail nervous, walking through rooms, hatchet in hand, critically eyeing some of our wood furniture. "You know, I never did like these kitchen cabinets." April was originally the second month of the year under the Roman calendar before the months of January and February were added around 750 B.C., which would have made The Wasteland's beginning more appropriate. The name April is derived from the Helping Neighbors: The FISH Story For many years, a group of volunteer drivers has been helping Cornwall residents who do not drive get to weekday medical appointments. It's the kind of assistance that keeps people where they want to be � in their own homes. FISH was started by the United Church of Christ in Cornwall and for a long time it was led by the late Polly Calhoun. Marie Prentice remembers geing a call from SUNDAY Every Week This Month: MONDAY TUESDAY APRIL 2011 WEDNESDAY Polly in the early 90's: "You're going to run FISH" and for nine years Marie did. Since 2001 Joan Edler has fielded calls from those who need rides. Several FISH drivers are over 80, she says, so the time has come for a "generational change." and, it turns out, an organizational change as well. Ella Clark has offered to be the contact person for riders and volunteer drivers. So that drivers can manage their time, they will choose one or two days each month during which they will be available to offer rides. Those needing rides will be asked to request them by contacting Ella with at least 24-hour notice. The current crew of about a dozen drivers must be expanded because several volunteers have asked to be relieved. With more drivers, the program could easily cover the 20 to 24 weekdays each month. So what's involved? If you've agreed to be available on a specific day (or two) each month, Ella will send you requests, rarely more than one a day. Riders usually need to get to appointments in nearby towns, sometimes with a lile side trip for a few (continued on page 2) THURSDAY 1 FRIDAY Story Hour 1:15�2:15 pm Cornwall Library SATURDAY 2 Community Contra Dance 7�9:30 pm Town Hall Tuesdays: Adult Volleyball, 7:30 pm CCS gym; VNA Bend & Stretch 1�2 pm UCC Wednesdays: Tai Chi, 6�9 pm CCS; Karate 6:30�7:30 pm CCS; Women's Basketball, 7:30 pm CCS gym Sundays: Meditation, 1�2 pm, call Debra for location, 672�0229 3 4 of Selectmen 7:30 pm Town Hall Ag Commission 7:30 pm Town Office Park & Rec 7:30 pm Town Hall Bd. 5 Inland Wetlands 7:30 pm Town Hall 6 7 8 Story Hour 1:15�2:15 pm Cornwall Library 9 Passport CCS 10 11 Democratic Town Committee Meeting 7:30 pm Town Hall 12 Board of Education 4 pm CCS Library P& Z 7 pm Cornwall Library 13 14 15 Board 16 Deadline: 10:30 am�1:30 pm UCC Parish House Art Show Reception 3:30�5:30 pm Cornwall Library The Lady Vanishes 7:30 pm Cornwall Library Motherhouse Day 9 am�noon CCS Early Dismissal 1 pm CCS Early Dismissal 1 pm of Finance 7:30 pm CCS Library May Chronicle Copy Story Hour 1:15�2:15 pm Cornwall Library Dupuis Art Reception 3:30�5:30 pm Cornwall Library Diane 17 18 Passover Begins 19 CCS Closed Bd. of Selectmen 20 7:30 pm Town Hall CCS 21 Closed CCS 22 Closed CCS Closed Library Closed No Story Hour 23 CCS Closed 26 24 31 Easter 25 CCS Reopens ZBA Appeals 27 CVFD Meeting 8 pm West Cornwall Firehouse 28 29 Story Hour 1:15�2:15 pm Cornwall Library Budget Hearing 7:30 pm CCS Gathering Room 30 Art 8 pm Town Hall * @ The Dump 1 am�4 pm *Check with Zoning Office--672-4957 For additions and updating, visit www.cornwallct.org 2 (continued from page 1) groceries. "I've learned about Cornwall's history and about gardening in dry climates from my rides," one volunteer said. "It's a great way to connect with people and be helpful at the same time." If you are interested in driving for FISH now and in the future, please contact Ella Clark at 364-1003 or e-mail her at email@example.com. --Lisa L. Simont CORNWALL CHRONICLE trucks to do a beer job on areas with lots of lile roads, like West Cornwall and the Village, and on the steep hills like Coltsfoot Mountain and Dark Entry. "This winter was such a blur," Jim Vanicky said. "and you had to be thinking about your next move the whole time." For residents, the rumbling of plows clearing the roads is a reassuring sound. The four men of our town crew are at work seven days a week in heavy weather, starting at 7 .. so that people can get going � and this winter, those days oen continued into nights. Once they finished a run, they sometimes had to go out and plow the route all over again. Because hours spent out on the roads make for big overtime, Jim kept a watchful eye on the weather service's doppler radar to calculate when to go out next and this helped to keep costs down. The crew had to work constantly to keep the roads as wide as possible. Dealing with the aermath of storms � which meant pushing the immense heaps out of the way to keep the roads open � also generated a lot of overtime and consumed a lot more fuel than usual. "This was a winter like no other," said Skip Kosciusko. "Storms kept coming and coming and shredded our equipment: the trucks, the transmissions, the plows. One plow broke right off the truck in the middle of the storm." Deep snow spilled over the plow blades and dropped back into the road. Huge four-wheel drive front-end loaders got stuck in dris and had to be hauled out. Jobs that ordinarily take 20 minutes took an hour. As the roadside heaps grew larger with each storm, roads and driveways got narrower. The town's equipment wasn't powerful enough to push these barriers back by slamming into them, so Steve Scoville was hired to bring his huge machine to its aid. By the end of February, the piles had become so big and so hard that even he couldn't push them back or break through them. This year the snow heaps became obstacles to ambulances and fire trucks trying to respond to calls. Fortunately we had only chimney fires, but during February there were 29 ambulance calls (the yearly average is 180) and when the ambulance couldn't navigate a driveway, the patient had to be brought down from the house by truck. "It was a wicked winter and I hope it's a long time before we have another one like it," said Skip. As the Chronicle goes to press, the snow pack (persistent layers of accumulated snow) in Cornwall is still a APRIL 2011 foot thick or more in places. When it finally melts, there's going to be a lot of work for the sweeper; it all has to be cleaned up by Memorial Day. Is this brutal winter finally at an end or will it sock us again? Blizzards late in the season can get us yet. But aer long months of a landscape colored grey, black, and white, everyone is hoping to see green in the greenest town in Connecticut. --Ann Schillinger The Winter's Fury Any report on our January and February is rich in statistics. Samples: the average winter snowfall in the northwest hills has hitherto been 50 inches. On January 11/12, a fast 28 inches fell overnight at the ski area. With a total of 54.9 inches, January has become the snowiest single month recorded in Connecticut (previous record set in 1945). Officially, this has been only the sixth snowiest season ever. But it hasn't felt like that in Cornwall. Snow-covered roofs were the Achilles' heels of Cornwall homeowners. Ice dams were common disasters, with snow rakes sold out across the state. Press reports of collapsing roofs generated dozens of calls to the emergency crew. "We were geing ten to 15 calls every day to shovel off roofs � we cleaned off 40 some odd in two weeks," said Ralph Dzenutis. "People aren't used to doing all that maintenance." A utility barn collapsed and a few temporary shelters went down. A car was crushed when the porch next to it buckled under the extra weight of snow sliding off the house roof. "The storms that used to come in the 20degree range came this year in the single digits," said Ralph. Our coldest temperature was minus 14 degrees (the lowest ever recorded in town was minus 32 degrees in 1943). Life in Cornwall was sustained by the constant efforts of its road, fire, and ambulance crews and other support services. Postal service continued throughout � with a lile help from individual enterprise. Doug Wachtel and Jessie Koleszar from the Cornwall Bridge post office took rooms at the nearby motel for the night of January 11 to avoid long trips in the blizzard. On February 1 Pat Case, postmaster in the Village, brought her meals to work and camped overnight on a cot. Mail carriers took buckets of sand along for traction. At the end of February there were still 15 inaccessible mailboxes on West Cornwall's delivery route, buried because the heavy trucks plowing up hills couldn't get up the speed to throw the snow aside. On really steep hills, these trucks couldn't be used at all. The Magic Salt de-icing mixture melts from 4 to 6 inches of snow and allows Good Bye to Friends Kathleen B. Ford Charloe Baldwin Land Transfers Marian A. Vita to Roger L. and Margaret T. Kane, real property known as 15 Cemetery Hill Road for $375,000. Estate of Liane C. Dunn to Federal National Mortgage Association, land with buildings and improvements thereon at 126 Kent Road. 50 Years a Cornwall Fireman Cornwall is a town of volunteerism and few here can match the record of Jack Preston who quietly acknowledges his 50th year this month as a stalwart member of the town's volunteer fire department. Jack actually goes back more than five decades because his dad, Walter, was fire chief back in 1949-50 when Jack was a teenager. "It sparked my interest," he said, "and I wasn't too young to pack hose and clean equipment. Sometimes a spark from one of the trains would get a brush fire going and they'd let me use an Indian pump with a tank on to strap on your back to help put it out." Jack became a fireman in 1961 when fire school was not required but he took all the courses at the state-run academy in Burrville. This was before Cornwall had an ambulance squad. "We had one truck in Cornwall Bridge and one in West Cornwall at the old firehouse across the road from the post office. There were no radios to communicate with in those days. "We relied on the sirens and then someone would call the Cornwall telephone operator to get the location of the fire," he said. "Some time in the 1970s we converted a 1967 International Suburban into our first ambulance and a bunch of us took an EMT course at Sharon Hospital from Dr. Reyelt. We then increased the size limit of the department from 40 to 55 and began taking women members. I think we were the first town up here to do so. It was a good move. We've had some great female EMTs over the years." Jack Preston retired from the state APRIL 2011 highway department in 1992. He had been a foreman with jurisdiction over 52 towns and 1,260 miles of roads. He continues to help maintain Cornwall's fire vehicles that now include three trucks in Cornwall Bridge and five in West Cornwall. Jack's two most memorable fire calls remain Paganelli Auto Body in Cornwall Bridge during a total eclipse of the sun "when we had to turn on the lights," and another that burned down the old Bradley's store in Torrington, where T.J. Maxx now sits. "Our chief, Dick Dakin, offered our department for that one and the paid professionals in Torrington did not appreciate our presence. We didn't have proper breathing equipment back then." Jack and wife, Pat, still live where he grew up in the old Preston family home across from the Covered Bridge and move to a coage on Cream Hill Lake in the summer. --John Miller CORNWALL CHRONICLE Leers to the Chronicle 3 Patents Pending Seven judges, grave of mien, handed down their decisions aer lengthy deliberation in the halls of Cornwall Consolidated School. It was Wednesday, March 16, and participants from the sixth and seventh grades, under the guidance of science teacher Kathy West, had submied their brainchildren for the annual Invention Convention. The 26 entries displayed imagination worthy of a Rube Goldberg or a Gyro Gearloose. They ranged from Malcolm Sco's concept, a sort of Roman catapult to toss salt on your icy roof, to Anna D'Alvia's rope-and-pulley system for filling a compost bin without seing a foot out of doors. There were several clever gizmos for cleaning and washing, including Alea Laigle's self-lathering sponge, slit to accommodate a bar of soap inside. Aer racking their brains, the judges bestowed their awards. In the sixth grade, first prize went to Nina Givotovsky for her cart which rakes leaves when you push it (carpentry courtesy of Will Calhoun). James Nicholas came in second with his new improved snow sled made from a fishing boat seat fastened to a pair of skis. Third prize was won by Blake Buckley with a combination tea-bag squeezer/sugar spoon. Seventh grade first prize winner was Jake Hurlburt, who brainstormed a combination snow shovel/salt spreader. Marina Matsudaira came up with a squeeze bulband-tube setup that defogs the wearer's eyeglasses, winning second prize. Chelsea Kearns earned third prize for a long-handled BOY SCOUTS RETURN I've been living in Cornwall for almost a decade. I moved here when my wife was pregnant with my son. When my son was old enough for the Cub Scouts I asked around to sign him up. I found we had no Boy Scouts in Cornwall, only Girl Scouts. This seemed strange to me with all the parks and trails here, it's a Scout's paradise. With a school class of 13 boys and two girls, things had to change. Luckily they did, thanks to Joe Fuller. He rounded up the parents from Cornwall school and talked to The Connecticut Rivers Council. He found out what we needed to do to become recognized and chartered. Happy to say Cub Scouts have returned to Cornwall. I was appointed den leader and have scheduled meetings for the first and third Thursday of every month at the Firehouse. The Cub Scouts can't exist in Cornwall without Scouts. We need a minimum number. I'm reaching out to all. The boys had their first ceremony on March 17. They received their first badge (The Bobcat badge). Thanks to Gordon Ridgway and all the parents that participated. Cub Scout Pack 15 is back in Cornwall and here to stay! --Gary Bevans IT'S ALL CORNWALL During the debate over the prospect of ten senior housing units on Route 7, I was troubled by the pseudo divisions of Cornwall. By any measure we are a wealthy community that enjoys the highest standard of living on this planet. We are victims of too many post offices that set up these pseudo divisions. When I'm asked where I live, I answer Cornwall. When our ambulance is dispatched, it's Cornwall ambulance. This is Our Town and it is ridiculous to think one part or another is beer or worse. Aer seeing the drawings of this Cornwall Housing Corp. project, I believe this will be a showpiece property that we all will be proud of, and I am grateful for their efforts. --Dave Cadwell sticky roller that picks up pet hair from floor or carpet. All these inventions will doubtless be coming soon to a hardware store near you. --Ma Collins PRAISE FOR HOUSING PROJECT We want to commend the Cornwall Housing Corporation for the very professional presentation at the March 8 P&Z meeting hearing for the elderly housing project adjacent to Baird's. They were able to answer all questions raised by the audience and members of P&Z with facts and background material. It was our first view of the drawings for the project and we are very impressed with the design. The project will be a great addition to the community and in no way adversely impact Cornwall Bridge. On the contrary, it will enhance it as a village center. We hope the project moves ahead quickly�there are already several people in Cornwall hoping to move in. --Anne and Paul Baren CHANGING OF THE GUARD I am sorry to report to the townspeople of Cornwall that as of March 3, 2011, I will no longer be able to answer calls for Cornwall animal problems. Back in November of 2010 all locks on the doors of the Town Highway Garage were removed and changed. This is the same garage where I would hold local dogs overnight while waiting for their owners to call looking for their animals, as opposed to taking them to the Harwinton dog kennel for the night which would in turn cost the dog owner money. I would keep the animals in the area for the night. On December 20, 2010, I received a leer from the first selectman stating that I was no longer a town employee, and please do not interfere with department operations by continued visits to the garage. So you will now have to call Brad Hedden for ACO help. He will be glad to assist. His phone number is 672-2917. It was a pleasure serving you these past years, but things change. --Rick Stone Native American, nine Asian, 34 Hispanic or Latino, and three other. It is the last category that got our aention; what could "other" be? We could contact the Census Bureau but let's just keep it in the family. If you think you might be an other, would you send the Chronicle a note and explain? Much thanks. Animal Control Officers: Brad Hedden (672-2917) is the new ACO and his number two is Cindy Shook of Warren (868-1763). See leer. Compost Tour: the town has its popular house and garden tours, now BJ's of Torrington will be sponsoring a tour of the town's outstanding compost heaps. It is being organized by Cornwall's Queen of Green Katie Freygang, who will be scouting for the best of the heaps. The tour is planned for early October and BJ's is Cornwall Briefs Cornwall is Counted: Anyone curious about the local results of the 2010 census? Please say you are. Anyway, like it or not, here it is. Our population is down slightly in the last decade from 1,434 to 1,420, and, big surprise, 1,386 of us are white. The rest of us are: three African American, one 4 providing a prize of 500 13-gallon garbage bags for the town's outstanding composter. A Town Hearing for the Board of Education and Board of Selectmen budgets will be held in the CCS gathering room at 7:30 .. on Friday, April 29. --John Miller CORNWALL CHRONICLE APRIL 2011 Events & Announcements At the Library: �Story Hour resumes for the spring on April 1 at 1:15 .., running through each April Friday except the 22nd (Good Friday). �Saturday, April 9, at 7:30 .. The Lady Vanishes, will be shown at the Library. This irresistible 1939 Hitchcock thriller is a delicious combination of humor and suspense starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Suggested donation is $6 per person and $10 for two. �Friday, April 22. The Library is closed for Good Friday. Family Contra Dance: April 2, 7 to 9:30 .. at the Town Hall with Fern Bradley teaching and calling. Still the Homegrown Band playing. Suggested donations: $3/child, $5/ adult. Call Jim or Jane Prentice at 672-6101 for more information. Gospel Music: The members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church invite everyone to Friendship Sunday, April 3 at 10 .. Holy Ground, a gospel group from Concordia College in Bronxville, N. Y., will lead the music for the worship service. Refreshments will follow. For information, call 672-6897. Art in Cornwall: At the Library, Shaun MacDavid's paintings will continue to be displayed through April 8. From April 9 to April 14, an exhibit of photographs made by CCS eighth graders in a photography workshop, sponsored by the CCS Fund for Excellence, will be on view. A reception for the students will be held, Saturday, April 9, from 3:30 to 5:30 .. Beginning April 15, Diane Dupuis will show her recent paintings, with a reception held for the artist on Saturday, April 16, from 3:30 to 5:30 .. At National Iron Bank, Mike Sweeney's art will be exhibited for the month of April. National Passport Day: Post offices in West Cornwall and Cornwall Bridge will be taking part on Saturday, April 9, from 9 .. until noon in a national effort to provide passport information and accept passport applications from U.S. citizens. The Cornwall Village P.O. is not taking part. Super Shooter Ten-year-old Morgan Bei of Cornwall Hollow Road aended all the games at the Big East Women's Basketball Tournament. She had the good fortune to be selected for a free throw contest during a time-out at the final championship game on March 8. With the Husky mascot Jonathan cheering them on, Morgan and another girl had 30 seconds to shoot free throws. Morgan won. Her prize is a year's supply of Reese's Peanut Buer Cups and a Reese's T-Shirt. As the girls were leaving the court, they got to pose for a picture with the Notre Dame leprechaun mascot. All this in front of 10,000 noisy fans. --Jane Pollokat Motherhouse Workshop: Old Style LifeSkills Series, A Stitch in Time. April 9, 10:30 to 1:30 .. at the UCC Parish House. Learn to use a sewing machine while creating a summer shi, lady's blouse, or placemats and napkins. Potluck lunch. $35/family. Must preregister at email@example.com or 672-0229. Reverse 911: Litchfield County Dispatch can now instantly call Cornwall residents with notification of major emergencies, natural or manmade. This system came in handy last month in North Canaan when a propane leak required the evacuation of hundreds of nearby residents to the safety of the North Canaan Elementary School. Unfortunately only people with AT&T landlines (mostly the 672s) are automatically enrolled in this program. Cellular phone owners or nonAT&T landline telephone users can sign up for the free Connecticut Alert System at www.ctalert.gov. This month our illustrations depict April Holidays. Make your guesses and look for the answers in the May issue of the Chronicle. CORNWALL CHRONICLE APRIL ISSUE Connie Steuerwalt, Illustrations Annie Kosciusko and John Miller, Editors MAY ISSUE Lisa Simont and Louise Riley, Editors firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com MANAGING EDITOR Ruth Epstein CALENDAR EDITOR Erin Hedden email@example.com CIRCULATION Nan and John Bevans, Lucy and Jack Kling DIRECTORS Lisa L. Simont PRESIDENT � John Miller VICE PRESIDENT Annie Kosciusko SECRETARY � Audrey Ferman TREASURER Hendon Chubb � Paul De Angelis � Edward Ferman Bob Poer � Julie Schieffelin Tom and Margaret Bevans, FOUNDERS Lile April We wait for the show of leaves at the end. The hillsides will blush with the earliest red buds and finally that kiss of pale green. If you can drag yourself away from the window, you might write a check to the Chronicle which is always hopeful of a lile green. THE CHRONICLE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT We hope you enjoy this on-line edition of the Cornwall Chronicle. Remember that all our revenues come from readers like you, and we need your help to continue producing this electronic edition along with the print edition. If your contribution is $15 or more, we'd be glad to mail the print edition to any out-of-town address. Please mail your tax deductible gis to: Cornwall Chronicle Inc. 143 Cream Hill Rd., West Cornwall, CT 06796. 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Emerging evidence from the Boston Marathon bombings suggests the brutal attack on innocent civilians was motivated by the fury of two brothers against overseas crimes of the U.S. government. In that, the martial-law lockdown of Boston may be a glimpse at the future to come, says Phil Rockstroh.
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Even as George W. Bush is honored at his new presidential library, the painful consequences of his disastrous eight years in office continue to be felt, both at home with high unemployment and overseas with unresolved wars, including a troubling spike in sectarian violence in Iraq, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar notes.
Recalling the Crimes of Inhumanity
The Boston Marathon bombings have brought forth a frenzy of right-wing hate speech against Muslims who are depicted as mindlessly violent. But many of history's worst atrocities – including the Holocaust, the Vietnam War and even today's "war on terror" — have been carried out primarily by Christians, as Gary G. Kohls recalls.
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SPM (Score Per Minute)
100% completion...
SPM (Score Per Minute)
100% completion...
I'm not afraid to admit it... I like to have a nice looking K/D
Gamers Betta Recognize!!!!
What if I don't give a damn about statistic's? I only play for entertainment.
Well, seeing as options 1-4 are mostly for competitive multiplayer FPS games and I don't play them, the only choice that's relevant for me is 100% completion. I would have selected fun/entertainment.
In an FPS K/D is my main thing. Even when playing a support role. Dead support doesn't support.
Turn based RPG: DAMAGE. I love the single-round kill.
Action RPG: DPS dealt or tanked.
All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.
90+% of games I play for the single player story experience, that is what matters most to me, however, when playing online I prefer a good k/d ratio, to me that is playing it smart, thinking things through and trying to accomplish a win.
Now with those majority I play for the story, yeah I'll try to find the collectibles (if I get something for it, like concept art, vids, etc) though if I don't score 100% I'm not kept awake at night nor do I feel the itch to play the game over just because...... :/
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None of those listed.
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Did the thread title always read statistic? If so then I suppose I fail at reading comprehension as fun & entertainment don't count as stats.
100% completion it is.
I just find it extremely odd that people can't have fun playing a video game and simultaneously have a nice K/D, W/L, SPM... or on the flip side having nice stats means you're a try-hard not having fun
Me having a nice K/D in no way shape or form takes away from my experience of the game... in fact it only makes it more fun for me.
Since when does having nice stats mean you're not having fun playing a game I don't have to do anything differently to have nice looking stats, I still play the game just as I normally would... oh well :shrugs shoulders:
Because games which have "stats" like K/D etc...are normally competitive FPS games, which in turn draws more overly competitive *******s who ruin the enjoyment of the game for everyone else.
Stats aren't really a part of any games that I play now.
So what's your K/D in Halo 4 OP?
Bust size.
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i don't see any post op scarring on the under tit, are those real?
most important statistic is:
Enjoyment level
Annoyance level
a 2/1 is almost where I am when I start any game. it can then go anywhere from 5/1 to -5/95
i have a ****ty k/d (~0.80), and i'm not great at TDM (0.75-1.25). however, i when i play objective-based games like domination, all i care about is capping and defending. i couldn't care less about my k/d in those game types, just as long as i'm helping the effort to win. that being said, i chose score per minute.
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Depends on the game but I think it also relates to the team you're on... At least in the case of BF3 with 64 players. A terrible team usually means your K and points are going to suffer. I think score in BF3 is a decent indicator but again you have to also weigh it against W:L. It's bloody difficult tho not impossible to get MVP or Ace Squad on a losing team. And by losing team I don't mean the match was close, I mean the majority of your team should rage quit and uninstall.
Where's the option for "WN7"?
Inb4 wtfisWN7?
What's WN7?
-[(5 - MIN(TIER,5))*125] / [1 + e^( ( TIER - (GAMESPLAYED/220)^(3/TIER) )*1.5 )]
It's a formula for calculating how good you are in the game World of Tanks.
my choice is most deaths most captures in an FPS game. i dont care about K/D as long as i get the most caps in a domination game i can have 38 deaths and not give 2 poops.
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I'm an officer in a decent land holding, gold earning, M60 winning clan, and also on a tournament team that gets top 5 finishes. We use player statistics for recruiting, and we've yet to find a player who's skill didn't match their statistics.
I don't know what any of these acronyms stand for I have enough to remember in my day to day career choice.
As for your nice looking K/D, do I really need to post up the screen shot of your 0.74 again?


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Hello, Again, From 1010ParkPlace!Tuesday, July 22, 2014
One of my favorite words is "beginning." For me, no words are more powerful than "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Perhaps that's why the word "beginning" conveys such hope and strength. It's been a year and a half since I wrote my last blog post, "Goodbye for Now," so I'm excited to tell you about my new beginning. In my last post, I said that while I can't write, exclusively, about cancer anymore, I'm interested in all aspects of women and their lives. More than anything, breast cancer has made me more of a women's advocate; not just women with breast cancer, but all women, everywhere. I've spoken with thousands of women online, and in-person, and I realize there's a giant disconnect between women over 40 and the way brands and advertisers address our needs and wants. Women over 40 are the best educated, most powerful demographic in history, and yet, in this youth-obsessed culture, we are the forgotten majority. Retailers and online shopping sites are geared toward 20 to 30 somethings, and brands we thought cared about us, have lowered their demographic to women in their 30s. Women over 40 haven't left fashion. Fashion's left us… Until now! I'm excited to announce1010ParkPlace, my new online shopping site for women looking for clothes and shopping inspiration. Regardless of whether you're a size two, or a size 22, or you like Keds or Oscar de la Renta, everything is chosen with you in mind. There's also straight-talk about everything from how our wardrobe and our lives continue to evolve, to interviews with fascinating women who share their guiltiest pleasures and most daring acts. In preparation for this post, I've reread some of my previous blogs, along with hundreds of your comments. The one thing that jumps out at me is the power of connection; the power of real conversation; the power of being heard and above all, the power of love. I haven't been here in a while to tell you this, but thank you for giving me all of these precious things. I value and appreciate and love you in return. After breast cancer, and James's death, 1010ParkPlace is a huge step in the evolution of my new beginning. So I can share it and reconnect with you, I'm moving BRENDA'S BLOG to my new site. This week, you'll receive an email newsletter from 1010ParkPlace. You're already subscribed, so just click on the newsletter and it will take you to my new world. Please follow me at 1010ParkPlace on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. Can't wait to see you there and to hear from you! What new beginnings do you have in your life?
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There are days when it feels as though maybe he's clearing brush in the canyon, buying food for the deer, or he's just left a board meeting and will be home in a little while. I still think about the day he died, and what it must have been like for him. I wonder if he knew what was happening; if the dizziness he'd been experiencing gently transitioned him to the other side?
Goodbye for NowThere are days when it feels as though maybe he's clearing brush in the canyon, buying food for the deer, or he's just left a board meeting and will be home soon. I still think about the day he died, and what it must have been like for him. I wonder if he knew what was happening; if the dizziness he'd been experiencing gently transitioned him to the other side? While I will still be a breast cancer and womens' health advocate, and keep up with each of you who've touched my heart, I'm now interested in all aspects of women and their lives. the difference between our needs and wants and how we see ourselves in the context of not just our towns and cities, but the world as a whole. I didn't just lose James that day. I lost my entire family and everything I held dear. I lost my way of life. What I have in mind, I couldn't do if James were here, but his love for me will go where ever I go. I dearly hope to hear from you as well. You can always reach me at email@example.com. Above all, please know how much you've brought into my life. Words cannot express my gratitude for all the things I've learned from you and the love and support you've given me. I love you dearly. Stay strong; believe in God; lift one another up; be open to miracles and possibilities and
Goodbye For NowSunday, December 16, 2012The day after Christmas it will be two years since James died, and I'm still surprised he's gone.There are days when it feels as though he's clearing brush in the canyon, picking up food for the deer, or maybe he's left a board meeting and will be home soon. I still think about the day he died, and what it must have been like for him. I wonder if he knew what was happening; if the dizziness he'd been experiencing gently transitioned him to the other side? I wonder if he hears me when I talk to him; when I tell him how much I love him and how blessed I was to have him in my life?I miss everything about James: the way he was quick to laugh; how he could read the clouds and forecast the weather and his passion for the land. Not just the land where we lived, but the curve of a neighbor's tree and how it would be healthier and look better if it were trimmed, and how he'd love to be the one to trim it. I remember every detail of the first drive we took; how he pointed out plants like flaming sumac and doveweed; how perfectly and effortlessly he skipped flat stones across a river and how he pulled me toward him, but stopped just shy of kissing me, and oh, how I wanted him to kiss me. I miss the countless times he stood behind me under the night sky, his left arm wrapped around me, his right hand free to point out the North Star and the constellations. I miss how every day, without fail, he would tell me how much he loved me; how much he valued and appreciated me. God has put me in another state of grace, if you will, so that I'm not in as much pain as I was, but my heart will always ache for James. He's my compass, my true north. I'm aware on many levels that he's still with me, and I know I will see him, again. Since that first date, James has held the key to my heart, and he's taken it with him. I still feel married and can't imagine that will ever change, but I'm not ruling out the possibility there's someone else out there... I can't even finish that sentence, because I don't know the words. What's more, I may never be able to finish that sentence, and that's ok. I do, however, have a yearning to try something new. The old Ramborella in me is alive and well, and she's seeking something challenging. Remember the talk show I told you about? Well, it's morphed into something far bigger; something that will use everything I've learned from all of my experiences and all of my teachers, which includes each one of you, dear friends. And if I'm to be honest, which you know I'm painfully transparent, I can't write about cancer anymore. While I will still be a breast cancer and womens' health advocate, and keep up with each of you who've touched my heart, I'm now interested in every aspect of women and their lives. I want to know what defines us and makes us grow; the difference in our needs and wants and how we see ourselves in the context of not just our towns and cities, but the world as a whole. I'm interested in women as role models, and how we've survived what life has put in our paths. I'm interested in whether we feel pressured to stay young, and if so, do we simply buy something trendy, or is our little voice whispering words like "facelift" and "laser peels?" At this stage of my life, I know what to expect if I keep on working at what I've been doing, and while I could be content with living in the middle of nowhere with my dogs, I must admit, what I have in mind is tantalizing. I didn't just lose James that day. I lost my entire family and everything I held dear. I lost my way of life. What I have in mind I couldn't do if James were here, but his love for me will go where ever I go. So for now, dear friends, I say goodbye, but you'll be hearing from me, again. I dearly hope to hear from you as well. You can always reach me at email@example.com. Above all, please know how much you've brought into my life. Words cannot express my gratitude for all the things I've learned from you and the love and support you've given me. I love you dearly. Stay strong, believe in God, lift one another up, be open to miracles and possibilities and know in your heart that you can do anything!
Booker and VerleneSunday, November 25, 2012 We've all heard that laughter is the best medicine, so for those of you who are struggling with cancer or are simply in need of a smile, I hope you enjoy Booker and Verlene. :) Booker's toupee was an exaggerated version of the pompadour Frankie Avalon wore in the 60's film, Beach Blanket BingoSeveral sizes too small, Booker's odd-looking hairpiece sat perched on his head like a renegade dust bunny curled-up for an afternoon nap. Booker's idea of a good time was to rattle-off names of Texas Hill Country vegetation: "Bluestem, switchgrass, sideoatgrama, purpletop and drop seed." Just when you thought he was finished, he'd let out a long sigh and continue with "scurf peas, lespedeza, prairie clover and Englemann daisies." In his younger years, Booker had wanted to be a barber, but the only job he could get was barbering in a nearby asylum where manic depressives, old folks with broken hips and autistic children were warehoused in dormitories like rolls of cheap carpet.
When I first met Booker, he and his wife, Verlene, had just been appointed by the State of Texas as trustees for Golden's Nursing Home. Booker and Verlene bought run-down nursing homes and brought them up to compliance after they'd been shut down for failure to conform with state laws. At first glance, there was nothing out of the ordinary about either of them; just two country folks dressed for their day in court. Verlene wore her distinctive water buffalo hair-do, parted down the middle and flipped up at the ends, and a pair of purple sequined earrings that shimmied back and forth like flashy Cocker Spaniel ears.<PREVIEWEND>"When we first met, his eyes were so blue, it almost made your teeth hurt," Verlene told me. She smiled and folded her hands on top of the straw handbag in her lap and nodded toward Booker as his right hand quivered in the air, swearing to tell the truth, "So help me, God." "He's seen so much of the world," she whispered in my ear. Her tiny body seemed to vibrate under her dress. "I sometimes wonder when the new wears off, what we'll have to talk about." "How long have you been married?" I asked. "Fifty years come July," Verlene said.Like Booker, Verlene had an appreciation for all living things: for the way an old weathered stump curled around itself, as if it were holding onto all the character it had acquired over time; the way old women can hold their head just so until they can see in their reflection, the woman of long ago. I imagined Verlene saw that woman every day. Booker had taken his seat on the witness stand and had begun testifying about the poor conditions at Golden's Nursing Home. I tried to focus on his words, but like Verlene, his body looked like it was pulsating under his clothes. His left shoulder jumped and twitched, then abruptly stopped as the buttons down the front of his shirt rippled one after the other. I glanced at Verlene in time to see her right breast dance and spring outward like a Jiffy Pop container on a hot burner, while long strands of hair magically emerged over the top of her pearl necklace. At the same time, a small brown foot had dropped out of the armhole of Booker's shirt and was pedaling frantically in midair. "Your Honor!" The prosecuting attorney shot out of his seat. "Once again, Mr. Booker has disregarded my instructions!"As the prosecutor spoke, a tiny head peered over the zipper on the back of Verlene's dress. I screamed, and the head disappeared. The judge glared at me and asked if everything was all right, but the prosecuting attorney ignored us both. "Your Honor, I called their lawyer and told him they couldn't wear these things to court.""Wear what things?" the judge asked. "Will somebody tell me what's going on?""Sugar gliders," the prosecutor said. "The witness and his wife wear sugar gliders under their clothes."By now I had seen several heads, tails and clawed feet poking out from Booker and Verlene's clothing. The animals scurried back and forth beneath their garments like little boys fighting under a blanket. Booker stroked one of the lumps under his shirt. "Your Honor, the last time we testified in one of these nursing home cases, my wife left her sugar glider at home, and the cat ate it." Still not grasping what was happening in his courtroom, the judge arched one eyebrow and bent forward to scrutinize Booker. "What, pray tell, is a sugar glider?" Booker reached in his shirt and pulled out a small brown creature, then handed it up for the judge to see. "Flying possums, your Honor. They live in Tasmania." "That may be, Mr. Booker, but they do not live inmycourtroom!" Court was recessed while Booker and Verlene worked at stuffing the sugar gliders into Verlene's straw bag. "Good thing I didn't bring my python to court," Booker said. "He has an eating disorder."I hesitated to ask: "How do you know?" "Well, he only eats one mouse a month, so I tie the front feet of one mouse to the back feet of the one in front of it until I get about four or five mice on the string. Pythons can't chew, so it has to keep swallowing until they're all gone." Booker nodded and grinned. "That way, I know he's gotten enough to eat." Heaven forbid we should have an anorexic snake. I watched as Booker and Verlene wrangled the last sugar glider into the bag. On second thought, maybe it wasn't the last one... Perhaps I should take a closer look at Booker's toupee.
It is Well With My SoulMonday, November 19, 2012Yesterday I attended a memorial service for a friend who died; a loving, well-respected man who gave of himself to everyone he met. Everyday since his illness began, I've prayed for him and his family, and everyday, I've imagined what they were going through, knowing their time together was limited. On my way to his service, I imagined what his wife and his family were thinking and feeling because I was remembering how I felt the morning of James's memorial service. It had been four days since James's death, since I'd last seen him, and I pictured where he was, both his physical body, as well as his soul.I knew the essence and soul of my precious James was in the presence of God, and I prayed that all was well with his soul.These last few days I've said the same prayer for my friend who died, but like James, he, too, was a good and faithful servant, so I give thanks that he's in the presence of God.The day of James's memorial service, my emotions were eerily under control. Perhaps it was because I was numb, still in shock. As I stood in the receiving line, I felt like I was comforting those who waited patiently to pay their respects instead of the other way around. I was trying to make them feel better and tell them how much James loved and appreciated themBut yesterday, at my friend's memorial service, I came undone. As I sat in the pew, I cried and sobbed and struggled to catch my breath and not draw attention to myself. I cried like I thought I would have at James' memorial service, and a couple of times I felt light-headed and faint. It was sheer willpower, God's power, that kept me upright. Today I'm so very sad for my girlfriend who lost her husband. I'm sorry for everything I know she still has to face. Her husband had a long illness, but then I know what that's like as well. While James died unexpectedly, my first husband died after a long illness. I sometimes think long goodbyes give us time to realize that living with a debilitating illness is not a life we want for our loved one, or ourselves as their caregivers. As difficult and unimaginable as it may be, most of us eventually arrive at a place where we're ready to let them go. Whether our loved one verbalizes it or not, I think many of them come to the same conclusion. This realization doesn't make it any easier when their final day comes; when we watch them take their last breath. It doesn't make the heartbreak and the finality of never seeing them, in this life, any easier. I'm grateful my friend has real family who cares about and loves her, and unlike James's family, I'm certain hers will not break apart in the days to come. Then again, we never know how people will react after a loved one dies; what things they will tell themselves that allow them to redirect their heartbreak and anger. Perhaps, instead, we should consider the day when it's our turn to find ourselves in the presence of God. Like James and our friend who died, will you be able to look at Him and say, "It is well with my soul?"
A Chemo Brain, Up Close and PersonalSunday, October 28, 2012 ©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. (I originally posted this in March, 2010, but I feel the need for a little humor, so I'm running it again.) I sometimes wonder if I'm plagued with one of those trendy alphabet disorders like "OCD" or "ADD" that are favorite topics of morning talk shows. Or maybe the wiring in my brain temporarily short-circuits, causing the bimbo wires to mingle and override the common sense wires. Personally, I think it's chemo brain, a result of my eight rounds of chemotherapy for breast cancer. Regardless of the underlying cause, foods packaged in neat cardboard boxes, like Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, seem to trigger a response that makes me assign them human characteristics.<PREVIEWEND>Most of us have personified an inanimate object by pointing out the "shapely legs" of a chair, or by calling an old pickup truck "a good old girl" or "a beauty," but I have expanded the bounds of anthropomorphism one step further: I behave as though dried pasta has feelings. This typically happens when I open a box of macaroni and pour the contents into the pot. I imagine the stranded pieces of pasta glued to the bottom of the box are devastated at being left behind while their box mates go on to seek their destinies, tumbling and boiling together, soon to be a satisfying meal for hungry diners. I feel sorry for the macaroni left behind and find myself ripping open the box to free them, scraping away the remnants of glue and cardboard, then pushing them onto their boiling center stage. When this happens, I know my husband wonders if I have lost my mind, but I prefer to believe my reasoning abilities are creatively expanding their horizons: The macaroni have been together since they were first extruded from Kraft's giant pasta machines, then spread onto conveyor belts to dry. I see the blue and yellow Kraft boxes, newly crimped and formed, jockeying for position, one after the other, their labels facing the same direction, ready to be filled with newly made macaroni. One by one, cheese packets are added, boxes are sealed, then packed into larger boxes for shipping. By the time the macaroni reach my stove, I imagine how disappointed these pasta orphans must be, stuck to the bottom and denied their birthright of being "the cheesiest." Maybe I've watched too many dancing boxes of popcorn and singing colas while waiting for a movie to start, but I take comfort from the great architect, Louis Kahn, who said "a brick wants to be something more than a brick. It wants to be a great building." Macaroni wants to be more than a dried glutinous mass. It wants to be a meal, amazing and creamy until the last bite. My husband says bimbos and macaroni have a lot in common. He smiles knowingly as he pats the top of my head. "They both want to be more than they are, but their brains are stuck to the bottom of the box."| (Disabled) Previous comments
Undermining Our Self-EsteemSunday, October 21, 2012 ©2012 L'Oreal USA, Inc.I've never considered myself a feminist, but the older I get, the more outspoken and interested I become in women and their well-being, especially the demographic that includes me: Women over 45. I've spoken with thousands of women, and I know this age group is far from grieving for our youth, empty nests or stiffening joints. Women want honest and frank discussions, not with Botoxed celebrities, but with authentic women who've walked in their shoes. Real women like themselves. As someone who's considered, but never had an injection of Botox or plastic surgery, other than breast reconstruction because of two mastectomies, I want to address the cosmetic companies that want our business.<PREVIEWEND> Last month's MORE magazine had a misleading beauty cream ad, featuring actress, Diane Keaton. In the ad, Ms. Keaton appears to be the very best version of herself that we, or she, have ever seen. Not only does Ms. Keaton appear "ageless," no lines, sags or bags of any kind on her face, neck or hands, someone has removed the very things girlfriends of a certain age find appealing about her. At every stage of our lives, we've seen ourselves, and the women we know, reflected in the characters Ms. Keaton portrays. During the sexual revolution of the 70's, she was the single woman who, unfortunately, went too far when Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and she was a neurotic twenty something in Annie Hall. We cheered when her character in The First Wives Club went from an insecure divorcee to an empowered woman, and more recently, she was the professionally successful but personally unfulfilled playwright in Something's Gotta GiveWe love Diane Keaton because she's always seemed like the "real deal." Like most of us, she needs glasses, has wrinkles and has kept the vast majority of the face she's earned, so why did the cosmetic company feel the need to turn her into an idealized version of herself? If a cosmetic company's products, in fact, can make us a "Keatonized" version of ourselves, then by all means; back your trucks up to my door and keep those creams and serums coming. If, however, you're attempting to con women via Photoshop, then I'm not interested in doing business with a company that thinks so little of me. By the way, in case companies don't know this, Diane Keaton is beautiful the way she is. The beauty and fashion industry has long undermined the self-esteem of women. Just as they've sent the message to young girls that they need to be thin to be beautiful, by digitally morphing 66-year-old Keaton into someone she's not, the cosmetic company is sending the message that this is how women her age should look. Women over 45 are the best educated, most powerful generation in the history of the world, and it's time companies respect that we want role models, magazines, skin care creams and clothing that are age-appropriate. We are loyal, valued customers who've survived sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; the glass ceiling; in vitro fertilization; divorce, death, cheating husbands and breast cancer. Like Chico's retail clothing brand and MORE magazine, cosmetic companies that have turned the clocks back on girlfriends of a certain age, no longer make us feel we are valued. By using ageism and false advertising to appeal to our vanity, companies are betting we'll trust them with our skin care dollars. "Celebrating 40 Years... Because 'you're worth it.'" Really? I think you have us confused with our wallets.
Breast Cancer, We'll Hang in There TogetherSunday, October 14, 2012 © Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. I don't think there's anyone who doesn't know this is breast cancer awareness month. In many ways, I've tried to run from October's pink madness. I've put off writing a blog because once again, I didn't want to address the controversy and the cloud that hangs over our community. All of us who are breast health advocates and bloggers have written and spoken out about the lack of moral compass when it comes to "raising awareness." For those of you who don't know, awareness usually translates into raising money for the cure, and too many of us know too much about where pink money does and does not go. For that reason, I've ignored dozens of requests from people who want me to promote their pink widgets.<PREVIEWEND>However, the one thing I can't ignore is the devastating toll breast cancer--all cancers--inflicts on those who are inexorably ensnared by rogue cells that cause destruction and sometimes death. Long after I lay down to go to sleep, I hear the words of my unprepared friend, Donna, who's new doctor, the first time she ever saw him, had the "end of life" conversation with her, or Lisa, a fellow breast cancer blogger who just learned her breast cancer has metastasized, and she wonders how to tell her children.
It's getting harder for me to write about cancer. Too many of my friends, many of whom I've met here on my website, are battling Stage IV cancer, fighting with everything they have to stay alive. I care deeply for all of them and in many cases, I love them. They are men and women I've come to know on so many levels; people I admire for their spirit and in some cases, for their sheer determination and will that keeps them alive. Others are not so lucky, but not because of their lack of will and determination.
Sometimes I think I know too much about cancer and the course it can take. I often wonder why oncologists don't burn out more frequently than I hear about? I'd like to think diet and exercise, positive attitude and meditation will trump killer cells gone awry, but that's not always the case. Then there are others, like my friend Susan Pollack, who lived for 14 years with metastatic breast cancer. She ate red meat, never exercised and drank alcohol. Go figure!
Sometimes it's really difficult to stay positive about the future of "the cure" when everyday, people I know, love and admire are hanging on to positive thinking and determination. So, if from time to time, I write about something else, like the power of friendships on the healing process, or who knows... why the sky is blue, that's why. I know too much about this wicked, evil thing called cancer, and forgive me, but sometimes it's just too difficult to slap on a happy face and say, "we can beat this thing." But if those of you who are in the trenches can do it, I will continue to be here to honor your valiant fight. Daily, I ask God to bless each of you and your families.


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Boracay Rum routs Erase as it revives chance to make PBA D-League quarterfinals
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MANILA, Philippines—Coach Lawrence Chongson knows Boracay Rum can't afford to slip if it wants to reach the quarterfinals.
And the Waves' bid to sweep their remaining assignments started Thursday with an 82-61 domination of Erase XFoliant in the 2012-2013 PBA D-League at the Arellano Gym in Manila.
Six players finished in double digits as Boracay Rum used a strong third quarter to pull away from the struggling Erase XFoliant.
"We have to sweep para makapasok kami. Nakuwenta ko na (na kaya pa namin makapasok), unless namalikmata ako," said Chongson, whose squad improved to 3-5.
Boracay Rum still has to overcome tough Cafe France (4-4) and Fruitas (4-3) in the elimination round.
But "we're just taking this one game at a time. One down, two to go," added Chongson.
And he knows they're on the right track.
By the fourth quarter, the Waves sustained their advantage and were up by as big as 21 points after just leading by a 40-36 in the second period.
Lanky forward Maclean Sabellina poured half of his 12 markers in the pivotal third quarter, while Jeff Vierness and Stephen Siruma added 14 and 13, respectively.
Erase XFoliant never found its groove from the field—with gunner Jett Vidal struggling mightily—and was outrebounded by the Waves, 38-52.
Vidal still had 14 points but on a horrible 5-of-20 shooting night as his squad dropped further into the bottom two with a 2-6 card.
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Tom EngelhardtWills has pulled from the raging silence of history a modest but roiling mass of transnational humanity, and so reminded us that we've been a globalizing planet for more than 300 years. The world of 1688 was already an economic, political, cultural and sexual entrepot, and it's been stewing away ever since.
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And in conclusion: But one trend has proven to be more salutary than all the rest: the rising public concern with the sources and purity of our foods, and the formation of activist organizations to address problems like overfishing, global warming, sustainment of local agriculture, and both citywide and global hunger, reflected by individual actions as well as participation in organizations like Slow Food and Share Our Strength. It has lately dawned on us that food is more than just a hedonistic pursuit—as if we'd been snoozing for a decade, and just woke up.
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Popular hotel and restaurant could become student digs (From The Advertiser Series)
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STUDENT APPLICATION: The Kingslodge Hotel in Durham City which may become student housing. Picture: TOM BANKS (7541465)
A POPULAR city centre hotel and restaurant are facing an uncertain future, after plans emerged to convert the premises into more student accommodation.
A planning application has been filed to Durham County Council which would see the Kingslodge Hotel, on Waddington Street, Durham – which is also home to Finbarr's restaurant – extended and converted into rooms for 57 students.
Amid anger over more and more of the city being turned over to student accommodation, the scheme has already drawn objections from Crossgate Community Partnership (CCP) and the City of Durham Trust, among others.
The Partnership says the area already has too many students and another 57 would only exacerbate problems of late-night disturbance.
"The on-site wardens that are promised will have no impact on behaviour outside the site.
"The applicants have a touching faith in the ability and willingness of the University to control its own students, but this is not something that happens in practice," Ruth Chambers, CCP secretary, writes.
Meanwhile, the Trust says there is no demonstrable need for the development and argues for it to be maintained as a hotel; while also raising fears over nearby Flass Vale nature reserve becoming a "student playground".
However, in a supporting statement filed with the application, The Planning Station says more purpose-built student accommodation is needed, as Durham University student numbers are expected to grow to 15,300 by 2019-20.
The report says the applicant "anticipates significant public objection to the proposals on residential amenity grounds", but points to the council's decision to grant approval for the construction of 220 student bedrooms on the former Fred Henderson garage site, on nearby Ainsley Street, in support of its case.
"The applicant acknowledges that the behaviour of some students can be attributable to noise and disturbance but would reiterate that the University has some control over its own students, whether or not they are accommodated by the University.
"Additionally, the Council has the power to investigate and take action under statutory nuisance laws as appropriate."
However, the report says the applicant "acknowledges her own responsibilities" and would welcome a condition requiring her to submit an accommodation management plan prior to students moving in.
The hotel opened in August 2000 and currently has 21 bedrooms, with planning consent to expand to 50.
A formal consultation period has begun and runs until Friday (June 27). For more information, visit durham.gov.uk/planning using the reference DM/14/01418/OUT
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MagicAlf wrote:Because there isn't enough... we should be supporting education, and anyone who thinks that students are the only people who cause nuisance and disturbance needs to visit some areas of Gilesgate and beyond to see that non-students are just as bad, and often far far worse. I'd rather convert a hotel into 50 student rooms than buy up 17 3-bed houses that could be used by young families.
This is getting ridiculous now, why is yet more student accommodation needed?
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l investment - bring in big businesses who can provide work opportunities. Most of these students, will study and then head to London for work as soon as they graduate. This proposal is counter-productive for the long term future of the economy.
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Despite giving an interview about his future plans for the characters on BoP Jim Zub will be replaced as a writer from BoP by the writer of Sword & Sorcery: Amethyst, Christy Marx
Christy Marx is taking over as writer on "Birds Of Prey." Does Jim Zub also have other projects at DC, like Venditti? Why the switch there?
Harras: Jim had a great pitch for "Birds Of Prey," but as things came together in discussion and the creative churn, we all saw what Christy was doing on "Amethyst," and we were looking at "Birds Of Prey" and internally and editorially we were thinking of taking it in a different direction. The decision was made that we were going to go in a different direction than what Jim had originally envisioned. We definitely, definitely want to continue working with Jim, but at this moment, we wanted to go in a particular direction. Bobbie started working with Jim months ago --
not sure what to think of this
on one hand I really like Sword & Sorcery, is just a very good book and you should be reading it, and is good to see that Christy is expanding possibilities in DC, and i aslo feel way more confident with her as writer cause i never read anything from Zub, not meaning that he is a bad writer but i already know that Christy is a good one
on the other hand, this just once again show how freaking terrible is management of DC is
Zub didnt even had a single issue out and he is already out of the door, allegedly cause is not what they want to do with the book, thats ok, pitches get rejected every day, but he announced as a new writer, he gave a couple of interviews and now he is gone, Indecision means that you no idea what the hell you are doing, is just so surprising


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M-DISC promises 1000 years of life, allows you to archive files on disc
Today while browsing the booths offered at Storage Visions--a show like CES that takes place just before and just for storage--this M-DISC caught my eye. The company says that their disc, compatible with most newer DVD writers, will allow data stored on a DVD disc to last for up to 1000 years, compared to the 7 years of a normal disc.
They achieve this by etching the data into a "rock-like layer" that isn't affected by light and other damaging elements. The company said that the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division tested the disc versus normal discs and found that it was the only one to survive the 85*C/85% relative humidity test.
The other discs didn't survive past two days. One downside to these new discs is that they will set you back around $3 a piece, whereas normal discs are much, much cheaper than that. Other than that, these discs seem to be pretty cool. You can find out more information from the company's website.
SATA Express enters the ratification process, will arrive later in the year
The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has announced that SATA Express has begun the ratification process. Firstly, if you didn't know about SATA Express, it's the specification that will standardize PCIe as an interface for client storage. Secondly, if you didn't know who SATA-IO are, they are the industry consortium that are dedicated to "sustaining the quality, integrity and dissemination of SATA technology".
SATA Express entering the ratification process is big news, as this process is the last one before it will be available to the general public in the next version of the specification which is expected to be completed sometime this year. The new standard will enable an ecosystem for client storage which will see SATA and PCIe solutions fuzed together which will usher in a new low-cost solution for the next-generation of SSDs and hybrid drives.
PCIe technology is capable of speeds of up to 1GB/s per lane in the client space compared to SATA's current technology which is limited to just 0.6GB/s (SATA 6Gbps spec). Mladen Luksic, President of SATA-IO, has said:
SATA-IO members have worked together to create the SATA Express specification to bring the scalability of PCIe to client storage. This industry-wide effort has made a new level of performance available to client applications and enables connectivity to SATA Express enterprise hosts via the SFF-8639 multifunction connector.
ReportTT: Optical disc prices to increase nearly 50% in 2H13, according to CMC chariman
If you still use CDs for storage or music, now may just be the perfect time to stock up. According to CMC Chairman Robert Wong, prices are expected to increase by nearly 50 percent in the second half of 2013 due to a restructuring of the market that will continue into the first half of 2013.
The restructuring includes producers of optical discs stopping production during 2012. Disc demand isn't predicted to drop by as much as previously thought. Predictions place the global decline in demand for optical discs to be less than 10 percent, a number previously forcasted to be between 10 to 15 percent.
The takeaway? Stock up now if you still need optical discs.
Kingston releases 128GB Wi-Drive so that you can take more music with you
Kingston has these really cool Wi-Drives, which connect wirelessly to Wi-Fi devices so that they can store more data. The main use for these devices is to increase the storage of iPod Touches and iPhones, though they work with Android devices and the Kindle Fire, among others.
Kingston is celebrating the release of the 128GB version, which slots in next to the already available 32GB and 64GB models. Up to three users can access the device simultaneously, and battery life is said to be around four hours.
You can pick up a Wi-Drive in the App Store, Google Play App Store, and the Amazon Appstore. Buying a Wi-Drive is much cheaper than buying a brand-new device with a larger storage capacity, and it can be used for so many more things than just your iPhone.
CoolTT: intelliPaper allows you to add a USB drive to your business card or other paper product
There have been a lot of cool advancements in recent years, but one staple of the business world hasn't seen much improvement. I'm talking about the traditional business card, which has remained a staple of business for many years and appears as though it will continue to be around for several more years.
A company is doing something new with business cards, and paper in general. They have developed technology that allows them to embed a USB flash drive directly into the paper, so now your business card can pass along your contact information, resume, or something else digitally, instead of having to provide a link on the page.
They are currently running a funding campaign on Indiegogo, with $645 of their $30,000 funding goal met. It's a really interesting concept and could revolutionize trade shows and advertising. However, right now, the storage capacity of the paper is quite small, only 5.1MB or so, but that is just the starting point.
Toshiba launch new MG series of HDDs, includes self-encrypting models
Toshiba have just announced new models in their MG series of HDDs, which includes both SATA and SAS drives. The SATA models arrive in the form of the MG03ACA400 and the MG03ACA400Y, with the SAS drives following with the MG03ACA400 and the MG03ACA400Y models. All four models come in 4TB, which is the company's largest capacity drives to date.
Toshiba are pushing the MG series as the perfect partner for "RAID storage and arrays, tiered virtual infrastructures for public and private cloud deployments, archives, and disk-based backup and data protection solutions." The drives feature Toshiba's latest five-platter mechanical design, with the new 4TB offerings providing a 100% increase in capacity of Toshiba's previous models, which were only 2TB in size.
Not only do the new SATA and SAS models offer double the capacity, but they also offer performance improvements, as well as sporting better power efficiency.The new drives come in the usual 3.5-inch form factor, and offer up to an 18% increase in sustained transfer rates for both the SATA and SAS models, as well as featuring power management features that are designed to lower power consumption during off-peak activity periods.
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RumorTT: AMD launching Radeon-branded solid state drives soon
SemiAccurate is reporting that AMD is planning on launching Radeon-branded solid state drives fairly soon. It was just last year that AMD decided to launch their own Radeon-branded RAM to market and they clearly want to continue expanding the Radeon brand beyond just video cards.
Of course, the solid state drive wouldn't be produced by AMD. Instead, they will likely take a solid state drive produced by an ODM and label it with Radeon stickers and market it as their own. This is the method that they employed for bringing their RAM to market, and more recently, their RAMDisk software.
AMD is likely trying to build a platform similar to Apple, where every component in the system can be AMD. This way they can market the stability of the system as all of the components are AMD and should work together well. Similar to Intel's "Better Together" marketing campaign, AMD could market the platform and its performance as a whole.
This is just a rumor, for now, but it's definitely one that could prove to be true.
OCZ unveils Vector SSD, powered by Barefoot 3 controller
OCZ have just released their Barefoot 3-powered SSD which is known as the Vector. OCZ's Vestor SSD provides some insane IOPS numbers, pushing up to 100,000 IOPS - yes, we're now breaking through the 100k IOPS milestone.
Our resident Storage Editor, Chris Ramseyer, has reviewed the Vector - and has loved it, you can read more on that here. The Vector series is available in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, and provides up to 550MB/sec in read bandwidth, and up to 530MB/sec in write speeds.
It comes in a super-thin 7mm allow housing, which, as with all 2.5-inch SSDs, will find a home in your desktop or notebook computer. OCZ bundles the Vector SSD with a 3.5-inch desktop adapter, Aconis' True Image cloning software and comes at a price of $159.99, $289.99 and $569.99 through NewEgg.
1TB optical discs are coming, but you'll have to wait until 2015
I still remember the days of optical discs, where they played an important role in my life. There was a time I burnt myself "system discs", that I had drivers, pictures, updates (for software/games), and much more on it. In the days of dial-up, and in the days when tech didn't change so quickly with updates being freely available over the Internet.
These days, I don't use optical discs - period. Nearly everything I use is online, or on my QNAP NAS - but that hasn't stopped the world of optical discs from moving forward. We're now staring down the barrel of 1TB of data on a single optical disc. Fujifilm have developed a new recording method which is reportedly capable of delivering up to 1TB per disc.
This is done through 25GB per layer, which is the same amount of data a single-layer Blu-ray disc holds. But Fujifilm's new tech can cram in up to 20 layer of 25GB, amounting to 1TB in total.
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Samsung working on 10nm 64GB flash memory chips
Samsung only talked about volume production of their uber-fast eMMC memory chips in August, just two months ago, and are already standing proud with their next-generation of hardware. Pushing 20nm to the side, the South Korean giant is moving to 10nm, with the new 64GB eMMC Pro Class 200 sporting a 20% smaller physical footprint.
Not only is it smaller, but Samsung are claiming it includes 30% advantages in both performance and manufacturing productivity. The previous 20nm-based flash memory chips only begun taking advantage of JEDEC's eMMC 4.5 interface in August, but Samsung are hoping to talk to JEDEC about creating a new standard that can handle this new design.
Write speeds top out at 2,000 IOPS, with read speeds of 5,000 IOPS - beating the 1,500 and 3,000 for write/read, respectively, on the older hardware. Bandwidth reaches 260MB/sec read, 50MB/sec write. The new 10nm-based flash memory chips went into production last month and are set to be baked into smart devies in the near future.