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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The sound system next door is making it hard for Olga Lopatina to love thy neighbor: Christ the King church.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will nominate Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, choosing a widely respected, combat-hardened commander who led the Afghanistan war coalition during a key transitional period during 2013-14, U.S. officials said Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) - In a deeply personal response to outbreaks of racially motivated protests, President Barack Obama on Monday blamed a lack of opportunity in minority communities and harsher treatment of black and Hispanic men by police for fueling a sense of "unfairness and powerlessness."
Stocks closed slightly higher on Monday, putting the U.S. market close to a record high. The market climbed as investors assessed some good corporate earnings. There was also some encouraging news on the economy, a report that showed U.S. factory orders rose in March for the first time since July.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former technology executive Carly Fiorina and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson joined the rapidly expanding 2016 Republican presidential class on Monday, casting themselves as political outsiders in underdog campaigns, eager to challenge the elite of both parties.
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks gained Monday, pushing the market to record levels, as investors assessed corporate earnings. Stocks also got a lift from a report that showed factory orders rose in March for the first time since last summer.
NEW YORK (AP) - A 25-year-old police officer shot in the head over the weekend while attempting to stop a man suspected of carrying a handgun died Monday from his injuries, the third New York City officer slain on duty in five months.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The first Italian woman in space is now the world's first orbiting barista.
LONDON (AP) - Royal officials say Britain's newborn princess has been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are opening slightly higher, building on their gains from Friday.
Amid a national push to punish jilted lovers and others who distribute racy photos, NFL linebacker Jermaine Cunningham will be the most recognizable defendant yet to face "revenge porn" charges when he appears in court Wednesday.
GARLAND, Texas (AP) - Police shot and killed two gunmen who opened fire on a security officer outside a suburban Dallas venue hosting a provocative contest for Prophet Muhammad cartoons, and a bomb squad searched the gunmen's vehicle as a precaution, authorities said.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Breaking her silence, Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded Tuesday that she should have used government email as secretary of state and acknowledged she had destroyed tens of thousands of emails in her private account that she described as personal in nature.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is declining to say whether President Barack Obama has a private email account like one used by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that has sparked a political furor.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Everyone knows the tale of Cinderella.
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks fell sharply as fears of over possible interest rates hikes by the Federal Reserve roiled financial markets around the globe. In Europe, renewed concerns over Greece also spooked investors. The euro sank to a 12-year low against the dollar.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mysterious, middle-of-the-night drone flights by the U.S. Secret Service during the next several weeks over parts of Washington - usually off-limits as a strict no-fly zone - are part of secret government testing intended to find ways to interfere with rogue drones or knock them out of the sky, The Associated Press has learned.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A racist chant by several members of a University of Oklahoma fraternity that was caught on video led to outrage from the school's president and the organization's banishment from campus, but fallout from the incident appears far from over.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Make calls, read email, control music, manage Instagram photos, keep up with your workout, pay for groceries, open your hotel room door. CEO Tim Cook says you can do it all from your wrist with Apple Watch - for 18 hours a day. That's how long the battery will last on an average day.
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market's bull run turned six on Monday. The anniversary was marked with modest gains.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former madam who bragged of doing black-market "body sculpting" on thousands of women was convicted Monday of murder in the death of a dancer whose heart stopped hours after silicone injected into her buttocks moved to her lungs.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - CEO Tim Cook is directing Apple's big event Monday in San Francisco, unveiling a new deal between Apple TV and HBO, touting growth in iPhone sales and Apple Pay adoption, and announcing a set of tools called ResearchKit to help hospitals and research centers develop apps for patients.
NEW YORK (AP) - Disputing a mistake on your credit report could get easier and the effects of medical debt less severe under changes being made by the three largest credit-reporting agencies.
LONDON (AP) - The co-owners of an Irish setter feared poisoned at Britain's leading dog show are devastated by his death - but insisted Monday they don't believe that one of the other competitors is responsible.
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) - An 18-month-old girl whose mother crashed their car into a Utah river survived hanging upside down in a car seat for some 14 hours in freezing temperatures before a fisherman found her, authorities said.
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks opened higher Monday, led by gains for industrial companies and utilities. The market is steadying after a big-sell off on Friday when a strong jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates this summer.
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First, I enjoyed your story in the April 28 edition on Iwo Jima. I was there in a tin-can destroyer, DD-671, supplying star shells to make it daylight during the night, which made it daylight for 24 hours.
Now on to Eddie Mannis and his organization, HonorAir Knoxville. This man's generosity for seven years has been responsible for twice-yearly fantastic free trips for World War II and Korean War veterans to see the monuments in Washington, D.C. I returned on the last flight but couldn't spot him in the crowd of well-wishers at the airport. I hope with this letter I can thank him and all his helpers who really made this trip a very special day. In my 89 years, this was the most special day I have experienced in my lifetime.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - NOVEMBER 22: Matt Ryan #2 of the Atlanta Falcons runs the ball against the New York Giants on November 22, 2009 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Giants defeated the Falcons 34-31 in overtime. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan hopes he never has to endure another five-interception game. It sounds simple, but Ryan breaks down last week's narrow victory over Arizona as a learning experience that could have ended much worse. Despite his career-high five picks, Ryan still helped the Falcons (9-1) squeak past the Cardinals to maintain a three-game lead over second-place Tampa Bay in the NFC South. Atlanta visits the Buccaneers (5-4) on Sunday. Tampa Bay has won four straight and five of its last six games, a streak that Ryan credits to the Bucs' ability to stuff the run and make an offense one-dimensional. Tampa Bay leads the NFL in rushing defense. Atlanta, which ranks 28th, has averaged a paltry 2.6 yards per carry over the last two weeks.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Diamondbacks outfielder Cody Ross will be shut down for two to three weeks with a lower left leg injury, but he expects to be back in time to prepare himself enough for Opening Day. An MRI on Monday showed a strained muscle in his lower left calf, and Ross seemed very optimistic about a quick recovery. "It's just a little minor setback," Ross said. "I'm just glad it's at this time and not later on in the spring or during the season. "I figure give it a couple weeks of treatment and strengthening it. I'm just going by their plan. We've got a great group of trainers that are going to kind of coach me along and get me back out there as quick as I can without possible re-injury. Luckily we have time." Ross, 32, signed a three-year deal with the D-backs this winter and replaces Justin Upton, who the D-backs traded to Atlanta in January, in right field. Ross spent last season with the Boston Red Sox, hitting .267 with 81 RBI, 22 home runs and a .326 on-base percen...
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Before they were famous: Stars of 'Magic Mike XXL'
Music videos, models, soap operas, even singing jingles ... the hunks of "Magic Mike" had humble beginnings in Hollywood.
'Harry Potter' coming back … on a big stage
There may not be any new novels in the works, but the famed boy wizard will be on the London stage in a new play set to open next summer.
Today in entertainment history: June 26
A look back on the Hollywood headlines that made history.
Foul-mouthed, drinking teddy bear back in 'Ted 2′
The sequel to the hit 2012 comedy sees Ted married to his girlfriend Tami-Lynn and the couple want to have a baby. But Ted has to go to court to prove that he is a person.
Patrick MacNee, star of '60s series 'The Avengers,' dead at 93
The British-born actor was best known as dapper secret agent John Steed in the long-running television series.
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"Saved by the Bell" star Dustin Diamond will spend the next four months behind bars.
'Furious 7′ made more money than (almost) any other movie
The blockbuster has passed "The Avengers" to become the third highest-grossing movie of all time at the global box office.
'Clueless' coming to Broadway
We're totally buggin' at the thought of the hit '90s teen comedy coming to the live stage.
Hulu recreates 'Seinfeld' set as it releases entire series
Fans of the hit '90s sitcom can lounge on comedian Jerry Seinfeld's battered sofa and reminisce about their favorite episodes in a real-life replica of the iconic NYC apartment.
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'Supercharged' takes theme park visitors on a 'Fast & Furious' ride
The "Fast & Furious: Supercharged" ride opens today at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Channing Tatum talks 'Magic Mike,' sequel, wardrobe malfunction
The "21 Jump Street" star is back bearing his body again for "Magic Mike XXL."
Katherine Heigl can't imagine 'Grey's' without McDreamy
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'The Rock' to star in big screen adaptation of 'Rampage' video game
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Meet the new 'Spider-Man'
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'Eight is Enough,' star Dick Van Patten dead at 86
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This little restaurant east of Parque Paseo Juárez is packed with locals—sometimes there's not a tourist in sight—who appreciate the traditional fare like enchiladas suizas (with sour cream) and the prices. It's a 10-minute walk from the zócalo. You'll know you're there when you spot the huge green eyes painted on the side of the building. It closes early, at 7 pm.
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This is the best place in town for a botana plate, which is sort of a collection of little appetizers. I was told the place used to be a bar a long time ago, but turned into a restaurant on the basis of these snacks. Who knows? Don't go there for anything else! It is only for meat lovers, and it is cheap, huge, and delicious. I am a regular traveler to Oaxaca and this is the only restaurant I tell friends they must visit.
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The February 15 demonstration in New York was huge, exciting,
exhilarating--despite the weather (brrrr) and the heavy hand of the NYPD
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Here The Nation presents a few of the works posted on "Poets Against the War," (www.poetsagainstthewar.org), the website set up by Sam Hamill, poet and editor, when he called for poems and statements against war in Iraq.
They're relegated to the side.
This role--which they cannot abide,
Which torments Frenchmen day and night--
Can make them do things out of spite.
Among the few hundred thousand people who took to the streets of New York on February 15 to protest an invasion of Iraq were the current group of Nation interns.
Even before the crucial February 14 meeting of the Security Council
(after this issue went to press), a significant milestone was reached in
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NOTE: Because of an editorial error, last week's poem was
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for England.
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When more than 80 members of three local churches spent a recent Saturday painting, scraping, weeding, and repairing four houses in North Toledo, their goal was not just to fix up the buildings but also to build relationships with the homeowners.
"We get to know the people and hope for continued partnerships and relationships," said the Rev. Mary Sullivan, pastor of St. Paul's United Methodist Church on Madison Avenue downtown.
Volunteers from St. Paul's, Monroe Street United Methodist Church, and Sylvania First United Methodist Church teamed up for the Urban Mission Project, an outreach of the Maumee Watershed District of the United Methodist Church.
The volunteers worked on homes in "ONE Village," a neighborhood whose nickname is based on an acronym for "Old North End." The homeowners had been referred to the churches by United North, a community development agency that also provided paint and some other gear for the volunteers.
Pat Tuller, 65, of Bronson Avenue was delighted not only that the church workers spruced up her house and yard, but that they had a good time while doing it.
"Oh my, they were marvelously helpful and we had a ball. We had so much fun," Ms. Tuller said. "I haven't had so many guests in ages."
The workers sanded, scraped, and painted the floor and ceiling of her porch, painted her shutters, fixed up a sandstone half-wall, and scraped and painted the shed.
Although the volunteers were all from churches, they were never preachy or pushy about religion, she said. "We said a prayer before we started and after we quit. We did talk a little about religion, but it was because I brought it up. Everybody was so nice and they gave me a big hug when they left."
Ms. Sullivan said that's the kind of interaction she was hoping for.
"Relationships are the first step toward discipleship," she said. "St. Paul's is hoping to disciple these people. A lot of them have been down on their luck, on disability, or out of work."
A group from St. Paul's, which has about 40 members, will be following up with visits to people whose homes were worked on.
The Rev. Larry Clark, pastor of Sylvania First, said about 65 volunteers from his church pitched in last month and many of them are looking forward to doing more volunteer work this year in ONE Village.
"Our church tries to focus on three levels of mission work: local, national, and international. So an urban project in North Toledo made a lot of sense," he said.
Art Noel, a 67-year-old retired electrical engineer from Northwood who's been attending St. Paul's for nearly 50 years, served as site manager for the project.
The Rev. Karen Shepler, pastor of Monroe Street United Methodist Church, agreed that members of suburban churches can benefit from stepping out of their own neighborhoods to help people in an urban environment.
"For many of the people who are volunteering, it may be the first time they've ever been in an inner city situation, so that in itself is valuable," Ms. Shepler said. "But one of the good things about the Urban Mission Project is that a lot of the people being helped are also working with us, so it brings us from thinking about it as charity to being more of a partnership."
Terry Glazer, CEO of United North, said there are plenty of people in ONE Village who need help but don't necessarily qualify for government assistance.
"One of the things we're about is comprehensive revitalization, and it takes multiple strategies," he said. "This is very helpful. And the fact that they are talking about doing this each month means it could have an even bigger, long-term impact."
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"If you're really happy at work, you'll be 180 percent happier with life overall, have 180 percent more energy, and be nearly 50 percent more productive than your least happy colleagues."
—Jessica Pryce-Jones
Jessica Pryce-Jones, author of Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success, is CEO and founder of the UK-based consultancy iOpener. She has been featured in the BBC series Making Slough Happy and CNN's special on happiness at work. She teaches and coaches leaders at London Business School, Chicago Booth School of Business, Saïd Business School in Oxford and Judge Business School in Cambridge.
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Author Notes: My cooking mentor and former mother-in-law, Haya, would make a different version of this classic recipe every time she prepared it. She used long grain rice, but I prefer using Arborio ever since I tasted a version prepared by a good friend who owns an Italian restaurant. But, I credit Haya with teaching me how to make this crowd pleaser, as I credit her with teaching me how to buy the best produce at open air markets, introducing me to Mediterranean cooking, and creating dishes around what is fresh and in season.
These stuffed peppers are best when made a day ahead of serving. Leftovers freeze well, and it is always a pleasant reminder of an afternoon's labor to pull out a few frozen servings of this dish on a cold winter's night. Haya did not place mozzarella balls in her version - that is also a tip I learned from my chef friend. —Bevi
Serves 4-6
- 6 or more whole red peppers, or any color of your choice
- For the Meat Filling
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup Arborio rice, uncooked
- 1/2 cup grated carrot
- 1/2 cup grated zucchini
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 plus cups parmesan cheese
- 6 mini buffalo mozzarella balls, packed in herbed olive oil; OR 6 chunks of mozzarella, formed into 1 inch balls
- Kosher salt and ground pepper to taste
- For the Tomato Sauce
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste, with more to add if the sauce needs thickening at the end of cooking
- 1 large can diced tomatoes
- 2 cups red wine
- 1 cup stock or water
- several sprigs thyme, and other herbs of choice
- 1 or 2 tablespoons sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Start the tomato sauce. Pour the olive oil in a large Dutch oven pot over medium flame. Add the onions, then the garlic, then the carrots, and then the celery and saute until the onion is translucent.
- Add the tomato paste and stir in fully to blend. Then, add the diced tomatoes, and again stir until blended. Then, add the wine and cook for a few minutes. Then, add the stock or water. Add fresh herbs of your choice, and cook the sauce over low heat. After a while, add the sugar. Let the sauce simmer while you prepare the filling for the red bell peppers.
- Begin the meat filling. Place all the filling ingredients (note: about 3/4 cup parmesan) EXCEPT the mozzarella balls into a glass bowl, and carefully mix the ingredients so they are well blended.
- Slice the tops off the peppers, and remove all seeds. Place the filling in the peppers, but make a hole in the filling you have put in the pepper with your finger so you can insert a mozzarella ball in the center of the pepper as you stuff it.
- If the tomato sauce looks like it is somewhat firm and reduced, place the stuffed peppers in the Dutch oven. You may fit them in snugly. Liberally spoon some tomato sauce on and over each stuffed pepper.
- Bring to a low boil, cover, and then place the Dutch oven into the oven to bake for at least an hour. Baste the peppers continuously so the arborio rice absorbs liquid.
- Test for doneness by taking a tiny taste of rice in one pepper. If the rice is done, place a little parmesan cheese over each pepper, and return to the oven until the cheese is melted. Test the sauce for desired thickness - adding more tomato paste to stir if necessary.
- Serve by slicing each pepper in half, topped with some sauce. Note: One pepper is a very hearty serving.
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7 days ago cocos cooking
Two cups of wine is a lot. I almost wondered if that was a typo but I went with it. Sauce tasted off balance and never thickened up. And I had to bake this for 2 hours for the rice to cook properly. ? Fortunately I was making this for the following day, as recommended.
6 days ago Bevi
You are right, the recipe should not have stated 2 cups of wine. That got past me obviously when I put in the ingredients. I will change the ingredient amounts. I am sorry the recipe did not turn out - no wonder it didn't.
7 months ago
Cynthia is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.
This could actually make me like stuffed peppers.
7 months ago Bevi
That would make me happy!
7 months ago
Cynthia is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.
Me, too.
7 months ago lapadia
Yay to stuffed peppers, especially Red Peppers!
over 1 year ago lapadia
Red pepper is a favorite of mine, this is a delicious, perfect one pot dish. I don't know how I ever missed this...
over 1 year ago Bevi
I have been making this for decades, but within the last few years added the arborio and mozz - hope you approve!
over 1 year ago Trena Heinrich
Bevi - these are gorgeous! I cannot wait to try them...my husband's gonna flip!
over 1 year ago Bevi
Great! Feel free to add other vegetables to the meat filling. I just noticed in the photo that I had added corn kernels to the batch!
almost 4 years ago Bevi
Hi Lida! Let the sauce reduce and become firmer, so it is not watery. Not thick like a smoothie, but slightly thicker than jarred sauce.
almost 4 years ago Lida
ahh, yes. got it, and will do! thanks bev.
almost 4 years ago Lida
auntie bev! so first of all--- you've converted me to food52. i love it here.
second-- can you please explain the direction that calls for one to wait for the sauce to be "firm and emulsified?" i want to try this recipe but know that i will fret over the readiness of my sauce unless i ask for further details...i've been a strictly semi-homemade cook when it comes to tomato sauce, and think it's due time i amend that.


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Heads up guys this may sound like a rant.
Why not spend $$ on a decent game?
The company running it, Hirez is evil.
I played GA for almost a year - ign - TheLover
Gave $102 to Hirez in the process (game+3 90day boosters), Yes at the time I felt it was worth it.
After nearly 1000 hours, collected nearly every epic item, one day I tried to log in and it read 'Your account has been banned'.
Their responce to my enquiry was
Response HiRezRemy 06/28/2011 04:22 PM
Hello XXXXXXXX,
Your account was banned for violations of the terms of service related to cheating. Our anti-cheat systems detected the use of a third-party program on your account.
After additional review of the evidence, we stand by the ban. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.
Hi-Rez Support Staff
Basically they accused me of cheating and banned me.
Well I assert that I dont cheat, wether you believe that is not the point. Naturally my responce to that was
Customer XXXXXXXXX 06/28/2011 05:11 PM
I am 100% legit and swear by it. I would like to see your so called ' evidence ' that i cheat, also please state what cheat that you have identified me using, and when i used it. this is a ridiculous accusation that i cheat.
Hirez seems to have ignored this, they wont even show me their evidence of my violation of their terms of service, how else can the accused party try to defend his case if he doesn't know exactly what he's accused of right?
My 2nd attempt to request evidence has been closed within a day of my posting.
Also posted on their official forums under the official account issues section to see their evidence, but those posts have been removed. According to their forum rules all account issues can be posted there except those regarding bans, bans have to be resolved privately using their ticket system.
I admit to have used hacks in other games, offline,online,mmo and have had my fair share of bans too. One time for sticking an eraser on my keyboard on cabal and went to sleep. But all those bans I received were fair, the game companies even sent screenshots of evidence etc.
Hirez seems to think their anti cheat is so perfect it can never be wrong.
I guess theres always a first time to being banned for being a legit player.
FIY I actually took the time to read their ONLINE TERMS OF SERVICE AND USE AGREEMENT due to this ban.
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"Hi-Rez reserves the right to deny, in its sole discretion, your access to your Account, the Service or the Site without notice, for any or for no reason (including, without limitation, for violation of this Agreement). "
by clicking accept you agree to this. They may sell it to you, then they may not let you play it, for no reason, whenever(without notice) they feel like it.
Fellow Gamers, you have been warned.
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GA have the funniest combat system of all the times. Is the best of the best combat system imo.
The only problem is that many people use AIMBOTS, you feel it when an assault with a inferno cannon doesnt fail a single bullet on you when youre flying in zig-zag.
Sorry if you werent the case but people using aimbots are ruining the game and deserved to be perma banned.
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If you played GA enough, you should realize robo turrets win mercs, not the assault / recon with 100 kills. Whenever you suspect someone of aimbot, just go agenda stats and look at his PVP win rate it will be between 55%-60% not that far away from yours probably - unless its a new account.
Unless someone still has like 80-90% PVP win rate after 1000 merc games, id say hes legit. I had 59% only and I fkin own (check my last 10 mercs on agenda stats)
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Turrets blow. I've been killed more times by turrets than anything else. Otherwise, the game is a lot of fun. Not sure about the ban thing. They are probably going to be much more aggressive on bans since they have a bunch of new people playing and they don't want those people to feel like they're getting steamrolled by cheaters.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
Accusing me of cheating is one thing, denying me access without notice is understandable according to their eula. Stating some generic accusation and that they have conducted additional review of evidence, then ignoring my request to view said 'evidence' in order to defend my case feels down right unlawful, feels like Hirez is an authoritarian dictatorship.
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Ahh yes, "Hypers." The people who praise and hate every MMORPG... We've dismissed that claim.
I only spent (as well as only intend to spend) $13.97 on this game and I say it is value for money if you don't go over board like you did.
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Originally posted by Hard2killh2k
I would guess right here is your problem, did you wipe your HDD after using other cheats? If not you probably have not removed all trace of them and this is what Hi-Rez have detected.
Many hack programmes are insanely difficult to remove all trace from a HDD, some are seemingly impossible without a complete format.
Seems oddly fair though, you must have gotten away with cheating plenty of times in other games, perhaps karma has finally caught-up with you? Also, pretty much every game which uses anti-cheat software will simply ban you if it's detected, they rarely will discuss it and almost never will they justify themselves and i have never heard of any games company sending out screen-shots to cheats to prove they were cheating with the exception of Mythic one time when they banned an entire guild from DAoC.
Anyway, plead your case to a GM, they might listen.
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Very sorry to hear, thelover. Not going to out myself, as I keep anonymous ingames and elsewhere :) but I played with you significantly near my leaving the game due to work reasons, and I know you never cheated in GA when we played together during many pve and pvp matches.
Will bet you that the skeleton crew on GA now just bans after getting a certain number of complaints, and since you were so good with that poison medic a LOL non aimbot or any other hack class... there ya go. Good time to get out anyway, bet all the FTP noobs are sucking every ounce of fun out of that game anyway.
GA was a good game, never a great game, and could have been so much better, so hopefully you will find a truly great game to play next. Screw Hirez if that's how they are conducting themselves, skeleton crew or not. If their hack prevention is merely scanning hard drives for artifacts of programs, that's lame, the mere use of the program in their game should shoot up an instant flag. GLHF.
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Originally posted by sanskrit
Last I checked, when HiRez gets claims that someone has been hacking or cheating (cheating could mean a number of things) but I believe they just do a type of "ride along" where they watch you play as well as record, or view recorded footage of you.
I've played GA for a while, HiRez is an overall good company, and while they aren't infallible, I'd say they're still very good about getting those that do cheat as opposed to the ones who don't.
Think about it from their perspective, if this guy did what he said he did, and spent that much money over the course of his time playing GA... do you REALLY think HiRez wanted to ban a PAYING customer?
I would be interested in seeing the evidence too, but I would have to say, whatever evidence they had, it certainly was enough to consider banning you, and likely not just a case of mistaken identity. It could be a case that someone hacked your account, but... hack your account to aimbot? Not likely.
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I'm just here for the cookies.
You got caught--why not just man up and move along?
And my understanding is also that they get notified by either player complaints or their system, and then they play in a team with you anonymously or otherwise observe you.
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So when and how exactly did you "check" that? Not trying to grill, but there have been lots of obvious staffing changes at HR, and who knows how they are actually doing things right now? I played with the guy regularly for a month, and saw no indicia whatsoever of any cheating of any kind. The fact that they didn't specifically address his question about being banned is way fishy to me. I understand if they have some proprietary detection software, but if that's the case they should at least say so.
And as far as banning good paying customers goes, they aren't stupid, they know that banning a player who has been around since near launch and has bought two tokens is likely banning a player who has no reason whatsoever to buy anything else from the cash shop because he already has everything there is to have. No financial incentive not to ban those players.
OTOH, it could be a smart business plan to ban completely built out accounts who are addicted or highly invested in the game because you lose nothing if they leave and stand to gain lots if they start a new account and buy new tokens.
I'm not nearly as confident in the business and customer service aspects of MMOs as you are. Based on significant personal experience, it's more likely that he pissed somebody off ingame who has a connect at HR than actually went through the cheat flag process. The dirty secret of MMOs is that the people who work there all have friends and favoritism is rampant with very little oversight. Most MMOs aren't exactly tightly run businesses with top flight MBA talent monitoring operations.
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Originally posted by Zinzan
If they found a trace of a hack program on your HDD, they've obviously been snooping around, and that could be the base for a lawsuit. Hi-rez shouldn't be going into your personal computer and looking for hacks... or anything else they can find, so if you didn't have a hack program open, Hi-rez should be the one with explaining to do.


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Promises access to energy for all by 2030 One in five people worldwide lack access to energy World Energy Congress, Daegu, Korea, 17 October 2013: On the closing day of the World Energy Congress, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reaffirmed his pledge to provide one billion people across the globe access to sustainable energy by […]
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The Supercomputing Challenge opened my eyes to all the possibilities that can be done using a computer and computer languages. The idea of being the creator of a program intrigued me. Participating in the Challenge will never be forgotten. Derrick, Capital High
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Area of Science: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Proposal: Animal adaptations are very important for species to survive and flourish. Adaptations occur because of some change or manipulation in their environment or surroundings. All sorts of variables can lead to the extinction of animals, but if we can figure out what variables can be manipulated, while still having the "self-healing" ability or adaptive ability, we could determine the optimal parameters for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. The goal of this project is to study AI models of both the predator and prey with the manipulation of the placement of food resources and animals and the mutation rate to determine the best parameters for a system using NetLogo.
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Obama coasts to victory on demographic tidal wave
By Richard Dunham | November 6, 2012
Photo By M. Spencer Green/STFSupporters wave flags during President Barack Obama's election night party Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Photo By Carlos Osorio/STFAnita Flanigan, left, and Renee Drake react after President Obama reaches the 270 Electoral College votes during the Michigan Democratic election night party at the MGM Grand Detroit, following Election Day, early Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Photo By Jerome Delay/STFSupporters of President Barack Obama react to favorable media projections at the McCormick Place during an election night watch party in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Photo By Tony Dejak/STFDemocrats celebrate reports that President Barack Obama won the election at the Ohio Democratic party election night celebration early Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
A demographic tsunami became a Democratic tidal wave as President Obama won a tight but decisive re-election victory Tuesday with the help of record-breaking support from Hispanic voters, massive turnout from African Americans and continuing enthusiasm from young Americans.
Although Republican nominee Mitt Romney won a larger share of white votes than any presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan scored a landslide re-election in 1984, the former Massachusetts governor ended up a loser at the polls because of the racial, ethnic and generational changes that have altered the U.S. electoral landscape.
The portion of nonwhite voters in the electorate has tripled over the last four decades to 27 percent on Tuesday. The Democratic incumbent led among African Americans by 93 percent to 7 percent _ the best performance by a Democrat since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
Heavy African American turnout in Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Miami changed the dynamic in four battleground states. In key swing states, Romney received just one percent of the African American vote in Florida and 3 percent in Ohio and Virginia.
Meanwhile, Latino voters, energized by tough Republican rhetoric on immigration, voted Democratic by 69 percent to 30 percent, tipping the balance of power in a string of states including Nevada, New Mexico and Iowa.
``Gov. Romney's shift to the right on the issue of immigration during the GOP primary season made it impossible for him to equal the number of Latino votes that George W. Bush received in 2000 and 2004,'' said Aaron Kall, director of debate at the University of Michigan. ``Efforts by numerous states to curtail early voting and require photo identification seem to have motivated these groups to record turnout numbers.''
In addition to minority voters, Obama's majority-making coalition included young voters, those with college and graduate degrees, and women.
For the first time in American history, Latinos made up 10 percent of the electorate, up from 9 percent in 2008. The overwhelming Hispanic support _ and strong turnout _ helped Obama win New Mexico and Iowa, and kept the race close in states such as Florida, Colorado and Virginia.
In contrast to Obama's rainbow coalition, Romney's core supporters were older, evangelical and white. The Republican nominee did better among white voters than any Republican since Ronald Reagan in 1984, topping Obama by 20 points, 59 percent to 39 percent. Romney scored particularly well among older white men, white women who have not completed college and rural white males.
"We're seeing a Republican Party whose support base continues to shrink," said Mark P. Jones, chairman of political science department at Rice University. "The GOP is going to have to address that support over the next few years, particularly as they approach the next presidential election."
With votes not yet counted on the heavily Democratic West Coast, Romney was still clinging to a narrow lead in the popular vote _ an advantage almost certain to vanish when California's votes are tallied.
But Obama already had won enough states to clinch the 270 electoral votes needed to secure re-election.
After an Election Day characterized by long lines at polling places from Philadelphia to San Antonio to San Francisco, it became clear that both candidates did an exceptional job turning out their core supporters in an electorate polarized among partisan and ideological lines.
Obama received the support of 92 percent of Democrats and 86 percent of liberals, while Romney was backed by 94 percent of Republicans and 83 percent of conservatives.
Romney ran up large majorities in heavily Republican states, but the GOP nominee couldn't dent Obama's Midwestern firewall and fell short in other targeted states such as Pennsylvania, Nevada and New Hampshire.
Considering the deep divisions in the electorate, 2012 could easily be called "the year of the gap."
There was the gender gap. Women favored Obama, 54 percent to 44 percent, while men chose Romney by an almost identical margin, 53 percent to 45 percent. Mothers were more likely to support Obama (55 percent to 45 percent), while fathers sided with Romney (55 percent to 43 percent).
"Democrats effectively made the case that issues important to women, not just issues like abortion and reproductive rights but economic issues of equal pay and access to jobs, those issues resonated with women," said Ron Schurin, a political scientist at the University of Connecticut. "The Romney campaign seemed at times to be tone deaf on those issues. They tried to make a case _ they just didn't do it effectively."
In addition to the gender gap, there was a yawning generation gap. Voters under the age of 30 were strongly pro-Obama, 59 percent to 37 percent, while voters 65 and older favored Romney by 57 percent to 43 percent. The Republican nominee benefited from an increase in turnout among seniors, up from 16 percent of the electorate in 2008 to 19 percent this year.
There also was a huge difference in voting patterns by place of residence. Urban voters sided with Obama, 61 percent to 37 percent, while Romney carried rural America by a similar margin, 59 percent to 39. Romney narrowly led Obama among suburban votes nationally because of big majorities in North Carolina, Georgia and Texas. But the GOP nominee was trounced in Pennsylvania and Virginia suburbs and performed below his expectations in Ohio, Colorado and Nevada suburbs.
Angry Republican conservatives say they the only way to rebuild a majority is to purge the party of its old-fashioned pragmatists like Romney.
"Tomorrow morning we launch the battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party between small government constitutionalists and Tea Party types, and those like George Bush and Karl Rove who want to expand government," veteran conservative activist Richard A. Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com.
Also contributing to this report was Summer Ballentine of the Hearst Washington bureau.


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Why am I still watching My Own Worst Enemy?
It's not the first time that I've watched a TV show that has been canceled. And I think that fans should keep watching the remaining episodes of a TV show that has been canceled, out of loyalty if nothing else. But it takes real loyalty to watch a canceled show that has a continuing mystery at its core, which My Own Worst Enemy has.
The Closer: Blindsided
Once again, the writers were able to magically mix humor with emotion. And the emotions in this episode were very highly charged, yet the humor fit right in. I am continuously impressed by the show- by the way the story lines and subplots are balanced so perfectly. The writers have become experts at knowing when humor is appropriate and when it isn't.
A 24 love song, father to son
*Spoilers ahead.*
So it came as a surprise that Jack Bauer's father Phillip on 24 has a soft spot. Over the past few hours, Phillip has mercilessly killed his son Graem, blamed Jack for the death, kidnapped his grandson and planted explosives to kill Jack. But in the latest episode, he spared Jack's life.
A blogger from Blogs4Bauer must've already sensed the softer side of Phillip when he monkeyed around with the lyrics to Harry Chapin's song "Cat's in the Cradle," and made them applicable to Papa Bauer and his hero son Jack.
The first lines: "My child arrived just the other day, Jack came to the world in the usual way. But there were planes to bomb, and nukes astray. He shot smack while I was away."
24: 3:00pm -- 4:00pm
(S06E10) *Warning, spoilers ahead*
A President's Day gift awaited viewers at the end of the tenth hour of 24.
In fact the extremely brief scene involving a famously evil 24 president -- who is now sporting a beard that rivals Jack Bauer's when he was released from Chinese custody some 10 hours ago -- was my favorite part of the latest episode of 24.
That, and the scene where the chief of staff was lying on the dingy floor of another, non-descript boiler room with duct tape over his mouth. Those two scenes made up for the others, like Milo bein' a hero, Morris spitting out the drink and inappropriate flirting in a stairwell.
24: 1:00pm - 2:00pm/2:00pm - 3:00pm
(SO6E08/S06E09) *Warning, spoilers follow*
Unfounded familial guilt.
Musings about a potential coup.
Mystery men in blue suits.
And a guy who says things like, "Not bloody likely mate," gets drilled.
Maybe I've just been terribly spoiled by the first, super-charged four hours of 24, but this hyped, two-hour installment felt flat-footed to me. I even longed to have the Bluetooth guy back.
24: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
(S06E07) *Warning: Spoilers ahead*
I'm starting to miss the "good" and the "bad" terrorist story lines. This whole Bauer family drama -- with its cryptic references and long, anguished looks accompanied by soft music meant to indicate deep feelings of one kind or another -- are getting tiresome.
The last few episodes of 24, starting with the appearance of Jack Bauer's brother Graem, have been filled with unexplained familial angst, clipped utterances and baffling actions. There are times when I do enjoy the suspense of trying to figure out people's motives, playing the parlor game of discerning who's bad and who's good, but there's such a thing as too much melodramatic build up with insufficient action, particularly for an action-heavy show.
24: 11:00am - 12:00pm
(S06E06)*Warning: Spoilers ahead*
At times, I felt as though I'd accidentally clicked over to an old episode of The Sopranos, what with all the references to stick by "the family" and the importance of family loyalty . . . all references made mere minutes after one family member had tried to suffocate another, after members of the same family drew weapons on one another and one member demanded the execution of both his brother and father.
There was even some good, old fashioned, familial taunting. Insults were hurled like calling one brother "simple minded" and later harassing him for his failure to adequately protect his wife from a terrorist.
Rick Schroder joins cast of 24
Ricky has made another great career move - further distancing himself from that plucky young lad in The Champ. He'll be joining the cast of 24 as CTU operative Mike Doyle. Expect to see Schroder team up with Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer in executing "key field ops." 24 is really pulling out all the stops with its latest casting decisions. Schroder is just one of a list of fancy new cast members including Chad Lowe, Regina King, Powers Boothe, Peter MacNicol, James Cromwell, Kal Penn and David Hunt. That's right - Deadwood's Cy Tolliver meets Babe's Father Hoggett meets The Boondocks' Huey Freeman meets Kumar. Who doesn't want to see that?
Chad Lowe joins the cast of 24
Other notable actors joining the cast this season include Peter MacNicol, Regina King, and James Cromwell. Steamy Eric Balfour will also return this season. FOX is going to post a first look at season six online later this month, we'll let you know when that happens.
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Rising inequality of income and power, along with the recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet there has been a global retreat by the Left: on the assumption that liberal capitalism is the only game in town, political theorists tend to dismiss as utopian any attempt to rethink our social and economic relations. As Fredric Jameson first argued, it is now easier for us to imagine the end of the world than an alternative to capitalism.
Erik Olin Wright's Envisioning Real Utopias is a comprehensive assault on the quietism of contemporary social theory. Building on a lifetime's work analyzing the class system in the developed world, as well as exploring the problem of the transition to a socialist alternative, Wright has now completed a systematic reconstruction of the core values and feasible goals for Left theorists and political actors. Envisioning Real Utopias aims to put the social back into socialism, laying the foundations for a set of concrete, emancipatory alternatives to the capitalist system. Characteristically rigorous and engaging, this will become a landmark of social thought for the twenty-first century.
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Army information technology programs lost $25 million last September when the service shifted money from the Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program to network consolidation.
In the fiscal 2005 budget, Army officials wanted to fully fund the servicewide initiative, but IT leaders decided to postpone their request until fiscal 2006 because of costs associated with the war in Iraq.
However, Army IT reclaimed that money and more when the service's logistics community transferred $165 million to buy commercial satellite communications so troops entering Iraq this spring and summer can more quickly order and receive supplies, according to Lt. Gen. Claude Christianson, the Army's top logistics officer.
So instead of Army IT squeezed $25 million, it's up $140 million.
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When will a Republican senator call for a vote to confirm Francis Harvey?
In November 2003, President Bush nominated the former Westinghouse Electric Corp. executive and Carlyle Group LLC insider to replace John Stenbit, who retired last month as assistant secretary of Defense for networks and information integration and chief information officer.
In late January, Harvey testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, which approved his nomination in February. For the past two months, his nomination has remained on the full Senate's Executive Calendar, according to a committee official.
Other Defense Department posts are also in flux. The nomination of Michael Wynne to move from acting status to officially become undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics is still before the committee. However, earlier this month, Air Force Secretary James Roche withdrew his nomination for secretary of the Army.
Some senators reportedly refused to vote on the Roche and Wynne nominations because the Bush administration declined to submit documents requested by senators investigating the Air Force's tanker-leasing deal with Boeing Co. But what's up with Harvey?
Brig. Gen. Midas?
The old adage says, "Be careful what you wish for you just might get it."
Perhaps that was a lesson Brig. Gen. John Thomas, Marine Corps' CIO, never learned.
Like the Navy, the Marines are in the process of reducing the number of software applications they use as they move to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet. Much has been made of the 100,000 Navy applications that surfaced over the years, and many have questioned how that service let things get so out of hand.
Although a much smaller force, the Marines also found thousands of legacy applications in need of culling, but nowhere near the Navy's 100,000.
"We didn't have 100,000 apps, as the Navy did," Thomas said last month at the Naval IT Day sponsored by AFCEA International's Northern Virginia Chapter. "I wish we did, because that would mean that we had the money to buy them!"
A bull in a china shop
For those who harbor doubts about the Navy's devotion to NMCI, the vice chief of naval operations, Adm. Michael Mullen, put them to rest with a resounding thud.
Speaking at Naval IT Day, Mullen rebuked the Navy personnel who are resisting the changeover and complaining about problems.
"If you don't like it, leave," he said. "Because we're going to do this. Resistance to it is costing me money and costing me time, and I won't stand for it. I'll plow through or over anybody and do whatever it takes. We're not doing NMCI because it's a cute idea, but because it will provide a bridge a road to the efficiencies we want to achieve."
Although his comments aren't likely to end the debate about the system, an EDS insider said the NMCI contractor was elated to hear such strong support from the highest levels of the service.
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