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VIDEO: John Legend, Jennifer Nettles Duet on 'All of Me' at CMT MUSIC AWARDS
At last night's 2014 CMT MUSIC AWARDS, John Legend performed his smash hit "All of Me" with his former "Duets" co-star Jennifer Nettles, accompanied by Hunter Hayes on acoustic guitar.
Check out the performance below and click here for a complete list of the night's winners!
With more performances than ever in CMT Music Awards history, superstars took the stage with the biggest songs of the summer including Hunter Hayes with his song "Tattoo" off his new album. Keith Urban gave a nod to Nashville's landmark Bluebird Café as he sang "Cop Car" on the floor of the arena with just his electric guitar. Eric Church was joined by rocker Lzzy Hale for "That's Damn Rock & Roll," which they performed in front of giant screens showing images of classic rock and roll legends like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, the Beatles and iconic images from the last century. Dierks Bentley and his flight attendant team of dancers piloted the crowd to their feet with his hit "Drunk on a Plane," while Brantley Gilbert sang "Bottom's Up" and landed a perfect backflip in his first CMT main stage performance.
Lee Ann Womack and Kacey Musgraves honored Alan Jackson for his 25 years of making music videos with a touching performance of the Jackson classic "Livin' on Love," and Carrie Underwood presented Jackson with the first-ever CMT IMPACT AWARD. Jackson graciously accepted the award and thanked the fans and the people involved in the making of all his videos for supporting him throughout his career.
For the first time, the CMT Music Awards included three outdoor performances. Lady Antebellum performed their newest single, "Bartender," and Jake Owen brought summer to Nashville with his new song "Beachin'." Blake Shelton performed for the first time on the CMT Music Awards and did it in a big way, shutting down the streets of downtown Nashville and performing his hit "Boys 'Round Here" for CMT's Real Big Pepsi Block Party.
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a strong rebound." The
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI)
, meanwhile, traded in a relatively tight range and stayed just
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Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI)
lagged its index peers today, as a pair of its components suffered
post-earnings setbacks. Late-day selling put the Dow near its nadir
of the day at the closing bell, when it settled at 14,676.30, down
43.2 points, or 0.3%. Half of the Dow's 30 members moved higher on
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12/21/2012 - Social Media Wrap up December 21, 2012
Social Media Wrap up
Today is National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day. Each year since 1990, on or near the first day of winter and the longest night of the year, National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH), National Consumer Advisory Board (NCAB), and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) has co-sponsored National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day to bring attention to the tragedy of homelessness and to remember our homeless friends who have paid the ultimate price. Events will occur all over the country.
Learn more about this day and how you can get involved here.
12/17/2012 - Integration of Services and Housing: an International Perspective
I recently participated in an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) consultation on the topic of Integrated Services and Housing Consultation.
Participants came from across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, and the US.
US participants included:
Dennis Culhane University of Pennsylvania
Deborah Desantis Corporation for Supportive Housing
Richard Frank Harvard University
Jennifer Harwood U.S. Department of State
Donald Moulds U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Debra Rog WESTAT
Nan Roman National Alliance to End Homelessness
Robyn Stone Leading Age
Roseanne Haggerty Community Solutions
David Wertheimer Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
While homelessness wasn't the sole focus, a substantial part of the two day meeting focused on research, policy, and practices related to homelessness. In addition to those issues, there was discussion around the importance of the integration of services and housing for the aging population, those with mental health and substance abuse disorders, and families with children.
12/14/2012 - What We're Talking About: The Week at USICH - December 10 - 14
Today, we released the latest USICH newsletter coveringthe December Council meeting that took place this past Tuesday at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Housing & Urban Development's 2012 PIT Count release, our Youth Count! Initiative, HEARTH resources, and 2013 PIT guidance and resources.
In addition to our newsletter, we put out quite a few resources and information through our social media this week. Here are a few of them.
HUD releases 2012 PIT Count Estimates
On Monday, HUD released the 2012 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count estimates of homelessness. The numbers show that homelessness remained steady this past year, but the numbers also document a 7% decrease in Veterans and chronic homelessness.
Read about the PIT Count here.
12/11/2012 - An Important Message from HUD: Recruiting Volunteers for your PIT Data Collection
The 2013 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count at the end of January is an important time for communities across the country to collect the most accurate data on those of all ages experiencing homelessness in America. Accurately collecting data and using it to drive performace is a critical component to a community's progress in their plans to end homelessness. Below is a message from HUD on the 2013 PIT Count:
via HUD's OneCPD
As we get closer to the 2013 Point-in-Time (PIT) count HUD wanted to inform communities that we are reaching out to several Federal partners and other organizations to encourage greater coordination and involvement. HUD is encouraging volunteers to contact their CoC Primary Contacts to learn how to assist with the PIT and other opportunities in their communities. CoCs should take the time to ensure that their contact information on HUD's Homelessness Resource Exchange (HRE) is current. If the CoC contact information needs to be updated, please submit a Virtual Help Desk question on the HRE to make the appropriate change. HUD asks that each CoC prepare ahead of time to know how to utilize the services of volunteers.
12/07/2012 - What We're Talking About: The Week at USICH - December 3 - 7
FY2012 CoC Competition moving forward
The FY2012 CoC Competition is on many of our minds. With the recently released NOFA, changes made to the HEARTH Act, and navigating the first competition under the Interim Rule, the environment surrounding the FY2012 CoC Competition is dynamic. To help FY2012 CoC Competition applicants navigate the environment and competition, here are a few resources we have compiled and put out through social media this week:
HUD resources on the FY2012 Coc Competition, including an Interim Rule Guide and Fact Sheet & webinars. Check them out here.
Join USICH for a webinar on Monday, December 10 from 2-3PM (EST) that will include additional information for communities as they think strategically through their CoC application. Register here.
Join HUD for its webinar, CoC Program: Understanding the Role of the Collaborative Applicant on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Register here.
12/05/2012 - All About HEARTH: A Webinar from USICH December 10 and more resources
The HEARTH Act enacted by Congress in 2009 is, in many ways, a game changer. It gave the federal government the charge to create the first federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness, setting forth the vision that no one in this country should be without a safe and stable place to call home. Perhaps most importantly, HEARTH moves governments and local stakeholders from a focus on individual program outcomes to a focus on how all programs work as a system to achieve results for an entire community. This strong statement made by the federal government foregrounds the work of implementing the HEARTH Act in communities across the country.
The HEARTH Act and the ways it seeks to improve a community's response to homelessness has come into an even sharper focus in the recent weeks, as the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for FY 2012 Continuum of Care (CoC) program was released and communities are working on their CoC program applications. In an effort to assist these communities,our most recent newsletter released in November focused on the HEARTH Act; specifically, what the HEARTH Act means for communities, important things to know about the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program NOFA and federal resources to help communities navigate new elements of the HEARTH Act.
11/30/2012 - Social Media Wrap-Up – November 26-November 30
We have consolidated this week's social media for your convenience, just in case you missed us on Facebook and/or Twitter.
11/27/2012 - Homelessness and Human Rights
On November 6, 2012, USICH joined other Federal partners (including representatives from the Department of Justice, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and State) and local advocates for a meeting convened by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty and Magdelena Sepúlveda, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. Ms. Sepulveda has been representing the UN as Special Rapporteur since 2008 and travels the world bringing attention to the rights of people living with poverty. The meeting focused on two recent UN reports, adopted by consensus (including the United States): the first, adopting the new UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty, the second, a report by the Rapporteur on the access to justice for persons living in extreme poverty. Ms. Sepúlveda comes originally from Chile and has studied in the Netherlands and in the U.K. and has worked at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the United Nations-mandated University of Peace. The Special Rapporteur pointed out that the lack of housing can be seen as a violation of human rights. In addition to housing, the UN resolution reiterates that all people have a right to justice, including representation in civil matters where basic human rights, such as the right to housing, are at stake. USICH was praised for its position on human rights as documented in the report, Searching out Solutions, Constructive Alternatives to the Criminalization of Homelessness, which recognizes that criminalization of homelessness may not only violate constitutional rights, but also the U.S.'s human rights treaty obligations.
11/20/2012 - Keeping the Momentum for Ending Youth Homelessness: Reflections from Indianapolis and Beyond
Last week, the Family Youth Services Bureau of HHS's Administration on Children, Youth, and Families hosted two days of training and workshops on addressing youth homelessness at the National Runaway and Homeless Youth Grantee Conference. More than 550 participants from around the country met in Indianapolis to share knowledge and learn from others as we work together to end youth homelessness by 2020.
The Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) provider community has thoroughly embraced the Opening Doors goal to end youth homelessness by 2020. The goal was mentioned throughout conference workshops, it was written in conference materials, and in the hallways of the hotel I heard this goal in discussions among providers, administrators, and policy professionals. It is inspiring to see the resounding commitment and enthusiasm for this ambitious goal has spread outside of Washington, DC and into communities throughout the country.
Given the momentum we have gained from Opening Doors and the USICH Framework to End Youth Homelessness, the RHY conference was ripe with opportunity to build more commitment and enthusiasm for the work ahead. The USICH Framework to End Youth Homelessness held a prominent spot on the conference agenda at a luncheon keynote session. Jennifer Ho provided an energetic keynote address about ending youth homelessness. She discussed two complementary strategies—getting better data on youth and building service capacity—included in the Youth Framework and explained why these strategies are important to our goal of ending youth homelessness.
11/16/2012 - Moving Forward Together: A Message from Executive Director Barbara Poppe
Today in lieu of our usual Friday blog, USICH released a newsletter headlined by an important message from Executive Director Barbara Poppe on moving forward towards the goals in Opening Doors as we enter the second term of President Barack Obama.
Last week, Americans reelected President Barack Obama to lead our nation for another four years. During his first term we launched Opening Doors and began the tough but necessary work of making our nation's response to homelessness more strategic, more responsive, and more collaborative across all levels of government and the non-profit and private sectors. Since the launch of Opening Doors, the nation has made progress toward preventing and ending homelessness despite the economic downturn and continued recovery.
As a nation, we've reduced Veteran homelessness by 12 percent, thanks in large part to the commitment and collaboration of HUD and VA, working in partnership with local communities. We also prevented and ended homelessness for over 1.3 million Americans through the Recovery Act's Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program, and building on that incredible success, HUD has incorporated those same winning practices into the new Emergency Solutions Grant. A path has been cleared to end chronic homelessness as communities across the country are achieving real results by targeting those who are most high-need and connecting them to resources and permanent supportive housing. And the strategies and actions needed to end homelessness among families, children, and youth are becoming clearer. Together, we're moving forward.


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Former NFL Player Releases Autobiography
Former NFL Player Releases Autobiography on Tackling Obstacles to Achieve Success
Jovan Haye tells his story on how he conquered dyslexia to play in the NFL and graduate from Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN You might not expect a boy who became an NFL defensive tackle to ever have struggled with bullying, but you would be wrong.
Jamaican-born Jovan Haye battled that challenge and many more in his painful and poignant upbringing before he discovered his talent for greatness as a football player in his junior year at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
In his recently released memoir Bigger Than Me: How a Boy Conquered Dyslexia to Play in the NFL, Haye chronicles the multiple hurdles he overcame in the hopes that his story will inspire others to follow his lead and rely on hard work, determination, and the talents they do have to achieve their goals.
Throughout Bigger Than Me, Haye relays how he achieved the nearly impossible dream of playing for the NFL. Born into poverty and living in violent, low-income neighborhoods, he suffered abuse at home and significant challenges at school because of severe undiagnosed dyslexia. Yet his natural athletic ability, eventual success in team sports, and what he calls his "pure love of football" gave him the confidence to face the other obstacles before him.
Tellingly, Haye went on to address his crippling dyslexia and attended Vanderbilt University, where he earned his bachelor's degree, before being drafted by the Carolina Panthers in 2005 as a defensive tackle. His career in the NFL didn't end there; among other teams, he went on to play for the Cleveland Browns, the Detroit Lions, the Tennessee Titans, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Though challenges continued to come his way, Haye's faith, character, and critical relationships remained solid.
Haye says, "Being a former pro athlete, people often see only the surface. My book offers an inside look at who I really am and how I battled and overcame my biggest challenges. I want people to understand that they are not alone. We all have challenges, but with faith, forgiveness, determination, and perseverance, success is inevitable!"
Haye hasn't stop competing after football. He is a named inventor on a U.S. patent and the proud owner of several successful businesses based on innovation.
Haye is using his company postsharesell.com and other outlets to tell his inspiring tale of success and the inside story of how he overcame bullying, extreme poverty, and dyslexia.
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Author: Jovan Haye is an American football defensive tackle who is currently retired from the National Football League. Haye, who was born in Jamaica on June 21, 1982, attended Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, FL, where he earned first-team all-state honors as offensive guard as a junior and senior on the football team. Today, after seven years in the NFL, he is the owner of a successful business and a proud husband and father.
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Here's the platform the new Washington can succor: We want good schools, but don't fire bad teachers.
The human soul is an ocean tossed by storms of passion, deep and bottomless in its need for succor and nourishment.
But since taking office, the White House has largely avoided offering this kind of succor to the progressive base.
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Hostelworld "meet the world" by Lucky Generals
Rating: 5.0
campaignlive.co.uk, Thursday, 10 January 2013 08:00AM
Diary's desk is awash with boring press releases about ad trends, so credit to those scamps at Johnny Fearless for trying something a bit different in a bid to attract our jaundiced glances.
New Year cheer went right out of the window when the mail bag opened to reveal a hearty "Fuck off" message to promote the agency's "New Discontent" insight into middle Britain on 17 January. The agency has engaged the impressive TED Talks speaker John-Paul Flintoff to unveil the research, but Diary will probably be too pissed off with the state of things to bother.
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The second single from London Elektricity's highly anticipated album "Yikes!", "Meteorites" is out now, re-affirming London Elektricity's reputation as one of the leading lights in the D&B scene.
According to London Elektricity himself, the story behind the tune is thus: "On 12th August 2010 I was in my road looking up at the Perseid meteor storm. After putting the kids to bed I started a sketch in the studio and called it, naturally enough, Meteorites. It took Elsa and I four months of hard graft to come up with lyrics that fit the theme, but we got there in the end!"
Featuring two tip-top remixes by Radio One favourite Danny Byrd and the Bristol based dubstep – drumstep – electro touting duo Cutline this is a release not to miss.
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Is there any way to archive a Mercurial repository to a remote directory over SSH? For example, it would be nice if one could do the following:
hg archive ssh://email@example.com/path/to/archive
However, that does not appear to work. It instead creates a directory called
ssh: in the current directory.
I made the following quick-and-dirty script that emulates the desired behavior by creating a temporary ZIP archive, copying it over SSH, and unzipping the destination directory. However, I would like to know if there is a better way.
if [[ $# != 1 ]]; then
echo "Usage: $0 [user@]hostname:remote_dir"
arg=${arg%/} # remove trailing slash
# zip named to match lowest directory in $remote_dir
# root of archive will match zip name
hg archive -t zip $zip
# make $remote_dir if it doesn't exist
ssh $host mkdir --parents $remote_dir
# copy zip over ssh into destination
scp $zip $host:$remote_dir
# unzip into containing directory (will prompt for overwrite)
ssh $host unzip $remote_dir/$zip -d $remote_dir/..
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rm $zip
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Mincemeat Pear Pie
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Prepare 1 (10-oz.) pkg. pie crust mix according to directions.
On a lightly floured surface roll out 2/3 of dough to 1/8-inch thickness.
Fit into 9-inch pie plate.
Trim pastry edges.
Wrap remaining dough in plastic wrap or waxed paper.
Set aside.
Cut 2 lbs. firm ripe pears into quarters, pare and remove cores.
Cut each quarter into 3 slices and arrange over bottom of pastry-lined plate.
Top pears with 1 (17-oz.) jar mincemeat with brandy and rum.
Moisten rim of crust with water.
Roll out remaining dough and place on top of pie.
Trim crust to hang over no more than 14 inch.
Turn edge under and flute.
Cut 2 or 3 slits in top crust to allow steam to escape.
Brush pastry with 2 tablespoons heavy cream and bake 30 to 35 minutes at 425°, until crust is deep golden brown.
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Calling all MMA, Boxing, Muay Thai, and Fight Sports Entertainment fans!
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SPARKS, Nev. -- Law enforcement officers in Sparks cracked down on driving violations and handed out two dozen tickets just for cell phone violations.
The crackdown was held on Monday in cooperation with Sparks Police, Reno Police, and the Washoe County Sheriff's Department.
The officers were focused on the Pyramid & McCarran area. 24 Cell Phone violation tickets were issued, and that made of the majority of the citations.
Officers noticed many drivers with their cell phones on the passenger seat or in the drivers hand. Police suggest keeping your cell phone out of sight to avoid temptation.
It is against the law for a driver to use a cell phone while driving, even when stopped at a stoplight.
The fine for using a cell phone while driving is $112.
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Ride With Tyler: More winter snow action with US rider Tyler Brown putting it down in the powder.Read More »
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The BEST crew head off down the coast from Paracuru to Ilha Do Guajiru picking up the new Brazilian groms as they travel to the newest and sickest spots that Brazil has to offer.Read More »
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I was on a staycation - That's a term I adopted from my friend Billy. It's when you take time off work and enjoy everything your home has to offer. In my case, surfing and kiting! So I woke up early and headed over to Kite Point down near Buxton.Read More »
Erin Swain: Planet of the Apes
After my day of light wind and a lesson with Kite Club Hatteras, I was able to go on a downwinder known as Planet of the Apes. I started at MP 46 and was going to the Kitty Hawk Kites location in Waves.Read More »
Just Another Day in California
How's the weather in your home town? Summer's over, and for many people that means the end of sunny days spent on the water. Not so out here in California.Read More »
VIDEO: Wainman Hawaii in the DR
It has been a windy and amazing summer in Cabarete, Dominican Republic. The Wainman Hawaii DR team (Kelvin Corniel, Luciano Gonzales and Aryen Gonzales), along with Canadian team rider (Simon Gill) put together some action! Enjoy the video!Read More »
Erin Swain: Lessons for Self-Sufficient Riders?
With a new 9M Epic Renegade and a borrowed Aggression kiteboard, I was curious to see what a lesson could do for my progress. I headed down to Avon to meet up with a Bulgarian and his girlfriend. They run a kite school and I had met them up at Jockeys Ridge a couple weeks prior to this meeting.Read More »
2012 TKB Buyer's Guide: 126 Pages on the Latest Kiteboarding Gear from 19 Brands
We sat down with representatives from the different kiteboarding brands and we asked the questions you wanted to know the answers to! This electronic magazine is full of links to videos, product information pages, 2012 catalogs, and more.Read More »
Erin Swain: Lost Board
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He got a new chick but it ain't you
I'm just saying, you know it's true
Cry a river and swim on through
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GOP leaders don't want Gerard to seek re-election
State and local GOP leaders are asking a local politician not to run for re-election.
Center Township Assessor John Gerard, 52, was arrested last month in Indianapolis for allegedly masturbating in a public rest room and inviting an undercover police officer to his hotel room.
"The fellow was up here doing a Pee Wee Herman," Indiana Republican Party communications director Robert Vane said of Gerard. "We absolutely believe he should withdraw his candidacy."
Vanderburgh County Republican Chairwoman
Connie Carrier said she asked Gerard to withdraw from the ballot a few days ago because of public perception of his alleged actions. "We just don't condone it," Carrier said.
Vane said the state GOP has made no formal request that Gerard withdraw his name from the ballot because state leaders want to avoid the perception they are stepping on Vanderburgh County Republicans' toes.
"But we've made our wishes clear to all parties involved," Vane said.
Gerard did not return repeated phone calls to his office and home.
No Democrat will oppose Gerard or any potential replacement candidate on the ticket. Noon today is the deadline to add candidates to the ballot to fill slots that went vacant in the primary elections. But to be eligible for the Democratic caucuses that nominate candidates to fill those slots, the person's candidacy would have to be declared 72 hours beforehand, and no one did that, County Clerk Susan Kirk said.
But voters will have an alternative. An independent candidate, Mike Stucki, who could not be reached for comment, will be on the ballot.
Gerard was arrested May 16 in Indianapolis on misdemeanor charges of public indecency and indecent exposure.
Indianapolis police said Gerard was arrested by an undercover officer at Claypool Court, a retail and hotel center near the Circle Centre mall. Police had responded to complaints of indecent acts in a public rest room there.
An officer in plain clothes reported seeing Gerard masturbate, and Gerard allegedly invited the officer to his Hyatt hotel room.
Gerard reportedly later told officers that "I know what I did was wrong."
"It puts everybody in an awkward situation," Kirk said. "He's a good assessor, but then something like this happened."
The deadline for Gerard to withdraw from the race is July 17. Republicans would then have a month to replace him on the ballot.
Gerard became Center Township assessor in November 2001, when he was chosen by Republican precinct committeemen to fill a vacancy created by the death of Alvin Stucki.
It was unclear Thursday whether Mike Stucki is related to Alvin Stucki.
Gerard was elected in 2002 to a four-year term.
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If you can beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon, as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga did in 2011, you might feel you could beat him anywhere, especially if you were returning as well as the big Frenchman did on Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday night. But, no, Federer in 2013 is embarking on another campaign looking as sharp, as keen and as dangerous as ever and came through a big battle that got better the longer it lasted 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3. It was Federer's 33rd appearance in a Grand Slam semifinal and the 10th consecutive year that has seen him reach the last four or better at Melbourne Park. Even so, it was evident from the start that Federer wasn't timing the ball with quite the same sweet precision that he had against Milos Raonic and Bernard Tomic in earlier rounds. But then this was heavyweight opposition of a different caliber, a former Australian Open finalist who can disrupt anyone's rhythm with his pounding serves and athletic court coverage. "It was extremely tough out there," ...
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|Yellow cornmeal
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Press dough evenly over bottom and up sides of pan.
Bake in a preheated 425°F oven 5 minutes.
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Successful innovation requires effective communication within and between technical and nontechnical communities, which can be challenging due to different educational backgrounds, experience, perceptions, and attitudes. Roadmapping has emerged as a method that can enable effective dialogue between these groups, and the way in which information is structured is a key feature that enables this communication. This is an area that has not received much attention in the literature, and this article seeks to address this gap by describing in detail the structures that have been successfully applied in roadmapping workshops and processes, from which key learning points and future research directions are identified.
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Brad Pitt and kids are in Venice while Angelina Jolie films The Tourist. The Jolie-Pitt Italian escapades have been documented in detail. But what about Angelina's Tourist co-star, Johnny Depp? Today, after the jump, we offer a photo of the boat Depp has brought to Venice for his sojourn. Feel free to compare it to the boat Pitt (and kids) rented for their weekend jaunt.
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An Oklahoma telephone company, its owner and a vendor have been charged by federal authorities in a $25 million scheme to defraud a federal telephone subsidy program for low-income customers, officials said.
Federal government charges Oklahoma telephone company, its owner and vendor with fraud
Wesley Yui Chew, Icon Telecom Inc. and a Mexican national, Oscar Enrique Perez-Zumaeta, were charged in federal court in Oklahoma City in cases involving the federal Lifeline fund. Money for the program comes from Universal Service Fund fees added to telephone customer bills.
Authorities said Chew, 53, and Icon conspired with Perez-Zumaeta, 55, to get fraudulent reimbursements from the Lifeline administrator, Universal Service Administrative Co. The scheme involved fake customer lists and recertification forms.
The Lifeline program has exploded in recent years as it expanded from landlines to wireless customers. Reimbursements from the Lifeline fund to phone companies grew from $800 million in 2008 to $2.2 billion in 2012. It has been the subject of several state and federal investigations alleging waste, fraud and abuse in the program.
Only one Lifeline service is allowed for each qualifying low-income household. In exchange for providing affordable phone service for low-income customers, telephone companies receive monthly Lifeline reimbursements of $9.25 per customer. An enhanced version of the program for residents of former tribal lands, such as most of Oklahoma, provides monthly reimbursements of $34.25 per customer.
According to the federal charges, Icon and Chew contracted with Perez-Zumaeta and his company, PSPS Sales LLC, which received $7 to $15 for each new Lifeline customer. Icon paid more than $1 million in commissions to PSPS Sales from December 2011 to April 2013, prosecutors said.
Perez-Zumaeta, of Cancun, Mexico, directed his employees to go through phone books to find names and addresses for bogus Lifeline customers, and then sold wireless telephones registered to fake customers on the street for $5 each, prosecutors said. PSPS Sales employees in Mexico forged about 40,000 signatures of customers for recertification forms needed for continued participation in the Lifeline program, according to the indictment.
Prosecutors said Chew and Icon made false statements in applying for reimbursements from the Lifeline administrator. Icon had 2,200 wireless customers in the Lifeline program in September 2011, but that number grew to more than 135,000 customers by November 2012, according to the charges.
From 2011 to 2013, Icon received more than $58.2 million in Lifeline reimbursements at the monthly tribal lands rate of $34.25 per customer, prosecutors said.
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gosh i wish I could find 5 backs for $15 (about £12) in the UK ! (for my Zero45) ...
I've dealt with Wanderlust on one of their previous projects, by the way, and I've no doubt they'll deliver; However, just because they have the money now, don't hold your breath waiting for the camera to arrive: there's plenty of work to do yet and it would not surprise me if final manufacture doesn't get going for another 8 or 9 months.
I wish I had seen this a bit earlier and been able to get on the bandwagon sooner, despite the hassle of tracking down an affordable lens
Wanderlust estimates delivery for Dec 2013, so if it's 8-9 months it will be on schedule. And if it takes a bit longer to iron out the kinks, I'm OK with that (as long as we're not left in the dark as to what's happening).
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Thread: painter x has failed me...
March 20th, 2008 #1
painter x has failed me...
it's not like i don't have any patience, i think it had lots of potential for me. But i've lost confident in it and it has forced me to go to photoshop due to major technical issues and the programs stubbornness with hardware resources.
i'm runnning it on leopard osx on a macbook pro.
it started like this...one day i started using it again after a while of using photoshop. i create a canvas, 100dpi, 7x5 RGB. so the sketching and all that is working fine. so then i create a new layer choose a different brush from the custom brush library. then all of a sudden it refuses to allow me to paint with color and my brush library pallete spontaneously disappears i've had no luck getting it to show up again. the color brush strokes are working the brush creator but not the canvas i want to work in.
i tried restarting the program but no luck. so...i don't know what the deal is, i've got 2gigs of memory a fast laptop, plenty of drive space. this isn't the first time painter x has failed to aid my painting experiences as a medium.
help me out here.
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For the past couple of months, I've been using Painter religiously along with Photoshop and Illustrator. Maybe this can help a little. Painter is definitely superior as far as brush technology and natural media effects Photoshop just doesn't have the same feel and quality.
1. Even though you have 2gb of ram, as each day passes, 1MB of efficiency seems to go out the window with each program and operating system update/patch. 4gb seems to do the trick, that is if your operating system allows program access above the 2gb ceiling. Research it, I know 64bit operation systems do.
2. I used to walk into my studio, fire up Painter, Illustrator, Photoshop and Firefox along with 1-2 IM programs running in the background. After discovering how much of the system resources were drained and getting tired of my hard drive whining like a diesel engine with bad lifters and dirty oil, now I closeout *ANYTHING* I don't need. If I work on Painter today, I only load Painter. Same for all the other progs. If I feel it improves workflow to have more than one loaded, I only have two at a time and if I can help it, I'll have one on a networked laptop and the most memory intensive one on my main workstation.
2GB, 4GB, 32GB of RAM, 64bit environment, quad core whatever, dude, I can't stress enough the benefits of an external USB2.0 hard drive as a scratch disk. If you do a cheapie build of off of eBay, get at least an 80gb 2.5" SATA drive and put in a compatible USB2.0 enclosure. Set it up for use with your OS and set your primary scratch disk volume in Painter to this drive. At first I didn't notice a drastic difference, that is until I started putting the pressure on Painter with large files on my 2GB RAM laptop, finally, no hiccups and the stress relief was well worth the price I paid for the drive.
Hope this helps a little.
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Some things that might help, in addition to BlackARK's post:
Read my Sticky thread at the top of this forum and follow those suggestions:
Keeping Painter 6 Through Painter X.1 Running Smoothly - Updated February 6, 2008
If you haven't already, install the Painter X.1 Update. As I recall, this fixes the vanishing Brush Selector bar problem. In the meantime, try using Window > Arrange Palettes > Default and see if that brings it back.
If you can't paint on a new Layer, there can be a few reasons.
- The brush variant you're using only works on existing color. Brush variants that use Method: Plugin need existing color to work.
- A known bug in Painter X and X.1 - In the Layers palette, though the Preserve Transparency box may not be checked, Preserve Transparency may in fact be enabled. The solution is to click in the box until a check mark appears, then click once more to remove the check mark and disable Preserve Transparency.
- The Layer might be locked. In the Layers palette, highlight the Layer, then click the Lock icon to unlock it.
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It's glitchy sometimes, because although the painting effects are far superior to Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, ArtRage or any other digital painting software, there's more script to be interrupted due to the massive amount of bugs because of the customisable settings. I swear this program creates bugs, but however annoying (and expensive) it is, I just love it to pieces. I have similar problems to this; sometimes the brush action is interrupted by a problem the Corel guys haven't come across, and so it can't perform that action. It then sometimes stops doing anything, but all I did was shut it down and retry. Perhaps it's just compatibility with Vista and Leopard OS', because they're relatively new and there may be problems that don't fix. Also, do you have more than one Painter window open? I have 1000+Gig drive, 3GB RAM and 4 quad duo processors, and guess what? I ran out of memory with just two Painter projects open. It's a power hungry program.


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WHITLEY COUNTY ŌĆö Members of the Solid Waste District Board approved raising the recycling user fee for Whitley County residents from $42 to $53 a year.
A public hearing was held Nov. 18, 2013, and the increase was passed. Residential owners will see the change on the property tax bills due in May.
County Councilman Glen LaRue is the representative from the council that was appointed to the board.
He said the charge for recycling, although it appears as a line item on the bills, is not a tax, but a fee.
PIERCETON ŌĆö It isnŌĆÖt just students being graded in schools across Indiana. Teachers were recently evaluated and ranked on a 0 to 4 scale.
The Indiana Department of Education released the results earlier this week and reported one district in Whitley County that fell into the mandated evaluation criteria.
Whitko Community School Corporation evaluated 109 educators. Of those teachers, 22 were deemed ŌĆ£highly effective,ŌĆØ 85 were given a status of ŌĆ£effectiveŌĆØ and 2 were designated as ŌĆ£improvement necessary.ŌĆØ
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Two weeks ago, Park Director Mark Green informed Columbia CityŌĆÖs Common Council that part of the bank of Blue River collapsed into the water, creating a hazard for those on the greenway trail.
As Green worked toward a solution for the first collapse, another portion of the eroded bank fell into the river this weekend.
What is expected to be a pricey fix is also an emergency one, as the erosion has created safety concerns for those using the trail.
Linda Scott, a member of the Whitley County Domestic Violence Task Force, places her pinwheel in the ground next to the Whitley County Courthouse gazebo Friday to generate awareness for child abuse prevention in the area. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Seven Whitley County voters cast ballots on the first day of absentee primary voting Tuesday. Absentee ballots may be cast at the Voter Registration Office at the Whitley County Courthouse, 101 W. Van Buren St, Room 18, Columbia City, during business hours, until May 5 at noon. The primary election day is May 6.
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Although the district has already made steps in its 1:1 technology plan, school board members are making student achievement a number one goal by expanding the program.
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Thompson is no Ron Paul, and he has deviated from his avowed principles on more than a few occasions, including his support for President Bush's expansion of federal involvement in education. The biggest challenge to Thompson's federalism probably has been the temptation to support socially conservative measures that exceed congressional authority.
Thompson backed a federal ban on human cloning and voted repeatedly to prohibit "partial birth" abortion, under the same absurd pretext he rejected in the context of the Gun-Free School Zones Act: The abortion law, which was enacted in 2003, applies to abortions "in or affecting" interstate commerce.
Regarding gay marriage, Thompson has stuck closer to his constitutional principles, opposing a federal ban and saying the matter should be decided by state legislatures. But he recently muddied the waters by advocating a constitutional amendment that would bar state judges from requiring state legislatures to permit same-sex unions.
A more hopeful sign is the Thompson campaign's unequivocal statement that Congress overstepped its bounds in 2005 by intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman in a persistent vegetative state whose feeding tube her husband wanted to disconnect, contrary to her parents' wishes. A decent respect for federalism also requires that Thompson oppose the Bush administration's efforts to override state policies regarding the medical use of marijuana, an issue on which he has not taken a stand.
As he chooses between the demands of the Constitution and the demands of social conservatives, Thompson should keep in mind his own warning. Federalism, he wrote last spring, "is something we all give lip service to and then proceed to ignore when it serves our purposes."
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Terry Santiel: Keep It Simple & Serve The Song
The current Justin Timberlake tour, Terral "Terry" Santiel says from a stop in Detroit, "is not like any tour I've ever done." That's pretty remarkable considering some of the artists with whom the accomplished percussionist has hit the road, including, in recent years, Mary J. Blige and Janet Jackson. Earlier in his decades-long career — to put his comment in perspective — Santiel and his band, Rose Royce, did a tour with Bootsy Collins and George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. "I got to see the Mothership land every night," he says, laughing. "It was pretty epic."
Epic is a word one could use to describe Santiel's career as a studio and touring musician. He's played percussion — primarily bongos and congas — with more acclaimed artists, on more notable recordings, than most percussionists could hope to shake their sticks at. His introduction to hand drums came by way of the men in his family. Santiel grew up in Los Angeles, where, on weekends, the porch of his mother's house played host to hand-drum jam sessions, with several generations hanging out and trading rhythms on bongos. He was about ten years old when his uncle Robert Santiel — who later changed his first name to Pondaza — inspired him to nurture his interest in drumming and develop his technique.
"He was pretty much my first influence," Santiel says of his uncle Pondaza, who "never was really, really successful" but "could play his ass off" — and still does. Pondaza Santiel, it should be noted, did enjoy some measurable success. He played percussion in the late 1960s and '70s with a group called Friends Of Distinction, and later with Jeffrey Osbourne and his band L.T.D.
Growing up, Santiel says, "We used to listen to Mongo Santamaria. He was the guy at the time. And all of the things he would play, you would try to mimic. Then this other guy came along. His name was 'Big Black' [Daniel Ray]. I don't know where Big Black was from, but some of his undercurrent rhythms, he would play kind of like Giovanni [Hidalgo] does now, a little, but with different kind of flavor to it. And it was different than what everybody else was doing, so that was an inspiration, too.
Coincidentally, Santiel would spend countless hours practicing along with a recording artist with whom he'd soon find himself working. "I had one single conga that I would play," Santiel says, asking, rhetorically, "And you know what song I would play over and over again? 'Could Nine' by The Temptations." That song introduced him to another early influence.
"Eddie 'Bongo' Brown played on that song," Santiel points out. "I would play that song over and over and over and I got really good at one rhythm. I could pretty much do what I wanted to do within that rhythm. And every time I would come back to my cousins and brothers and those guys, I would be a little bit better than them." Notwithstanding the influences that he found in his uncle Pondaza and in "Bongo" Brown's playing on "Cloud Nine," Santiel explains, "I'm pretty much self-taught." Early on, he got into the habit of recording his practice sessions and learning from what he heard when he listened back to those tapes. Initially, Santiel's teacher was a reel-to-reel machine. Then cassettes came out.
"Before I left to come on this tour with Justin, I was in my studio and I found all of these old cassettes," he says. "And I found some stuff of me playing when I was really young. It was amazing, the stuff that I was playing back then, at that age." Clearly, those tapes showcase the unique musical personality Santiel has developed and continues to bring to his playing.
"The way I end up getting a lot of the gigs that I do now is because, stylistically, I don't play like anybody [else]," he says. "And I don't try to. I love listening to everybody else, but I don't play like them." The Motown producer who'd be largely responsible for launching Santiel's storied career encouraged that authentic approach. "My first record coming out of the block was with The Temptations," Santiel says. "I did the 1990 album with The Temptations. And the producer's name was Norman Whitfield. Norman's philosophy was always to be the innovator — be the one that everybody wants to be like."


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S.T.A.L.K.E.R shows that even bug ridden games can be good. 0
S.T.A.L.K.E.R is just one of those games where everything comes together perfectly. Sure, it can be glitchy as hell and the shooting at times is way off but the grim atmosphere of the zone and the rewarding feeling of accomplishment when taking out a big group of enemies is just too good to miss.StoryNow i'll be honest, I lost interest in the story part way through but i'll try and summarise what I remember. You play as a character simply known as "Marked One" and right at the start of the game ...6 out of 6 found this review helpful.
Good Game Shines Underneath All The Flaws 0
There's a lot to like about this game, and a lot to be turned off by. I'll start with a list of positives about the game, then go through the negatives. Really Cool Atmosphere. The sky is dark, clouds shift and move, decrepit trees and buildings peak out over a shattered countryside. It really feels like a post-apocalyptic disaster area, with a Russian flair.Intriguing Story. The game starts out with several mysteries that you follow up on. Who are you? What were you doing in a truck fill...2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
One Of The Best Shooters Of All Time 0
STALKER has been waited on for years. Now the time has finnaly come to play this game.As i firts started out i thought the game was horrid.I then decided to put it away.I got bored again and decided to play thro some more.and WOW was i wrong.AS you progress it gets better.It takes place in chernobyl Ukraine where the power plan blew up in 1986.This takes place in 2012 where a second explosion occurs and mutates humans and animals.You are a STALKER ( hence the name ) a mercanry who finds artefact...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
One of the strangest difficulty quirks I've seen doesn't ruin a fantastical, eerie open-world 0
Few games incite as must cult fervor as the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. Made by several of the people who eventually moved on to the Metro games, this three-game series will instantly spark an enthused discussion and fond remembrance if you mentioned on a message board or to a group of gamers. Anyone with a remote liking of open-world games will inevitably give one a try at some point. I've owned the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, Shadow of Chernobyl, for years now. A few times here and there, I've trie...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
You Won't Want To Get Out Of Here, Stalker. 0
Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl is evidence that a small developer can make a big name for itself with the right product. Launched in 2007, Shadow of Chernobyl lays the tale of a world in which the Chernobyl power plant has exploded a second time, causing a zone to appear in its surrounding areas. Despite a military block, treasure hunters entered the zone in search of whatever was not bolted down, discovering artifacts of unknown origin. You play as The Marked One, a Stalker who wakes with amnes...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl 0
I was a little late playing this game. My old computer couldnt handle it so I had to wait until I had a new PC. Late last year I upgraded and was finally able to play this game plus a couple other ones I'd been waiting to play. It's been awhile since I've played STALKER so some of it may be foggy but I'll try to review the best I can. The story starts off with you unconsious being dropped off by another Stalker. You wake up and have no memory of who you are or what your suppose to do. The o...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
The best shooter of its kind. 0
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s development was started in early 2001. Six years later us, the gamers, finally get to play this highly anticipated Shooter. Set in Chernobyl, the site of a large nuclear explosion and radioactive waste land, you are a STALKER. A Stalkers purpose is to collect and cash in on artifacts from Chernobyl that each have special abilities and can be worth a great deal of money. You however are more than your average Stalker. You find yourself with a PDA that gives you one main objectiv...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl 0
StorylineSo what can I say about S.T.A.L.K.E.R ? Well Its an RPG, set in Chernobyl, Ukraine, year 2012. The basic story is that you wake up at the very edge of the Zone (Radiation Affected Area) not knowing who you are or how you ended up here. But what you do know is on your PDA it tells you to kill a man called Strelok, and for some reason the man that you first talk to call you marked one. So you have to search around the zone looking for this man and doing quests for people so they give yo...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Great graphics and atmosphere - but the gameplay is lacking 0
The primary problem with the gameplay is the RPG elements, which, as mentioned by another reviewer, feel like a chore and take away from the firefights. Perhaps if there was better transportation than running available (which is not even possible if you have too much gear) then this wouldn't feel like work, but I really would like less chit chat and the like between actual fights. Also, the game forces you to worry about all these extra aspects that I don't really feel work well with a first per...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
A detailed and atmospheric world with very impressive gameplay 1
Last time I played a game with a huge amount of potential I had great feelings about the future of the First Person Shooter genre. The game combined the shooting elements I loved with the choice and character development of an RPG. To my great disappointment the game did not kick start a revolution, it seemed as though most had just ignored it despite it's stellar ratings. Deus Ex is the game I'm referring to and after almost 7 years the mix of genres has been drastically under utilized, only a ...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
An underrated story-driven FPS gem. 0
We've been hearing about STALKER for so long, it was hard not to expect the worst when this title finally made it out of development and onto store shelves. Lukewarm reviews on release didn't help matters, and I never actually planned to ever buy or play this game.But I started hearing from people I respect just how good this game was. How underappreciated and underrated it was. And how it was one of 2007's best first-person shooters, right behind Bioshock. I couldn't believe my ears. Bioshock ...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Bad Guys, Big Guns, and Vodka! 0
Graphics:- Graphically, out of the gate Stalker isn't going to win too many awards. The environment can come off being static, and some of the character models, and faces could have used improvement. I should note this has been an issue with me since the initial release of this title.- Even though the environment can come of bland, and drab in the color department, and some of the environmental fixtures are somewhat static, hey what do you expect when most of the areas are wastelands? What sets ...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
STALKER: SHADOW OF CHERNOBYL The year is 2012, six years after a second meltdown occurred within a Chernobyl nuclear reactor. The land of has been deformed and left with many abnormalities, deformed wildlife and men known as STALKERS who scavenge the area of Chernobyl, looking for valuable artifacts. Awaking from a road accident, you are left with amnesia, a tattoo on your arm that says STALKER and a PDA with an instruction to kill a man named Strelok. With little choice you must complet...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl 0
STALKER is an interesting if flawed first person shooter that's greatest strength is its atmosphere. It spent a long time to development, leading some to think it would never be released, and it definitely shows its age in some areas. The shooting gameplay itself doesn't really handle the way you'd hope it would in a modern game, leading some combat encounters to be more frustrating than they probably should be. Especially early on, the handguns and hunting shotguns you find simply aren't very e...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
One that blows your mind away 0
Six long years. It took six years for GSC of Russia to turn S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl (referred to as stalker for the rest of this review) into a playable form. Of course there are some bugs in the game, but should we really expect any game to be bug free, even if it has been in development for six years; no. The game introduces you to your scenario with a very high quality cinematic, which exposes who your character is. Apparently you fell out of a "death truck" when it was hit by ligh...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Pretty good... 0
I only recently played this game despite the fact that it came out a couple of years ago and its age didn't really affect my experience at all, so it is still worth while to play now as it was when it first came out. Stalker is a shooter first with RPG elements in that it has an inventory and you do manage your characters stats with what armor and artifacts you equip. It is set in an open world known as the Zone which is the twisted remains of Chenobyl as the title suggests. So to start the ga...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
An incredible game only brought down by bugs and poor multiplayer 0
Most of the time, games that have been in development hell and later released fail. Not in this case. Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl was easily on the best PC games of 2007, and is still worth a play. The storyline is very good. Without spoiling too much, I'll give the premise. You play as "Marked One". You were found in a death truck with a strange mark on your arm. You can't remember anything of your past, and set out to find answers. The game takes place in Chernobyl, Ukraine, the sight of ...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
A game with a lot of good ideas and quite a few problems 0
Let me just get this out in the open before I get too far. I never finished this game. Take that for what you will, but I'm the kind of person that typical finishes every game I play. I've been a fan of FPSs for several years now and a fan of RPGs for as long as I can remember, so you can imagine that I though that STALKER would be a perfect fit for me. Everything about this game sounded interesting to me when I decided to but it. Unfortunately, I started running into problems almost as soon as...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Almost But Not Quite... 0
I like many other bought S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl on the release date, expecting to then go home, install it and have a spectacular gaming experience. Unfortunately what I got was merely an 'adequate' experience, to nicely put it. Gameplay: The gameplay for this game is rather ambitious, and isn't bad at all once you get used to it. In fact, it works out quite well. Firefights can be unpredictable at times and the AI, although not amazing does have its ups. In addition to this, the c...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
A treasure with lots of dirt around it, but still a treasure. 0
Pros1.Atmosphere. stalker is famous for this and even people who don't like this game agree that this game has a great atmosphere.you completely feel like a lonely man that can't trust anyone except his skills. you can't even trust your guns. because the may get jammed during the heat of battle. this game completely delivers the feeling that the zone is a dangerous place. 2. this game has very good graphics that you can run it even on weak PC's.{ like myself}. but if you have a strong PC, you ca...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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I took the opportunity to watch the movie Blackfish right before it aired on CNN. I had been meaning to see it ever since it premiered at Sundance, since I happen to be an odd combination of a movie enthusiast, theme park geek, and corporate activist. The movie piqued my interest because A) It's a documentary, B) about a safety incident C) at a theme park C) run by a corporation. I was expecting an animal activist propaganda piece about how whales (and dolphins as well) are incredibly intelligent creatures, and therefore shouldn't keep them in captivity and set them free & let their fins flow in the water as they swim through the glen. I got what I expected sure, but in a very tactful & deft way – the filmmaker managed to find multiple former SeaWorld trainers to criticize their former company (of course the expectation of getting current SeaWorld employees to blow the whistle on their employer is absurd). I was naturally immediately skeptical about the level of interaction these interviewed trainers had with Tilikum, slash editing techniques used in the film, but thought no further on it afterwards. Overall I found the activism aspect of the film neither eye-opening nor interesting.
But there was more to the film than the activism, and that's what interested me. The movie delves into the history of 20th century whaling, as well as the investigation into the incident with video of witnesses on the stand. I wasn't aware of SeaWorld's role in capturing whales in Penn Cove, Puget Sound, and Budd Inlet, nor that they actually had a government permit to do so. Like many major corporations in the 60's & 70's, the ends always justified the means, and the ends were always Profit. It was before Earth Day was globally recognized, before "Nader's Raiders" & "Unsafe at Any Speed" became popular, before PETA even existed to shift the Overton window on animal cruelty. It was also before SeaWorld was sold to three successive companies, from Books to Beer to Banksters.
No, it's okay, we've got a permit for this! That makes it totally ethical.
And the Banksters (called the Blackstone Group, winner of the "Most likely name to be mistaken for a Bond Villain Organization" award) aren't any more likely to take responsibility than their predecessors. In September SeaWorld announced that it would continue to screw its employees by cutting their part-time employees from 32 to 28 hours / week, to avoid their responsibilities under the ACA. Additionally, in David Kirby's book "Death at Sea World" he notes that the Labor Department cited SeaWorld for discriminating against black & Hispanic job applications. SeaWorld has even resorted to Freeping an online CNN poll to try to shift their image.
Even regarding the OSHA ruling, A.K.A. the government saying that they did something illegal enough to get fined, SeaWorld's Banksters are unrepentant, appealing the fine for killing an employee from a supposedly budget-breaking $75,000 to $12,000, and still appealing that pittance. This should be outrageous to everyone, as should the way SeaWorld tried covering up throwing the trainers under the bus, first with the "slip & fall" defense, then the "ponytail theory." They still insist to new team members at training that the trainer made a mistake, and the whale got confused.
Clearly a klutz.
This is not to say that the film is perfect, dare I even say great. I'm not surprised that it got passed over by the Academy, considering the claims of cinematographic malpractice, justifiably raised by multiple trainers interviewed for the film, as well as bloggers. Clearly the filmmaker had an agenda when making Blackfish, as did CNN in their typical sloppy rush to capitalize from it.
I'll take "Movies that we should've vetted more" Alex.
I actually had to rewind the part where Tilikum was captured, because it came right after Sea World's involvement in whaling. And that's where we have a problem – If you have to rewatch a segment because the storylines are blending together, you're going to have some misconceptions. Like George Bush using "Al Qaida" and "Iraq" in consecutive sentences, it cleverly projects to the viewer a connection between the two, whether there actually is one or not. They aren't necessarily lying to you saying that Sea World was responsible for kidnapping Tilikum, but they script it so that's what you come away with.
The comment that the "ends do not justify the means" projected at the filmmaker for their shadow games can easily be turned back towards SeaWorld, who has failed its trainers in keeping a safe workplace. Just because Seaworld does good work saving & caring for aquatic creatures around the US NOW does not justify the way they acted 40 years ago, nor how they treat their human employees today. Disney just spent the past year adding safety railing on its major attractions less than six months after their incident (and immediately after the citation), yet SeaWorld has yet to add new safety mechanisms to its whale tank, more than 3 years later. Disney's Monorail procedures have changed more than 20 times since the 2009 death, yet SeaWorld complains that their trainers still can't get in the water with the whales. Sure, NOW they're talking about Killer Whale Treadmills and emergency lift floors, but even during its current 3 month refurbishment no safety changes are expected.
On the other side, the criticism of SeaWorld portrayed in the film that the company is emotionally manipulative by portraying whales as a "cuddly toy" can likewise be turned around on the film itself, emotionally manipulating the audience through anthromorphizing & victimizing (however accurately) the whales. There is also some minor hypocrisy in activists choice to target Seaworld when on a good day they don't do nearly the business that Disney's Animal Kingdom does on a bad day, and Barnum & Bailey's circus, though a moving target, has a far worse animal record.
I once read an Ursula Le Guin short story called "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" about a Utopian society whose only cost for their happiness is that one little boy has to be locked up in a basement, abused and in misery. Blackfish reminds me of this story – For all the good that Seaworld does, rescuing & caring for sea creatures everywhere, the cost is that a small number of whales & dolphins must be kept in captivity. And most of those, realize, are not fit to be released – they're institutionalized or not well enough to survive on their own. Is the good that SeaWorld does worth any price? Or where is the line drawn where the bad things they do outweigh the good that they do?
I don't know the answer to this question, but I would like to mediate a "cease fire" on the vitriol and the rhetoric on both sides of the debate. These are my terms:
THEME PARK BLOGGERS SHOULD REALIZE: The time to "Believe" is gone. Maybe the days of trainers swimming around with sea mammals, though exciting & inspiring at the time, are behind us, and there are newer & better ways of inspiring the next generation of Oceaneers. Like the rusty ol' Skyway & paper fastpasses, the times they are a changin' and we should move on. One Ocean isn't necessarily inferior to Believe or the other Shamu shows, so maybe "close contact" isn't as essential as you or SeaWorld argue it is. Even the Blackfish detractors can agree that the entertainment acts that they put the whales through aren't helping. Bridgette notes if she were in charge, "I would end animals for entertainment purposes, and stop the breeding program." Will Tilikum (or another whale) attack again? Who can tell, but the trainers definitely deserve a safer environment to work in, just in case.
So Lonely...
Also, you need to accept that SeaWorld is not a perfect entity, lies to its employees & guests, and has a large room for change. There's still a lot of truth in Blackfish outside of its biases & misleads. And stuffing your Shamu dolls in your ears & pretending that SeaWorld can do no wrong isn't helping. The "armchair activism," at Change.org was successful in getting bands to be more conscientious on where they do their shows. It's not a publicity stunt by the bands, it's not a conspiracy – it's a genuine social uprising, and bad timing for the bands. It's ultimately a good thing, getting politically active. I just wish that <strong>*these</strong> activists did get out of their armchairs and also picked up a picket. Never fear – you can still catch BNL at Universal's whale-controversy-free Mardi Gras!
Not an armchair in sight...
ACTIVISTS SHOULD REALIZE: Tilikum will never be free (nor should he). I'm not an animal expert, so I will refrain from trying to psychoanalyze marine mammals. But as Bridgette notes, reintroduction hasn't been successful in the past. The fact that we're having a conversation at all says that you've won a battle here, maybe just take it at that. The BBB Bands boycott has done its work. I think the path forward lies in getting SeaWorld to phase out the entertainment shows instead of trying to Free Willy/Shamu/Tilikum, or trying to prove in court that whales are people, just like Corporations are. But also tone down on the "SeaWorld kills whales" & "Just watch Blackfish" rabid impulse reactions. As liberals we should be better than emotional, logic-free, ad-hominum attacks, and we should be able to articulate our concerns better than telling people (who either have and ignore the message, or don't care enough to) to watch a movie.


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2012 Fleetwood Bounder® 33c
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Listing by Auction123.com copyright Auction123, Inc.12 Fleetwood Bounder 33CPriced To Sell Fast!!! Click here for an XL view of the above Image PrevNext 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 About 2012 Fleetwood Bounder 33C For Sale in Cumming, Georgia 30041 Kitchen contains: Corian counter tops, convection microwave, fridge/freezer, sink, dinette, table/chairs, Living room has a fireplace, TV, sofa, and chairs, shower, washer/dryer hook up, King size bed, heat pump, backup camera, extended war...
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