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CONCORD, N.C. – The WKA RLV Tuned Exhaust Products Gold Cup Series kicked off its 2013 season with the Coyote Motorsports Nationals this past weekend at the popular 103rd Street Sports Complex in Jacksonville, Florida, a longtime WKA national event venue that has hosted the past three Gold Cup openers.
This year's Gold Cup opener included a number of differences from last year's. For one, after a two-year hiatus, the Gold Cup returned to a 4-cycle-only series. Last year the series included the X30 Senior and Junior TaG divisions, as well as Komet Sportsman. The year prior, a handful of 2-cycle classes was added to the series as local options.
This year the only karts circling the track at a Gold Cup national will be powered by Briggs Animal, LO206 or Clone powerplants, as was the case at Jacksonville.
The other key difference from last year was that Clones weren't the only gas-powered 4-cycle engines on the track. Three new gas-powered Animal divisions made their debut, titled Pro Gas Animal for Senior, Junior and Sportsman racers.
The Pro Gas divisions featured very respectable entry counts for their debutant show. Ten racers entered a very competitive Senior Pro Gas Animal division each day, while Sportsman Pro Gas Animal was the largest class of the weekend with 12 entrants on Saturday and 13 racers on Sunday. The weekend kicked off with a special Sportsman Pro Gas Animal 10-lap shootout race, which saw a dozen youngsters take the green flag.
Clones made up a good portion of the entry count at Jacksonville. Senior Clone started 13 karts Saturday and 11 Sunday. The racing was close and exciting as the underpowered Clone engine kept most of the top-10 contestants close and competitive throughout each day's program.
Methanol-powered Animal classes continued as the backbone of the Gold Cup Series at Jacksonville. The four Junior divisions provided exciting racing and stiff competitions, while Animal Lite, Medium and Heavy, as well as Friday night's Money Race, offered fans some fast-paced action and wheel-to-wheel action.
Here's a rundown of the racing at the Jacksonville's Coyote Motorsports Gold Cup Nationals.
Bandit racer Jason Alder scored the first win of the new season with a close victory over Georgia's Dylan Murry. David Kalb Jr. finished third on his brand-new Margay chassis. Zach Wells was fourth on his MGM and Cameron Clifford rounded out the top five.
Tyler Sandmeyer continued to prove he's a wheelman at Jacksonville with his win in the Animal Heavy Money Race. Sandmeyer, on his familiar No. 1 MGM, bested MGM teammate Zachary Linsell for the score. Florida's Rob Hindery was third on his Razor, Josh Stiefel fourth on a Coyote and Dylan Zobkiw rounded out the top five on his Coyote.
On Sunday you could have thrown a blanket over the top-three racers. Again, Tanner was able to fend off challenges from the two Smiths. This time Riley held on for second, finishing only 0.180 seconds back of Carter, while Dalton crossed the stripe third, less than a half-second back of the winner.
Fauci had been close all weekend and finally broke into the winners' column in the weekend's second-to-last race, Sportsman 1 Heavy. Fauci battled hard with Miller and Alder throughout the 10-lapper, and made a slick last-lap pass on Alder to earn the victory. Alder was unable to win his third race of the weekend and had to settle for third. Riley Kelley was fourth and Gruber fifth.
Only two Sportsman 1 Clone racers were in attendance. The participants were Nick Torres and Cale Hall. Torres won both days over Hall. He had a fairly easy time of it Saturday, finishing over 10 seconds in front. On Sunday, Hall was able to keep pace with Torres but ended up falling a little over a second short of the winner. Both drivers were on Razor chassis.
Cornell made it a clean sweep in Sunday's Sportsman 2 Heavy program. The Pennsylvanian scored the Pole Award, won the heat and the 10-lap main event. Stark was second, Kalb third, Clifford fourth and Wells rounded out the top five.
Dylan Murry and Zach Wells split the Sportsman 2 Clone mains. Murry made a sweet last-lap pass on Wells to win Saturday's feature. Wells returned the favor Sunday and fended off Murry in another tight race. Cody Hall was third in both races.
Matthew Miller earned a big win Saturday in Baker Racing Engines Sportsman Pro Gas Animal 1. Miller timed fastest on his Bandit chassis and backed up his Pole Award with a 0.123-second win over Dylan Murry. Nick Fauci was third, Alex Vrabel fourth and Cody Hall fifth in the 12-kart field.
Sunday's Baker Racing Engines Sportsman Pro Gas Animal 2 main saw Cody Hall and Murry race nose-to-tail throughout the 12-lapper. The pair, both on Razor chassis, pulled away from the rest of the field to settle the race on their own. Murry took a number of shots at Hall on the final lap but Hall was able to hold on for the big win – his first and only triumph of the weekend.
Miller crossed the stripe third, well ahead of fourth-place Fauci. Alder rounded out the top five in the competitive 13-kart field.
Lee became the first-ever winner of Junior Pro Gas, sponsored by Razor Chassis / Roberts Kart Shop and Margay Racing Chassis, and now has the hole shot on the brand-new chassis that will be awarded to the winner of the division's points champion. Lee bested Michigan's Tyler Woods and Joey Pendergrass in both days' Junior Pro Gas mains.
The Lee team strapped on the Clone and proceeded to best Davis Packard in Junior Clone 1 and Junior Clone 2. Five karts started each main event. In Junior Clone 1, Evan Cowen was third, Chris Newman fourth and Rafael Leon fifth. In Sunday's Junior Clone 2 weekend capper, Lee led the way over Packard, Newman, Leon and Cowen.
Lee scored the MGM Chassis Co. Junior Heavy victory by a 2.5-second gap over defending Restricted Junior national champion Sarah Luoma. Georgia's Connor Tebbe was third on his sleek black and green Razor. Jason Yarbrough was fourth and Tyler Steifel fifth, both on Coyotes.
Florida racer Jason Yarborough won two of the three races he started at Jacksonville. Racing a pristine No. 24 Coyote, Yarborough banked wins in Junior Lite and Junior Medium, the most competitive of all the Junior mains.
Yarborough's win in Junior Lite came by a tight 0.274-second gap over fellow Coyote pilot Luoma. Tebbe was right there in third, only 0.546 seconds back of the winner. Tyler Stiefel finished fourth and Haley Kummer fifth.
Yarborough won a tight race in Junior Medium to finish off the weekend. He finished just ahead of Lee, who was denied of a sixth win on the weekend. Austin Yarbrough (no relation) was third, Tyler Stiefel fourth and Tebbe fifth.
Austin Yarbrough made for an interesting story. The Georgia racer is a top Southeast dirt wheelman who was looking to get some experience on a paved road course. An ad on Facebook led his Austin Yarbrough Racing team to contact D.J. Keener of Bandit Karts. The two struck a deal, and Keener put a Bandit together for Yarbrough to race on Sunday at Jacksonville.
Yarbrough couldn't race the Coyote Nationals on Saturday because he was busy competing in round two of the Tri-State Pro Series at Thunder Valley Motorplex in Neeses, S.C., arguably the most competitive dirt karting series in the country.
Yarbrough nearly won a couple races at Neeses Saturday night, but he broke through Sunday by scoring the big win in Restricted Junior over Tyler Stiefel. Tyler Woods was third and Haley Kummer fourth.
Great to see a dirt racer try his hand at asphalt sprint racing… once a common occurrence but a rarity this day in age.
Michigan's Scott Kleman and Pennsylvania's Zachary Linsell were the class of the field in Coyote Motorsports Animal Lite. Kleman had a little bit more than Linsell in the main, racing his Coyote to the win by a couple kart-lengths over Linsell's MGM. Home-state racer Rob Hindery was third, Matthew Horst fourth and Cayla Chapman fifth.
Tyler Sandmeyer made it look easy in Animal Heavy. The Maryland racer gave MGM another win with a comfortable victory of Matthew Darden. Sean Meier was third on the Coyote house kart, Paul Headley had a strong run going but had to settle for fourth. Tim Stiefel bested his son, Joshua, to take the last slot in the top five.
Joshua Stiefel made an engine change Saturday night and found some speed on Sunday. The Western New Yorker bested fellow Coyote racer Cayla Chapman in a close race in win Margay Racing Products Animal Amateur Medium, a class reserved for senior racers who have not won a Gold Cup national championship. Headley took third, Clint Hall fourth and Darden fifth.
Defending class champion Tim Stiefel won Target Dist. Animal Masters by a healthy margin over Robert Hoskinson. Connecticut's Dave Barry, who says he's relocating to North Carolina sometime in the next year, took third.
One of the most competitive races of the weekend was Sunday's Animal Medium. A pair of MGM's got the best of a pair of Coyotes in the 12-lap main with Linsell and Sandmeyer finishing one-two ahead of Kleman and Meier.
Sandmeyer led early before getting loose and letting the trio past him. He made it back by Meier and Kleman and pulled up behind Linsell with a couple laps to go. Sandmeyer made an inside move on Linsell into turn six. The pair went side by side but Linsell was able to fend off the challenge. Sandmeyer had one more shot at Linsell at the end of the straightaway but wasn't able to muster up enough speed to get past his teammate. Douglas Schmidt rounded out the top five.
Matthew Horst was a mid-pack runner in Animal but he certainly had the Clone figured out. The Razor pilot swept the competitive Senior Clone mains, besting Matt Kessinger and Tyler Sandmeyer both days.
Kessinger and Sandmeyer had enough to hang with Horst in both races but Horst clearly had a bit more than them and the rest of the field, winning Saturday's main by a half-second margin and taking Sunday's race by nearly three-tenths of a second gap.
Ageless veteran Dicky Wilson was fourth in Senior Clone 1 on his CKI chassis. CKI's John Klutz was in attendance all weekend to crew for Wilson. Patrick O'Neal took fifth Saturday on his Coyote.
On Sunday, Matt Travis was fourth behind Horst, Kessinger and Sandmeyer. Local Jax runner Brad Farmer took fifth on his black Coyote.
It was great to see 10 karts start the new Senior Pro Gas main events. Rarely do brand-new classes start more than a handful of karts.
Local racer Michael Greiner got the best of the field in Saturday's Coyote Motorsports Senior Pro Gas Animal 1. Greiner, on a Margay, and Patrick O'Neal's Coyote had a terrific battle going in the race before O'Neal ran into mechanical problems with a couple laps to go and retired from the race. Greiner cruised to the win from there. Jeffrey Beatty was second, Chris Osgood third, Meier fourth and Hoskinson fifth.
An up-and-down weekend for Jacksonville resident Sean Meier ended on a high note when he wheeled his Coyote to the win in Coyote / Margay / Razor-sponsored Senior Pro Gas Animal 2. Meier raced hard with Greiner and O'Neal throughout the 12-lapper, pulling ahead on the final circuits to earn his one and only win of the weekend. Greiner was second and O'Neal third.
Joey Kuley made his return to Gold Cup after a couple years of running the WKA Road Racing Series. Kuley rented a Pro Gas Animal from for Sunday's race and had a good run to take fourth. Beatty rounded out the top five.
Corey Towles won the John Beehan Memorial LO206 Medium local option. Michael Clark was second and Andrew Petty third. The race was named in honor of Beehan, a longtime North Florida Kart Club volunteer who recently passed just a couple weeks ago. WKA's condolences go out to the Beehan family and all his NFKC friends.
Next up for the Gold Cup is the Michigan Kart Supply Nationals May 24-26 at Michiana Raceway Park near South Bend, Indiana. The official entry form will be released in the next week to 10 days.
Thanks and much appreciation to event sponsor Coyote Motorsports and to all Gold Cup sponsors, racers, families and teams for competing at Jacksonville this past weekend. It was a long drive for many, and your devotion to the series is much appreciated. WKA hopes to see a great field and more strong 4-cycle sprint racing and MRP in May and throughout the rest of the season, which will end with a much-anticipated return to Rockingham Speedway Oct. 4-6.


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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Chattanooga Lady Mocs softball team (18-16, 3-3 SoCon) fell 3-1 Wednesday afternoon to the Georgia State Panthers (20-9, 3-0 CAA) at Frost Stadium in seven innings. Despite holding the Panthers to five hits and one earned run, Chattanooga committed three errors and was held to four hits.
"If you would have told me were going to hold Georgia State to five hits today, I would have thought we would have won," Head Coach Frank Reed said. "They didn't hit the ball all that well, but neither did we. They were just able to get the hits when it mattered most and we couldn't."
Georgia State got on the board first with two runs scored in the first inning. An error led to the first base runner and a single up the middle from Panters' catcher Callie Alford plated the game's first run. With a runner standing on third base and a walk issued to center fielder Jessica Clifton, Clifton broke for second base. Freshman Anyssa Robles (Lawrenceville, Ga.) gunned down to second base to attempt to pick off the runner, but the throw ran high and Alford scored from third.
The Lady Mocs showed life in the second inning as senior Kasey Tydingco (Fairfield, Calif.) teed off on the first pitch of the half, driving the solo home run over the right field fence. The round-tripper was Tydingco's second home run of the season, cutting the Georgia State lead to 2-1.
After two innings pitched, freshman Kaisey Carson (Indianapolis, Ind.) exited the game and sophomore Taylor Deason (Clarksville, Tenn.) was brought on in relief. The sophomore ran into some trouble in the top of the fourth inning but was able to work out of a bases-loaded jam to maintain a 2-1 game.
Chattanooga showed a spark in the fifth inning with two outs as freshman Alyssa Taylor (Orange, Calif.) singled to center and swiped second with senior Sara Poteat (Thomaston, Ga.) standing at the plate. Poteat drove a ball into center on the next pitch, but the senior was under the pitch just a hair too much and it was corralled by GSU's Clifton for the final out of the frame.
The Panthers added on another run in the sixth, extending their lead to 3-1, but Deason was able to work out of another bases loaded jam to hold Georgia State to the one run scored in the top half of the stanza. That gave Chattanooga a chance to battle back, getting down to the wire in the sixth inning. The Lady Mocs put two on as Tydingco was hit by a pitch and junior Stephanie Rieck (Chandler, Ariz.) doubled, but a foul-out with two outs on the board ended the UTC scoring chance.
Both teams would go scoreless in the seventh inning, ending without fight from the Lady Mocs in the final frame. Carson was charged with the loss, dropping to 2-6 on the season, while Georgia State starter Kaitlyn Medlam improved to 10-3 with the complete game.
Chattanooga hits the road tomorrow, on its way to Cullowhee, N.C. to take on the Western Carolina Catamounts. The Lady Mocs and Catamounts are set to play one game Friday before wrapping up the series with a double-header Saturday.

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Linemen of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation worked throughout the night on Monday, restoring thousands of power outages caused by the effects of Hurricane Sandy.
BREMCO Director of Public Relations Renee Whitener said that winds, and damage to the electric system, picked up around 11 p.m.
As of 6 a.m. Tuesday, Ashe County had reported 2,017 people affected by outages primarily in the Baldwin community and on N.C. 163.
"Ashe was the hardest hit overnight," said Whitener.
According to Blue Ridge Electric's power outage map Tuesday morning, there were 100 Ashe residents without power at 10 a.m., 172 without power at 11 a.m., and by the afternoon, numbers of reported outages were back down to 117.
The numbers may seem large, but in their service area of Ashe and six surrounding counties, these numbers comprise less than one percent of Blue Ridge Electric's total membership.
The majority of outages Tuesday were around Warrensville, Lansing, and parts of Jefferson.
Outages were scattered across all counties in Blue Ridge Electric's service area but areas of concentrated outages also occurred where several entire circuits serving communities were affected.
Even with a strong right-of-way maintenance program to protect power lines from trees and limbs to maintain reliable electric service, fallen trees and limbs outside of the right-of-the-way still contributed to outages.
Today, linemen are still out in force, and all employees remain in high alert emergency response mode as they work to restore remaining outages this morning, said Whitener.
Assisting linemen from sister electric cooperative Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation and other utilities are also responding to outages.
"If outage conditions don't require additional assistance, visiting line technicians will be dispatched to areas further north where the hurricane has hit harder, causing significant damage and leaving millions in the dark," said Whitener.
Blue Ridge Electric reminds members to report all outages to the cooperative's PowerLine at 1-800-448-2383.
The cooperative also reminds the public to be aware of the dangers of downed power lines, which can still be energized and cause serious injury or even death. No one but a trained line technician should handle or be near a downed power line. Report downed power lines to a cooperative employee by calling any local Blue Ridge Electric office or toll free: 1-800-451-5474.
To view a live outage map at any time, visit www.BlueRidgeEMC.com and click on the "outage map" link located on the bottom right hand side of the screen. More safety and preparation information is also available in the "Storm Room" at www.BlueRidgeEMC.com. Information can also be found on Blue Ridge Electric's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/blueridgeemc.


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A destructive invasive beetle was discovered in Gaithersburg last week, signaling the pest�s first presence in Montgomery County and a threat to local ash trees.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced June 29 that workers discovered the presence of the emerald ash borer beetle — or EAB — in a tree near Gaithersburg, said Jim Arnoult, director of the city�s Public Works department. The Asian beetle is an invasive insect that feeds on and eventually kills ash trees, according to the department.
There are more than 7 million ash trees in Maryland, which is a landscaping tree, according to the department. State agriculture officials say the beetle poses a threat to Maryland�s agricultural industry and has the potential to devastate its ash population.
Adam Newhart, a certified arborist for the City of Gaithersburg, said while there are no precise counts, there are more than 1,000 ash trees in the city, mostly in city parks. There are fewer than 500 city-maintained trees in rights of way in Gaithersburg.
To try and stem the spread of the beetle, Newhart said the city will begin treating the soil around ash trees with the pesticide Imidacloprid, according to the National Pesticide Information Center.
Newhart said pre-treating the trees is the only known method for preventing their destruction besides tearing them down and replacing them. The city will repeat the process every other year.
�If you don�t treat the trees, over time EAB gets inside and kill them,� he said. �They�ll fall after just a few years.�
Newhart said the city has no estimates for the cost of treating the trees.
Once in a tree, the ash borer will kill it after roughly one year, according to the Maryland Department of Agriculture.
The greenhouse and nursery industry, essentially fueled partly by trees, was the second largest agricultural sector in Maryland in 2010, accounting for $1.96 billion in gross receipts, according to National Agricultural Statistic Service. In a June 29 release, state Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance called the ash �one of the most important urban trees in Maryland.�
The borer has been reported in 14 states and is credited with destroying more than 10 million trees nationwide.
The ash borer has been found in seven Maryland counties, first discovered in Prince George�s County in 2003 in an ash nursery.
Last year, Hance ordered a quarantine for all 14 counties west of the Chesapeake Bay in hopes of stopping its spread to the Eastern Shore. In May, he announced the release of the first of 16,000 egg parasitoid; an Asian wasp that is reportedly stingless which kills the ash borer by laying its eggs in ash borer eggs.
Robert Manwell, a spokesman of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, one of 13 states also infected with the ash borer, said his state has been utilizing quarantines — which prohibit the movement of firewood from areas where the ash borer is known to exist. He said the wasps have only proven effective in areas where the borer is widespread and the most effective method is for a state to reduce its reliance on the ash tree.
�The best method we know is having a diverse stock [of trees],� he said.
The ash tree became more prominent as an urban tree after the population of Dutch elms dropped following the spread of Dutch elm disease more than 20 years ago, Manwell said.


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Please be aware that Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms staff is prohibited by law from discussing an applicant's criminal record or mental health information over the telephone. Staff also cannot provide legal advice or offer information relating to the various legal steps needed to restore firearms rights. (California Penal Code section 11105 and Welfare and Institutions Code section 8103, subdivision (e)(3).)
What you should do If Your DROS Application is Delayed, Rejected, or Denied
DELAYED – A DROS application can be delayed for many reasons. Most often it is because the background check found a record matching your personal descriptors (such as your name, date of birth, etc.) and more time is needed to verify that the record is yours and to obtain missing information needed to determine your eligibility to own or possess firearms.
Please be patient and allow the Department enough time to gather additional information and resolve any issues. Many county courthouses are operating on shortened work weeks and with fewer staff, delaying the approval or denial of applications. If the record is an out-of-state or military record, you should anticipate a longer response time from our office to get the needed information.
If you know you have a criminal or mental health record on file with DOJ, you can obtain a copy of your record by completing the Request for Live Scan Service (BCIA/BOF 8016) format: http://oag.ca.gov/firearms/forms. You should review the record, identify any incomplete or missing court information, and then follow up with the court where your case was held and request the court submit corrected information to the DOJ's Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis (BCIA). If you disagree with any information in your record, you should follow the instructions in the letter for disputing inaccuracies. You may wish to obtain an attorney for legal advice and who can best represent your interests on how to restore your rights to buy firearms.
REJECTED – There are two common reasons why a DROS application may be rejected: (1) you attempted to purchase more than one handgun in a 30-day period (California Penal Code section 27540, subdivision (f)); or, (2) you attempted to purchase a firearm with an invalid, suspended, revoked, or expired California Driver's License or California Identification Card (California Penal Code section 16400).
In the case of a 30-day handgun purchase restriction, you cannot attempt to buy more than one handgun in a 30-day period. If one of your transactions was a private party transfer or pawn redemption, you need to check with the dealer to make sure the correct transaction type was selected when the transaction was submitted to DOJ.
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Local LGBTQA community reacts to rulings on same-sex marriageWritten by Brigitta Burks | News Editor | firstname.lastname@example.com
By Brigitta Burks and Matt Liasse
After the United States Supreme Court ruled June 26 that same-sex married couples are entitled to the same federal rights as other married couples, local radio personality Steve Reamey made some potential plans for his weekend. He wanted to take his partner jewelry shopping.
"We're gonna go look," Reamey said. "We'll see what happens."
Other members of Toledo's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and allied community (LGBTQA) said while they are elated with the decision, there's still more work to be done, especially since same-sex marriage is not yet recognized at a state level in Ohio.
"Today's decision is really a historic victory for equal rights. I think the Supreme Court has once again affirmed that America has no second-class citizens," said David Mann, spokesperson for Equality Toledo.
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. Many former supporters of DOMA, including Clinton, have since recanted their stances. The Supreme Court struck down the part of DOMA that had prohibited same-sex married couples from accessing federal benefits, and also ruled on Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage. Proponents of the ban should not have been able to appeal previous rulings against the ban, according to the Supreme Court. California has resumed allowing same-sex marriage.
University of Toledo law professor Rebecca Zietlow said federal benefits for married couples can include Social Security benefits, tax benefits, benefits for same-sex couples in the military, benefits in regard to bankruptcy law, health care benefits and more.
"What the decision means if you are a same-sex couple and you got married where same-sex marriage is allowed and you are still living in that state, you will be recognized under all federal laws," she said.
However, Zietlow said that there is still uncertainty as to how the decision affects Ohioans and that she anticipates further litigation in regards to interpreting the Supreme Court's decision.
According to Lambda Legal, a nonprofit advocating for the rights of the LGBT community, "Legally married same-sex couples living in a state that does not respect their marriages may right away have access to some federal rights and benefits, but not to many others, at least not immediately."
About a year ago, Rebecca Facey and Angie Carriker traveled to New York City to get their marriage license after having an Ohio-based ceremony. The couple has been together since 2009 and met in 2006 at a domestic violence prevention training program.
Facey said she is thankful for organizations like Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) who bring these cases to court.
"We're just so grateful that the Supreme Court ruled the way they did. We cannot wait for Ohio to get on board and recognize our marriage as well, but we know that's just a matter of time," Facey said.
Lexi Staples, executive director of the Pride of Toledo Foundation, said, "I'm thrilled the LGBTQA community is becoming more accepted and that fact is being recognized widely. We have a long way to go … but ding, dong the DOMA's dead!"
Rick Cornett, one of the main organizers for Holiday with Heart Charity Gayla, an annual event for the LGBTQA community, said he believes the Supreme Court decisions are a step in the right direction.
"I am ecstatic and couldn't be happier. I'm so proud that the Supreme Court made the right decision toward equality for the LGBT community. This is a historic time for the gay community," he said.
Reamey said that the decision means a lot to him personally.
"From my perspective, I've lived the animosity and the bigotry twice over being openly gay and African-American."
"This [decision] is an affirmation for any gay person growing up. … That they do matter; that they have a financial future with a partner now."
Mann stressed that these decisions are not the end of the battle, since same-sex marriage is not legal in Ohio and other states.
"The challenge is while DOMA is still unconstitutional, Ohioans still do not have rights to marriage," he said.
"There are a number of rights LGBT Ohioans still do not have access to, so I think the battle now comes back to the community."
Pop-Up Party
Audrey Remusat, who came out in November, became active in the community in January and became involved with Equality Ohio in April. She was a "know-it-all" at Equality Ohio's June 26 Pop-Up Party at Packo's at the Park, who answered questions and clarified the Supreme Court ruling. The "Decision Day" celebration was one of eight in the state planned by Equality Ohio and was planned no matter the outcome of the Supreme Court decision.
It was a celebration.
"Before coming out, I've been on the side for basic rights," Remusat said at the party. "I have my master's degree in sociology so I've been fighting for equality from the get-go, ever since I first learned about it in college."
The fight became more passionate after she came out.
"When you're first identifying with it, and you agree with it, you don't know where to go. You're in support of it, but how do you voice this?" Remusat said. "Once you become intimately involved with it, I don't want to say the light switch comes on, because it does; suddenly the picture is clearer."
Remusat is transsexual, and because of a law that doesn't allow the changing of gender on a birth certificate, identifies as a lesbian.
"I'm very, very happy and hopeful," Remusat said. "It's only a matter of time before [same-sex marriage] happens in every state. It's not a question of if, it's of when."
The bar at Packo's at the Park was filled with other supporters.
"I think it's a great moment in history and I'm proud to be here to see it," said ACLU member Sue Carter. "I believe in justice for all."
Carter said she celebrated instantly when she heard the news.
"I ran into the house; I got all my equality flags; I stuck them in my yard," she said. "I felt like I was watching history being made. This is like women getting the right to vote. I mean it's huge. It's an important issue."
Brent Rabie, who's on the board of directors for Equality Toledo, was at the party after an "eventful" and "exciting" day. When news broke of DOMA being ruled unconstitutional, Rabie said he was "pounding away" on Facebook.
"One day I could get married and get along with that phase of my life like everyone else can," Rabie said. He added that he sees himself getting married in the future.
To learn more, visit www.lambdalegal.org/publications/after-doma.
Tags: Angie Carriker, Audrey Remusat, Bill Clinton, Brent Rabie, David Mann, Defense of Marriage Act, Equality Ohio, Equality Toledo, Lambda Legal, Lexi Staples, Rebecca Facey, Rebecca Zietlow, Rick Cornett, Steve Reamey


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Thursday, November 7, 2013
One week after becoming South Carolina State's all-time career receptions leader, former Stratford standout Tyler McDonald etched his name in the Bulldogs' record book again.
The senior receiver made three catches for 84 yards and a touchdown in a 45-9 victory over Savannah State. Now, with 2,166 career yards, McDonald moved ahead of the old record set by Oliver Tre Young of 2,156.
His touchdown against Savannah State was a 34-yarder in the first quarter.
The Bulldogs are 6-3 overall this season.
"It feels good but more importantly, it's good to get back on the winning track after last week, said McDonald. "It's good to get the bitter taste out our mouth."
The Bulldogs lost 14-3 to Bethune-Cookman a week earlier but McDonald made seven grabs for 35 yards, moving ahead of Young on the career receptions list with his first catch of the day.
• Former Goose Creek all-American Brandon Shell is a starter on the offensive line for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He has started all nine games for USC.
• Former Goose Creek Gator Kevin Glears made three catches for 23 yards in Charleston Southern's 27-16 win over Presbyterian on Saturday. Glears has 26 receptions for 389 yards and six touchdowns this season.
• Former Stratford standout Ryan Barnwell, a running back for the Newberry Wolves, had 62 yards rushing in Newberry's 28-21 victory over Brevard on Saturday.
The Wolves are 8-1 this season and Barnwell has 276 yards rushing and five touchdowns.
• Former Hanahan standout Irim Aiken is one of the top defenders for Tusculum. He plays defensive back for the Pioneers and has 40 tackles and seven pass breakups.
• Charleston Southern linebacker Trevon Bennett, a former Goose Creek star, is out for the year with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The sophomore had five tackles in five games played.
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Today worstje came with the great idea of adding a custom Donation Coder page to the JottiQ (Inno Setup) installer (I helped him finish that by adding the .NET/VC++ runtime dependency stuff), to be featured in the next release of JottiQ.
This page should show a text with/including 1 or 2 links that would promote this wonderful site, and convince anyone even slightly interested into making at least a visit to the site, and ofcourse consider to donate while visiting.
The custom page I'll quite easily mock up (this weekend I'll have time for that, it'll be a free 'plug-in' for all dc members using Inno Setup),
it's the text that should go in there that's bugging me a little.
I could copy/paste the text from the left column of the Donation page, but that's quite long to show while pressing next, next, finish during the installation process. I firmly oppose to adding a time-delay to that page (though not impossible; it could even be a delay for the 1st pass only, even when passing multiple times), but all the other apps/installers adding delays or other tricks (scrolling down the entire Windows NT 4 EULA during install to be able to press F8 to continue, comes to mind , and the silly WinZip shareware page where you press 1 of 3 buttons to continue, I often find on co-worker PC's), still these EULA/Shareware pages are not read in the way the supplier had in mind.
If there is an official "short version" of the Donation page text available, I'll be happy to use that, if not: any advise is more than welcome.
For those that haven't noticed, English is not my native language, so any spelling or grammar bloopers would have to be fixed as well
It's a bit of a pity that nobody, including myself, came with this idea earlier, so it could have been used for all apps released during the fundraiser (that need an installer), but when done right (and I intend to do that...) it's usable for more than this fundraiser alone.


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This year our Bearcats and Ladycats played their season opening games in the Pick and Shovel Invitational hosted by Hartshorne. One could say our athletics program has undergone many changes in the last school year, losing Coach Branton, gaining a new Head Coach, for both basketball and football and a new Athletic Director. Our new Athletic Director is Coach Speer who hails from Marietta. Our new basketball Coach and also Middle School Assistant Principle is Mr. Brandon Linley, who comes from Wright City, and is the son of our beloved girls Coach Austin Linley, welcome to Antlers Coaches!!
The LadyCats were the first to take the court, playing against the Wister Wildcats. Our Ladies were ready to take the court and start the season off fiercely and showing no mercy. The LadyCats started the game almost with a vengeance and score 23 points in the first period alone ending the 1st in a score of 23-9 LadyCats. Sr. Kendie Bryant came out, as always, clean, polished, and reliable scoring 15 points, 3 assists, and only 1 turnover for the game. Coach Linley was determined to run a fast pace offense, giving Hartshorne little room for error, and our LadyCats ended the first half up by ten, 39-29. Sr. Cheyenne Simpson was next in line on the stat sheet with 13 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, and 1 steal. Freshman JaLeigh Holder and new addition to the team came out and stole the show in the second half with her ability to handle and move the ball with 10 points, and 3 rebounds. Freshman Neely Noel, who is also new to our varsity team, was surprisingly calm for her first varsity game and able to blend right in working well with the team with 8 points, and only 1 turnover for the game. Our Ladies were able to run away with their first victory of the season ending in a 20 point lead 74-54. Great Job Ladies!!
In their season opening game our Bearcats were matched with tournament hosts, Hartshorne Miners. . After losing last year's 3point shooter and post Bryce Martin and our fast-break man Harlan House our new coach had some big holes to fill in their game. In the first period our boys were able to set up a comfortable pace with Coach using a fast 3/2 offense. I must say new kid on the block, Sr. Zack Speer has been fun to watch, considering up until a few months ago he didn't know any of these boys, let alone his coach. His ability to read the floor, move the ball, and fall in with the team has been impressive to watch. Sr. Tanner Brown was this game's leading scorer with 21 points, as always making it look effortless all the while. Sr.'s Drew McKnight and Zack Speer each had 8 points apiece contributing to the Bearcat offensive efforts. Our Bearcats closed out the first half with a score of 28-21 Bearcats. Coach Linley's halftime looker room talk must have been a very motivational one because when the boys came back from the half they were ready to show us what they could do scoring 25 points in the 3rd period alone. . Coach Linley was able to make use of Sr. Zack Speer and Jr. Jake Johnson running his 4 out 1 in offense, closing the 3rd period in a 53-33 score. Jr. Jack Johnson has shown dramatic improvement making use of our post position playing larger than he is and was able to rack up 6 points for our Bearcats, helping secure our first victory ending in a 65-46 score. Great Job Bearcats!!
In the second round of the Pick and Shovel Invitational our Ladies were set to play the Wilburton Diggers. The first period looked promising and tightly matched for our girls ending only one point up 9-8. Sr. Kendie Bryant was again the leading scorer with 13 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 block. In the second period Wilburton started to take a slight lead over our Ladies, making use of the Free Throw line ending the half 28-17 Diggers. Sr.'s Meagan Wilbourn, Cheyenne Simpson, and Emma Branton had 6 points each trying to rally the LadyCats in the second half. Sr. Meagan Wilbourn is always impressive and fun to watch under the board, posted up, playing twice her size with 8 rebounds for this game. Freshmen Neely Noel and JaLeigh Holder contributed 5 points each to the score board. As hard as our Ladies fought to stay in the game, the Lady Diggers use of the Free-Throw line would lead them to a 48-40 victory in the second round over our LadyCats.
Moving on to the second round of our boy's play, where our Bearcats were paired with the Wister Wildcats. Our Bearcats started out at a medium pace ending the first period 10-4 Bearcats. Sr. Tanner Brown had an amazing defensive game this round with 6 rebounds, 2 steals, and several "Not In My House" moments with 5 swats. Tanners ability to bring the ball down the court, handle and move the ball, read the court, score at will, and give the assist make him an almost necessary element for our Bearcats. The Wildcats weren't ready to go without a fight however, closing the margin ending the half with only a small lead 20-15 Bearcats. Again whatever Coach Linley says in the locker room at halftime must be good, proven by the amount we scored in the second half ( 21 points) to theirs ( 11 points). Sr. Morgan Nabors' defensive skills and fast footwork make him hard to get around, and he was able to rack up 7 points, 1 assist, 4 steals, 1 block and zero turnovers for the night. Sr. David Jobe's fast foot work coupled with Nabors made it close to hard for Wister to drive in. Sr. Zack Speer was second on the stat sheet with 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and only 1 turnover. This game would prove to be an easy win for our Bearcats ending with a score of 41-26 Bearcats, moving them on to the Championship round of play. Due to weather this tournament had to be postponed until further notice. Congratulations Bearcats and LadyCats!! It's the great start to a promising season!! Stats will be included in final write up.View more articles in:


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Horsemen will have an opportunity to add to their tool box next Saturday at 2 p.m. as the Aiken Horsemanship Academy will be holding a demonstration at Boots, Bridles and Britches.
Julie Robins founded the Aiken Horsemanship Academy as a resource for horsemen who were looking for options to strengthen their relationships with their horse, by placing an emphasis on improved communication.
The horsemansship principles that we teach are based on how horses communicate with each other and are the most logical to the horse, said Robins. The language of the horse is based on body language, space and herd dynamics of who moves whose feet. By learning how to implement these technques, it becomes very easy to direct and connect with your horse from greater responsiveness and understanding.
And as the bond is strengthened between rider and horse, it builds confidence and trust, enhancing the relationship in a myriad of ways. The improved communication helps to resolve issues, so rider and horse will enjoy better results, more success and a far greater experience, said Robins.
Most problems start because horses and humans have very different reactions, said Robins. Our techniques teach you how to allow and direct this which translate very quickly into a more confident and comfortable horse who looks to the human for leadership.
For more information about the Aiken Horsemanship Academy, you can access their website at julierobins.com.
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Kites are often not pumped up hard enough due to fear of damaging the kite. We'll show you why this isn't a good idea and how to go about doing it correctly.
Whilst it's certainly possible to damage your kite by over-inflating; under-inflating is also not ideal.
If your under-inflated kite hits the water, the leading edge will bend easier and the struts are compressed more which leads to the seams being exposed to higher pressure. In addition the performance of the kite, in the upper wind range, is negatively affected as the kite will be less stable and precise.
But how much pressure is correct?
If you have a pressure gauge on your pump it's easy – watch the needle and pump up your kite between 6-7 psi. With smaller kites, with thinner leading edges (LE), err towards 7 psi whilst with a bigger kites and correspondingly thicker LE err towards 6 psi.
If you don't have a gauge just follow this simple test: hold the (floating) kite in front of you and flick your finger against the kite. If the kite makes a "Pong" sound the pressure is not enough and you'll need to pump it up a little more. If, on the other hand, you hear a "Ping" the pressure is perfect and you're good to go! If the "Ping" sounds a little metallic you have pumped the kite up too hard – and you'll need to release some air from the kite.
Life is a journey. Kiteboarding has taken us to the best spots on the planet and allowed us to get to know the local kiters from all corners of the globe. At the same time we have been able to delve into the technology behind the products that we use on a daily basis and catch a glimpse behind the scenes of the kite industry. There are many interesting characters behind the products and it became clear to us, that CORE is not only made up of a team from the Fehmarn Island but instead is made up of people from the world's beaches. Therefore we became a part of something much bigger.
The idea behind our web-experiment CoreNation is to allow us to share our experiences with you. We want to take you with us on our journeys and share our adventures, experiences and our daily work with you. Enjoy!


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Hybrid Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
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Chapter 2. Metal and Metal Oxide Nanostructures on Resin Support (Professor Tarasankar Pal).
Chapter 3. Nanocluster Catalysts and Their Practical Utility in Generation of Functionalized Organo-Silicon Polymers (Professor Bhanu P. S. Chauhan).
Chapter 4. Design and Synthesis of Nano-Hybrid Systems Based on Silicon-Oxygen Bond (Professor Yusuke Kawakami).
Chapter 5. Nanocrystalline Magnesium Oxide for Asymmetric Organic Reactions (Dr. M. Lakshmi Kantam).
Chapter 6. Boron-Based Hybrid Nanostructures: Novel Applications of Modern Materials (Professor Narayan S. Hosmane).
Chapter 7. The Exploration of Biomedical Multimodality in Small Solid Core Nanoparticles (Professor Marc Walters).
Chapter 8. A Survey of Interactions of Gold Nanoparticles with Common Human Blood Plasma Proteins (Professor Alamgir Karim).
Chapter 9. Genetically Modified Collagen-Like Triple Helix Peptide as Biomimetric Template (Professor Hiroshi Matsui).
Chapter 10. Polydiacetylene-Containing Liposomes as Sensory Materials (Professor Sanku Mallik).
Chapter 11. Block-Copolymer-Templated Synthesis of Ordered Silicas with Closed Mesopores (Professor Michal Kruk).
Chapter 12. Organic Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials: Organization, Functionalization and Potential Applications in Environmental Domain (Professor Ahmad Mehdi).
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Bhanu P. S. Chauhan, PhD, is Professor and Chairperson of the Chemistry Department at William Paterson University,Wayne, New Jersey, where he also heads the Engineered Nanomaterials Laboratory. His major areas of expertise include synthesis and investigations of silicon based polymers, nanosized materials and hybrid phase catalysts.
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Partners in Friendship will put a new spin on its popular annual dinner this year by bringing in a chef from Orvieto, Italy, one of Aikens two international partner cities.
The dinner, to be held on Feb. 9 at Newberry Hall, has traditionally featured the wines and cuisine of Italy. In years past, it has been planned and executed by Jeff Viviano, a well-known executive chef in Massachusetts, who is also the son of PIF culinary chair Rich Viviano. When the PIF Board learned that Jeff would be unavailable this year, it decided to look further afield. That decision led the board all the way to Italy and a 28-year-old chef in Perugia named Riccardo Manieri.
Riccardo visited Aiken a couple of years ago when he was just starting to cook, and he stayed with several of our board members then, Viviano said. When we approached him about doing the annual dinner for us this year, he jumped at the chance. Hes a very talented chef, and hes from Orvieto, so were really excited about having him back here.
The menu, which Manieri created especially for the dinner, will consist of six courses, each paired with a fine Italian wine. Students from the culinary arts class at Aiken High School will be assisting with the meal. Vegetarian meals will be available, and special dietary needs can be accommodated.
Ten dollars of the $60 per-person cost (which includes wine before the dinner) is tax-deductible. It will go to PIFs scholarship fund, which helps high school students with financial needs participate in the organizations annual student exchange program with Orvieto.
The evening will begin with a social hour at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner and the annual meeting of the PIF membership. It will also include a silent auction featuring two prints by the late Livio Valentini, one of Italys most renowned artists and a PIF co-founder.
Reservations for the dinner can be made by sending a check to PIF at P.O. Box 4702, Aiken, SC 29804. PIF members and their guests receive priority reservations until Monday. PIF memberships ($25 per family or $15 per individual) are tax-deductible and can also be purchased by sending a check to that address. For more information, call Rich Viviano at 641-1873.
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Im looking to buy an AR15 Stripped upper, I have what one company wanted but then the companies started gouging prices as usual when they hit panic mode. Any help would be greatfull thanks...Doc
Im looking to buy an AR15 Stripped upper, I have what one company wanted but then the companies started gouging prices as usual when they hit panic mode. Any help would be greatfull thanks...Doc
during the panic SARCO had stripped a3 flat tops for $59 shipped --those are gone.
the best i can find is SMG has a3 flat top uppers for $80 on back order to ship the 21 jan-- jan 21 ain't that far off sooo---
everybody is out and their going to be retail price at least --if not more when they come back in stock--
16 Inch M4 - Style Barrel - 606333, Barrels at Sportsman's Guide you can search for the upper off this m4 barrel link
other than that JSE may get some --they will be about the same price as SMG when they get a new batch--
Thanks for the Infomation, I seen that DSA had had them for 60.00 but when I callled I couldnt get thru & on thier web site it states 80 bucks each. I ll see what I can do with SMG. worse comes to worse Ill have to get some upper forgings and mill them out. or seel off some of my big M53 kits. Again thanks....Doc
DSA is a good company i bought many an upper/lower and barrel from them. they are very slow to fill orders.
way back --years before the most recent panic i ordered a number of lowers and uppers from them --they were blems going for $60 each.
hell it took 6-8 weeks to get that order filled and shipped.
my most recent dealing with DSA was barrels.
i got some excellent 1-7 4150CV steel chrome lined ones for like $150 each. took maybe two weeks to ship the barrels.
when you deal with DSA your dealing direct with the factory. they fill the big orders first . like all factory operations do.
DSA often has the best buys --and their often back ordered --my guess is with the panic their probably miles deep back ordered --
but yea try SMG--they will likely ship after the 21st --
the stripped uppers ain't as high demand as other ar-15 stuff.
--some should start showing up. probably won't be no low buck --but you should be able to score one for around $80 or so. and that is the retail price for that type of part.
it is going to be hard to build an ar-15 at normal price--but with a little restraint i think it can still be done --if your willing to wait on a few BOs to fill.
have you checked out the BCG group buy deal?
i order one from these folks a few days after after christmas, and got it last week.
AR15 Parts, M16 Parts, Assault Rifles, Tactical Gear M&A Parts, Inc.
"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." --Samuel Adams
ok that explains how come they are so slow, I was going to order from them before and I was told by them they were waiting on parts from another distribitor. so I had cancelled an order, So i screwed myself there lol. Im a bit slow today who is BCG ? what I find amazing is how many companies have just come to full stop on parts guns and accessories... Doc
bolt carrier group-- i was wondering if you wanted in on the group buy over at weapons guild --?? they are going to have m16 carriers with the bolts for $98 shipped we hope.
if your in the PNW --some states don't allow any m16 stuff even if it is semi only.
so depending on the state you may or may not want in on the deal--
I ordered one but I've not seen any boxes yet.. been weeks... B2Bduring the panic SARCO had stripped a3 flat tops for $59 shipped --those are gone.
damn-- ordered a few and they were in after about a week. this was the day of the panic too.
i had ordered a few small parts the week before i ordered the uppers and the uppers came in first.
it was over two weeks on the small parts. probably three weeks --
SARCO has never been known for speedy order filling and shipping --
it seems the more orders they get the slower they move--LOL
did you order online or over the phone?


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The Kane Volleyball team finished at the top of their bracket in Saturday's Kane Varsity Volleyball Tournament. The Lady Wolves came up short in the semifinals, however, losing 25-16 to Union.
The Kane Wolves welcomed a new opponent to Paul R Miller Stadium on Friday night when they took on St. Joseph's Catholic Academy from Boalsburg, just outside of State College. St. Joe's is also nicknamed the Wolves, but the Wolves from McKean County showed their counterparts from central Pennsylvania who was top dog during Kane's 50-14 win.
The Kane Wolves will take on a new opponent tonight when they host St. Joseph's Academy. St. Joe's is located in Boalsburg, just outside of State College and while the school was opened a few years ago, this is the first season for the football team.
The Kane boys' soccer team continues to struggle to get in the win column but coaches Ernie Chamberlain and Robert Mosier can still see bright spots during games.
ST. MARYS – Although they put up a great fight for most of the match, the Lady Wolves volleyball team fell to the ECC Crusaders in St. Marys in three, 25-16, 25-12, 25-22.
The Kane girls' soccer team kept the momentum from Monday's 2-1 win over Brockway going in Wednesday's game with Clarion and came away with a hard-fought 2-1 victory on the Lady Wolves' home field.
The Lady Wolves played 80 solid minutes of soccer on Monday on their way to posting an impressive 2-1 victory over the visiting Brockway Lady Rovers. The Kane offense dominated the action early, controlling the ball for most of the early going.
The Elk County Catholic Crusader football team had their homecoming game on Saturday afternoon at Dutch Country Stadium, losing 35-7 to the Kane Wolves to fall to 0-6 on the season.
"We had some things going there. We made some mistakes," said ECC head coach Tony Gerg. "I wish we could have had a better showing for homecoming."
Kane football Coach Todd Silfies doesn't have to look far to find an example of an undefeated underestimating an opponent and getting upset.
The Kane girls golf team won the 2013 District 9 AA girls golf championship at Coundersport Golf Club on Monday.


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What I dont like in GW2 is in dungeons people run from boss to boss not playing. Some run in one direction and others in another in this zurg game play style. I think this is partly because of no trinity. I would try another non-trinity game agian if teams had some other dynamic that made people work together with tatics. Trinity has that down pat so for now Im looking for a trinity game. I have no MMO home right now and a little put out bu that fact.
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The weird thing is GW2 do have holy trinity in a sense.
Guardian is by far the best class in high level dungeon(fotm) because it is the best defensive class. So every group would want 1 or more guadian for high level dungeon.
And warrior is by far the best dps class, so people apparently "only" invite warrior for speed run.
So unless every class have the same defense and dps capability, there will always be 1 class outshine in certain situation. Where as in holy trinity you don't have those problem. Because the healer rely on dps rely on the tank, everyone is doing different things.
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Originally posted by Doogiehowser
I don't think all us say or think that at all. In fact I'm sure it won't either becuase it's to much of a comfort blanket for a lot of people. Until more people can think outside the box or play games in a different way instead of the tried and true trinity, quest hub, gear grind and raid, games will keep being churned out the same old, same old. However, at least a lot of us will have more options to scratch all those itches.
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Joined: 6/09/08
The gw2 dungeon feels like a mess and is easy and random at the same time.
I would love to see no more games using this kind of hybrid. I would however like all classes to fill each role.
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I've never liked the trinity. It's completely unrealistic, yeah I know, realism in a fantasy game??? Combat is chaotic. Having a person basically hurling insults while everyone else beats the hell outta a mob is unimaginative mechanics. The trinity forces an order where none should exist. I think GW2s approach is a step in the right direction. The combat is somewhat chaotic like it should be and if the players are selfish and don't work together then failure is an option just as in real combat. People are resistant to change and since this is a change, many won't like it and can't accept that they have to do something besides, throw insults, heal or DPS to the max. /shrug.
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Joined: 2/20/12
Originally posted by Latronus
very much agree.. trinity combat in MMOs is extremely boring to me after playing games without it.. maybe some of the new games with more trinity based combat will have some new ideas to spice things up more..
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It depends on what the game is trying to achieve. Some games are better fit to a trinity system, some are better fit toward a hybrid (or something else entirely). I don't feel there's one system that's best for all games, they all have their place (audience) be it turn-based, FPS, TPS, Trinity, etc...
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No trinity! Finally don't have to deal with lfhealer/tank...
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Originally posted by Latronus
The way I've always looked at it is, who can take more damage a guy in plate armor or a guy in robes? If you're wearing plate armor and a friend is in robes, would you not try and get attention off of your friend? I guess it's all in how you look at it...
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Ya I'm all for the trinity but only in dungeons/groups etc. I think having a way to solo stuff outside of groups is a better idea. Like I love to tank, but I don't like to solo with a tank. And I don't mean just gear, I'd like to see pure trinity "modes" you can select shen running stuff. Maybe something like your shield does X amount of damage when solo and X amount of threat when grouped, I dunno.
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I'm not yet convinced MMOs need the trinity, although after playing GW2 for several months, I certainly see the limitations of GW2's particular implementation of a combat system that attempts to deviate from the traditional trinity setup. I'd be lying if I said I haven't found myself missing traditional roles from time to time, where you actually know what the other classes are bringing to the table and you can feel their impact from pull to pull.
The biggest thing I find myself missing are those moments of memorable heroism, where you make a spectacular play and everyone knows it. They thank you. They cheer in vent. They at least acknowledge it in some form. "Holy shit! That was amazing!" In 5 months, that hasn't happened to me once in GW2's PvE, and there's not a dungeon wing I haven't completed. I mean there are plays to be made. It's just that between the spell-effect firework display, kiting, dodging, and lack of hard CC, everything's just a little too chaotic for everyone to notice with the other 4 party members are doing. You can try to heal and drop a water field on someone, but chances are they'll just run out of it because they're in nervous twitch flight mode.
The mechanics they have bosses perform also seem to be limited in the absence of the trinity. Some fights involve strategic uses of the environment and are basically simple puzzles, and that's awesome--I wouldn't mind seeing this aspect become more elaborated--but those fights are largely independent of the combat system. They would work like that regardless of the type of combat the game had.
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Originally posted by Distopia
i can see this but thats still how non trinity systems usually work.. guy with plate can take more hits and tries to get in the way to take some hits or control the fight.. in a trinity i find the aggro mechanic silly as you can watch mobs walk past a whole slew of easy pickins squishy players and b-line right to a taunting tank... then like kuppa said above i MUCH prefer seeing looking for "one" more than having to sit and wait for tank/healer specifically
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Originally posted by Latronus
Well, without holy trinity, everybody throws insults, unfortunately at each other :)
The trinity creates responsibility. No one likes to be his fault when the party dies.
Unrealistic? Compared to what? In a war, every entity has its clear role. You won't see an army pushing with the artillery in the front row.
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In my opinion it depends how well implemented it is.
Even tought i love to tank in all mmos, i respect what GW tryed to do.
Both sides have its pros and cons obviously.
That being said is always hard to have the perfect balance were you can be a good do it all , or a specialised role.
The main problem with specialised role is people only wants those roles(wich by my play style is completly fine) but then comes the problems of avaliability of those classes needed.
Then you have on the other side the do it all classes, were no1 have a defined role and the meaning for partying decays after a while.
I think there are on the same game the 2 cases.
take ffxi and ffxiv for example.
FFXI did the trinity flawlesly , not taling bout the game , but before it became easy , everyclass had their good and cons, missions were one class prevailed over others, etc etc.
Apart from the dificulty/grindy type ffxi was on its days , the concept they had was basic, classes were unique and served their porpouse every now and then , even the so called nerfed classes.
Then you have the initial FFXIV( yea whatever they re-booting , but lets take a look at classed as they were)
Do it all in any class so badly inplemented that almost was imposible to determine what exactly was the point of being one class or the other.
So that brings me back to my first statement.
All it matters is how it is implemented, and obviously it is easier(not easy) to have a better group based game with the holy trinity than with a do it all classes,
especially when it comes to PVE and strategy based groups ,
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Well to be fair to NOT having the trinity, GW2 did a pretty poor job at implimenting it. It 'lacks' the trinity and yet forces on its own trinity (which is just the old trinity in its rawest form, Support (Healer basically of sorts), CC (Tank Essencially), Damage)
Still, even if it was done right I'd almost assume that it would end up trivializing content in order to fit all group styles. Its quite hard to cut out the trinity when you want to support group dynamics and specially if you want to fill everyones 'desires' in terms of what they want to play. The trinity itself exists because it fits in with play styles of people and allows for more group dynamics. You can modify and work around the trinity into your own forms (for example games like Aion or Rift takes on a "Tank, Healer, Damage, Support" type format with support usually providing suppliment heals and/or buffs/debuffs that boost the group). Its NOT a bad thing, its all about adapting and chaning up the way it functions in order to make each role feel unique and different.
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Originally posted by Aerowyn
Of course the waiting game can be frustrating, this is usually a symptom of having too few class choices IMO, this was never really a problem in a game like SWG with it's skill based profession system. However in games with class based progression, there needs to be a good amount of options, vanguard is a good example of it done right. AOC wasn't too bad either as each base class had a few options for loadout and combat style.
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Joined: 11/23/10
For me both trinity and gw2-hybrid-system are bad but if i have to choose i would prefer the trinity.
Much better system would be an advanced trinity with more than tank+heal+dps but limited roles per class.
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Originally posted by Distopia
Haha, I know what you are saying but in "reality" getting a fireball to the face will probably hurt with or with out armor. Besides, if the guy in robes is just a random schmuck that I joined up with to kill a monster to get it's loot, then I would probably care less if he got beat on. That just means less loot I will have to split. I would also be thinking on why he decided to wear robes instead of armor.
As far as I know, D&D/Wizards of the Coast were the ones who decided wizards can't wear armor in games probably becuase that's how Tolkien described Gandalf. The funny thing is though, at least as far as I can remember, D&D didn't even have a trinity system. Sure there has been a "taunt" skill for the longest time in D&D, but it was not designed to grab agro but just to lower a creature's defenses.
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I'd go back and copy/paste all the times I said initially people would flock to it but it would eventually die but I'm lazy.
This was bound to happen. Most people want dedicated roles. I want to play a healer, GW2 didn't let me with it's system. They made a horrible mistake and unless they introduce a healer down the road and fix their game and admit what they did was stupid thast game's population will continue to fall.
Yah, I'm ready for the flames from the fan boys, but I don't care. They messed up and I, along with many others, called it well before the game was released. It's only going to go downhill for GW2. The population is hemoraging.
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Originally posted by rodingo
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Let's face it, Durham School Services is not having the best year ever.
There was that strike threat that kept parents, teachers and administrators on edge for months.
And now there are allegations that a Durham bus driver made inappropriate advances toward two girls who rode his bus. They were 12 and 7 — yes, 7.
The driver, Macneil Deas, has been charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and assault and battery.
He was placed on administrative leave in December and was charged in January with the second incident.
Four months passed. And then the district mailed letters to parents whose children had been on Deas' bus.
Somebody dropped the ball here.
Explanation required
That reporting lag raised some eyebrows, including those of school board member Elizabeth Moffly, "especially in light of the Citadel incidents." She can't be the only person who made that connection.
Moffly has been a guardian ad litem for children in abuse and neglect cases.
"To not have anybody act upon it, and also knowing that this person had been exposed to the rest of the children, it's a little disturbing," she said.
Don Elsey, the director of clinical services for the Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center, called the school district a good partner for child safety. The district encouraged parents to call the center.
"We're glad to speak to any parent who has concerns about their child, even if it's just an on-the-phone consultation," Elsey added.
Checks and balances
The communication between the district, the police and the bus company is solid, officials say.
"We have been a partner of the Charleston County Schools since 2007 and have utilized a consistent screening process for all driver applicants as well as a system to check drivers throughout their employment," said Durham spokeswoman Carina Noble. And it's what you would expect: criminal background checks, drug and alcohol testing, etc.
No system is foolproof, but forgive parents if they're a little upset at the four-month delay.
The gap between the first incident being reported and the letter being sent to parents is one that district officials initially attributed to not being able to access information about which students might have been on the bus driven by Deas during the previous school year.
Turns out that's not the case.
"I don't want parents to be concerned that we don't know where kids are," said school district attorney John Emerson. In this incident, a parent took his concerns to both Durham and the school district. No one should have to do that.
The district and Durham say they're in constant communication. Hopefully in the future that communication will be a little faster and a little more clear, and parents will know a little sooner.
"We always want to leave people the message that if the child has been harmed, there's incredible treatment in our area so that what happened doesn't define them for the rest of their lives," Elsey said.
That's something parents shouldn't have to worry about in the first place.
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2011-12 Season (Senior)
Ended his Matador career ranked No. 2 all-time with 472 career three-point field goal attempts, No. 3 with 154 career three-point field goals made, and No. 5 with 170 three-point field goal attempts in a single season ... Also finished the season ranked No. 3 in the Big West Conference with his 1.66 assist/turnover ratio, and No. 7 with 1.21 steals per game ... McGhee's 13 three-point field goal attempts at USC (11/11/11) ties him for No. 6 all-time for the most three-point shots by a Matador in one game ... Was one of two Matadors who made a team-high five three-point field goals (vs Cal Poly, 2/15/12) ... Recorded a team-high five steals at Cal State Bakersfield (1/28/12) ... Led the team with 98 assists and 34 steals ... Ended the season ranked No. 2 on the team with 50 three-point field goals, No. 3 with 229 points scored ... Finished his season with eleven double-figure scoring games … Led Cal State Northridge in scoring on one occasion … Led the team in assists in 14 games … Set a new career high with five steals recorded at Cal State Bakersfield (1/28/12) … Earned a career-high nine assists at Pacific (2/11/12) … Scored a season-high 19 points, made six field goals, and five three-point field goals vs Cal Poly (2/15/12) … Grabbed a season-high five rebounds vs UC Riverside (2/22/12) … Made 16 starts in his senior season … Was one of three Matadors who played in all 28 games.
2010-11 Season (Junior)
Voted the Pete Cassidy's Coach's Award ... Scored a season-high 20 points (6-for-8 from the floor, 3-for-5 from behind the arc) along with three assists and three steals against Cal Poly (1/22/11) ... Tallied 16 points (4-for-8 from 3-point territory) against Santa Clara (12/22/10) and another 16 points vs Cal State Fullerton (3/10/11) ... Scored 15 points (three 3-pointers) vs Tulsa (11/28/10) at the 76 Classic and against Cal State Fullerton (1/15/11) ... The team leader in three-pointers with 51 (1.58 pg) ... Tallied at least one three-pointer in 25 of the 32 games ... Scored at least three 3-pointers in ten games ... Had a career-high eight assists vs UC Davis (12/30/10) ... Played in 32 games, second-best for a single season in school history.
2009-10 Season (Sophomore)
Winner of the Newt Meyers Sportsmanship Award ... A double-digit scorer in 12 games ... That included a 22-point effort (9-of-10 free throws) against Seattle (1/11/10) ... Hit a team-leading 53 three-pointers (1.7 per game), ninth-best in the Big West Conference ... Played in 32 games, second-best for a single season in school history.
2008-09 Season
Due to NCAA rules and regulations, redshirted the 2008-09 season at Cal State Northridge after transferring from Sacramento State.
Sacramento State (2007-08 Season, Freshman)
Captured Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year honors in addition to being an honorable mention all-league choice ... Started 27 of 28 games ... Averaged 12.1 points (#2 on the Hornets) and 5.1 assists per game (142) ... Also among the team leaders in steals (38) and three-point goals (50) ... Set a freshman school record with 30 points against Montana State ... Set a varsity school record with 14 assists against William Jewell ... Earned a spot on the All-Freshman Mid-Major team by College Basketball Insider.
McClymonds High School
A two-time first team All-Oakland Athletic League selection ... During his senior season, led his team to a 28-4 overall record, a league title, the northern California Division I championship, and the school's first appearance in the state championship ... Finished his senior season with averages of 15.8 points, five assists and 3.5 steals per game ... In addition, was named team MVP ... Also nominated as the CIF Player of the Year ... As a junior, averaged 13.5 points per game while leading McClymonds to an 18-14 record ... Had the highest or shared the highest grade point average on the team all three of his years on the varsity squad ... Received the team's academic achievement award twice.
Matador Memo
Born October 8, 1989 in Oakland, Calif. ... Parents are Vincent McGhee, Sr., and Jacquelyn Willis-McGhee ... Chose Cal State Northridge because of the coaching staff and the environment ... Lists his favorite actor as Denzel Washington, and Halle Berry as his favorite actress ... Vinnie says that if a movie was made of him, Denzel Washington would be the lead actor ... When he is relaxing, Vinnie says he listens to music (his favorite solo artist is Jay-Z), watches ESPN, and finds time to watch his favorite movies (Paid in Full/Through The Fire) ... He also enjoys the music of State Property ... Vinnie says he would like to switch places for a day with Jay-Z ... His favorite food is pizza, and his least favorite food is meat loaf ... If he could have dinner with any two people, they would be singer Alicia Keys and the late singer Aaliyah ... If stranded on a desert island, it would be with his family and friends ... His greatest hero is Jesus Christ because of the sacrifice he made for his people ... The person in history he would most like to meet is the late Martin Luther King, Jr ... Vinnie says that the person who always makes him smile is his nephew ... Vinnie says that if he had a million dollars, he would buy a lot of things, but also give a lot of money to West Oakland ... McGhee says if he could change one thing about the world today, it would be to end poverty ... Vinnie says no one knows how much "I love my family" ... Few people know that Vinnie likes to go to the zoo ... The title of his autobiography would be "The Life of Vinnie McBlast" ... Vinnie says years from now, he'll still laugh about all the time he spent with his friends growing up ... He says his greatest moment in sports was when he won the game for his team and everybody rushed the court ... His most embarrassing moment was when he checked into a game, took off his warmup top, and didn't have his jersey on ... His best friend from another college team is his cousin, Frank Otis, who plays basketball at SMU ... The toughest player he has played against is Antonio Kellogg (former USF and UConn guard) ... Vinnie picked uniform #31 because he couldn't get #3 or #11 ... He says he can't imagine going a week without playing basketball ... Is an avid fan of the New Orleans Hornets and guard Chris Paul ... His best advice to young people is "If you have a dream, shoot for it" ... The best advice he ever received was "Never give up!" ... Played for the Oakland Soldiers since the sixth grade, the same AAU team that produced current NBA All-Star LeBron James ... During the summer of 2007, Vinnie was selected to play in Europe with an all-star team consisting of northern California high school players ... Also played in the Sacramento vs Bay Area Showdown which featured the finest high school basketball players in northern California ... Communication major.
Vinnie McGhee - Career Highs
Points - 22 vs. Seattle (1/11/10)
Field Goals - 7 vs. CSU Bakersfield (11/30/09)
3-Point Field Goals - 5 (2 games)
Free Throws - 9 vs. Seattle (1/11/10)
Rebounds - 6 (2 games)
Assists - 9 at Pacific (2/11/12)
Blocks - 1 vs. Drake (2/20/10)
Steals - 5 at CSU Bakersfield (1/28/12)


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Style: BJJ--They had a mutual friend and would carpool together to get to the California midstate fair in the Summer (Where Chuck worked security). He became attracted to her, and poured her heart out to her one night. Then they started dating. Along the line, he took her to the prom and boned her at one point.
Sounds like every other white trash tryst I've ever heard of.
--Unless by "pouring his heart" he really means "smackin' a bitch up."
By the way, here's my favorite passage from the book:
When I fought Tito, I wasn't dating anyone seriously. So after a night of celebrating at the clubs, I brought some company back up to my room. A lot of company. I can't remember how many women, but I know it was more than two. I had promised Dana the gloves and trunks from the fight, and he had forgotten to get them in the celebration after. He came by my room in the morning, knocked on the door, and someone let him in. He saw two girls asleep in the living room, two more girls in the bathroom, and a girl in bed with me. None of us had any clothes on. And Dana remembers seeing condoms hanging from the lamps, on the floor, pretty much everywhere. He looked at me, asked for the gloves and the trunks, then said, "Get me the hell out of here." I ended the morning by having sex while doing an interview on the phone with a radio station. Again, I'm not trying to brag. That is just the way it was.
What else can I say? It's good to be a winner.
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Style: BJJ--
The more I learn, the happier I am that Rampage KTFO Chuck so nonchalantly.
edit: Who hangs their condoms on lamps anyway? Was he in such a hurry that he just tossed it at the lamp to start having sex again? Sorry, no turnaround that fast anywhere. He had time to drop it in the waste-basket or make one of his bitches do it...that's just character flaw right there.
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Part of a new family-oriented approach to Kansas City's Crown Center, the Legoland Discovery Center provides hours of entertainment thrilling kids from preschool through about fourth grade. That said, there's an attraction here for everyone in the group. The experience begins with a fake representation of a working Lego factory. We were a bit disappointed that the place didn't show actual bricks being made, but our feelings quickly faded as we rode Kingdom Quest, a laser shooting ride winding its way through a castle. Each member of the party gets a gun to zap skeletons and other evil creatures before being photographed at the end. The photos are of course for sale afterward for a steep $11. From there, the experience branches out into multiple attractions targeted at different age groups. A 4-D theater includes an animated film adding effects like wind gusts as characters ride down the highway and water jets as a Lego figure wrestles with a fire hose. Kids can test their own creations and send them down ramps at Lego Racers Build and Test while toddlers get their own play area featuring oversized Duplo bricks. The ticket prices can get a bit high for an entire family ($19 for adults and $15 for children ages 3-12). We recommend booking online for a discounted rate and less of a wait at the entrance. Waits to get in can be more than an hour long on summer weekends.