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Jane Ann Carney Crafts, 73, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Concord, NH.
Jane was born July 14, 1939, in Ticonderoga, NY, the daughter of the late John P. and Agnes D. Carney. She was a graduate of Ticonderoga High School and later trained and served as a flight attendant for Capital Airlines (now United Airlines) based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
She married Mansfield S. Crafts on January 23, 1982, and moved to Warren, Vermont, where she resided for 30 years. Jane was previously married to Thomas Johnston of Ann Arbor, MI.
Jane held a variety of retail positions in the Mad River Valley, including at The Warren Store, Jamieson's Insurance, Mehuron's Supermarket and the Bridge Street Bakery. She also worked for many years in the medical offices of the University of Michigan and the University of Vermont.
Jane was a great cook whose specialties were her dinner rolls, donuts and German potato salad. She was a consummate caregiver to her family and husband. She and her husband, Manny, were longtime members of the Family Motor Coach Association, Green Mountain Chapter. They loved traveling around the United States to visit family and friends in their motor home.
She is survived by her son Patrick J. Johnston, stepchildren Cynthia Wilkinson (Tom), James Crafts (Pamela), and Deborah Stempel (Sylvester); grandchildren Nathan, Kristin, and Sara Wilkinson, Karli Stempel, J. Griffin and Samuel M. Crafts; great-grandchild Grayson Denningham; siblings Mary Hurlburt (Hank), Patrick J. Carney (Anna), Lynda Goodness (Lynn) and Suzy Haas (Brian). Jane is also survived by several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Mansfield Seth Crafts, and stepson, Jonathan Crafts.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 22, 2013, from Waitsfield United Church of Christ in Waitsfield, with a reception to follow in the church parish hall. The interment service is to be held at Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, NH, at the convenience of the family.
Jane's family would like to give a special thanks to Brenda and Chris Sabin for their unwavering support and friendship with Jane in her last months. We also would like to recognize all of the nurses, PTs and OTs from CVHHH who were so attentive and kind to both Jane and her husband.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Jane's memory may be made to Mad River Valley Ambulance Service (P.O. Box 305, Waitsfield, VT 05673) or Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice (600 Granger Road, Barre, VT 05641 www.cvhhh.org).
Jane lived fully up to her last day and she will be deeply missed by all who have known and loved her. Assisting the family is the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury, VT. To send online condolences visit www.perkinsparker.com and Facebook.


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The LIM College Office of Housing & Residence Life will present the "LIM Palooza" Street Fair on Saturday May 4 from Noon to 4 p.m. outside the 1760 Residence Hall on East 98th St. and Third Ave.
Activities planned for this fun-filled afternoon include table games, tye-dyeing, henna artwork, sand art, a photo booth and more. Popcorn, waffle cakes, popsicles and candy will be among the tasty treats participants can enjoy.
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- This article considers the Brazilian Legal System and the requirements of an act performed by public administration. To do so, it presents six main chapters. The first one considers Brazilian Constitution as it regards State form, legal and judicial systems. The second chapter presents the public administration stated in the Constitution. The requirements of a public administration act are presented in the third chapter. The improbity law, which determines how public administration acts should be performed, is presented on the fourth chapter. How one of the main judicial courts of Brazil has understood this law is the topic of the fifth chapter. The sixth chapter presents a proposal of how could be Phronesis used to solve misunderstandings about improbity in the Brazilian Legal System.
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Hi James, I do not intend to negate the bible or suggest that it is not of God. My comment about it realizes the reality that we do not have the originals, nor are we completely in understanding of the culture and the full understanding of an ancient language that we are far removed from.I understand the excuses such as ones PT brings to the table that allows him to manipulate the contradictions in his theology as if they do not exist. But I think that it is accurate to say that the bible is the best physical representation God has allowed us to have in order to understand what God wants us to know in this state of existance. But as it is also in the world, then it is not whole and perfect no more than we are.
. "And thus YOU invalidated the Word of God." What an awesome, telling scripture..."I don't get it", or "I don't like that, it doesn't minister to me", "I don't see how...". "So it must not be inspired". Please. "For it is written, I shall be destroying the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent shall I be repudiating....Does not God make stupid the wisdom of this world?" I Cor. 1:20.
In 2Tim.2:2;" And the things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses , these entrust to faithful men, who WILL BE ABLE to teach others." Being able to teach most certainly requires that God be involved with the teachers mind. Now God knows he must validate his word to the teachers mind, but what about the teachers Pride in themselves, it MUST be dealt with by God. There is no way around this, it just has to be done. The word of God is VERY powerful, as is God himself, BUT, God rules BY his gentleness and Kindness, his Goodness is his true power. Listen, his GOODNESS is his true Power!The more God gets into a human mind, a human he is working on to mold into a teacher, he will no doubt install this Spirit of Goodness. NOT strict harsh methods, THAT is evidence of human pride! ALL strict stern methods of teaching are evidence of human pride in Gods Power. I have to fight this everyday in my life. The more I want to get harsh with someone, the more my pride looks to assert itself, and this happens constantly.I don't see how God does it, just totally rule in Goodness without flexing all that muscle he has. Its so easy to just push people around with your knowledge, and so hard to lead their minds with Goodness.You ever just prayed to God in repentance, knowing that you just pushed someone around using HIS Word to do it? I mean the shame you felt, the Spirit just gets all on you and whips you for doing it. Well this is God dealing directly with you, moving you away from the pride in his Power, to the Goodness OF his Power.And I want to touch on that a bit.Peace.


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Last week was a tough one for me and my ongoing diet. The diet is losing.
Walton County Chamber held its monthly Power of Business luncheon last Wednesday at Baytowne. The topic was tourism and our Tourist Development Council Director, Jim Bagby, spoke about the state of and future of
That night, Allison Wickey kicked off ArtsQuest with Gallery Night at her Seacrest gallery. Cody Copeland and Juan Francisco Adaro attended.
An over-the-top great Mother's Day weekend kicked off for me Thursday night.
Thursday night, Dave Rauschkolb hosted Dinner Down South with chef and author Donald Link. Dave is always a class act of a host and it's always a pleasure to be invited out to lovely
If you have never had breakfast at Harbor Docks, you should. I was treated to breakfast there last Friday morning on the outdoor deck. The eggs benedict were fabulous! Coupled with the view, you can't beat it.
I took in ArtsQuest Saturday morning. I saw CJ Nichols, Allison Craft, Allison Wickey, Fran Adaro, Brooke Gontarek, Nicole Rockhill, Billy Moore, Wendy Morton and Kellie Jo Kilberg, Jim and Brenda Radtke, Robert Walz, Donna Vann, Mary Kay Samouce, John Stasko, Robert McCullar, and Dan Mueller there.
That night, Perspicasity celebrated its 30th year with a private onsite VIP anniversary party. Leah Stroble, Lynn Nesmith, Lisa Burwell, and Dave Rauschkolb helped them celebrate.
I enjoyed dinner Saturday night at Sergio's. This was my first time back there since Sandor took over as chef. Amazing and fabulous were the words my group uttered over and over. It was a real treat to see Sandor again, as well as Sergio. Jack and Michele Silberman, and John Stasko also enjoyed.
St. Rita's women's group treated all moms to a Mother's Day brunch catered by Marie's Bistro after Sunday morning services. Wow! The egg casserole and bananas foster were fabulous! Chick and Cathy Huettel, Jamie and Will Conley, Jenna Conley, Jack and Michele Silberman, and John Stasko enjoyed.
A long walk on Topsail beach to attempt to burn a few calories was in order. The beach was gorgeous.
Dinner of chicken sautéed in olive oil with onions and fresh-picked peppers from the garden followed that evening. Yum!
It was a great Mother's Day. All my kids remembered and called and sent flowers and gifts. And when I got home Sunday night, my peace plant that I brought home from my mother's funeral five years ago had bloomed.
I hope everyone's Mother's Day was good.
Johnny Earles spent last weekend in
Byron Chism was in
Joan Vienot painted in
Shellie Arriaga went to
Cindy Launch went to
Robin and Charles Wiesneth have once again set out on nomadian adventures. What a life.
Didon Comer is back from
Congratulations to Isaac Stein, who graduated from the college of architecture at UM with an architectural achievement and leadership award.
Stephanie and Peter Burke have added a new family member -- Ace!
Tom and Sharon Maxwell celebrated 30 years together this week.
Condolences go out to Rhonda Cloutier in the loss of her father and to Bobby Beene in the loss of his mom.
Get well wishes go out to Karen Kolenberg.
Wish a "happy birthday" Saturday to George Hartley, Dorothy Miller, Kyle Petit, and Father Tom Guido.
Sunday to Maurice Gilbert, Candace Abuvala, and Ladd Goodson.
Monday to soap pedaler Celeste Cobena.
Tuesday to Suzette DeJarnette, and Jamie Christ.
Wednesday to Shawn Chick, Dede Edwards, and Flynn Morris.
Thursday to Mark Polaski, and Ricky Fannin.
And Friday to Joyce Sunday, Matt Christ, Sheila Wachsman, John Czapleski, Donna Vann, and Carol Foster.
I thank all who remembered my birthday on Tuesday and sent greetings.
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Karen White, a part-time resident of the WaterColor community, has penned her 16th novel — "The Time Between" — and will be reading from it and signing copies at The Blue Giraffe on June 25.
White said her latest work spans between 1944
"It's about sisters and forgiveness," she said.
The idea for the book came through an article the author came across in a newspaper a few years back.
The article was about two sisters who escaped
"Obviously something happened to make them become reclusive, and while I didn't know what it was, it sparked my imagination and I made up my own story. So, it is a work of fiction," White said.
White doesn't have a sister, but her mother had five and she always enjoyed sitting in on their sisterly talks and watching their close interactions.
"I always wished I had a sister and the way sisters interact intrigues me," she said.
A native of "nowhere" while growing up, White lived all over the world, with the longest time spent in one place — the seven years she lived in
A constant, though, were summers spent with her grandmother in DeFuniak Springs. So, it became a given that she would bring her own family to vacation in South Walton.
White says reading has always been her favorite thing to do. She describes writing as a dream that she never took seriously even though she still remembers a teacher telling her "You're so creative, you should write!"
Instead, she went into the field of business management until her daughter was born and she moved from
Ten years later, after leaving the business world, she began writing her first novel in 1996 just to see if she could. "In the Shadow of the Moon" took three years to complete and came out in 2000. She entered it in a literary contest and was thrilled when it won. One of the judges was an agent who asked to represent her.
"In the Shadow of the Moon" was nominated for the prestigious RITA award in 2001 in two separate categories. Her books have since been nominated for national contests including two more RITAs and the SIBA (Southeastern Booksellers Association) Fiction Book of the Year. She has also twice won the National Readers' Choice Award for "Learning to Breathe" and "On Folly Beach."
She enjoys writing what she refers to as "grit lit" — Southern women's fiction.
However, White's creative writing sparks could be ignited by almost anything, she said, such as someone saying something interesting, or a picture she might see in a coffee table book. Her interests are varied and easily inspired.
"I know when I get a tingly feeling that I am on to something," she said.
That tingly feeling has paid off as the author's work has made it onto the New York Times Best Sellers list twice.
"That achievement came as a complete surprise, but it is good to know that more than family and friends are buying my work," she said.
Her 2012 releases, "Sea Change" and "After the Rain" debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at number 12 and 14 respectively.
Her fourth and final book in her
Debbie Taylor, who co-owns The Blue Giraffe at WaterColor with daughter Christi Sheffield, said White's publisher contacted The Blue Giraffe to be a part of a multi-city national tour as the author debuts this first hardcover and novel, "The Time Between."
""The Time Between" is by far one of the best books I have read in many years,"
White will read an excerpt from the book, followed by a short Q&A session before the signing. The event begins at 10 a.m.


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The same bug that has plagued several of the biggest players in the Bitcoin economy may have just bitten the Silk Road.
On Thursday, one of the recently-reincarnated drug-selling black market site's administrators posted a long announcement to the Silk Road 2.0 forums admitting that the site had been hacked by one of its sellers, and its reserve of Bitcoins belonging to both the users and the site itself stolen. The admin, who goes by the name "Defcon," blamed the same "transaction malleability" bug in the Bitcoin protocol that led to several of the cryptocurrency's exchanges halting withdrawals in the previous week.
"I am sweating as I write this… I must utter words all too familiar to this scarred community: We have been hacked," Defcon wrote. "Our initial investigations indicate that a vendor exploited a recently discovered vulnerability in the Bitcoin protocol known as "transaction malleability" to repeatedly withdraw coins from our system until it was completely empty."
Just how many bitcoins were stolen wasn't said in the post, although it listed a series of Bitcoin addresses that the Silk Road administrators believe to have been involved in the heist. Those transactions seem to point to a single Bitcoin address that contains 58,800 coins, worth more than $36.1 million at current exchange rates. But tracing Bitcoin's pseudonymous transactions is always tricky–other estimates range from 41,200 by a Silk Road user and 88,000 by the Bitcoin news site.
Update: Nicholas Weaver, a researcher at the International Computer Science Institute, estimates the total theft of Silk Road's bitcoins at a much lower number: just 4,400 or so coins, worth around $2.6 million.
Based on the Silk Road's data about the attack, the site's staff point to three possible attackers, two in Australia and one in France. "Stop at nothing to bring this person to your own definition of justice," Defcon writes.
Silk Road's users, predictably, didn't take the announcement at face value, and many instead suspect that the site's staff have used the "transaction malleability" bug as a scapegoat to cover their own incompetence–the site has been plagued with more pedestrian bugs since launching in November–or even that they've run off with the users' bitcoins themselves. "Transaction malleability," after all, has been a known issue with Bitcoin for two years, and is described by most Bitcoin security experts as more of a major nuisance than a real threat that would allow funds to be stolen.
"Something's not correct: The bug…can't be made responsable if bitcoins are missing now!" writes a user named pathfinder.
"Oh, this is rich. How many users called for the shutdown of SR2 to fix the problems? They were ignored," writes a user named aqualung on the site's forums. "Admins did this. Not some vendor."
Defcon denied those accusations, but took full responsibility for allowing the theft. "I didn't run with the gold," he writes. "I have failed you as a leader, and am completely devastated by today's discoveries…It is a crushing blow. I cannot find the words to express how deeply I want this movement to be safe from the very threats I just watched materialize during my watch."
The hack is just latest in a series of mishaps, crackdowns and scams that have roiled the "dark web" drug market since the shutdown of the original Silk Road anonymous drug site in October by the FBI. Among the more than half dozen sites that have sprouted to pick up Silk Road's lucrative stream of Bitcoin-based drug transactions, at least three have run off with the users' funds and two have shut down after being hacked. Several drug site administrators have also been arrested, including three former Silk Road staffers and five men in the Netherlands and Germany who launched their Silk Road copycat, Utopia, earlier this month.
Amidst that chaos, the relaunched Silk Road has been perhaps the most stable and popular marketplace for drugs and other contraband, with over 13,000 product listings at last count. And its hacking and sudden bankruptcy shakes the anonymous ecommerce community more than any of those other dark web eruptions.
Click here to read about the shutdown of the illegal bazaar and its tale of online secrecy, murders-for-hire, courtroom drama and corruption.
While some Silk Road users wrote on the site's forums that they planned to take their business to other marketplaces like Pandora and Agora, others declared the Silk Road model altogether dead. All the sites currently keep users' bitcoins in "escrow" before a transaction is complete to prevent fraud, a model that often allows the funds to be stolen, seized.
Defcon ended his message to the site's users by announcing that the Silk Road will no longer use an escrow, and will instead ask users to send money directly between buyers and sellers, a model that will no doubt lead to many more scams on the site. But he said that the site will move to so-called "multi-signature" transactions, a largely experimental use of Bitcoin that would require multiple users to "sign off" on a transaction before it's made. That means a third party could serve as a trusted escrow with no way to steal a user's funds. He promised a "generous bounty" to anyone who could help Silk Road to implement the change.
"Silk Road will never again be a centralized escrow storage," Defcon writes. "Hindsight is already suggesting dozens of ways this could have been prevented, but we must march onward."
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1. Your support arm should be forward, grabbing the handguard at the 3oclock or 9oclock position (left hand or right hand). This allows you to control the recoil very well.
2. Shoulder your rifle properly
3. The support arm should push the rifle into your shoulder, snugly. This way your firing hand has minimal input on the movement of your rifle. Keep it like that the entire time. You should be able to drop your shooting hand and the rifle should stay right where it is.
4. With your waist area as a hinge, lean forward into the target. Almost like a kung-fu stance.
5. Put most of your weight in your front foot. 80% on the front foot, 20% on the other.
6. Trigger is now an on-off switch. Not so much as a delicate mechanism you have to squeeze and follow-through. Treat it as such.
7. Short, controlled bursts (though in this video I go a bit too much)
I don't fire full-auto that often. Can't afford the ammo. But if you guys are ever in the Orlando, FL area and would like to go shooting, let me know. We do have a few MG's that we're planning to build.
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YMMV, but some folks like to "center hold" a sub-gun/auto carbine. Shoulder the weapon closer to the sternum than the shoulder pocket....lean into it, shoulders rolled forward and ass out. This pushes straight into the torso vs rotational push on the shoulder.
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800 meters – 1:59
1,500 meters – 4:04.12
1 mile – 4:20.85
3,000 meters – 8:47.62
5,000 meters – 14:43.98
8,000 meters – 24:57.70
10,000 meters – 32:30.50
2014 Outdoors: Opened up with a double at the Central College Invite running a 4:04.12 1,500m and a 15:29 5,000m on the track. Focusing more on the 5,000m, Kenyon ran a 14:49 on Drake's track at the Jim Duncan Invite and then proceeded to get the school record for the 5,000m with a 14:43.98 at the Kip Janvrin Invite at Simpson College.
2014 Indoors: Competed in the 3,000 meters at the Grinell Indoor Invitational, clocking a personal-best 8:47.62 to place 4th. Ran the mile in 4:20.85 at the Nebraska Tune-Up.
2013 Cross Country: After coming off of a strong summer, Kenyon led the Bluejays with a season opener of 19:30.76, placing 18th at the Augustana Corss Country Twilight 4 mile. In Minneapolis, MN, Kenyon ran 26:00.1 at the Roy Griak Invite. Two weeks later Kenyon clocked a personal best for the 8k with a 24:57.70 placing 2nd at the Briar Cliff Invitational in Sioux City, SD. Less than a week later at the Bradley Invite in Peoria, Kenyon ran a 25:14 placing 33rd. For the first time in the Big East Conference, Kenyon led the Jays to a 7th place team finish at the Big East Conference and a 31st place individual finish with a time of 26:08 on the Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course in Somers, WI. After the conference meet, Regionals was held on Iowa States home course and Kenyon concluded his season with a personal best of 32:30.50 placing 100th for the 10k.
2013 Outdoors: For his first collegiate 5,000m, Kenyon clocked a 15:23.05 at the Mizzou Relays in Columbia, MO. At the Jim Duncan Invite in Des Moines, IA he ran a 15:44.5, while battling a lower leg injury. For the rest of the season he hung up his jersey… temporarily.
2013 Indoors: Kenyon started the indoor season and raced the 1000m at the Nebraska Tune Up in Lincoln, NE and posted a personal record of 2:37.89. Ten days later he ran the 3000m in 9:02.03 placing second at the Nebraska Wesleyan University Indoor Open.
2012 Cross Country: Ran a personal best of 25:42.21 in the 8k at the Charles Bowles XC Willamette Invitational in Salem, OR. Ran a 26:08 at the Bradley Invitational in Peoria, IL and then a 26:23 at the Missouri Valley Conference Meet in Normal, IL. Runner-up for MVC Athlete of the Week, twice.
High School: Three-time Cross Country State Qualifier. Won 2011 5A Regional Qualifier. In 2011, placed 6th at Colorado Cross Country State. Qualified for 3200m, 1600m, and 4x800m in the 2012 track season. Placed 6th in the 3200m with a 9:38 and 11th in the 1600m with a 4:27. Colorado Springs 2012 Rotary Champion for Men's Cross Country.
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Celebrity Baby Bumps on the Red Carpet: From Kristen Bell to Kim Kardashian (PHOTOS)
Most pregnant women aren't concerned with getting all dolled up for the red carpet — they're probably just fantasizing about eating pickles and getting a foot massage from their partner. But when you're a celebrity, looking glam doesn't go away just because you have a baby bump! At least they have all kinds of upscale designers in their corner to create the best-possible red carpet maternity looks ;— and hey, those babies are going to be able to say they went to the Grammys, the Oscars, the VMAs, and more before they were even born.
Take a look at some of the most impressive red carpet moments from ready-to-pop celebrity moms, including Kerry Washington, Natalie Portman, Christina Aguilera, Angelina Jolie, Kristen Bell, and Snooki. With the 2014 Academy Awards happening this weekend, we're sure to get a peek at some even more incredible (but womp womp, probably unattainable) maternity wear!


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KidsPeace's 25th Annual Golf Classic on June 21 was a huge success that netted more than $54,000 for the KidsPeace Children's Fund, which provides a variety of necessities and gifts for the children in care. This year, there was a huge auction that gave away wonderful prizes to four lucky winners: Mike Marzo of Ambler won both the MINI Cooper and the diamond necklace; Ed
Jocham of Annville, won the trip to Rome, Italy; Ernie Stiegler of Orefield won a
screen television; and Betty Kerber of Allentown won a spa getaway package
Bear Creek. These wonderful prizes were just part of the full day of golf and great food.
The winning foursome scored 61 and included Joe Lennert, Caruso Benefits; Rich Kovacs, Kovacs
Benefits Group; Doug Leonzi, National Penn Investments Services; and
Burgess, KidsPeace. There were 144 golfers, but the raffle tickets were sold across the area. The awards dinner was great fun but became very touching when a KidsPeace Foster Care client addressed the group and told his story and warmed everyone's heart with his description of how KidsPeace had changed his life and helped him become the fine young man he is today.
Highmark Blue Shield was the tournament's premier sponsor, and event
title sponsors were PrintConcepts
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KidsPeace has opened a new Foster Care and Community Programs office in Durham, NC, and is inviting government officials, mental health care professionals, foster care providers and interested neighbors to attend an celebration of the opening and a special training on Thursday, July 29. The event will be held at the Homewood Suites by Hilton at 3600 Mt. Moriah Road, Durham, from 1 to 4 p.m.
State Manager Tom Culver
State Manager Tom Culver will present opening remarks and discuss how the new office will be serving the community and the many children in need of therapeutic foster care. He will also explain the process for becoming a KidsPeace foster parent and describe the extensive screening and training KidsPeace provides all foster parents in our programs. He will then introduce guest speaker, Dr. J. Eric Vance, chief psychiatric consultant to the New Hampshire Division of Juvenile Justice Services and former clinical consultant to the mental health office of the NC Department of Health and Human Services, who will present a training entitled, "Practical Applications of Resiliency Theory Treatment Foster Care and Intensive In-Home Services." Dr. Vance's program will assist anyone who provides assistance, support or services to at risk children and families by clearly describing the importance of developing resilience in children to improve their outcomes in foster care.
KidsPeace has Foster Care and Community Programs offices in Raleigh, Fayetteville and Aberdeen, NC, and across the country. The new office is located at 180 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Suite 112 in Durham and serves children from the counties of Durham, Person, Orange and Chatham.
For more information on the event and to register for the free training, please call 919-872-6447 or visit us on the web at www.fostercare.com or www.kidspeace.org.
KidsPeace is accepting team registrations for the 13th Annual KidsPeace Soccer Invitational until July 28. This wonderful family event will be held on August 21 and 22 at the Orchard Hills Campus of KidsPeace in Orefield, PA. The proceeds of the tournament will benefit www.TeenCentral.Net, the unique website developed by KidsPeace that allows teens to write anonymous posts about their problems and concerns and receive free online advise from Master's level counselors within 24 hours. The site also contains resources, news, celebrity profiles and solid information about domestic violence, obesity and smoking cessation.
The weekend will be filled with competitive soccer, and every team is guaranteed three games, more if they make the semi-finals and finals. Sponsors are still being welcomed to help defray the costs of the tournament. Please call Sheri Weber at 610-799-8071 for more information on how you or your organization can help sponsor this great community weekend. The tournament is free to the public, so neighbors and friends are invited to visit the KidsPeace campus to join in the fun.
"We also need volunteers to help with registration, marshaling, parking, food and souvenir sales, assisting visitors and setup and cleanup," said Operations Coordinator Jenelle Perich. To offer your assistance for part or all of the weekend, please contact Kelly Fritzinger at 610-799-8370 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
In addition to great competitive soccer, there will be a coaches clinic on Friday August 20 conducted by Fernando Carrizo, head coach of the Northwestern Lehigh High School team and assistant coach of the FC Sonics. The clinic is free to all participating coaches and for a small fee to coaches who will not have teams in the tournament. There will be camping on the grounds of KidsPeace for teams and their families, but there are also several area hotels that are close to the tournament and to Dorney Park.
During the weekend, the Verizon Street Team will be on campus as will Schuylkill Valley Sports, radio station personalities from B104 and representatives of WFMZ Channel 69 News. There will be something for everyone during the weekend and all to benefit a very important resource for teens in need of assistance.


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ESM415 - Problem Solving and Modelling in the Mathematics Classroom
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This unit will address theoretical and practical aspects of problem solving and mathematical modelling. Participants will be expected to access significant print and on-line national and international literature in the area, interact with video showing problem solving in classrooms across a range of year levels, engage in the process of attempting to solve non-routine problems, and reflect on the strategies they used and the solution paths they followed.
Topics include: the nature of mathematical problems and the problem solving process; problem posing and mathematical investigations; communicating mathematical explanations and proof; the concept of a mathematical model and the modelling process; applying the modelling process to real world problems; the role of problem solving and modelling in the school curriculum; organising classrooms for problem solving and modelling; and what constitutes a mathematically rich problem or situation for use in classrooms.
Emphasis will also be placed on classroom aspects of problem solving and modelling, including the need to actively involve students, the role of the teacher, evaluation and resources, including web-based resources for teachers and students.
Participants will prepare, trial and critically evaluate problem-solving activities for use with primary or secondary school students.
Portfolio 40% - Portfolio of problem solving and modelling tasks.
Essay 20% - Teaching and learning problem solving and modelling – an international perspective.
Report 30% - Reflective report on the development and teaching of a series of problem solving or modelling sessions.
Participation in CloudDeakin online discussions 10%
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Chattanooga at No. 7 Kansas
Allen Fieldhouse - Lawrence, Kan. - Nov. 15, 2012
- Chattanooga falls 63-49 at No. 7 Kansas...UTC is now 1-1, while the Jayhawks are 2-1.
- Jayhawks now lead the series 3-0...2-0 in Lawrence.
- Head Coach John Shulman is 133-128 in his ninth season...he is now 0-1 vs. Kansas.
- Mocs are 3-48 all-time against ranked opponents.
- The 36-28 halftime deficit was Kansas' largest at home to a non-conference opponent since 2005
- UTC's largest lead in the game was 12 in both halves...led 36-24 with 1:49 to go in the first half on a Farad Cobb three-pointer...went up 42-30 on a Z. Mason trey at 18:05.
- Chattanooga trailed 41-35 on the boards tonight with the Jayhawks grabbing 15 on the offensive glass...the two squads were even in second chance points, however, 7-7.
- The Jayhawks scored 24 points off 19 UTC turnovers.
- KU held a 36-12 margin on points in the paint.
Freshman Farad Cobb
- Season-high 21 points on 7-9 shooting, all from three-point range...1st 20-plus scoring night by a freshman since Josh Odem with 22 at Georgia Southern (1/6/10).
- Freshman record with his seven treys.
- Also tied for team-high honors with five rebounds.
Junior Z. Mason
- 13 points and five rebounds for the evening...6th career double-figure scoring night, 2nd of 2012-13.
- Shot 5-14 from the field, 2-6 3pt and 1-2 from the FT line.
- Also had two blocks tying Eric Robertson for team-high total.
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CRESTVIEW — City Clerk Betsy Roy has called a new city facilities rental fee schedule "simpler, easier and more fair across the board."
The fee schedule — which the city council unanimously approved April 22 — delineates rental charges for the Crestview Community Center, Warriors Hall in the Whitehurst Municipal Building, and the Old Spanish Trail Park amphitheater.
Though the rental schedule was simplified, eliminating per-hour charges, most fees increased. For example, the Community Center rental period expanded to four hours at $200 per event without food served, as opposed to the previous fee of $100 for two hours and $20 per additional hour.
As under the previous schedule, rentals for events at which food is served are slightly higher, with the Community Center now renting for $300 for four hours. Only catered food can be served at Warriors Hall, which lacks a kitchen.
Refundable deposits on all three facilities were standardized to $100 or $200 for events at which alcohol is served. Only non-profit organizations may sell alcohol on city property.
New city facility rental fees
The Crestview City Council's newly adopted fees are effective May 1. Rental applications are available at the city clerk's office in city hall.
Deposits:$100 per regular rental; $200 for events at which alcohol is served. Only non-profit organizations may serve alcohol.
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Old Spanish Trail Park and Twin Hills Park picnic pavilions and gazebos: $10 reservation fee
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The Rough Guide Snapshot to Kuala Lumpur is the ultimate travel guide to the Malaysian capital. It guides you through the city with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from the soaring Petronas Towers and the Golden Triangle to Chinatown and the historic colonial core. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the best trip possible, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. Also included is the Basics section from The Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around Kuala Lumpur, including transport, food, drink, costs, health, festivals and advice on culture and etiquette.
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Middleton Place will provide visitors with a very wooly experience on Saturday, May 11 when the resident sheep receive their annual shearing. The flock will be shorn between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., and interpreters will demonstrate shearing as it was done in the past using steel bladed hand shears. The event is free with Gardens and Stableyards admission.
For over two-and-a-half centuries, sheep have roamed freely on the Greensward at Middleton Place. The sheep and other livestock in the Plantation Stableyards are documented to have been present at Middleton Place in the 18th and 19th centuries, and today they serve as an integral part of the National Historic Landmark's educational programming. According to the Agricultural Census of 1850, 300 sheep could be found at Middleton Place.
The Gulf Coast breed, raised at Middleton Place, is believed to have developed from sheep the Spanish brought to what is now the southeastern U.S. in the 1500s. Shaped by natural selection, the Spanish sheep became well-adapted to the heat and humidity of the environment, and for centuries were the only sheep to be found in the Deep South, providing wool and meat for home and commercial production. The breed nearly went extinct in the 20th century because of its smaller size compared to modern varieties. A recent focus on sustainable agriculture and heritage breed husbandry, such as the programs at Middleton Place, caused a resurgence of Gulf Coast sheep and other rare historic breeds.
Each adult sheep can yield up to eight pounds of wool – a protein based fiber removed by shearing. The goal is to remove all the wool in one piece called the fleece. It is then cleaned of small sticks, burrs and straw and then washed with hot water to remove the lanolin, a fatty secretion. In the 19th century, lanolin was often left in the wool until after the spinning, a technique known as "spinning in the grease," so the fabric could repel water.
After the fleece is cleaned, it is carded or combed to straighten and align the fibers, and then spun into yarn using a spinning wheel. The yarn can then be woven, knitted or crocheted into fabric and finally used to make a garment. Middleton Place interpreters will also demonstrate carding and spinning, and take the wool from the sheep to the shawl.
The mission of the Middleton Place Foundation, a public non-profit educational trust, is to sustain the highest levels of preservation and interpretation for the Middleton Place National Historic Landmark, its Gardens, House, Plantation Stableyards and affiliated properties, such as the Edmondston-Alston House, and their collections and programs. Middleton Place and the Middleton Place Restaurant are located at 4300 Ashley River Road, Charleston, SC 29414. www.middletonplace.org
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The city did not have much selection in the way of nutritional places to eat. Mostly fast food and junk food. I will have to really cut down, when I return home to California where we have a lot more choices in foods that are nutritional. The weather was hot and humid and dusty. My allergies acted up. Not a place that I would wish to reside on a regular basis. I could not find a gym, but the family dollar stores and the low cost clothing establishments were a treat, and inexpensive compared to back home.
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Route 30 set for detour this weekStaff Report | December 16,2013Kevin OConnor / STAFF Photo
A sign on the Brattleboro common warns of a coming detour of nearby Route 30 this Wednesday and Thursday.BRATTLEBORO Route 30 drivers will face a major detour at the roads southeastern starting point this week.
Crews are set to divert traffic onto side streets Wednesday and Thursday as they work to remove two 1,000-foot Interstate 91 bridges overhead.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation is spending $59.5 million (the federal government is paying 90 percent and the state the remaining 10 percent) to replace four bridges between Interstate exits 2 and 3.
Interstate motorists driving north or south through Brattleboro have to slow down with the closing of passing lanes during construction, which is set to continue through the summer of 2016.
Underneath the two largest bridges, Route 30 travelers have found the speed limit reduced to 40 mph, with workers periodically limiting traffic there to a single lane.
Contractors are scheduled to close the road below the spans starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday and reopen it at 8 a.m. Friday.
The state also expects construction to periodically slow or stop traffic on the nearby Upper Dummerston Road, West River hiking and biking trail and parts of the waterway itself.
Workers broke ground on Interstate 91 at Vermonts southern border in 1957 and finished the last link a stretch from St. Johnsbury to the New Hampshire border in 1982. Since then, traffic and road salt have especially taken their toll in Brattleboro, whose highway link is the oldest and most outdated.
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Phoenix school hoping gift cards bring in funds
PHOENIX -- For those planning to give gift cards this holiday season, there's a way to help a Phoenix school at the same time.
The Parent-Teacher Organization at Phoenix Lookout Mountain Elementary School is hoping its gift cards will help stuff lots of stockings.
PTO president Sue Diaz said the school wants to sell about $2,000 worth of cards being offered for use at local businesses.
"One would be Moon Valley Grill," said Diaz. "Others would be for Foot Locker, CVS and a restaurant called Scramble."
The list includes Walmart, Sears, Radio Shack, Buca Di Beppo, Albertsons, Papa John's, Ross, TGI Friday's and Chevron, among others.
Diaz said they're available in a variety of amounts.
"Some we have for $10, such as BathWorks," she said. "There are usually $10, $25, and $50 cards that we have for sale."
Diaz said proceeds from the sales will go to "enhancing the educational experience for Lookout Mountain students."
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ACI's Fourth Annual European Base Oils & Lubricants Summit will be taking place on 19-20 September this year in Prague, Czech Republic. Attracting over 180 attendees in 2011 the event has grown to become a key date in the European lubricants and base oils diary.
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If you can remember as far back as March, Todd announced a baseball contest both here on spawn.com and on his MLB radio show. In short, Todd challenged baseball fans to beat his predictions for each division in the Major League Baseball 2003 season. For a more detailed overview of the contest, check out the original story here.
Though entry to the contest ended months ago, a ton of baseball fans entered the quest to try and beat Todd's picks. McFarlane takes this business pretty seriously and offered a prize of all the regular baseball series action figures released in 2003 to the person who could beat him (in the case of multiple winners, a random drawing will be held to determine who takes home the figures).
Based on the position of all teams in the league as of July 30, Todd was sitting at -24; a perfect score in this game would be zero.
His score isn't exactly what he'd hoped a little more than midway through the season, but the season is a long one. Still, the door is open for someone to score a substantial prize.
If you'd like to calculate your own contest entry, we used the chart available at http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/standings/index.jsp. Pick the date of July 30 and see how you're doing against Todd's picks. Good luck. Winner announced at the end of the season.


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I am currently 31 weeks pregnant. At 28 weeks, my 24 hour urine test came back at 435. My doctor sent me to the hospital to be on bedrest and to do bloodwork and retest my urine. My blood work all came back normal. I was given 2 rounds of steriods. After a week on bed rest, my urine was retested and came back around 290. I was sent home on bed rest. Three days later, I had a BPP ultrasound and regular office visit. The dipstick test in the office showed trace amounts of protein. I did another 24 hour urine test at home and the results came back around 350. My doctor has now sent me back to the hospital on bed rest.
I have not had any issues with my blood pressure. Most of the time it is around 116/60, occasionally 125/80. Last night it was 130/86. I have not had headaches, swelling, blurry vision, etc. I asked my doctor this morning when we will be retesting everything. She said that we will do blood work and BPPs every week. I then asked about the urine testing, since that was the reason I was there, and she said it all depends on my blood pressure. She said to plan on being in the hospital on bed rest indefinitely.
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I can honestly say i've never been this confused by an MMO. And i don't mean actually confused, im not a bumpkin, i mean confused by design decisions, etc. Too many things just felt like they were change for the sake of change, and not because they actually came up with a better method.
For example. The whole "we got rid of trinity" thing. OK, we've well established lots of people hate Trinity, and i'm fine with getting rid of it IF you have something better to replace it with. Or at least equal. In this case, the replacement is far FAR FAR FAR FAR stupider. The whole grouping dynamic in this game is just quirky and retarded and doesn't work for shit. Its like replacing a steering wheel with an acceleration/brake lever and a joystick for steering. Can it work? yes, is it better than a steering wheel and brake/gas pedals. Not by a long shot. I did story mode Arah with a surprisingly competent pug last night, and i was ready to start punching kittens by the time i was halfway through it.
Second thing. I'm tired of being constantly on the verge of being broke. This game has been a lesson in frustration on the aspect of money. Everything in the game is designed to nickle and dime you to hell and back, and frankly its bullshit. Repair costs, especially once you hit 80 and have rare or better armor, are through the friggin roof. Transport costs are even more bullshit. Let me give a point of reference. Doing a level 80 event in one of the high end zones nets you something on the order of 1.75s. In my current setup 1 death costs me 1s34c. One port in the very same zone, if im super close to the node is about 1.5s but sometimes close to 2s. Lets say i wanna go back to a city for some reason. 3s24c.
Now, you say, "oh well sell your blues and loot and crafting mats and you'll be fine!" Well, thats partially true except the botters which are utterly rampant now, have saturated the market so much that things which you rarely see, like say orichalcum nodes, are basically worthless now. 2 weeks ago you would have netted 7-10s, now, its more like 1-2s for 3 orichalcum ores. The game literally punishes you, or at least makes you feel like your being punished for trying to push harder and try more difficult stuff. IMO its actually worse than a heavy XP penalty (and im an EQ vet so i know full well what im saying right now). I would rather lose 1/5 of a level's worth of XP every death than have to spend 4-5s per death.
Other things. I'm actually a fairly intelligent guy, and i have mucho experience in MMO's as i've been playing them extensively for the last 13 years. I've never had an MMO that had so much random stupid shit that you pretty much can't figure out without extensive googling. Mystic Forge recipes for weapons, etc? Ha. I'm guessing the only reason people even had a slight idea what to do with it is because of GW1 players? Anyways.
Whats by FAR the most frustrating thing about the whole game is the fact that they did so much of it SO BRILLIANTLY. The world is fucking AMAZING. One of the coolest places i've ever set foot into as far as MMOs go. The combat is smooth and fluid (although i could go for a bit more complexity). The number of different armor sets once you hit 80 is awesome. The character models are great. Etc. I love that there are multiple massive cities instead of one major city where everyone congregates. I love that you have pretty much seperate leveling paths for every race. The heart system is pretty cool, makes things feel less restrictive than the whole questing hub thing. I love that crafting actually rewards you with a non-trivial amount of XP, though again i could go for a much longer leveling time.
Anyways, i just can't bring myself to give a shit anymore. I log and i don't actually feel like im progressing anything, and to me, thats what the point of an MMO is. I've hit max level, so i cant progress levels. Dungeon gear is the same stats as what im wearing so i just get some cool looking armor from it. And i can't go make money because there is no viable way to do it. Whether thats by design or just a result of botters fucking the game up, i dont know.
Either way all i can be is happy as hell that storm legion is coming out soon.
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Pro tip:
Orr is not solo friendly.
If you dying anywhere else well..
Now I'm waiting for the posts stating GW2 PvE is easy, waypoints make the world so small ans the game hand held you at every step.
And it is not botters - it is the difference between a TP of about 2 million vs a trade post of tens of thousands.
On the plus side equipment is cheap.
And going to a city is free. Returning not so much.
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Yet another post completely hampered by misinformation.
ArenaNet never said they were getting rid of the trinity, only the hard-set roles of the "Holy Trinity". The trinity still exists and is a must for a group to be successful in running dungeons. The groups that are not using the trinity are the ones that are having the most problems. I posted these tips in another thread and I think I will start posting them in all "GW2 got rid of the trinity and I don't like it threads".
Not sure about the next point, I couldn't get past the frist one without replying.
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Originally posted by Gaia_Hunter
Orr is not solo friendly because the whole zone is littered with risen and respawn rates are crazy. Anet alreay said that they are looking into this. For me difficulty is in encounter iteself and not how many risen you can sprinkle like salt on the maps.
However, no matter how broken or buggy ORR is, it is still my favorite zone. Even though i have been reading on official forums that a lot of players hate ORR because of mob density.
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Originally posted by SteeJanz
what the hell?
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Originally posted by kluu
I laughed out loud to your response.
The game definitely has starch defenders, I will say that.
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Originally posted by Gaia_Hunter
You would have a valid point except that your SOLO storyline quest makes you travel through supposedly not intended for solo areas. Personally i call bullshit, i think they just screwed the pooch.
As for GW2 PVE, it is easy. There is a difference between cheap and difficult. Putting 9 million mobs in a zone and having them respawn 5 seconds after you kill them is cheap. Hvaing little stalk things scattered around that fire a 1000 round per minute barrage of projectiles that kill you in under 1 second, is cheap. i could go on but you get my point. Or you dont, whatever /shrug
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GW2 is pretty much a single player game, converted into an MMO. Everyone, every player is pretty much anonymous, outside of the people you see directly in front of you, or the folks in a localized chat window. Even then with the people in front of you, it's impossible to inspect their gear or achievements.
It just lacks the social elements of other games .. /who command? inspect upgrade choices? .. for instance.
It's OK just to log into once in a while because it's B2P (and P2P would have been the death of this game). But everything is focused around the individual player, and not other players. Why would I care if I get a legendary armor set? Who would notice?
As for the removal of the trinity, that might be OK for a light casual game, but not for an RPG. Everyone has the same cookie cutter class .. everyone can tank, heal, and dps .. yay? There is no importance to any role any longer .. nobody feels important in the end, they are just "another" player.
I feel for you too, because I also see GW2 as having an amazing graphics engine with core ideas that are simply the best. I only wish I felt more a part of the GW2 world whenever I log in. As it is, nobody knows I exist, and it's a lonely experience, even if I'm in a guild. Do they even notice
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Originally posted by kluu
Hahaa..exactly my thoughts after reading thtat un necessary long winded reply.
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Originally posted by Karteli
Nah, GW2 is the Lorena Bobbitt of MMOs. It lops off your ePeen and leaves it flopping on the floor like a goldfish after you knock the fishbowl over. There's no need for gear-checking and other trivialities that denigrate the game into a competition over whose guppy is bigger than whose.
The fact that you're still thinking about roles demonstrates that you haven't been able to understand the combat system. You need to think about it differently than a trinity based game. Each skill has various aspects of damage, control and support tied to them and you need to use the right skills for the right situations rather than try and pigeonhole yourself into a set role. Balance and versatility will do you wonders.
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Originally posted by grimal
Maybe I should apologize for not being specific enough. It may not have worked to get my point across. I guess I give people too much credit for what they claim to know about. I posted the tips because the complaint about no trinity is basically based around the dungeons and how choatic they are and that it is false to say that GW2 lacks the trinity. The truth is, that it is incorrect. I can say for certain that if you don't heal, do dps, or control (Trinity) you will not only not be able to complete a dungeon, you will not be able to get past the first mob. You must do all three in GW2 just like in other trinity based games. GW2 is a trinity based games. The truth is that people are confusing the "Trinity" with the "Holy Trinity" or hard-set roles. If you are going to make an arguement about a game being bad, then it should be based in fact. You should be able to get your message across on factual information and not hope everyone "knows what you mean."
I thought that my points did a good job in introducing people to the fact that people are stuggling with dungeons because they are not applying the core rules they apply to the holy trinity. For example, people expect the healers not to heal in tank gear. People expect the healer to bring heal skills. People put together trinity based groups in Holy Trinity runs but expect to walk into GW2 dungeons (a trinity based game, heal, dps, control) without any rules. It is false and ArenaNet never said it would be possible. Players follow rules when the run the holy trinity yet expect their to be none for a soft trinity game? Why? As I made in my points, if you did the same thing in a Holy trinity based game, you would get the same results.
The "The fanboy defenders won't let you talk about criticisms of their game" is most over used response on this site and itshow cases the fact that people have nothing to provide to the conversation. I don't care if you play GW2 or not. i would prefer you play what ever honks your hooter. I was merely replying to misinformation.
What the OP should have said is that hey doenst like games without the hard-set roles of the holy trinity. To say that GW2 lacks heals, DPS, and control (tank), is wrong.
Now if either or you have some disagreements to some of the points or don't understand what I was trying to say, just ask and we can discuss.
Originally posted by SteeJanz
God, its like reading a pamphlet. And no pictures... Forget that.
tl;dr learn to play. Absense of trinity is a myth.
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Dont like it dont play it ?
I remember Warhammer / Aion / SWTOR and even WoW in 2004 that was in a much worse state then GW2 now walking a month old.
Give Anet time to smooth out the bumbs and improve stuff people have problems with.
For tme thats a clear indication that they still care ALOT about the game even when they have your money.
But no1 can make you love a game if you dont like it bro :)
I have some complaints also like WvW and free transfers, people jumping the bandwagon to servers that do well in pvp making it a endless long queue.
making money in WvW is damn hard to ^^
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Originally posted by Karteli
This pretty much sums up how I feel.
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Originally posted by Hrimnir
Mobs are harder as well and have better skills.
AI Mobs always get to the point they are piss easy, they have a trick or they have big stats. No way around it.
Stil, 3 or 4 people have a much interesting experience - that is what I've been doing with guildies.
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Originally posted by Karteli
this is GW2 indeed. nicely said
Originally posted by SteeJanz
Lol, first point: so basically if you don't do any of these 3 things... your standing there doing nothing then? Not much else to do besides those 3 things, so I can imagine why you can't get through the first mobs of the dungeon.
I don't know if you can really call it a "heal, dps and control" trinity. dps and control fit, healing does not. Support I'd argue for, but even that is more or less not entirely necessary. Saying that a class is a support because it brings buffs isn't entirely true. Saying a person is a control since he has an interrupt/stun/knockdown in his bar that he uses occassionally, isn't entirely a control class. People are basically a mixup of all 3 things, or at least can be, not set to that specific role. If you only do one, then your not playing your class effectively.
And I have run many instances (including explorer) where these roles had no real bearing. I have never said nor has anyone really taken upon themselves to play only one specific role. Sometimes we have no roles at all and can still take down the dungeon. Control is a hard to master role for most. And saying that someone MUST be that role, is like saying that someone must always take the damage. Well of course people are going to take damage, but that doesn't mean that they are a control class. They aren't taking upon themselves to tank the boss, they are just trying to keep themselves alive. It's not a role, unless you specifically roll only tanking and cc abilities.
GW2 is a very soft trinity, but there are not specific roles that certain classes must abide to. Its bogus to say that a class must follow a certain role and that the group must abide to these roles exclussively. That will make the dungeon seem worse than it is. You don't play a specific role, you play them all. Thats what GW2 gave to you. If you want to force roles on people, then it's going to take the game back to every other MMO, where individuality is shunned and the only thing your going to be asking for all day is for "a control warrior or guardian". If everyone can properly play every "role" rather than only doing one, your group will work out 10x better than the latter.
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Well I feel like GW2 is just pretty..... "casual"? I mean its a great freaking game, no doubt. But I just don't feel enough "progression"? I just don't feel like the shit I do matters AT ALL.
I just, I don't know. The game is great, but no more. It kind of feels like there's just so much you can achieve and that just doesn't seem to be enough for me. And I agree with a lot of the points the OP made.
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The combat and the lack of trinity system is really a love it or hate it kind of thing. Some people get it, some don't. I find that you get to see this system at its best in explorable dungeons with a group that is actually willing to cooperate with each other (which is how I spend most of my time in game currently). However, with these kind of things its hard to argue about. They do a lot of unconventional things in this game, but to me everything seems OK and adaptable, but thats probably b/c i've been playing anything that resembles an mmo for the past 10 years.
It sucks that you ended up not liking in the end even though you kept at it for the past month. If its any consolation, i've always known arenanet to be very creative and diligent about getting you to like their game. I actually didnt like GW1 when it first came out, thought it was boring and when the 2nd expansion came out i thought that it was a fast cash grab and all the new stuff they added would ruin the game balance and everything would go to hell. however, i discovered that they were spot on with the new features and i liked the game even more. this trend continued for the remaining expansions until gw2. so now its just best to move on to your other mmo's for the time being and keep your hopes up. When you come back all your characters will be in tact, no pressure, no subscription fee, and a whole ton of things will have changed-maybe this time to your liking.
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Posted 15 January 2013 - 04:51 PM
For those who can't, don't or won't drive, there are varying levels of public transport.
For those who can't, won't or don't want that, then yes the choice is getting less and less. Town centre rents and business rates too high? lack of free parking?
Round here, they run weekly coach trips to the shopping flesh-pots of Lincoln and Sheffield.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 04:51 PM
As generations pass, that part of the population will almost certainly drop to a very small number. There'll always be some, for whatever reason, but there won't be enough for any business to see them as a significant factor.
In the future I quite agree, but I don't think we are at that stage yet.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 04:52 PM
Obviously it's where people spend their cash that decides who survives and who goes under but what you describe as 'HMV's inflated prices' were a result of their practice of undercutting small retailers who couldn't compete and went out of business as a result, leaving the way clear for HMV to inflate those prices and increase their profit margins. I appreciate that' it's just business and the market evolves continually but I'm not sorry to see the biter bit.
I don't think any large shops kill off smaller ones. It's us customers that do that. If we don't want to go any pay HMV's inflated prices, we won't.
People can sneer and call others sheep, but ultimately, if I can get a game or DVD or CD for quite a lot cheaper online, and have it delivered directly to my door, then that's what I'll do.
I'll try and support independent shops wherever I can, but only if they can offer me a decent service at a reasonable price.
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Posted 15 January 2013 - 04:53 PM
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Posted 15 January 2013 - 04:58 PM
Obviously it's where people spend their cash that decides who survives and who goes under but what you describe as 'HMV's inflated prices' were a result of their practice of undercutting small retailers who couldn't compete and went out of business as a result, leaving the way clear for HMV to inflate those prices and increase their profit margins. I appreciate that' it's just business and the market evolves continually but I'm not sorry to see the biter bit.
1. Not sorry to see HMV go either. A retail bomb-site!( for their staff. it might even be blessed relief!! If...)
2. Not entirely convinced that small retailers can't compete. If they are as good (bad) as the HMV management, then maybe, but as in al competitive situations, they need to embrace change and use their smallness to be innovative and quick to adapt.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 04:58 PM
I imagine we might see more and more people returning to town and city centres to live. Not a bad thing IMO, many of them are like ghost towns once the shops close.
But maybe the old High Street is no longer required. That may be sad, but what's the point of keeping things alive for nostalgiac reasons.
I don't like the make-up of town centres now with so many cheap and nasty shops, but I wonder if over time we will see more town centre homes with smaller high streets. I don't see that as a bad thing.
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Posted 15 January 2013 - 05:30 PM
Posted 15 January 2013 - 05:33 PM
Plus at my age all the stuff I want (Motown and Soul) comes very cheap from Tesco on compilation dvds. One of the advantages of getting old maybe .
Re the voucher situation I listened to an interesting piece on Radio 4 (another example of old age LOL) when Comet closed and the financial expert on there was telling people NEVER to give vouchers as presents. He said cash is the only guaranteed redeemable.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 05:50 PM
Whilst there are many similarities between the Jessops and HMV situations, I'd suggest there are differences in their respective markets. Some items, such as expensive cameras, clothes, etc, people often like to touch, try on, etc before purchasing. In such cases, whilst high street stores need to be competitive price wise, I'd suggest it is not always the only issue. Good service also matters here, which is why people will often be prepared to pay a small premium to buy somewhere that they get good technical advice and service rather than online.
Other products, such as CDs/DVDs/books etc are probably very price sensitive on the whole, as people simply want the lowest price. Spending £1k on a camera, you probably want to talk the purchase over with someone who knows the product. Spending a £10 on a DVD, you don't.
HMV suffered due to being unable to compete on price, even if the price difference was small.
Jessops suffered by trying to get customers in store with competitive prices for their cameras, then fleece them by charging way over the odds for accessories, such as the £40 they wanted to charge me for the memory card I bought online for £11 when I'd just spent £400+ on a camera from them.
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Posted 15 January 2013 - 05:51 PM
There will always be alternatives, and I partly expect that with the demise of HMV, we will see more successful independents as they can perhaps get better terms themselves.
What about those without access to the internet? There must be millions of people who have never, and will never shop on-line.
It's not only the internet which is competing with the likes of HMV, as has been suggested, supermarkets are a major competitor.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 07:22 PM
Posted 15 January 2013 - 08:26 PM
Do you live in Sintellins then?
We may all end up with a high street like mine, almost totally made up of establishments offering the multitudinous delights of payday loans, crispy fried gristle, bookies, pound shops and a lot of former independent family-run shops (with now-permanently closed shutters).
Posted 15 January 2013 - 08:40 PM
Not necessarily.
As generations pass, that part of the population will almost certainly drop to a very small number. There'll always be some, for whatever reason, but there won't be enough for any business to see them as a significant factor.
There are some things that are bucking the technology trend. For example, calendars. Paper calendars are as popular as ever, in spite of the various electronic alternatives. Also, there hasn't been a massive change in the popularity of physical Christmas greeting cards. You'd think that by now both of these 'old fashioned' retail items would be dead and buried. Apparently not. On a slightly different point, there has been a steady though very small rise in the interest in vinyl records. Here in Sintellins, known for its pound shops, betting shops and general crud as one retailer after another closes down, there is a thriving little vinyl record store. Whodathunk it? My parents have just bought a brand new VHS player/recorder. Granted, it's integrated with a DVD player but there are still enough VHS tapes around for Panasonic to consider it worthwhile producing the VHS element to the player/recorder.
It may be as you suggest and over time most shopping will be done over the Internet. However, just as according to an article I read in the paper today it would appear that the number of UK Facebook users is now flatlining, so it may be that the number of Internet shoppers will also flatline at some point in the future. A third possibility is that at some point in the future Internet shopping may start to become unpopular when people realise that they are becoming disconnected with others by spending most of their lives in front of a monitor on their saddo selves in their bedrooms/living rooms when there is a wide world out there, a coffee to be had, some books to leaf through or some clothes to try on preferably in the company of some good friends.
Or maybe not, as the shops all may be gone by then!
*Dystopia rules*
Edited by Saintslass, 15 January 2013 - 08:41 PM.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 09:19 PM
Posted 15 January 2013 - 09:30 PM
Facebook is flatlining because people are realsing that it is a fatuous waste of time. Physical media is dieing if not dead.Downloads will be next as things like spotify take over.There is no going back to vhs.Retro vinyl is a tiny market even though growing will still be tiny. The high street is dying. Some quaint places such as Totnes will still have lots of indies but as fuel prices and car park costs continue to rise, so will on line shopping. Welcome to the 21st C. Just imagine the 22nd C
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Posted 15 January 2013 - 10:02 PM
Posted 15 January 2013 - 10:29 PM
52 million use Facebook in the UK apparently; one million fewer than the biggest user, the US. What's our population now? 67 million? That's a fair few foetuses!
Facebook is flatlining because short of signing up ancestors and foetuses there's not much way it can do anything else.
The UK Facebook user number will include me because I'm registered. But I only ever go on there to read the Saints page. That's it. I wonder if there are many like me who don't actually use it at all but simply view it as just another webpage really.
Edited by Saintslass, 15 January 2013 - 10:30 PM.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 10:59 PM
Why actually spend an hour in Tesco's when it can be delivered to your door at a time you request. (with added horsemeat...)
Edited by Bedford Roughyed, 15 January 2013 - 11:01 PM.
Posted 16 January 2013 - 06:20 AM
Unless there is a big raising of standards in that area anyway .
Posted 16 January 2013 - 07:00 AM
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As Yahoo! Mail approaches its 10-year anniversary, I'm the lucky one who gets to announce that we will begin offering everyone unlimited email storage starting in May 2007. To mark the occasion, I checked in with David Nakayama, our group vice president of engineering, for some perspective on this milestone. In case that name doesn't ring a bell, he's the developer of RocketMail, one of the world's first webmail products, which Yahoo! acquired and relaunched as Yahoo! Mail in 1997.Dave reminisced: "I remember getting in a room to plan our RocketMail launch over a decade ago and worrying that our original plan of a 2MB quota wasn't enough, and that we needed to be radical and DOUBLE the storage to 4MB per account! It's ironic that I routinely send and receive individual mail attachments bigger than that now. Our total capacity for mail accounts back then was 200GB for all of our customers. At Yahoo!, we're now receiving more inbound mail than that every 10 minutes."
When Yahoo! Mail launched 10 years ago, users got a whopping 4MB of storage for their entire mailbox. Today, you would fill that up with a single picture from your weekend.
This got me thinking about how the storage capacity of other popular technology products has changed. A quick snapshot:
1997: Yahoo! Mail launches with 4MB of storage
- SanDisk introduces 2MB flash card for the Canon PowerShot.
- Compaq announces "high capacity memory upgrades" in four capacities, including 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128MB capacities.
- Caleb introduces the Ultra High Density floppy disk drive that stores up to 144MB on a single disk.
- The first iPod is still a gleam in someone's eye. It's not introduced until 2001 and comes with 5GB of storage.
2004/2005: Yahoo! Mail upgrades in 2004 to 100MB of storage, followed by a jump to 1GB in 2005
- Olympus upgrades to 1GB flash memory card.
- HP announces 160GB storage upgrade for its Media Center PCs.
- Corsair in 2005 announces a USB flash drive with 4GB of storage.
- Apple announces the Fifth Generation iPod with 30GB capacity.
2007: Yahoo! Mail announces unlimited email storage
- SanDisk launches 8GB flash card for photo storage.
- Alienware introduces a desktop computer with 1 terabyte of storage.
- Apple currently ships the newest 80GB iPod, launched in 2006 and holds up to 100 hours of video.
We're psyched to be breaking new ground in the digital storage frontier by giving our users the freedom to never worry about deleting old messages again. And, like any responsible webmail service, we have anti-abuse limits in place to protect our users. BTW: As much as we'd like to just flip a switch and "unlimit" everyone on the same day, we'll be rolling this out over a few months to facilitate a smooth transition — we know there's virtually nothing more precious than your inbox.
We hope we're setting a precedent for the future. Someday, can you imagine a hard drive that you can never fill? Never having to empty your photo card on your camera to get space back? Enough storage to fit the world's music, and then some, on your iPod? Sounds like a future without limits.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Each week, the Moultrie News and Mount Pleasant Recreation Department will feature one local lacrosse athlete participating in the department. Devin Atkins, 10, plays defender for the U11 Rockets.
Question: Who is your favorite lacrosse team?
Answer: North Carolina Tar Heels.
Q: If you could visit any city or country, where would you go?
A: Anchorage, Alaska.
Q: What is the best moment in your athletic career?
A: Being on the travel all-stars team two years in a row.
Q: What is your favorite Mount Pleasant restaurant?
A: East Bay Deli.
Q: If you could be anyone for a day, who would you be?
A: Mike Ditka.
Q: What is the best advice you have gotten from a coach?
A: Someone is going to lose, and it's not going to be us.
Q: What do you look forward to the most about being an adult?
A: Being a pro lacrosse or football player or a veterinarian.
Q: What do you think is the most difficult and most fun position to play in lacrosse?
A: Difficult – defense; fun – midfield.
Q: What is your favorite movie and television show?
A: "The Hunger Games" and "Top Gear."
Q: If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you choose?
A: Abe Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Paine.
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