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Knowing this guy - there is WAY more to this story than is being reported or was told to the police.
First of All - no blame is being placed although I think we can all guess what happened.
I coach two high school sports, one in the fall and one in the spring. So I am around my own high school campus on practice days and around MANY other high school campuses on away games.
I see the distracted, radio blaring, kids hanging out windows, using phones, texting, yelling, screaming, standing, folling around etc at EVERY CAMPUS I GO TOO. It could be Gettysburg, CD, CD East, CV, Hershey, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Palmyra, Trinity, Camp Hill, Mechchanicsburg,etc.
This nonsense goes on everywhere. And probably every one of these kids has been talked too 50 times by parents, teachers, whoever. 99% of teenagers think they are invincable. I'm lucky, the wreck I got in when I was 17 didn't hurt or kill anyone, just some car damage. I was lucky, as our most. But the luck runs out for some as we all know. SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION TEENAGE DRIVERS (And everyone else too)
My mistake - Felton only got 3 to 12 months !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Search his name under the article search ... here is a brief excerpt.
man whom prosecutors linked to three shootings in Cumberland County from 2008 to 2009 was sentenced to county prison Tuesday.
Darnell Felton, 24, was sentenced to three to 12 months behind bars by Judge Kevin Hess for attempted involuntary manslaughter.
This is what is wrong with the justice system. some guy named Darnell Felton in Carlisle - shot, actually shot a guy in the leg and took a shot an another.... he got about the same sentence - 2 years. When you actually pull a gun and shoot at another human being - it is called attempted murder - but no he was charged with terroristic threats or discharging a fire arm....look it up - he got about the same time. Violent criminal vs. harmless phone weirdo.... same sentence.
Now tell me what is wrong with this picture.
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Retirement Plan - Teachers contribute 7.5% of their salary to their own retirement. They have done this through good times and bad. Their employer, the school district and state also contribute, I don't see anything worng with that. However, in the good times when investments did well, the school districts and state decided they would contribute little or nothing..... that is the problem.
If companies did that the lawmakers would have a cow about "underfunding" but it was ok for them to do that.... teachers contributed their share throughout.
My wife is a teacher - she contributes about 20% of the cost of health care. Certainly not "nothing"
It is surely less than some private companies, but it is surely more than some as well.
I know of at least 5 teachers forced out over last couple years at district she works in. And they were NOT 1st or 2nd year teachers, they had tenure....they are GONE..... let go.....terminated.
As for the donations - yes they surely do that....as 4758 other lobbies do.
When the the last time you heard about labs attacking anyone??????????????????
This guy needs to be in a mental institution....this is about his 5th offense...maybe more....he's in the paper constantly..
The headline is mis-leading too.........this guy had nothing to do with East Pennsboro School District or Township but the headline implies that he did.
Isn't that the truth. Aren't like 95+% of abductions of children done by close relatives.
Fill us in on your big Coup....which "local bank took tarp money"
As for me, I've had bank accounts since 1962 and ATM/MAC card since about 1981.... I HAVE NEVER PAID ONE FEE TO A BANK IN MY LIFE.
NONE.................. If you play it right you shouldn't have a fee.
I have paid for checks once in awhile.
now which is it libsuck.... 9 month job or 8 month job.
What a blowhard.
250-270 days?
Let's realistically look at this.
365-104 (Sat & Sun or other days if you work weekends)
= 261 - 10 Holidays (xmas, thanksgiving, NY etc) which most co's have
= 251 - at least 10 vacation days most companies employing people in professional positions get 2 weeks right off the bat and maybe more
241 - a personal day or two...which most companies still give
down to 238/239
I agree with you that teachers only work about 200 days a year, that is true. But it is also true that professionals in established business which is who a teacher should be compared too, accountants, managers, etc don't work 270 days a year either.
All the old comments about "3 months off in the summer" is just not true. School ends around June 10th, teachers start back up around Aug 24/25/26 in that range..... plus many must take seminars etc over the summer...I know my brother in law has 5 or 6 days he MUST work over the summer for training... so teachers really have about 8 weeks or 2 months off in the summer, not 3.
One other thing someone else said -"they can make extra money coaching or other stuff" Sure they can, my brother in law is a coach for a minor sport. He gets 1600.00 for the season. That includes 6 hours a day for 2 weeks in the preseason in august before school starts.
Getting home from away games at 8pm at night. 2-3 a week in the summer for "open Play Gyms" plus 2-2.5 hours a day regular practice, plus 2-3 hours on a saturday morning, it ends up being about 5-6 an hour if that. Just pointing out some facts.
As a called yesterday, he'd show up, coming off a 3 day weed fest.
One of these times though, it will be like "boy who cried wolf" they are going to find him in a ditch out along Route 34.........or worse.....dumped along some road in southern VA. or North Carolina....dead.
This clown has run away and been in the Carlisle paper numerous times in the past...at least 3 others.
He'll show up today, coming off a 3 day drunk/weed fest.
He could have probably played the "I'm sick, I am addicted to gambling" card and got off with suspended sentence or probation and start paying restitution...but now....he is going to jail....he should be in jail now...... Wonder how much he has stolen from St. Patricks church where he REGULARLY was one of the guys collecting the offering?!?!?!?!?
put him in county jail and lets see him out collecting trash along the highway making .65 an hour toward his restitution. He is a bum.
The company that hired him in a financial position after his previous arrest should be up for DUMBO BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD.
Sounds like a possible Insurance Scam to me....like someone said, sell stuff off the books, pocket cash, claim theft....get ins money.
Tom Druce Showed Us the Way.
If you hit someone, run like hell................ they can't get him for DUI now if that was the case........ but appears the drunk was the guy who wandered onto a highway, some poor guy or girl who just happened to be driving at that second hits them, what a shame. they should have stopped though. Now it will be worse for them.
Ditto Effciency........ more important it will eliminate the nonsense that has been going on in South Middleton for a few years, and more recently North Middleton and Mt. Holly where residents had to fill out TWO LOCAL returns....one to Capital for 1.1% and one to "Centax" for .5%....it was pure nonsense. Centax is an absolute joke. Anyone who is owed small refunds from them, you can probably forget it for this year and next year..... since they didn't get the contract they'll just bail out of town............. true story...last year on their website they gave one address to mail returns, on the return itself another, when you called them depending upon who you talked to they'd give you a 3rd or even 4th different address, and the stickers that came with the return had a 5th address..........this year they waited weeks and weeks to send out North Middleton residents returns. Total run around when calling, they have NO clue. I do about 45 peoples returns and they are clearly the biggest buffoons I have ever dealt with. Capital isn't all that bad even though some places dropped them.
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We stop in all the time and it doesn't matter what you order. Pasta, burgers, great steaks, chops, etc for under 15 bucks. Nice portions and well prepared food at a great price. Can't understand what happened with the last review except everyone has an off night.
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What a lousy meal we just had. We've been here several times and always thought the food (while not outstanding) was pretty good value for the money. Tonight, our waitress basically ignored us after we sat down. We had to ask for water and napkins three times. The third time we asked for napkins, apps had already been brought. We ordered a hangar steak, medium. It was completely overdone... and since it took a long time to come and the server never came back to ask how things were, we just ate it anyway. We called her over to mention it she listened with the same pleasant, bland expression she'd seated us with. Finally she sent the manager over, who was as unconcerned as the server. No one said, "I'm sorry." No one offered to make it right (free glass of wine? complimentary dessert? Something??) or hope we'd come back. So we won't. Too bad. We used to really like them. We'll still go to the one on 86th St. and the one on 111th St.
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My fiance was craving a big fat juicy burger and that's exactly what he got here. Nicely decorated small restaurant. I got the NY steak and it was perfect! They can easily charge everything on the menu x2. Calamari salad was good too. I am going back for sure after my wedding to finish the steak and try their cakes!
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We have been frequenting Ottomanellis since we moved to the area about 18 months ago. Consistently great food and service. Large portions enough for 2 people, and the best tiramisu.
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I decided to order a burger and fries from Ottomanelli bro's after reading rave reviews on menu pages. I would have to say these reviews were pretty accurate. The burger was good but not awesome and the fries were great. For only $7.70 (including tax and delivery) you can't go wrong with burger and fries!

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Until Bo mentioned what he does for live play, I wasn't going to mention it.... but I've played a 16x20 for about 12 years now, and never put a hole in the front, despite the sound guys' insistence at gigs (in-joke there...) With the new Kickport getting rave reviews, I've been very tempted, but I still haven't heard a kick with a hole in the front head that I like as well as I like mine without.
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Any time there is melting snow or after a rain and the temperature drops below freezing, there is a chance of black ice, especially on overpasses. The fact that these conditions existed and this guy lost control is proof that he was "going too fast for the road conditions"... even if that was only a few miles per hour. If he wasn't going too fast, he would not have lost control on the black ice. No matter how you look at it, it was his responsibility to understand the weather conditions and his decision to take the risk. We all do it, even if we underestimate the risk, but we decide to take the risk. Would this have been different if it was a blizzard? Will everyone who crashes during a rain storm or snow storm sue now? How much will the state have to pay now to ensure the roads are ALWAYS sanded? As if CT taxes aren't outragous already!
As was said previously, people go to school now and graduate with useless degrees simply to get one. A degree in underwater basket weaving is not very useful, but sure costs a lot.
The problem is we (as a society) want our kids to do well and push them to get a degree thinking that will make them do well. What they really need is a career choice and the education to support it. But the education only opens the door. An Engineer is not a Craftsman. He does calculations and drawings. But it is sad that an Engineer can't do geometry. :( But not suprising. I have seen more and more students DEMAND good grades or they will give the professor a bad review. A review that is actually taken seriously by the school administration. If a professor demands too much from his students, he won't make tenure. An example of a sad trend of entitlement. Students now expect to be handed things without WORKING for it. Sadly, this carries over to the work force. Employers know what schools demand hard work. The people that slide through college into the real world are shocked and demand changes because of some percieved inequity. In the end, THEY agreed to take the money so they could get thier worthless degree, not they can't pay it off. The fault lies in the parents and society for setting them up.
Sadly, no one will listen this time either. Things don't change until the building falls down.
When you figure in the amount of extra time you need for security at the airport, the limited amount of things you can carry on, the expense of bringing a bag, and all that goes on with flights, I would rather take a train... However, it can be nearly as expensive, and it does take longer... I do believe in a rail system though. I think the whole thing needs to be reworked though. For starters, l would subsidize the construction of high speed rail lines (much like the interstate system now, federal money pays for the roads and they are built to certain specifications). Then I would allow private carriers to run on them. So, instead of being able to take only AMTRAK, you could take some private companies train from thier own depot. You would get choice then, and from the choice, you would get competition between carriers. That would promote efficiency and reduced cost. The government can recoupe a portion spent on the rails from the use of them by the train companies on busy routes. Imagine a high speed train from Boston to DC, travelling at 250 mph. The trip would take 2-3 hours, Boston to Miami 6-8 hours (maybe a bit more for stops)
I don't disagree with you that we set them up after WWII, but that was the decision made by the winners of the war based on the persecution they went through. And regardless of your opinion of whether or not that decision was smart at the time, it happened. I can't say I agree with you about there not being any problems in the Middle East without Isreal. I think that is completely false. For example, Iraq attacked Kuwait for the oil reserves (and other reasons), that had nothing to do with Isreal. The Iran/Iraq war had nothing to do with Isreal. The infighting in the region NOW has nothing to do with Isreal, it is simply different sects clashing with each other. Of the two wars over there now (Iraq and Afghanistan) but have nothing to do with Isreal. The whole point is should a nation such as Iran be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. If the answer is NO, what do you do about it?
I believe the only reason we care so much is our dependance on foreign oil. We need the stability in that region to ensure stability here (think gas embargo and the effect that had). What we NEED to do is harvest our own resources, and develop the infrastructure to be independant of other nations. However, an isolationist stance is not always the best. Proior to WWII we were very isolationist. Think of how many people would have been saved and the destruction that would have been prevented if Hitler was forced to comply with the rules placed in effect following WWI (limits on weapons, troops, etc). If no one enforces the laws established by the world, who is to stop people like Saddam from taking Kuwait? If the US had not been there, where would that have gone? Would he attack Saudi Arabia next? Maybe built an army big enough to take Iran and Northern Africa? Who knows.
You can not put high voltage transmission wires underground without enormous expense and significant line loss (ie, electrical waste). Here is a link with some transmission FAQ http://transmission.bchydro.com/projects/saanich_peninsula/questions.htm
The same goes for local area lines. Bottom line, it is expensive to put in, it is expensive to maintain. That expense would be added to your bill. So instead of the horrible 15c per kWh, it would be a lot higher. Higher utility costs would make it harder for businesses to compete, more expensive to support town operations, more expensive to heat houses, etc.
Trees need to be pruned around power lines. There is no way around it. They need to be cleared when they pose a risk. The alternative is dealing with massive power loss during large storms. As for blaming the power companies, that is BS. They have a share of the blame, but so do towns, and counties that prevent pruning, so does the state that invests money in giveaway programs instead of infrastructure upgrade and reliability projects, to the ratepayer that was not prepared for the storm or the potential loss of power, to Mother Nature. Everyone has a piece, and you can be sure it will happen again.
Wow... did Isreal crap in your wheaties? First, Isreal has never confirmed having one. It is simply assumed based on thier level of military technology. They have never tested one, and they won't tell anyone if they have one... therefore, it is pretty unlikely they are going to whip one out and blast thier neighbors because they don't like them. Besides which, I couldn't imagine the hatred in Iraq if Isrealis were there 'occupying'... it was bad enough with us. But this opinion was not about Isreal. It was about Iran. So... what would you do about Iran? Let them finish and test a nuclear weapon? Preemptively strike them? Let Isreal deal with it?
Although I disagree with your generalization of those that question the science, since real scientists should always question the science. Here is an example to draw parrallels to: The theory of gravity. Before the theory of relativity, it would be easy for people to say gravity ALWAYS happens, but digging into the bits that didn't work, led to einsteins theory of relativity, which even has problems that are being researched. As for climate science, there are so many questions and problems, how could you NOT question it? For example, the model of how the solar energy is reflected from upper atmoshpheric clouds is incomplete, even how those clouds are formed is not well known. What long term cycles the sun goes through are not well understood. How cosmic radiation affects our atmosphere and what impact that has is not understood. The exact impact the CO2 and other Gasses has is not understood, including the mechanism that removes it from the atmoshphere, and how persistant it is. There are so many holes that need non-biased research before we can even begin to predict the future, let alone try to regulate it. EVERYONE should be a "skeptic". It is OK to say, yeah, it is warmer, let's figure out how to adapt, but it is NOT ok to say "case closed, everyone is stupid that doesn't believe in it". The trend could continue, or we might learn that we were wrong and this is some external influence and in 40 years we are plunging into an Ice Age. 100 years to the earth is an eyeblink.
I agree!! I think that is a great idea!
The leaf (at least the european one) has an optional solar panel on the roof that is used to run the A/C if the car is parked (although, I don't know what stops it from charging a little while the car is driving also)
There is no way the charging stations can charge these batteries in 3-5 minutes. Maybe 30-50 minutes, but doing that will eventually ruin the batteries. Also, if you continuously deep dischage the batteries (drive more than 1/2 the range) you will shorten the life considerably. I don't know what a new battery pack costs, but it is probably in the range of 5000-10000 dollars. Top Gear BBC did a good presentation of the Leaf recently and it is a nice car, but the electric technology is still very limited. This technology will suit only a small population, namely people that are very eco-friendly, people that have extra funds to spend on eco-friendliness, and people that have another vehicle to go longer distances.
Second, this power comes from the grid, and in New England, a bulk of that power is generated by fossil fuels (Natural Gas, Coal, and Oil) and a bit of Nuclear. If this technology were to get considerably better, and more people bought these, we will need more electricity. As it stands now, the same eco-friendly people that want this car are against the power generation (maybe that is a bit of a generalization, but it seems true from the people I've met). Examples include, protesters against the combined cycle plant in Westfield, Protesters against Mt. Tom, against the Bio-Mass plant in Springfield and Greenfield, and the biggest, the shut down of Vermont Yankee. If we keep shutting down power plants, how do we power electric cars?
Third, if we already burn Natural Gas for electricity, wouldn't it make sense to power cars by them also? Maybe start with trucks first, then move to cars. How about Hydrogen and Fuel Cells? These are exactly the same as an electric car, except the hydrogen fuel can be loaded into a tank in less than 10 minutes. See California's Hydrogen experiment in Southern California for proof of concept.
My take, electric is the wrong technology to pursue to get away from fossils.
Your comments are disrespectful and ignorant. Tritium is not a lethal radioactive material. It is very benign. If you drank water at the concentrations found around the plant when it was first discovered, you would die of water poisoning before you suffered any ill effects from the Tritium. Does that make the water poison in your mind? How about the fact that last week a child drowned in the downsteam pond of the Vernon Dam, or the countless other that have died in the river? Does that mean we should ban all people from swimming, or enjoying the river? Have you considered how much pollution or death there could have been if Vermont Yankee were a different form of Power Plant, like Natural Gas, Coal, or Oil? Remember the Natural gas plant the exploded in Conneticut? How about the BP oil spill? Or maybe the Ash Slurry pond that broke and flooded out an entire town in the south, killing people while they slept? Even after Fukushima, Nuclear Power remains one of the safest forms of large scale energy production. I support the plant, and despite the news that "Vermonters want the palnt shut down", that is not true, not ALL Vermonters want the plant shut down, that is just media hype, like the dangers of tritium.
Passing cost onto custumers and shareholders is called Capitalism... The very foundation of this free country. If the decisions are bad, the companies costs go up and it is ultimately less competative and either loses market share or goes out of business. We are not in a regulated electric grid in New Englad, so you won't get a dime of the bill Entergy spends passed on to you, unless they lose, in which case the electricity they make will be made up with a higher priced form, most likely Natural Gas, or Oil (since there is no way anyone will allow a new coal plant to be built around here.)
The biggest debate about climate change is which is the independent variable. Is it Carbon Dioxide or Temperature? If you plot the two, there appears to be some correlation throughout history, thus leading to the argument. But the two sides mostly differ on which leads.
Are the rise of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses trapping heat and raising temperature? If so, where did the rise in CO2 come from that caused the pre-industrial revolution temperature swings? It is fair to question the plots shown previously because the time span on the left side is significantly compressed, on the order of 10,000 years between each small increment. It is quite possible the peak CO2 was significantly higher. One thing to note is the rapid negative temperature change that happened after the CO2 peaked (not shown on the NASA graph). This should probably be more of a concern than a warm planet, though, since it is much harder to grow food on frozen earth.
Alternatively, is the rise in temperature driving the rise in CO2, Methane, and other �greenhouse gasses�? There are scientific papers discussing the out gassing of oceans as the temperatures rise. (There are papers that discuss the absorption of CO2 into the oceans as well, but the overall effect of the oceans is still unclear). If the temperatures rise, the release of CO2 would raise atmospheric levels. Other studies have focused on upper level cloud formation caused by cosmic radiation. The idea is that the sun�s magnetic fields deflect cosmic ions and result in fewer upper level clouds. As the sun�s magnetic field weakens, ions interact with the upper atmosphere more, resulting in more upper level clouds, which reduces the solar irradiance on the surface, lowering temperatures, with the level of CO2 following.
However you look at it, there is a LOT we don�t know. A good scientist will always question, and always be a skeptic. For example, Newton developed the theory of gravity, but it was constantly challenged to either disprove it, or reinforce it. Einstein ended up redefining gravity with his theories of relativity, which define gravity is curvature in space around mass. The point is, if we think we know that global warming is caused by humans, then that is even more reason we need scientists researching and trying to disprove it. Likewise, if we think we know we are NOT responsible, we need scientists trying to disprove that.
The problem with global warming is that it has become political. One side or the other is using it to try to scare people into voting for them so they can save you. Democrats tend to scare people with the end of the world, Republicans with the end of the economy if we do anything. Both sides pay people to make reports in their favor, and try to make policy to favor themselves.
We need to all be skeptics, especially about what we believe. I believe we don�t have enough information to call it. I also don�t believe the results will be what the politicians claim. Too many reports are based on computer models and not empirical data. Honestly, I am more concerned with a rapid cooling than a warming. The world prospers when it is warm, and plants thrive in high CO2 environments. However, if the world cools, we starve. We should make preparations for that instead of trying to fight it, because it is going to happen despite us or our inputs.
Even until then, I will continue to be a skeptic about everything. I will especially be a skeptic of my own beliefs that we are not the major cause of this warming and look for solid evidence to prove myself wrong.
I think you are absolutely correct. Our education system gets the short end of the stick every time there is a shortfall of cash. Teachers here, and in other states, have to buy supplies for their classes. Finding good teachers that are willing to make such low amounts is nearly impossible. Add to that that we require higher education levels to get a teaching certification, only to make 40K per year!
However, even though teaching and education gets destroyed, we have no problem continuing to pay for people that don't work. I am a firm believer that to collect money from the government, you have to either pay it back, or work for it (I think Clinton initiated a program like that). But we have to stop cutting education. Education is the foundation of a successful society.
I am discussing ALL of it, both sides of the house failed miserably. Yes, I did simplify it a bit, but honestly, it would take a book to capture all of it. The basic problem is the government created a system to aid people in buying housing, from Fannie and Freddie, to all the deductions a homeowner gets, then kept modifying it in an attempt to control the market to whichever side of the house had power, never really doing it for the reason of helping people, but to secure votes and get reelected, as you said �Clearly, the Republican administration at the time had no interest in regulating such instruments�. Maybe a few noticed a problem, but ultimately, if it wouldn�t get votes, then it is not a problem. Democrat, Republican, doesn�t matter, there are few in Congress worth what we pay them.
It is really sad that this happened. People saw this coming. People spoke out. The politicians didn�t listen. It is too partisan. I saw it coming and moved my money before the storm hit. In 2004 I was offered no documentation, 100% ARM financing on investment (rental) properties. I asked the broker if he was serious. Sadly, he was.
So, I don�t blame Democrats, Republicans, Liberals, or Conservatives. I blame ALL of them collectively for failing me and my country. If this were a business, they would all be fired, but no, this is the Partisan States of America. Seems we live in a country of �Love Bush, Hate Obama�, or �Hate Bush, Love Obama�. You are either a �liberal, Obama loving socialist� or a �right-wing, racist, gun-nut�.
You are right, we can not exist in a service only environment. We need to turn resources into product to be used. But why have we lost all of our manufacturing jobs? Why did they move to China? Because the very basic tenement of capitalism, produce to meet the needs of a market at the best price and sell for the price a market will bear.
We have permitted workers to demand concessions that are not given in other countries. Now, I am not saying regulation is bad, far from it. It is critical that the government be involved to regulate things like pollution, working conditions, health and safety, etc. But our government has allowed the greed of the worker to override the business. Left alone, the greed of the employer may drive them to take advantage of the labor all in the name of making money. After all, they want to pay as little as possible and sell as high as possible. But the flip side is the greed of the labor taking advantage of the employer. Labor�s main objective is to get paid the most and do the least work.
In an ideal, fully competitive environment, workers would work where they got the best wages for the least work, and the employers wouldn�t pay anymore than they had to and there would be balance. However, we don�t live in fantasy land, so typically one side has an advantage. However, government has sided with the labor so many times, and against industry, that it is now cheaper to export the raw material, manufacture in China, and import the finished goods.
What do we do? We can charge a fee for imports, but that only raises the imported price to the price of US manufactured goods. Also known as protectionism, and has been know to start trade wars. Also, it raises prices at home for these goods, which reduces peoples disposable income.
Or we remove some of the regulations companies have for labor, but then the amount people get paid goes down, and people get angry.
There is no easy fix.
As for the companies, you are right, some are corrupt. But almost all companies are too short sighted. Instead of long term prosperity, they focus on next quarters numbers. They make cheap products. Why, though? They do it because that is what people want. They want cheap crap. How do we fix THAT? Perhaps if things cost more people would care more about keeping them?
I am sickened when big companies rape their employees, then dispose of them in a wave of corruption and white collar crime. I think these crimes are too lightly punished. A man steals a loaf of bread and goes to jail. A businessman steals 50,000 peoples pension and gets a retirement. BS! But I blame other lobby groups too�
But mostly, I blame the people in Washington� all of them.
I was against the spending Bush was doing, and I am against the spending Obama is doing. It is obvious the first "stimulus" didn't work, and all the spending Bush did simply put us further in debt. How is Obama's even greater spending going to help? Borrowed money costs money.
The only way to get people back to work is to promote business growth. Reduce business taxes, increase donation deductions, and give incentives for companies to invest in themselves and thier people. Taking money from the very businesses that employ the people to give it to the people that are not employed only burdens the business and reduces the money they have available to grow and hire.
I disagree, mundaneness, unbridles capitalism is not what got us into this mess. What got us here is the government trying to control the market to assist people. For example, Fannie Mae was established (by the government) to set standards on loans making it easy for small banks to put a loan together and compete with large banks (and more capital) because their loan could then be sold to investors on the open market, thus increasing the amount of capital available, and making it easier to obtain financing for buyers. Basically, it is a system that allowed someone like me (by investing in the mortgage-based securities market) to assist you in buying a house (buy providing money you can give the seller) in exchange for a cut of the interest. I am sure you can argue the pros and cons of allowing more people to borrow money to buy a house; more home ownership, another market for people to invest in, but also more debt for homeowners. But that is the beauty of the system. People take on the risk of buying the house, and other people take on the risk of financing the house for the buyers. If the risk is too high for an investor, the buyer doesn�t get the money and can not buy the house.
Then the government privatized Fannie. Now they report to shareholders and their motivation is to make money. But without competition in a private enterprise to make money, there is no drive to streamline. A fine line no doubt, The government created Freddie Mac to be the competitive company and to increase the volume of the home market. It worked, and expanded the markets.
In the 90�s, congress decided to start giving affordable housing credits to Fannie and Freddie for buying sub-prime securities. Here is where the capitalism begins to break down. The government was paying these companies to take on more risk! The more sub-prime mortgages they took on, the more money they made. Government induced greed. The began loosening the �conforming� loan package. They reduced the requirements for income, they reduced the minimum loan-to-value, all to get more credits by taking on more people. Their stocks soared because they were making tons of money. The ability to get credit got easier and easier, so there were more buyers. Houses began to be built, housing prices climbed as multiple buyers competed for the same house. Standards got even lower, 100% financing, no documentation, ANYONE could buy a house! More buyers, same number of houses, so prices climbed higher, more houses were built. The housing bubble was in full swing now, and it was only 2003! ARMs became popular with the interest only for 3, 4, or 5 years! People were lured by low payments to afford the now ridiculous prices, but there were still plenty of buyers.
Then the ARMs started to adjust. People that could barely afford the payments went under. Foreclosures began to rise. Buyers became nervous. The boom ended. Values stopped climbing and houses sat longer, now in competition with cheaper foreclosed houses. More houses went into foreclosure. Prices began to drop as people needed to sell their homes and banks needed to move bad investments. As more and more ARMs began to adjust, more houses went into foreclosure and the cycle continued, the bubble had burst.
Now, most of the ARMs have adjusted, been refinanced, or foreclosed. But the banks that had invested in these mortgage-backed securities lost billions. Without money, a bank can make loans, which is where the credit crisis came from.
Bottom line is that the governments created this mess by PAYING the very organizations it created, that were supposed to evaluate the risk (of the buyer defaulting) and set the minimum standards, to reduce the minimum standards and buy more loans. Capitalism is what has made this country great, and what will make it great in the future. The government needs to control some things, but the market is not one of them.
Screw the GOP and Screw the Dems! Our entire government is full of big spenders who haven't given the first thought to balancing the budget. Bush was a spender, Obama is an even BIGGER spender! We don't need more social programs that cost more money! When the federal money dries up, we are going to be left paying for it. Obama may have inherited a huge deficit, but his answer (as well as congress) is to spend more!
The TEA parties are not fox news, right-wing generated! They are a libertarian movement that the GOP jumped on! The ideals of this movement are what many in the GOP are pissed about, economic conservatisim, ie spending what you make, and no more! That is something the GOP and Democrats used to believe in, now they only look out for themselves!
Our taxes may be "reasonable" now, but we will have to pay back what has been spent, and THAT is why I am angry. STOP WASTING MY MONEY! If a business can't hack it, then they can die and be bought by someone better. Government propping doesn't help! We should be teaching people how to fish, not giving them fish!


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This lesson is designed to serve as an introduction to the immune system. It can stand alone or it can lead into further studies of the immune system. The primary focus of this inquiry-based lesson is antigen-antibody specificity. After focusing the students' attention on allergic reactions, two hands-on experiments allow students to explore the specific reaction between an antigen and the antibody that recognizes it. Students carry out an exploratory experiment leading to the concept of specificity. A second experiment allows students to apply the techniques and concepts learned in the first activity and subsequent discussion to solve a mystery. Follow-up discussion and problems apply the concept of specificity to related topics.
This lesson can be used with high school students and can be adapted to any level (biology or advanced biology) in association with the study of biochemistry, cell biology, health, or physiology. It can be used in association with topics such as allergies, food safety, or antigen-antibody precipitation. As a result of completing this lesson, students will be able to answer questions like these: "Why am I allergic to some things but not to others?" or "Why does clotting occur when incompatible blood types are mixed?"
The major concept of this lesson is the specificity of the reaction between an antibody and an antigen. Antibodies are proteins produced by cells of the immune system in response to the exposure of an individual to a foreign substance (an antigen). This concept will be illustrated through the use of an experimental procedure called a double diffusion assay.
This assay is based on the formation of a precipitate (precipitin line) when an antibody reacts with its specific antigen. In this test, often called the Ouchterlony test, antibody and possible antigens are placed in wells in agar plates and allowed to diffuse toward one another. The antibody is placed in a center well and antigens (specific or nonspecific) are placed in surrounding wells. When an antibody and its specific antigen meet one another and are at the proper concentrations, the precipitate will form a visible white line between the two wells. This line is called a precipitin line.
In the diagram below, a precipitin line can be seen between the center well and wells 2 and 3. The fact that the line is continuous indicates that both wells contain the same antigen. Antibodies and antigens that are not complementary will diffuse past one another in the agar and will not form a precipitate.
The scenario for this lesson is centered around hypersensitivity to environmental antigens that are generally not particularly harmful (e.g., pollen, dust mite excrement, mold, drugs, food, etc.). In these situations the immune system reacts to these antigens by producing a type of antibody known as immunoglobulin E (IgE). IgE antibodies trigger the release of histamine by mast cells which then leads to typical allergic symptoms. An extreme response is called an anaphylactic response.
Materials for experiments 1 and 2
(per class and per team of students):
Most of these materials are cheap and easily obtainable. Dilutions can be made up days in advance
and stored until needed. Plates should be made several days prior to use to allow proper drying.
Antibody is the biggest expense but a little bit goes a long way. (2 ml supplies 50 teams of 2) Out-of-date antibody would be cheaper and would still work for these experiments. Antibody (Anti-Chicken Egg Albumin) from Sigma Chemical Co., P.O. Box 14508, St. Louis, MO 63178 Stock # C-6534 2 ml is about $50. Total prep time is about 2 hours.
Class Time Needed:
This lesson is designed for four 50-minute periods. Activities can be reorganized to fit your schedule.
Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3:
Day 4:
A quick discussion during which students are questioned about their allergies and symptoms and how their allergies compare to the allergies of family members or friends. This discussion is not intended to result in answers, but rather to stimulate interest. Highlight that different people are allergic to different and specific substances. This will be explained later by antigen-antibody specificity.
Experiment 1:
Fooling with Food is a chance for students to explore the interaction between various foods (some negative and some positive) and Reagent A (the antibody). The figure below shows the relative position of wells to be cut in the agar plates with the straws. Toothpicks are good for removing the plugs from the wells. Extra plates and colored water can be used first for students to practice loading the wells. Only 1-2 drops with a fine-tipped pipettes is needed per well.
Day 2:
As Stan lay in his hospital bed, red, swollen and gasping for breath, he agonized over the cause of the near life-threatening reaction he had suffered. All of his adult life he had known of his allergy to eggs. His physician had made abundantly clear to him the severity of the reaction that he could expect if he included eggs in his diet. Now he was suffering from the very symptoms that had been predicted. He wasn't allergic to lots of different things. Eggs were the only substance that could have brought him to this extreme condition. Now he faced a multi-thousand dollar hospital bill and his insurance agent was placing the blame on him. The company would refuse to pay if Stan was shown to have been negligent. He had been far too careful to have made a mistake on his own. He had to somehow convince his agent that he was not at fault. Someone else was responsible for his being here!
For the benefit of both his insurance agent, Carl, and his allergist, Judy, he recapped the activities prior to this onset of anaphylactic shock.
It had been a typical day with the exception of his departure time for work. Running late, he had not had time to eat breakfast or make his lunch. He grabbed an apple on his way out the door. When the lunch hour came, he went to the nearest branch of a local grocery chain to get a salad bar. The pasta salad looked particularly appealing that day. Conscientiously, Stan asked the salad technician whether any eggs were used in the salad. He was assured that the salad was egg-free. Stan's decision was made. His wife would be pleased that he was avoiding his usual high cholesterol diet. Stan had walked to the park to eat his lunch and that was when the crisis began. After eating only three or four bites of lunch, he began to experience a burning sensation in his ears and had trouble breathing. A police officer who happened to be nearby noticed his difficulty and made a 911 emergency call. That is how Stan ended up in the hospital.
Knowing that Stan was not allergic to anything else that he had eaten, the contents of the pasta salad became the immediate focus of the allergist's attention. A sample had been brought into the hospital by an alert paramedic. In addition to the pasta, it had contained tomatoes, onions, black olives and an oil and vinegar dressing. Since all the other ingredients clearly did not contain egg, the only possible source of egg was the pasta itself. The salad technician had told Stan there was no egg in the salad. Had a mistake been made? Had egg-enriched pasta been used? Or had Stan eaten something else?
You are the lab technician asked to test for the presence of egg in the pasta. Your evidence might place responsibility on the grocery store, in which case the insurance company will pay Stan's medical bills. Or you will show no evidence of egg in the pasta and Stan will be handed the blame and will be forced to pay for his negligence.
Day 3:
Experiment 2:
Students (or teacher) can design a test to answer the question posed in the mystery. Make sure both positive and negative controls are included. With six wells you could test the unknown (egg-enriched pasta), egg-enriched pasta (+ control), egg-free pasta (- control),
egg white - 1:625 dilution and 1:3125 dilution (+ controls that show a range of concentrations that will result in formation of a precipitin line), saline solution (- control that is used for all dilutions).
Experiment 2 is also a double-diffusion test as was experiment 1. Now, however, students know that they are putting different antigens in the outer wells and antibody in the center well. They know why there will be positive results and why there will be negative results so they can predict which wells will have precipitin lines. Again, store plates at room temperature until the following day.
Day 4:
Results are observed and compared to predictions. A conclusion is formed about Stan's Salad Saga (of course, Stan is innocent).
Now you can refer back to your original discussion about allergies and answer some of the unanswered questions from day 1. Other uses of specificity can also be discussed at this time. Many home pregnancy tests use an antibody to detect the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) that is present in a woman's urine during pregnancy. The test for HIV also involves formation of an antibody-antigen complex.
Challenge Problems:
I have not included these but they are reviews and extensions of the terms and concepts presented in this lesson. They are part of the entire packet, should you decide to decide to get the activity packet from the Mathematics and Science Education Center of St. Louis.


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Continuing attempts to block health care reformMay 22,2013The New York Times said the following in an editorial:
Congressional Republicans are trying to exploit two controversies bedeviling the Obama administration to undermine the health care reform law. They are using an uproar over misguided tactics by Internal Revenue Service employees to target conservative political groups seeking tax-exempt status as an excuse to prohibit the agency from playing a pivotal role in carrying out the Affordable Care Act. And they want to use a controversy over efforts by the secretary of health and human services, Kathleen Sebelius, to encourage private donations to help enroll people in new health care exchanges as a cudgel to disrupt such efforts.
Under the health reform law, the IRS is required to examine tax returns to determine who is eligible for a tax-credit subsidy to buy health insurance and who must pay a fine for failing to buy insurance. A Republican bill in the Senate would prohibit the IRS from enforcing the reform law (a related Republican bill in the House would do the same unless there are certifications made that the IRS will not target groups or individuals for political reasons).
An investigation by the Treasury Departments inspector general blamed midlevel workers, confusing rules and ineffective management, but it found no evidence that the staff had been under political pressure to focus on conservative groups. Still, Republicans have scheduled hearings to try to link the scandal to health care reform. Putting any limits on the IRS role in determining health subsidies for uninsured Americans would be disastrous.
The controversy surrounding Sebelius involves her efforts to persuade nonprofit groups and business executives to donate money to or otherwise assist Enroll America, a nonprofit group that aims to help people enroll in new health care exchanges, pick suitable policies and apply for tax credits. She was driven to solicit help because Republicans have repeatedly and shamefully denied requests for money needed for this purpose.
A spokesman for the department said Sebelius has made only two fundraising calls. She called the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and H&R Block, neither of which is regulated by her department. She had engaged in a dialogue with a wide range of business and nonprofit groups, he said, on how they might help the uninsured.
The problem is that Enroll America is led by former members of the Obama White House and Obamas presidential campaigns and some of the people solicited by current or former administration officials felt as though they were being pressured into giving. An investigation by the Government Accountability Office into this matter, as congressional Republicans are seeking, could shed light on who said what to whom. Whatever the outcome of an inquiry, there are many patient groups working to help the uninsured, and donors should not be deterred from supporting those groups.
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What happens when a beautiful male model and a beautiful actor/former boxer go toe to toe in a Thanksgiving day brawl? A beat down like no other that's what!
This crazy photo of Gabriel Aubry, 37, Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend/baby daddy shows the aftermath of what went down that night he got into a fight with Halle's new love. Howver, there may be more to the story we originally heard because in a restraining order obtained by Aubry, he claims the actress's fiance, actor, Olivier Martinez, 46, threatened to kill him during their Thanksgiving confrontation that left him with a broken rib, bruised face and under arrest. That's right under arrest.
You see the next day after the incident, Martinez and Berry, 46, filed a report saying that Aubry was the aggressor after dropping off he and Halle's 4-year-old little girl Nahla to Halle's Los Angelas home. Those claims caused Aubry to be arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor battery and a judge signed an emergency restraining order that prevented Aubry from coming within 100 feet of Berry, Martinez and his daughter Nahla.
Can we say DRAMA?! To make matters worst, this was all on the heels of a messy custody battle between Halle and Aubry where she was trying to get permission to take their daughter and move to France with her fiance, Martinez.
A judge ruled against Berry on that matter on Nov. 9th, so this new throw down between Aubry and Martinez ironically comes at a crazy time. Seriously, I love Halle Berry as an actress, and I think Olivier Martinez and Gabriel Aubry are soooo gorgeously hot, but these adults need to act like adults and get it together because this is all CRAZY nonsense.
However, it doesn't look like things are going to get any better especially with Aubry's new claims that Martinez was the aggressor instead of him and considering the fact that Aubry pretty much looks unrecognizable, this has many people wondering if Martinez really was the aggressor. But, with that said, just because you got your butt kicked, doesn't mean you didn't start the fight.
Plus, Martinez sustained some injuries too, but nothing near as bad as Aubry's. It turns out Olivier put the beat down on Gabriel so bad, his hand is now in a brace!
Aubry's filing with the courts also claims Martinez first threatened him the day before the fight at an event at his daughter's school, but as the two rolled around like school boys in the driveway, Olivier allegedly told Aubry…
"You cost us $3 million," while he punched and kicked him and threatened to kill him if Aubry didn't move to Paris.
(SMH) This is some mess! There is one positive note, if you can even call it that; Originally everyone thought that Nahla saw the fight go down between her daddy and her soon to be step-daddy, but Aubry's court filings state that Nahla and Berry were in the house at the time of the drama.
This custody battle doesn't look like it's going to die down anytime soon. We'll have our next scoop on the issue in December.
Two hearings have been set. Aubry has a Dec. 13th court date for the possible battery case, which has not yet been filed by prosecutors and Berry has a hearing to consider whether a three-year restraining order should be granted set for Dec. 17th.
Three years! Now that's just crazy!
Halle and Gabriel listen to me, I know y'all hate each other, but you love your daughter and 3-years away from any parent, especially a loving parent is crazy!
Please get it together for the sake of that beautiful child because she's the only one who's going to be hurt from this.
By the way, how gorgeous is little Nahla?! That is what you call good genes people!
Here are a few more picts of her and her parents during happier times, outside the drama. It looks like they're shielding her from it so far, but they better watch out because just like adults kids get older and wiser.


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Author Rebecca Skloot - Zeltzerman Lecture
Over the summer of 2011, the 180 students in Honors College Class of '15 (or the Class of Irene as some of us think of them) read, as their assigned summer reading, Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. This year, for the first time (and by design), the HCOL Summer Reading coincided with the UVM First-Year Summer Read; our students were reading the book alongside about 2300 of their first-year peers.
The Immortal Life is both a compelling and a complex book, braiding together as it does the story from the scientific community of HeLa (the immortal cervical cancer cells that were removed from the dying African American woman Henrietta Lacks in 1951), the Lacks family themselves and particularly Deborah, Henrietta's daughter, and the amazing education of journalist Rebecca Skloot herself as she researches the story and finds herself far more involved in it than she would ever have expected. It is a story about race and poverty, about the power of education (or the powerlessness that comes from a lack of education), about scientific ambition and progress, about mental illness, about family and belief.
There was much to discuss in our First-Year Seminar this fall as we dove into The Immortal Life, and those discussions only whetted our appetite for Skloot's visit to campus on October 11 to give the Zeltzerman Lecture. Ira Allen Chapel was packed to the gunnels, all 900-plus seats filled with UVM students, faculty, staff, and members of the Burlington community. Recognizing that more than half of her audience was made up of first-year college students, and also cognizant of the fact that none of those students had heard a Convocation speaker (Convocation having been cancelled due to Tropical Storm Irene), Skloot took the occasion to speak about her own journey to The Immortal Life. From an alternative high school for kids who had failed out of a regular high school, to community college, to a pre-vet major, to her discovery of the power of writing and her first piece of writing on Henrietta Lacks in a required college writing class (in response to a prompt focusing on "things that have been forgotten"), Skloot's story points to how important it is to pursue your passions even when it feels risky, even when it's not what you had "planned." There's a spark, she said, an interest that often grabs you early in your life, even before you're 18. It's worth it, she reminded her audience, to take some time to think about what that thing is and not to ignore it, to follow your innate curiosity into the rest of your life.
The question period, moderated by Honors College Associate Dean Lisa Schnell, gave audience members the opportunity to ask questions specifically about the book and the continued presence of Henrietta's story in Skloot's own life. "Tell us how the Lacks family is doing?" "What can this story teach us about health care policy in this country?" "How do you understand the ethics of your own involvement in the Lacks family story?" "What are you working on now?" And this, a question that could only have been asked in Vermont: "Do you think Henrietta Lacks deserves a Ben and Jerry's flavor and if so, what would it be called?"
A book signing followed the talk and question period, with a line of people extending from deep in North Lounge to the Billings Apse, where Skloot was sitting at a table graciously signing copies of the book (some dog-eared!). The next morning, Honors College students were privileged to have a private audience with Skloot when she arrived to address Dean Rizvi's 8:30 class (to which all students in the first year Honors College class had been invited). Casually dressed in jeans and a sweater, Skloot might have been mistaken for a student herself. And as she answered students' questions about her career and about the process by which she wrote the book, she indeed connected with the students as though she was a slightly older peer, a very accomplished peer, but one who spoke with real authenticity and warmth about finding the thing that you are passionate about, and about the potentially obsessive dedication to a task and to excellence that naturally follows on the heels of that passion. Together with the previous evening's talk and Q&A, the morning session with Skloot left Honors College students feeling awed and inspired. And grateful for the opportunity to talk with someone whose work has mattered so much to so many people.
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I'm unplugged for now, im free.
This virtual situation can be poisoning, truly.
I try not to let it capture me
Its imagery, can be so damn pretty.
So if sometimes you dont see me
Know that its just temporary.
I've unplugged every inch of me
From the cell phone, net to HDTV
I do not want to get stuck in, a trance treaty
With the entertainment, industry.
These subliminal messages are attacking me
I just needed, a little time to breathe.
To break this systematic energy,
Bring me back to reality & focus on whats
Really important to me.
All that glitters is enticing, indeed.
But its perceived, to make one happy.
A devised plan, through the enemy.
These companys do not love you or me
Its just a perception, of what they want
You to believe.
Electronic warfare control, is there gain
To achieve.
Hold on to whats tangible, in truth.
Life is to fragile. Our mind is our armour,
If only we , choose to use.
So today I can say, im not mechanically free
But im thankful, I took some time out


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The character designer must be a huge fan!
Professor Badass is in this game!
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Usually in these kind of threads the resemblance is thin but
it's PROFESSOR BADASS 100%.
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@ShaggE said:
That's clearly Hugo Strange, silly.
...Which must mean Batman is real...
*prolonged, awkward grin*
This is the...Ultimate universe version of Hugo Strange. Black Strange.
This prooooooooooobably didn't need a thread.
@Gizmo said:
@Cloudenvy said:
This prooooooooooobably didn't need a thread.
Oh fuck off.
Really. People like you piss me off, wannabe moderators.
Amen. Its pathetic really.
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@Cloudenvy said:
@laserbolts: So wait, because I think this thread is totally useless, uninteresting and shouldn't have been created I am pathetic?
mod harder plz
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@laserbolts: So wait, because I think this thread is totally useless, uninteresting and shouldn't have been created I am pathetic?
Nope the fact that you felt you needed to make a comment about it as if anyone would really give a shit what you think as if you were a mod or something is what is pathetic.
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@laserbolts: I assume the thread creator gives a shit since he made a thread about it on this forum. : )
He made the thread, I gave my opinion in it, as simple as that!
Nice try. He never made the thread to see if you thought it should exist or not. He made it to show how a meme dude made it into the darkness 2.
@Cloudenvy said:
@laserbolts: Of course he didn't, silly! but he made the thread so I think it's more than appropriate that I gave my opinion on it. : )
This has the potential to go nowhere so ill just leave.
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Wonder if Kevin Stewart knows his likeness is being used?
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@jtman54179 said:
Wonder if Kevin Stewart knows his likeness is being used?
I would at least imagine he's flattered that his fashion/moment of fame is getting further immortalized. I could see it going either way but my guess is he probably won't care.
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I have not yet seen this meme! Thank you. Saved to disc.
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@laserbolts: Of course he didn't, silly! but he made the thread so I think it's more than appropriate that I gave my opinion on it. : )
Don't keep giving us this shit. If it's not worth a thread, the thread's not worth a post, let alone a dozen. Go away.
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This wins my award for "Best Post in the Thread"
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That dude isn't anywhere in the campaign. I assume he's a multiplayer skin?
He's one of the playable characters in the Vendetta co-op campaign.
Awesome! Not that it adds much but cool nonetheless!
90% of the players probably won't know who he is but hey! I will and that's cool!^^
And these kids in this topic need to get over themselves...silly yes/no/yes/no chats...take it to a chat program.
Cloudenvy is such an ass lol. Love it.
Ha, the expected response.
@TaliciaDragonsong: Yeeeah, sorry about that!
Carry on.
Eek. Going through this thread makes bumping it seems like a bad idea. But I thought I'd just chime in and say that on yesterday's TNT, an artist from Digital Extremes was in the chat and confirmed this Professor Badass thing. So pretty neat.
@AlexW00d: What? Cargo pants are great. You could hold knives or a gun in those extra pockets. Maybe his gold pocket watch is in one of them? :O
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