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The win moves Martha's Vineyard (4-4) into a second-place tie with Seacoast (4-4) in the East Division, four games behind undefeated and division leading Brockton (8-0).
Right-hander Paul Campbell (Clemson) picked up the win in his first stint on the mound for the Sharks.
He gave up five hits and three runs in five innings of work.
However, it took a six-pitch performance by Kyle Brenner (Brandeis) with two gone in the ninth and the tying run on base to sew up the win and earn the right-hander his first save of the season.
Offensively, leadoff batter Ryan Kelly (Salve Regina) went 3-for-3 with a walk and he scored four times.
Brian Campbell (Stonehill) went 3-for-5 with a run scored and he knocked in three runs for MV.
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Hey friends! Meet Brock . . . You'll get to know him better in the future, but he just wanted to say Hello!
This week's question was a bit tough for me too. But I would have to go with the first option. Working in a chiropractic office allows me to see the product of the people who take care of themselves naturally and the condition of people that don't and use drugs and surgeries. I'm not sure I can live authentically knowing that there is better way than pumping people full of dangerous drugs and hacking them up. I also don't have kids or a husband right now and I do not have anyone relying on my money for support.
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Speaking of working for a Chiropractor . . . look who got adjusted yesterday? (serious)
While out shopping I found this pretty neat beach towel. It made me laugh & made me appreciate that blogging is very much becoming a real profession!
Caroline gave me some homemade coconut butter and I cant get enough! I really wish I had the top to my food processor so I can make my own because the blender is not cutting it! I must find a way!!
I've been a little obsessed with coffee lately. I have had a cup every day and even had 2 yesterday! Good thing they are half-caff!
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Cheeseburger with homemade chili garlic fries (burger from Omaha steaks)
Overnight Oats with sinful coconut butter mentioned above.
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The reason it is considered makrooh by the South Asian Scholars is because they believe it is considered "dis-respectful" clothing.
But that just fall under the matter of opinion, A t-shirt still covers a mans satar. The hanafi scholars in the middle east have no problem with half sleeves.
There are two issues here:
1. Leaving the elbows/arms uncovered
2. Wearing clothing that one would not go out with in public.
As for the first, I have yet to come across a statement in any of the Hanafi books of fiqh, stating this to be Makruh. I have searched in detail, have asked numerous Muftis, but no one has been able to produce one such ruling from the reliable books of the madhab.
The Fiqh books mention the issue of folding sleeves, however this is makruh due to it being forbidden in Hadith, as one would be preventing the sleeves from making sajdah.
Some Urdu Fatawa use the texts on folding the sleeves for t-shirts, however those texts don't apply here.
As for the second, maybe 50 years ago, wearing a short-sleeve shirt or a T-shirt would have been something one would not wear out in public.
Today, people wear it everywhere, so it isn't classfied as thiyab al-bidhlah ie. clothing one wouldn't wear in public. It is makruh to perform salah in things like pyjama's, as these wouldn't be worn in public. Short-sleeves are not so.
So one is allowed to perform salah in clothing that is short-sleeved, as long as it is such clothing that one would normally wear in public.
As for Nabi's qamis sleeves being until the wrists, that doesn't necessitate shorter sleeves being makruh, just as it doesn't negate other items of Nabi having shorter sleeves. In fact, some of the clothing attributed to Nabi in museums do have short sleeves, even though this isn't proof.
It is for this reason, that the normally very strict author of Ahsan al-Fatawa, Mufti Rashid Ahmed Ludhyanwi, clearly gave permission for salah with a short sleeve kurta.
Se Ahsan al-Fatawa Vol. 3 Pg. 407-408.
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Sahabah رضي الله عنهم would cling fast to the Sunnah, on account of it being Sunnah, while we discard the Sunnah, on account of it being (just) Sunnah!
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Great answer as usual.
I've lead prayers quite a few times with those short sleeved Arabian thawbs/jubbas. I get some weird looks from TJ's and Sufis and hardcore Hanafis, but since the general typical American Muslim couldn't care less, I go with the oppressed majority.
Also at the time of the Prophet, they barely had enough clothes to cover their Satar and body!
What i was saying, is that it is makruh to pray in a kurta, which was actually full-sleeve, but the sleeves were folded to make it a half-sleeve one. I have read hadeeth on its prohibition.
There are narrations in Quduri, where it is mentioned that the people offered their prayers when they were totally naked, because they had nothing to cover themselves.
So, a mufti can not issue a fatwa, that it is ok to pray when you are naked.
I have read in all the hanafi manuals, in my madressah and darul-ifta, that praying in short-sleeves is makruh, and the sunnah is to pray in full-sleeves.
Therefore, the rulings have to be deduced from sunnah "amaals", and not mere incidents. And our success lies in following the sunnah of Rasoolulah (SAWW).


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text: Whitechapel - Game Review - Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3 Version) 2015-12-01T07:04:54-06:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Game Review - Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3 Version) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7747&Focus=220021#Comment_220021 2010-02-15T15:26:41-06:00 2015-12-01T07:04:54-06:00 Andre Navarro http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1561 http://andrenavarro.wordpress.com The first ASSASSIN'S CREED was barely a good game. The potential had been buried under repetitive missions and a story that just tried too hard. The first game ... http://andrenavarro.wordpress.comThe first ASSASSIN'S CREED was barely a good game. The potential had been buried under repetitive missions and a story that just tried too hard. The first game made a revelation in the first five minutes, that the real protagonist of the story was a clueless dipshit called Desmond Miles who is caught in a battle between templars and assassins in the present days. Captured by the templars, Desmond is forced to interact with a machine called "Animus", which sends his mind into the incomplete memories of an assassin called Altair back in the Crusades. The templars believe Altair knew of something they want, and therefore they force Desmond (and the player) to live Altair's memories, completing the gaps.The failure with this story's structure was that Altair was a more interesting protagonist than Desmond, and that his storyline was far better: young and impulsive, Altair commits a serious mistake that strips him of his rank within the assassins, and in order to recover his reputation he must kill a number of difficult targets. Meanwhile, Desmond is just a shithead who must do things for a powerful organization fighting another powerful organization. Simply put: Altair deserved more than being just a mere cog in a weak story designed to be a trilogy, and keep in mind neither Altair or his storyline are that interesting; but when you compare him to Desmond, well...The great thing about this sequel is that the developers tried to improve every single thing about ASSASSIN'S CREED that people had the slightest problem with and surprisingly, for the most part, they succeeded. What they failed with was finding some way to make Desmond Miles less of a wanker, or to make his storyline more interesting than the one happening in the Animus. In fact, the gap in quality between the two stories is exponentially widened: while Desmond Miles continues to be a clueless dipshit, Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a genuinely good protagonist in a story that does a fantastic job of fictionalizing history to fit into the game's plot. Unlike Altair, Ezio isn't interesting when compared to Desmond; he is interesting, period.We control Ezio literally from the moment's he's born. ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 deserves applause for being brave enough to take its time in developing the character; I was well into my second hour of gameplay when I finally got the chance to wield an assassin's wristblade, but I wasn't annoyed by this in the slightest. To the contrary, I was happy to play a game that is just as concerned with its story as it is with gameplay.Aside from a complex, rich protagonist, the Animus narrative gains two things the first game lacked: properly directed cutscenes, and interesting supporting characters. In ASSASSIN'S CREED, you could move Altair around during cutscenes, and cycle between angles at your leisure. This made for very boring -- and unskippable -- cutscenes. In the sequel, the cutscenes are well-directed, with special mention to a beautiful moment when a group of assassins perform a leap of faith from the top of a tower, one after the other, as the camera moves closer.And the supporting characters, based and named after historical figures, are surprisingly convincing (of course, within the game's plot and context). Leonardo Da Vinci isn't portrayed as a wise, serious man, but as a young artist full of enthusiasm and a prodigious mind. Rodrigo Borgia, the infamous Pope Alexander VI, works fairly well as a villain, despite the unnecessary use of a hood that makes him look like a fat Emperor Palpatine. Sadly, these characters, and the entire plot of the story within the Animus, are in service of a weaker story. I believe both the first game and this sequel would have benefitted from being self-contained narratives that dealt with events of the time period they happen within without any relation to an overarching, present day plot. The ending of this game (which I won't reveal) shows what a liability Desmond's narrative has become (skip to the next paragraph to avoid a minor spoiler). By pushing the interesting Ezio aside in favour of the dull Desmond, the story shoots its own foot.In Ubisoft's credit, though, they do try to make Desmond's story more interesting by adding more characters and action sequences, but ultimately I just wanted to go back to the Animus to see what would happen to Ezio and jump around Florence, Venice and other Italian cities which the game does an absolutely magnificent job of recreating. They not only look very different from one another, they're all uniquely beautiful and manage, at the same time, to be easy to parkour around. I could easily find a ledge for Ezio to climb on whenever I needed, and I was astonished by how immersed I felt into the Italian Renaissance. ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 is a fantastic achievement in this regard, to the point of having explanatory text entries pop up on the side of your screen every time you meet a new historical figure or approach a famous building. The only mistake the developers made here was forgetting to portray the aging of the supporting characters; Ezio eventually gets a goatee, but Leonardo Da Vinci and the others look the exact same for two decades.(continued in comments)]]> Game Review - Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3 Version) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7747&Focus=220022#Comment_220022 2010-02-15T15:27:07-06:00 2010-02-15T15:27:47-06:00 Andre Navarro http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1561 How did the game expect me to give half a shit about Desmond and his boring present day situation when I could see what happened to an interesting Italian assassin in the Renaissance? That is, in a ... One of the game's main strengths is how fun it is to control Ezio. After you get the hang of it, it becomes intuitive, in large part thanks to the intelligent control scheme and to the small graphic on the top right of the screen, which shows the face buttons of the controller and the actions they will perform if you press them. In order to parkour, you need to keep two buttons pressed and move the analog stick. This might sound easy, but you still need to watch out for jumps even the skilled Ezio can't make (and there's quite a few), and trying to sprint along a street will just result in hitting a lot of passersby, which will slow you down and/or make you fall unless you press the "tackle" button; you'll push aside everyone in your way like a rhino, but at a slower pace than sprinting.Of course, I can hardly think of any reason to worry about that. Fleeing from guards? Why would you do that, when Ezio is capable of turning a measly, half-hearted wave of an enemy's sword into a fantastic counter-attack that will make at least three of your enemy's major organs explode? The combat system in ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 is even more unfair to the NPCs than it was in the first game; Ezio not only masters the use of a sword and a knife -- he can fight with his wristblade now, or even his fists, not to mention disarming the enemy and using his weapon against him -- and those weapons can go from a mace to a goddamn spear, all with their own counter-attacks. And it's such a fun combat system that every time I got the attention of some (or several) guards, I never fled. I just killed the shit out of all of them. Hey, the game's called Assassin's Creed, dammit.Which isn't to say the combat is a cakewalk. Some enemies are covered head to toes in armor, and are immune to counter-attacks; the same goes for the spear-wielding fucks. Strategy is important, and by strategy I mean sneaking on a group of guards, target-locking on the bastards who wield armor and spears, and killing as many as possible before the others realize what's going on.In fact, ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 improves immensely on the first game on what, judging by its title, is its most important gameplay feature: killing. The game offers a great variety of ways to kill people. Stick a wristblade in their faces or into their guts; impale them from behind with a sword; poison a guard so he'll go berserk, wave his sword around, possibly kill some of his colleagues and then die; jump from a height and land between two enemies, killing them smoothly with the double wristblades; put your weapons away, grab the enemy's spear and kill him with it; or just use your fists all the way if you're really into humiliating your enemy. Sure, he won't die if you use your fists, he'll just fall and stay there writhing in agony -- at least until you pick him up from the ground, carry him to the nearest edge and drop him off of it. After all, you've got a reputation to maintain.Those deaths also received some attention to detail from Ubisoft. Although the transition from pre-rendered animation to ragdoll physics isn't as smooth as it should be, it's certainly impressive to stab your enemy and see the blood spread from the wound, wetting the fabric of their clothes. Not to mention the excellent pre-rendered animations, and the ragdoll physics that are quite believable except, as I said, during the jerky transition from one to the other.]]> Game Review - Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3 Version) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7747&Focus=220023#Comment_220023 2010-02-15T15:27:12-06:00 2015-12-01T07:04:54-06:00 Andre Navarro http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1561 Another problem with the first ASSASSIN'S CREED was its repetitive mission structure: do the same three side-quests to unlock an assassination, and the assassinations are heavily scripted, not coming ... Adding even more variety to the gameplay, there's also a management aspect to ASSASSIN'S CREED 2. You'll get money for your assassinations, or for exploring the cities and finally, from the villa that your family owns. You can use the money to re-build decaying parts of the villa, which in turn will generate more money, which in turn you can use to buy more weapons and armor. I ended up, however, getting way more money than I really needed, rendering this aspect of the game discardable. But it is nice to see Ezio tending to other affairs not related to killing, and thanks to the game's fast-travel system and its amazingly well-rendered world that's always a pleasure to roam around, getting to the villa to do the repairs wasn't bothersome for me.The graphics are very impressive, but not technically: the modeling and the textures aren't as good as we've gotten used to, presumably due to this being an open-world game that happens in very detailed and populated cities. But it should be clear by now that artistically speaking, ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 is fantastic, and the animations bring the characters to life -- from the competent motion-capture during cutscenes to the way passersby react when a body you threw from a high ledge falls in front of them. The one badly-animated moment that caught my attention was a character lying on the ground and being kicked by others, since the kicks didn't seem to connect at all.In the sound department, though, there are practically no shortcomings. It's good to see Nolan North (Nathan Drake from UNCHARTED and the Prince from PRINCE OF PERSIA) playing a character who doesn't try cracking a joke every two seconds, even if that character is Desmond. But it's Roger Craig Smith who stands out as Ezio, giving the character a determined, but eternally young and slightly naive voice, portraying the way Ezio is practically frozen in time by the quest he dedicates his life to; I can't comment on Kristen Bell's work as Lucy Stillman since it's such a boring, cliched love interest that I failed to notice it, and I doubt the actress could have saved it; the excellent and versatile Fred Tatasciore lends a wise yet amusing tone to uncle Mario (who introduces himself as "it's-a me, Mario!", and I can't really blame the developers for not resisting this joke). Finally, Carlos Ferro gives Leonardo Da Vinci a funny enthusiasm, almost child-like. The voice acting is, all in all, homogenously exceptional.But it's Jesper Kyd's music that absolutely amazes, surpassing even the high expectations I tend to have toward the composer responsible for the brilliant score in HITMAN: BLOOD MONEY. His soundtrack has an Italian feel to it without going for any cliches, and it's beautiful regardless of whether it's composed for quiet moments of free-roaming or tense action scenes. Allied to good sound effects, it is vital in immersing the player into the game's world.Very long but intelligently built to bring something new to the table in every chapter (or, as the game calls them, sequence), ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 is, for its setting alone, a unique experience. How many games immerse you into a plot happening during the Italian Renaissance? It has its flaws, but it's mostly a triumph -- not only an immense improvement over the first game, also a genuinely excellent game on its own. Some people will certainly not enjoy the slow pacing, or some mission objectives, or the underwhelming ending. But it's a game with so many qualities, so many tricky things the developers managed to get right, that the flaws can almost be overlooked.Now let's hope that in the next installment Desmond is electrocuted to death by a malfunctioning Animus and the supporting characters have to go look for a replacement protagonist who isn't such a wanker.]]> Game Review - Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3 Version) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7747&Focus=220256#Comment_220256 2010-02-16T14:02:30-06:00 2015-12-01T07:04:54-06:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551 Ezio eventually gets a goatee, but Leonardo Da Vinci and the others look the exact same for two decades. obv. DaVinci invented the fountain of youth. ;> Ezio eventually gets a goatee, but Leonardo Da Vinci and the others look the exact same for two decades.obv. DaVinci invented the fountain of youth. ;>]]> Game Review - Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3 Version) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7747&Focus=220299#Comment_220299 2010-02-16T18:32:04-06:00 2015-12-01T07:04:54-06:00 Andre Navarro http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1561 HOW DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS Game Review - Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3 Version) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7747&Focus=220437#Comment_220437 2010-02-17T17:46:12-06:00 2015-12-01T07:04:54-06:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551 THe image of him as a really old man was just a good make-up job and a wig. :D


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Posted By Llewellyn Rockwell Jr. On 04/01/1999 @ 1:00 am In Commentary | Comments Disabled
"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship, with all nations — entangling
alliances with none." Those immortal words of Thomas Jefferson sum up the
original American vision of our nation's role in the world. This compact of
independent states would trade freely with all, and eschew the hatreds and
wars of Europe.
Recall that Clinton's first inaugural made use of Jefferson's memory, as
he began his trip to the White House at Jefferson's home in Virginia. As the
bombs rain down on Belgrade, it is sobering to think how completely this
administration disregards the Founding Fathers' moral imperatives on
international relations.
The sum total of this administration's foreign policy is bombs. It bombs
Somalia. It bombs the Sudan and Afghanistan. It bombs Iraq. It bombs Bosnia.
And now it bombs Yugoslavia. Bombing and destruction is this
administration's lifeblood. Bombs distract the public from Clinton's
scandals. They give him an excuse to spend more money and pay off his
friends among the munitions manufacturers. They make him feel like the
bigshot that he isn't.
Perhaps it was inevitable that Clinton would join the company of the
warmongers, using his office to inflict unrelenting violence on the world.
After all, Clinton is a social democrat who believes in the power of
government. He has no qualms about using the state to muscle people, denying
their rights to liberty and property. He's done that every day since he took
office, and favors doing ever more.
Somehow, it seems even more disgraceful when people who have spoken on
behalf of freedom in the past join the chorus in calling for mass
destruction. Editors at the Wall Street Journal and smug non-combatants at
the Weekly Standard, the two major centers of neoconservative thought, are
calling for more bombs, for ground troops, and for bloodshed all around.
These neocons used to claim that democracies don't start wars. Now they
see aggressive war as the first priority of democracy. They even blast
rank-and-file Republicans for deigning to insist (by a large majority) that
Congress be consulted when the nation goes to war, and that war should be
the last, not the first resort, only to be undertaken when the country is
actually threatened.
Some Republican hopefuls are no better. For example, John McCain has
flipped his lid, sounding more and more like Dr. Strangelove by the day. "It
detracts from our ability to carry out the mission if our first and major
priority is to keep casualties down," McCain says. Let's call this sentiment
what it is: egregiously immoral.
Steve Forbes, in his statements on this war, has been worse than Clinton.
The mild-mannered advocate of hope, growth, and prosperity has been
transformed into a brooding militarist, demanding we inflict fear, poverty,
and death on anyone who dares question Clinton's proposed treaties.
Note that none of these pundits has actually volunteered to fly any
missions over Belgrade, much less join those who they say should become
ground troops in Kosova. No, they are happy to cheer on the U.S.-imposed
bloodshed and destruction from their personal computers. Deadline for copy
is 4:00 p.m., and happy hour starts 30 minutes later.
Amidst this cacophony of cowardice, how wonderful to hear the courageous
words of James Madison:
"Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be
dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is
the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and
debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the
domination of the few. … No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst
of continual warfare."
He continues:
"War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement. In war, a
physical force is to be created; and it is the executive will, which is to
direct it. In war, the public treasuries are to be unlocked; and it is the
executive hand which is to dispense them. In war, the honors and emoluments
of office are to be multiplied; and it is the executive patronage under
which they are to be enjoyed; and it is the executive brow they are to
encircle. The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human
breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are
all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace."
John Quincy Adams famously said,
"America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the
well wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and
vindicator only of her own. She will recommend the general cause by the
countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example. She
well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were
they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself
beyond the power of extrication in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of
individual avarice, envy and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the
standards of freedom. The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly
change from liberty to force."
Henry Clay was no friend of limited government, but he had enough sense
to know the dangers of European entanglements:
"By following the policy we have adhered to since the days of Washington
we have prospered beyond precedent; we have done more for the cause of
liberty in the world than arms could effect; we have shown to other nations
the way to greatness and happiness.
"But if we should involve ourselves in the web of European politics, in a
war which could effect nothing … where, then, would be the last hope of
the friends of freedom throughout the world? Far better it is … that,
adhering to our wise pacific system, and avoiding the distant wars of
Europe, we should keep our own lamp burning brightly on this western shore,
as a light to all nations, than to hazard its utter extinction amidst the
ruins of fallen and falling republics in Europe."
So who stands in the tradition of these voices? Who are the friends of
freedom today? Who has the courage to decry the actions of the new Evil
Here is my list of public figures who have spoken out against Clinton's
latest bombing campaign, sometimes at risk to their careers and reputations.
They deserve our attention, our admiration, and our thanks:
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One part Alien, one part Event Horizon and one part Resident Evil– Universal Pictures' Doom has stolen enough from others movies to get you through the hour and thirty minutes, only it left out the one thing that would have made it something fresh… the Gates of Hell.
Uni's Doom is an adaptation of the popular video game Doom III, only it changes the third act of the story completely. A distress call from the Olduvai research station on Mars forces a Special Ops team to investigate. What they find are creatures lurking in the darkness, killing off the survivors one by one. Sarge (The Rock) is the superior and appears to be the lead in the film, only the story really focuses on Reaper (Karl Urbane) and his twin sister Dr. Grimm (Rosamund Pike).
The movie takes a major turn for the worse when it sways from the video game's original storyline. What are the creatures you ask? Well they certainly aren't from Hell, I can tell you that right now- they're genetically mutated humans with an extra chromosome. They kill, and then the dead come back to life- yup, zombies once again (sigh). What pisses me off beyond belief is that throughout the film they kept the integrity of the game in the plot, only to change the outcome dramatically. They tease us over and over about this archeological dig on Mars, and lead us to believe they found 'something', only we see nothing of the dig but remains of a genetically perfect human creature that once lived on Mars centuries ago. In the game however, in the catacombs of Mars the entrance to Hell is buried and has been unlocked by scientists. In the game these creatures ARE demons from, in the movie they're nothing more than zombies… in space (does space ever work for a horror film?).
Speaking of pointless direction and fractured storylines, Dave Callaham and Wesley Strick tease us with some early flashbacks of Reaper and Dr. Grimm. Something happened to their father, but we don't know what… and we never do. These flashbacks and conversations are pointless as there are no pay-offs or explanations whatsoever. And even better Sarge comes off as a perfectly normal 'good guy', until the end of course. Instead of planting the seeds to prepare for a heel turn, Sarge just all of a sudden takes his job way too seriously. I guess his use of the word "fuck" (used at least 10 times aimlessly) was their way of showing that he's a dick. How about "fuck" this movie? And another pointless addition was the religious character who carves a cross into his arm for sinning- but that's another story for another day…
Buuuuuut, as much as the pacing and screenplay were pieces of dog shit, the movie is still quite entertaining and does carry some moments that will make your trip to the theater a worthy one. As you all know there's a special homage to the game with a extra cool FPS sequence (first person). Other homage's are intermingled such as the BFG, having trouble getting into weapon storage areas, and best of all a scene shot eerily similar to the online multiplayer version of the game! Getting back to the FPS sequence, let's just say it was one of the coolest scenes in a movie that I've seen in quite sometime. Uwe Boll take note, there are ways to bring a video game to life- you just will never do it. I can't explain to you how cool the scene was, it's just something you'll have to experience for yourself.
Another positive thing about the film is that it's quite gory. There are arms being ripped off, decapitations, zombies being split in two and much, much more. And I hate to admit it, but I love The Rock, he's getting better and better with every movie he makes (thank god he didn't do 'the people's eye' in this one).
One last thing I'd like to bitch about, the score. Whoever chose this '80s rock 'chase' music to play during attack sequences should never work in Hollywood again. The film lacked suspense and dread specifically because of the score. Imagine walking down dark hallways with Metallica blaring, it's more adrenaline pumping than nerve rattling. Idiots.
If Doom wasn't filled with gore or that incredible FPS shot, I'd say pass on this movie and rent one of the three flicks it ripped off. There's no hell, and the movie drags like there's no tomorrow. Go grab yourself a Red Bull or two before heading into the film, you should make sure you don't accidentally sleep through the FPS sequence because that's the only life at this lame party. This movie was 'Doomed" from the beginning. I know, I'm not funny…


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i went there today...been about a month or maybe 2 since last time i was there, man that trail got beat up. Lot worse then it was in the beginning of summer. Sand and gravel everywhere. I guess thats what happens when its the only good place to ride on this island.
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Strict standards behind N. Zealand quake 'miracle': experts
Wellington (AFP) Sept 5, 2010
While New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says it is "a miracle" no one was killed in the Christchurch earthquake, experts believe it was the country's strict building codes that prevented mass fatalities.
The 7.0 magnitude quake brought down building facades, buckled train lines and caused damage estimated at more than a billion dollars in New Zealand's second largest city, but did not result in the high death tolls seen in similar disasters worldwide.
The statistics just this year make grim reading: at least 220,000 dead in a 7.0 magnitude quake in Haiti last January, more than 2,000 killed when a 6.9 magnitude tremblor struck northwest China in April and more than 500 lives lost when an 8.8 mega-quake hit Chile in February.
Officials say Christchurch residents were lucky the quake occurred before dawn on Saturday, when most were asleep in the relative safety of their homes. A few hours later and the streets would have been thronged with Saturday morning shoppers.
But they have nevertheless expressed amazement that no one died when such a powerful seismic jolt struck so close to a city of 340,000. So far, there have only been two reports of serious injuries.
"The only conclusion you can draw is that it's a miracle nobody was killed," said Key. "Parts of the city look like they've been put in the tumble dryer."
New Zealand, which sits at the junction of two tectonic plates, is no stranger to earthquakes and experts said it had learned harsh lessons from a 1931 disaster at Napier, when a 7.8 magnitude tremor killed 256 people at Hawke's Bay.
The director of the Joint Centre For Disaster Research at Wellington's Massey University, David Johnston, said that resulted in the implementation of stringent building standards.
"There's no doubt it's a very, very significant reason why there wasn't more destruction," he told AFP.
"In developing countries we've seen the wholescale collapse of buildings. In Christchurch, it's been the older buildings on the outskirts of the CBD that have been worst affected but the vast majority of structures have maintained their integrity.
"It's a testament to the efforts in New Zealand since 1931."
Pieter Burghout, chief executive of BRANZ, an industry-funded construction safety research body, said the most severely damaged buildings in Christchurch were made of bricks and mortar, materials that do not cope well with earthquakes.
He said modern homes in New Zealand were mostly constructed around light timber frames, which provided flexibility when a quake hit.
"I've seen pictures of a house in Christchurch which fell off its foundations but it was still structurally sound," he said.
Burghout said New Zealand was among the world leaders in earthquake-resistant design and BRANZ had a large research facility in Wellington where a full-scale house could be built so testers could "shake it to bits" in a simulated tremor.
He said new office blocks in the country were built on isolated foundations, meaning they rest on a bed of rubber shock absorbers or ball bearings "so they can wobble around a bit if the big one comes".
Many historic buildings have been retro-fitted with earthquake dampening devices, a measure the Anglican Dean of Christchurch Peter Beck said paid off when the city's Anglican cathedral escaped with only minor damage on Saturday.
"Thank God for earthquake strengthening 10 years ago," he told national television.
Burghout conceded New Zealand's building standards were expensive, making them all-but-impossible to impose in developing nations such as Haiti, one of the world's most impoverished nations.
But he said the strict rules had been validated in Christchurch.
"I think the people of Christchurch would pay any price to come through this earthquake unscathed," he said.
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The government said it had turned down international offers of aid after Saturday's 7.0 magnitude quake, as people pulled together to help those left without shelter, food or water.
Civil Defence Minister John Carter said the disaster, which cut a swathe through Christchurch and the Canterbury district, had brought out the best in people.
"It has been tremendous to see the people of Canterbury rally around each other in this disaster and this has certainly reduced demand on the welfare centres," he said.
"It is a great testament to our country that Kiwis can call on family, friends and neighbours, and even in some cases strangers, in times of emergency."
Although the streets were strewn with rubble and shattered glass, and large holes and fissures had appeared in main roads, officials on Sunday said they had the situation under control.
Offers of help from the United States military and from various United Nations programmes were refused, civil defence director John Hamilton said, with the nation of four million able to fend for itself.
"I suppose they're probably surprised that we turned down their offers of assistance because in most cases an earthquake of the magnitude that we've experienced would inevitably result in high casualty numbers and the need for humanitarian assistance," he said.
"We're very grateful that the offers were made and fortunately we were able to say 'not required'."
A state of emergency declared soon after the quake would be reviewed on Monday, officials said.
Saturday's earthquake caused a mess of crumbled buildings, crushed cars and mangled roads which Prime Minister John Key described as looking like parts of the city had been "put in the tumble dryer and been given a darn good shake".
But after the initial shock, New Zealanders quickly set about providing food and accommodation for those who had lost their homes.
With electricity and water supplies cut, neighbourhood barbecues were organised as families pooled food and water supplies.
In rural areas, farmers set up a network of generators to ensure all milking would be completed as quickly as possible.
Opposition leader Phil Goff said he was amazed at the attitude of a couple he met removing possessions from their house, which was only fit for demolition.
"They were saying things like 'well, it could be a lot worse, think of the people in Pakistan where their homes and property have been destroyed, they have nobody to help them out, their kids are suffering from disease'."
Throughout the day the media arrived to collect stories of survival and found "an astonishing atmosphere of resilience", the Sunday Star-Times reported.
"Christchurch took on a carnival atmosphere as strangers compared notes.
"A community rallied and shared its bottled water with its neighbours... even those who had lost almost everything were remarkably upbeat."
Roderick Smith and partner Nina refused to let the earthquake interrupt their wedding day and used the destruction as a backdrop for their wedding photos.
"All the places we were going to do photos were blocked (so) what we've been doing is driving around and finding nice looking rubble and making the most of a bad situation," Nina told the Stuff website.
The chapel where they held the wedding was unscathed but the reception venue was unusable so the party packed into a coffee shop instead.
Nigel Smith spent Saturday using his four-wheel drive to pull stuck cars out of people's driveways.
"Something like this brings people together," he said. "It's amazing how everyone has come out and is helping each other."
Key said it looked like a scene out of a movie: "The roads were just ripped apart. I saw a church completely broken in half."
The earthquake was New Zealand's most destructive since the 1931 tremor in Napier that killed 256 people.
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1944 photo of graduates gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Girls are in uniform. They all wear a long ribbon pinned to the left shoulder. This may be a Catholic school. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
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25th Mar 2010, 09:26 PM #1
10 Amp Welders
Around 12 years ago I attended a father's day expo at the local Mitre 10 and there was a Ryobi rep selling various Ryobi welders including one that according to the rep was the "most powerful" arc welder (160A) available in Australia that could be run using a 10 amp plug.
However yesterday while browsing in Bunnings I noticed the welder (170A) illustrated below and it also uses a 10 amp plug.
Is there a limit (amperage on the welder) using 10 amps? Why do some require 15 amps then?
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25th Mar 2010, 09:48 PM #2
lower the volts and you get higher amps...
The only way to get more output is to make the device more efficient...
25th Mar 2010, 10:21 PM #3
I saw them 2 the other day and was wondering if they were an dc inverter welder.They are quite a bit dearer than the $100 10amp stick welders and if they are an inverter thats how they get more amps - more efficient .I did look all over it and the box but it didnt say ,and the ever helpfully staff were pretty scarce .Get nothing when I google it .I.ll ask em next time .
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25th Mar 2010, 10:34 PM #4
The first thing I'd be looking at is the duty cycle, doubt that it'll be very much @ 4.0mm
It really comes down to what you want to use it for and for how long.
26th Mar 2010, 07:21 AM #5
I can't say for sure but reckon the built in inverter would have to be on the money.
Otherwise it is difficult to see how the machine can offer a genuine 170 amps as on a normal transformer of this rating,a 15 amp plug will be required.
Normally somewhere on the packing box or in the advertising blurb there would be the blurb trumpeting the use of an inverter.
Taking another tack ,it may be that this unit has slipped through on the Australian Standards and may well be inappropriately equipped with a 10 amp plug instead of 15amp.I would expect that the fuses would blow or the breakers would trip at high output ,but never say never.
If so avoid it, as it is possible that it could burn your house down,by reason of the heavy current draw overheating your internal wiring circuits to the point where a fire starts.
As DJ points out the duty cycle will over a good clue.
26th Mar 2010, 01:42 PM #6
It's simple maths really. Drawing 10 amps at 240V is 2400W. Drawing 170A at 14V also gives you 2400W. So if we assume the transformer has no losses, then a transformer delivering 170A @ 14V will be drawing 10A from the 240V outlet.
To account for transformer losses you simple lower the welding voltage (say to 10 or 12V) and you can still keep the total power of the unit at or under 2400W.Cheers.
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26th Mar 2010, 07:44 PM #7
arc volts should be varying between 20 and 30 though for a good weld??
26th Mar 2010, 08:45 PM #8
Had another quick look at it today but the two young salesmen on duty knew nothing about the WeldCorp range other than they are new to Bunnings.
Not much I could glean from the box other than it's made in Italy, definitely a transformer based welder and has a dual-voltage toggle switch at the top right-hand corner of the console. What exactly does that mean?
27th Mar 2010, 07:44 AM #9
Well $279 seems to be quite cheap for a transformer welder and Bunnings seem be OK with replacing tools that die within the warranty.I,ve wanted a transformer for a few years but keep putting it off as they seem to gradually be getting cheaper.Wonder how long the warranty is ,if its 2 or 3 years like some of bunnings tools would be a good buy .
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27th Mar 2010, 09:20 AM #10
The switch would be for the input voltage..240V single phase or 415V three phase...Why such a small machine would have a three phase input is beyond me...(Euro voltages are 230V and 400V respectively)
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27th Mar 2010, 12:14 PM #13
I hate to think what the quality of the tranformer is....170 amp and only weighs 17kg... Our old CIG 140 amp from the early 1980's was thirty or more kg..
27th Mar 2010, 12:17 PM #14
27th Mar 2010, 12:23 PM #15
Ok its easy then.
It is switched for dual voltage but you can only plug into a 10 amp outlet. The switch marked 415 won't be connected to the transformer taps.
There's no way it will pull 170 amps from a 10 amp outlet
If it was wired to 3 phase ie, 415 volts, yes you can have 170 amps, but then look at the size of the thing.It does not appear even big enough to have a fan built in to it.
How long can you run a bead at the full 170 amp.? It does not appear to have the fan so, how does it it cool iteslf? By normal air convection. It follows, then that the duty cycle will be very low.If its 17kg and a transformer it will be alumininium wound.Bingo ,very poor current density as compared to copper wound.
As far as transformer losses are concerned calculate around 25% loss of efficientcy as heat.. output voltage between 45 to 70 odd volts - limited to 80 by law in a welder.
Maybe my maths are crap but I don't believe 170 amps from a 10 outlet unless technology has come a very long way transformer wise. Our Italian friends make wonderful cars but truly the welders are just so,so.
Its a case of buyer beware until more information presents itself.
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