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Faction Fronts is a modification for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl that improves many factors of the game. The main aim behind this mod is to improve the games dynamics and introduce faction wars. Whilst also extending the games unforgettable atmosphere and bringing it's graphics to a present day standard. The zone is now much more unpredictable, dangerous, interesting, exciting, rewarding and beautiful. Every element will always be totally random and unique with every single game.
The 1.2 patch is now available. It extends support for 1.0005 & 6, fixes some bugs and adds in the cut out 1154 hud that has been corrected from it's previous design flaw.
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Compatibility with 1.0005 & 1.0006 has been added. Finally the previously cutout 1154 HUD has been fixed and added in. We have also fixed a few bugs, and localization errors. Patch 1.1 has been integrated into this package so you won't have to go search for all the different patches in order to play, For info refer to "Patch notes.txt" in the gamedata folder. To install, follow all instructions below carefully. If you are getting crashes on game start up, rename "localisation.ltx" located in gamedata/config to "localisation_old" This is a language conflict. If any new bugs are detected they will be fixed in the new release.
Download the original version, then apply Patch 1.2 then play
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i fart in your face dude do you smell it but watch out some died off my farts
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this is a crazy cool mod i am new so i may not give a 10 else i would give 10

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July 5th, 2013 06:29 PM #11"I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it because 'romantic' doesn't mean 'sugary.' It's dark and tormented — the furor of passion, the despair of an idealism that you can't attain."
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Maeve Elizabeth - He doesn't like Maeve he says it sounds like a old lady.
Tess Emily Rose - I prefer Tessa to Tess.
Lucy Madeline - I prefer maybe Lucy Madeline Rose.
Beth Elizabeth/Beth Katherine - I prefer Bethany to Beth but I like these.
Daisy Madeline - I quite like this one but I'm unsure on Madeline I like Daisy-Mae Elizabeth.
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Clara Faye - I love this one my boyfriend doesn't like Clara though :-(.
Molly-Jane - eventhough I love this one I now can't use Molly due to a cousin using it.
Millie-Jane/Millie-Rose - I like Rose best.
Lyra-Faye - I'm unsure on Lyra is kinda popular where I live.
Poppy Elizabeth - I love this one but I'm unsure on Poppy as I know of a few Poppy's.
Liliana Elizabeth - I love this one but my boyfriend is unsure on Liliana.
I like Emma-Kate but I don't like the K.K on the end.
Amelia Paige we can't use.
I love Elizabeth Rose but I don't like it as a first name.
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hmmm...now I know some you don't like and some you do
Daphne Faye or Daphne Elizabeth
Eden Lily or Lily Eden
Aubrey Elizabeth
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Wren Elise or Elise Wren
Annabel Lily
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Unfortunately I can't attend national, but I agree, I would love to see pictures. Another year of new surprises and greatness.
Both choices are in Texas. I agree with Houston as well. Go Houston!
I would if I could get my hands on some. I haven't been on the hunt for cards recently. I just bask in the glory of my small collection.
Wow, this is a little irrelevant, but he has a lot of friends! I know on facebook I have almost a thousand, but I wouldn't invite 80% of them to my...
And is it more exciting live? I have never been into nascar, but want to try.
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For Visual Studio 2013 we have continued to improve the analysis performed by the Visual C++ compiler so it can produce code that runs faster than before. In this blog we highlight some of the many improvements that Visual Studio 2013 has in store for you. This blog is intended to provide you an overview on all the goodies we have added recently which will help make your code run faster. We have bucketed these improvements into a couple primary scenarios enlisted below, but before we get started let us take a recap of existing performance.
The Visual C++ Compiler offers many optimization flags (/O flags, except /Od). The /O optimization flags perform optimizations on a per module (compliand) basis which means no inter-procedural optimizations are performed when making use of /O flags. This is primarily done to provide users a balance between performance/code-size and compilation time.
Visual Studio 2013 out of the box ships with Whole Program Optimization (WPO) enabled (/GL or /LTCG build flags) for 'release' build configurations. Whole program optimization allows the compiler to perform optimizations with information on all modules in the program. This in particular among other optimizations allows for inter-procedural inlining and optimize the use of registers across function boundaries. WPO does come at a cost of increased build times but provides the maximum performance for the application.
Figure 1: Compilation Unit and Whole Program Optimizations (/O2 and /GL)
As a part of this scenario all the user needs to do is re-compile their application with Visual Studio 2013 to benefit from all the smarts mentioned below. So let us get started!
Memory (Working set, caching and spatial/temporal locality of accesses) *really* matters when it comes application performance. If you have a nested loop and you are processing large arrays which are too big to fit in the processor's L3 cache, then the speed at which your code runs is mostly dominated by the time it takes to fetch from memory, rather than the actual calculations performed inside the loop body and sometimes, by changing the order of the nested loops, we can make it speed up dramatically. To know more about this optimization please refer to Eric Brumer's presentation at //build, Native Code Performance and Memory: The Elephant in the CPU.
The Visual C++ 2013 compiler continues to evolve the patterns of code that we can vectorize, as a result the compiler now vectorizes loops containing min/max and other operations. The compiler is also now able to successfully 'reduce' (taking the sum or product, for example) into an array element, rather than a simple variable. The compiler also pays special attention to where the code says "restrict" and this helps elide runtime checks previously emitted to check against potential pointer overlap inhibiting vectorization. Lastly, we have also introduced a technique we call "statement-level" vectorization that we'll take a deeper look at in a moment. To provide you a little more understanding on how all these improvements come into play, let us take a look at a couple of examples:
Example 1: Vectorize C++ Standard Template Library code patterns
We have spent effort to make auto-vectorization be 'friendly' to the kinds of code pattern the C++ Standard Template Library uses in its implementation. In describing auto-vectorization for the last release, our examples all showed counted for loops, iterating thru arrays. But look at example 1 above – a while loop rather than a counted for loop – no eyes, or jays there! And no square brackets to denote array indexing – just a bunch of pointers! And yet, we vectorize this successfully for you.
Example 2: Statement level vectorization
If you take a look at this example, there is no loop here but the compiler recognizes that we are doing identical arithmetic (taking the reciprocal on adjacent fields within a struct) and it vectorizes the code, by making use of processor's vector registers and instruction.
Another optimization we have added is called 'Range Propagation'. With this optimization in place the compiler now keeps track of the range of values that a given variable may take on, as a function executes. This allows the compiler to sometimes omit entire arms of a case statement, or nested if-then-else block, thereby removing redundant tests.
A compiler can optimize away data or a function if a compiler can prove the data or function will never be referenced. However, for non WPO builds the compiler's visibility is only limited to a single module (.obj) inhibiting it from doing such an optimization. The Linker however has a good view of all the modules that will be linked together, so linker is in a good position to optimize away unused global data and unreferenced functions. The linker though manipulates on a section level, so if the unreferenced data/functions are mixed with other data or functions in a section, linker won't be able to extract it out and remove it. In order to equip the linker to remove unused global data and functions, we need to put each global data or function in a separate section, and we call these small sections "COMDATs".Today using the (/Gy) compiler switch instructs the compiler to only package individual functions in the form of packaged functions or COMDATs, each with its own section header information. This enables function-level linkage and enables linker optimizations ICF (folding together identical COMDATs) and REF (eliminating unreferenced COMDATs). In VS2013 (download here), we have introduced a new compiler switch (/Gw) which extends these benefits (i.e. linker optimizations) for data as well. It is *important* to note that this optimization also provides benefits for WPO/LTCG builds. For more information and a deep dive on the '/Gw' compiler switch, please take a look at one of our earlier blog posts.
For Visual C++ 2013, we have introduced a new calling convention called 'Vector Calling Convention' for x86/x64 platforms. As the name suggests Vector Calling Convention focuses on utilizing vector registers when passing vector type arguments. Use __vectorcall to speed functions that pass several floating-point or SIMD vector arguments and perform operations that take advantage of the arguments loaded in registers. Vector calling convention not only saves on the number of instructions emitted to do the same when compared to existing calling conventions (for eg., fastcall on x64) but also saves on stack allocation used for creating transient temporary buffers required for passing vector arguments. One quick way for validating the performance gain by using Vector Calling Convention for vector code without changing the source code is by using the /Gv compiler switch. However the ideal way, remains to decorate the function definition/declaration with the __vectorcall keyword as shown in the example below:
Figure 5: Vector Calling Convention example
To know more about 'Vector Calling Convention' please take a look at one of our earlier blog posts and documentation available on MSDN.
So far we have talked about the new optimizations that we have added for Visual C++ 2013 and in order to take advantage of them all you need to do is recompile your application but if you care about some added performance then this section is for you. To get the maximum performance/code-size for your application make use of Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) (figure 6.). Again, this added performance does come at the cost of additional build time and requires Whole Program Optimization enabled for your application.
Figure 6: Profile Guided Optimization
PGO is a runtime compiler optimization which leverages profile data collected from running important or performance centric user scenarios to build an optimized version of the application. PGO optimizations have some significant advantage over traditional static optimizations as they are based upon how the application is likely to perform in a production environment which allow the optimizer to optimize for speed for hotter code paths (common user scenarios) and optimize for size for colder code paths (not so common user scenarios) resulting in generating faster and smaller code for the application attributing to significant performance gains. For more information about PGO please take a look at some of the earlier blog posts. In Visual C++ 2013, we have continued to improve both PGO's ability to do better function and data layout, and as a result the generated PGO code runs faster. In addition to this we have improved the optimizations performed for code segments that PGO determines cold or scenario dead. As a result of this the risk of hurting performance for cold or untrained code segments is further diminished.A consistent pain point for traditional PGO users has been their inability to validate the training phase of carrying out PGO, given performance gains achieved with PGO are directly proportional to how well the application is trained this becomes an extremely important feature that has been missing in previous Visual C++ releases. Starting with Visual Studio 2013 if a user creates a sample profile for a PGO-optimized build extra columns light up in the 'call tree' which specify whether a particular function was PGO'ized and in addition to that, whether a particular application was optimized for size or speed. PGO compiles functions which are considered to be scenario hot for speed and the rest are compiled for size. Figure 7. Below enlists the extra PGO diagnostic information that lights up in a vspx profile. To learn more about how to enable this scenario please take a look at this blog which was published earlier.
Figure 7: Profile Guided Optimization diagnostic information in VSPX profile
Lastly, on the subject of Profile Guided Optimization, an out of the box prototype plugin has also been launched recently and is now available at VSGallery for download (download here). The plugin installs and integrates into the 'Performance and Diagnostics' hub. The tool aims at improving the experience of carrying out PGO for native applications in Visual Studio in the following ways:
Following is a snapshot from the Profile Guided Optimization tool which depicts extra diagnostic information that is emitted to further validate the training phase of Profile Guided Optimization.
Figure 8: Profile Guided Optimization tool in VSGallery
This blog should provide an overview for some of the goodies we have added in the Visual C++ Compiler which will help your application faster. For most of the work we have done (notably Auto-vectorization++) , all you need to do is rebuild your application and smile, having said that if you are looking for some added performance boosts, give Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) a try! At this point you should have everything you need to get started! Additionally, if you would like us to blog about some other compiler technology or compiler optimization please let us know we are always interested in learning from your feedback.
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Confirmation: are you guys working on loop-interchange optimization? How soon can we expect it (in terms of year)? 2014 / 15.. ?
Don't you guys think, that if you solve it soon and tell the world that you solved the aforementioned problem, it would be an considered as a BIG achievement in the C++ universe.
Every type of optimization is important. Its just the precedence I am referring to.
..and that one is the top-rated question on stackoverflow (which means a LOT! C++ optimization question at first position). By number of views and votes, you can tell how many people are going to acknowledge it...
Yes, we continue to work on loop-interchange optimization. (The techniques are well-known - see the 1994 paper on McKinley's web page at: www.cs.utexas.edu/.../papers.html )
(But your Stackoverflow link discusses branch prediction - equally interesting, but different from loop permutation/fusion/distribution)
@Danny - sorry - I now see that your link does indeed mention loop-swap by Intel's compiler.
Glad to hear you're continuing to invest in vectorization - I care deeply about it. However, please note that on real life projects - vectorization still catches on a tiny percent of potential loops, and its impact on real life performance is negligible.
Reduction seems to work for sum, but not min/max. memcpy/memset are still not invoked where they should be (according to the documentation). There are still weird dependencies on inlining decisions that make vectorization decisions seem utterly random (this one is a big deal!). Even on stl - you list transform1 as an example that works, but take a much more mundane example: just instantiate an std::vector, and you get vectorization failure on the single potentially vectorizable loop:
for (; 0 < _Count; --_Count, ++_Dest)
*_Dest = _Val;
(in a _Fill_n() overload, under <xutility> ).
etc. etc. etc. It seems vectorization is still applicable mostly to c-style loops, with very simple computations. It doesn't help much with data initialization or copying, and is having a hard time seeing through c++ facilities (even as simple as members, when acting as loop boundaries).
I hope to see vectorization continue to grow in upcoming releases - the potential benefits are huge. Thanks for all the hard work!
The /Gl option ("Whole program optimization") has become terribly slow compared to Vs2012 :-(
What took 5 minutes now takes 1 hour! (to produce an EXE of about 14 MB). Same thing in 32 and 64 bits.
Anyone experiments this?
I have many different versions of this programs on my desktop, It seems to accumulate quite a bit on my system, I believe its a trait of a custom gaming computer, which I built myself, right down to loading the operating system, downloading the drivers, and filling it with well established gaming corporations, like Riot, Steam, and Microsoft games, so I just wanna know if I need all these versions on Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit for my games to work, or can I download the latest version, and safely remove the previous without the possibility of losing access to any of my games.
One thing I'm missing, does whole program optimization works between DLL boundaries, seems very dangerous if it does, if it doesn't and my program is structured with many DLL modules I gain no performance but only longer build times.


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Funeral services for Betty Jean Davis, 85, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 27, 2012 at First Southern Baptist Church (4300 West 6th Street, Lawrence, 66049). Burial will follow at 1:30 p.m. at Mt. Hope Cemetery (4700 Southwest 17th Street, Topeka, 66604). She died on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at her home.
Betty was born on October 26, 1927 in Topeka, KS the daughter of John Laurence and Hulda C. (Johnson) Johnson.
She moved to Lawrence from Topeka in 1957.
She was a Financial Administrator for Interx Research Corporation from 1973 – 1990. She formerly worked as a secretary for both Cordley and Deerfield in USD 497.
She was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church where she had been the Treasurer since 1973. She was a member of Helena Chapter #10 O.E.S. in Topeka, and a member of the Lawrence Knife and Fork Club. She was an avid bowler and bowled in the "Carol's Bunch" league.
She married Edward M. Davis on July 25, 1946 in Lyndon, KS. He preceded her in death September 25, 1993.
Survivors include her daughter, Lucille Zimmer, and husband, Keith, Tecumseh, KS; three sons, John Edward Davis, and wife, Carolyn, Newport, KY, Albert A. Davis, and wife, Sandy, Lawrence, Charles D. Davis, and wife, Judi, Lenexa, KS; seven grandchildren, John, Jr., Laura, Rebecca, Christy, Kevin, Carole, Jacob; ten great grandchildren; and two sisters, Harriet W. Horvath, Odenton, MD, and Mary Jane Fleenor, Topeka. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Lucille Schmidt, Frances Noble, Ruth Coffindaffer; two brothers, Eugene L. Johnson, Harold W. Johnson; and one great granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth Coyle.
The family will greet friends from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.
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I thought parents enrolled their children in sports to instill values like a good work ethic and camaraderie. But if the following clip is any sign of how they're playing "pee wee" football these days, people aren't fostering teamwork, they're grooming a bunch of con artists!
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intensebandgeek 8 years
Lol, I heard about this! Is that even allowed?
ekdkdk1 8 years
Horribly dirty. If I was a parent on the team that did that, I would pull my kid off.
SillyBecky 8 years
That's so wrong. Those coaches should be ashamed of themselves.
mandykw 8 years
Thats so cheap! I would have been pissed.
earthylovingirl 8 years
i never saw that before..
earthylovingirl 8 years
i never saw that before..
sweetheart_450 8 years
Haha! :rotfl:
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Haha! :rotfl:
flippy 8 years
that's my kind of sport.
flippy 8 years
that's my kind of sport.
Yo 8 years
:JAWDROP: that was shameful!
Yo 8 years
:JAWDROP: that was shameful!
daveaf07 8 years
Cheap, yes. Cheating, no. Definitely not how the sport should be played but it was quite clever. They must suck if they need to play dirty to win.
Half-Hippy 8 years
That is not sportsmanship! Come on...that's shady and wrong. You don't win by cheating!
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If you don't know what happens, I'll spare you the graphic, gory details. Suffice to say it's a "procedure" that would make the chainsaw-waving villain in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" envious. A number of states have simply banned outright this practice of murdering a baby as its being born, ostensibly for some health concern for the mother. And murder is clearly the correct term here. Again, way too graphic for specificity here, but it involves doing unspeakable things to the baby's tiny skull, brain, or – in some cases – the neck.
If you don't believe me, look it up on the internet. It's not hard to find a scientific explanation for this horror.
So would you consider a president who favors the procedure a radical?
Sen. Barack Obama has a 100% pro-abortion rights voting record, including supporting the ghastly act of partial birth abortion. Politically speaking, a fellow Democrat, the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, one of the legends of liberalism, once referred to partial birth abortion as "too close to infanticide."
Yet for Obama, it appears the "punishment of a baby" must be prevented at any and all costs.
Michael Gerson's column this week in the Washington Post is simply mandatory reading for any and all who get "thrills up their legs" when this man walks into a room.
Gerson writes how Obama opposed a bill in Illinois that would prevent the killing of babies accidentally left alive by abortion. He refers to Obama's "extreme" abortion record and is enthusiastic about a cultural trend that many of us have noticed, a trend that celebrates the birth of a baby, like the protagonist in the Hollywood hit movie, "Juno" does rather than marching down to the local abortion clinic.
There's a scene in this movie that features the pregnant teen who is considering an abortion being told by a classmate that her unborn child already has fingernails. As Gerson brilliantly puts it, a worthless part of its mother's body – a clump of protoplasmic rubbish – doesn't have fingernails.
On the subject of life, Sen. Barack Obama is a radical, all right. A textbook definition of one. A man who has been on the side of killing babies his entire adult life, including the wildly evil practice of partial birth abortion.
There aren't enough teleprompters in the world that can hide that fact.
I used to believe that a Republican's best chance to win in November is to face Hillary Clinton. Clearly, Rush Limbaugh and others gleefully advanced that belief by the wonderful and creative push to have Republicans cross over in the primaries and vote for Madame Hillary and continue creating chaos in a Democrat Party already wallowing in chaos.
But I'm starting to think that there is no way that a great country like ours, even one that produced a scoundrel like Bill Clinton, could ever elect a radical like Barack Obama to the White House.
The more we learn about Sen. Barack Obama, the easier the road for Sen. John McCain.
Or so I hope.
Mike Gallagher is a nationally syndicated radio host, Fox News Channel contributor and guest host and author of 50 Things Liberals Love to Hate.
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What ever happened to Hope and Change, let alone Audacity? Was that threesome just a campaign slogan? Apparently so. Today's challenges may be new, but the Obama administration decided to stick with the old federal budget, which has been in the works since last year -- before the latest, steepest rise in unemployment, before the Panic of '08 gave way to the Recession of '09 ... in short, before the Obama administration.
Why would it do that? Here's the less than edifying word from Peter Orszag, the new president's new man in charge of the budget. He explains that "fundamentally, the economy is weak...."
This is news? The question is what the administration intends to do about it. This week the command from the helm was: Steady as she sinks. Just keep on drifting on a tide of red ink.
The massive government debt being run up by various bailouts plus a $787-billion stimulus bill (will it prove all sail or just more dead weight?) is troublesome enough. But it's not the size of the stimulus that troubles most -- maybe it should have been even bigger -- but its lack of focus. There doesn't seem to be any clear, consistent, coherent strategy to the administration's response to this deepening economic slump.
Back when this country was in the throes of a Great Depression, a president who believed in action -- Franklin Roosevelt -- changed course 180 degrees with a simple explanation: The time had come, he said, for Dr. Win-the-War to replace Dr. New Deal. The result: All that massive spending on tanks and planes and ammunition, and the massive war debt that went with it, didn't just win the war; it finally ended the Depression.
The American people could accept that debt, and buy war bonds to finance it, and sacrifice in ways not just great and small but far beyond the mere material, because our very existence as a free nation was at stake. And, with it, the future of the free world.
What is the rationale for the Obama administration's first and gigantic ($410 billion) budget? There doesn't seem to be one except inertia. Or as Mr. Orszag explained, the budget for this year was already in the works, so (what th' heck) why not stick with it?
So much for hope and change. And if this is audacity, what would be just plain old habit?
Some of us had hoped for a change of course or at least a better explanation for continuing on the old one. Why keep on doing the same thing (spend, spend, spend) without clear priorities and expect a different result?
Pulitzer Prize-winning Paul Greenberg, one of the most respected and honored commentators in America, is the editorial page editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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Traffic Speed Sign Installation ► Open13404-13472 Dupont Rd Sebastopol, CA 95472, USA
The county needs to install 25 MPH traffic signs along DuPont Rd. Sebastopol, CA. Pedestrians and wildlife are frequently subject to cars and trucks driving at excessive speed.· Reported by Peter (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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After over 1000 days still no speed signs have be posted.
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This request needs to be addressed by Sonoma County asap.
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Catwalk needs serious improvement ► OpenRedwood Highway Petaluma, California
The only pedestrian overpass that exists in Petaluma, spanning US 101 near the interchange of E. Washington St, links the neighborhood on the north side with the rest of the city. Now with the new stores across the freeway, the catwalk is much more useful than ever before. Unfortunately, it's become a hazard at daytime, and a prowler's paradise at night.
I use this bridge to go to work at Target, and I can't stress enough its appalling condition. It is covered in graffiti (some potentially gang-related) and is littered with garbage, beer bottles and broken glass. These are obvious signs of loiterers taking their pleasure up here in the cover of darkness. Also, the overhead lights are not working, some of them shattered; they should be replaced with dimmable LED to make the catwalk safer at night. Even more perilous, the chain-link barrier encasing the bridge has holes at places, so someone can toss objects at the traffic below.
I know that the catwalk is not city property, so I hope this report is relayed to Caltrans. Should the bridge be improved, not only will it help me, but also the residents who now rely on this crucial freeway crossing.· Reported by Light & Sign conqueror · Share · Flag Flagged
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This could be a real problem. It's trouble brewing beside being a eye sore.
Needs crosswalk ► OpenNorth And Benton Streets
With such heavy traffic, along with two elementary schools and SR Middle School nearby, there needs to be a crosswalk here. Could also be part of an excellent east-west bicycle blvd, as there is already a crosswalk at Benton and Mendocino and then a 4-way stop at Humboldt and Benton.· Reported by Anonymous (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Anonymous (Guest)
I agree with the need for a cross walk there.
However, please no more bike blvds! I am fine with bike lanes, and sharing the road with careful law abiding bikers, but crazy roundabouts (see humbolt) are a danger to everyone.
Left turn traffic light malfunction ► OpenSouth Bound Off Ramp At Shiloh Road Windsor, Sonoma, CA
The light for turning left onto Shiloh doesn't work, waited 10 min before taking alternate move.· Reported by Souza (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Malpositioned signal light ► Open209 Howard St Petaluma, CA 94952, USA
The traffic signal on the northwest corner of Washington/Bodega and Howard Streets is rotated so that cars heading north on Howard can see the signals intended for drivers westbound on Washington. Mildly confusing to those of us who know the problem, could be fatally confusing to a newcomer or a drunk driver.· Reported by Nancy Wilson (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Millbrae at Stony Point Rd. needs a traffic light ► ArchivedMillbrae Ave. At Stony Point Rd.
Trying to turn left from either side of Millbrae Ave. is so dangerous that I am surprised more people haven't died there. It is a very busy intersection, the lights at Todd (north) and Expressway (south) are timed such that there are very few breaks in traffic, making it even harder to turn. Adding in the fact that people turning right try to "jump ahead" rather than taking their turn, I'm amazed anyone ever has the chance to turn left. What is the required number of deaths at an intersection before a light is installed? Obviously, despite the number of accidents and near accidents I have seen, that death toll has not been reached.· Reported by Amy (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
Needs a crosswalk ► Open1431-1439 Fulton Road Santa Rosa, California
Piner HIgh School students that are getting out of school are walking into traffic on Fulton Road to get to the Youth Community Park. Fulton Road is a busy street and a mass of kids crossing the street is dangerous for both students and drivers. Especially since these kids have no regard of looking where they are walking. There needs to be a crosswalk so the students can SAFELY walk across the street.· Reported by An anonymous SeeClickFix user · Share · Flag Flagged
Turn Light ► Open3813-3999 Sonoma Hwy Santa Rosa, CA 95409, USA
Left or U-Turn Signal Light @ Hwy 12 and Village Parkway takes FOREVER to signal, stop traffic and allow turn(s) in either direction· Reported by CCM (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
"No Outlet" sign needed ► OpenCaulfield Lane Petaluma, California
I've been watching confused motorists drive up Caulfield Lane and back after encountering the dead-end by the creek. A "No Outlet" sign once existed but was removed by one of my neighbors who claimed it violated his property. The sign's absence opened the way to undeserved traffic, which can be stopped just by installing a new sign on the mast of a nearby streetlight to avoid angering my neighbor again.· Reported by Light & Sign conqueror · Share · Flag Flagged
"No Outlet" sign needed ► ArchivedCaulfield Lane Petaluma, California
I've watched misplaced motorists drive up Caulfield Lane and back after encountering the dead-end by the creek. A sign once existed but was removed by one of my neighbors who claimed it violated his property. The sign's absence opened the way to undeserved traffic.· Reported by An anonymous SeeClickFix user · Share · Flag Flagged
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Scored career-high 9.925 on vault at Michigan on 3/7/14
Won vault and floor at Washington on 2/16/14
Averaging 9.82 on floor in NCAA competitions
Top 5 finishes in the all-around, vault and bars at the 2011 Level 10 State Championships
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FX - 9.900, last 3/1/14
Upgraded routines on both vault and floor in 2014, vaulting a Yurchenko layout half and a tumbling a double layout on floor … Scored 9.9 on floor in three consecutive meets from Feb. 16-Mar. 1 and averaged 9.804 on the year … Averaged 9.796 on vault with a new career-high of 9.925 set at Michigan, where she tied for third and also scored 9.875 on floor … Took home her first event titles at Washington, winning both vault and floor with scores of 9.9 … Scored 9.9 on floor and 9.875 on vault vs. Stanford … Second on vault vs. ASU with a 9.875 … Tied for third on vault at Cal with a 9.85 … Tied for UCLA's top score on vault at Utah with a 9.85 … Scored a then-career-high on vault vs. OSU with a 9.9 to tie for second place … Tied her career-best on floor vs. Florida with a 9.85 and vaulted for the first time ever in competition, scoring 9.725.
Competed on floor in 11 of 14 meets … Averaged 9.825 in postseason competition … Scored 9.825 in the NCAA team finals and 9.8 in the semifinals … Tied her career-best with a 9.85 at the NCAA Regionals … Also scored 9.85 to tie for fourth in the Bruins' quad meet Feb. 10 … Registered a then-career-high 9.825 at Stanford Feb. 2 … Previous career-best was 9.8 against Utah on Jan. 12 … Competed for the first time as a Bruin in the season opener vs. Southern Utah, scoring 9.225 on floor and earning 9.6 on vault in an exhibition … Prior to 2013, she had not competed since the 2011 Level 10 State meet due to a torn Achilles and torn labrum.
Did not compete due to injury and redshirted the season.
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Retail winners during the Holiday Season - Earnings ESP
Retail winners during the Holiday Season
Holiday season has already kicked off with Thanksgiving, Black Friday and hot Cyber Monday deals. Taking a cue from 2012 holiday season, retailers are leaving no stone unturned to woo consumers this time as well. Early-hour store openings, huge discounts, promotional activities and free shipping for online purchases are on the cards for both brick-and-mortar as well as e-commerce retailers. However, this might hurt margins and in turn the fourth-quarter earnings.
On Market Front
The overall scenario doesn't seem too convincing as of now with the Federal Reserve continuing with its $85 billion monthly stimulus program to keep interest rates low and boost economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 77.64 points (or 0.48%) yesterday before closing at 16,008.77. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index shed 4.91 points (or 0.27%) to finish the trading session at 1,800.90. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 14.63 points (or 0.36%) to end the day at 4,045.26.
The economic data has not yet reached the central bank's desired level. Unemployment rate is currently hovering at around 7.3%, which is still well above the Fed's target. Further, consumer confidence appears to have taken a hit as a result of the political impasse in Washington DC. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell drastically to 70.4 in Nov 2013, following a sharp dip to 72.4 in October.
Retailers need to be 'hawk-eyed' this holiday season to make the most of it. They need to grab every opportunity as and when they come, and try all means to drive in cautious, budget-constrained consumers to the shop as the season may be a tough one.
On Retail Front
Interestingly, the current situation as of now seems to be a mixed one on the retail front. According to National Retail Federation (NRF), the survey performed by Prosper Insights & Analytics revealed that sales on the Thanksgiving weekend dropped 2.7% to $57.4 billion from $59.1 billion in the year-ago period. However, according to ShopperTrak, retail sales at bricks-and-mortar outlets rose 2.3% to $12.3 billion on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. This leading provider of shopper analytics also disclosed that retail sales on Black Friday alone plunged 13.2%, while foot traffic declined 11.4%. Analysts believe that Thanksgiving Day attracted some sales from Black Friday due to the early offerings of best deals.
On the contrary, online spending is making headway, helped by tech-savvy consumers buying best online deals through their smartphones, tablets and computers. The data compiled by NRF suggested that average online spending increased 3% to $177.7 from the corresponding period last year. As indicated by comScore, Black Friday witnessed online retail spending of $1,198 million, up 15%; whereas Thanksgiving Day saw a 21% jump in online spending to $766 million.
As per comScore, online sales are projected to touch $2 billion mark on "Cyber Monday". A surge in e-shopping will definitely benefit online retailers as well as brick-and-mortar chains that have well knitted their online and in-store operations.
Consumer spending is a primary component of the economy, and the way consumers behave during the holiday season will give a rough idea to investors about the health of the U.S. economy. The political tussle and the 16-day partial U.S. government shutdown, uneven economic recovery, and soft job opportunities are keeping investors jittery.
Amid such a scenario, NRF is anticipating consolidated sales for November and December to grow approximately 3.9% to $602.1 billion. Data compiled by ShopperTrak suggest that retail sales are projected to increase 2.4% this holiday season. However, the expected growth rate has tempered down from 3% registered in 2012, 4% in 2011 and 3.8% in 2010, hinting at a stiff competition.
Retail Still a Lucrative Investment Opportunity
Banking on its wide spectrum, the Retail/Wholesale sector still remains a lucrative investment opportunity for investors. A reflection of that is evident from the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) and Market Vectors Retail ETF (RTH) surging roughly 40.5% and 37.1% year-to-date, respectively, outperforming the S&P 500 that has gained 23.1% so far this year.
Thus, identifying the future winners from the sector would be a prudent idea to make an investment decision.
The Future Winners among the Crowd
Picking the best stocks from the Retail/Wholesale space for one's portfolio is a fairly simple task. One way to narrow down the list of choices during this earnings season is by looking at stocks that have the combination of a favorable Zacks Rank - Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), #2 (Buy) or #3 (Hold) - and a positive Zacks Earnings ESP .
Earnings ESP is our proprietary methodology for identifying stocks that have the best chance to surprise with their next earnings announcement.
For investors seeking to apply this strategy to their portfolio, we have highlighted 3 Retail/Wholesale stocks that may stand out this earnings season:
Five Below, Inc. ( FIVE ) is a Zacks Rank #2 stock having an Earnings ESP of +25.00%. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for third-quarter fiscal 2013 is 4 cents a share, portraying a 44.4% surge from the prior-year period. This Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based specialty value retailer had registered an average positive earnings surprise of 62.5% over the trailing four quarters, and has a long-term earnings expectation of 33.7%. The company is scheduled to report on Dec 5, 2013.
The Kroger Co. ( KR ) is a Zacks Rank #3 stock with an Earnings ESP of +1.89%. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for third-quarter fiscal 2013 is pegged at 53 cents a share, reflecting an increase of 15.2% year over year. This Cincinnati, Ohio based retail food and multi-department store operator had registered an average positive earnings surprise of 9.7% over the trailing four quarters, and has a long-term earnings expectation of 7.3%. The company is slated to report results on Dec 5, 2013.
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. ( AEO ) is a Zacks Rank #3 stock and has an Earnings ESP of +5.56%. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for third-quarter fiscal 2013 is 18 cents a share. This Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based apparel and accessories retailer had registered an average positive earnings surprise of 5.5% over the trailing four quarters, and has a long-term earnings expectation of 9.4%. The company will report on Dec 6, 2013.
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text: Love's Furious Tweets Not Lost in Lawsuit Star's angry rants sparks microblogging site's first libel suit By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff Posted Mar 29, 2009 1:49 PM CDT STORY COMMENTS (1) (Newser) – Twitter, the microblogging site that even counts President Obama as a member, has reached yet another milestone: it's first libel suit, the Independent reports. Courtney Love's former fashion designer claims the wild rocker left angry "tweets" about her, calling her a "nasty, lying, hosebag thief" with "a history of dealing cocaine" who would be "hunted til your [sic] dead." Dawn Simorangkir says Love began "an obsessive and delusional crusade" against her on Twitter, MySpace, and other websites after she billed the star $4000 last month for custom clothes. Simorangkir adds her former client destroyed her business and reputation, whether by "drug-induced psychosis, a warped understanding of reality, or the belief that money and fame allow her to disregard the law." Singer Courtney Love performs a private concert in the Hiro Ballroom at The Maritime Hotel Thursday, July 12, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Twitter, the latest social networking phenomenon, appears to have sparked its first libel action. (PRNewsFoto/RentWiki.com) In this Feb. 9, 2009 file photo, Courtney Love arrives for the 2009 Elle Style Awards at Big Sky studios in north London. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file) Courtney Love arrives to the Marc Jacobs 2008 spring/summer collection during Fashion Week in New York, Monday, Sept. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) ADVERTISEMENT(Click Prev or Next to continue viewing images.) « Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow Independent (UK) (Source Grid ») Courtney had hailed the designer as a 'genius' Valleywag Love might want to find a new hobby New York Technology • Crime & Courts • Media Courtney Love • libel • lawsuit • Twitter • tweet To report an error on this story, notify our editors.


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house architecture in the region
I was really impressed by the houses architecture very common in the area which I haven't seen in other places in Bulgaria. I find these houses extremely beautiful and I am sorry that I am not so determined to settle down (despite my age) and to buy myself such a house.
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All round Bulgarian customs in Belogradchik
When you are at a restaurant, expect that the waiter does confuse (this is not the right word, since in Bulgarian culture it is just like that) the body-language between saying yes and saying no. So, when you want to order the waiter gives you a sign that looks as if he sais NO, but means Yes, I am coming. And for tips, dont give them, for they are not appreciated (a very good additude, since I have never understand the idea of giving tips to waiters but not to people sitting at the cash-machine at a supermarket)
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Farming is not just a hobby for Joe Deal and his father, Butch Deal, but it is a way of life. Deal Farms of Franklin has been a consistent local source of food for the people of Macon County since the early 1950s, and the family has farmed for seven generations and counting. With over 500 acres of farmland and over 30 different types of vegetables and various fruits made available at their local fruit stands, the locally owned family farm does in fact have a stellar reputation among Maconians and in the surrounding area.
Since 1951, the family has ran a commercial farm in Macon County , and have since expanded their market share to Atlanta and Asheville. Locally, Deal Farms supplies Ingles stores with their products, freshly made and supplied–something competitors simply cannot match.


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Meat more abundant at Kitsap farmers markets
PORT ORCHARD - A decade ago, meat was a rare commodity at Kitsap farmers markets. Now, locally raised beef, lamb, chicken and pork are more common options.
Beef is new this year at the Port Orchard Farmers Market, which opened Saturday. The supplier is Shorts Family Farm of Chimacum. And baby chicks will be sold through Rain Creek Pottery and Poultry of Port Orchard. The market board sought out meat vendors in response to customer demand, said market manager K.C. Pearson.
As the Poulsbo Farmers Market Board prepared for Saturday's opening, it debated what to do with an embarrassment of riches. The market this year has four vendors with beef, four with pork, two with chicken and four with lamb.
The problem facing the board, according to market manager Brian Simmons, was finding the right balance of enough vendors to attract shoppers looking for local meat while not saturating the market.
"Some were concerned about having too much meat; others said we should put it on a banner," Simmons said.
The final decision was, "More is better." The board decided to let supply and demand sort itself out.
Today, said Simmons, farmers markets in Kitsap are reaching a new level of maturity. Ten years ago, when the Poulsbo market was founded, local farmers were just getting off the ground. Today, their operations have grown more efficient and productive. These days, shopping at the local farmers market to get one's staples — meat, shellfish, bread, fruits and vegetables — is not unusual.
The "eat local" movement has been a boon to farmers markets, but challenges aplenty remain.
"Competing with the big boxes is probably the toughest thing," Simmons said.
As a member of the Washington State Farmers Market Association, Simmons has been part of efforts to ease regulations on small farmers. A Cottage Industry Food Law, allowing for production of baked goods in homes, has been seen as limiting, Simmons said. A new bill, introduced this session in Olympia but seeing no movement since January, would have removed limits on annual gross sales for cottage food operations. Another bill that would allow for beer and wine tasting at farmers markets also has been debated.
Simmons is interested in the emerging "food sovereignty" movement, which calls for the right of local jurisdictions to set rules for food production and consumption.
Food politics aside, Simmons and other market managers have implemented new ways to draw customers to their markets. Poulsbo has live music each Saturday, and now Port Orchard will follow suit with performers in the gazebo. Special events, such as Poulsbo market's Wellness Day (May) and Port Orchard's Great Tomato Taste-off (September) give regular customers and visitors an extra reason to head to the market.
Markets aplenty
Kitsap County has six farmers markets, with one (Bremerton) operating Thursdays and Sundays.
Bainbridge Island Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, through Dec. 21, in Town Square at City Hall.
Bremerton Farmers Market: 4-7 p.m. Thursdays, May 2-Oct. 17, at Evergreen-Rotary Park; and 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sundays, May 5-Oct. 13, at the Bremerton Ferry Terminal.
Kingston Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, May 4-Oct. 12, at Mike Wallace Park in the Port of Kingston Marina.
Port Orchard Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, through Oct. 12, in the Port Orchard Marina parking lot (near the gazebo).
Poulsbo Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, through Dec. 21, at Poulsbo Village Medical/Dental Center, Seventh Avenue and Iverson Street.
Silverdale Farmers Market: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays, April 30-Sept. 24, in Old Town Silverdale, between the boat launch and waterfront park.
Suquamish Farmer's Market: 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, April 24 through Oct. 16 on Suquamish Way across from the tribal Center; http://www.suquamishfarmersmarket.org/
This story has been updated to include information on the Suquamish Farmers Market.
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Why is Wall Street raising pay for junior bankers? Because as well paid as even the junior bankers seem to be, they're falling way behind their bosses and the hedge fund aristocracy.Read more »
One Hedge Fund Honcho = 1,600 Ordinary Bankers
Look On Your Works, Ye Bankers, and Despair
The Revel casino in Atlantic City announced today that it will close in September, marking the final stage in one of the most remarkable stories of wasted cash in banking history.Read more »
Jail the Banks! Well, the Foreign Ones, Anyway
It's hard not to notice that after extensive discussions among regulators and prosecutors about the advisability of bringing criminal charges against "too big to fail" banks, U.S. officials are finally demanding criminal sanctions ... of foreign banks.Read more »
As Wall Street Banks Retreat on Pay, the Buy Side Rises
Trader pay at the big investment bank is falling. The caveat: Much of the money that used to come from the much-criticized big banks has just moved over to the buy side.Read more »
At Bank of America, It's Pay Billions, Breathe Relief, Repeat Each Year
When Bank of America bought Countrywide Financial Corp., and later Merrill Lynch & Co., it was clear that the bank was assuming indefinite and enormous liabilities. Now it's demonstrating just how deep bottomless is.Read more »
In This Business, Big Banks Decide They Have Too Much to Lose
JPMorgan Chase & Co. sold its commodity trading arm to Mercuria for $3.5 billion. Commodities trading is a profitable business -- and one potentially toxic to a mega-bank's reputation.Read more »
A Pallid Ending for a Much-Hyped Goldman Sachs Trial
Seven months ago, The Market Now sat in on the civil trial of Goldman's Fabrice "Fabulous Fab" Tourre and concluded that it was the dullest "historic" trial ever. Today, Tourre found out the penalties for his misdeeds. If after the...Read more »
The Chump's Guide to Tax Evasion
Much of the Senate's report on Credit Suisse wasn't news: We already knew the company helped thousands of Americans evade taxes. Most surprising here is that the typical secret Swiss bank accounts turns out to be surprisingly small.Read more »
Yes, Highly Paid Traders and Bankers Are Totally Replaceable
Goldman Sachs and other banks are paying out less of their revenues to employees. Why? Because highly paid bankers and traders, like other professionals, are ever more easily replaceable.Read more »
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Highly paid as they are, investment bankers are still employees. They've long had the run of Wall Street, and gotten paid as if they owned the shop. Turns out, they don't.Read more »


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Channing Tatum is set to play Gambit in an X-Men spin-off movie.
Channing Tatum will play Marvel mutant Gambit in a forthcoming X-Men spinoff movie, producer Lauren Shuler Donner confirmed to Total Film this week. Tatum - who stars in 22 Jump Street later this year - had previously expressed an interest in the role, given his New Orleans roots.
Channing Tatum Will Play 'Gambit' In An X-Men Spin-Off
Gambit, a Marvel mutant with the ability to mentally create, control and manipulate kinetic energy, was born Remy Etienne LeBeau in New Orleans. He was previously played by Taylor Kitsch in X-Men Origins: Wolverine - probably the worst movie in the franchise.
"It is Channing," Donner confirmed, "He's a rogue, he's a rascal, just like Remy LeBeau. And he can handle the action, as we know, and he's got a real good heart, I know him personally.He'll be great for Gambit, and he's a southerner too."
"He's not from New Orleans, but he is a southerner, so he understands that world, and you know Gambit loves New Orleans."
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It's no secret that Tatum has an affinity for the character and he publically expressed a desire to play the role in September.
"I would like to play Gambit. Gambit's my favorite. I'm from New Orleans, around that area. My dad's from New Orleans, and I like to do a Cajun accent," Tatum told the media at a press event last year. "I could do it for real. No knock on Taylor Kitsch, though, 'cause I actually like his Gambit, but I've always lived around Cajun people . Gambit was always like the woman-loving, cigarette-smoking, drinking [guy]. He was the punk rock of all the superheroes. He's a thief. He kind of rode the line."
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Most masons are completely clueless of what goes on at higher levels. Majority of masons are just regular guys enjoying some time with the guys every Tuesday night at the Lodge. The Illuminati has completely high jacked free masonry to use it as a front.
A Thread which will undoubtedly not fulfill it's intentions lol
i would ask for civility and honest responses...unfortunately the only people who have read this far are the ones who wouldnt do that anyways lol.
"If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe." -Tesla
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This one fact should guide you. Don't fall for the excuses....
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The title of your thread and the last line are indicative of two things in my opinion.
1. You have chosen defeat over success before you have even begun.
2 You are judgmental and disrespectful of the members you are asking advice from.
You sir have earned the title of .............. TROLL
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Oh,BTW,one of my best friends is a big,tall mason associated with a childrens hospital.
He has a curly long mustache and drives a little car dressed as a clown..
And he is as evil as the dawn is red..........


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WVU running back Sims wants to leave a legacy
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — While the game carries little meaning, West Virginia's season-ending visit to Iowa State at 4 p.m. Saturday will create lasting memories for 14 seniors, especially running back Charles Sims.
Sims needs 54 yards to become West Virginia's first 1,000-yard rusher since 2009, when Noel Devine put together the fourth-most productive rushing season in Mountaineer history with 1,465 yards. Sims would become the 13th player to rush for 1,000 or more yards program history.
"I haven't done it," Sims said. "It's a great accomplishment, but just to finish the season strong with these guys is most important."
Sims has played only this season with WVU after transferring in from Houston, where he established himself as a runner and passcatcher. He carried that over to West Virginia, leading the team in rushing and tying for the lead in receptions.
That may be secondary to what he has done as a role model for freshman running back Wendell Smallwood, Sims' heir apparent.
"Smallwood, as a true freshman, is no different," coach Dana Holgorsen said. "He's used Sims being in that room to his advantage. He sees how he attacks the game, his work ethic and how he practices. Seeing the versatility that he plays with is going to help him a lot."
Said running back coach JaJuan Seider: "Me and Dana were talking about it, and Dana thinks Wendell is farther along than Charles, and that says a lot. The thing about Wendell is he's smart. You tell him one time, and he picks it up. The stuff comes natural to him."
Smallwood, who hails from Wilmington, Del., came to WVU determined to prove himself right away. WVU had Andrew Buie, last season's leading rusher, and Dustin Garrison, the previous year's leading rusher who missed much of last season with a knee injury, returning, but Smallwood knew there was a chance to play.
Then Sims arrived, and Smallwood saw his abilities and knew the starting running back had arrived.
"I had never heard of him," Smallwood said. "I knew he was special as soon as he stepped on campus. I watched him in 7-on-7 and drills, and I realized he was the guy and I could learn a lot from him."
Sims added: "He's grown over time and gotten better. With his work ethic, he's going to be a great back."
Sims has been the focal point of what is a disappointing WVU offense. WVU remained mum on its quarterback situation. Starter Clint Trickett has been cleared to play after a pair of concussions, but Holgorsen has held back on naming him the starter over Paul Millard.
Bob Hertzel is a freelance writer.
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Toys R Us has some pretty broad deal offerings for the Mario consoles (Wii and 3DS) for the week of March 11, 2012. You can get a $20 gift card with the Wii or 3DS in-store or a free online. There's also a Buy 1, Get 1 50% off sale on all Mario games and accessories. If you'd like something with a little less plumber, there's also $10 gift cards with the purchase of FIFA Street or Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is on sale for half off.
The following deals are good through Saturday, March 17. You can check out the sales flyer for the game deals this week at Toys R Us in our slideshow gallery.
- Nintendo Wii - $149.99 w/ free $20 Gift Card (in-store)
- Nintendo Wii - $149.99 w/ free game (online)
- Nintendo 3DS - $169.99 w/ free $20 Gift Card (in-store)
- Nintendo 3DS - $169.99 w/ free game (online)
- Buy 1, Get 1 50% off all Mario Video Games and Accessories
- FIFA Street (Xbox 360) - $59.99 w/ free $10 Gift Card
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Xbox 360) - $59.99 w/ free $10 Gift Card
- PokePark 2: Wonders Beyond (Wii) - $49.99 w/ free $10 Gift Card plus free Sticker Book
- Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Starter Pack (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, 3DS) - $34.99
- 25% off all Skylanders Adventure 3Pks and Figures
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