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Reviews for Dungeonland
Boringrslancer | Aug. 12, 2014 | See all rslancer's reviews »
I got this game thinking it would be a fun coop with my girlfriend and friends but it seems really boring. You don't get to really customise your characters in terms of abilities and it doesn't feel fun. A lot of the time coop games are kind of brainless and you just have fun with your friends failing/dying/ or just goofing off. For whatever reason this game doesn't have that. Graphics aren't that great either and the whole presentation of the clownish amusement park feels weird. We have not tried one of us being the dungeon master yet though. Maybe its more fun like that...but as a coop with everyone playing on same side its really lame.
Very good unique gameruttenmurf | Nov. 12, 2013 | See all ruttenmurf's reviews »
Dungeonland is one of the most original games i have ever played. It just has so much variety, if you are tired of your normal rpg mode you can switch it up for being the evil lord. This evil lord will control the minions to bring doom to the heroes you were playing with just a second ago. I also love the simple but great graphics, the game doesn't need to have these super graphics because it wouldn't fit in to it. This is the perfect game to play with a couple of your friends and try to stick together to make it out alive or (my favorite) try to kill your friends with the evil minions .
"Evil Mastermind" simmagusonline | Nov. 8, 2013 | See all magusonline's reviews »
If you've got friends that have this game from here, or the recent indie bundle. I'd suggest giving it a spin. For once you are able to play as both sides of the game, both evil and the plucky heros. When I had initially saw the trailer and finally got the game, my impressions were that you would have such a wide arsenal at your fingertips for just solely dishing out unfair punishment. Something along the lines of, as the longer the game went on. The more resources unlocked for you, as the "DM" (evil mastermind) so you could help try to kill them faster (like all endless wave games with increasing difficulty). However there was a lack of minion options to choose from. That and coupled with a dead-like online lobby. Cripple the potential the game has.
Fills a niche, sort of.Wiesler | Nov. 5, 2013 | See all Wiesler's reviews »
Dungeonland almost craves to be ignored in its opening moments: atrocious color choice, character design, and presentation. The actual game suffers from some poor optimization, but is that enough to turn you away? Given how many other great brawlers are on the market, new or old, it is tough to recommend Dungeonland. I have played it with a couple of different friends, and it overstayed its welcome in a short amount of time. It felt repetitive in the first few levels, and the mechanics seemed in need of fine tuning. The overall pacing was rather slow. Even though there is a healthy challenge, what good is a challenge in a game if the game is not that fun? If you can find a few friends and you are all prepared to not be wowed, you could do worse.
Fun with FriendsCoillyZ | Oct. 23, 2013 | See all CoillyZ's reviews »
I had a lot of fun with this game... sometimes. When I played co-op, this was a very fun game, but when I played alone, it was average at best. There wasn't much motive to keep playing after a few hours, because all of the items you can buy are for cosmetic purposes only. They don't upgrade your character. The only character upgrades are different versions of your character, of which there are only 2. I had fun, but get it on sale.
Cool idea, decent delivery.borgiswa | Oct. 19, 2013 | See all borgiswa's reviews »
I haven't seen a game this neat in a while. The main mode plays out a lot like Gauntlet or any other dungeon crawler, with you attempting to make your way through levels while defeating enemies. The real attraction here, however, is the Dungeon Maestro mode. In this mode, you take control of the evil side, and the game plays a little more like a tower defence. You are able to set enemies, spawners, and traps down along the path of the heroes. As well, at any time you are able to take control of a minion (or even a boss) and fight the heroes in combat. I haven't had the chance to play it with friends yet, but it has shown itself already to be quite the good game.
great little multiplayer gamencorbin | Sept. 12, 2013 | See all ncorbin's reviews »
Got this game as part of a bundle and im glad I did, the combat can be quite basic at first glance but the difficulty levels can make this appealing to a group of gamers or just a casual friend get-together. This must be played with a Xbox 360 controller as for pc the controls are somewhat...not finished. But provides great fun and worth having for when you have some friends or even family over.
Play it with a partner!cremvursti | July 12, 2013 | See all cremvursti's reviews »
Dungeonland is a wacky dungeon crawler that focuses on co-op mechanics and funny one-liners. Basically, on one side there's this team of three heroes that want to break in the castle and loot dem gold chests, and on the other side there's this evil mastermind that tries to stop them at all costs. The world has a certain charm to it that will make you come back time and time again, alongside your buddies, even though the game gets repetitive after a while. Also, the dungeon maestro mode, where one player gets to be that evil mastermind is a lot of fun, especially when played with friends. All in all, I played this with my girlfriend, played it with my metal-fan friend that studies Viking culture and with my 4th grade brother and we had fun.
Great Challenge and Fun with Friends!Matthew4194 | July 8, 2013 | See all Matthew4194's reviews »
Dungeonland is a very fun co op experience attempting to slay the Dungeon Master's minions and to kill the boss, which is controlled by the DM. This game has a great sense of humor and is a steal for the price. My only gripe is that there aren't very many minion cards you can buy as the DM, and it's hard to get into a game with very few people online.
A funny co-op game for a whiled3ighty | July 8, 2013 | See all d3ighty's reviews »
I played this game for several days, and i have to admit, thats its a nice coop game, if you have friends to play with. With Randoms it could be funny, but like always in team its much more! And for this price its a must-have. Funny-Comic Graphics and some RPG-elements included.
Amazing game, but you do want someone to play with youzangfang | July 7, 2013 | See all zangfang's reviews »
This is an amazing game but I think you want to find someone to play with but with that in mind it is the best co-op game on the market. Pick it up immediately if you have a friend to play with or get someone to pick it up so you have someone to play with. Great graphics, great sound , great hard gameplay and it is an amazing game in general. I recomend you have 2-3 freinds to play it though.
Must buy game for co-op lovers!redzrex | June 25, 2013 | See all redzrex's reviews »
This is a must buy game for co-op lovers, it includes tons of fun hours! I've been playing it non-stop with my mate until we didn't realize it already a few hour past our bed time. There is so much combinations of power and skills can be choose from and its really addicting! Two thumbs up for the developer! I will give FULL 100 if they remove the real cash for skins instead we use the in-game money to buy the skins.
Magicka sequel?drafek | June 25, 2013 | See all drafek's reviews »
When I first saw this game I though is this a magicka sequel? No, Dungeonland is a classic co-op game, you can team up with 3 other players or maybe friends. The game is pretty hard, you'll die fast if you don't prepare yourself. The graphics are done well, the sound is really addictive. The controls are easy to learn, but the game itself isn't.
THE party games of party games.auroros | June 22, 2013 | See all auroros's reviews »
It doesn't really matter if you're a bunch of friends or strangers on the internet, but it will help because you'd like to be noisy and laugh together. In this 4-man game one of you will be the dungeonmaster, which preferably could be the host of the party. The "heroes" can play using controllers on a joint screen for a better party experience, while the dungeonmaster plays on a computer facing away from the victims. Fun is assured with Dungeonland!
A fun experienceHetzau | May 7, 2013 | See all Hetzau's reviews »
This is one of those cute games you play with your friends, have a few laughs and then leave it just to come back to it after a while because no other games offers such a challenge and experience. It's a rather easy game to get into and I highly suggest it for people that are willing to play it with the younger members of their family. However don't mistake this game for a kiddy game. There are plenty of laughs to be had for any age range.
Good Coop Gameblacklightofday | April 27, 2013 | See all blacklightofday's reviews »
A coop centered dungeon crawler with some slight RPG elements (being able to choose some of your passives and abilities). Great humour, constantly making fun of the classics, starting with the premise of the game and ending with the ridiculousness of the bosses, very lighthearted, despite some "gore" (if you could even call it that). It's definitely not an easy game, requiring teamwork to survive the challenges. It's a blast to play with friends. You could still play it solo and it is still fun that way, but then it loses part of its charm.
Magicka 2... sort ofScorpy | Jan. 31, 2013 | See all Scorpy's reviews »
Dungeonland will feel very familiar to players of Magicka. The game's focus on co-op and challenging gameplay is none too different, and the style and over-head view echoes Brazil-based Critical Studios' sleeper hit. It even has some of the same tongue-in-cheek humor Magicka sported. Now, is this all a good thing? I'd say so. Magicka was a fun game, but it often lacked variety in its gameplay and engaging locations. Dungeonland, its spiritual successor, touches on all of these things and makes them SLIGHTLY better, but still not enough. Graphically, it's somewhat decent for a $10 game, but it won't wow you. Where the charm is is the fun co-op experience, which is doubly fun if you have 4 players, where one acts as a "dungeon master" struggling to stop the 3 heroes' progress. This is definitely not a game you want to play alone. Better with friends!
A COOP BLASTColt2911 | Jan. 30, 2013 | See all Colt2911's reviews »
Been playing this for the last few hours and apart from gaining achievements for things I Haven't done. VERY HAPPY with the price i paid for this. Haven''t even got any new weapons yet and I'm already starting to see how you can work as a team to overcome the challenging gameplay. This game is pretty damn hard tho, you can die very fast unless you prepare yourself to get out fast and heal. Bosses can one hit the Rouge class. Luckily you have 10 seconds (or so) to get revived and therefore saving you from using up one of your precious team lives. So far the game comes with 3 randomised maps with DLC basically promised to bring more. Also some features are labeled coming soon, but these are unknown and were never held back JUST for sell more DLC. Between the zany humour and simple gameplay, this game is a welcome blast of fresh air in a corridor shooter and MOBA dominated World. 8/10 Grafficorns.!
Amoral Magic Theme Park with lots of fun!!abelfs | Jan. 30, 2013 | See all abelfs's reviews »
Dungeonland is a classic coop dungeon crawler mixed with elements of the original role table. However, besides the three heroes (warrior, rogue and mage), each one controlled by a player; a fourth player can enter in the game as the Dungeonland's Game Master. This character will be against the other 3 players using traps and monsters in order to stop the heroes progress, becoming a funny 3 against 1 funny game. Highly recommendable if you play it with another 3 friends!!


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Slow-Roasted Pork Belly with Eggplant and Pickled Fennel
Team: Detroit Lions
Why? Much as we love the Lions, we have to admit they're slow to win, and their President and CEO Matt Millen is in a bit of a pickle. But hopefully this season will be just as memorable as this slow-roasted pork belly with pickled fennel.
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Roll Royale
Roll Royale is a Collectible Dice Game where two (or possibly more) players battle it out using monsters, magic, mana, and matter! Players collect custom, unique dice by opening up "booster packs" that contain a variety of types of dice, some more rare and powerful than others.
No game-play has been fleshed out yet, only the basic idea. If you have any ideas, feel free to add them to the talk-page or in the Ideas section.
I've had some luck laser-engraving deep and relatively intricate designs into blank dice that were found online. I'm still trying to figure out a fast, simple way to fill the engravings with color, but for now, it seems like it can be done using model-car enamel, thinner, and a needle. This method takes some time and some finesse, but it's the best way I have found so far.
--Ramgarden (talk) 12:18, 4 March 2013 (CST) This could be as simple as a paper, rock, scissors where certain elements beat others like water beats fire, fire beats ice, etc. like the Final Fantasy or even Pokemon games. Only fleshed out to the point where it's different LEVELS of ice, and fire like it takes two LVL 1 water to beat a LVL 2 fire, etc. There could be an element on each face for the ATTACK faces with dots or symbols to show the LVL. There could also be DEFENCE faces like a shield with a LVL that blocks MELEE faces (even with its own LVL). So you roll a bunch of dice each one representing a single hero unit or a single die representing an entire unit of troops! Then you line up all the dice and assign who's attacking who in a line and see which ones cancel out and which ones are killed and which ones are damaged or miss a turn (paralyzed!?)


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Allied Intent Xtended is the most feature rich single player experience there is for BF2. Building upon the great Allied Intent Mod, AIX aims to deliver an amazing array of content which is 100% bot compatible for use in single player and coop gamemodes. With a sea of multiplayer only or partial sp mods out there, AIX's main focus has always been about creating the best experience for SP that we possibly could. It's important to note that while AIX can be played in a multiplayer environment, the nature of this mod will make the conquest MP game modes unfairly balanced as things are created with bots in mind! Features: - 14 custom maps and 10 Dice remakes! - New UN Army! - 37 Custom weapons and 7 custom kit items! - 32 new aircraft! - Resupply crates! - Pickup kits and gun crates! - Enhanced AI strategies! - New Bot behaviours and full support for easy offline stats and awards in AIX 2.0!
BEST MOD EVER!!!! I love it if you haven't gotten this mod your missing out on some good stuff.
When I started looking for BF2 Mods, AIX was the first one I saw. After failures with other mods, I went straight to this one. I absolutely love it to bits. I like all the new additions, but some of the maps are hard to run on my Vista, such as the conversion of Greasy Mullet. Otherwise, there is nothing that can drag this mod down a rating from 10/10. Absolutely awesome.
It's pretty good, but there's nothing special about it. I wasn't too happy with it.
Will up my review when mod works.
This is some of the best work Ive seen yet!!;) Keep on Rockin it!!! If I could I'd give you a 100+.....
One of My Most Fav Coop BF2 mods! This is a Must! If you like playen With Bots with Freinds! Then this is your Mod for BF2! :D
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Edward Snowden's Virtual Address at SXSW
Few people have rocked the assumptions of modern life more than Edward Snowden. Since the former National Security Agency contractor began leaking classified documents he took from his former employer, we've had to come to terms with the uncomfortable fact that the ways in which we choose to communicate and find information are fundamentally not private in any conventional sense of the word.
At the South By Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, Snowden will today for the first time face an audience and answer questions about his actions and what they mean. He will be appearing via live videoconference in a conversation with Christopher Soghoian, a technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union. Ben Wizner, director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy & Technology Project and Edward Snowden's legal adviser, will moderate.
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- Julian Assange Warns SXSW of "Military Occupation of the Internet Space"
- Danah Boyd Has a Message for Adults About Teen Behavior Online: It's All Your Fault
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1st Grade
Fix the Sentences: Kitty Cat
Kids rewrite incorrect sentences to gain practice with sentence structure, capitalization, and punctuation on this first grade reading and writing worksheet.
Noun Town #6
Learn about the people of Noun Town, and find the plentiful nouns in the community. Your child will use his grammar skills to identify each sentence's nouns.
Noun Town #9
Welcome to Noun Town! Visitors can practice identifying nouns in some of these sample sentences, and then finish with a fun drawing activity.
Noun Town #5
Make the trip down to Noun Town for some parts of speech practice. Your child will identify and circle nouns, then write some of his own.
Noun Town #3
Noun town is the perfect place for parts of speech practice! Help your young reader get his nouns down to a tee by identifying the nouns in sample sentences.
Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
This drawing conclusions worksheet gets your child to strengthen his reading comprehension. Try this drawing conclusions worksheet with your third grader.
Let's Go Shopping!: Toys
A coin-counting worksheet for preschoolers that focuses on learning numbers and simple addition and subtraction.
Word Search: Autumn
Have your first grader identify the words associated with the Autumn season in this word search.
Interactive Story Writing
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MAYBE I'm a dreamer, but I'm not...we're going to win the league. Let's get carried away, three wins and top of the table in an international break, Man United beaten...LFC fans must enjoy this. Optimism isn't a sin. The league's 6th longest...read more »
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THE modern player is built up of multiple components particularly when he is available for transfer or vying to be so. The hype machine is rolled out by marketing the strengths this player possesses. Agents and advisors surround the asset,...read more »
WHILE "news flashes" and "breaking news" reports stalked our television screens in the hunt for our new manager FSG's other pressing matter was to replace the disposed of Sporting Director Damien Comolli with someone who could oversee footballing matters at...read more »
WITH the impending visit of Roy Hodgson to Anfield, question's must be asked about how far we have progressed since the former Switzerland manager's short ill-fated stay in the Reds hotseat. The West Brom boss' tenure was marred by questionable...read more »
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LIVERPOOL'S American custodians John Henry, Tom Werner and their partners at Fenway Sports Group have a strategy. One summed up by an early quote from the former: "We are not going to be successful by merely filling short-term needs at...read more »
On the whole it is been a pretty positive week if you are a Liverpool fan. A battling away win against Bolton Wanderers last weekend was followed up by a great comeback in the Europa League against Napoli on Thursday...read more »
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A missing mental patient has surrendered after a 17-hour manhunt.
A member of the search team, an officer with the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP), spotted the missing man on the 1600 block of Jet Wing in Colorado Springs early Friday afternoon. This confirmed authorities' suspicions that Robert Braa, 50, would head north from Pueblo, since he is from Douglas County.
Braa, who had been given certain privileges as a patient, signed out of the hospital Thursday and never returned. He was reported missing at 8:15 p.m.
Colorado Springs Police confirm that Braa turned himself in at a 7-Eleven store. He will be taken back to CMHIP for care, but it is unknown if charges will be filed.
Braa had been a patient at CMHIP since 2007, when he was found not guilty of attempted first-degree murder by reason of insanity. Prior to his admittance into the hospital, he had been an inmate at the Douglas County Jail for stalking allegations.
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Flying solo?
Article By: Amanda HardyFri, 29 Jul 2011 4:10 PM
The number of South Africans who want to travel solo is growing. Singletons are temporarily waving goodbye to friends and families to take advantage of their holiday freedom.
It's an increasingly popular trend, says Flight Centre's marketing manager Deanne Grove: "Travelling solo is invigorating and character-building but it can also be intimidating and a little more costly than travelling with a friend or partner."
"The good news is that steps can be taken to reduce the safety-related risks that may deter some solo travellers and to reduce costs, particularly when it comes to accommodation. In terms of safety, the rules are generally the same, whether you're travelling alone, with a friend or partner or as part of a broader group."
However, if you're planning on hitting the road on your own, you'd do well to remember these 10 helpful hints...
Beware the single supplement
Unfortunately, the average hotel won't offer you a single room – unless you're prepared to pay for it. If you're travelling alone, chances are you will be offered a twin or double room and asked to pay a 'single supplement'.
This basically means you will pay twice as much as a sharer because you will pick up most or all of the cost of occupying a room for two.
While solo travellers may not be able to avoid the dreaded supplement at hotels, the good news is that the travel industry is responding to single travellers' needs.
There are now a huge number of singles package tours, cruises and resorts offering singles' weeks.
To avoid the single supplement on tours, it also is common for tour operators to pair up people of the same sex to share accommodation. Trafalgar, Contiki and Insight tours are good at this.
If you don't mind sharing, an obvious way to avoid the single supplement is to stay in dormitory-style accommodation.
The other obvious advantage is that hostels and other similar establishments are great places to meet like-minded travel companions if you are keen to make new friends or to share part of your travel experiences.
To keep costs down, some organised tours now offer multi-share accommodation options. So you will be sharing a room, regardless of whether you're travelling alone or with a friend.
Plan ahead
No-one is watching your back when you're travelling solo. It's important to plan ahead, particularly when it comes to sightseeing, finding your way around and making your way to your hostel or hotel.
Work out in advance where you're staying and how to get there if you're arriving at an airport, bus or train station.
If you're walking, map out a route and memorise key details. If you need to consult a map, be discreet.
Where possible, adjust your travel schedule to ensure you arrive at your location at a reasonable hour. Trying to find your way in a new city is challenging enough – don't try to do it after dark.
Dress down and blend in
When you're on the road, you really don't need the TAG and your full range of jewelry. Leave expensive items at home or locked away securely. Where possible, try to blend in with the locals.
While out and about, don't carry large amounts of cash and store important documents securely.
Stay in touch
If you're on your own, it's crucial to stay in touch with friends and family. Let them know your itinerary – where you're going and where you're staying.
In addition, South African travellers always should register their details with the SA Consulate in the country they're travelling in.
No-one's watching your back, but someone may be watching your backpack. On days when you're not travelling, lock it away in a safe and secure location in your hotel or hostel and take a smaller bag.
When travelling, try to keep your luggage as close to you as possible. If you need to put it down, loop it around your leg so it is not an obvious target for bag snatchers.
The other great luggage challenge for solo travellers is what to do with the suitcase or backpack when nature calls. If possible, take it with you.
Meal time
Seasoned solo travellers generally opt for busy eateries, rather than more intimate dining options. Books, laptops, Kindles and magazines are handy meal time companions when you're travelling alone.
Social networking
Sites such as Twitter and Facebook can be a valuable source of information for solo travellers. You could also check out gapyear.com, a website that focuses on travellers taking off for a gap year break.
Visitors to the site can access useful articles and tips, in addition to touching base with travellers who are already embarking on similar journeys.
If you're travelling solo and plan to visit major tourist attractions, consider taking part in a organised day-trip.
You may give up some of the freedom you desire, but you also take away some of the potential dangers associated with travelling solo.
Don't forget travel insurance
If your bags are lost or a health issue arises while you're travelling solo, no-one's automatically there to help you out. Insurance will be a valuable investment at a time of need.
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Madeline Hotel & Residences Telluride, a refined Forbes Four Star, AAA Four Diamond full-service property, is ideally located and offers exceptional ski in ski out access to Telluride Ski Resort. Featuring 84 guest rooms and 46 suites and residences, ranging in size from 1 to for bedrooms, Madeline Hotel & Residences guests are pampered with white-glove service and high-tech creature comforts. Whether your winding down in The Spa and Salon at Madeline with your choice of exquisite therapies, enjoying a gourmet meal and fine wines at M Club or Black Iron Kitchen and Bar, fitness classes at the Studio and Fitness Center, amazing outdoor pool deck with hot tubs and fire pits, or the 20 Below Kids Hangout and Dylan's Candy Bar, Madeline Hotel & Residences Telluride represents the very best that Telluride has to offer.
Luxury is defined when you stay at the Auberge Residences at Element 52. These property units are conveniently located at the base of Telluride making a ski in, ski out experience possible. The rooms come fully equipped with handsome granite countertops and stainless steel appliances.
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|Attempted Child Abduction In Rural Scott County
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On Thursday, November 14th at approximately 4:54 P.M., The Scott County Sheriff's Office responded to an Attempted Child Abduction in the area of 275th St. just West of 115th Ave (North of Donahue Iowa), a juvenile male on a bicycle was approached by a white male in a grey minivan. The suspect grabbed the juvenile by the arm in an attempt to pull him into the van. After a short struggle the juvenile got away, the white male suspect jumped into his minivan and sped off.
Suspect description is a white male 40-50 years of age, 6 foot tall, 200-250 lbs and dark hair, no facial hair or glasses. Suspect was wearing a plaid black and red flannel type shirt and ripped up jeans.
Suspect vehicle description is a gray/silver Ford minivan, with a white license plate and red lettering, and some damage to the vehicle.
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May 6, 2016
Teachers and staff at Camp Lejeune Schools, and those at all Department of Defense schools, face furloughs due to sequestration.
Now, U.S. Senator Kay Hagan and two colleagues have written a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel asking teachers and staff at the schools be exempt from the civilian furloughs of up to five days.
A spokesman says 500 employees, including 297 teachers and counselors, would be affected at Camp Lejeune dependent schools.
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Kelly Straka: Tending to state's wildlife
Sunday, May 19, 2013
As the Department of Conservation's first state wildlife veterinarian, Kelly Straka manages the health of Missouri's wildlife populations.
In the past, the department consulted with private and governmental veterinarians or depended upon well-trained biologists to study diseases, said Straka, who joined the department last fall.
"It's really exciting," she said. "More states are moving toward this model."
As the state wildlife veterinarian, Straka doesn't treat or rehabilitate individual animals. Instead, her job mainly entails managing herd health and understanding population dynamics.
Straka, 34, is a wildlife biologist-turned-veterinarian. She grew up in Minnesota and earned a doctorate in veterinary medicine, with a specialty in wildlife, from the University of Minnesota. She also is finishing her master's degree in public health (human, that is) from the same university. She has prior experience working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Straka said chronic wasting disease, bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis are the three most serious diseases she monitors.
"We have to be very careful with any diseases that affect domestic livestock herds," she said.
One of her biggest challenges is addressing chronic wasting disease, which has been found in both the free-ranging deer population and in captive herds. (In some areas of the state, deer are raised domestically for venison and to stock hunting grounds.) The disease was found for the first time last year in Macon and Linn counties.
To limit the disease's spread, the Missouri Department of Conservation tests for it during hunting season.
"Unfortunately there is no live animal test for CWD," she said. "What we do is remove the lymph nodes and send them in to the laboratory. Hunters have become more accustomed to us doing this."
Part of her job involves solving mysteries. Recently when 100 dead waterfowl were discovered on MDC land, people wanted to know what happened.
Using veterinary forensics and the department's necropsy lab, Straka was able to blame a bout of fungal pneumonia and avian cholera for the dead birds.
Although Straka is more familiar with breeds like elk and deer, birds are more interesting to her right now. She's excited about ministering to Missouri's greater prairie chickens, a species near the brink of extinction.
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In the most shocking news like ever a Bravolebrity has been nominated for an Academy Award. Asa Soltan Rahmati co-wrote a song with friend Sunny Levine for the Rashida Jones movie Celeste & Jesse Forever. The song, No Other Plans, has landed on the 2012 Oscars short list! The movie premiered to big reviews at Sundance and things spiraled from there.
75 total songs make the list which is whittled down to the five contenders for the Best Original Song category. "I couldn't even believe it. I was like screaming, I just couldn't believe it," the Shahs of Sunset star told Bravo's The Dish.
Asa feels the nomination helps validate and solidify her career. "It's such a blessing and I'm so humbled," she shares. "People saw me last week and my mom was like 'What the hell is this, Persian pop priestess. Go get a PhD.' I've been working really hard for years at doing what I do and it's incredible that some things are coming to fruition. Whether we get nominated or not, this is incredible to me."


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In case you missed it, the good people at Environment North Carolina released another very encouraging report last week on the growth and potential of renewable energy — this time focusing on wind. The report is entitled "More Wind, Less Warming: How American Wind Energy's Rapid Growth Can Help Solve Global Warming" and it's worth a few minutes of your time — both to lift your spirits and to help prepare you for your next debate with the fossil fuels lover next door.
This is from the executive summary:
"Wind power is on the rise across America. The United States generates 24 times more electricity from wind power than we did in 2001, providing clean, fossil fuel-free energy that helps the nation do its part in the fight against global warming.
American wind power is already significantly reducing global warming pollution. In 2013 alone, wind power averted 132 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions — as much as would be produced by 34 typical coal-fired power plants. But with the United States and the world needing to move toward a future of 100 percent clean energy in order to prevent the worst impacts of global warming, America must do much more.
If America were to take advantage of just a fraction of its wind energy potential to get 30 percent of its electricity from the wind by 2030, the nation could cut carbon emissions from power plants to 40 percent below 2005 levels. That much wind power would help states meet and exceed the carbon dioxide emission reductions called for by the Environmental Protection Agency's draft Clean Power Plan, and help the nation meet its commitment to cut U.S. carbon pollution by 26 to 28 percent by 2025.
Power plants are the biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States. By implementing policies that increase the production of wind energy, both on- and offshore, America can help put the nation and the world on a course to prevent the worst impacts of global warming."
The bottom line: Wind energy can become a huge source of power in the U.S. and federal, state and local governments can make a big difference in pushing it forward in order to speed the nation's transition from carbon to renewables. Let's keep building the momentum.


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The Gift Of Children
April 5th, 2012
IÂ got married about a month ago to a lovely and beautiful girl. almost every one was against me marrying her because of carnal reasons like the tribe she comes from, she doesn't come from a rich background, she being so small she may not be able to bear children for me, and so on.
I took this up in prayer and God revealed to me through His word that we christians do not follow the rudiments of this world and He God takes the foolish things of this world to glorify himself. He said to me,"man looks at the outward appearances but God looks at the inside" "we are in the world but not of it". Moreover as little as something may be, if Gods power is on it, it avails much.
IÂ took the word in and i married her and within less than a year we have TWO lovely girls. i call them Grace and Faith and they were as a result of God's word. People can't just comprehend the fact that those babies came from my wife looking at her size(5 ft tall and 40kg) but i do. And it was because of the hand of God. Brothers and sisters out there,God is aFaithful God and very dependable. my life has been a testimony and i will be sharing with you so that your faith can also be inspired because without it it is impossible to please God.
God bless you
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April 8th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
thank you thank you thank you thankyou Jesus so much for this blessed family, Lord bless them with the heavenly dew, may your blessings be heavy upon them and those children, all things are possible to Christ and he gives beauty got ashes, thank you Jesus for this wonderful testimony.
I have so many miracles happening to me and many more when i let things go off my hands and let God His work and im not joking when i say that on those days when i totally rely on God like a helpless Child in faith, I get so many miracles on my way that truly amazes me, one day i experienced 13 miracles all in one day mainly bcoz i chose to trust God and not do a thing without him, thank God to Jesus thank you Jesus love you soooooooo much
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April 8th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
sorry brother for few of my spelling and grammer mistakes i was just too excited for your family


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Posted By Mike Chino On September 23, 2009 @ 3:49 pm In Announcements,New York City | No Comments
We're having our official Inhabitat NYC [1] launch party tomorrow night, and for all our readers who RSVP'd we hope to see you there! We'll be celebrating the launch of our new local source for green New York news and events with a cocktail soirée at Green Depot [2], so come join us to chat with the Inhabitat editors [3] about sustainable design while enjoying delicious organic drinks and chocolate. We'll also be having a raffle with some great prizes donated by our generous sponsors, so don't miss out!
WHAT: Inhabitat New York [1] launch party
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WHEN: September 24, 2009 from 6-9pm
WHO: Inhabitat editors Jill [4], Yuka [5], Olivia [6], Rebecca [7], Kevin [8], Jasmin & YOU
With our Inhabitat NYC [1] launch party taking place tomorrow night, we'd like to take a moment and thank all of our wonderful sponsors!
Many thanks to Green Depot [9] for hosting our event and providing solar-powered prizes for our raffle!
We'd also like to extend thanks to our sponsor 44° North [10], who will be providing delicious cocktails for the evening.
Dr Cow [11] will be on hand to giving out samples of fine vegan cheese.
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The Andean Collection [13] has donated two fabulous Tagua Bracelets [14] and a Cloud Forest Choker [14].
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Thanks to EcoJot [16] for donating their beautiful eco-friendly stationary.
Thanks to Abrams Books [17] for donating copies of The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget [18] and This Green House [19].
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Language: English
Journal code: GVFW
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Infusion was the byword when it came to the National Guard during the Vietnam War. It was a policy designed to prevent too many men from the same hometown from dying in a single action from the same unit. However, in two instances, it was unable to avert fate.
The Army National Guard's single deadliest actions of the Vietnam War came in the summer of 1969. On June 19, C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery (Kentucky National Guard), was stationed at Firebase Tomahawk.
Perched atop a saddle-shaped hill astride Highway 1, 19 miles southeast of Hue, it was a prime enemy target. "This is a terrible place to be" recalled one officer when he first saw it. Besides the 70-man artillery battery - 90% of whom originally hailed from the Bardstown area of Kentucky - the firebase was manned by an 18-man platoon from C Co., 2nd Bn., 501st Inf., 101st Abn.Div.
At 1:30 a.m., the 72nd Sapper Company of the North Vietnamese Army's (NVA) 4th Regiment attacked, quicklybreaching the perimeter. "During the first 15 or 20 minutes, I didn't think we were gonna make it," Ronnie Hibbs remembered. It would be a tough night indeed for the citizen-soldiers.
"Seems like we fought for hours and hours,'1 Reuben Simpson said, "but it really wasn't that long. When t went out at first light, I was amazed at what little was left. The whole hill was just about gone."
An estimated 150 enemy rocket-propelled grenades and satchel charges had destroyed three howitzers (and disabled one), an ammo storage area, nine bunkers, the mess hall, the dining tent, a maintenance area, four ammo carriers and three jeeps.
Of the nine artillerymen killed, four were actually active-duty soldiers infused into the Kentucky battery. One of the five Kentuckians was killed by "friendly fire." Another, Sgt. James Moore, died of painful burns five days later on June 24 aboard a hospital ship. Four of the Guardsmen called Bardstown home; the other was from Carrollton. A total of 37 Guardsmen were wounded. The IOlst platoon lost four KlA and 13 WIA. Some 18 NVA sapper bodies were counted.
Though Bardstown, population 5,000, is sometimes referred to as suffering the highest per capita loss of the war (its surrounding area sustained 17 killed), that dubious distinction actually beSongs to Beallsville, Ohio. With only 475 residents, it sacrificed SLX of its sons.
Of Battery C's original 1 17 members, 85 were married. It enlisted seven sets of brothers, plus many cousins. Their fallen comrades, as well as other area residents killed, are honored by two monuments on the town's Courthouse Square.
"Bardstown would become a symbol of how deep into America the war had reached, and few, if an)', communities in this land felt the impact of the war as did the people here," wrote Jim Wilson, author of The Sons of Bardstown: 25 Years of Vietnam in an American Town.
Manchester Mourns
Far to the northeast in New Hampshire, the 94,000 people of this mid-sized city may have taken exception to that statement. Manchester was home base to the 3rd Bn., 197th Artillery (New Hampshire National Guard).
The battalion sent 506 soldiers to Vietnam, 80% of whom were married. Many of the men were of FrenchCanadian descent who attended the same schools and churches. Some lived on the same streets in the same West Side neighborhood. Some were not even U.S. citizens.
Once in Vietnam, 70% were "infused" or dispersed to regular Army units. No matter where they were stationed, actions on the homefront were felt keenly. CWO Albert Lahaie of Service Battery wrote in a letter published in the Manchester Union Leader. "We feel that the publicity at home has been focused so intensely on those who have not accepted their duty that by accepting ours, we have been forgotten."
On Aug. 26, five men of A Battery were on their way to regroup in Long Binh before heading home. About 32 miles from Saigon, their vehicle hit a 40pound land mine on Highway 13, known as "Thunder Road."
"They were within sight of Lai Khe Base Camp" said (oe Comroe. "I was there, and witnessed the explosion, which blew the 5-ton truck they were riding in nearly 100 feet in the air."
When the men's bodies were returned home, 2,000 mourners turned out. The five flag-draped coffins were too much for family members to bear. (Four of the five were married.) "The moans and sobs of relatives were heard above the silence " according to the New Hampshire Sunday News. City officials called it the "saddest place, the saddest day in the city's history."
Veterans of the 197th held a 40th anniversary reunion last year, as they had done earlier. The deaths of those fellow unit members are never far from their thoughts. As Roy Hughes said, "Part of all of us is in those cemeteries in Manchester - and always will be."


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Zentangle® Inspired Art & Patterns, Watercolor, Mixed Media, Resin and who knows what!
Feel free to print, share or use my tangle patterns. Credit is not necessary, but you may not copy & claim the step outs as your own. You may not alter or use any other images in this blog without express permission from myself.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Link to tangle pattern Diagonals & video for Barbed Wire
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Hi Sandra, I was a bit "surprised" to see my own tangle pattern Barbed renamed as Barbed Wire by Suzanne...(see your blogmessage of February 16th: Claudia Ijben has posted instructions to "Barbed". It's a pattern that uses alternating line directions to please the eye.)ReplyDelete
Claudia, I wish I could say that everyone reads my blog, but I suspect that someone like Suzanne avoids it, simply so she can't be accused of stealing someone's work!ReplyDelete
With about 1300 patterns that I know of, I'm not surprised that more than one person ends up creating the same pattern. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.
Hi Sandra, I'm sorry but I don't accuse Suzanne of stealing someone's work. I'm a great admirer of her work and even voted 5***** for her Texas litterbag design. You're right by saying that you are surprised that it doesn't happen more often....creating the same pattern as another Zentangle lover! :-) I think yesterday wasn't my best day... sorry for the misunderstanding.ReplyDelete
I think my response was more abrupt than I meant it to be, as well. That is one of the bad things about communicating this way. It's so easy to be sound different than you really mean to be.ReplyDelete
I apologize, too, for any misunderstanding, and I hope I didn't make you feel bad in any way.
Hi Sandra, no hard feelings at all! I agree that this is one of the bad things about communicating this way.ReplyDelete
Hope I didn't make YOU feel bad in any way.
That was certainly not my intention. If I did, then I apologize. Have a nice weekend!
Hi SandraReplyDelete
The link to the pattern Diagonals appears to be broken.


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This document reviews bone marrow transplants and different types of stem cell transplants used to treat cancer. We'll outline what stem cells do, why people need transplants, and what a transplant is like for most people. We'll also cover some of the issues that come with transplants, and what it's like to donate stem cells.
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Coiled Christmas Tree
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Instructions:Kids will love helping decorate this pretty, coiled Christmas tree.
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Bottle with narrow neck
Armature wire approximately 45 inches long
Tracing paper
38-gauge gold and silver aluminum
Wire cutters
Hot-glue gun and hot-glue sticks
Rhinestones and gems
1. Find a bottle. Try to find a bottle with a narrow neck that tapers to a wider bottom. It should have a cone shape to coil around. Some soft drink bottles will work. Catsup, salad dressing, and wine bottles also work well. Holding the bottle firmly, wrap the wire around the bottle, beginning on the top and winding downward. Keep the wire taut, and each revolution around the bottle should be wound tightly against the next.
2. When the piece of wire is completely wound, remove from bottle. Lift the wire upward off the narrow end. Adjust the coil to desired shape, pulling apart to increase height and widen or narrow coils to desired shape. Experiment with different bottles and a variety of wire lengths to create trees tall and thin, short and plump, leaning or perfectly straight. Point the top end of the wire upward to hold the star.
2. Draw large and small star shapes onto aluminum using a sharp pointed pencil. Cut out star shapes from aluminum using scissors. Cut tiny slits on the inside points of the large star.
5. Lay a small star centered on top of a large star. Fold in the edges of the back star over to the front star. Leave an opening and slip onto the top of the tree. Use a spot of hot glue to hold in place.
6. Add gems to the tree. Place small random dots of hot glue on the wire. Immediately put the gems on the glue. Place one at the bottom end of the coil and add gems to each point of the star.
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2014 – Junior Season
Capital One Academic All-America First Team selection • NSCAA Scholar All-Region Second Team honoree • Third team All-ACC member • Named to Stihl Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team, hosted by Old Dominion • Started 15 matches and appeared in 16 games • Scored one goal and had two assists for four total points • Named to All-ACC Academic Team • UNC Top-10 Scholar-Athlete.
2013 - Sophomore Season
Named All-South Region third team • Second team All-ACC selection • No. 58 in Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Upperclassmen • Started all 18 matches he appeared in at center back • Helped anchor a defense that ranked sixth nationally in goals-against-average (0.61) and 11th in shutout percentage (0.50) • Capital One Academic All-District selection • Named to All-ACC Academic Team • Dean's List member.
2012 - Freshman Season
Started all 23 games at defender as a true freshman • Named to the College Soccer News All-Freshman first team after helping Carolina lead the nation in goals against average and shutout percentage • Earned second-team all-freshman honors nationally from Soccer America and Top Drawer Soccer • Also scored the game-winning goal in the victory at Clemson and notched an assist in the win at College of Charleston • Earned ACC All-Freshman Team honors and was named to the ACC All-Tournament team • Despite starting all 23 games, picked up just one yellow card on the year • Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and the ACC Honor Roll.
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Enrolled at UNC in January 2012 • Made Dean's List first semester on campus • Four-star recruit by Top Drawer Soccer • Ranked No. 17 in the country by College Soccer News, No. 21 by ESPN and No. 63 by Top Drawer Soccer • Tabbed No. 15 in the South Atlantic region by Top Drawer Soccer • Participated in the U-19 Stuttgart Junior Cup • Member of the U.S. U-18 team • Named the 2011 North Carolina State Player of the Year • Earned NSCAA All-America honors in 2011 • Played in the inaugural All-American Game in 2011 • A four-time all-state selection • Earned NSCAA All-South region honors three times • Helped claim a pair of Private 3-A State Championships • Claimed three PACIS Conference Player of the Year awards • Earned all-conference and all-county honors all four years • Played club soccer for North Carolina Fusion.
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Editor's note: Computer Weekly's public sector IT blog is back, with a new blogger - this is the first entry by Mark Ballard, an experienced writer with a history of great scoops on public sector IT, who will be filing his insights regularly during a time when public sector technology is under greater focus than ever.
Bristol City's Council Cabinet passed its controversial ICT strategy last week. And it went without a hitch.
Unless you happen to use open source software. Then it went the way of many another open source project, like a clown's car.
And this not merely because the council decided to buy Microsoft software licences for 7,000 desktops, effectively throwing a five-year old Linux strategy out with the rubbish.
Bristol webcasted the event in a Microsoft format. You had little hope of watching it from a Linux machine unless you were nerd enough to troubleshoot the incompatibility yourself.
Not that you would have missed anything. Council Cabinet meetings are merely ceremonial anyway. This LibDem Cabinet had already decided to approve its LibDem ICT policy.
It looked remarkably similar to any other LibDem policy in power. Call it a fudge if you like. Call it deluded, or snake oil. You may even call it a heroic stand against the forces of Conservatism. But the effect is the same: declare open source and buy Microsoft.
But for Councillor Mark Wright, that would have been the end of it. Wright is a golem someone made from powerful LibDem icons in the Stoney Littleton Barrow on the night of the Flower Moon.
So he's a rocket scientist and software engineer who wears a goatee. His only declarations of interest to the council authorities have been his membership of numerous charitable, church, school and civil rights bodies.
The only time he ever accepted hospitality as a councillor was to watch African music performed with a hiphop beat. Apart from the time he accepted tickets to see "The Ladyboys of Bangkok" in Bristol Castle Park, which is as expected as well.
Being a died in the wool LibDem means he also "gets" open source software. He pushed through what was left of Bristol's open source policy after the "buy Microsoft" clause was put in against the only opposition it could possibly encounter: befuddlement and indifference.
Or ignorance and lethargy, as its called by the open source faithful.
It's the same attitude that makes people buy ready-made, frozen Yorkshire puddings instead of mixing their own batter: they may cost ten-times as much, taste half as good and be stuffed with E-numbers - but it's easier on a Sunday when the Eastenders Omnibus is on TV.
Some Bristol councillors were saying, 'Why don't you do us all a favour and just buy Microsoft'. The LibDem policy was to buy Microsoft, but then to squeeze open software and open standards into every bloody crack and crappy crevice they could find in the great Satan's hide.
Some people don't want the complication: just buy Microsoft, and let us all get back to our tea and scones, or class A's and piercings, or whatever it is that old ladies do to the pass the time in Bristol nowadays.
What swung them in the end was the fact that a fudged open source strategy was still cheaper than going all out with Microsoft. And it has the Big Society Zeitgeist: it costs less and can only work if the locals get involved.
This do-it-yourself computing is behind the most enlightening aspect of Bristol's policy. It's same idea with which do-gooders have tried to inflict open source software on Africa.
Why pay some leeching multinational for software, it goes, when it could be produced locally with all the progress in skills, wealth and health that would entail?
The same refrain can now be heard in the Council Cabinet webcasts being broadcast from Bristol (though only by people with Microsoft software).
Cllr Wright, who as a Linux user cannot listen to his own Council webcasts, put it to Bristol's Cabinet thus: "Bristol is rich with small and medium-sized software and media companies, many of them with excellent open source and modern software skills.
"We want to help those companies grow, and ensure more IT spend of this council goes into the local economy instead of being mailed off to California, which is the situation at the moment with licence fees."
Microsoft is actually based in Redmond, Washington. But just think of any Imperial metropolis and you will get the picture. Think of 18th Century Liverpool, wage slave. The modern software economy has a familiarly infantilising dependency on colonial technology and capital.
Open source is therefore what development economists call intermediate technology. People like Wright hope the deprived corners of inequitable Britain will take to open source like toddlers to bicycles with stabilizers. Some years from now British enterprise will take off on its own and Microsoft will go the way of the East India Company.
Or imagine Microsoft as Ford and that Bristol is seeing the birth of Toyota. The problem is the only work Bristol City Council will have for local open source developers is in support of the Microsoft software they have been forced to buy because proprietary Microsoft standards are as sure a drain on progress as any protectionist trade agreement foisted by European colonial powers on hapless African chieftains.
That's not any reason to hate Microsoft, as they say. Not any more than a teenager might hate an overbearing parent.
It's all part of growing up. And the turn of generations. Something has to give. Because from Bristol's perspective, "the only realistic alternatives are revolution or continued dependency", to quote the development sociologist Ian Roxborough.


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