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After the Close - The U.S. stock market put in a weak showing this morning, but managed to pare some of its losses as the session progressed. The initial decline was probably due to concerns about difficulties in Europe, and possibly a slower rate of economic expansion in Asia. Notably, Asia's markets put in a lackluster session overnight, as traders looked for accommodations from various central banks in the region. Meanwhile, there was also probably some uncertainty about the upcoming release of China's second-quarter GDP figure. In Europe, the markets did not perform well either. Ongoing worries about the financial situation in Spain likely played a role.
Meanwhile, in the United States, there was some decent economic news out today, but it was largely shrugged off. Specifically, initial jobless claims for the week ended July 7th, came in at 350,000, which was better than had been expected and an improvement over the 376,000 claims logged in the prior week. Readings under 350,000 generally indicate an improving employment situation. Tomorrow is a light day for economic news, with just the Producer Price Index for June, and the University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Survey for July, due out.
Importantly, second-quarter earnings season is getting started, and there seems to be some concern about the quality of the reports. We have already had a few weak issuances from technology companies. Today, shares of Infosys (INFY) were trading lower, after the business outsourcer reported weak profits and reduced its sales outlook. On the bright side, Germany's tech company SAP (SAP) saw its stock move higher after the company put out a good report and raised guidance. In the food area, shares of SUPERVALU (SVU) plunged after the company missed analysts' forecasts.
At the end of the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 31 points (-0.3%); the S&P 500 Index was down seven points (-0.5%); and the NASDAQ ended lower by 22 points (-0.8%). At the close of the day, declining issues were moderately outnumbering advancers on the NYSE. While there was some strength in the capital goods and healthcare names, there was weakness in the financials and technology issues.
Technically, the S&P 500 Index has pulled back several sessions in a row. Today's move brought the Index below its 50-day moving average at 1335, but it managed to close about even with that critical area. Hopefully, we will see some support start to materialize at this level. The market may be getting oversold. But, the VIX is at just 18, which is a very low reading, and suggests that for whatever the reason, traders are still somewhat bullish.
At the time this article was written, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.
12:30 PM ET - The summer is hot, but stocks are not. With much of the nation sweltering under a July heat wave, the action on Wall Street has cooled notably. Just after noontime on the East Coast, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 30 points and the NASDAQ was down 29 points, or greater on a percentage basis than the Dow. Market breadth is clearly biased to the downside, with decliners outpacing advancers by a three to one margin on the New York Stock Exchange.
Stocks have already pulled back for five days in a row, with the absence of strong global economic growth the leading cause. For instance, investors are fretting that data due to come out of China tomorrow will show that nation's GDP slowed further from the first quarter's 8.1% pace. China, now seen as the world's factory, is being hurt by a slowdown in exports to Europe, where major financial issues continue to create havoc.
The issues Europe faces may only be resolved in phases, too, rather than quickly. With the lengthy euro-zone integration process still in its early stages, and set against the backdrop of a likely recession, it is difficult for traders to maintain confidence. The fall in the euro, now at $1.22, down from $1.30 at the start of the year, underscores the concerns. The importance of the European Union as an economic force cannot be understated, either. Its member nations' combined GDP of $17 trillion is greater than the United States' $15 trillion.
Back home, the soft patch in the economy that the U.S. is going through has also undermined investors' spirits, but recent data have likely not been so poor as to spur the Federal Reserve to make any big moves. The lack of major new initiatives on the Fed's part, so far, and the likelihood of an uninspiring earnings season now at hand, are placing added pressure on stocks.
All of the stock market's ten sectors are lower, with basic materials, consumer cyclical, and technology stocks among the weakest. Notable names on the downside from those groups include Barrick Gold (ABX), Nike (NKE), Coach (COH), and Intel (INTC - Free Intel Stock Report). Stocks bucking the trend include drugmaker Merck (MRK - Free Merck Stock Report), which has been strong of late, and software maker SAP (SAP), which issued a better-than-expected profit report.
Overall, investors may require signs that Europe is making progress toward resolving its problems, that the U.S. economy is emerging from its soft patch, and/or some upside surprise to corporate profits, before becoming more bullish. In the absence of those developments, the market will increasingly look for the Fed to do something. - Robert MitkowskiAt the time this article was written, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.
Stocks to Watch from The Survey – Earnings are in the headlines this morning, and shares of Supervalu (SVU) are plunging in pre-market trading, after the supermarket operator reported weaker-than-expected June-period results and suspended its quarterly cash dividend. The stock of Infosys Limited (INFY) is also down sharply in the premarket. The global information technology services company has reported decent June-quarter results, but issued an outlook that disappointed investors. Shares of Callaway Golf (ELY) have met a similar fate this morning, after the designer and manufacturer of premium golf clubs and balls released disappointing preliminary second-quarter results, issued a soft outlook, and announced plans to cut 12% of its workforce. On a rare positive note, investors appeared relatively pleased with the second-quarter financials of Fastenal's (FAST), a retailer of industrial and construction supplies. The stock is trading modestly higher in the premarket. – Matthew E. Spencer
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.
Before The Bell - The U.S. stock market fell back notably late in the afternoon yesterday for a second day in succession. And while the final losses were just modest, the decline was, nevertheless, the fifth in as many sessions for the leading equity averages. All told, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 49 points, bringing that composite of 30 mostly blue chip stocks down to just above 12,600, barely a week after that index had briefly flirted with 13,000. In addition, the NASDAQ lost 14 points, although winning and losing issues, boosted by some late bargain hunting, just about matched each other.Pushing the market lower during the afternoon--with the Dow falling to a deficit of some 115 points at its nadir of the session--were some dour tidings from the Federal Reserve. Specifically, the lead bank's minutes from its June 30th FOMC meeting intoned that it was seeing a deceleration in business activity, but that the rate-setting FOMC was split on the merits of further monetary easing, or the adoption of a QE3 sort of remedial stimulus program. Some investors had been looking for clues that the Fed was moving in the direction of being ready to take more curative steps, but there seems to be little appetite as yet to take the proverbial plunge in that regard. As to Europe, the bourses were mostly flat yesterday, although Spain did see some welcome bargain hunting just days after its bond yields had leaped above the 7% level. Yields have since backed off some, although that struggling nation is still in dire need of assistance from the European Union.Meanwhile, our sense is that the Federal Reserve is moving somewhat closer to taking simulative action, such as further bond buying, but that even with the listless rate of employment growth now being seen, it is not yet ready to fully commit to such a program. The central bank has been hoping that fiscal measures would be adopted to take some of the pressure off of its shoulders. However, in the current fractious setting in politically charged Washington, such moves seem unlikely during this election year. The need is there to do something, though, as mandatory tax hikes and spending cuts are set to kick in by year's end unless some action is taken by a badly divided Congress.Meantime, a new day is dawning, and once again there is a paucity of economic news due out today. Yesterday, however, we did see the Commerce Department break the summer's monotony with the release of data on the nation's trade deficit. That gap narrowed some in May, but the deficit remains historically large, at more than $48 billion for the latest month for which such figures are available. Today, the lone piece of pivotal data issued was the weekly jobless claims figure, which showed that initial layoffs fell much more sharply than expected in the latest seven-day stretch.As for the markets, they are skidding across Europe on some disappointment that the Federal Reserve did not indicate that it was primed for a new bond buying program to help stimulate the U.S. economy, amidst further signs that the euro zone's collective economy is in serious trouble. As for our futures, the good news on the jobless claims front has not dulled the apparent urge among the bears to sell, as our futures are sharply lower at this time, suggesting that stocks will open clearly to the downside when trading commences in about a half hour from now. – Harvey S. KatzAt the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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It was a pretty good way to go out for Cody Theis.
The Happy Hollow 4-H Club member and Pleasant Ridge High School graduate was competing in his final fair as a 4-H'er.
At previous fairs, he earned reserve or breed champion ribbons in beef competitions, but never such an honor in market steer.
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His crossbreed Johnny Bear was named market steer reserve champion.
"I've always been really competitive in the breeding part of the show but never had an opportunity to succeed as much as I did this year in market, so it was really exciting for me," he said.
Theis, who starts as a freshman at Kansas State University later this month majoring in animal science with an eye on animal pharmacy, said preparing an animal for the fair is a yearlong process.
"It's been an everyday care job," Theis said. "Feed them every day. Wash them every day. It's so much time and dedication. It's ridiculous."
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- This is the first tour to a combat zone for the U.S. Army Field Band's "Volunteers" ensemble.
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BASRA, Iraq - For the past 19 years, the U.S. Army Field Band's 'Volunteers' have performed at thousands of venues across North America.
They have serenaded wounded Soldiers bedside at Army hospitals. They've rocked out for 100,000 spectators at major sporting events. But they had never performed in a combat zone ... until this month.
The six-piece band of Soldier-musicians brought its act to southern Iraq, Sept. 15, performing contemporary country, jazz and rock and roll at the Basra Resiliency Campus.
"As a group, we are really excited to have the chance to come over (to Iraq)," Staff Sgt. Glenn Robertson, the Volunteers' drummer, said. "This is the first time, and it's kind of ground-breaking. We're really excited to have the opportunity to do this."
The Volunteers are one of four components of the U.S. Army Field Band, along with the Concert Band, Soldiers' Chorus, and the Jazz Ambassadors. Their primary mission is to travel the globe as part of Army Public Affairs' community outreach program.
Staying so busy performing for civilian communities means they rarely get a chance to entertain their fellow Soldiers. The trip downrange is one the Volunteers relished.
"To be here, it's kind of overwhelming," Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Lindsey, the Volunteers' guitarist from Daytona Beach, Fla., said. "It's great to finally give back the best service that we can do to the Soldiers who have given their best service to this country... We owe it to our brothers and sisters; it's an honor to do this."
Sgt. 1st Class April Boucher, the lively and spunky vocalist for the band, echoed the sentiment.
"We're Soldiers representing Soldiers," the Coshocton, Ohio, native said to the crowd. "This is our favorite tour ever; it's amazing that we get to do it for y'all."
Boucher's enthusiasm showed when she leapt off the stage to get the audience to sing the lyrics to a well known rock 'n' roll oldie.
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Lindsey also thanked his hosts in southern Iraq for helping to make the band's experience a memorable one.
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Gen, on one hand I'm sorry you going thru travel anxiety. On the other hand, how exciting that you are going to travel to a new country and make a dream come true. In buddhism we say that obstacles arise whenever we try to move forward in life. So congrats on moving forward.I don't know what meds gave you side effects before, but have you ever tried Klonopin? Ask you doc if it might be good to take on an as needed basis. The kick in is fast, like 30-60 minutes and it stays in your system almost the whole day. Maybe you could take some Klon an hour before you time of the connecting flight.It's a great opportunity. Remember the tiny circle on the map represents YOUR COMFORT ZONE. And that huge circle represents WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS. Do you want to be comfortable or to you want to be alive?
Hi GenSec Some encouragement for you ... Good for you for going on this trip!!! Don't let your anxiety hold you back - you have managed it before, you can do it again. Airplane trips can be stressful - I personally don't like them - but look at the opportunity in it all: you will be doing something you never thought you'd do before, you get to visit a country you have been interested in and studied - the time it takes to fly and the crossover flight are really insignificant. I try to look at airplane flights as a chance to buy new books and magazines - free time to read! (I like to read and, due to life, don't do it like I would like to - so I would love some airplane reading time!). Also, 3 hrs is a long time for a crossover flight - you should be fine - you should have enough time to get there, find your way around, and have time to kill. I don't know if they do this, but maybe google the airport, or a lay out of the airport you are flying to, to get an idea of how it is set up. Also, once you get there, find the next gate you need to be at before doing any airport exploring. Again - I look at that as time for coffee and some yummy pastry product . And people, in general, try to be helpful. Ask questions once you get there - people will help you. As you know, with anxiety, we get stuck in our thoughts - and you are stuck on this crossover flight - it will all be fine. Focus on your plans in the new country. Focus on the things you can do with your time while on your flight. Change your thoughts and your focus and hopefully the anxiety will begin to decrease. Have safe travels and an awesome time!!! I like what worldbeat99 said, "Do you want to be comfortable or do you want to be alive?" You can do it!
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Game Description: As with its predecessors, Tales of Monkey Island is a graphic adventure game. Players assume the role of protagonist Guybrush Threepwood, a hapless wannabe pirate, in exploring 3D environments and solving a variety of puzzles. In contrast to previous games by Telltale Games, but in keeping with preceding Monkey Island games, Tales of Monkey Island allows players to combine certain items in their inventory to create new items. The game world is explored through use of the keyboard and mouse on the PC, and the Nunchuk on the Wii. Each chapter of the game is estimated to be between two and four hours, depending on the player's ability to deal with the puzzles.
HIGH Pink Pajama Pierre...say that three times fast.
LOW Wandering the jungle in circles, trying to figure out the map when you're not good with maps.
WTF Voodoo root-beer.
Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate™ has a bit of a problem. While fighting the evil (and undead) LeChuck, he screwed up a voodoo recipe and, instead of destroying his nemesis, turned him human. And then he left LeChuck alone on a ship—with his wife. To make matters worse, Guybrush's hand is all green and poxy and has totally gone Dr. Strangelove: punching him in the face, making rude gestures at people and generally not cooperating with him. Our hero finds himself stranded on an island where the winds always blow inward; thus, it's impossible to sail away from it. Will Guybrush ever make it off of Flotsam Island? Will he see his wife Elaine again? Will he be able to save all those monkeys from whatever horrible thing LeChuck is trying to do to them?
Part of LucasArts's long-standing Monkey Island point-and-click adventure game series, Launch of the Screaming Narwhal is the first of five chapters in Tales of Monkey Island. Although he's a swashbuckling pirate, the only rapier Guybrush uses is his wit. He gets what he wants by talking to people, and by finding, combining and using items. (Throwing a plant root into a barrel of grog is a cheap way to get root beer).
Just because there's no enemy-slashing doesn't mean that Launch of the Screaming Narwhal is boring. The game sparkles with likeable characters and humor. There are plenty of Monkey Island veterans on the development team—including design director Dave Grossman, who worked on the original Monkey Island and its sequel—as well as people who've worked on Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People and Sam & Max Hit the Road. Thus, there's plenty of good comedy writing on display here. In fact, the game's writing is so good that I don't know how to review it without giving everything away. The game itself was surprisingly difficult; seeing every single thing in the environment as potentially useful took a lot of getting used to, and I had to consult an FAQ more times than I care to admit.
I'm not very good with maps, so I wasn't fond of the jungle where Threepwood spends quite a bit of time. In this jungle he follows maps which have pictures of animals on them (a bee, a monkey, a boar, and a bird). At diverging paths, players must listen for the sound of the animal next on the map and follow it. Unfortunately, there are no visual cues for these sounds at all, so gamers with hearing impairments will have unnecessary difficulty.
These puzzles are just a vehicle to move the story along: lab-rat tasks that reward us with Guybrush Threepwood's wit and wisdom ("It's amazing how many of life's problems are solved by indiscriminate cannon fire"), as well as his uncanny ability to run into interesting (read: strange) people. There's Davey Nipperkin, a reporter who's amid a drought of treasure-huntin,' ship-stealin,' bar-fightin' pirate news; a Spanish explorer searching for the ultra-rare Dark Ninja Dave
doll Power Pirate action figure, and a creepy French doctor who wants Threepwood to donate his hand to science—while he's still using it.
Yes, these characters are stereotypes, or 180-degree reversals of same (the scurvy pirate who makes and sells glassblown unicorns, for instance). Still, what are pirate stories but fairy-tales with a grain of historical truth? Indeed, as I played I kept thinking of The Princess Bride, and I don't think the game's skinny blond pirate protagonist is the only reason why. The satire on display here is neither subtle nor particularly insightful, but it is funny. And Guybrush is so likeable—in that pestering, caddish sort of way—that I want to know what happens to him. That, really, is what a serial game should accomplish; to leave players hungry for more.
Disclosures: This game was obtained via publisher and reviewed on the PC. Approximately 6 hours of play was devoted to single-player modes (completed 1 time). There are no multiplayer modes.
Parents: According to the ESRB, this game contains alcohol reference, comic mischief, mild language, mild suggestive themes. Launch of the Screaming Narwhal has a couple of jokes about underwear and bodily functions, as well as many references to grog. There's a scene where The Voodoo Lady tells a long and apparently graphic story about her lover, but the player never hears it. The most potentially offensive line is when someone tells Guybrush that he has "pirate spunk" and Guybrush says, "Ew." E10+ seems like a pretty accurate rating to me.
Deaf & Hard of Hearing: You're going to have some problems. While you can turn subtitles on in the Settings menu, there's a jungle that Guybrush can only find his way around by following the sounds of different animals. Online walkthoughs give good directions, but Guybrush spends a good-sized chunk of the game in this jungle. the developers could definitely have put some visual indicators in.
HIGH The main characters are as strong as before—perhaps moreso.
LOW The secondary characters? Not so much.
WTF Swashbuckly ending! Wait—WHAT?!
When we last left Guybrush Threepwood, he was sailing his ship, the Screaming Narwhal, away from an evil French doctor. But, the Marquee DeSinge will pay any price for Threepwood and his voodoo-cursed hand; in The Siege of Spinner Cay, we find our hero facing off against hired mercenary Morgan LeFlay. She gets his hand, but he gets her grappling hook to use as a suitably pirate-y replacement. Free from the inconvenience of a defiant cursed hand (and now sporting a very stylish hook), Guybrush docks in a town called Spinner Cay, which is full of merfolk. This place may be the key to finding La Esponja Grande, the cure for the voodoo pox.
Although I've heard of LucasArts' venerable Monkey Island series, these Tales... spinoffs from Telltale are the first Monkey Island games I've ever played. (My last experience with a point-and-click adventure game was Riven, many years ago). While I'm still getting the hang of the whole not-really-killing-enemies thing, I also still enjoy the games' humor and their characters, who are often not what they seem to be at first glance.
"Do I LOOK like a man who knows what's good for me?" Guybrush tells a pirate infected with the voodoo pox that he released Pandora-like upon the world via his own incompetence. His wife, Elaine, is not so much a damsel-in-distress as an assistant, a Jeeves to her husband's Bertie Wooster. By the time Threepwood "rescues" her, she's got everything under control: the monkeynapped primates are being rounded up, and the pirate who abducted her isn't such a bad guy after all. In fact, he's hunting magical artifacts in the jungle right now! Why don't you go help him, honey?
If The Siege of Spinner Cay has a weakness, it's that the game's secondary characters aren't as rich or as interesting as they were in the first installment. The merfolk who inhabit the Cay are all carbon-copies of one another. Guybrush can't tell the men from the women, and this same non-descriptness is reflected in their personalities as well. There are exceptions—pirate hunter LeFlay and the pair of poxy pirates who are supposed to bury a golden artifact for their captain come to mind—but on the whole, the people (and fish) Guybrush meets aren't as fun this time around.
Nonetheless, the Threepwoods and LeChuck are still as amusing as ever. I definitely want to know what happens next. Especially after the ending: "I wasn't expecting that at all" doesn't even approach my feelings about it.
Disclosures This game was obtained via publisher and was reviewed on the PC. Approximately 6 hours were spent in single-player mode; it was completed one time. There are no multiplayer modes.
Parents: According to the ESRB, this game contains alcohol reference, cartoon violence, mild language, suggestive themes. If children can watch a PG-rated movie, they should be fine with The Siege of Spinner Cay. Guybrush Threepwood is a bit morally ambiguous for a hero (he is a pirate, after all), but all the violence is Loony Toon-ridiculous and the suggestive themes are not even strong enough to be double entendres.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Unlike the previous installment, Spinner Cay is totally accessible. There are subtitle options for the dialogue, and there are no significant auditory cues. Even the one puzzle that depends on sound is captioned.
HIGH Murray's rendition of the closing credits.
LOW These games are always over too soon.
WTF Much of the game takes place inside a giant manatee.
Things aren't going well for Guybrush Threepwood. His ship is stuck inside a giant manatee (don't ask), and Threepwood fangirl-turned pirate hunter Morgan LeFlay is stuck with him. To top it off, the manatee's lost his sense of direction, and explorer Coronado De Cava has asked Guybrush to replace his old crew, who all died. But if De Cava's crew are dead, who are those guys partying like frat boys in the belly of the beast? Can Guybrush steer the lost manatee back on course? And for the love of God, why don't manatees have blowholes?
Lair of the Leviathan is the strangest chapter of Tales of Monkey Island yet—and I mean that as a compliment. Guybrush Threepwood spends much of the adventure inside a giant manatee, water-sliding from mouth to belly and sidestepping pools of bile, which apparently have a high alcohol content. (Beware that yellow stuff, though, bra). In order to get free and find the voodoo-magic-sucking Esponja Grande and thereby rid the world of the voodoo pox that is ultimately his fault, Guybrush must befriend a brotherhood of bile-drunk partiers. Joining the Brotherhood will take all of his wits...and most of his liver.
An adventure game is nothing without puzzles, and those in Lair of the Leviathan are challenging but sensical—the kind that might make me check an FAQ, but then I'd feel silly afterwards. ("Oh, of course!") While in training for a pirate face-making contest, Guybrush must "collect" funny faces from the other pirates to use in his arsenal. De Cava refuses to make a face if "asked" directly ("ARR!"); he also refuses to drink the yellow bile, because it causes his eyes to do funny things. It was easy enough to put two and two together—trick De Cava into drinking yellow bile, get his coveted pirate face—but I couldn't figure how how to do that on my own. After finding the answer in an FAQ I thought: "Hey! That's really clever!"
While I thought characterization was lacking in the previous installment, it makes a triumphant return here. The Brotherhood are stereotypical in a fun, cartoonish way: there's the nerd, the bad-boy leader, and the frat boy who owes a debt to Sean Penn's character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Their personalities, so familiar to us, are ripe for Guybrush to play off of. Shy Noogie wants a date with Morgan LaFlay, and Threepwood promises him one—but tells Morgan he's sending her on a three-pronged "recon mission."
Morgan herself is not as simple (or as evil) as she first appears. She highlights Guybrush's dismissive attitude towards women, mostly because she doesn't put up with it. While his wife Elaine either ignores his arrogance or thinks it's cute, Morgan's responses are those of a fan who realizes that the object of her admiration isn't so great after all. She shakes her head, rolls her eyes, tosses his (autographed) picture away. But she is never crushed; Morgan confronts her idol's imperfection and doesn't let him treat her like crap. When Guybrush needs her help in a fight, she makes him apologize to her—properly—before she jumps in.
Lair of the Leviathan is, I think, the best chapter of Tales of Monkey Island so far. Here's hoping the quality writing and characterization continues in the remaining chapters.
Disclosures: This game was obtained via publisher and reviewed on the PC. Approximately six hours of play were devoted to the single-player mode (completed 1 time). There are no multiplayer modes.
Parents: According to the ESRB, this game contains alcohol reference, comic mischief, mild language, mild suggestive themes. Like its Tales of Monkey Island predecessors, Lair of the Leviathan should be appropriate for older kids. There's some sexual innuendo (dating is a heavy theme in this game), as well as some alcohol- (well, bile- ) drinking.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing: All dialogue is subtitled (captions can be turned on in the Options), and there are no significant auditory cues—though you will miss out on Murray the Skull's snarky interpretation of the end credits.
HIGH The Harry Potter-esque way that the plotline connects back to Chapter 1.
LOW The gameplay connects back to Chapter 1 (i.e. the jungle) as well.
WTF Morgan?! Nooooooo!
After an adventure inside a manatee he'd just as soon forget, Captain Threepwood is back on Flotsam Island—and all his dastardly deeds have caught up with him. The people of Flotsam are charging him with everything from scalding the finest leg on the island with nacho sauce to consonant defacement. And Guybrush, never one to pass up anything self-serving or foolhardy, offers to defend himself at trial. How will he get out of this mess in one piece? (Hint: with lots of lying, bribery and mischief-making).
In Chapter 4 of Tales of Monkey Island (The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood), our hero faces his greatest challenge yet: the pirate legal system. Channeling Phoenix Wright, he must
threaten buy off cross-examine witnesses and tamper with collect evidence. Ensign Hemlock's cat was paralyzed with fear by Guybrush's bar fight? Nothing some iron shavings and an electromagnetic monkey can't fix!
Once again, there are all kinds of interesting characters for Guybrush to meet up with. In court is the perpetually hand-waving prosecutor Stan (remember him?) who tries to sell cheap trial souvenirs after hours. The Right Honorable Judge Wallace P. Grindstump mixes drinks in Club 41 at night. Perhaps Guybrush's interactions with them don't have the depth of his relationship with Morgan LeFlay in the previous installment, but they're still funny.
As for the puzzles, they run the gamut from clever to downright confusing. In between fetching Joachin de Oro a glass eye the color of Pirate Pox Rage ("like all the cool pirates have") and winning a Fugu Jolokia pepper by holding it to his tongue for 11 seconds (which is harder than it looks), Guybrush has to once again brave the jungle with a map. This time, the map in question is a menu of specific meals which must be fed in a certain order for the voodoo-sucking La Esponja Grande, in order to mature the artifact enough to cure everyone of the Pox of LeChuck. The way(s) Guybrush folds the map effect the physical layout of the jungle—which is actually pretty clever, once I figured it out. I've never liked the jungle—for personality and spatial processing reasons—but it doesn't come close to ruining the game for me.
While Lair of the Leviathan is still my favorite chapter so far, The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood still has plenty of everything about the Tales of Monkey Island series that I like: quality writing, loveable characters, and challenging puzzles. I'm sorry there's only one more installment left.
Disclosures This game was obtained via publisher and played on a PC. Approximately six hours were spent in the single-player mode. (Completed one time). There are no multiplayer modes.
Parents: According to the ESRB, this game contains: comic mischief, language, mild suggestive themes. Captain Threepwood isn't the most heroic of video game protagonists (he is a pirate, after all). Yes, ordering drinks in a bar is essential to solving a couple of puzzles. And yes, Morgan LeFlay and his wife duke it out while calling each other all sorts of creative names. But everything is more innuendo than explicit; this game should be fine for older children.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing: You should have no problems. Subtitles can be turned on in the Options menu and there are no significant auditory cues, unlike the last time Guybrush visited the jungle.
HIGH: Needing to combine puzzle-solving with speed in the final sequence.
LOW: Needing to combine puzzle-solving with speed in the final sequence.
WTF: Noogie is dead!? Nooo!
My time with Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island series has been amusing, strange, fun—and a little scary. Most of the games I play are paeans to patience rather than skill; if I'm stuck, I just need to kill more enemies, upgrade my weapons or brush up on my roshambo. ("Ah...fire beats ice!") Although every game I've ever played has puzzles in it, I'm not used to sustaining that kind of thinking without some mindless mob-smashing to break it up. Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate ™ may not fight enemies aside from "insult swordfighting" and the occasional face-making contest, but his adventures have allowed me to flex my puzzle-solving muscle in ways that make sense, aren't too overwhelming, and are hilarious.
All these things are still true about Tales of Monkey Island Chapter Five: Rise of the Pirate God. The last chapter of the series opens in a graveyard, where Guybrush Threepwood is buried. Yes, he's really dead. Killed by the LeChuck, he's now in the pirate afterlife. There's Galeb, a "strange old man who kind of smells like olives" and takes pictures of newly-dead souls wandering into the Crossroads for the first time; there's a grog machine (Diet Grog and Grog XD are sold out, natch), and a whole room full of buried treasure. A pirate could stay here forever—unless a formerly-human zombie has kidnapped his wife, of course.
The writing and character development are strengths here, as always, but this is the story's climax; such things take a back seat to action, and the puzzles really shine in this installment. The final showdown between Captain Threepwood and LeChuck is almost as frustrating as it is clever. Guybrush is aboard LeChuck's ship, and his archnemesis will not leave him alone. Like some zombie cuckoo-clock figurine, LeChuck shows up every so often to throw Guybrush to a different part of the ship. The trick is to find context-sensitive items and interact with them as quickly as possible. For instance, under the ship's keel is a key, which Guybrush can snatch when LeChuck throws him that way for a keelhauling.
This last series of puzzles is highly complex—it is the climax of the last chapter in the Tales of Monkey Island series, after all—but Telltale doesn't make it any more frustrating than necessary. Once the player does what she needs to do in a certain area of the ship (gets the key under the ship's keel, let's say), that area gets taken out of rotation and LeChuck stops throwing Guybrush there.
While earlier installments had more interesting interaction between the characters, Rise of the Pirate God ends the series on a high note, gameplay-wise. It also leaves me sad that there aren't any more. I'll miss the perfectly balanced anachronisms, the love-struck manatees, and the truly bizarre puzzles that somehow make total sense. (Of course giving monkeys electric shock makes them collect keys for you). But most of all, I will miss that not-so mighty pirate Guybrush Threepwood. His mixture of amorality and naïveté—the sort of thing so many Japanese RPGs try to accomplish but don't—makes him a joy to play. I've had so much fun with Guybrush, I'm ready to play the original Monkey Island games.
Disclaimer: This game was obtained via publisher and reviewed on the PC. Approximately six hours of play were spent in single-player mode (completed 1 time). There are no multiplayer modes.
Parents: According to the ESRB, this game contains alcohol reference, cartoon violence, mild language and mild suggestive themes. Parents of older children don't have much to worry about. As always, the "alcohol reference" is to grog, the "language" consists of the occasional "hell" and "damn," and the sexual innuendo is much milder than in Tales of Monkey Island Chapter Three: Lair of the Leviathan. The player character is a (bumbling, incompetent) pirate, so some emphasis is put on stealing treasure and lying. It's all in good fun, though.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing: You should have no problems. All dialogue is subtitled (you can turn on the subtitles in the Options menu) and there are no significant auditory cues.


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Restaurant Amuse – Perth
Restaurant Amuse, amongst other awards, has been named Perth's best restaurant for the last three years by the Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide. When I was researching Perth restaurants in October, the only Friday night booking for the rest of the year happened to be the Friday J and I were in Perth. I quickly jumped onto the online booking system (love these!) and made a reservation.
Cape Lodge Restaurant – Margaret River
Cape Lodge is a five star luxury boutique hotel in the Margaret River, and not only is the hotel itself an award winner, but the retsurant has also been named in Conde Naste Traveller's 2012 Gold List for Best for Food.
Cullen Winery Restaurant – Margaret River
Cullen wines is one of the smaller wineries in the Margaret river region, however they are doing big things with their wines, and the food in the restaurant. The wine is made from biodynamically grown grapes, and "all food in the restaurant is prepared using fresh, biodynamic and organic produce and is sourced from our own garden and select local producers."
Leeuwin Estate Restaurant – Margaret River
Leeuwin Estate is one of the founding wineries of the Margaret River wine region. It was created by American winemaker Robert Mondavi on what was a cattle farm in 1972. Leeuwin consistently produces some of the best wines in Australia, with the Art Series chardonnay being a favourite of mine and J's.
Balthazar – Perth
Balthazar is a stalwart in the Perth dining scene. It has been serving the hungry masses in the CBD for over ten years.
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A Week in Western Australia
J and I headed to Western Australia for a week's holiday. It was a second visit to our largest state for both us, mine was when I was in primary school on a family holiday, and J's first trip was a work trip only the week before we went together!
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WLG – Melbourne
The tourism people in Wellington, New Zealand, decided the best way to promote their great food and wine to us Aussies was to do it through a pop-up restaurant. Last year this restaurant was in Sydney, this year it was Melbourne's turn, and WLG was born.
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Izakaya Den – Melbourne
In Japan, an izakaya is a drinking establishment which also serves food, sort of like the Japanese version of a pub. Many izakaya style restaurants have been popping up in Melbourne over the last few years. One of them, Izakaya Den has been on mine and J's wish list for a while now, and one Saturday night, before a concert, we finally got there!
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My Unsung Heroes! By L. Don Oliver
For every Father, there is a __; they then disappear, into the calling ;
Many of children, go to ; Nary a pillow, for their _;
Making do, with what they've ; Fatherly affection, they have ;
Mothers cry, alone each __; Hopes and dreams, far from __;
Two or three jobs, they daily ; What tomorrow brings, they never __;
To the single mothers, I wish to ; Bless you all, on this Father's ;
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Buried Alive! By L Don Oliver
No breath to take, Before we go down; Interred by "their" Justice, In the cold, cold, ground;
Believe in what they say, Of that which you should; For they know much better, Than you ever could;
For we are dead, Before we have died; Believing in "their" truth, That they have lied;
Ding, Ding, Ding, Ring the bell; "All is well", The false ones yell;
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You know...last year this time I argued that MM would win the Moto2 Championship and the kid was special and everyone was arguing...oh he is all hype, one hit wonder etc etc.. Well 1 year later, i think I recognize some of these names on here talking about he will be the next Rossi, my my my how things have change...but that is alright bandwagonist are welcomed!!
To be clear though this test proves he is fast not that he will be the next champ or the next Rossi for that matter. PLEASE keep in mind that in 66 YEARS of World Championship racing only 2 men have accomplished more than 5 world titles..
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Looking for a new bike light with as even of a beam pattern as possible. My new commute route will take me around 2 lakes where my current high output lights seem to blind and offend pedestrians (the bike path is separate from the pedestrian path, but they're still next to each other).
I've noticed that if I can get a dim light with a lot of throw, that has a consistent beam pattern, I don't really need a whole ton of light in the city where there's a certain amount of ambient light.
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Not a dynamo light - I already have one, looking for a light for my road "racy" bike.
And fyi, my current setup is basically a Seca 900 on high with a Seca 1400 on medium - but pedestrians *really* don't like the 1400 being on. It's the only light I've owned where more than one walked has yelled at me that my light was to bright.
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Thursday Jun 21 2012
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By: Laura Newell, Folsom Lake Entertainer
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As summer months sizzle on, many will find the river as a spot to cool off. EarthTrek Expeditions, based in Lotus, offers families a safe way to find adventure whitewater rafting on the American River. International raft guide Janeen Stewart is the operations manager at EarthTrek Expeditions. She has been rafting for 20 years. ?Rafting offers people a view of their own back yard,? Stewart said. ?We see the beauty of the river, wildlife and nature at its best. This is a great opportunity to meet new people and new friends. This is a social white water experience.? EarthTrek Expeditions offers American River white water rafting tours, camping in cabin tents or dome tents as part of a package, meals as part of a package, gold discovery outdoor education for students, corporate events, music festivals and other special events. EarthTrek, owned by Jerry Ashburn, started in 1973 and grew into a full-service rafting experience. Today they have about 4,000 rafters come through EarthTrek every year. Depending on a rafter?s experience and skill level, people are offered different rafting trips separated by river classifications from Class 1 to Class VI. ?Class I and II are friendlier to self-rescue,? Stewart said. ?Class III-IV are best rafted with a professional guide.? Still, for new rafters, a guide is always needed. ?At EarthTrek, we have six full-time international guides,? she said. ?These are professional guides who work year-round. They travel from Lotus to New Zealand to Costa Rica and other countries, guiding. ?It?s a small community worldwide as guides,? she said. ?We have an interesting and unique lifestyle. It?s not about having material things. This is a very serious and professional career. We do what we love.? Nick Wimsett is an international river guide at EarthTrek. He has been guiding for 14 years. ?Guiding internationally lets us live a life that we love, but we make sacrifices,? Wimsett said. ?This is a lifestyle. We are all one big family. We trust each other. We are passionate about our job. As a team we make amazing things happen and we create an atmosphere that makes people happy, positive and educated.? He said river guides are always working for their next adventure. ?We don?t need a lot to make us happy,? he said. ?We live by the river to find our next goal, our next adventure. This is as good as nature gets, and the only way to see it is by raft.? Wimsett said a guide will raft through the river hundreds of times a summer, yet every run is always a new experience for them. ?It never gets old,? he said. ?When we are guiding, we challenge ourselves to get the reward of safely teaching someone something new and helping them fall in love with the river.? For more information, visit earthtrekexpeditions.com or call (530) 642-1900.


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I actually love the way they did the model's hair here, it's beautiful!ReplyDelete
Time certainly does fly!!! It has been 3 years since I exhibited, i can't believe it. I remember like it was yesterday. xReplyDelete
Your photos are beautiful! :) I loved the talent this year.ReplyDelete
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I can't believe it's been a year since your graduation show! SO nice you went to see what the next year of grads had to offer though!ReplyDelete
i couldn't make the gala show as i had to come home for work, bit gutted after it as from what i've seen it's just top quality with some great ideas and vision. Chloe Jone's cloaks looks brilliant. did you see hollie win the award then?ReplyDelete
I've been visiting the graduate shows here in Holland and have seen so much fresh young talent. GFW seems amazing though! Wish we did that over here.ReplyDelete
I can't believe it has been a year! I love these, the ombre jumper is lovely!ReplyDelete
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I would have liked to have visited this year but I just didn't have time. Your shots are lovely though and I bet it was strange to be back there but this time checking out the next crop of graduates!ReplyDelete
There are so many beautiful pieces! <3 I really love the strong presence of yellow; it's my absolute favourite colour!ReplyDelete
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such beautiful inspiring pieces...ive never seen student works this good since my mothers stuff in the 80s!ReplyDelete


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Anyone doing Big indochina this sept? 9/7
Would love to find out if anyone is doing the big indochina trip this sept.
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Important Links from the September Visioning Meeting
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Today's students will face challenges we haven't imagined, take jobs yet to be invented, and toil in a workplace constantly reshaped by the exponential progress of technology. Only one thing is certain: classrooms designed for the industrial age won't prepare students for this dynamic era. A new century calls for a new paradigm. The sage on the stage must become the guide on the side.
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(By Balaseshan) Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KERX) said it has initiated a phase 2 study of Zerenex (ferric citrate) for the treatment of patients with stage 3 to 5 non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD).
Zerenex is the company's ferric iron-based phosphate binder drug candidate for managing serum phosphorus and iron deficiency in anemic patients with NDD-CKD.
In the United States alone, over one and a half million people suffering from Stages 3 to 5 NDD-CKD have iron deficiency anemia, however, there are currently no oral iron supplements with an FDA label in NDD-CKD. Also, there are currently no FDA approved phosphate binders in NDD-CKD.
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The phase 2 study initiated today is a multicenter, randomized, safety and efficacy clinical trial designed to compare the ability of Zerenex to manage serum phosphorus and iron deficiency versus placebo in anemic patients with stages 3 to 5 NDD-CKD. Eligible patients will be randomized 1:1 to receive either Zerenex or placebo for a 12-week treatment period.
The primary endpoints of the study are to demonstrate changes in ferritin, TSAT and serum phosphorus levels over the 12-week treatment period. Secondary endpoints include changes in hemoglobin and FGF-23.
The study plans to randomize about 150 patients from about 15 sites in the U.S. Patient enrollment is expected to take up to 6 months, with study completion expected in mid-2013.
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Zerenex is currently also in a long-term phase 3 study, under special protocol assessment, as treatment for end-stage renal disease patients with hyperphosphatemia on dialysis. Top-line data from this Phase 3 study is expected to be announced by approximately year-end 2012, with the NDA filing expected in the first quarter of 2013 for this indication.
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals retains a worldwide exclusive license (except for the Asian Pacific Region) to Zerenex (ferric citrate) from Panion & BF Biotech Inc. The company has sublicensed the development of ferric citrate in Japan to Japan Tobacco Inc. and Torii Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
It is estimated that about 10 percent to 15 percent of the U.S. adult population is affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), a condition generally characterized by greater than 50 percent reduction of normal kidney function. In addition, elevated levels of serum phosphorus become more prevalent in stages 3 to 5 non-dialysis dependent CKD (NDD-CKD) patients.
Several studies have shown that higher serum phosphorus concentrations may be associated with increased mortality and morbidity in CKD, however, no phosphate binders are currently FDA approved for NDD-CKD.
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Anyone who has played in an orchestra or ensemble or sung in a chorus is probably aware of the cost of sheet music, even though much of it hearkens back to pre-20th century and has long since passed out of copyright. Thanks to the Internet and the idea of the wiki, however, such sheet music can be had for free from sites such as the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) and the Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL).
What is the difference to your pocketbook? Take a choir of 50 who intend to sing Pablo Casals' still-under-copyright piece O Vos Omnes. To buy enough copies of the choral arrangement could cost around $150.If, instead, the choir chose to sing Schubert's Magnificat D 483, the cost of sheet music would drop to the cost of photocopying, since it is free at CPDL.org.
The same applies to the 85,000 instrumental and orchestral works available from the IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, a repository of public domain sheet music. Some of this music is old enough to have outlived copyrights, while a portion of it is from later and current composers who have released their music under a Creative Commons license.
The site offers music of the greatest composers, such as Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, as well as thousands of lesser-knowns. It also offers a generous sampling of folk songs from various countries.
The IMSLP is run as a wiki, meaning that volunteers post the music, others vet it. While the site takes great pains to avoid violating copyrights, the music is downloaded around the world. Those downloading music are expected to be aware of, and obey, any local copyrighting laws that may vary from those in Canada, where the site is hosted.
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United Way of Bartholomew County leaders say they are close to a record 2013-14 fundraising campaign.
If final figures being tallied top last year's $4 million mark — the best per-capita giving in the state for the 11th straight year — it would mark a third straight record campaign amid a still-sputtering economy locally and nationally.
The final campaign figure will be announced at the agency's annual meeting, 4 p.m. Thursday at Columbus' Factory 12 Event Loft, 12th and Washington streets.
Jan Harris, United Way's director of resource development, said she recently attended a national United Way conference in Florida and heard stories from other chapters struggling merely to hit basic campaign goals.
"I would be more than happy just to meet last year's mark," Harris said. "But I don't think we can take any glory for it at United Way. I think the community has raised their giving game."
She believes increased awareness of local needs, highlighted in the assessment report, "Charting a New Course," released in February 2013, has been a key.
That report highlighted three major areas needing upgrading among residents: financial stability, education and health. The report lists information such as the poverty level in different areas of the community to the estimated living wage of $35,000 for a family of four here.
"When people truly see the needs, it makes them want to give," Harris said. "People are giving because they want to make a difference and they want to see success.
"And with tangible information now, we can go out and show people how we can make a difference."
United Way of Bartholomew County President Mark Stewart said the organization's battle cry of the past year has been breaking the cycle of poverty.
"No one organization in the community can do that on its own," Stewart said. "But when we all work together and each execute what we do best, then we really can make an impact and make great things happen."
Donations from this year's campaign will be used to fuel the work of its 25 nonprofit agencies operating more than 30 social service programs, from early childhood education initiatives to youth mentoring efforts and senior exercise classes.


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Last stop: New Jersey. The Flyers (21-17-4) will wrap up their six-game road trip when they battle the Devils (17-18-8) on Tuesday night.
Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN/TCN) at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Here are five things you need to know for the game:
1. Building confidence
When the Flyers began their West Coast swing, they had lost five consecutive games away from Wells Fargo Center.
But they put their road struggles behind them to post a 4-1-0 record while out West and have climbed to second place in the Metropolitan Division.
"There are a lot of teams around us," Jakub Voracek said Monday (see story). "Jersey, the Rangers are right there. We have to make sure and focus on every game. When you look at the standings and schedule, every game is a huge game for us. We have to make sure to leave everything out there every game."
The Metro is a very weak division. Four points separate the second-place Flyers from the seventh-place Columbus Blue Jackets. The Flyers' matchup with New Jersey will begin an important stretch. Eleven of the Flyers' next 12 games will be against Eastern Conference opponents.
Tuesday will also mark the third of four meetings between the Flyers and Devils this season. If you're looking for a high-scoring affair, this might not be the game to watch. The two clubs have combined for just four goals in the two previous meetings, both of which have been shutouts.
2. A fine line
The Flyers have been a streaky group this season. At one point, it was the third line of Sean Couturier, Matt Read and Steve Downie carrying the offense. Fast forward a month and the top line of Claude Giroux, Voracek and Michael Raffl were filling up the scoresheets.
A week into 2014, it's the trio of Brayden Schenn, Scott Hartnell and Wayne Simmonds doing the heavy lifting for the orange and black.
Schenn has come alive as of late after a slow start to the season. He's collected three goals and three assists in his last six games and has been playing with a lot more confidence with Hartnell and Simmonds on his wings.
Hartnell enters Tuesday riding a seven-game point streak. During that span, he's posted three goals and five assists and has been a nightmare for opponents to deal with in front of the net.
But perhaps the hottest Flyer right now is Simmonds. The Wayne Train is coming through full steam ahead as the forward has scored eight goals in his past eight games and has six multi-point performances in his past 11 contests.
3. Catching up with No. 68
When Ilya Kovalchuk retired from the NHL this past summer, the Devils knew they had a big hole to fill on offense.
Enter Jaromir Jagr. New Jersey didn't expect Jagr to step in and be a point-per-game player when they agreed to a one-year deal with the former MVP, but he's certainly proved he can still play at a high level.
In 43 games this season, Jagr is leading the Devils in assists (21), points (34) and plus-minus (plus-11) and is tied with Michael Ryder for the team-lead in goals with 13 this season. Not bad for a 41-year-old.
Jagr has been lights out in his career against the Flyers, registering 41 goals and 108 points in 88 games. He'll look to get back on track when he takes on his former club as he has been held to just one point in his last six contests overall.
The Czech forward, who will represent his country in the Olympics in Sochi, is also approaching a major milestone. At 694 goals, he will pass Hall of Famer Mark Messier with his next marker for seventh all-time in NHL history.
4. Injuries
All signs point to Michael Raffl returning to the Flyers' lineup against New Jersey. Raffl, who suffered a concussion against the Colorado Avalanche on Jan. 2, took full practice with the team on Monday and has not had any concussion symptoms since last Thursday.
Matt Read, who went down with an upper-body injury against the Calgary Flames, did not skate on Monday. He's listed as day to day and his status for Tuesday's game is uncertain.
Erik Gustafsson rejoined teammates for the first time for a full practice on Monday. He's been sidelined since Dec. 21, when he suffered a left knee sprain against the Columbus Blue Jackets. General manager Paul Holmgren said over the weekend Gustafsson might need another seven days of rehab. He could be cleared to play at some point this weekend.
For the Devils, Patrik Elias has missed two consecutive games with an upper-body injury. Elias is second on New Jersey in scoring with 25 points in 33 games. His status for Tuesday night is questionable.
Defensemen Adam Larsson (lower body) and Peter Harrold (broken foot) and forward Damien Brunner (sprained right knee) are all on injured reserve and will not suit up against the Flyers.
5. This and that
• The Devils are the NHL's least-penalized team, averaging 7.9 penalty minutes per game. On the other end of the ice, the Flyers are the NHL's most-penalized team (16.2 PIMS per game).
• The Flyers have been perfect while shorthanded over the past four games, killing off all 12 penalties they've taken.
• Four of New Jersey's last five games have been decided by one goal, all of which were 2-1 contests.
• All four goals scored in the season series between the Flyers and Devils have come at even strength.
• Martin Brodeur has recorded shutouts in three of his last five starts against the Flyers. He's 4-1-0 with a .966 save percentage in those games.
Flyers-Devils: 5 things you need to know
Last stop: New Jersey. The Flyers (21-17-4) will wrap up their six-game road trip when they battle the Devils (17-18-8) on Tuesday night.


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Jim Burroway
September 6th, 2008
He also wants to to protect the spotted owl and snails. But not gay people.
Michelangelo Signorile has been airing several interviews from the GOP convention lately, and this one of former Senator Rick Santorum is priceless. Here we have Santorum arguing against same-sex marriage:
I use the example of the environmental impact statement. You know, we have an ecology, we have an environment that is impacted by changes in the environment. We have a moral ecology in this country just like we have a physical ecology in this country. We have a set of values and traditions that define who we are as a society and have an impact throughout society. When I want to change the environment, I have to go out and prove that by building this structure or changing this place, that I'm not going to affect the ecology of the area, that I'm not going to adversely impact the box turtle, or the spotted owl, or the snail.
What would Santorum include in his environmental impact statement? He wants to misuse studies to claim that gays sexually abuse children at higher rates, and that gay relationships experience more domestic violence — even though the scientific evidence shows the exact opposite.
It's a shame how those who claim the moral high ground hold the truth in such low regard.


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Fondant Cake Decorating - Using Impression Mats
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Norman Davis: I am Norman Davis with The Sweet Life and what we are showing you today is simple decorating cake techniques in fondant, and right now we are going to be doing some impression mats. So an impression mat can be done on the side of your cake or on your cake board itself. So it all depends on what you are trying to achieve. So we are going to go ahead and take some of our satin ice fondant and our duster to keep it from sticking. We are going to knead it again, together, and kneading it, what its doing is, it's warming up by the heat of hand and also making it perfectly smooth. I am going to dust it, I am going to use my rolling pin, keep it moving. If you find that it's going to stick on you, just go ahead and dust it some more, you can always dust the top also. So it's a couple of different ways that you can use an impression mat. We can go ahead and take your impression mat and press it right on to the fondant, and use your rolling pin to get it into the cracks and crevices, or you can place your fondant on top of your cake board and do the same thing. So it all depends on what you are trying to achieve. The best way I find is to actually place your fondant on your board, because if you do it the other way, and once you have your design and you pick up your piece of fondant to place on your board, you are going to go ahead and distort some of the design that you just placed on it. So you can use your palm of your hands, you can use your rolling pin, so whatever you feel comfortable with. A lot of times I like to use the palm of hands because I can feel the pressure that I am giving, just going to pick that up. Let me pick this up and show you. See what a great design I have on there. So I am going to come back, finish the other half. A lot of the impression mats are large enough to go over your 12 inch project. This is just a smaller one, but I really like the design that comes out with it, and then you are just going to go ahead and use a knife, and once again clean up the ends, take your finger just to smooth out the ends to give it a nice finish. Now, at this point my board is ready for me to place my cake on. That just totally finished the end. It made the cake look totally complete instead of just having it on a regular board, and it just gave a lot more texture to the cake with the different textures and designs on this particular cake. Our next segment, we are going to use some silicon moulds.


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On another thread I found links for bike route maps for Grand Rapids, and Milwaukee. I will be adding those links and links for Sonoma County, Marin County and the Bay Area soon. If you have links to any club, city, county, state, or other source of downloadable or on-line readable route maps please post them here as a service to others. I will work on a connection to FRAPPR to set up a map where people can just look at a map of the USA/World and see where maps are.
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May 4, 2016
As we head into colder weather, News 12, Augusta Mall, and our Time to Care partners Troy University, Subway, and Ashley Furniture HomeStore are sponsoring the Warm Hearts Warm-a-Thon.
You can donate anything to keep people warm in the winter months, including coats, scarves, gloves, and gently used or new coats and blankets.
All proceeds will go to the Garden City Rescue Mission.
The three week-long event starts at Augusta Mall September 30 at 11am. After the kickoff, you'll be able to donate at Subway, Ashley, Troy, and News 12 through October 21.
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For those of you in that neck of the woods. It looks like they need volunteers and possibly more businesses who will host their signs.
Originally Posted by from an email sent to the Shift ListWestside shifties, please come out on 9/18 and help us with our Traffic
Awareness Day! We have multiple locations on the westside that need
volunteers for both the a.m. and p.m. drive times to hold signs and
increase awareness of bicycles on our roadways.
I'll be a team leader at the location at Hwy 26 & Cornell, from 7am to
9am. I have one confirmed volunteer and need 3 more. There are other
locations as well that need colunteers. As Zach suggested, please check
out http://www.andwebike.com and contact Hal Ballard (contact info on
the website) if you can help out in the a.m. or p.m.
Thanks for your support!!
Susan Otcenas
Cycling Apparel and Accessories for Women
-----Original Message-----
From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:01 AM
To: email@example.com
Subject: [shift] Wash Co Bike Safety Campaign
I am helping with a Washington County Bicycle Safety Campaign, sponsored
by the BTA, Wash Co. Bicycle Transportation Coalition, Bike Gallery,
City of Beaverton, Portland Velo, etc. etc.
As most of you know, this past June, Tim O'Donnell, 66, was struck and
killed while riding his bicycle with a group of friends. This tragedy
brought increased attention to the safety of cyclists using Washington
County roads. Tim's wife, Mary, established a memorial fund to address
this problem. The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA), working with
the Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition (WashCo BTC), is
spearheading an effort to increase awareness of these serious safety
The campaign will include life-sized cutouts of people with their bikes
that will remind motorists that bicyclists are their relatives, friends,
coworkers and neighbors "and we bike". The cutouts will be placed
around in front of businesses and community gathering spots around the
The message is, "Be careful; the cyclist could be someone you know."
This campaign includes a Traffic Awareness Day on Tues, Sept 18th and a
Complete Tim's Ride event on Sat, Sept 22nd as well as many other
actitivies. We are looking for volunteers for a variety of venues,
dates, and locations.
Check out the web site for more info: http://www.andwebike.com to
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Reaction from Bowen and Rubin after being drafted.
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Seriously, try again. I just like posting those pics!
I'm baaack! See my Hot Milk For Breakfast blog under Social Groups for more details
Link works for me. Here it is again for those that couldn't get it to work.
Bowen, Rubin make NFL on day 2 of draft - Sports
"I'm starting to think some Iowa fans heads are getting too big." -- Tigerhawk22
Originally Posted by cylen
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The stress of the NFL Draft turned into joy for Alvin Bowen and Ahtyba Rubin on Sunday.
Phone calls from Buffalo and Cleveland ended the waiting of the NFL selection process for the two former ISU football players.
Bowen was selected in the middle of the fifth round by the Buffalo Bills, while the Cleveland Browns picked up Rubin midway though the sixth.
Bowen, a 6-foot-1, 223-pound linebacker, struggled to keep his composure when the Bills called and he found out he would be drafted to the NFL.
"I was trying not to just like
turn into a little kid," said Bowen from New Jersey in a phone interview. "So I was real serious. I was really excited, but I had to stay patient and calm on the phone, because I had my mom and everybody else in the background getting excited
the next thing you know, I saw my face pop up on the NFL Network, and they showed some of my highlights. My mom and my sister and my girlfriend just went ballistic."
Bowen was selected 147th overall, while Rubin had to wait until the 190th overall pick.
Rubin, a 6-foot-3, 315-pound defensive tackle, was seen by NFL experts as a potential early-round pick, but was drafted later than he imagined.
"I expected the third or fourth round," Rubin said. "It was like the fourth or fifth round, and I started getting like 'Am I going to get picked at all?' I had high expectations for myself, so when the third or fourth round passed I was like, 'Man, I wish someone would call me and tell me something.'"
Instead, each phone call proved to be a false alarm.
"I jumped to my phone because I thought it was from a team
every time I saw a team that needs a D-tackle, I ended up getting a call from a friend or family," Rubin said.
Rubin was with friends in Ames when the Browns picked him.
"I'm ecstatic," he said. "I am blessed, man, and I am so happy just to get this opportunity to show that I deserve to be in this league."
Bowen said he didn't know what to expect when the draft started. Teams that showed interest in Bowen through the scouting process didn't contact him in the final days before the draft.
"Coming into Saturday, I didn't know when I was going to get drafted," he said. "I assumed probably late third, fourth round
Basically I just waited, patiently waited and then I got that call. And then I got excited, and I enjoyed every minute of that conversation."
Bowen spoke with DeMontie Cross, the assistant linebackers/special teams coach for the Bills. Cross, an ISU outside linebackers coach from 2001-05, told Bowen to not worry about what comes next.
Bowen and Rubin will fly out to meet their teams in the next week. Both were looking forward to proving themselves at the next level.
"I'm excited now that I know I'm in the NFL," Bowen said. "I'm excited now that I got drafted. It's going to be a lot of hard work, but that's what I built my whole character on is hard work and getting the job done.
"Being a Buffalo Bill is something I'm happy to say I am. I'm pumped - I'm kind of close to home. My mom can come to games. It's just a pleasure to say I'm a part of the NFL right now."
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Well, basically I'm an idiot, because it was the word "link" that worked.
Still, any time I can post those pics, I'm a happy guy.
I guess the "Fail" is on me....
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QUOTE Oct 12, 2010 8:14 PM GMTAs you may have noticed, Obama didn't have the balls or smarts to realize that no Republican would work with him. He was trying to be too "nice." So, once he loses control of the House or Senate in November, and nothing will EVER get done in this country for DECADES and DECADES, I've been thinking about where I should move and retire.
Canada or Australia? God knows if the heat continues like it did this summer (67 straight days of 90+ temps in VA), Canada is looking more appealing. Plus their better attitudes toward gays is nice too.
Any thoughts? You just gotta know by now that the U.S. is on a failing course, and it will never recover. Sorry, there are just too many stupid people.