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BRENTWOOD, England – UK market leader Ford has secured the two top sales positions for cars and commercial vehicles in July and for the year to date.
According to the official figures for the first half of 2014 from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT):
• Fiesta and Focus are the number one and two best-selling cars• Transit and Transit Custom are number one and two best-selling CVs• Transit is Britain's fifth best-selling nameplate, ahead of many top-selling cars• Ford's year to date lead in total vehicle sales exceeds 63,000
Mark Ovenden, Ford of Britain chairman and managing director, said: "Ford is in its 38th consecutive year of car sales leadership and its 49th consecutive year for commercial vehicles. Fiesta and Focus and Transit and Transit Custom are at the core of this achievement but our extended Ford CV family and the introduction of new car models, the latest of which is the EcoSport, with, Edge, Mustang and Vignale to come, provide a basis for attracting many new customers and building on our leadership position.
"Delivering this success will rely on the continued support of our dealer partners, who make up the strongest network in the UK, as well as the company's commitment to these new models and technologies."
The official figures released by the SMMT show that total car sales in July were up 6.6 per cent at 172,907, compared with July 2013. Ford's July car sales were 23,647. For the year to date (end July) total UK car sales were 1,460,172, up 10.1 per cent compared with the same period in 2013, while Ford car sales for this period were 197,201, up from 188,993.
With total registrations of 81,236 for the year to date, up 9.1 per cent compared with the same period in 2013, the Ford Fiesta was the UK best seller – more than 31,000 sales and 2.1 percentage points of market share ahead of its nearest non-Ford rival.
The Kuga is Ford's third best-selling model, after the Fiesta and Focus. With sales of 2,154 in July, it secured 1.2 per cent of the total car market, up from 0.7 per cent in 2013. With the Ford EcoSport now on sale and the launch of the Ford Edge due in 2015, Ford's presence in this expanding sector is set to grow further.
The strength in depth of Ford's car range is further demonstrated by Fiesta, Focus, C-MAX and Galaxy all leading their segments in July while B-MAX and Kuga were second in segment.
UK commercial vehicle (CV) sales for the year to date were 203,965, up 12.8 per cent, compared with the same period in 2013. Total sales and share of Ford CVs were up for July and for the year to date, compared with 2013, at 7,137 and 24.9 per cent and 46,223 and 22.7 per cent, respectively.
Ford medium commercial sales, headed by the industry-leading Ford Transit and Ford Transit Custom, reached 37,692 for the year to date up from 35,194. Ford light commercial sales for the same period are up from 6,393 to 8,531, benefitting from the recent launches of the Transit Connect and the Transit Courier that are part of the extended Ford Transit family and, in this sector, join the segment-leading Ford Fiesta Van
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May 6, 2016
Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut potential presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Democratic and Republican strategists sharply disagree on the issue's power to influence elections.
But Democrats are still struggling to move beyond last September's terrorist attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, which killed four American officials.
Democrats argue that an independent inquiry and nine congressional hearings leave little new to say on the matter. But newly revealed revisions of White House talking points issued soon after the attack are feeding conservatives' belief that a major scandal may still be at hand.
Democrats say Republicans are simply desperate to fire up their demoralized base.
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Circulation: 3,405 (Jul - Dec 2012)
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The County Down Outlook covers a large and prosperous area of South Down. The total population of the two district council areas where the Outlook circulates is over 100,000. The areas of Banbridge, Newry and Mourne have been characterised by a rapid growth in retail activity and major house building programmes. The County Down Outlook, established in 1940, has gained the confidence of the business world and records the life and activities of the community, young and old. The paper is anxious to build on its success and has recently demonstrated its commitment to the Mournes area of South Down by opening a second office, in Kilkeel.
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Chapter 9
I downed yet another pain pill, cursing the medic for being so damned rough with his examination. The flash blindness lasted off and on for a few moments during the examination, but it seemed like everything was alright, as far as my implant went, the medic said. But my migraine said otherwise. I swallowed the pill, chasing it with a bottle of water, never taking my eyes off of the small restaurant that Mary and I were staking out. We had been there for a few hours now, simply waiting, watching the men and women that came to the small shop. It was bakery corner shop, the one where you went for a nice cup of caf and a bagel while you read the news vids for the day, or you wrote more of whatever creative inspiration hit you that day. Or, and I thought that this was the most pertinent one, you meet Ministers that hide phones in boxes that no one would suspect a phone to be in.
Mary had been sitting with a smug look on her face as soon as we got into the car. I was grumpy and hurting, and generally not satisfied with the way that part of the investigation went. She was already in the Lightning waiting on me (we had carpooled over from Sal's), hand folded in her lap, patiently waiting on me to settle in. Her smile aggravated me.
"Why do you look like you caught a ray of starlight, missy?" I said testily, looking over at her. She just kept smiling which made me even more agitated. I don't like games when I am testy.
"Spit it out, or you're going right back to your…" But even as the last words left my mouth, they just seemed to disappear in the air, because in her hands, holding up for me to see, was the cellphone that had gone missing. I was speechless, the moodiness and anger about that very item just disappeared.
"You don't have to be a Seeing Eye to see that obviously something interesting was in the box. A saw you go down and knew you were trying to keep it out of their hands. Don't quite know why, but I figured I'd trust your instincts." She handed the phone over to me with a smile, the question for attention in her eyes as she did so. It was apparent that she was waiting on praise from me. I couldn't help but smile at her as I turned my attentions to the phone.
"So do you want a medal or a chest to pin it on?" I said sarcastically, feeling she'd get the praise buried in there. She gasped at me in fake shock, a smirk hiding in her eyes. She turned away from me, not-so-subtly lifting her underbra to perk her chest up a little. Shaking my head, I tried to log onto the phone, seeing that it was password protected. I sighed once more, pulling my Pad out, and started fiddling with a few more programs.
"Do I have to turn around for you to use this one?" She asked again, sarcasm present in her statement, but she was far more interested in how I ran the program. I linked the two machines and set a few of my tracer programs onto it, looking inside the accessible files for an obvious password string left over, the other was to check for obvious safety cracks that were known to most in the profession. I'm not sure which hit first, and frankly, I didn't care. It was a cheap toss away unit, those units are usually carried by people that they didn't want the Network to get a hold of. The phone buzzed once, but nothing came up on the display once it was open.
"What the dark?" I said, staring at the blank phone. I lightly tapped it against my hand once or twice to see if something had jiggled itself loose, but to no avail. Mary slumped back into her seat, an exasperated sigh as she looked out the window.
"Great, it's broken." She claimed, staring at the police wrapping up the scene of the crime, the body being carried out through to the waiting Ambulance. I shook my head, headache coming back in full force. I pressed my fingers up against the bridge of my nose, willing the sudden pain away by sheer willpower. God damn these low lights sometimes. And then I had it. My eyes snapped open and suddenly I was looking around the car. Mary was surprised, pressing herself up against the door for a moment in my wild search. I was tossing empty cartons and drinks until I dove into the glove compartment. A small squeak escaped Mary's lips as I dove into the compartment, and finally found what I was looking for, the car's manual.
I flipped the pad over, and opened up its contents, looking for anything to do with lights. I found a few differing references, but it showed that you should turn the interior lights off with a switch under the steering wheel. Mary looked at me in confusion before the lights killed themselves. She had to slap a hand over her mouth and look out the window, slightly trembling from the sudden welcoming of darkness inside of the car. I heard her start to mutter a prayer as a squeeze my eyes shut until I felt the hum activate again. When I opened my eyes, I saw a message appear on the screen "1 new Text." All of the options appeared too, just like normal in the green haze. I selected it, the message opening into the name of the restaurant we were now outside of, and a meeting time, 23rd Chime and a half.
So here we were, relaxing in the Lightning, waiting on whomever it was to make contact. It was a long shot, because maybe the contact had set up a response phrase, and wouldn't show if the proper return wasn't sent. Maybe they had a tracker on the phone and could see that they were there at the curb instead of inside. Maybe they were fingered as sketchy by a third party there, having been waiting for at least a chime and a half. There were a multitude of options, but it was the best shot they had of getting to whoever had sent the text.
For probably the fifth time, Mack found himself looking over at the woman next to him and appreciating what he was seen today. She was reading up on the care of her new Model 6 Geisher, absent mindedly holding her arm away from it in the new shoulder holster that Sal had thrown in with the purchase as they rushed out of the door of the range. It was new and uncomfortable to her, but she hadn't complained yet. She had also thought on her feet twice today, showing a very quick mind that put things together. Mack could see that
And she wasn't bad looking either. Her blue tattoo peeked up over her collar again, the vines and the slight side of a petal getting to be a familiar sight. He'd only really known her for two rays, but she was growing on him quick. She was messing with her curly hair, still hanging in a loose ponytail over one shoulder, leading down into a nice sized….
"Mack, if you keep looking at my chest like that, this outfit is going to evaporate." She said, without looking up from her manual. My face reddened a little bit, but I saw a smirk on her face develop slowly. I wheezed a small laugh as I leaned back into my seat, bringing up a window on my dashboard to zoom into the building. The window auto focused on the people in the shop, capturing a small snapshot of each of their faces again, for what seemed like the fiftieth time this chime. I leaned back, the onboard computer telling me that once again, no one new had shown up in the seconds I had been looking away.
"Well, that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to happen to me." I said, still staring at the café. I froze for a minute, stiffening at the shock of what just came out of my mouth, but a soft chuckle from Mary made me loosen back up. She had noticed.
"Aw, Mack. Do you think that the good church girls don't know about people looking at them? Come on. Be realistic. For a lot of us, it's a job. A job we believe in heavily, but a job nonetheless. The robes do breathe really well though. It's like an oversized dress." She said, placing a finger on her chin comically as she looked up, thinking about it. Mack smiled, looking over at her again, but shaking his head.
"I'm still too old for you." He said, suddenly voice weighted with weariness as he followed a couple coming out of the shop, laughing with a caf rush. "My lady hunting days have long past. Believe it or not, I was a real looker back in the day. Could get most women to talk to me with a look, the rest of them when I started talking." I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see a big set of compassionate, blue eyes staring back at me.
"There are plenty of women who think you're still a looker, Mack. I caught two or three already, and I've barely known you for a week." She smiled at me, a small flush coming to her cheeks as she met my eyes for a moment. I felt there was a lot more to that statement than she was letting on; the space in the car was suddenly too hot, like someone had turned it into a blast furnace centered on her hand on my shoulder.
The buzzing of the phone receiving a new text message interrupted the eye contact and we both seemed to breathe again, taking in some air that cleared our heads. She both brought our hands to our laps, looking forward toward the restaurant. I cleared by throat a little, bringing up the video lens once more. Immediately, the camera buzzed with a notice, highlighting a young man sitting in one of the booths next to the window, who was putting down his phone onto the table. I switched the lights off again, quickly engaging my low lights and reading the text. It was basically telling me that he was there at the café.
"It's go time. That's him." I said, already moving out of the car, low lights off and car lights back on. Mary was right behind me the whole way in. We walked in and I walked right over to the kid sitting at the booth, allowing Mary to sit down first. I pulled up a chair and sat facing him. He was a lanky kid, all thumbs and elbows, but a wispy haircut and strangely cut clothes indicated that he was following a particular crowd. His heavy brown eyes darted from Mary to me, and then back to Mary, then quickly to the exit.
"Stay put hands up on the table, and stay there." I said as gruffly as I could. His eyes snapped back to me. I motioned toward his phone. He looked at it like it was a murder weapon, not willing to bring his hands even close to it. I nodded to Mary who reached over herself, tossing the object to me. I looked at it and smiled, showing him the blank screen.
"Seems like your phone is busted, kid. That's funny, because I have a phone that's busted too. No screen on it. Any chance you can tell me why you're carry around a busted phone?" He was visibly sweating now, obviously a rookie at whatever game he was playing. I just needed to twist the screws a little and he's squeal like a rat caught in the sewer traps. I made a show of taking the phone out of my pocket and placing it on the table in front of him, letting him soak up the fact that I had him cornered.
"This was found on a murder scene. The man had this hidden. Any chance you can tell me why a murdered man has a phone like this hidden?" He was shaking now, but to the kid's credit, he didn't say a word. He just kept staring at the desk in front of him, surprise evident on him face. Now that was something I wasn't expecting. Obviously, this kid didn't know that the Minister had passed. This might be interesting.
"Did you kill him?" I asked, taking the phone and placing it on my pocket before turning back to him. My voice was not accusing or incredulous, but even and conversational. But I froze directly after the last words left my mouth eyes locked onto the patch of skin revealed under his sleeve cuff. I looked back up at him, eyes wide with surprise and apprehension. He seemed confused as he looked back to me, but a quick telling look back down to his wrist revealed what this whole meeting was about.
The Minister and this kid were Edisonians.
Heathens, by the Church's standards, people who gathered under the thought that Edison was underrated by the church. That we as a people were not given the gift of light, that he used his own hands, the hands of man, to wrangle the God's power in to a form we could use, that God was willing to let us suffer in the darkness. People that believed Edison was the real god here, man ascended. The problem with that was that the Church wasn't fond of competition. They were quickly outlawed, sent to prison if found out. I knew for a fact that Defenders were always on the lookout for Edisonians, ready to break up a meeting by force, if possible.
And this kid seemed to know that. All I knew was that one second he was staring at the tattoo of the Edisonian symbol, a circle with a spiral running horizontally through it, and the next, I was falling forward. The kid got it in his head that the best option was in fact, to run for it. I slammed my head off of the table as the chair's leg collapsed from the dent the kid made in it kicking it. My body weight and gravity did the rest as he spun around and ran.
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Mack and Mary Stakeout.


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Of course, by the time we got back to town, it was getting humid again, so we're not there yet ... yet ...
In keeping with this week's theme, I've saved the biggest change for last. If you had told me a year ago that I would be ditching my road bike in August in favor of riding trail, I would have said you were crazy. Even into the autumn, as much fun as I was having with 'cross, I was still not an off-road rider.
That is, until Lou got me out to Palos. That day was the start, and I haven't looked back since!
Sooooo ... I SIGNED UP FOR A WORS RACE! And not just any race, but the "biggest" WORS weekend of them all: the Subaru Cup! I'm going to try my hand at the Comp category, which has an omnium for the weekend: a SuperD (time trial) on Saturday and a XC race on Sunday. I'm sure I'll get my butt handed to me on a platter, but the thing is, I can't wait!
I will still shave my legs, and will NOT put a visor on my helmet. And really, I just want to see how it goes -- at the very least, it will be a nice change of pace from the road scene, and will serve as good practice for the upcoming 'cross season. I may be taking my life into my hands, but isn't that the fun part?


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Jeff's P.O.V
"Son, is your mother home?" said the officer.
I nodded. "Yes."
Then, my mom appeared behind me. " is there something wrong?"
"Ma'am, can we talk to you?" said the officer's partner. My mom told me to go to my room and the only thing I could think of who told the cops about the fight? I only told one person and one person inly, (Y/n). I walked back downstairs to see my mom with an angry look.
"Jeff, these officers tell me that you attacked three kids. That it wasn't regular fighting, and that they were stabbed. Stabbed, son!" my mom said.
"Mom, they were the ones who pulled the knives on me and Liu." I said.
"Son," said one of the cops," We found three kids, two stabbed, one having a bruise on his stomach, and we have witnesses proving that you fled the scene. Now, what does that tell us?" I stayed silent.
"Son, call down your brother." said the cop.
I couldn't let Liu get blamed for something I did. "Sir, it...it was me. I was the one who beat up those kids. My brother tried to hold me back, but he couldn't stop me."
The cop looked at his partner and they both nod. "Well kid, looks like a year in Juvy..."
"Wait!" yelled Liu. We all looked up to see Liu holding a knife. The officers pulled their guns and locked them on Liu. "It was me, I beat up those little punks. Have the marks to prove it." Liu lifted up his sleeves to reveal cuts and bruises, as if he was in a struggle.
"Son, just put the knife down," said the officer. Liu held up the knife and dropped it to the ground. He put his hands up and walked over to the cops.
"No Liu, it was me! I did it!" I yelled with tears coming out of my eyes.
"Huh, poor Jeff. Trying to take the blame for what I did. Well, take me away." said Liu. The police led Liu out to the patrol car.
"Liu, tell them it was me! Tell them! I was the one who beat up those kids!" My mom put her hands on my shoulders.
"Jeff, we all know it was Liu now, you don't have to keep lying now." my mom said. I watched them leave with Liu while I was in front of my house crying for my brother back.
Your P.O.V
You were in the living room working on your homework until you heard some police sirens. You went to look out the window and the first thing you see is the cops leaving with someone in the back seat. You tried to see who it was but you couldn't. You ran outside to get a closer look but the police car was gone.
Then, you heard someone crying and saw Jeff, crying on his driveway. You ran to Jeff and see his mom and dad talking inside about something.
"Jeff, what's wrong?" you said.
"They took him." he cried.
"Took who?" you said.
"Liu! They took Liu and it all my fault!" he said. He cried more until you gave him a hug.
"Hey, don't worry. We....we can get him back." you said.
"H-how? We have no proof." he said. He was trying to hold himself from crying a river.
"Well, I wouldn't say that." you said.
Jeff looked at you. "What do you m-mean?"
You pointed at the tree in front of your house. "See that tree."
He nodded. "Y-yeah, what about it?"
"Well, there's a camera in it that points at the bus stop." you said.
"Why?" he said.
"Well, my dad never told me but I could look at footage and see if it showed what happened." you said.
"Jeff, please come inside now." Jeff's mom said before Jeff could say anything. He walked back inside his house and looked back at you.
"Get the footage." he whispered.
You went straight to you house.
~Time Skip~
It was night and you went to go check if your parents were awake. They were knocked out in their bed and you silently walked downstairs and opened the door. You went to the tree and see if the footage was in there but, it wasn't.
"Hehe, looking for this?" a voice said behind you. You knew who it was, Randy. You turned around and looked at him.
"Give me it." you said.
He shook his head. "Nah, I think I'm keeping this. I know you're going to give this to the cops and show them this."
"Give me it now." you commanded.
He smirked. "No."
Then, he smashed the footage to ground. He walked away and you looked at the footage, broken. You wondered what are going tell Jeff about the footage.
"Did you get it?" a voice said.
You turned around and saw Jeff. You shook your head. "Randy came and broke it."
Jeff frowned. "Great. Now how can we get Liu back?"
"I don't know." you said. "But, that probably was the only hope."
"Yeah." he said.
He walked back to his house while you wondered what to do. You turned around and bumped into your dad.
"(Y/n), what are you out here?" Your dad said. He looked at the footage broken and gave you an angry look.
"(Y/n), did you break the footage I put in?" he said.
"No. It was wait! Did you say put in?" you said.
"Yeah, I put in a new footage tape in there before I fell asleep. Why?" he said.
"N-nothing. So, where's the footage that was in there?" you asked.
"In my office which you know you can't get in. Now, get back inside young lady and go back to sleep." he said.
You went back inside and was thinking of how were you going into your dad's office and trying to get the footage.
Jeff's P.O.V
'Damn! We were so close to get that footage and get Liu out of Juvy but that bastard broke it!'
I went to the restroom and looked at my reflection but jumped back. It was me but it had white skin, black hair, burned eyes and a giant smile on it. I rubbed my eyes to see if I was dreaming but I wasn't.
"Jeff, I know what you want." it said.
"What?" I said.
"You want to kill those kids for sending Liu to Juvy and kill anyone who gets in your way from doing that. Don't you?" it said.
"Y-yeah. I do." I said.
"Well, there's a party you and your family are going to someday, kill them there." it said before disappearing.
"I will." I said smirking.
...........to be continued............


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- Flowers
- Flowering occurs from midsummer to frost, when 5-petaled, yellow, 0.5 in. (1.27 cm) wide flowers develop singly in the axils of the leaves.
- Fruit
- Fruit are circular, spiny burs that split into 5 sections. Burs can cause injury to bicycle tires, bare feet, and even small truck tires.
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- Plants invade roadsides, pastures, fields and other disturbed areas. Plants are toxic to sheep and other grazers.
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Juventus may have won their 29th Scudetto but the battle for Serie A's lower placings, and the rich pickings they could offer at the end of the month will begin in earnest on Wednesday.
A full programme of Serie A action is on the cards and while Juventus travel to Atalanta knowing the Scudetto is theirs for the second successive year, for a handful of other clubs the season is far from over.
Napoli, 11 points adrift of Juve with three games remaining, travel to Bologna hoping to grab the three points that would secure the runners-up spot which guarantees Champions League football next season.
AC Milan, who are seven points behind the Neapolitans, are away to already-relegated Pescara knowing any kind of slip-up could give Fiorentina a chance of eventually pipping the Rossoneri to third place, for which the reward is a spot in the Champions League play-off round.
For Roma, any such dreams faded months ago.
But Aurelio Andreazzoli's men, who remained fifth on Saturday thanks to a late 1-0 win at home to Fiorentina, have it all to do if they are to finish either fourth or fifth and claim a place in next season's Europa League.
Roma have a total of 58 points, and a cushion of one point on Udinese, three on city rivals Lazio and five on Inter Milan, who have dropped to eighth.
Milan will kick off proceedings in Wednesday's earlier match, and coach Massimiliano Allegri has called for nothing less than a win.
"We picked up three very important points against Torino and now we have a match ball against Pescara in what is another crucial game," Allegri said.
"It won't be easy ... but if we win in Pescara then we really stand an excellent chance of finishing third because we will have a four-point lead with just two games to play."
The thought of seven-time European champions Milan not qualifying for Europe's premier club competition has riled club owner and president Silvio Berlusconi to the point that reports claim Allegri will be sacked if they finish outside the top three.
Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella, meanwhile, gave Allegri a much-needed boost.
"When you consider where we are right now, the Champions League looks tough for us," said Montella. "All we can do is try to win our three remaining games."
Fiorentina have played some of the league's most entertaining football this season and have a relatively easy run-in with matches against Siena (away), Palermo (home) and Pescara (away), while Milan's final two games come against Roma (home) and Siena (away).
However La Viola will be without forward Alberto Aquilani for at least a week after he picked up a knee injury against Roma, and they suffered a further blow on Monday when influential forward Adem Ljajic was handed a two-match ban for insulting the referee at the weekend.
Although Roma's dreams of an unlikely late charge for a Champions League spot were reined in by Milan's 1-0 win over Torino, Andreazzoli's side need a win over Chievo if they are to hold off Udinese, who travel to lowly Palermo.
In-form Udinese have won their last five league outings, during which time veteran striker Antonio Di Natale has jumped up to second in the league's scoring charts with 20 goals behind only Napoli's Edinson Cavani (26).
Inter, meanwhile, look to have the toughest task of the lot.
Andrea Stramaccioni's side has been decimated by injury in recent weeks and months and host a Lazio side that put six unanswered goals past Bologna on Sunday, five coming courtesy of German veteran Miroslav Klose.
Fixtures (kick-off times GMT)
Pescara v Milan (1600)
Roma v Chievo, Atalanta v Juventus, Bologna v Napoli, Cagliari v Parma, Inter v Lazio, Palermo v Udinese, Sampdoria v Catania, Siena v Fiorentina, Torino v Genoa (all 1845)


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Elizabeth "Lib" Alexander Gegax Cummins, 95, of Seymour, died Friday. Jan. 3, 2014, at her home.
Survivors include her children, Thomas (Mary Wescott) Gegax, Gary (Pam) Gegax, and Tim (Allison) Gegax; stepchildren, William Ercell "Bill" (Loretta) Cummins and Marcia Brunnworth; two grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a stepgreat-granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Bill Cummins and Bill Gegax; and a daughter, Lynn Ann Gegax.
A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church in Seymour with the Revs. Sandy Cooper and Steve Cherry officiating. Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Voss Chapel in Seymour and from 10 a.m. until service time Friday at the church. Burial will be at Vernon Cemetery.
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I'm 34 weeks pregnant... (Due 4/13) and my own mom (who is a bi polar alcoholic) somehow is blaming he failing marriag on me and just told me about a half hour ago that she hopes I die during childbirth... This is my first pregnancy she hasn't helped me at all... Now I have to take over my shower which is this Saturday ..... And I've never heard more hurtful words in my life I am speechless...
My mom really just said that...
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She put cigarettes out on you as a child?! Oh OP, that is beyond horrific. Her wish for you to die in childbirth sounds like it was just the icing on the cake of a horrendous history of abuse. Please, for the sake of both yourself and your son, do not ever let that despicable, miserable excuse of a woman back into your lives.
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So many hugs OP :( it is very tough to realize what kind of person our mothers are. It hurts me to no end knowing, I look at my children and feel an overwhelming sense of love and pride. But my mother never had that towards me.
Big, warm hugs :( and here is some calorie free brownies and delicious coffee!
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Does your husband know what she said to you? If not tell him right now. I mean this second.
OK, now that he knows. Now, tell him he is in charge of making sure your precious baby never meets your ABUSIVE mother. That you are not strong enough to keep your baby safe right now.
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By Brent Grier
This year's class of NYCHA-CUNY Resident Scholarship winners made the most of an opportunity to receive assistance in pursuit of higher education. The program awards $1,000 scholarships annually to eligible residents who are enrolled at City University of New York (CUNY) colleges. Award recipients can use the aid towards tuition, books or other education-related expenses.
NYCHA residents have to write an essay as part of the application process, and Mariner's Harbor (Staten Island) resident Rodolfo Martinez said writing his essay was therapeutic. "At first it was hard, but eventually I decided to write about my experiences being homeless," said the City College attendee, who after graduating with a major in political science, hopes to go to law school. "NYCHA gave me a home to live in and now is helping me pay for school."
Misty Daiyan, a Queensbridge Houses (Queens) resident who studies accounting at Queens College, said she also had trouble getting started on her essay. "It was hard being so open and talking about my parents struggles and what theyve been through throughout life," she said, noting that they always have been there for her ever since the family came to the United States from Bangladesh.
This year's scholarships were funded in part by grants from the non-profit organization Women in Housing and Finance, Inc., and New York City Council Members Robert Jackson and Letitia James. City Council Member Gale Brewer also contributed funds to the Scholarship Program, which will be applied next year. "For better or worse, it takes money to pursue the best educations this country has to offer," NYCHA Chairman John B. Rhea told the scholarship winners. "We want to do our part to make it available to you, but youre doing your part by putting in the hard work."
In addition to Mr. Martinez and Ms. Daiyan, the 2012 NYCHA-CUNY Resident Scholarship winners are Tiffany Almonte (Douglass Houses/York College); Alexandria Carr (Armstrong Houses/City College of NY); Ebony Johnson (Ingersoll Houses/Hunter College); Talha Khan (Queensbridge Houses/Queens College); Danique Love-Billy (Grant Houses/Lehman College); Kayla L. Marte (Parkside Houses/City College of NY); Tonisha Reid (Marcus Garvey Houses/LaGuardia Community College); Syeda T. Shume (Polo Grounds Towers/Hunter College); Jazmyn L. Smith (Ravenswood Houses/John Jay College for Criminal Justice); Lygia A. Sukie (Malboro Houses/Borough of Manhattan Community College); Melinda Thompkins-Perez (Park Rock Rehab/Kingsborough Community College); Heriberto Vega (Amsterdam Houses/John Jay School for Justice); and Ning Ye (Gowanus Houses/Borough of Manhattan Community College).


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Although participants come to conferences for the content, there is often freetime where they are looking for activities and recreational opportunities. Bryant offers a wide variety of activities on campus and our proximity to Providence offers opportunities for conference participants to experience the local area of southeastern New England. Many residential conferences return year after year to Bryant because of the many recreational opportunities we have on campus and our prime location in central Rhode Island.
Wellness Center
The Elizabeth & Malcolm Chace Wellness and Athletic Center features several recreational facilities that are open to conference guests (please note hours vary in the summer months). The Wellness center features two gymnasiums that can be set up for a variety of indoor sports, including basketball and volleyball. Athletic equipment can be arranged for through the Conference Office for group or personal use. The center's main arena has built in bleachers which, when opened, can accommodate up to 2,700 spectators.
Summer guests can obtain a pass from the Conference Office to utilize the extensive fitness center located on the second floor of the building. The work out facilities include state of the art exercise equipment, including Nautilus circuit machines, treadmills, elliptical cross trainers, recumbent bikes and lifecycles, rowing machines, and stair steppers.
The Wellness Center also features five racquetball courts, an aerobics studio, and locker rooms for guests.
A six-lane, 25-yard, competition-sized pool is one of the highlights for many summer conference guests. The pool is air temperature controlled and remains at a constant 84 degrees and water temperature fixed at 82 degrees, the pool is an ideal place for a refreshing dip on a hot summer day.
Outdoor Recreation
Bryant has several facilities for outdoor activities, including several athletic fields, a baseball and softball diamond, a newly refurbished turf field and track, six tennis courts, and football stadium. In addition, Bryant has a wooded walking path available to conference guests.
Bryant Center
The Bryant Center features a game room, including a variety of indoor recreational items such as pool tables, table tennis, and foosball. In addition, the Bryant Center also houses a local ice cream shop, the Scoop, the campus bookstore, and Subway.
Social Activities
If you are looking for opportunities for your conference guests to interact and get to know each other, the Conference staff can work with you to develop and implement a wide range of social events appropriate for your participants, including dance parties, movie nights, scavenger hunts, formal receptions, karaoke, game shows, and a variety of other events and activities.


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Have you ever wondered how Santa delivers millions of presents in a single night? The 3D animation film Arthur Christmas (Aardman production for Sony Pictures Animation) reveals exactly how things work in Santa's mysterious Arctic Headquarters.
Have you ever wondered how Santa delivers millions of presents in a single night? The 3D animation film Arthur Christmas (Aardman production for Sony Pictures Animation) will reveal exactly how things work in Santa's mysterious Arctic Headquarters. In this movie the clever idea of multiple generations of Santa Clauses is introduced for the first time. In a busy underground snow fortress, countess elves operate advanced technology to calculate how many presents are given, children's locations, and how naughty or nice they have been, while the Claus family is busy as well, managing the letters and elf teams.
Arthur, the clumsy, yet devoted younger son of Malcolm (Santa) Claus runs the letter department, answering letters to Santa Claus and finding out what they want for Christmas. Arthur really looks up to his father, Santa, and his brother, Steve. But, on the night before Christmas, while the elves delivered their presents, an error occurred in the gift machines, and one child's bike was left out. As Arthur attempts to give the child her present, he goes through a life changing journey as he discovers the true spirit of Christmas.
Arthur Christmas is entertaining. It has a lot of humor, something that I enjoyed. I like the concept of elite trained elves that deliver the presents to children everywhere. It is amusing to see the elves perform complex tactics to avoid being seen by kids. I thought that this film has a good message about having the Christmas spirit.
Aardman, the British animation studio that brought us the beloved "Wallace & Gromit" series, created "Arthur Christmas" as their first 3D, CG animation feature. Our friend Jennifer "Jenna" Bors, the 2010 Student Academy Award gold medal winner for animation, is one of the animators in this film. What a great job she did, check out her reel:
Animation Reel Fall 2011 from Jenna Bors on Vimeo.
I never understood why there was such a big fuss about the sighting of Santa's sleigh. Obviously, the parents know that Santa Claus is real in the film, because they don't supply the gifts to their children themselves. Therefore, they would probably know Santa's sleigh if they see it. Also, I didn't really like the Justin Bieber music video that came at the start of the film, although some other people may like his works better. I give this film 3.5 starfish.
I recommend this film to ages 5+. Arthur Christmas is an enjoyable film guaranteed to get lots of laughs. This movie has some elements like missiles, lion attacks, and potty humor.
The holiday spirit is not about receiving, but about giving joy and happiness to the ones you care about.
Copyright 2011 by Perry S. Chen
Perry S. Chen is an award-winning child film critic, artist, and animator, currently in 6th grade from San Diego. He started reviewing movies at age 8 in 3rd grade using a kid-friendly starfish rating system, and has been featured in CBS, NBC, CNN, NPR, Variety, The Guardian, The China Press, etc. He has been writing movie reviews for Animation World Network, San Diego Union Tribune, Amazing Kids! Magazine, and his own Perry's Previews blog. (www.perryspreviews.com) He won an "Excellence in Journalism Award" from San Diego Press Club in 2010 and 2011. His animation short "Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest" is touring film festivals around the world and won a "Special Jury Award" at the Flyway Film Festival in Oct 2011.
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Police: Man set mom ablaze, held teacher hostage
Monday, May 9, 2011
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas man set fire to his mother, then went to a nearby school and tried to sexually assault a teacher at knifepoint before the superintendent broke down the door to help free her, police and school officials said Monday.
George James Bradley, 32, was arrested on attempted murder, aggravated assault and attempted aggravated sexual assault charges after the morning incident at Rise Academy, Lubbock police spokesman Sgt. Jonathan Stewart said. Bradley was to be arraigned after being transferred from the city's holding facility to the county jail later Monday, and he does not yet have an attorney, Stewart said.
Bradley's mother was able to run to a neighbor's apartment after he poured a flammable liquid on her and set her on fire, according to Lubbock police. She was listed in critical condition with third-degree burns at a Lubbock hospital.
Bradley walked into the school office about 9 a.m., announced that he'd killed his mother and asked the secretary to call 911, said Audrey Saldivar, a school administrator. Then he became agitated, locked the office door, pulled out a knife and forced a teacher into Superintendent Richard Baumgartner's office, she said.
"It was just random," Saldivar told The Associated Press by phone from the Lubbock school, about 300 miles northwest of Fort Worth. "We didn't know what was happening."
Baumgartner told the AP that he had been notified of the situation and was walking toward the office, but when he saw the suspect lock the door, he entered a back door to the office as several staff members ran out.
"I heard screams, and realized someone else was still in there, so I started kicking the door open," he said. "I just reacted to an instinct. I made a split-second decision, because I knew he had a knife and there was somebody in there screaming for their life. I just thought that I had to enter that space and prevent violence from being done."
Baumgartner said he fell backward as the door opened and the suspect came out swinging the knife, which grazed him. The man did not say anything as he stared at Baumgartner, who then got up and grabbed a chair, before he walked toward the front of the office.
The teacher, who was not injured, was able to run out of Baumgartner's office and out the back office door, he said. Then the police arrived, and Bradley dropped his knife and did not resist arrest, the superintendent said.
Bradley was carrying a duffel bag containing gasoline in a can, lighters and neatly folded clothes, Saldivar said.
"It is a miracle ... that nothing more occurred," she said.
All classrooms were immediately locked with the lights turned off — the school's lockdown mode — and no children witnessed the incident, Saldivar said. The charter school, which serves about 200 students from pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade, is made up of portable buildings and no classrooms are in the same building as the office, she said.
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Title: A professor in defense of tenure and academic freedom at SLU
Publication: The University News of Saint Louis University
Author: Tim Lomperis
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September 20, 2012
"It's a small college, sir, but there are those of us who love it." So intoned the nineteenth century orator, Daniel Webster, in defense of Dartmouth College against trustees seeking to close the college. His successful plea guaranteed that American higher education would continue as a blend of public and private institutions.
In 1903, Professor John Spencer Bassett of Trinity College (later Duke University) wrote an article extolling the African American Booker T. Washington as equal in stature to Civil War icon General Robert E. Lee. Rising on a wave of public outcry, Josephus Daniels, the editor of "The Raleigh News and Observer," demanded that Duke fire Bassett. The humble history professor offered to resign, but the trustees declined to accept the offer, asserting that college professors should be entitled to the academic freedom to express their views and pursue whatever lines of scholarly inquiry that they wanted without any fear of losing their jobs. Finally, in 1940, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) professionalized this principle by declaring that academic freedom conferred on professors the right of tenure, a grant of lifelong employment. This right was further accepted by all academic accrediting bodies in North America. Procedures were set up (still in place today) to grant tenure only after a candidacy period of six years in which future tenurees had to demonstrate good teaching, as well as independent published scholarship that carried the promise of a continued stream of significant contributions.
Right now, there is a proposal circulating around SLU that will effectively end tenure in this institution. It calls for post-tenure reviews every six years after tenure is gained. The proposal specifies four possible outcomes to the review: a continuance of tenure for another six years, a mandatory remediation period of two years, a downgrading of the reviewee's status to a non-tenure, year-to-year contract, or outright termination. Since academic tenure is a lifelong guarantee of employment, the latter two outcomes effectively end tenure and true academic freedom at SLU.
Some outside academia may ask: What's the big deal? Why should college professors have this special deal? Let me count the ways. Two are pragmatic—and immediately consequential. Three are professional. And one is philosophical, and moral, and should give the entire country pause.
The two pragmatic—and consequential—ways will result in a dramatic plummeting of SLU's overall rank in the famed U.S. News and World Report's annual list. First, the AAUP will certainly put SLU under censure for this policy. It has already signaled as much in a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education stating that the proposed SLU policy constitutes an unacceptable breach of tenure. The import of AAUP censure will be reflected in faculty hiring (to say nothing of faculty leaving). Over the past fifteen years, SLU has made spectacular hires from top-twenty national Ph.D. programs. With AAUP censure, and no iron-clad promise of tenure, applications from prospects from these schools will dry up. This will depress the quality of professors coming to SLU. Second, such a drop in faculty quality will reduce the applicant pool to SLU, forcing the school to lower admission scores in order to meet the right budgetary number of students for entering classes.
Professionally, tenure guarantees three academic freedoms: external, internal, and intellectual. External freedom is what Professor Bassett was protected from when an external agent demanded his firing. Today, such tenure has protected society's nonconformist, but often trenchant, voices of criticism that any democracy requires for introspection and re-examination. Such voices have come from communists, Zionists, radical jihadists, supply side economists, and even the odd-ball Republican and maverick Democrat.
Internal freedom insulates professors from capricious or vindictive actions by college administrators. Throughout the academy, tenured faculty have watched in horror as beloved staff members are fired with sometimes as little as eight hours notice. Under this proposal, tenured faculty will have at least six years before capricious wheels-of-fate can turn against them.
Intellectual freedom is subtler to outsiders, but to insiders it can provide the very air they breathe. Within the academic world, there are cultural, topical, and methodological orthodoxies that set forth uni-dimensional pathways to academic success. Faculty are evaluated each year on how well they are performing according to these orthodox standards.
For those who choose to swim upstream against these tides of conformity and strike out independently, though they may have points taken from their annual reviews, they will still have their jobs. The basic engine of societal innovation from these stubborn gadflies will still be fueled—for future growth in society and the present delight of students.
Finally, there is the philosophical or moral way. When it comes time in America to seek out independent voices on the issues of the day, why is it that people invariably turn to academics for these analyses? With tenure, academics can freely speak their minds without any fear of employment recrimination. This is not the case for any other profession in America. All the rest are beholden to their employers, and can be counted on to provide the appropriate "spin" of these organizations. It falls, therefore, on tenured faculty members in academia to make their academic freedom the voice of the American conscience.
In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt commended the Basset decision. He said, "You stand for Academic Freedom, for the right of private judgment, for a duty more incumbent on the scholar than any other man [person], to tell the truth as he sees it…and to give to others the largest liberty in seeking after the truth."
Hence, for those of us who have tenure today, "It is a small privilege, sir, but there are those of us who love it."


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Cummins Inc.'s corporate office building covers three downtown city blocks and holds close to 800 employees, including the top-level executives of the multibillion-dollar global enterprise. However, in contrast to the typical corporate citadels — think Eli Lilly and Co. in Indianapolis or General Motors Co. in Detroit — which project power through size and intimidation — Cummins' base of power blends into its surroundings.
The white concrete pillars at the trellised entrance are covered by ivy. Its modernist glass facade beckons visitors inside. Its height, capped at two stories, fits in with the rest of the cityscape. A few yards from the headquarters' main entrance, a quasi public park beckons with benches, trees, a pond and fountains.
Cummins' growth in the late 1970s prompted its leaders, including the late J. Irwin Miller, to pursue construction of a new corporate office in downtown Columbus.
The office needed to be big enough to hold 800 employees, but Miller and architect Kevin Roche, inspired by the needs of the post-industrial workforce, wanted to move away from the traditional large structures that projected power through height and the thickness of walls.
So instead of building a weighty high-rise, Roche decided to cap the structure at two floors to make sure it blended in with the other buildings in the city's center.
"The one thing I wanted to achieve (was) that it wouldn't stand out," Roche, 91, said last week. "I felt that it should be a low-key building."
Roche said that both he and Miller felt that the new building should not give Cummins an even more dominant presence in downtown Columbus than it already had.
"I really wanted to cool that down for a little bit," Roche said.
In essence, Miller and Roche looked at a new office building as a continuation of the city itself, said Alex White, an architect and Cummins' director of architecture and workplace planning.
Roche and Miller knew that in the post-industrial era, Cummins needed knowledge workers to think about areas such as finance, marketing and engineering and wanted to design a building that would accommodate this new batch of employees in a comfortable and supportive environment, White said.
But capping the structure's height required spreading the design lengthwise, over three city blocks on an old rail yard. It took some effort to convince people that the building should occupy the entire site, Roche said.
Saving history
Rail wagons had serviced the Cerealine building, a red brick structure dating to the late 19th century, the location of which proved an additional challenge for Roche.
Cummins officials wanted to preserve the building, because it had played a significant role in the company's history, so Roche designed the new corporate office building around the Cerealine building, essentially hollowing out the new building's eastern midsection.
"I was very pleased we could save the Cerealine building," Roche said.
But rather than surrounding the Cerealine building in straight lines, Roche created a rather unusual shape. The building's western exterior wall is essentially a straight line north to south, but the building's eastern wall initially moves west at a right angle and then zigzags north and west again at right angles before sections with even sharper angles jut out toward the east like the teeth of a saw.
The angles allowed Roche to maximize the area of the glass exterior, which provided employees with natural light and views of the central courtyard.
On the first floor, Roche designed meeting rooms along the exterior walls, while the wide-open central area is dominated by concrete columns that reach all the way to the building's roof. The second floor is but a mezzanine with executive offices along the exterior walls and only walkways crisscrossing above the central workspace area.
The building today also has many cubicles on the second floor, but White said that's less by design and more a function of a company suffering through space constraints brought on by significant growth.
Roche said that at the time he designed the building commercial versions of workspaces were not available, and he designed several desks and desk arrangements himself and produced full-size mock desks to present to the company's leaders.
Roche said he and Cummins leaders had a great interest in figuring out how to house a lot of people in close proximity while at the same time providing them with enough privacy to do their work.
The mezzanine, meanwhile, serves as an elevated highway to move quickly through the building, while at the same time offering opportunities for chance encounters and spontaneous interaction.
The ground floor of the Cerealine building now functions as the kitchen. The old building's windows have been removed on this floor only, providing a more direct access to the modern cafeteria that encloses the "sentimental heart of Cummins," as White called it.
Design connections
Roche and Miller had known each other from prior projects. For example, Roche had helped Eero Saarinen design Miller's home in the 1950s. Just south of the Cummins corporate office, he also had designed the Columbus Post Office in 1969, for which he had taken a different approach, in that he wanted its thick walls to convey the power of the federal government.
Despite the stark contrast to the Cummins office building, the post office arcade walkway, supported by columns, shows a connection to the entrance of the Cummins building, whose ivy-covered columns continue along the park area on the east side.
At the building's southeastern end, the arcade leads directly into the main entrance, beyond which the wood block floor in the lobby mimics manufacturing floors, White said. That floor evokes the company's history and heritage and provides a fitting backdrop to display for guests and customers the company's products, including mounted engines, old vehicles and the museum centerpiece: the exploded diesel engine sculpture of Rudolph de Harak.
The sculpture shows an engine block suspended by wires in midair, with all the engine parts also held up by wires, but arranged detached from and around the central block, as if someone had stopped time just after the engine "exploded."
Roche is one of four Pritzker Prize-winning architects who have designed buildings in Columbus. The prize honors "a living architect/s whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture." Roche won his prize in 1982.


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Almost nine months ago, I gave birth to my daughter via cesarean section. To be brief, I developed severe preeclampsia practically overnight six weeks before my due date, and Lily had to make her arrival right away. Naturally, it took a little while for my period to begin again, but since it did, I have been fairly regular (within a day or two of the expected date). I have been using an application on my cellphone to track my period and have concluded that my normal cycle is approximately 30 days long. With that in mind, I should have gotten my period on the 10th of September, as it arrived on the 10th of July and the 11th of August. It is now the 16th of September and nothing. I tend to go through a large bout of PMS and cramps a day or two before I get my period, and I've officially gone through both. About seven days ago, I was very anxious and wrote it off as PMS. Yesterday, I had a touch of cramps and figured my period would arrive today. It hasn't.
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Angry Birds On The PS3 & PSP
For those that have an iPhone will more or less have bought this game from the App Store. One word simply describes this game – awesome! In fact, let's add another 2 – highly addictive! If you haven't played it yet – go get it!
This game was an overnight success for it's developers and will be released onto the PlayStation Store for both the PS3 and PSP very soon. So, what is the game about? Well, it's about a bunch of birds who have anger management issues, who you catapult across the screen to knockout a bunch of pigs. Sounds simple doesn't it? I've wondered many a time that I must be extremely crazy to find such a game enjoyable but it REALLY is just an awesome game!
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is not Assassin's Creed 3
Posted by Oly in A, Assassins Creed: Brotherhood on July 8th, 2010
Ubisoft Montreal's Jean-Francois Boivin revealed that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood will be the last of Ezio's story, and that we can expect an Assassian's Creed 3 sometime after 2011.
He told Eurogamer yesterday:
I don't think there's going to be an Assassin's Creed in 2011. I think we're going to let it breathe a bit and really focus on bringing something new and exciting for the next time around. This [Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood] is the end of Ezio's story. This is it. If we skip a year, I think we're good. But yeah, I think we could do something really true to the license if we skip a year and release it in 2012 or 2013. We need to keep it fresh though; we need to keep it relatively close by, because we have to keep the interest there. I don't think we do a service to this license if we pull a Duke Nukem on people, you know what I'm saying? It's hard to answer.
He went on to say that the Assassian's Creed team knows in what direction they are going. He told Gamerzines.com that "We know what we're doing; we've had a plan for a long time where this license is going to go."
Army of Two or R6 Vegas 2?
Posted by Blackstaffer in A, PS3 software, R, Talk on March 6th, 2008
I'm in a pickle.
This month I have enough moola to spend on one game. I can buy Army of Two, releasing this week, or I can buy Rainbow Six Vegas 2, due out in the middle of March. I would be buying either of these games primarily for the two player splitscreen co-op modes. I doubt that I would go online with Army of Two, but I might with R6V2, just because I think the game types in R6V2 seem to be more my style. Even then, I doubt that I'd spend much time online there either. (Might as well just pop in CoD4.)
Army of Two is totally built around the co-op experience. And while R6V2 has a co-op mode, it seems like the second is more along for the ride. On the other hand, it looks like R6V2 will probably be a much more polished game with some fun levelling-up to do.
So like I said, I'm in a pickle. Anyone have any thoughts?
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Posted by Blackstaffer in A, PS3 software on March 4th, 2008
Here's X-Play's video review of EA's upcoming Army of Two for the PS3. They note that the parachuting segment that uses the SIXAXIS motion controller wasn't all that good. Doh! But other than that, they like it.
GameDaily did a review of the 360 version of Army of Two, in case you're interested. They like it too, give it an 8/10, equivalent to X-Play's 4 out of 5.


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I'm serious I once heard that Prince Charles talks to his plants and while gently persuading my sweet peas to be nice and grow for me outside, I wondered if was just me that was bonkers or is it a gardening thing??
They respond well to Thrash Metal, apparently. I bet the neighbours will love that.
Is that the scientific approach Edd
Well, I tell them they're looking gorgeous if they are, or try to be encouraging if they're not, and cuss at the deep rooted weeds as I get them out, so I reckon that you and HRH are in good company
Oh I talk to the plants all the time, and my trowel, the toaster, washing on the line...
They're the only ones that'll listen!
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Is that the scientific approach Edd
Apparently so Tracey. It was on Mythbusters.
"Seven small greenhouses were set up on the M5 Industries roof. Four were set up with stereos playing endlessly looping recordings (as having the MythBusters actually talk to the plants could contaminate the samples with their expelled carbon dioxide): Two of negative speech, two of positive speech (Kari and Scottie each made one positive and one negative inducing soundtrack), a fifth with classical music and a sixth with intense death metal music. A seventh greenhouse, used as a control sample, had no stereo. The greenhouses with the recordings of speech grew better than the control, regardless of whether such talk was kind or angry. The plants in the greenhouse with the recording of classical music grew better, while the plants in the greenhouse with the recording of intense death metal grew best of all despite somewhat dying, because the battery died on one of the timers that was watering the plants."
Result = Plausible
I'm with you Clarington, I talk to inanimate objects all the time too (and curse occasionally when they get in way and/or I stub my toe on them) But I talk to my plants as well, all the time. OH thinks I'm off my head and to be honest I don't know if it makes a blind bit of difference, but I'm not going to stop talking to them just in case they really can hear me!!
Well, I'm so relieved it isn't just me I also speak to inanimate objects, especially when in the way, but I wasn't go to admit that until someone else did
It's okay Tracey, I'll be the first one to admit to being quirky!
Do some people not talk to their plants?
few and far between I reckon nut
Of course. It would be impolite not to.
Sometimes they answer back!
Yes. It's when you hear them talking to you you know you're in trouble.
Yep, of course
Apparently an experiment similar to that described above, but just involving music found that the music of Cliff Richards kills plants.
Doesn't surprise me art. I'd lose the will to live too...
I just threaten mine. Grow or you're out.
Seems to work well enough
FG, I do the same; 'you're not paying rent here, shape up or ship out!'
As to the music of Cliff Richards, I reckon those plants are topping themselves.
Yes - you have to be ruthless. If it's not doing the job - out it goes. Same with men....
Thats a relief, glad its not just me. Talk to all sorts of things.
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Global beer giant dances the can-can
Anyone who says that America has lost its innovative edge in technology and manufacturing has not chugged a can of Bud recently. The buzz is back, baby!
Well, actually, Budwiser is no longer American. It's now a Belgian outfit, owned by InBev, the world's largest maker of suds. But picky-picky. The brew crew overseeing the "King of Beers" know what we American quaffers want in a can of beer – a new and improved can.
Yes, says the "vice president of innovation" at Budwiser, "We're consciously working to bring innovation to the packaging side" of the beer market. He explains that you "trend seekers" are on the make for "new things," so the corporation's container-shapers have devised a "bowtie" can that kinks inward in the middle. How exciting is that!?! Plus – get ready to bust your beer gut – there are 8.5 fewer calories in the new can. How did they manage that? By magic – which is to say "trickery."
The bowtie design allows the multibillion-dollar brew kings to short you by putting almost an ounce less of beer per can than you got in the old standard 12-ouncer. But, come on, we experienced hoisters of the brewer's art will definitely feel that loss of product, so they can't fool us into paying more for less.
Well, that's where their innovative genius trumps our consumer instincts. To keep us off balance, Anheuser-Busch InBev's bowtie can has nearly double the amount of aluminum of its regular can, making the new feel just as heavy as the old. Less beer, more metal – that's heavy innovation, my friends.
Oh, one more innovative twist. In case some of you trend seekers try to compare ounces in the new six-packs, you'll find that the bowtie cans only come in eight-packs. Gotcha again!
If you want honest beer, try the craft brews at your local pub or store.
"Budwier's New Pitch: Less Beer, Pay More," www.time.com, April 21, 2013.


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Log Cabin staffer Casey Pick responds to the, ummm, colorful comments directed towards that organization and attempts to portray Romney in a less hostile light.
I knew what we were in for when Log Cabin Republicans made the decision to issue a qualified endorsement in favor of Mitt Romney for president. Congressman Barney Frank gave us a taste of it this summer, turning abusing gay Republicans into his personal crusade since the Democratic National Convention, with many liberals eager to take up his battle cry of "Uncle Tom."
I've lost track of the number of times I've been called a "Jew for Hitler" since the announcement, and certain "gay rights activists" have gone so far as to threaten physical violence if a Log Cabin Republican dares to show his or her face at a gay bar this weekend. We've even heard rumors of a bounty.
As too often happens, the bullied have become bullies themselves. The irony is that many of these same individuals often demand to know how Log Cabin Republicans can stand to be part of a political party that "hates" us.
Thankfully, there are also many in our community who, though they may disagree with our position, do recognize that bipartisan effort is necessary to winning equality for all. No matter who is in the White House, it is crucial that our community always has a credible voice speaking out on behalf of LGBT Americans. Log Cabin Republicans will be that voice to President Mitt Romney.
But while we considered many factors in our deliberations, the response from our critics was not one of them. Simply by being LGBT Republicans, there are some people we know we will never please -– no matter how many GOP voteswe secured to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" or how strong of a stand we take for the freedom to marry.
Our priorities were to represent our membership, further our mission of building a more inclusive Republican Party, and above all, stand for what we believe is in our nation's best interests. We are proud Republicans, and we are proudly pro-equality, but we are proud to be Americans first. Especially after the economic crisis of the last four years, it is our firm conviction that the United States is in dire need of new leadership, leadership that Governor Romney is well suited to provide.
Observing the onslaught of hostility, it is apparent that too many in the LGBT community are laboring under a misperception of who Governor Romney is. As we said in our endorsement statement, Mitt Romney is not Rick Santorum.
Mitt Romney is the candidate who, when asked in a primary debate last year, "when's the last time you stood up and spoke out for increasing gay rights?" answered, "right now."
Mitt Romney is the candidate who, as a moderate governor of Massachusetts, appointed several openly gay individuals as judges and said "he has not paid a moment's notice to his nominees' … sexual orientation."
Mitt Romney is the candidate who has campaigned on his record as a successful businessman and problem-solver, and whose aversion to running on social issues leaves antigay leaders like Maggie Gallagher frothing with frustration: "gay marriage should be helping put Romney in the White House. Instead, in his consultant-tested messaging, Romney is conveying discomfort with his own position," she recently wrote.
Contrary to the irresponsible claims of certain activists, Governor Romney has no intention of reinstating "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" or stopping same-sex partners from being able to visit their loved ones in the hospital. Far from a fire-breathing ideologue, Governor Romney is somebody we can work with to improve the lives of LGBT Americans, including on the vital issue of workplace discrimination. And beyond specifically LGBT concerns, Governor Romney has a plan to restart our economy and put America back to work -– something that will benefit us all.
We know this to be true because Log Cabin Republicans know Mitt Romney. We've spoken to the man, and worked with his campaign to make this endorsement something more than just a press release, something based on the promise of actual, tangible results if the governor is elected. In response to our endorsement, a campaign spokesperson said, "Gov. Romney is pleased to have the support of the Log Cabin Republicans and looks forward to working together for the future of our country." That is hardly the reaction of an avowed homophobe.
Governor Romney is not perfect — we know that, and the qualified nature of our endorsement reflects that reality. On the issue of marriage equality, his stated position is offensive to us both as LGBT people and as conservatives who value our nation's Constitution.
But Log Cabin Republicans believe we should never make the perfect the enemy of the good. We encourage all Americans, especially members of the LGBT community, to get beyond the caricatures, the memes, and the myths. Before you call us crazy –- or worse — take a moment to try and see what we see. It may surprise you.
I've tried, Casey, and I'm sorry but I just don't see your vision of this candidate. I'm truly glad you have a relationship with him, and I think I understand why you endorsed him, but the risks on DOMA and a Justice Department that would oppose my civil rights rather than see them as obvious are just too big a hurdle for me.
And, though you probably won't agree, I think that four more years of a government that is hostile to business and which sees moving people from the private sector to the public sector as an economic solution just might be a fair punishment to those businesses who have empowered the radical fringe and held gay people hostage. Corporate America sold out to religious extremists and now they have to deal with the fact that this position makes my support impossible.
It's very simple. If Romney wants my vote, he needs stop courting the vote of those who work tirelessly to keep me inferior.
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