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Just Cause 2 - First Impressions, My mind has been blown to fucking pieces.
Just Cause 2 - First Impressions, My mind has been blown to fucking pieces.
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Well, another "2" game. Seriously, the last couple months I've played Modern Warfare 2, Left For Dead 2, Assassin's Creed 2, and just started the Godfather 2. Somehow or another I missed Mass Effect 2. I'll probably get to that later this year.
Anyway, Just Cause 2 comes out later this month. The demo's been released on PSN and XBL and I just went and preordered my copy from Gamestop.
The first Just Cause had mixed reviews - from being mindless fun to glitchy as hell. I really enjoyed the first one, although I've never owned it and it's been about 3 years since I last played it. This was my roommate in college's first 360 game and we played the hell out of it. Huge island levels to explore and a badass grappling hook to connect to everything. IT was a lot of fun. I actually just bought a used copy of the first game to hold me over until the Just Cause 2 is released on 3/23.
I downloaded the demo last night. It gives you 30 minutes to do whatever you please on the island. There's a mission set there for you to play if you choose and it serves as a quick tutorial, but I omitted the mission and jumped off the side of a mountain, plummeted to the ground before pulling my parachute and landing on the roof a jeep driving down the road, then throwing the driver out and hijacking it like nothing happened. It's amazing. The controls are very easy to get used to and the game is very lenient when it comes to the concept of physics. I spent a small portion of my time in the demo fighting the tan-skinned bad guys by shooting at them, throwing them around with my grappling hook, and blowing them the hell up in the totally interactive environment.
It kind of reminded me of the control scheme for the Saboteur. It felt familiar and that's something I instantly liked. At first I was thrown off by the Hispanic lead character, but I'm thinking he'll kind of grow on me.
I went and pre-ordered the game at Gamestop so I get the Monster Truck and bad ass pistols. A friend of mine pre-ordered his from Wal-mart so he could get the Hovercraft bonus.
Here's some videos of the ridiculous fun to be had:
Here's some of the achievement list; some pretty interesting shit.
Gaining a Foothold (10 points)
Complete 3 stronghold takeovers
Conqueror of Panau (20 points)
Complete 9 stronghold takeovers.
A Trusted Ally (20 points)
Complete 49 faction missions.
First Taste of Chaos (10 points)
Cause chaos for the first time.
Saboteur (10 points)
Complete 150 sabotages.
Destroyer (20 points)
Complete 1000 sabotages.
Professional Hitman (20 points)
Assassinate 25 colonels.
Globetrotter (20 points)
Discover 100 locations.
Freeroamer 1 (10 points)
Reach 100% complete in 15 locations.
Freeroamer 2 (20 points)
Reach 100% complete in 100 locations.
Body Count (15 points)
Kill 750 enemies.
Unarmed and Dangerous (15 points)
Kill 50 enemies using melee attacks.
Gravity is a *****! (15 points)
Kill 30 enemies by using the grappling hook and making them fall to their death.
Follow Me! (15 points)
Kill 5 enemies by dragging them behind a vehicle with the grappling hook.
Hang 'em High! (15 points)
Kill 30 enemies while they're suspended in the air with the grappling hook.
Wrecking Ball (15 points)
Kill 5 enemies by smashing them with an object tethered to your vehicle with the grappling hook.
Piñata Party (15 points)
Kill 5 enemies with the melee attack while they're suspended with the grappling hook.
Juggler (15 points)
Kill 30 enemies while they're in mid air.
Road Rage (10 points)
Kill 30 enemies by mowing them down with vehicles.
Marksman (15 points)
Kill 50 enemies with head shots.
Killing Frenzy (20 points)
Kill 20 enemies in 60 seconds.
Invincible Warrior (20 points)
Kill 50 enemies in a row with inventory weapons without losing health.
Destruction Frenzy (10 points)
Destroy 30 objects in 60 seconds.
Test Driver (10 points)
Drive 30 different vehicles.
Trying Everything Once (25 points)
Drive all 104 vehicles.
Road Trip (20 points)
Travel 75 kilometers by land vehicle.
Please Step Out of the Vehicle (10 points)
Hijack 50 enemy vehicles.
Stunt Driver (10 points)
Get 100 stunt driver points.
Parachute Climber (10 points)
Open the parachute and then land on foot 300 meters above the starting height.
I Believe I Can Fly (10 points)
Base jump 1000 meters.
Bridge Limbo (20 points)
Fly an airplane under 30 unique bridges in Panau.
Stunt Flyer (10 points)
Fly an airplane close to the ground for 30 seconds.
Perfectionist (25 points)
Reach 75% completion in the normal mode or mercenary mode.
Top of the World (10 points)
Stand on foot on the highest point of Panau
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i couldn't find anymore cool videos on youtube... that bus trick though, he must of been using a spawn cheat or something because, how in the hell did he get 20 buses together like that?! has anyone else tried to link a few rides together like that? it'd be cool to hook a bunch of cars to an airplane and take off with it...
Oh, good one. The "you're on the internet so you must have no life" insult isn't moronic or unoriginal at all. You must, without a doubt, be a very important member of society, not at all a waste of the already barely valuable gift of life.
As is the case for everyone who takes issue with people who make them sad on the internet, you are one of two kinds of people:
You are exactly what you claim I am, and that is a lonely, pathetic basement dweller. You life is spent eating eight pounds of junk food per day, masturbating to anything you find online that's even remotely feminine, and wishing you had good looks and social skills. You continue to live with your mother until she dies of a combination of lung cancer and liver failure brought on by the chain-smoking and heavy drinking she used to cope with what a failure you are. Your mother mercifully dead and free of the living embodiment of failure she regretfully thrust from her loins, the bills start to pile up and you, unemployed and unable to pay these bills (of course), lose the house and everything in it. Somehow even more of a failure than you already were, you wander from place to place eating out of dumpsters and sleeping in your own filth until you finally die of AIDS, which you contracted from a diseased whore you scrounged up enough money to pay for, so you could finally lose your virginity while at the same time pretending that your mother was back in your life.
You are the type who was an athlete in high school, who was genetically doomed to be an idiot but managed to finish school and even get a college scholarship because you were so good at a worthless children's game. You went off to college with a suitcase full of polo shirts and condoms, the polo shirts, because you're a douche, and the condoms to prevent you from impregnating the dim-witted young college girls whom you could never touch without the aid of Rohypnol, a drug you refer to as "roofies" because you can neither spell or pronounce Rohypnol. You scrape by with borderline D's for the next four years, and leave the campus to go out into the real world where your realize you're not intelligent or talented enough to do anything of value with your life. Misery and minimum wage ensues for thirty years, then you blow your brains out, and your corpse, alone and forgotten, is not discovered until the smell of rotting flesh seeps under your door and your bodily fluids finally soak through the floor of your studio apartment and into the room below you. Your body is cremated, the ashes scraped into a garbage bin because there was no one in your life who valued you enough to pay for a casket, funeral, or burial plot.
You're undoubtedly one of the two, otherwise you would have better things to do than complain about the theme of a forum that doesn't care about anything you have to say.
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Well ****...
Season is over.
Melvin Ejim To Miss 4-6 Weeks With Injury - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports
Well there goes a lot of momentum coming into the season, this will hurt big time. He will definitely be out for the Michigan game.
so 4 weeks puts him back before the Auburn game, 6 weeks would make the Iowa game his season debut. This should help the pity party we've all been apart of since football started.
"But lets see if the Cyclones can give everyone a nice big ****burger to eat. Opportunity awaits." -Brent Blum
"I am the one who knocks" -Walter White
Damn. Well, at least he didn't blow his knee out. Going to be a tough run in Non-Con without him.
In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection.
that is bad, bad news. No depth up front as it is. Michigan game could be brutal now
So who was that poster that talked about not having any injuries last year?
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So who was that poster that talked about not having any injuries last year?
ajk4st8- I have taken care of him internally.
Originally Posted by CyHawk7
So who was that poster that talked about not having any injuries last year?
Found it.
Originally Posted by ajk4st8
Pretty decent starting line up I hope! We need Kane to be a BEAST!
ISU played a full season last year without a player missing time due to injury(minus Babb OSU)... I hope that continues!
Hooray for Metaphors!
No chance to even put on a nut cup for this one...
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Think again. The shockwaves of the current European Union debates on devices are likely to echo through more and more of the medicines business over the coming years. So the message to drugmakers is relax and take that extra breath while you can.
Those with scant knowledge of the medical devices sector should start here. The European Parliament's health committee is scheduled to come to a consensus view on the two major regulation proposals launched last year by EU officials—one on devices, and one on in vitro diagnostics. This month, the full parliament is due to agree on its definitive opinion on the proposals, taking account of the health committee's thinking. And before the end of the year, governments of the Europoean Union's 28 member states are expected to finalize their position on the proposals too. So in all likelihood, in early 2014, new rules should be signed off that will change the face of EU controls on these products.And why should anyone other than the manufacturers of hip replacements or home blood-pressure monitors care? There are three good reasons. One is the wide scope of the legislation. Another is the atmosphere in which the new rules are being discussed. And the third is how all this is related to the progress of medical science.
As to the scope, much more than the proverbial prosthetic hip is covered. The new legislation on devices will bridge the gap between devices and advanced therapies, by introducing rules that cover products manufactured from non-viable human tissues or cells or their derivatives when they undergo substantial manipulation (such as syringes prefilled with human collagen). Rules will be tightened for products containing viable biological substances that are to be ingested, inhaled, or administered rectally or vaginally.
The new rules on in vitro diagnostic medical devices specifically legislate for tests that provide information about the predisposition to a medical condition or a disease (such as genetic tests) and companion diagnostics—tests providing information to predict treatment response or reactions.
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PIP may have had nothing to do with the world of pharmaceuticals, but it certainly had plenty to do with the rigor that marked the regulatory proposals for devices and diagnostics, and the vigor that characterizes the debates around them. This is why the proposals are prefaced with abundant allusions to the regulatory framework failing to keep pace with scientific and technological progress, and to "gaps or uncertainties" over some products. And that is why the proposals aimed to put in place "a robust, transparent, and sustainable regulatory framework," and to "overcome the flaws and gaps" and strengthen patient safety.
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Paid? To start with, I'm really looking for a large map that's more of a sketch. I want to be able to mark sites and cities on it and add to it so that in the future, I can have something more grand drawn up. The sketch would be worth a small amount to me (like $25). The final project would be worth more. If I push on and publish the final project, it would pay the cartographer a bonus. This is not likely to happen, but isn't out of the question.
I have a file that I've been using as a basis. It was created with Paint.NET. That's my personal program of choice. I don't own a copy of Photoshop, it's just too expensive. Part of what I'm looking for is for the cartographer to read notes and check out what I have, and make sure that things make sense enough (keeping in mind that it's a fantasy world).
As noted in the title, this is a world map. There's only one continent to deal with (with some outlying islands). Area covered is approximately 4000 miles east to west, by 5000 miles north to south. I can send a copy of my sketch, once we've reached an agreement. Again, my sketch is only a starting point. I'll be adding a lot to it over time. I'm also happy to have the cartographer offer ideas or advice. That's more what I expect to be paying for at this stage.
Finished style would be similar to:
with some room for artistic freedom. Right now, I'm really just looking for something a little better than what I have.
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At this point, quality isn't critical, however I'm guessing it would be easier to have someone I can go back to for later iterations as this gets more detailed and grows into something bigger and better. This might be a chance for a semi-pro to develop their skills into something more. I'm pretty sure that at this point I can't afford a pro, but I certainly wouldn't turn one away.
This will be available from my website.
My current sketch is 680 x 800 pixels. I need this to be at least twice that size, but it doesn't need to be huge at this point.
I know nothing about vector images, so I'd prefer vector for my own sanity.
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I'd like to get the sketch within a month, once we start discussing ideas. That's not in stone. The final project probably won't happen for a year or so. I've still got LOTS of writing to do and it's just a hobby for me (right now).
I will have the right to use the image for commercial purposes (if it goes that far), the artist will have the right to exhibit the image as part of his portfolio. At this step, I don't really care about copyrights. It's the final project that I'll be more concerned about. I'll also have a better idea where things are going by then. Who "officially" has the copyright is completely negotiable.
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How to Fix Your Dragging BrakesWritten by on December 4, 2007 Go faster and stop wear with these tips on fixing your dragging brakes.
'Working to make your car go faster can sometimes involve addressing what is slowing your car down. That's the situation we're facing with our hot street/strip car. The brakes are dragging mercilessly because of mismatched components causing excessive brake-pad wear, overheated rotors and slowing us down at the dragstrip. This situation has been eating through brake pads, ruining rotors, and slowing down the car at the dragstrip. This story is going to help you find out if your car has a brake-system problem and show how to correct this issue.
Brake-System Problem-Solving
Is your car incredibly difficult to push around? Are the brake pads completely worn to the backing plates in less than 1,500 miles? Do your rotors look black and scabby after a few thousand miles? Is your car slower at the dragstrip than it should be? While these symptoms are extreme, any even close indicate a disc-brake system that is holding the pads against the rotors even though the driver is not attempting to slow the vehicle.
To many, the thought of someone having these issues on their car and not knowing it seems surprising. But we know of cars out there that have these problems, and, until now, those owners didn't know why.
Dragging Brakes
In general, dragging brakes usually arise from mismatched components. Like most vehicles with this problem, the vehicle being improved in this story gained rear disc brakes in place of the production drums when an aftermarket rearend was added. This should have helped the vehicle performance, but it actually hurt it. That's because the production front-disc/rear-drum proportioning valve was left on the vehicle. This stock proportioning valve has a residual pressure valve in it that helps to slow the rate at which the brake shoes relax from the drums. Unfortunately, this feature makes the rear-disc brake pads drag on the rotor-causing excessive heat buildup and pad wear, slowing the vehicle.
Based on our research, there were lots of folks who said, "Oh, yeah, I made that mistake," which means you need to know about this situation.
The photos show the stock proportioning valve being replaced with a manual Wilwood proportioning valve, and the heat-damaged rear Wilwood solid discs and pads being replaced by Wheel to Wheel Powertrain (W2W) in Madison Heights, Michigan.
As a side note, this vehicle went from being almost completely unpushable to totally free, which told us everything we needed to know. It has gone faster than ever before at the dragstrip, and the manual proportioning valve has allowed the owner to tune the brake bias to provide maximum stopping performance.
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Figuring out how to go faster sometimes means minimizing the things that slow you down-like a brake system that is dragging!This is the stock GM proportioning valve that came on many late '60s and early '70s A-body vehicles (Chevelle, Skylark, LeMans, and Cutlass) for a front-disc/rear-drum system. If you install discs at all four corners, this needs to be removed and replaced with a proportioning valve for a disc-brake system (or a manual prop valve-as is being done in this story).A Wilwood proportioning valve (PN 260-8419) and some 31/416- and 11/44-inch steel brake lines were acquired to make this improvement. The brake line is available at most local auto-parts stores, and the proportioning valve is available from all the large mail-order houses.Though this vehicle was repaired while up on a four-point lift to allow photography, the work can be performed on floor jacks-just be prepared to work in some very tight areas, as the brake system is usually buried under a lot of parts (exhaust, drivetrain, and so on).As a result of the brake system dragging, the rear Wilwood rotors were trashed after just 1,500 miles. They will be replaced in this story along with the brake pads.This fix was started by unbolting the stock proportioning valve from the frame and hard brake lines. Use flare-nut wrenches on the fittings to minimize the chances of stripping the nuts as you work to loosen them.W2W reworked the brake system on this vehicle. The installer positioned the Wilwood manual proportioning valve on the framerail with the adjuster dial just below the framerail and marked the framerail for where to drill the two mounting holes.Two oversized holes were drilled in the framerail so that nutserts (which are similar to rivets) could be installed to allow two bolts to be threaded into them. Installing nutserts requires a special tool, but they are really great for blind installations such as this where you can't reach the backside of the fasteners being used for mounting a component.
The factory proportioning valve joined the lines that run to the two corners of the front brake system, so we needed a union at this point on top of the driver-side frame rail and plumbed to the front-brake outlet line of the master cylinder.Wilwood solid rear rotors and pads are used on many street and racing applications with great stopping and durability-as long as you don't drag the pads!Disc-brake caliper pistons should be spread before removal of the caliper from the rotor as this will make it much easier to reinstall the calipers with the new pads. An open-end wrench is being used as a spacer with a caliper spreader tool to get the pistons to completely back out.The rotors are held on brake hats with small bolts that need to be carefully removed before the rotor can be swapped with the new rotor (make sure the hat is clocked the same way as the rotor you removed). Add two drops of red Loctite to each bolt, hand start all the bolts into the rotor, then torque in a radial pattern to Wilwood specs.Slide the hat/rotor back onto the wheel studs, clip the pads into the caliper, and put the caliper on the mounts. Bolt the caliper in place. This is a good time to check that the caliper is centered on the rotor by measuring the opening on each side of the rotor face (the measurements should be within 0.05 inch of each other). If the caliper is not centered, use shims to properly position the caliper around the rotor.Two oversized holes were drilled in the framerail so that nutserts (which are similar to rivets) could be installed to allow two bolts to be threaded into them. Installing nutserts requires a special tool, but they are really great for blind installations such as this where you can't reach the backside of the fasteners being used for mounting a component.


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The head of Germany's police union in the state of Hesse has called for a ban on violent video games in the wake of a horrific school shooting earlier this month.
Echo Online cites comments made by Heini Schmitt, head of the Hessen German Police Union (DPolG):
It is known that in every situation in which a violent rampage (Amoklauf) has occurred, the perpetrator has had a remarked addiction to so-called killergames. The manner of the deed is astonishingly similar to virtual examples.
For him, the fact that roughly a third of children and youths "regularly and addictively escape into a virtual world" sets off alarm bells. Age restrictions for such games are often ignored. There is admittedly no proof "that these frequent escapes into virtual killerworlds can contribute to such insane deeds", said Schmitt, "But neither can the role killergames be completely dismissed."
When a chance to remove a probable cause exists, it must be used, insisted the chief of the national police union. "The world would be no poorer if there were no more killergames."
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Metro police need your help identifying a person of interest in connection with a sexual abuse incident.
It happened at approximately 8:00 p.m. on September 4 at the Navy Yard Metrorail Station, officials said.
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There are no current warrants for the individual pictured below in reference to this case.
Anyone who is able to identify the individual pictured below is asked to call Metro Transit Police Detectives at (202) 962-2121 and reference case #2013-42445.


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Whimsical as Christmas itself, the Old Downtown Square in Carrollton will offer a Christmas explosion. Santa himself will ride in on "Old General" (the best antique Fire Truck in Dallas) at 10am and welcome boys and girls alike to the sweetest Christmas Town in Texas! Be whisked away into a magic wonderland full of snow hills, stage coach rides, kiddie trains, and bounce houses. Many artisans, craftspeople, food vendors, and entertainers will fill the Square and offer Christmas gifts/ideas, magic, and fun. Don't forget all of our Old Downtown shops and restaurants will be open that day as well to offer you the best in shopping and dining. Please remember Old Downtown Carrollton is offering drop off points for Toys for Tots this year so feel free to bring an unwrapped toy and deposit it in one of the marked boxes for pick up on your journey through our square.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - The chair of the Commerce Committee in the Minnesota House of Representatives said he is concerned about the viability of electronic pull tabs and their ability to help fund the Vikings stadium.
At a Wednesday hearing, DFL representative Joe Atkins and other legislators questioned key leaders about lackluster revenue numbers.
"I remain and probably a little bit more concerned than I was before the hearing," said Atkins of Inver Grove Heights.
The state gets nearly 40-percent of what bars pull in on electronic pull tabs. The tax revenue from those games is supposed to fund the state's $348 million of the $975 million Vikings stadium to be built in Minneapolis. But the revenue fell short by $18-million through the end of 2012. Officials say Minnesotans have spent about $4.1 million so far on the electronic pull tabs since the games began in September.
"There are a lot of anxious Vikings fans, but there also a lot of anxious taxpayers and anxious legislators," said Atkins.
That's because only 120 bars have electronic pull tabs up and running so far, the state thought it would have more like 300 by now and 2500 by this summer, which both legislators and gaming officials now believe is unrealistic.
"There are only a 120 sites operating to today, which means we need to have a 20-fold increase in the number of active sites in the next five months. And I just don't know how realistic that is," he said.
Tom Barrett, the Executive Director of the Minnesota Gambling Control Board, told KARE 11 a lot of bars and charity organizations are taking a wait and see approach, unsure if the new pull tabs will be worth it. Each business has to pony up about $1,000 for installation of the electronic devices, which can be a lot for small town taverns.
Barrett tried to ease concerns.
"This is long term bonding, were four months in to this format that has not been tried anywhere," he said.
Al Lund is with Allied Charities of Minnesota, which represents about half of the license charity organizations in the state. Licensed charities also get a cut of the proceeds from electronic gaming.
"We would ask for your patience. When electronic bingo is available, when all the distributors that want to distribute electronics get up and running, those numbers are going to go up exponentially," Lund told legislators.
The state claims the businesses that have electronic pull tabs are doing well.
"I'm really happy on how our numbers on electronics are doing," said Dan O'Gara who owns O'Gara's on Snelling in St. Paul.
Since September, his bar has made about $16,000 on electronic pull tabs and he said his paper pull tabs have increased.
"Everything we've dealt with has been positive," he said.
Representative Atkins believes the legislature has until the end of the session, which is in May to make any changes to the funding for the state's portion of the Vikings stadium.
"I'm still hopeful, but we definitely need to keep track of how this will play out," said Atkins.
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1977: Steve Winwood released his first solo album, called "Steve Winwood."
1980: "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" became Billy Joel's first number-one hit.
1996: The first Furthur Festival kicked off in Atlanta. It was the first time the members of the Grateful Dead toured together since the death of singer Jerry Garcia.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Martin Landau is 86. Actress Bonnie Bartlett ("St. Elsewhere," "Once and Again") is 85. Actress Olympia Dukakis is 83. Actor Danny Aiello is 81. Actor John Mahoney ("Frasier") is 74. Musician Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is 72. Actor John McCook ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 70. Singer Anne Murray is 69. Home repair show host Bob Vila is 68. Singer Lionel Richie is 65. Actor John Goodman is 62. Bassist Michael Anthony (Van Halen, Chickenfoot) is 60. Bassist John Taylor of Duran Duran is 54. Keyboardist Mark degli Antoni (Soul Coughing) is 52. Bassist Murphy Karges of Sugar Ray is 47. Actress Nicole Kidman is 47. Singer Dan Tyminski of Alison Krauss and Union Station is 47. Actor Peter Paige ("Queer as Folk") is 45. Actor Josh Lucas ("Sweet Home Alabama," "A Beautiful Mind") is 43. Bassist Twiggy Ramirez of Marilyn Manson is 43. Singer Chino Moreno is 41. Singer Amos Lee is 37. Drummer Chris Thompson of The Eli Young band is 34. Singer Grace Potter of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is 31. Keyboardist Chris Dudley of Underoath is 31. Actor Chris Mintz-Plasse (plahs) ("Superbad") is 25.


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Bristol, TN (08-19-2010) – Todd Bodine drove the No. 30 Valvoline Tundra to a sixth place finish on Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway in the O'Reilly 200. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has a reputation of exciting racing action, and the 206 laps last night were no exception. Bodine qualified 14th and finished sixth while fellow Toyota driver Kyle Busch took the win.
"Wow. The Valvoline Toyota Tundra was loose in, tight in the middle and tight off, loose off, loose in the middle, I mean I could never make it do the same thing twice. We kept fighting it and adjusting and fighting and adjusting and I ended up sixth! That's what you have to do to win championships," said Bodine, who remains atop the Truck Series championship standings, a position he's occupied since May.
For Bodine and the No. 30 Valvoline Tundra crew of Germain Racing, the sixth-place finish on a 'bad night' produced the type of results they need to maintain their position as the powerhouse team in the Camping World Truck Series.
"I've said it all along. If you have a bad night, just finish in the top-10 and get the best finish you can. It's not what we wanted for Valvoline or Toyota, but we only lost a few points to Aric (Almirola) and we will go get them at Chicago next. I love Chicago," said Bodine, who has collected three wins in his Germain Racing Toyota Tundra this season.
"The Valvoline Tundra team has been on an outstanding streak. We just won two races in a row, and we have been very competitive throughout the summer. We missed our setup a little with the Valvoline Tundra at Bristol, but, we never gave up. We dug in and made changes to make the truck work for a sixth-place finish. It was a good result for the points standings and we're all ready for the next race on the schedule – Chicago," said crew chief Mike Hillman Jr.
The depth of Germain Racing was also showcased in Wednesday night's O'Reilly 200.
"Bristol showed the caliber of our race team. Germain Racing brought three Toyota Tundras with three uniquely talented, champion drivers and three great sponsors. In regulation time, we would've finished with the Valvoline Tundra, GEICO Tundra and Stemco Duroline Tundra all in the top ten. That shows sponsors and the competition that no matter who the driver is, they are getting great racing equipment here at Germain Racing. We couldn't have that depth without support from Toyota, Triad and the extra effort put in by everyone at Germain Racing," said Hillman, who was as excited about the results scored by Max Papis in the GEICO Tundra and Miguel Paludo in the Stemco Duroline Tundra as he was about the Valvoline Tundra's 13th top-ten finish in 16 races this season.
Germain Racing's Todd Bodine leads the Camping World Truck Series standings by 211 points heading into race no. 17 on the 2010 schedule, Chicagoland Speedway. Tune into SPEED to watch 150 laps/225 miles of Truck Series action on Friday night, August 27th, at 9:00 PM Eastern or listen in on your local MRN affiliate. Follow Germain Racing on Twitter @GermainRacing or on the web at Germainracing.com or become a Facebook fan.
Bodine is scheduled to drive the red, white and blue No. 30 Valvoline Tundra next in race no. 23 at Texas Motor Speedway, the track where he collected his first win of this season, and his sixth at the Fort Worth 1.5-mile oval.
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The Real Housewives Of Orange County: "A New Lease On Life"
March 20, 2011 08:37 PM by Veronica Dudo
The Real Housewives of Orange County: is in its sixth season airing on Bravo. In tonight's episode, "A New Lease On Life," the women leave Coto de Casa for some fun in the sun!
In Coto de Casa; Alexis, Gretchen and Peggy get together for a day of shopping and socializing. After purchasing some shoes, the ladies decide to have dinner together, where the conversation turns racy when the women start sharing intimate secrets.
Meanwhile, Vicki and Donn are renovating their house and despite being in the middle of a home improvement, Vicki is getting restless in Coto de Casa and wants to sell the house, while Donn says he is happy to stay where they are. Vicki said last week that Tamra needs to prove to her that she is her true friend so Tamra wants to repair their friendship. During their lunch out Tamra suggests to Vicki a girls' weekend in Cabo San Lucas. The ladies look forward to getting away.
Then, Alexis and her family head to San Diego for a family vacation. Alexis is hoping to relax while on her trip, but unfortunately things don't go according to her plan and the trip turns out to be anything but relaxing for her. First she over packs, then they forget her nanny's bag all while Alexis constantly waits on her husband Jim and her children. Gretchen and Slade also plan a trip to Palm Springs. They set out for their trip, but Gretchen continues to hound Slade during their getaway about all the things he does wrong. While visiting Gretchen's friends in Palm Springs, they go bike riding then out to dinner.
While dining out, Slade mentions marriage and Gretchen again brings up her theory that instead of marriage, people should be able to "lease" partners, the exact same way of leasing a car.
Viewers saw Eddie, Tamra's new boyfriend for the first time and the two steamed up the small screen with some sexy scenes!
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hduncan Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:58 pm
"i'm 42. i know what i want!" uh, a guy who will tell you exactly what you want. watch out guys, she'll divorce you. don't think she won't. and is slade like a phoenix? keeps rising from the ashes? i do like the rooftop in laguna. glad they weren't there when i was. ugh.


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I would if I didn't all ready have a muzzleloader deer tag!
Unless you have a hot spot or no points then go for it.
I don't need a tag that bad and lose my points and then next year im looking at the leftover tags again for me the area i want to hunt should be in the bag with the points i have
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Wei Tong, PhD
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Department: Pediatrics
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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BS (Molecular and cellular biology)
University of Science and Technology of China, 1994.
PhD (Developmental and molecular biology)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2000.
BS (Molecular and cellular biology)
University of Science and Technology of China, 1994.
PhD (Developmental and molecular biology)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2000.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests
Our laboratory is interested in studying molecular mechanisms involved in cytokine receptor signaling in hematopoiesis, hematopoietic stem cell development, and leukemogenesis.
Key words: Hematopoiesis, leukemia, stem cells, cytokine receptor, signaling
Description of Research
Our lab focuses on molecular hematology-oncology with an emphasis on studying signal transduction in normal blood cell development and hematological malignancies. We use genetically-engineered mouse models, bone marrow transplantation, tissue culture cells, gene transcriptional profiling, protein complex purification and mass spectrometric identification, coupled with extensive usage of molecular, cellular, and biochemical technologies.
Hundreds of billions of blood cells have to be replenished everyday. Cytokines and cytokine receptors play important roles in blood cell formation, a process known as hematopoiesis. The amplitude and duration of cytokine receptor signaling is a highly regulated process that is crucial for cytokine- governed hematopoiesis. Dysregulation of these complex signaling networks can predispose to myeloproliferative diseases and myeloid leukemia.
We previously identified the adaptor protein, Lnk, as a novel negative regulator of cytokine receptor signaling. Lnk deficiency in mice results in an enhanced proliferative capacity of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and progenitor cells of multiple lineages. Lnk loss-of-function leads to hyper-sensitivity to thrombopoietin (Tpo) and erythropoietin (Epo), which regulate platelet and red blood cell formation, respectively. Our results also implicate a new mechanism for rapidly downmodulating cytokine signaling: Lnk negatively regulates cytokine receptor induced JAK2 activity in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. We are interested in
1. Elucidating molecular mechanisms of Lnk regulatory functions in cytokine receptor signaling
2. Understanding both normal and oncogenic cytokine receptor signaling processes that control hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell numbers and development in vivo
3. Undertaking studies to identify novel signaling components in the receptor/JAK2 signaling complex that lead to oncogenic transformation, as JAK2 is the central kinase governing many cytokine receptor signaling, and has been found mutated in some patients with myeloproliferative diseases.
Rotation Projects
Potential projects can be discussed with Dr. Tong.
Lab personnel:
Vemika Chandra, postdoctoral fellow
Jing Jiang, postdoctoral fellow
Ying Cheng, postdoctoral fellow
Kaosheng Lyu, postdoctoral fellow
Ryan Donaghy, technician
Yiwen Song, graduate student
Joanna Balcerek, graduate student
Selected PublicationsRozenova Krasimira, Jiang Jing, Donaghy Ryan, Aressy Bernadette, Greenberg Roger A, Tong Wei: MERIT40 deficiency expands hematopoietic stem cell pools by regulating thrombopoietin receptor signaling. Blood 125(11): 1730-8, Mar 2015.
Song Yiwen, Jiang Jing, Vermeren Sonja, Tong Wei: ARAP3 functions in hematopoietic stem cells. PloS one 9(12): e116107, 2014.
Bersenev Alexey, Rozenova Krasimira, Balcerek Joanna, Jiang Jing, Wu Chao, Tong Wei: Lnk deficiency partially mitigates hematopoietic stem cell aging. Aging cell 11(6): 949-59, Dec 2012.
Jiang Jing, Balcerek Joanna, Rozenova Krasimira, Cheng Ying, Bersenev Alexey, Wu Chao, Song Yiwen, Tong Wei: 14-3-3 regulates the LNK/JAK2 pathway in mouse hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. The Journal of clinical investigation 122(6): 2079-91, Jun 2012.
Bersenev Alexey, Wu Chao, Balcerek Joanna, Jing Jiang, Kundu Mondira, Blobel Gerd A, Chikwava Kudakwashe R, Tong Wei: Lnk constrains myeloproliferative diseases in mice. The Journal of clinical investigation 120(6): 2058-69, Jun 2010.
Yu Duonan, dos Santos Camila O, Zhao Guowei, Jiang Jing, Amigo Julio D, Khandros Eugene, Dore Louis C, Yao Yu, D'Souza Janine, Zhang Zhe, Ghaffari Saghi, Choi John, Friend Sherree, Tong Wei, Orange Jordan S, Paw Barry H, Weiss Mitchell J: miR-451 protects against erythroid oxidant stress by repressing 14-3-3zeta. Genes & development 24(15): 1620-33, Aug 2010.
Yalcin Safak, Marinkovic Dragan, Mungamuri Sathish Kumar, Zhang Xin, Tong Wei, Sellers Rani, Ghaffari Saghi: ROS-mediated amplification of AKT/mTOR signalling pathway leads to myeloproliferative syndrome in Foxo3(-/-) mice. The EMBO journal 29(24): 4118-31, Dec 2010.
Miccio Annarita, Wang Yuhuan, Hong Wei, Gregory Gregory D, Wang Hongxin, Yu Xiang, Choi John K, Shelat Suresh, Tong Wei, Poncz Mortimer, Blobel Gerd A: NuRD mediates activating and repressive functions of GATA-1 and FOG-1 during blood development. The EMBO journal 29(2): 442-56, Jan 2010.
Huang Jian, Zhang Yi, Bersenev Alexey, O'Brien W Timothy, Tong Wei, Emerson Stephen G, Klein Peter S: Pivotal role for glycogen synthase kinase-3 in hematopoietic stem cell homeostasis in mice. The Journal of clinical investigation 119(12): 3519-29, Dec 2009.
Bersenev Alexey, Wu Chao, Balcerek Joanna, Tong Wei: Lnk controls mouse hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal and quiescence through direct interactions with JAK2. The Journal of clinical investigation 118(8): 2832-44, Aug 2008.
Scott Linda M, Tong Wei, Levine Ross L, Scott Mike A, Beer Philip A, Stratton Michael R, Futreal P Andrew, Erber Wendy N, McMullin Mary Frances, Harrison Claire N, Warren Alan J, Gilliland D Gary, Lodish Harvey F, Green Anthony R: JAK2 exon 12 mutations in polycythemia vera and idiopathic erythrocytosis. The New England journal of medicine 356(5): 459-68, Feb 2007.
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April 7, 2011—Grace Muganda says she has spent a lot of time in North Central College's Science Center over the past four years, conducting independent research, working as a lab assistant and serving as a preceptor for various classes.
All those hours of hard work are paying dividends for Muganda, a senior double-majoring in biochemistry and computer science. She's earned an honorable mention in the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater National Scholarship program.


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Troops may begin to think twice before tapping tuition assistance benefits starting this fall when new Pentagon rules will require more service members who get bad grades to repay their tuition money with out-of-pocket cash.
Under the new rules, troops taking undergraduate courses will have to achieve a grade of C or higher or else they will be subject to "recoupment" and have to retroactively pay the class's costs.
Previous rules required only that service members pass the class — and even that lower standard impacted thousands of service members. For example, last year the services recouped tens of millions of dollars from at least 59,000 service members who signed up for TA-funded classes but failed to complete them with a passing grade.
The minimum-grade requirement is being set even higher for troops taking graduate-level classes: Those who fail to earn a B or better will be expected to repay the TA money allocated for that class, according to the new policy.
The new higher grade requirement could affect even more troops and likely will discourage some from pursuing off-duty education through the TA program, which offers to cover 100 percent of school bills for active-duty service members who pursue education during their off-duty hours.
In most cases, TA will pay up to $250 per semester hour, up to an overall cap of $4,000 or $4,500 per year, depending on the branch of service.
"Being told that you could be on the hook for that cost is certainly going to deter people from using the benefit," said Emma Scherer, communications director for Student Veterans of America, a not-for-profit group based in Washington, D.C.
The new rules come as the top brass is looking for ways to cut costs and the tuition assistance budget in particular is declining for the first time in years. The Defense Department has requested $523 million for TA in 2015, which would be down about 10 percent from $578 million this year.
Officially, the new policy is designed to improve student performance, although exceptions will be granted on a case-by-case basis.
"Setting stricter minimum-grade requirement standards for coursework when a service member is using TA funds is part of an overarching strategy to improve military student success," said Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen, a Pentagon spokesman. "Tuition dollars, and military student time, is both limited and valuable so we want them to maintain focus and understanding. Expectation is critical."
Nevertheless, a defense official acknowledged that one intent of the new policy is also to make sure only the most serious students apply for tuition assistance benefits.
"This will just give them an opportunity to sit and think, 'Is this really for me? Is this want I want to do? ... and if I really want to do this, now let me take the time to think about that,' " the defense official said. "And that is really the hope, that they think long and hard about what they want to do and then use that benefit which they are entitled to."
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The new grade requirement is one of many revisions to the TA program that will take effect Sept. 5 under a new Defense Department policy that was recently finalized.
Other changes include requiring service members to pay for all nontuition fees, such as laboratory fees, book costs or other peripheral expenses.
"Educational institutions that bundle tuition, fees or books into a consolidated cost must detail the charges of fees and books separately for service members participating in the TA program," according to the updated DoD instruction outlining the changes.
"Fees include any charge not directly related to course instruction, including but not limited to costs associated with room, board, distance learning, equipment, supplies, books/materials, exams, insurance, parking, transportation, admissions, registration, or fines," according to the instruction.
The new changes are only the latest crosscurrents to reshape the TA program in recent years. The early 2000s saw a significant expansion of the benefit, which previously covered only up to 75 percent of tuition costs. At the same time, more service members sought to participate, driving up the program's overall costs.
But now, as the Pentagon is facing long-term budget cuts, officials see a need to scale back the payment caps and tighten some eligibility rules.
Moreover, the nature of tuition assistance has changed as online schools have become more popular and many new for-profit schools began competing for the cash that troops were authorized to spend through the TA program.
The bulk of the changes that are taking effect in September are designed to increase oversight of the TA program and address concerns about some for-profit schools' predatory business practices targeting troops and the taxpayer money that funds their education.
Concerns about for-profit schools have persisted for years in Washington and prompted a 2012 directive from President Obama that ordered the Pentagon to step up efforts to combat predatory business practices on military bases.
Other changes taking effect Sept. 5 include:
■ New requirements that schools disclose details about their full costs, graduation rates and other information that will help troops make informed decisions about selecting a school.
■ New standardized limits on access that representatives of online-only schools have to military installations and the troops who live there. This change aims to reduce the aggressive marketing by schools soliciting new enrollment or urging troops to transfer.
■ Offer service members for the first time an online forum to lodge complaints about schools, their recruitment tactics, their classes, their level of administrative support and other services.
Unintended consequences?
Some advocates are expressing concern about the new grade requirements creating unintended consequences, such as grade inflation. School instructors might know that a D, while technically a passing grade at most schools, has unique implications for military students.
"Human nature being what it is, a faculty member might be inclined to be generous in grading a course if a service member will be placed in financial hardship due to receiving a D," said Jim Sweizer, a vice president for military outreach for American Military University, a popular online-only school.
While AMU and other schools officially prohibit grade inflation, Sweizer said, "I would describe it as a possible unintended consequence as school officials are constantly being reminded ... to be military friendly."
Many school officials say military students typically perform as well, if not better, than their civilian counterparts. That is leading some advocates to question whether the new grade requirement is really intended to address performance or simply save money.
"Exactly why are we doing this? How many people are not performing at that level? Is this necessary or is it just a back-door way of cutting the benefit?" SVA's Scherer said.
If more service members face demands to repay tuition assistance money, that's likely to put more pressure on the waiver process through which they can seek exemptions by claiming that their military duties interfered with their studies and, as a result, they should not have to repay their TA.
That process will continue to be handled at the service level, and may vary greatly across the force and across military communities. Granting such waivers may not be a difficult decision when a service member's unit is called up for an unplanned deployment. But operational tempo faced by individual troops can vary for many reasons.
"It will be interesting to see what that waiver looks like. I'm not sure how well that would play out," Scherer said. "What concerns us is not those clean-cut situations so much, but [whether] there are going to be some cases with a lot of nuances. That's what worries us."
Staff writer George Altman contributed to this story.


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