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The Tatooine Job Office
The Tatooine Job Office
Hooray, after several months it is finally here,
NOTE: Just wanted to say that the readme mentions about how if TSL Patcher mentions a skipped global.jrl file then they needed to use JRL Merger. It has now come to my attention that this error in fact means that TSL Patcher could not enter in a normal version to add to so it added to the existing version.
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Screenshots: (If I added anymore I would ruin the quests)
This is my first major mod for KOTOR.
This adds 3 new quests to Tatooine for the first KOTOR game. You can get these quests from the Jawa in the Czerka Office. The quests are:
This adds several new NPCs to the game including some fairly difficult fights. There is also a new store where you can buy some new custom items which I have made.
All the script source is available and I have commented it all so that new modders can look and see how script functions can be used practically as each script has an explanation as to what it does.
There is the option to have a manual install although TSL Patcher is also available to make it compatible with most other mods.
Once again this is my first major mod so all feedback (good or bad) is appreciated.
Thank you and enjoy
EDIT: If you wish to play this with BOS:SR then get the patch from here
once again, good job!
I like how you implemented it all with scripts rather than modified module-files. This way, it's got better compatability with other mods, I think.
Anyways, there's no need to use the JRLMerger, if the TSLPatcher reports, that global.jrl was skipped. That warning means just, that there already was a custom global.jrl in the override-folder before you ran the patcher, so it couldn't put a fresh, unedited one into it (which the TSLPatcher has to do, if there isn't an existing one).
If you scroll down to the patcher-log, you'll see that global.jrl got modified still, also with the warning above :).
never mind even if people use jrl merger it won't make a diference to journal file it will alll be there. Ill put a note in the first post though.
Congrats! Been looking forward to this for awhile and I'm pleased to see the release.
Downloading. :D
Good job, can't wait to try it on my next playthrough!
new content is always good content
Congratulations TimBob12!!!
I have watched your progress and growth with admiration... You have really learned a lot in a short time, and been very helpful around Holowan as you have learned! Thanks!!
I look forward to seeing your Jawa quest-master in the near future :)
wheeee cool, something else to do on Tatooine that's not pretending to be Han Solo! :D
Are these quests only on Tatooine as I have only finished one of them so far and have been looking all over Tatooine for different things to interact with.
This mod was on file front, I all ready have it in KOTOR, But i have had this for almost a year now!!
Anyways. Could anyone tell me where to go next to get to the missing supplies and missing item. I have been all over Tatooine and I even looked at the screen shots which gave me a hint that there would be a Rodian but still I can't find ANYTHING.
[QUOTE=Christos K;2776054]I know they start on Tatooine but that doesn't mean they don't go to other planets...
Anyways. Could anyone tell me where to go next to get to the missing supplies and missing item. I have been all over Tatooine and I even looked at the screen shots which gave me a hint that there would be a Rodian but still I can't find ANYTHING.[
The missing supplies are in the Cantina, Once you enter look to your left, there is a shady Rodian, Talk to him look into his inventory, Then you can threaten him or kill him!!
Is this mod compatible with BoS:SR or Redhawke's Ord Mantel? Cause I can't find the Rodian in the cantina like you said and I think those two mods have characters with similar names.
Oh well. Maybe TimBob will see that I need some help with installing this mod. Its not the biggest concern of mine at the moment. Thanks for helping Sith Lord.
No prob, I have some experience, Not a lot, But since i have used this mod, I figured i would try, But good luck, It's a fun mod!!
Good afternoon people.
First off check the Docking Bay for the Missing Item. A lot of people struggle to find that one.
Looking back over it, the problem might be that I created the Rodian right at the start of this mod and just put his tag as rodian thinking I'd change it later which I never did. I have also noticed that this makes him appear in the Korriban Cantina. I feel a patch coming on.
This should fix the problem.
Working on it now...
Yah I noticed that when I reached Korriban the Rodian was in the Cantina. Still need to cover the Missing Item. Thanks for the clue.
That would explain why i found him on Tattooine, and not Korriban, Which makes a lot of sense now!!
also another thing, How could you have had it for a year. Its only been out since January.
Which is why i stay off of other forums, This is the only one i like being on!!
Do you remember where you did get-it perchance? It may not be the same mod...
But I notice when I am on Korriban I can be walking down the Dreshdae corridors and I will hear what sounds like a Rodian fighting and perhaps dying but I can't see them, like they are in the walls.
When you exit the ebon hawk look to your right there should be a plasteel container and it should be in there and trigger a cutscene.
Perhaps it didn't install properly if two of the quest plot things are missing?
Also I didn't steal it I made it all from scratch. I originally wanted to create a bounty office but found that that had already been done so switched it to a Job Office.
I seem to have a bug in which Bastila's mum Helena disappears and I can't continue the quest. The only 2 mods I use that modify Tatooine is some meaningful way are your mod and Recruitable Kay but in the thread Inyri says it's a completely unrelated mod problem.
At first while I was beta testing I said that this particular bug maybe a problem and I wondered if you took it in account. Anyways is there a way to progress the quest?
This shouldn't affect any of this as I haven't touched anything to do with that part. I will look into it though.
Okay, I have an odd problem with this mod. I'll use spoilers so as not to ruin the mod for others.
I can get him to return by deleting some files from your mod from my override folder, but it's kind of irritating. Any suggestions?
Great mod by the way. More of the same would be greatly appreciated.
Hmm, I did replace an existing corpse which may have affected it. I'm having a look into Slstoev's problem as well so ill investigate this.
I had a feeling that Missing Czerka Officer corpse was an existing one. Anyways. So when I get off of the Ebon Hawk on Tatooine look to the right for a plasteel container. Well I will try all the planets just in case it installed incorrectly like the Rodian did.
Edit: Well checked on Tatooine for the container and still nothing... There are still all the default footlockers though.
Edit: I also check other planets right after getting off the Ebon Hawk and still can't find it. Whats the name of the file. I am assuming its a .utp
I could check my override to see if its there and if its already there see if the two files are the same.
It is in the existing plasteel cylinder to the right. I didn't create a new one.
I didn't join on here to cause problems, but to learn how to do things and meet new people, If i come off as out of line in my statement, I apologize!!:)
That's Ok I just wanted to make it clear that I didn't steal it and that I cdon't condole the stealing of mods.
I have uploaded a new version to Deadly Stream that is waiting approval. So hopefully this might fix some stuff.
Its a new version as it has new files and stuff that have new names. so preferably delete the old one. I just downloaded BOS SR and am testing it.
Aha I'm not alone.
Edit: I wish there was a TSL un-Patcher or a mod uninstaller.
As to the bugs looking at it BOSSR shares a few spwan scripts with the Job Office.
I should be able to make a patch.
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The day I finished Suzanne Brockmann's Body Guard, I couldn't concentrate on anything. Usually when I finish a book, especially one I liked as much as I liked Body Guard, I have this nice settled feeling. Sometimes I'm a bit sad for having said good-by to a couple of interesting people. Sometimes I'm in love with the hero and mourn his loss or I like the "voice" in a book and want to find another one like it.
How did I feel when I finished Body Guard? Frustrated! Why? Because unlike 99% of the romance novels I've read, Body Guard has a secondary love story that is left unresolved. And this is not just any secondary love story. It's one that, for me at least, began to overshadow the importance of the primary one.
Body Guard is the story of an FBI agent, Harry, who falls in love with the woman he's protecting. The secondary love story in this book involves George, Harry's partner, his ex-wife-Nicki and Kim a stripper who is George's current fling.
George and Nicki have been divorced a relatively short time and the wounds are fresh. George left Nicki and apparently felt neglected in the relationship. More than anything else George seems want to bring his ex-wife to tears. He never manages it but he comes very close. How? Well there was that time he arranged for Nicki to meet him at a strip club and she got to see his face while he watched Kim undress. But this was nothing. There was the time when Kim was in Harry's hospital room alone and when Nicki walked in she knew right away why he was breathing hard and sweating bullets.
What made this story so griping was that the author did not make it apparent who you, the reader, were supposed to be rooting for. Kim, in spite of her profession, was not the cardboard "other woman," nor was Nicki the typical evil ex-wife. As Body Guard ends so does the romance between Kim and George, but then George tells Nicki he's completely over her!
I'm not sure why this book hit me so hard but I'm sure that identifying with Nicki had to be part of it. I've been happily married for years and I can only imagine how awful it would be to see my husband flaunting a sexual relationship with another woman.
I've been reading a lot of Suzanne Brockmann lately and I've found that even her lighter books tend to get shivery reactions from me. One example is Get Lucky, part of her Tall, Dark and Dangerous mini-series involving Navy SEALs.
Get Lucky didn't have me screaming, but it did evoke that thrill of recognition that you get when you read something that hits home. In this book hero, Lucky O'Donlon, is a U.S. Navy SEAL. Lucky's looks seem to rival those of Robert Redford in The Way We Were. (Remember how great he looked in those Navy whites?) To his annoyance Lucky is assigned to work with an investigative reporter, Sydney. Lucky's solution to the problem of controlling Sydney is to make a pass at her. Hey, girlfriends are easier to control, right? He is amazed when Sydney calls him on it and is even more stunned when she walks out the door.
I loved this interaction and one reason I did is that virtually any person over the age of eighteen can identify with Sydney. Attractive men and women often use sexual attractiveness to get what they want. What was interesting about this was that Suzanne Brockmann described Lucky's shocked reaction just as it would have played out. He was so used to using his looks that he hadn't even thought through the possibility that Sydney would be offended. What shocked him even more was Sydney's willingness to address the truth directly saying something on the order of: guys who look like you don't hit on girls who look like me.
I wrote to Suzanne Brockmann and asked her for her thoughts. I asked, "I would love you to comment about how you use real men to generate crises in your romance novels. Do you agree with me that a situation that is a nightmare for a modern woman is more dramatic? Some romance writers punt at having a hero do something unconscionable. Why don't you?"
Suzanne replied:
"To be honest, I think that both nightmares and unconscionable behavior is relative. <g> Everyone's got their own definitions.
"My primary goal as a writer is to create characters who are completely real. I want to know these men and women so well that every thing they do - from the most minute movement of their little finger to the making of huge, life-changing decisions - rings completely true. And in the course of making my characters real, they sometimes cross the line into what some people might define as unconscionable behavior.
"Take, for example, Harry from Body Guard. This is a man with about a ton of emotional baggage. His ex-wife and son were murdered - due to his own dangerous job as an FBI agent. And he does some pretty unforgivable stuff - to his surviving children, to the heroine, and to himself - as he attempts to cope with their deaths.
"As I write those words, 'Cope with their deaths,' I'm still astounded by how impossible a task I perceive that to be. (Talk about personal nightmares!) I have two children and I can think of nothing more terrible than losing one of them. I would never recover.
"Everything Harry does, every breath he takes, is filled with the complete and total pain he feels after losing a child.
"Does that make his behavior acceptable? No. Does it make it forgivable? Maybe. It certainly makes it more understandable. But in my book, (no pun intended!) it makes him real.
"You mentioned Luke 'Lucky O'Donlon from my Tall, Dark and Dangerous series about a team of Navy SEALs. When he wants to control the heroine, Syd, he doesn't see anything wrong with using sex as a weapon. He considers making friends with her for about two minutes, winning her support that way, but decides that he could probably control her better if she were his girlfriend. He doesn't recognize this as being a Bad Idea, capital B, capital I.
"But this fits perfectly with his backstory - who he is, where he came from, what he's learned in his twenty-something years of life from having a too-handsome face, the body of a God and an unfair dose of charisma.
"Think about a classic example of misguided love - the man who loses his job, but leaves for "work" every morning because he can't let his wife worry. Yes, true, there are other elements that keep him from telling her - shame, grief, pride - but he tells himself that he's protecting his wife.
"By lying to her? Some kind of protection, huh? Personally, I value truth and honesty very highly, and having such a secret concealed from me would more than likely mean the end of that relationship, despite the deceitful person's "good" intentions.
"I'm fascinated by deceit - in fact, my next book, The Defiant Hero, has a major theme which deals with deceit on various levels. The heroine's daughter has been taken hostage by terrorists (one of my personal nightmares - a child in jeopardy, combined with another of my nightmares - being lied to and being forced to lie in return!) and she's willing to lie and even kill to get her little girl back. The hero's a liar by nature - a man who's spent nearly his whole life hiding behind a facade, whose covert work with the SEALs takes advantage of his ability to artfully conceal the truth in any given situation."
Of course since Body Guard had driven me up the wall I had to ask her about George's story. I asked if Suzanne had any plans to do George's story in the near future and if Nicki would be the heroine. To which Suzanne replied:
"I'm definitely going to write a sequel featuring George. (One extremely vehement reader made me promise that I would - and made me write my promise in her copy of the book! <g> I didn't have to write it in blood, thank goodness! <G>) I can't guarantee that Nicki will play a major part in the sequel, though. There may have been too much pain and anger between these too characters to ever let them reconcile. But I'll think about it. (Incidentally, I've received an equal number of letters and emails asking me to write a sequel about George and Kim. Again, we come back to personal preferences and individual tastes!)
Suzanne Brockmann's books are contemporaries and not ones that I would put in the "dark" category. They hit me hard, but in a different way than the serious historicals do. As I was thinking about this topic I couldn't help but contrast my feelings reading the Brockmann books with a historical that evoked a lot of emotion, Patricia Gaffney's To Have and To Hold and a very dark romance, Lily, which Gaffney published in 1991. What interested me was that while more terrible things happen to the heroine of Lily, it's To Have and to Hold that is the more powerful read.
To Have and to Hold is the story of a real rake. When the book opens, Sebastian, the aristocratic hero hires a woman who is an ex-convict as his housekeeper. He does this so that he can force her to have sex with him.
Ah you are saying, he wants to seduce her. He will call her into the library, give her an intense stare and say, "I will seduce you my dear." She will tremble, say something suitably feisty and eventually give in.
Nope. Like I said this is about a man who hires a woman for sex and there is no seduction about it. Sex is a condition for employment. Rachel, the heroine makes it clear she doesn't want sex. Rachel's employment is what keeps her out of prison and so she has no choice. Sebastian doesn't try to wring Rachel's consent from her or arouse her to the point where she will change her mind. Rachel's arousal is relatively unimportant to him even while he is having sex with her.
This scene horrified me because it was not forced seduction. It was a kind of nonviolent rape. What kept me reading was the assurance from many readers that there was a point to all of this and that the book would turn the corner. Also, the story was so compelling that I simply could not stop reading it. I was dying to know if Sebastian would realize how awful he had been. Later, Sebastian did reform and I was very glad that I had continued reading because the book became a Desert Isle Keeper for me. Part of the reason for this is because the first half of To Have and To Hold is so powerful.
One thing that I noticed is that the early chapters of To Have and To Hold are written in a way that is cold, unromantic and creepy. It was pretty effective. I had a discussion with Nora Armstrong, one of my colleagues here at AAR, about this. Nora had this to say about the language in To Have and To Hold:
"One of the things I most admire about Gaffney is her understanding of when to refine her language and when to go balls to the wall with it (in case you haven't noticed, I'm quite a connoisseur of vulgarities). TH&TH is one of the few books where the f-word is used with absolute appropriateness, something along the lines of, 'If all he wanted was a hard, fast f---' (Now, Brockmann uses them appropriately, too, but her characters' world almost demands it, doesn't it? So speaks the former Army NCO. But I digress.) She wrote it because that's how Sebastian thought it. He also thought of his male organ as a 'cock,' so she uses that when she's in his head, whereas Rachel had probably never heard the word so would never have thought to use it (Really well done, isn't it, that Rachel, who had been so brutally debauched, was still innocent at her core, while Sebastian had to stumble around quite a bit to find that last shred of decency in his soul? And then he depended on this broken spirit, who refused to surrender her dignity to anyone, to help him learn how to nurture it. But again, I digress...).
"I guess my point is that it's so easy to use a word merely for shock value, but it's much trickier to use words that shock because they're the only ones that will fit the characters who speak or think them, at that moment. Gaffney does this really well in To Love and to Cherish, too, BTW: Anne is just ever so much more earthy in her thoughts than Christy, even though she rarely verbalizes everything that's on her mind."
Knowing how controversial To Have and To Hold was when it first came out, I wrote to Patricia Gaffney and asked her about the book. Although she had written not only about the book for us in the past, but about political correctness in general as well, I wanted her thoughts now that the book's release is farther in the past. She responded:
"The reason I think that book worked is because readers couldn't help liking Sebastian. Which is amazing when you think about it. I've always thought it's because he was on to himself, he had no illusions, he knew perfectly well what a rotter he was. He was self-aware. And he hated himself, but he figured being a bastard was part of his heritage, why fight it. People have told me (somewhat sheepishly) that they liked him even before he reformed - and some even allow as how they liked him better before he reformed. Ha! And you know, that was the hardest part about the writing - not making him do dastardly things (that was easy) but trying to make him an interesting character even after he saw the light. And Rachel's such an integral part in all of it; I think readers liked watching her evolve from ghost to full-bodied woman, and hoping one day she'd be a match for this man. To me she was as interesting a character as he was - well, more so. But I'm always more interested in the heroines than the heroes, not just in my books but anybody's."
I suggested my theory to her that what hits you hardest what you identify with and that Sebastian had some creepily believable aspects to his personality. In reply, Patricia wrote, "Or what scares you the most. Helplessness, for example. That was Rachel's dread. She gave up. Go ahead and do it, then, you bastard, but you can't touch me inside. I'm already dead."
I then suggested that Sebastian hits a woman hard because at one point or another just about every woman has been in a position to feel vulnerable. Sebastian is so selfish that he is believable. Patricia wasn't so sure about that, stating:
"I've never known a man remotely like him. Just lucky, I guess. <g> I'm inclined to think his appeal is much more basic. You're either drawn to the spectacle of what is, let's admit it, basically a rape (although nonviolent; but only physically nonviolent), or you're appalled by it - but in either case, you can't look away. Like a car crash, you're horrified but you have to see. And then you have to find out what happens next. How in the hell is this book going to end? How is it even going to get to the middle? This 'hero' is a devil - how can this be? And then the trick, as a writer, is to make his transformation believable. With Sebastian, I had a very long way to go."
Another thing that got me about Sebastian was that even after he is reformed he remains a typical man. There is a segment at the end of the book where Sebastian won't commit. It's a situation that is familiar to most modern women. Sebastian is thinking something along the lines of - gee, this is great. Great sex, we laugh a lot. Why think about the future?
Now this is something with which virtually every woman who married a man over age 19 can identify. Talk about an issue that hits you where you live. Most women that I know got pretty close to a nervous breakdown before their husbands made a commitment. In the case of TH&TH the heroine was also worried about prison - but that's not what hits the reader in the gut. What hits her in the solar plexus is: here is this woman, who is going to get pregnant if this keeps up, and he is paying no attention to the future. What did Patricia think of that? She wrote:
"So true. This I agree with a hundred percent. Some readers told me they could forgive his earlier bad behavior, but they really loathed him when he tried to wriggle out of getting married. I never actually got that till now - thanks for explaining it to me. Fear of pregnancy is elemental, it's been hard-wired in women since marriage was invented, since the first notions of "respectability." No - way before that, on second thought; from the beginning, when we lived in caves and HAD to have a mate to survive.
It was interesting to contrast this with Gaffney's 1991 romance, Lily. I should start out by saying that I got a big kick out of the book, but it's a real old fashioned potboiler of a story. It reminded me of those silent movie melodramas where the heroine won't marry the villain. He threatens to evict her and her ailing father. When she still won't do it he ties her to the railroad track. Lily begins when Lily, a young woman who has recently lost her father, runs away from her evil guardian who is trying to force her to marry his son. After a short time spent on the run, Lily gets a job as a maid-of-all-work in the manor of Devon Darkwell (love that name!). What happens to Lily? Everything! This poor girl gets the prize for most tormented heroine. At various times she is seduced by Devon, beaten nearly to death by the evil housekeeper, accused of attempted murder (twice) publicly humiliated at her aborted wedding, left starving and pregnant and, finally in labor while caught out of doors. Devon is a hero from the old school. He was awful to her.
Lily is a fun book but not a terribly affecting one. I mentioned to Pat that Lily went through some incredibly tough times and asked if my enjoyment of the book may have stemmed from my own penchant for melodrama. I told her that a friend of mine who had read it thought it was influenced by the older, picaresque form of romance and believed if Gaffney were writing it today, it would be much different. Since I've not read any really recent Gaffney, I asked her how her writing has evolved, and how she's seen the genre change as well.
Gaffney responded:
"Poor Lily, the things I did to her. I can only think I was going through a sadistic phase. 'Picaresque' - what a polite word. <g> I think of Devon as a sort of Sebastian-in-training. But as flawed as Lily is, you know, I'm still fond of it, and I can't say that for all my books. I like the gothic atmosphere, all that stuff. And the 'melodrama,' as you say. And it's got one of my favorite characters (of mine) - Meraud, the witch on the moor.
"Yeah, we've come a long way. Lily's very old-fashioned; in fact it was old-fashioned when I wrote it, and I knew it, did it on purpose. But I don't think it would fly today. Too much machismo. Too much bullying.
Could it be, I asked her, that the reason why To Have and To Hold hits the reader harder than Lily does is because Devon was just too awful a person. Isn't there a point, I asked, where you say to yourself, "would I put up with this?", and the answer is no. By the time the hero stands up at the wedding and denounces her its all over. I really wanted her to dump him and go do a marriage of convenience with his brother Clay (hey a whole new book!).
In response, Patricia wrote:
"Hey! Great idea! Clay was a sweetheart. <g> You know, I wrote a draft scene after the wedding, when Devon ruins Lily, and in this scene she shoots him. Wounds him almost mortally. It was so satisfying. Son of a bitch deserved it. But it didn't work with the rest of the book as I'd envisioned it, so I took it out. But it was very comforting to me while it lasted.
"Lily is a very old fashioned book, not only because of the hero but because of the kitchen sink plotting that has you constantly wondering where the book is going. Lily's trials and tribulations are not ones with which we readily identify."
This brings me to a powerful Regency Romance that I recently reviewed, Andrea Pickens' The Major's Mistake. In this book, a woman who has been sexually assaulted by her husband's friend is accused of adultery. Miranda and Julian have only been married for a few weeks and upon hearing the accusation, Julian immediately enlists in the army vowing to get a divorce.
The book takes up years later. Julian is returning from the war lame from shrapnel wound. On visiting his elderly aunt he is stunned to discover his ex-wife and his son living on her charity. Julian's first instinct is to try to take his son. When his aunt threatens to take the two to Scotland to escape him, he agrees to a plan by which he may visit his son a few days a week.
Miranda is a woman whose life has been absolutely destroyed by her ex-husband. She has no money, her parents have disowned her and she is an outcast from society. When she meets her husband she is primarily terrified that he will take away her son, the only thing she has.
I have never been divorced, but I could not help but reflect on the difficulties that these two have. Miranda doesn't trust Julian and why should she? The man virtually threw her away. What could he say to erase that? For we know, without being told, that the greatest tragedy in this poor woman's life has been that she still loves this man in spite of everything and she doesn't know what to do with that love.
Loving Julian as she does, seeing him regularly is torture. But not to see him would be to hurt her little boy, whom she loves more than anything. It's easy to identify with this terrible predicament because we see it all around us. Millions of children experience it every day. You don't have to be divorced to understand it and if you have children you can only shiver at the horror of the situation.
One nice thing about The Major's Mistake is that Julian has grown up over the years. He's seen people make mistakes and he is ready to forgive Miranda long before he realizes that he has misjudged her.
This book hit home in a different place than any other romance novels I've mentioned because it introduced the terrible agony of subjecting one's children to unhappiness born of romantic problems. I thoroughly enjoyed this book but it did make me tense and preoccupied in ways that the others did not. On the other hand this book contains one of the most contrite heroes I've come across and when I closed the book I knew that Julian and Miranda were going to be happy together.
As I have been reading these books I could not help but wonder how other readers feel when a book hits them in the solar plexus.
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|Do you ever find yourself preoccupied and unable to concentrate because a situation in a book has become too absorbing? Which book and which situation? If you have read Suzanne Brockmann's books, The Body Guard in particular, please weigh in on how you felt about it!
|Suzanne Brockmann talked about creating characters that are real people. Have you ever had a romance novel stop you cold because it portrayed a character or situation that you could recognize. Is this as likely to happen with a light romance as with a dark brooding one? Tell us about it.
|I found that Patricia Gaffney's To Have and To Hold, a story about a rake's reform hit me harder than the more melodramatic Lily, even though Lily seemed even more tormented than Rachael of TH&TH. Patricia Gaffney wrote that "Lily is a very old fashioned book, not only because of the hero but because of the kitchen sink plotting that has you constantly wondering where the book is going. Lily's trials and tribulations are not ones with which we readily identify." Tell us your reaction to this author's comments.
|Edith Wharton said that people want to read a sad story with a happy ending. Andrea Picken's The Major's Mistake is such a book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Why do we love to get our hearts broken and mended? Can you think of some other books that break your heart in the best way possible? Tell us about them.
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Stanley Allen Fritts
Position: RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: December 18, 1952 in Oak Ridge, TN
High School: Oak Ridge
College: Murray St., North Carolina St. (school history) (Fritts college stats)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 4th round (97th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 7 (8324th overall since 1950)
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com


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|ENCIU: Bistrita County
International Jewish Cemetery Project - Romania D-F The cemetery is located in Enciu, Matei, near the other cemeteries from the village, code 4454, judet Bistrita, 4703 2415, 201.5 miles NNW of Bucharest, 44 km from Bistrita. Alternate names: Encs (Hungarian), Ensch (German). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
The 1880 Jewish population by census was 12, and in 1900 was 18, and in 1930 was 3. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Bistrita and in June 2-6, 1944 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 20th century. The rural/agricultural flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site.
Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 100 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.
No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century granite, flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed, common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.
Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Raiciu, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on July 27, 2000 using the following documentation:
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Brace yourself. The next 10 weeks will be filled with super-size holiday meals, precious little time to exercise and plenty of sweet treats. But that doesn't have to mean packing on holiday pounds, says Leigh Taylor, a personal trainer at LifeWorks of Southwest General.
"So much of what we do is focused on eating as a social activity," says Taylor. "We have to stop thinking this way and look at eating [as a way] to fuel our bodies." She suggests starting new holiday traditions centered on physical activity, such as a Halloween hide-and-seek, Thanksgiving touch football or ice skating on Christmas Eve.
The holidays are not the time to try to lose weight — "just maintain and be happy with that," Taylor says — but focus on food moderation and "adding activity whenever and wherever possible." Here are some of her holiday-season activity tips:
Season Activity
Trick-or-treating with the kids
Raking leaves
Fall trail hike
Fall bike ride
Window shopping
Shoveling snow
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Obama Is Sorry He Can't Control Free Speech
Why does he keep standing on the other side?
Many in the media are arguing that Barack Obama, in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly, offered a rousing defense of free speech. Well, here's what he said:
"[I]n 2012, at a time when anyone with a cellphone can spread offensive views around the world with the click of a button, the notion that we can control the flow of information is obsolete. The question, then, is how do we respond?"
This statement was made by a President of the United States, the leader of the free world, in the face of worldwide radical Islamist assaults on America's notion free speech. His only defense of free speech is that, well, it's too difficult to control at present, so what are we going to do?
He never says this: America believes in free speech. We're going to defend that right. How do you want to respond? Your choice, because we're not backing down.
Mr. President, can you say those comments with a straight face to the parents and children of those who have died to protect ours–and your–right to speak freely? Can you stroll through the graves of Arlington Cemetery, and complain to those departed souls who shed their blood for our freedoms about how difficult it is to control the flow of free speech?
Why do you keep standing on the other side?
And where will you stand in a second term, when, as you told then-Russian president Dmitri Medvedev, that "after my election I will have more flexibility?" (video; 30 seconds).
Read about–or watch–Mr. Obama's remarks at the New York Times (1 page / 30 minute video).


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Hoods Rumpo XL
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A souped up version of the Rumpo found in Grand Theft Auto III and Liberty City Stories. It is the prime vehicle of the Southside Hoods, and can only be found in Shoreside Vale around Wichita Gardens. The Hoods Rumpo XL handles okay and once it picks up speed, the van can go pretty fast. The acceleration is faster than the normal Rumpo, but strangely it is 10 km/h slower at top speed. It is also all wheel drive and can easily drive up steep hills like the one near the Shoreside Vale safe house. It does tend to flip over so special care should be taken that the van should avoid flipping over. Most of the Hoods Rumpo XLs have graffiti designs of the sides.
Hoods Rumpo
A similar van used by the same gang is in GTA Advance, without the XL name.


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What does it mean when today's volume is about half of the outstanding float? Is there now a bottom with this much volume?
I don't believe daily volume vs total float is any technical sign for a bottom or lack thereof.
What's more important (IMO) is the actual candlestick formed on a high volume day. If SKUL formed a Hollow Red Candle (closing price finished above the opening price, on a losing day), instead of a Filled Red Candle (closing price finished below the opening price, on a losing day), that could have possibly signaled a bottom. Typically a HRC signals a change in sentiment, especially when followed by a White Candlestick (winning day). However, w/ the closing price still well below the opening price & the candle stick having a large real body, it doesn't look like the bottom's in yet.....Take a look at how it traded on Sep 13, Nov 2, Feb 8th, & the days following those two FRC (Sep 13 & Nov 2) w/ large real bodies & HRC (Feb 8th).
My GUESS....I think in the next few trading days, the stock will trend towards today's 5.06 low & possibly break into the 4's. If it doesn't break 5.06, it may trend back up near today's opening price or maybe even the HOD. But shortly after it reaches those level's, it'll likely pullback & test the 5.06 low again......With a lack of forward guidance outside of Q1, SKUL will continue to sell off & see new lows, IMO.
Well said tradn2live. I would add that the 1.272 fib exension off of 23.40, 11.79, and 19.75 is $5.00. The 1.5 extension is $2.33. So, if it gets much under $5 the next expected level is $2.
"You should never doubt what no one is sure about"......Willy Wonka


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Day 2 of Juicing (ala Fat Sick and Almost Dead) is going well, but I've found the secret as to why people would stop juicing. Cleaning the f-ing juicer!
The trick seems to be cleaning it before you clean it. That is, scrub and rinse the easy stuff away, then don the juicer parts in the dishwasher.
I've had no major issues with nausea or other bathroom related fiascos. Some nutrition blogs say people who consume a lot of alcohol end up in the loo more often because the Harvey Wallbangers they slug down are filled with super neural toxins. When they detox, there's a lot of ugly.
Breakfast is great – Small cup of black tea then juice oranges, apples, blueberries and strawberries.
Lunch and dinner have been broccoli and carrots with lemon and lime. It's oka, but I keep day dreaming about a Butterfinger candy bar.
Morning Weigh-in: 238lbs (-4.5lbs) Very motivating!


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Diabetes is a disorder of Metabolism. It is identified as the manner in which our body utilizes food for making energy in the body. The things we eat, is broken in to Glucose. It is the form of Sugar in the Blood.
When the food is digested, the Glucose is mixed in to the Blood. These cells use the Glucose for the production of energy. If Insulin is present in the Blood, only then Glucose can enter in to it. Insulin enables our cells to take Glucose.
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A Diabetic person has a high amount of Glucose in the Blood.
The patients of Diabetes are required to keep their toolkit close to them. A Diabetes kit makes easy to maintain the medicines and other required objects.
A small make up bag or travelling bag would be good to be used as the toolkit.
Here is the list of few things that are an essential part of your Diabetes toolkit. These things will help in solving some of your problems.
- You should have extra Insulin Syringes or Insulin Pumps.
- Always keep a Glucose meter, test strips or record book with you.
- Keep Glucose tablets with you; these will be helpful in case of low Sugar level.
- Keep some copies of doctor's prescription.
- Keep Glucagon for brutal Hypoglycemia.
- A card containing information that you are a patient of Diabetes and some contact numbers for the case of emergency.
- An Id bracelet showing you are patient of Diabetes would also be helpful.
- Keep a pharmacy label about your Insulin that you use.
Diabetes is known as silent killer so; you should get ready to fight against all the complications relating to this disease.
The pharmacy label that came with your insulin (label is required for air travel


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Oct 07
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virginiaod says:
Does anyone know how to make an effective diy hay steamer? I have heard of people doing it but don't know how. The appaling summer has meant that my usual good quality hay is questionable at best whilst most of it looks and smells good I have noticed one or two bales starting to have a some mould already. I have immeidately removed these but am concious that its only August and I will need this hay for the winter. I have been told that is there is some mould in the hay then steaming it elimates this and is then safe to give to my horses, does anyone know if this is correct? As for buying other hay outside of the fact that my pocket is well streched already there is none to be had. All the local farmers are in the same boat and my excess hay was sold within 24 hours, (this paid the contractor to cut and bale it). I have been told that what i have is the best that is out there this year. Any advice would be appericated!
Oct 08
Posts: 487
Leo2980 says:
I know a couple of people who have made their own 'steamers'. The most popular method was to get a garden water butt which has a lid and a tap at the bottom. In the bottom of the butt put some sort of grill raised off the bottom by about 6 inches. To use, pour a couple of kettles of boiling water in the bottom of the butt, stand haynet on top of grill and put lid on. Leave to steam! Standing the water butt on a couple of bricks, especially if it has a tap on the bottom, makes it easier to empty.
http://www.waterbuttsdirect.co.uk/ - this is the sort of water butt used.
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Aug 10
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kevinhiatt says:
The way I have steamed hay for the past 20 years is a plastic dustbin, hay in dustbin and 2 kettles boiling water put lid back on to dustbin, when cold empty out the hay to use and poor out the tiny amount of water at the bottom, cheap and simple told to do it this way by vet for my Cob Tonka and continued ever since as also feed off floor.
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Mar 09
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SuzyA says:
As far as I'm aware, to steam hay correctly the temperature needs to reach 80/100 degrees and the only way that can happen is if there is constant hot steam being pumped into a chamber for 40 -60 mins to make sure the hay is steamed correctly.
I personally think if a horse or pony has a real dust allergy then a boiling kettle will not do, but ponies that have not got an allergy then a kettle may well help damp down any dust to prevent a pony getting a problem, or just good old fashioned soaking
Thanks so much for all the advices, I have been trawling the internet and this is what I have come up with if its any use to anybody (will let you know if it works!).
Get a wheelie bin you can buy some fairly cheaply, I have a spare one, then purchase a wallpaper stripper steamer, Argos is doing one 2000watts, which is quite powerful for €30.49 and uses 4 litres of water in 60 mins. Make a hole to fix the hose of the steamer at the bottom side of the bin and seal with silcone on the outside of the bin. Make a grid to put over hose in the bin, I'm using a wire shopping basket upside down in the bin to take the weight of the hay and allow the steam to rise up the bin, and then put in hay, close lid and steam for 20 mins approx. I recoken a wheelie bin should take a 4x4 bale of hay which would be two days worth of hay.
I haven't tried this theory yet but am hoping to put it together in the next two weeks (as I won't need hay before then). I will let ye know if it works!
Apr 12
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jenhavocmanny says:
I don't know about steaming, but I always soak my hay as I have a pony that has ROA / COPD and soaking not only dampens the hay, but washes a lot of dust out, and probably would do the same with mould spores too. The water after soaking is very brown, and I only kind of 'wash' it for a few minutes.
I think there may be a fair bit of hay going mouldy this year, as I've been told a lot of it has been baled before properly drying, just to get it in due to the wet weather.
Jul 10
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leannemccabe says:
ooh yes i do!! i mademy own earlier in the year we bought a wall paper steamer and a wheelie bin drilled a hole in the bottom of the bin for the pipe to go through then attached the flat nozel to the end and put the hay on top - we also bought a wall timer so if we leave it filled up it turns on before i get to the yard so its all ready for me!! all in all cost about £100 but my dad decided on the deulux model!! you could probably do it for £40!! its super! i wouldnt go back to soaking now plus steamed hay smells lush!!
i got the idea off a friend whose dad built one for her - they then trialled a haygain for 2weeks before sending it back becaue it wasnt as good and it burnt a hole on the floor!! cheap and simple sis the way forward!!
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25 years ago, Pete Rose heard the words that he hoped he would not hear. He heard those words from A. Bartlett Giamatti, who was the commissioner of Major League Baseball at the time when George Herbert Walker Bush had just taken office as president in his only term in the White House.
Like a child sent to his room with no dessert after dinner, Peter Edward Rose, who could be considered the greatest hitter to ever play baseball, has not been allowed to be with his MLB friends except without permisson of the powers that be, only making appearances at independent league games, where they are not affected by the hierarchy of MLB. The Hall of Fame has eluded Pete Rose, like Moby Dick getting away from Captain Ahab. While others have gone into Cooperstown, Rose has been in exile, waiting for the all clear from the commissioner.
Bud Selig, who will be stepping down as commmissioner, has not decided if he wants to re-instate Pete Rose and put him back in the good graces of the baseball gods. His term ends in January when Rob Manfred takes over and one of the things that still hangs over Selig's head is Rose, like the sword of Damoclese.
The idea of Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame, enshrined in Cooperstown for eternity brings joys to some and is as repulsive to others, like kyrptonite to Superman. Let's be specific about something. It's the Hall of Fame, it's not the Vatican. There are no secret ballots being burned, there's no white smoke involved and no one's getting nominated for sainthood. It's time for baseball to say, "Pete, you've been punished enough."
While there were Hall of Famers that have been model citizens both while playing the game and away from it, others have had less than colorful relationships with their fans. A prime example of a sinner would be Ty Cobb, the man whose record Rose broke. Cobb was from Georgia, white and as racist as can be. Granted, like Rose, Cobb played the game hard and hustled but tended to play the game a bit on the dirty side, even going so far as to cleat anyone that got in his way, crossed his path or said an unkind word about him. The worst thing Rose ever did, aside from breaking Ray Fosse's shoulder in the 1970 All Star Game? Getting into a fight in the playoffs with Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson.
Yes, Pete Rose bet on baseball. He at least admitted that fact, so he can't be faulted for that. There are people in baseball and in life that have committed worse crimes. Even the 1920 Black Sox could not be faulted for what they did. After all, they lived in an age where players were paid almost slave wages, unlike the millions they make now. They couldn't ask to be free agents because in that time, there was no such thing as free agency. Now there's talk that Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and others in the steroid era that are being considered for Cooperstown and there are those that argue that if they get in, so should Rose. It's only fair and they're not only right, they're spot on.
Bud Selig is going to be commissioner for his final World Series in October and after that, he will ride off into the sunset as one of the greatest commissioners in all sports. While under his tenure, he's managed to save the game from a work stoppage that crippled it in 1994. From 1995 to the present, while other sports have had work stoppages, MLB has been able to stand on its own feet. Aside from presenting the World Series trophy to the winner of the Fall Classic in October and presiding over the Winter Meetings in December, Selig can add one more act to his legacy by lifting the ban that hangs over Rose's head. That ban has stood over him like the cloud that hangs over Eyyore in the "Winnie The Pooh" cartoons.
Peter Edward Rose needs to be set free from his exile now, while he still walks and draws breath on God's Earth, the same Earth he made in 144 hours (6 days), not when he's been laid to rest and fans, friends and family have wept over his grave. He's not dying but it would be nice to tell his grandchildren that he is in the Hall of Fame himself. Bud Selig can right this in his last hurrah. Pete Rose needs to get the phone call that tells him he's in. It's the Hall of Fame, not sainthood, as Atlanta Braves announcer Chip Caray said Sunday. No one is perfect and if that were the case, the world would be pretty boring. After all, the voters look at what one did on the field, not off it.
Bud Selig, baseball's ninth Commissioner and Milwaukee's favorite son, took a Seattle Pilots team and moved them to the land of cheese and bratwurst, where they would become the Brewers. His legacy as commissioner includes interleague play, an extra team in the post-season, replay and MLB Network as well as the World Baseball Classic and drug testing. His legacy hasn't been perfect and there's been some controversy and he has become the butt of many jokes on Letterman and Leno but in the end, he's survived. He can add one more item to his legacy before he steps down and not have the problem hang over Manfred's head.
It won't be an easy task and while some will applaud him, others will want to have him pilloried but putting Pete Rose in Cooperstown will put that issue to rest once and for all. With the All Star game coming to Cincinnati in 2015, it would be fitting that Rose be re-instated and be allowed to join Cobb in Cooperstown. There are going to be some writers that still don't like Rose and wouldn't spit in his direction if he were dying of thirst, while others are willing to be forgving. Let's hope that those that didn't like Rose, for whatever reason, whether he didn't answer a question to their liking or he blew them off, would put those feelings aside.
That would be the greatest Christmas present that Rose could ever get.


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2011 - Fall Back Cross Race
Event Description
Join us for the inaugural Fall Back Cross race. It will be held when Daylight Saving Time ends so be sure to set your clock back. Heck, set two clocks back to make sure you'll be on time. Your results from this race will count toward your cyclo-cross ranking which will be used for call ups at this year's Cyclo-cross National Championships in Madison, WI.
Course Description
Course is primarily grass, sand/dirt, with a start and finish on pavement. It is was also designed with input from Katie and Mark Compton. So expect to be challenged!
First race is $35 and additional races are $25. Junior races are $15. Day of registration add $10. USA Cycling annual license, road or mountain, required for all categories except Cat 4 Men and Women. Cat 4 Men and Women can purchase a USA Cycling one-day license. USA Cycling racing licenses, both one-day ($10) and annual ($60) available online at www.usacycling.org/register/2011-3022. On-site registration will open at 7:00 a.m. and will close 20 minutes before each start. No refunds will be given.
Race held rain, shine, snow, or hail. Isn't that what cross is all about?!
I-25 to Rockrimmon exit. Take Rockrimmon west to Delmonico Dr. Right onto USA Cycling Point.
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Additional race info
Submitted by Tara McCarthy (not verified) on
We're having a first time women's category for those that want to try cross without the intimidation of racing against veteran racer.
Also added a kid's Little Belgium race and for the toddlers a Strider Cup! Bring the whole family out for a day of cross fun!
CX Race Flyer
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Very intriguing. Do you have a link to a race flyer posted somewhere? Didnt see a date, start times, categories, address (assuming the Springs), etc, etc. So, $45 for those who dont have a USAC license?
Here ya go:USAC FLYER
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Visit the Fall Back Cross
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Visit the Fall Back Cross Race webpage (http://www.usacycling.org/events/flyer.php?permit=2011-3022) for more information including a race schedule, hotel information, licensing information, prize list (equal cash prize for men and women) and additional information. More information on the kid's races here: http://usacycling.org/events/flyer.php?permit=2011-3655.
Fall Back Cross
• Sunday, November 6, 2011 — First race starts at 8 a.m.
• 210 USA Cycling Point, Colorado Springs, Colo. (5943 Delmonico via GPS)
• REGISTER HERE http://www.usacycling.org/myusac/index.php?pagename=registration&eventid...
thanks for the info.
Submitted by Thyromine Reviews (not verified) on
thanks for the info.
The ACA/USAC Reciprocity
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
The ACA/USAC Reciprocity Agreement calls for at least a dialog between the two organizations to avoid overlapping race dates. Why didn't the USAC do this? Or, did you?
You are spending USAC funds on a race when other races must go and find sponsors and this clearly puts these races at a disadvantage.
It appears that now the USAC is starting to fund CO races such as the Aspen Womans race where race officials were paid with a USAC check and now this race. What other races in 2012 will you be helping to fund or organize in Colorado?
As you work in the USAC Events Dept. this appears to be a conflict of interest.
If I am misinformed, I apologize and please correct me.
Updated race info
Submitted by Tara McCarthy (not verified) on
Updated race info:
On-site registration fee will be $5 instead of $10 and additional races will be $20. Any category open to Cat 4 men or women will be able to race on a one-day which includes masters, juniors, singlespeed, and 1st time womens category.
Kids Little Belgium race and toddlers Strider Cup, bring the whole family!
Event flyer here, http://bit.ly/FallBackCross.
More updates
Submitted by Tara McCarthy (not verified) on
Bristol brewery is supporting the race and every registered rider 21 years or older will receive a free pint on-site! Hotel rates for $65, without tax, at the Hyatt Summerfield Suites right across the parking lot. Includes hot breakfast! See our website for details.
Sounds good
Submitted by Triumph (not verified) on
for me to poop on!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Let's hold ACA racers hostage over nationals call-ups, and then we'll go ahead and promote an event on a conflicting date with their calendar and make sure everyone knows that it is only one of a couple of events where CO athletes can earn nats call-up points. (under breath) "my plan is so brilliant!"
(wondering out loud to self) "I just don't understand why those ACA folks are so concerned about re-integrating with USAC?"
How bad is it
Submitted by Kris (not verified) on
Can you claim something hostage that you don't value? Some do very much value the points for nationals, heck Colorado took home more medals than any other state last year at CX nationals.
I don't chase points anymore so for me personally this has little concern for me. But what about others that is the big question
Are these the rankings?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
No idea how you get points or if this is what they are using for call-ups at Nats...
(But great to see USAC returning some of the license money back into Colorado with the $3K in prizes at the race...)
Men 35-39 - http://www.usacycling.org/rankings/points.php?state=&sex=M&disc=Road%3AC...
Men 40-44 - http://www.usacycling.org/rankings/points.php?state=&sex=M&disc=Road%3AC...
Men 45 - 49 - http://www.usacycling.org/rankings/points.php?state=&sex=M&disc=Road%3AC...
Men 50-54 - http://www.usacycling.org/rankings/points.php?state=&sex=M&disc=Road%3AC...
Men 55-59 - http://www.usacycling.org/rankings/points.php?state=&sex=M&disc=Road%3AC...
Where this sucks
Submitted by Phatty McPhatterson (not verified) on
is that there is now a USAC race going up against a non-CCC race on the same weekend. I'm not a promoter but it was my understanding that there was supposed to be some sort of gentleman's agreement not to schedule races that compete with each other. Maybe that's not correct?
The Primal team will already struggle to get attendance at this race because it isn't part of the Colorado Cup. Now those that do race each weekend have a choice, improve their ambiguous ranking by racing in the Springs or possibly harm their ranking by racing in Golden.
There's a real good chance I'm wrong on all counts though.
CO CX Racers don't drive
Submitted by Skinny McRail (not verified) on
You can simply look at the attendance numbers for the CX races and see that:
1) A majority of CO CX Racers live in and around Boulder.
2) That same majority will not drive very far out of Boulder county...... for any race.
I doubt the lure of a couple USAC points will change that.
Enough of this Cold War creativity.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Why assume the USAC scheduled their race after the ACA did? Whatever the case is, it's negligent to paint the USAC in such a devious light. As cyclists we should be rejoicing in the fact that there are more opportunities to do what we love.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
srsly, since ACA has cross races scheduled darn near every single Sat/Sun from Sep through December, how could USAC possibly schedule a race without conflicting with an ACA race?
Who cares about this, anyway? Folks who may want points toward callups at nationals recognize that points from ONE race won't make any difference, so they won't be persuaded to drive down. Folks who have even the slightest chance of placing well at nationals don't really need points, since they're going to get called up based on last year's results.
NEWSFLASH: if you went to nationals and didn't place top 5 last year, you're not going to place top 5 this year, with or without a callup. Don't sweat the points.
12 people so far
Submitted by NotSure (not verified) on
Not sure if it is a bad sign, but only 12 people signed up so far vs. 34 for primalpalooza. Guess people may not want to spend $95 for cat 3 and faster groups if they don't have an USAC license. ($105 on race day!)
Primalpalooza... I'll be there, i'm just a last minute type
Submitted by Triumph (not verified) on
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Most of us know that walking is one of the best and safest ways to get physical activity. It need not be very strenuous to reap significant health benefits and is much easier on joints and muscles than many other activities such as running. Even small increases in light to moderate activity equivalent to walking for about 30 minutes a day, will produce measurable differences. Regular moderate intensity exercise and a healthy diet may reduce your risk of developing type II diabetes as well as heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and depression.
However, many people are injured or killed due to motor vehicle and pedestrian accidents
every year. According to the CDC, in 2008 nearly 4,300 pedestrians were killed in road accidents while close to 69,000 were left injured. These statistics highlight the need for becoming educated about what you and your family can do to stay safe while walking or bicycling. Recklessness of drivers and partly, the negligence of pedestrians can cause accidents while crossing roads. Both pedestrians and drivers are responsible for road accidents.
What steps can you take to stay safe and enjoy walking or bicycling? Some things to consider are:
- What is the best type of clothing to wear in low visibility situations?
- Do you walk or bike with or against traffic?
- Do you know how to deal with distracted drivers?
- What are your child's "pedestrian skills"?
- Are you aware of what the "bicycle laws" are?
- Do you know what to look for in a good bicycle helmet?
Get answers to these questions and more on June 21, 2012 when Botsford's injury prevention coordinator will host a Walk with a Doc.
Finally, some tips to keep you and your family safe while walking or biking:
- Be aware. The best policy when dealing with traffic is to be "situationally" aware and not distracted. Too many bikers, walkers, joggers, etc. seem to be occupied with their electronic devices like MP3 players and cell phones. These distractions manage to prevent them from being aware of the changing environment through which they are moving. Be alert to these situations and know that these individuals may not see you.
- Wear retro reflective clothing at dawn and at dusk or in low visibility conditions such as rain or fog.
- Be cautious during hours of bright sunlight. You know those morning and evening hours when the bright sun shines right in your eyes and you can't see a thing? Be aware of how bright sun can decrease visibility of both the pedestrian and the driver and you can be proactive in preventing collisions. Don't assume that oncoming car can see you in the crosswalk during these hours of the day.
Learn more tips and strategies for making your walk safe and enjoyable in your community. Join us at Botsford Hospital's Walk with a Doc program on Thursday, June 21, 2012 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Farmington Hills Heritage Park Nature Center. Click here for details.


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Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Anqari inaugurated the 2nd World Congress for Counterterrorism yesterday evening. The two-day event, held under the theme "Intellectual Reviews and Practical Solutions," was sponsored by the Islamic University in Madinah.
Addressing the Congress, the Rector of the Islamic University, Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al-Sanad, declared that King Abdullah has been at the forefront in the fight against terrorism. He noted that Saudi Arabia has invested in numerous initiatives to counter extremism, on both the security and intellectual levels. Dr. Al-Sanad lauded the Prince Mohammad bin Nayef Program for Counseling and Rehabilitation, which has had a ninety percent success rate in rehabilitating former extremists.
Then, a speech recorded by the Kingdom's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Asheikh, was broadcast. "The Congress has an effective role and good effects on clarifying the truth of terrorism and warning people of its evils," the Grand Mufti said. "The Kingdom has been one of the first countries [to commit to] the fight against terrorism and combating it, and sought to warn the international community of terrorism and its danger." He added, "The Kingdom has fought terrorism through security combating and surrounding its cells, and in the preventive aspect through counseling, care, and amnesty for those who retreated from their deviated thoughts, announced their repentance, and abandoned this bad principle."
At the conclusion of the Congress, the participants called for the establishment of a counterterrorism research center to be named after King Abdullah. They also recommended the creation of primary care centers for intellectual treatment and preventative programs to counter extremism and deviant thoughts.
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Experience remote control mania, a hobby for all ages, where everyone can take part. Whether you want to get down and dirty or barrel down the track, there are many options to feed the need for speed.
Introduce the family to slot car racing at Fast Track Hobbies in Rocklin where they have one of the longest angled tracks, curving around at 165 feet. The cars can really get going to breakneck speeds of up to 100 miles per hour! Some enthusiasts bring in their own cars but no need; you can rent them, 15 minutes of race time for only $5 and kids as young as 2 years old can operate the cars.
If you would rather get out on a rugged & rocky dirt course or a more refined oval asphalt track, you can stop by R/C Country on Folsom Blvd and purchase a 1/8th, 1/10th, or 1/24th scale ride of your own. There are many vehicles and price ranges to choose from, the options and designs are endless. Don't forget to find your pit crew, it is a great opportunity to share the love of working with tools and mechanical engineering. Some of the more advanced vehicles can be a little bit of an investment, but if you love to see your kids giggling and grinning as they slide around a curve or go flat out over a couple of jumps it is definitely worth considering.
LSR Speedway in Sacramento has two indoor tracks. There is a crisscrossed dirt track which has jumps and tight curves, while the asphalt oval offers a smooth ride. Open practice is Tuesday through Thursday from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. for daily fee of $10. On Fridays & Sundays there is early practice with races to follow for $15 per driver. They also provide pit areas for your own rigs and have some rentals available.
So race out for some family fun and try blazing slot cars, skidding around an asphalt oval or throwing up dirt on your track at home and enjoy the rush of crossing the finish line.


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This is a fantastic holiday dessert that's easy to put together and has a big wow factor. And it can be made ahead of time, which is something I always look for during the busy holiday season.
You can also make this in a regular pie pan, using only 1 carton of ice cream. I love the presentation you get with the spring form pan though. To loosen the pie from the spring form pan, let it sit on the counter for a few minutes, then run a knife between the sides of the pan and the ice cream. Watch for eggnog ice cream at your grocery store starting in mid-November.
- 20 gingersnap cookies, finely crushed
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 cartons (1.5 quarts) Dreyer's Slow Churned Egg Nog Ice Cream
- 1 container (8 oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- Grated fresh nutmeg or ground cinnamon (optional)
- Combine gingersnap crumbs and butter in large bowl.
- Press crumb mixture onto the bottom and slightly up the side of a 9-inch spring form pan. Place crust in freezer for about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, set ice cream on counter for about 15 minutes to soften.
- Spread the softened ice cream evenly over the frozen crust. Freeze for at least 4 hours, or until firm.
- When ready to serve, remove the sides from the spring form pan and slice the pie into wedges.
- Top with whipped topping and grated nutmeg or ground cinnamon, if desired.


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Jan 6, 2012 8:52 AM
We're trying to lay off the sweets in the start of 2012, but there's no calories in the decadent wafts of this Caramel Candle ($64). Plus, after its 60 hours of burning this sweet scented candle you'll be able to use the glass as a votive or small storage container.
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We currently have four public events on site each month, usually on Sat. afternoons or Friday nights. Themes tend to include environmental education, alternative economics, skill-shares or How-to workshops, and culture and history. [We tend to hold lectures, films and slide-shows on Fridays, 6:30-8:30 pm; and how-to/skillshare events on Sat afternoons, usually in the 2-4 pm time slot]
See the banner on left hand side of our Home page for upcoming events (unless it says "There are no events" which is a website glitch – cause we nearly always have weekly events. For more truthful info: Check out our Events page for our latest calendar of events!
Our events are sometimes free, or they use a suggested donation system, usually in the $5-15 range, and no one is turned away from an event for inability to pay, as long as there is room. A few workshops have set fees, and RSVP is needed for some due to space limits, for more info: email: Sandy at yikes.contact @ gmail.com.
A sampling: Past events include: the film "What's on Your Plate?" on school lunches and health; Intro to Aquaponics, (Piedmont Aquaponics team); Urban Chickens (by Bob Davis), Grey-Water Guerrillas (by Anthony Watts), Sewing skills (by Lakrisha Mauldin) Bee-keeping (by Dave Fruchtenicht), "The Inside Job" – film on the financial melt-down, talk by Jeff Ensminger on NEEM and the Cuba garden model, slides on the SEEDS community garden project, and How Bamboo will Save the World and "The Global Gardener" film on permaculture. Workshops in the last year have included the hazards of natural gas fracking, vermicomposting, film on the mortgage foreclosure crisis, how to grow and breed heirloom tomatoes, talk by Stephen Hren on his "Sustainable Underground" book, dramatic enactment of "Rosie, the Riveter" by Sally Drucker, municipal energy retrofit programs for households, concentrated solar thermal, solar oven making, the "Garbage Warrior" — a film on sustainable building with tires and earth,
In spring and summer 2012 we held a series of six Saturday afternoon workshops on rain barrel painting (co-sponsored with Living Social). Other how-to workshops (usually on Saturdays) have included rain barrel making, jewelry upcycling, mask-making, crocheting with plastic bag material (PLARN), aromatherapy and essential oils, composting, pranic healing, journal making, paper-making, a solar oven cook-off, crocheting with T-shirt yarn (TARN), and African drumming.
We also do rain barrel making/painting and water-saving workshops for special groups. These are fun and educational — a great way to introduce sustainability themes to young people.


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January is the time for college bound high school seniors and their parents to begin filling out their financial aid paperwork. The most common form is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also known as the "FAFSA" form. This form is produced by the federal government and all colleges and universities that use government funds as part of their financial aid packages require this form to be filled out for consideration for need-based aid.
What does "need-based aid" mean? The FAFSA provides colleges with the family's Expected Family Contribution (EFC) towards education. With this number the colleges then figure out based on the cost of attendance the family's financial need. Simply put, financial need is the gap between the cost of the college and how much the family can pay (EFC).
However the FAFSA isn't the only form that can be required by colleges for those students requesting financial aid. Some colleges will have their own institutional forms that are required in addition to the FAFSA. The most common other form required by colleges is The College Board's CSS Profile. The FAFSA is free for students to fill out and send but the CSS Profile charges by the number of colleges you select to receive the form.
So why do you have to fill out so many forms, isn't the FAFSA enough? Even though the FAFSA seems complicated for those filling it out for the first time, it actually uses far less data to tease out the real financial situation of a family. As a result colleges may use additional forms so they can find out more information about the true state of a family's finances. If a family has an unusual financial circumstance that is not reflected on any form they fill out, they should write a letter to the college's financial aid office and provide accompanying documentation to see if it could be considered in the financial aid awarding process.
The CSS Profile is used by over 250 colleges and universities to help them gather more data than the FAFSA provides so they can better use their financial resources to reach their institution goals. It's not just about trying to give out aid to the families who really need it (although that is a part of it) but can often be tied to financial aid leveraging strategies employed by the colleges.
How does the CSS Profile differ from the FAFSA? First off, it doesn't matter what college you are applying to for the FAFSA, you send it to all the colleges you applied to if you want to be considered for need-based financial aid. The CSS Profile is only required by 250-plus colleges, so depending on your college list you may not use this form or only need to send it to a few colleges. When filling out the CSS Profile the student selects those colleges to which he is applying that require the Profile and the resulting form is customized for the student. Each college using the Profile has selected the questions that they want a family to answer, so by selecting a student's individual college choices the form created asks only those questions that those specifically listed colleges require. In essence each student's Profile is as unique as their college list.
According to the CSS Profile website, these are the documents you will need before you can complete the Profile:
· 2013 federal income tax return(s), if completed
· 2012 federal income tax return(s)
· W-2 forms and other records of money earned in 2013
· Records of untaxed income and benefits for 2012 and 2013
· Current bank statements
· Current mortgage information
· Records of savings, stocks, bonds, trusts, and other investments
· Your noncustodial parent's email address, if applicable.
It should be noted that if your parents are divorced, some colleges require information from the non-custodial parent. However be assured that neither parent will see the other parent's information that they fill out for the CSS Profile.
The bottom line when applying for financial aid for any college is to check to make sure that you know what forms a college requires and the deadlines for submitting the forms. There is no standard filing deadline for financial aid forms. For maximum consideration for financial aid meeting the deadlines is imperative as there is always more money in the pool at the beginning of the process than at the end. Those who file all forms by the deadlines will receive priority consideration. DEADLINES MATTER!


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Ten Olympians Who Deserve Their Own Biopic
U-S-A!By Amanda Dobbins and Margaret Lyons
U-S-A!By Amanda Dobbins and Margaret Lyons
Nicki Minaj wins for her three costume changes.By Charlotte Cowles and Sally Holmes
Including Claire Danes, Katy Perry, Sofia Vergara and Anna Wintour.By The Cut
That was a tad boring.By Amanda Dobbins
Check out Alicia Keys's new song.By Amanda Dobbins
Gabby! Aly! McKayla and her side-eye!By Amanda Dobbins
Happy now, haters?By Christina Han
"I'm sure it was a whole-wheat McMuffin."By Kat Stoeffel
Secession, anyone?By Kat Stoeffel
Her accountant is probably doing backflips.By Alyssa Shelasky
Say goodbye to ultra-tight ponytails and hello to loose, undone buns.By Margaret Lyons
Nothing in qualifying went the way it was supposed to.By Lindsey Green


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When Eating Well was first published, it lead the way for the changing American diet. I waited for every issue. This salad recipe is one I would have never tried, were it not for the source and the fact that I would work through nearly every recipe in the magazine each month. This one was a surprise hit - who eats lima beans?! It has remained a favorite salad meal recipe since 1997.
Salad of Lima Beans, Cured Ham & Mint
From EatingWell: March/April 1997
Cooking the lima beans with mint, chiles and sun-dried tomatoes infuses them with flavor. A bit of prosciutto, crunchy lettuce and a tangy sherry vinaigrette makes it a great dish to serve as part of a tapas spread.
2 Reviews for Salad of Lima Beans, Cured Ham & Mint
I was hesitant to use this recipe because of the lack of reviews. The ingredient list is so strange and I wasn't sure I'd like it. Man am I glad I did! Husband and myself both loved it, served it on the side with grilled chicken breast. I substituted ham because I had some that needed to be used, but otherwise followed the recipe as written. The mint isn't too strong and is really refreshing. This would be perfect for a summer bbq.
Doesn't keep all that well though- the romaine wilts as it would if you saved a day-old dressed salad. Still good though, just not crunchy.


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Apple Dumpling
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Sweet Pate Brisee with Cinnamon
Salted Caramel Drizzle
Smoked Salmon Pinwheel
Smoked Salmon Hand rolled with Herb Cream Cheese
Butter Crust
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Maytag Bleu Cheese, House Bacon
Curried Chicken Salad Croustade
Gingered Apple-Date Chutney
Fried Sage
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English Cucumber Cup
Roasted Red and Golden Beets
Truffle-Goat Cheese
Orange marmalade
Pumpernickel Toast
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Douglas Fir Cured Salmon Gravlox
Farmers Cheesen
Pickled Onions
Farro Wheat Berry Salad
Smoked Tomatoes
Butternut Squash Ketchup
Cucumber Cup
Smoked Scallops and Seaweed Salad
Field Harvested Potato Cup
Chemise Cream
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Duck Prosciutto
Chevre Crostini
Fig Compote
Herbed Ricotta Profiterole
Pistachio and Honey Snap
Foraged Mushroom Canapé
Herbed Mascarpone Cheese
Rye Crust
Fish Tale Brew Pub
Mini Banger Brioche Slider
Bavarian Mustard Sauerkraut
Smoked Salmon
Cucumber Chips with Caviar
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Hama Hama Oyster Shooter
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Apple Cider Braised Pork Slider
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Hawaiian Sweet Bun
Walla Walla Sweet Onion Tartlette
Apple Wood Smoked Monteillet Chevre Mousse
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Thyme Cracker
Le Cordon Blue
"Massaged" Salt Cured Salmon
Oven Roasted Tomato Salad
Sweet Onions
Root Vegetable Chips
Blue Cheese Gougere's
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Red Wine Poached Pears
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Herbed Goat Cheese
Roasted Sweet Potato
Smoked Pork
Sundried Tomato Orange Chutney
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Cabernet Poached Pear
Apple Tart
Mango Glaze
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Chicken and Wild Mushroom Ragout
Bittersweet Chocolate Cup
Grilled Prawns
Cranberry and St Michelle Cabernet Salsa
Mini Chopped Salad
Wild Boar Sausage
Satsuma Pomegranate Vinaigrette
Italian Savories
Apple Wood Smoked Salmon
Raspberry Cream Cheese
Beechers White Cheddar Crackers
Braised Local Honey Crisp Apples
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Toasted Hazelnut Apple Toffee
Tuna Poke Nachos
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Togarashi Wontons
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Spicy Mango Coulis, Crushed Macadamia Nuts
Dynamite Prawn Roll
Panko Breaded Prawns, Togarashi Mayo
Maple Soy Reduction and Sriracha Mayo
Mango, Avocado, Cucumber
Wasabi and Pickled Ginger
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Made by hand in from a variety of flavors
Delicious hand formed truffles
Heritage Fruit Pies
Mini apple and berry crumble top pies
Taylor Shellfish Farms
West Sound Technical Skills Center
Chocolate Fountain
A Variety of Dipping Fruits
Carters Chocolate & Ice Cream
Soft Creamy Truffles
Infused with Washington State Wines
Pike Brewing Company Ale
Two Snooty Chefs Spices
Classic Liqueurs, Nuts and Fruits
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Blue Cheese Bruschetta
Apple and Sage Compote
Crispy Crab Cakes
Mustard Aioli
OlyWa Macs
Coconut Macaroons
Local Beef Liver Rillettes
Spruce and Sea Salt Cracker
Pickled Forest Mushroom
Garlic Tahini Hummus
Roasted Red Pepper and Kalamata Olive
Mini Pork and Local Oyster "Dog"
Petite Puff Pastry Bun
Curry Aioli and Sweet Chili Chutney
Tony's Ice Creations
Amazing Ice Sculptures
Scarlet Dragon
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Cedar Hot Smoked Salmon Slider
Skagit Valley Slaw
Seared Prawns
Herb infused Savory Panicotta
Skagit Raspberry Almond Chocolate Dipped Petit Four
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House Cured Salmon Shooter
Potato-Apple and Dill Garlic Cougar Cheese Salad Honey and Lime Chantilly Cream
Stuffed baby potatoes
Black Pepper and Chive Cheese Cougar Cheese
Wagyu Beef Tartar
Cured quail egg yolk and fried capers
Dungeness Crab leg prosciutto enrobed
Goat cheese on Savory Short Bread
Trout Almandine
Croustade w/ Remoulade
Crawfish Cakes
Quail egg crispy scallions
Galantines of sage Hen
Pomegranate sauce
Hazelnut incrusted halibut cheeks
Chickpea puree Smoked tomatoes and Walla Walla onion - pancetta slaw
Pan fried Washington State Qullicine Oyster
Roasted sweet corn-jalapeńo fritter, Jicama cilantro slaw
Carving Station
Carved Cured Leg of Lamb
Lamb Legs mini steamship style w/ custom Herbed Dollar rolls, huckleberry sauce, pickled red onion, apple olive tapenade, Garlic Horseradish Aioli
King Salmon in Puff Pastry
Watercress and butter sauce
Assorted Miniature Pastries:
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Filled with organic apples American Cheddar Cougar Cheese
Chocolate Macaroons
Rosemary infused white chocolate mousse Fresh raspberries
Demi Tass Chocolate Cup
Espresso ganache topped with Kahlua cream
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Mini Cheese Cakes
Cherry Port sauce