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Veteran activist John Minto said the police are generating a climate of fear with armed police wearing black face masks following yesterday's anti-terror raids.
"It looked like something out of Star Wars," Mr Minto said.
He said the police have a role to protect the community but their reaction has been "completely over the top".
He said the arrested activists have been charged with criminal offences but the terrorism act should not have been evoked.
"This is wanna-be terrorist fighters, these guys," he said.
Mr Minto said the police have put an "exit strategy" in place and the terrorism charges will not see the light of day.
"They're already saying it will be the Attorney General who will make that decision, despite the fact they've had 15 bloody months to make that decision," Mr Minto said.
Police Commissioner Howard Broad has cautioned against "jumping to conclusions" until the police have weighed up whether there was sufficient evidence to get the consent of Solicitor-General David Collins for charges to be laid under the Suppression of Terrorism Act.
One left-leaning commentator who says he has links to political activist movements, has backed the police.
Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury said on one blog site that he had been talking to people in the activist community and was concerned that the activities of some "clowns" could lead to a backlash from the wider public.
"If the allegations as I understand them are true, this country is about to get very, very, very angry," Mr Bradbury said.
"Though I don't believe for one moment what will be revealed is anything more than stupid arrogant boasts... middle New Zealand will recoil in horror."
Mr Bradbury said he believed the police had been right to be concerned.
"There is going to be outrage when the full story gets out the likes of which talkback has never dreamt of," he said.
Elsewhere on anarchist websites and independent media blogs meetings and protests were being against what they described as continuing repression by the state.
Assistant Police commissioner Jon White said today there was a provision in the Terrorism Suppression Act that it was not to be used against people engaged in domestic activity.
While, there was no designated terrorist organisation in New Zealand, police had been involved in the operation for a long time and had sought legal advice, he said.
"This is not about targeting legitimate protest at all," he said.
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U.S.: Will The Latest Oil Shock Bring A Barrel Of Woe?
Corporate America's response to weaker demand will determine the damage
Remember the Soft Patch? That's how Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan referred to the consumer-led slowdown in the second quarter. The good news is the ground under the economy firmed up nicely during the third quarter, led by a strong rebound in household spending. The bad news: With oil at $55 per barrel, the record first hit on Oct. 15, get ready for Soft Patch II, playing at locations across the nation this winter.
As in the second quarter, consumers will have prominent roles in the sequel. Their spending will get pinched again in the fourth and first quarters, thanks to the double whammy of higher gasoline prices and home-heating costs. Gas jumped to $2.04 per gallon in mid-October, only 2 cents shy of the May peak.
Global growth also is showing the impact of the oil shock. On the plus side, barring any major new supply disruptions, slower global growth -- especially in China -- seems likely to relieve some of the upward pressure on prices this winter. But until that occurs, the slowdown overseas is curbing demand for U.S. goods. Slower export growth and the impact of pricier petroleum on imports are widening the trade gap, creating another subtraction on overall economic growth.
These drags from $55 oil will work to reverse the momentum so evident over the summer. Economists, on average, expect the Commerce Dept.'s Oct. 29 report on real gross domestic product to show the economy grew at a robust annual rate of 4.2% last quarter. But forecasters have been revising their numbers for this quarter's growth downward. The latest Blue Chip Economic Indicators survey has an average fourth-quarter forecast of 3.7%, down from a 4.1% clip projected in July.
Bear in mind that the economy is in no danger of stalling out -- or worse. Many key economic indicators appear to have begun the fourth quarter at a high level compared with their third-quarter averages, including retail sales, which jumped in September.
Moreover, several production-related data would be stronger if not for September's hurricanes. The Fed noted the weather's impact when it reported a slim 0.1% rise in industrial output last month. And despite a 6% drop in September housing starts, new building permits rose slightly. All this means the numbers on payrolls, production, and housing are set to rebound in October.
THE CRUCIAL QUESTION is whether the current real GDP forecasts, already down from July, may be revised even lower. The answer depends greatly on the response of Corporate America. Companies, flush with cash and in excellent financial condition, weathered the first soft patch well. They maintained a solid pace of capital spending and inventory growth. They even continued to hire, although at a reduced pace. The business sector's spring performance is what made the second quarter unfortunate for the recovery, but hardly worrisome.
The two areas to look for signs that oil is landing a blow: capital spending and hiring. And so far the business community seems to be rolling with the punches. Morgan Stanley's monthly survey of its industry analysts in early October shows that among the companies they canvass, more businesses are hiring in October, and that more plan to hire over the next three months than in September. The survey also reports a slight increase in the number of companies who plan to hike their capital spending. Other data, such as orders for capital goods and first-time jobless claims, support these findings.
HOWEVER, A MAJOR DRIVER of future business decisions will be the trend in demand. Here is where oil will have significant impact. In the third quarter, households bounced back from the spring spike in gas prices. September retail sales jumped by 1.5%, thanks to strong car buying. Even excluding vehicles, sales were up 0.6%. The worry is that such solid increases will be hard to repeat this quarter and next.
Real household income is growing only about 2% this year. Job growth has to speed up to well above 150,000 a month to lift wage and salary growth to a rate strong enough to sustain a healthy 3%-to-3.5% pace of consumer spending. And it's not clear job gains will reach that pace. Already, measures of consumer sentiment sagged in early October because of worries about jobs and oil.
In addition, economies worldwide have had to cut back on other spending to pay for costlier energy. As a result, weaker global demand is dragging down U.S. exports at a time when a weaker dollar and U.S. productivity gains should be making American-made products more attractive overseas.
Instead, exports are the main vulnerability in the trade outlook. Since May, when energy prices began to soar, the dollar value of exports has flattened out. The level is in sharp contrast with the 17.3% gain of the previous year. The slowdown is evident across most regions, especially in the emerging economies of Asia.
After adjusting for price changes, goods exports in August were up 10.8% from a year ago. That's down from May's 13.9% clip and it's below the 14.9% gain in imports over the past year. Worse still, further weakening looks likely. The Institute for Supply Management's survey of purchasing managers found fewer companies reporting gains in export orders in September, the sixth monthly drop in a row. The reading was the weakest in 17 months.
AT THE SAME TIME, the high price of oil coupled with strong demand here for materials and capital goods has pushed up U.S. imports. In August a one-time payment for Olympic broadcasting rights also added to the 2.5% gain in imports while exports were basically unchanged. As a result, the trade balance widened sharply to $54 billion, from $50.5 billion in July.It's important, however, to note that oil cuts two ways on imports. Yes, it's boosting the nation's total overseas bill. But since American consumers are devoting more of their budgets to energy, they are spending less on other goods, and that includes imports. From May to August, the price-adjusted imports of nonauto consumer goods fell by 3.6%. Consumer-goods imports have not fallen for four months in a row since 1995.
At the Fed, oil is starting to command increased attention. In a speech on oil and the economy on Oct. 15, Greenspan said that costlier imported oil had already shaved about 3/4 of a percentage point from U.S. growth so far this year, adding, "the risk of more serious negative consequences would intensify if oil prices moved materially higher." He went on to say such a move seemed unlikely, although the world will have "to live with the uncertainties of the oil markets for some time to come." For now, it appears that this most recent oil slick has caused the economy to lose some of its footing.
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More than 200 Penn State Behrend engineering students got the chance to show off their work today at the school's Richard J. Fasenmyer Engineering Design Conference.
The conference, held in the Jack Burke Research and Economic Development Center, included presentations on inventions like a one-handed wheelchair steering system and a timing system for an autocross racecourse.
The Barber National Institute funded the wheelchair project -- a ratcheting mechanism with a differential and a disc brake.
Students in Behrend's school of engineering must complete a yearlong capstone applied-design project. The best projects are featured at the conference, which is named for the late Richard J. Fasenmyer, founder of RJF International Corp.
John Twerdok, senior business line executive for digital simulation products at Autodesk, was the featured speaker at the conference.


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New Reports Chart Offshore Wind's Path Forward
As the United States prepares to enter the global offshore wind market, what opportunities and challenges lie ahead? The answer to this question, among many others, is explored in two new reports released December 12 by the Energy Department.
The reports—Offshore Wind Market and Economic Analysis and U.S. Offshore Wind Manufacturing and Supply Chain Development—provide detailed assessments of the economic and energy potential of our nation's nascent offshore wind industry. Part of the Department's national offshore wind strategy, these reports are among a suite of tools designed to assist offshore wind project developers and industry stakeholders. For the complete story, see the Energy Blog.


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Thanks go out to Forest Grove High School and Evergreen Curling Club members Bruce Joncas, Steve Liske and Doug Schaak who teamed up to acquire dozens of donated lockers for ECC's new dedicated curling rink. Bruce Joncas is the Project Engineer for a $32 Million renovation project at the Forest Grove High School. When the project called for the removal and disposal of several hundred lockers, he thought of ECC and asked if we would like some FREE lockers for our new club. We jumped all over that, as full-sized lockers of this type typically run about $150 to $200 new.
"These are sturdy lockers that will serve us well for a long, long time," said Doug.
Yesterday (Saturday, June 23, 2012), Doug and Steve joined Bruce to remove the lockers and transport them to a temporary storage facility. From 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, the three of them worked hard as they dismantled, carted, sent down an elevator, carted some more, transferred, transported, unloaded and placed into storage: 28 full-sized lockers (5′ tall), 14 half-sized lockers and 84 cubby-hole lockers. They also set aside 20 more full-sized lockers that we hope to transport directly to Evergreen's Greentree location later this summer.
Way to go guys, for thinking of ECC! With a little help from our members, keeping their eyes open for opportunities like this and lending a hand, we'll be well on our way to building a dedicated curling club that we'll all be proud of!


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Chelsea's Premier League title hopes suffered a body blow after John Terry's own goal handed Crystal Palace a shock 1-0 win at Selhurst Park
The Eagles, who were sprightly throughout, edged a lively first half that should have seen them awarded a penalty for Gary Cahill's foul on Yannick Bolasie in the box. Chelsea's only chance of note in the first half fell to Andre Schuerrle, who couldn't convert Cesar Azpilicueta's cross under pressure from Joel Ward
Palace's moment came seven minutes into the second half when Ward's cross was flicked over Petr Cech and into his own net by captain John Terry
Chelsea threw everything at Crystal Palace and came closest to scoring when Eden Hazard was denied by a fine reaction save from Julian Speroni. The home side were unlucky not to add to their lead when Jason Puncheon came a whisker away and Cameron Jerome hit the post
Ultimately, Chelsea lacked the guile to unlock a spirited Palace defence and while Palace celebrate a giant stride towards safety, Chelsea will be ruing a day when the title race swung in Manchester City and Liverpool's favour.
18' CHELSEA CHANCE - Chelsea break down the left through Azpilicueta, who leaves Mariappa in his wake and picks out Schuerrle, but the German can only stab it wide under pressure from Ward.
26' PALACE CHANCE - Mariappa threads a pass through to Puncheon, whose powerfully drilled cross reaches Bolasie, who struggles to bring it under control before striking the side netting.
30' PALACE PENALTY APPEAL – Big shouts for a penalty kick as Cahill goes through Bolasie and appears to foul the Palace forward. Nothing given, and the home fans are raging.
52' GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Chelsea! Palace have the lead courtesy of a fine finish by John Terry! The Chelsea man flicks Ward's cross into his own net.
62' PALACE CHANCE – Jerome plays in Puncheon, whose shot whistles past the far post.
74' CHELSEA CHANCE – Massive chance for Chelsea and it falls to star man Eden Hazard. The ball finds its way into the path of the Belgian 10 yards out, but Speroni is quick to narrow the angle and pulls off a fine reaction save.
75' OFF THE POST! So nearly 2-0 Palace as Jerome skips through and goes one-on-one with Cech, but Jerome can only find the base of Cech's post.
This was Crystal Palace's first win over Chelsea since 1990, when Ian Wright scored the winning goal.
Going into this game, Palace had the worst record in London derbies of any Premier League club, winning just three points from seven capital clashes.
Having gone six games unbeaten away from home in the Premier League, Chelsea have now lost their last two on the spin.
Are Chelsea's title hopes over? Not quite, but almost. This was a game Jose Mourinho's side had to win to keep the pressure on Manchester City, but they and Liverpool are now one win away from leapfrogging the Blues.
Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) There were a few standout performers for Palace, with Adrian Mariappa the best of all of the heroes in the back line. But Puncheon's verve, energy and desire to cause Chelsea problems meant he was the thorn in their side.
CRYSTAL PALACE: Speroni 8, Mariappa 8, Dann 7, Delaney 7, Ward 8, Dikgacoi 7, Jedinak 7, Puncheon 9, Ledley 7, Bolasie 7. Subs: O'Keefe 7, Murray N/A, Parr N/A
CHELSEA: Cech 7, Ivanovic 7, Azpilicueta 7, Cahill 5, Terry 5, Matic 5, Luiz 6, Lampard 5, Schuerrle 5, Hazard 7, Torres 5. Subs: Oscar 7, Salah 7, Ba 5.
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The early Decca and Pye Tunes and various compilations of them. "I Dig Everything", "London Boy" and "The Dream Anthology". I don't hate any of these albums they just do nothing for me."Why Can't People Go Through life without Comparing their own to anyone elses ?"
No, just a few I don´t like much...http://www.dreamwater.net/music/serenity/
I find the Deram Anthology very amusing and I love it...They'll just cut our wrists like cheap coupons and say that death was on sale today...
Up until a few weeks ago, I hated Tonight. I never listened to it, and I even sort of denied its existence; "Loving The Alien" and "Blue Jean" were just random singles to me. Recently, however, I was inspired to listen to it again, and I've found, much to my surprise, that I quite like it. It's nowhere near the top of the heap, for sure, but it is indeed very enjoyable to me now. So the only album that I dislike more than like at this point is 'hours...', and I still couldn't say I hate it. And 15 years down the road, I might actually decide I like it more than I thought I did. - So, what you're saying is that you manipulated me.- Yes, exactly.
I think that hours... just had really high expectations and most people are just diappointed in it...compared to other Bowie albums it can appear kind of boring...but standing on its own it's pretty good...They'll just cut our wrists like cheap coupons and say that death was on sale today...
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"The Dream Anthology".
I know you meant to say The Deram Anthology. Go back and listen to The Gospel According To Tony Day. That's one of my favorite Bowie songs from the 60's. Love And Anger ~ KB
It surprises me that so many around here dislike "hours". To me it is a very good album, belongs to his best work in the 90s. Far better than "Outside" or "BTWN". Same level as "Buddha", and "Earthling", though it is very different from those more adventurous pieces. "Still have some good tunes in me" the Man said about "hours", and he has proven himself dead right. Great singing, good songs, less intrusive than the pseudo-intellectual non-sense named "Outside" and far more inspired than the rather dull middle-of-the-road-singsang we partly find on "BTWN". Had to be said.
I was surprised too by the critics on hours... It lived up to my expectations when I bought it. I had read before it was more "old school" Bowie, which I liked very much. Outside and Earthling were very good, but these relaxed songs about real people on "hours..." were very welcome. I really can't see why anyone would hate it, or think it's one of Bowies worst.God doesn't care if I'm good
There are alot, I mean alot, of Bowie albums I cannot stand. I can be picky when it comes to music, very. Some of the albums I don't like are Young Americans, hours..., Let's Dance, and I really don't understand why everyone things S2S is so great. I like some of the tracks, but it seems so dull.Just my two cents. I feel the early 70s albums make up for the others I dislike. Masturbation can be fun so join the holy orgy kama sutra everyone!
aaaaaaah once again i love Tristan...I LOVE the gospel according to tony day...that song is so sleezy or something...i don't know what it is...it's just really cool...They'll just cut our wrists like cheap coupons and say that death was on sale today...


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A Slidell woman wearing a memorial shirt for her deceased sister attempted to check into a hospital using her deceased sister's name to utilize her benefits and avoid paying medical bills, police said.
The investigation began Tuesday when police said they were called to Slidell Memorial Hospital on reports that 26-year-old Diondre Jones checked into the hospital using her sister's name, Delores Jones. Diondre Jones used her deceased sister's birthday and Social Security number, police said.
Diondre Jones was treated by the hospital staff, but when they went to enter the name that she had given, an error popped up that read, "Date of Death Precedes Date of Service," police said.
Diondre Jones was stopped in the parking lot by a Slidell police officer and questioned about her identity.
"They must have gotten the name from this shirt," Diondre Jones told police and pointed to her shirt, police said.
Diondre Jones was wearing was a memorial shirt for her deceased sister. However, she eventually gave the officer her real name.
Officers arrested Diondre Jones on one count of medicaid fraud and an outstanding attachment for failure to appear in court on a previous arrest.


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Scrapping Kaliningrad's Paper Tiger
Russia decided today to suspend the deployment of Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad exclave that were supposed to be targeted at U.S. missile defense facilities in northern Poland. It is the first sign Russia is giving something in return for the U.S. scrapping of the missile shield in Central Europe – and it is a move that cost Russia absolutely nothing.
Already on Jan. 28, as Russia tried to show a pragmatic face soon after the inauguration of U.S. President Obama, it inadvertently admitted that there had been nothing but words behind the plan to put new NATO-targeted missiles in its exclave encircled by NATO members.
When one Russian news agency that day quoted a defense official as saying that Russia was scrapping its Iskander plans for Kaliningrad, a rival agency went to another high-ranking military source who said: "The Russian Defense Ministry has made no practical measures to deploy Iskander systems in the west of the country."


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ACROSS GEORGIA -- Governor Sonny Perdue signed a new law that means tougher penalties for people involved in dog fighting, even if they're just watching.
When Kelly Hart shops for her five dogs, she gets nothing but the best. In fact, that's what they get all the time.
"Human food; they sleep on the bed with me. I can't say no. I can't yell at them really," Hart said.
She says all animals deserve to be well taken care of, and that's why she's so against dog fighting.
"Humans, they fight, they get paid, and they get rewards. The dogs just die. They die slow, painful deaths and it's not right," Hart added.
Now, Georgia is tightening the leash on dog fighting, with a new law. It has tougher penalties for those involved and some say they have former Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Michael Vick to thank.
"It brought it to the forefront of people's minds," Hart said.
A judge sentenced the football star to 23 months behind bars. Since the case, some states have signed tougher laws.
With Georgia now one of those, it may mean good things for the Augusta area.
"There have been a few suspected cases, just haven't been able to prove them," said Diane Downs, Richmond County Animal Services director.
Diane Downs says dog fighting cases were hard to prosecute under the old law, like one from August 2007, when 14 dogs were taken from two homes in Richmond County. Deputies suspected they were being trained and used for dog fighting, but the owners couldn't be convicted under the old law.
"Very difficult if you don't see the animals, you know, fighting as part of the ring," Downs said.
But under the new law, anyone who owns, sells, or trains dogs for fighting faces a felony. The old law never specified dog fighting as a felony at all.
Now, even people who are caught watching dogs fight will be guilty of a crime.
It's all something Hart says will help man's best friend.
"They're things you've taken responsibility for, and half of the people wouldn't treat their children, their houses, or their cars the way some people treat their dogs," Hart said.
The law also says that anyone who bets on or advertises dog fights will face a felony.
The first conviction carries a fine of no less than $5,000 and one to five years in jail.
The law also specifies that it does not apply to dogs used for hunting, competitions, and shows.


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MARTINSBURG - Representatives of the West Virginia Division of Energy were in Martinsburg Friday for the last of three hearings they held throughout the state to get public comments on the draft of the West Virginia Energy Plan.
"In Huntington, the focus was on coal," Jeff Herholdt, director of the Division of Energy, said before the hearing. "In Morgantown, it was natural gas and here, we expect the focus to be renewable energy."
He was exactly right. Renewable energy, in particular solar energy, dominated the public's comments.
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From left, Jeff Herholdt, director, W.Va. Division of Energy; Tom S. Witt, professor emeritus of economics, WVU College of Business and Economics; Cal Kent, Ph.D., Lewis Distinguished Professor of Business, Marshall University College of Business; and Christine Risch, director of research, Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research, present the state's draft five-year energy plan at a public hearing in Martinsburg on Friday.
When the Division of Energy was formed by legislation in 2007, it was charged with writing five-year energy plans for the state. The legislation specifically mandated the plans look at fossil fuels, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
As mandated by the legislation, the energy plan is a comprehensive study of those three segments for the state as a whole. The legislation does not compel the plan to take West Virginia's regional diversity into consideration.
In the draft plan for 2013-17, a report prepared by members of the Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research concludes that solar energy on an industrial level is not going to be a strong component of the state's mix of energy resources.
The draft report states "that there are few reasons to expand state-level incentives for grid-connected solar energy or to mandate production of solar-powered electricity given the current state of technology."
Christine Risch, director of research at Marshall's CBER, helped to prepare the draft report and presented it at Friday's hearing. She said the report concluded that the state should maintain current policies toward solar energy, such as tax credits for installing solar panels, and continue to monitor developments in solar technology.
Residential use of solar energy might be the best use of that resource in West Virginia, the report found.
Also, because there is no manufacture of solar panels in West Virginia, it does not add to the economic development of the state, according to the report.
Some of the about 20 people who attended the hearing wanted to know why the state is not doing more to encourage use of renewable energy; what could the public do to encourage the state to do more with renewables; and why the state is not trying to create jobs through renewable energy development.
There also were five speakers with MTV Solar, a solar energy installation company in Morgan County.
John Christensen, who is associated with MTV Solar and advocates for solar energy legislation at the West Virginia Legislature, said the state should work to develop solar panel production.
"We should attract a solar manufacturer," he said. "We should offer incentives to attract solar manufacturing like we do with other industries. We need to level the playing field. It would create thousands of jobs."
Risch's presentation also covered biomass energy, such as ethanol produced from corn; wind energy; and landfill gas and waste to electricity.
The energy efficiency segment was presented by Cal Kent, Ph.D., Lewis Distinguished Professor of Business at Marshall's College of Business.
Tom S. Witt, professor emeritus of economics with the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics, presented the report on fossil fuels.
Comments will be taken through Friday online at www.wvcommerce.org/energy/energyplan. Copies of the draft reports also are available at that website.
Herholdt said after the hearing that the public comments from the hearings would be synthesized and the final draft would be delivered to the Legislature for lawmakers' consideration.
He added that the turnout for all of the meetings was less than he expected.
"This was the most contentious of all the meetings," Herholdt said of the hearing in Martinsburg.
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Guys I don't ask for much help but I need a hand I'm trying to find so parachute cord to make my drift wights is there a certain kind I need for. 1/4oz lead or is it all the same thanks
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This thread is devoted to all those moments in videogaming where you've desperately wanted to yell "CHEAP!" - where you've felt cheated, like circumstances were against you, or fate simply conspired to see your fate.
Whether or not it's dodgy tactics, cheating computer opponents or rubberbanding racers, what makes you yell, "LOL CHEAP!!"?
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I'll get the ball rolling by saying - when you're playing an FPS on single player, and your enemy is open to attack.
You go into your scope and line up a headshot - then they INSTA-HIDE.
Erm not entirely in tune with this 'CHEAP' business but maybe when you are playing a shooter that has endless waves of respawning enemies, forcing you to advance at certain points. When you don't realise they respawn you can waste literally hours killing people and there's still always the question at the back of your mind whether the enemies will stop spawning at some point..
In Mario Kart when you're winning by a country mile and the computer inexplicably catches up to you on that last lap, turning up with a succession of Blue Shell, then tripe Red Shell. AAARGH
Whether it be Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy, Sephiroth is such a cheap **** with ''Heartless Angel''(brings you down to 1 HP and is unavoidable.)
Unless you act super fast, he then hits you before you can heal yourself and finishes you off.
And of course, his life bar which is at least 23 times bigger than your own.
When you see "[Pokémon] is confused! It hurt itself in its confusion!" more than twice in a row
When playing Team Fortress 2 and there's a savagely efficient spy on the other side.
It's not really cheap at all... but it still drives me insane!
To get the obvious one out the way, that moment of immunity Final/Last Stand grants in COD games that gives your opponent the window of opportunity to win a gunfight they lost two seconds before.
Pokemon gym leaders when the rotten bastards use potions, fight properly!
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Pokemon gym leaders when the rotten bastards use potions, fight properly!
Enemy Pokemon getting consecutive critical hits. Now thats cheap!
When in Battlefield 3 you get killed by bullets that follow you around a corner because of client-based hit detection and lag, as if ruining the entire franchise by trying to emulate CoD wasn't bad enough.
When in W: EE when an enemy rushes shedloads of T-34 tanks down the centre of the map at you and your advanced 1980s MBTs somehow crumble before them - thankfully I don't suffer from this anymore, having developed fool-proof ways of beating such nuisance zerg rushes
When a game won't let me have sex with the main character's love interest
Sports games where you'll dominate the computer all game, and then in the last minute they'll run through and shurg off any attempt at a tackle and score.
Escort missions where the person being escorted can be killed. Ala Metro 2033, you're easily killed? The enemies are numerous and powerful? I've specifically set myself up to play as a stealth charcter? Oh, I see, because of you're retarded AI you're just going to charge at them. That's cool. *quickload* *repeat*
People who use their keepers as Pro's.
Picking Barca and Spain every game.
Scoring Jew goals.
Quitting in the first 5 minutes.
Could probably write a whole list for MW3 catering for noobs but mainlyeathstreaks, dead silence and assassin ******s.
Sawed off shotguns (GOW3)
Sweaty FIFA goals are CHEAP!
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Whether it be Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy, Sephiroth is such a cheap **** with ''Heartless Angel''(brings you down to 1 HP and is unavoidable.)
Unless you act super fast, he then hits you before you can heal yourself and finishes you off.
And of course, his life bar which is at least 23 times bigger than your own.
in all honesty though, i was just happy i finished the damn thing (kingdom hearts)
Age of Empires:
The AI magically knows exactly where you are.
If you start everyone with 0 resources, they actually start with some anyway.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
The USAS shotgun. 'Nuff said.
Call of Duty:
In the single-player when your allies are in a HUGE firefight with a bunch of enemies, you are hiding behind a concrete wall, you pop your head just three inches above cover and you get shot to pieces with accuracy that could win gold in the shooting.
When there's one mine left to uncover and there's a fifty-fifty chance you could get blown up. The game's only flaw if you ask me.
Warcraft 3:
In BF3 multi player when you're killed by a Jet or an attack helicopter. IT'S SO DAMN ANNOYING. Don't those mofos have bigger fish to fry.
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High Tide: From FCPA Hearing Analysis To Compliance Comics
A roundup of corruption-related news from Dow Jones and other sources.
Lots of analysis of Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on the FCPA. Find some here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here (pdf). (Main Justice, Mike Volkov, Financial Fraud Law, FCPAProfessor, FCPA Blog, FCPA Blog, Talking Points Memo, Financial Task Force, Global Financial Integrity)
FIFA questioned Executive Commitee member Chuck Blazer after complaints by Caribbean soccer associations. Blazer sparked the investigation that led to the suspension of FIFA vice president Jack Warner and Mohamed bin Hammam, who was challenging Joseph "Sepp" Blatter for the FIFA presidency. More here and here. (SKY Sport, BBC Sport, ESPN Soccernet)
A Russian army officer was convicted of taking bribes from someone in his command to receive passes to leave the unit. Among the bribes he received? A Yorkshire terrier puppy for his girlfriend. (Moscow Times)
Who knew? Compliance professionals, long known as the sticklers for rules at a company, can be funny. Video here, and more here. (Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Compliance Building)
Summer's coming but the FCPA scene is already hot. (Securities Docket)
Let's get forensic: The latest in a series on internally investigating a possible bribe. (thebriberyact.com)
Some more about Hillary Clinton remarking on the effects of bribery. (i-Sight)
BBC4 runs a report about blogging against bribery in India.
Korean prosecutors said a former lawmaker allegedly took $27,700 in bribes from the vice chairman of a corruption-laden savings bank. The lawmaker, Suh Gap-won, denied the allegations, saying he never met the vice chairman. (Korea Times)
A Singaporean soccer bookie pleaded not guilty to six charges of bribing six players to fix a President's cup match. (Belita Walayah)
Indonesia's KPK questioned a suspect in the South East Games bribery case on separate corruption allegations. (Jakarta Post)
The International Monetary Fund urged action on the failed Kabul Bank. (Complinet sub req)
Money Laundering:
Hasan Lawal, the former Nigerian minister of works, and eight others were granted bail as they face a 29-count charge of money laundering and misappropriation of state assets. (234Next)
Criticism from U.S. senators prompted Bitcoin exchanges to offer cooperation against money launderers. (Complinet sub req)
Jersey reportedly failed its OECD review. (Financial Task Force)
Pressure is growing on India to bring black money stashed overseas back within its borders. (Christian Science Monitor)
Stuart Levey talks about the complications of providing Libyan frozen assets to the rebels. (NPR)
U.S. oil companies lobbied hard in 2008 for waivers to do business in Libya despite a law signed early that year that allowed victims of terrorism to seize assets of countries found liable for the acts. (Bloomberg)
An open letter from informants demanded the rescission of a transparency award received by President Barack Obama. (Guardian)
Peter Unger, a partner at Arent Fox, sat down for an interview to discuss the new SEC whistleblower rules. (Main Justice)
Government must accept the reality of a media culture willing and eager to publish secrets, the Congressional Research Service said. (Secrecy News)
General Anti Corruption:
An Indian activist who went on a hunger strike in February to protest against illegal mining died in a hospital in northern Uttarakhand state. (BBC)
Nigerian pastors are as rich as oil barons, a researcher told the BBC.
South Korea's cracking down on corruption. (Korea Herald)
A poll in the Czech Republic found that seven-in-10 people think corruption is the biggest problem facing the country. (Prague Monitor)
A family wants $5 million back from lawyers, saying the only reason they won their case was they bribed a judge. (Courthouse News)
The jury in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will continue its deliberations. (CNN)
European Union police in Kosovo said they raided the offices of a ministry that oversees minorities and refugees, and seized materials allegedly connected to corruption allegations. Two homes and an office of a private company were also raided; no arrests were made. (Canadian Press)
Transparency International said the U.K. government is complacent about corruption. (Guardian)


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A statement about the film, 'House of Numbers,"
by people who appear in it
We are writing to state our strong objections to 'House of Numbers' and the agendas it promotes. We consider the film as being harmful to the best interests of the general public and, in particular, people with HIV infection or at risk for acquiring it.
We all appear in the film, having granted interviews to its Director, Mr. Brent Leung, during the period 2006-2008. Mr. Leung was deceptive in his interactions with us. He informed us that his film was intended to present the true history of AIDS research, and an accurate summary of the science of HIV infection. He also told several of us that he intended the film would expose and counter many of the myths about HIV and AIDS that have been promoted by a small clique of individuals we refer to as "AIDS denialists".
The reality is that his film does none of those things. Instead, it presents the AIDS denialist agenda as being a legitimate scientific perspective on HIV/AIDS, when it is no such thing. His film perpetuates pseudo-science and myths.
AIDS denialists individually or collectively promote several notions that have no basis in science or the facts. Among these views are that HIV either does not exist or is harmless; that therapies for HIV infection are themselves the cause of AIDS; that drug abuse causes AIDS; that HIV was created by the US government to kill Africans and African-Americans as an act of genocide; that diagnostic tests for HIV infection do not work. None of these beliefs is true. AIDS denialism has caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of South Africans, and many more individuals in the USA and other countries. For more information on the dangers of AIDS denialism and the damage it has caused, we encourage you to review material posted at http://www.aidstruth.org .
The scientific facts are: HIV is a natural virus that entered the human population from chimpanzees many years ago. HIV diagnostic assays are highly accurate and reliable. Untreated HIV infection eventually kills most of the people who acquire it, by causing AIDS, but anti-retroviral therapy dramatically prolongs the lives of those who have access to it. While good nutrition is important for general health and well being, it is not sufficient to prevent or treat HIV infection and it cannot cure AIDS. For accurate sources of information on these central points, please refer to material posted at the following sites:
We have viewed the film's trailer, and we are aware of reports about the film's contents that are circulating on the internet after Mr. Leung gave an advance showing to AIDS denialists (a courtesy he did not extend to us). We believe that 'House of Numbers' presents some of our views out of their proper context. By editing our interviews to suit his preconceived agenda, Mr. Leung attempts to portray AIDS scientists as divided and disorganized, and he seeks to present legitimate differences of scientific opinion on various aspects of HIV/AIDS in a way that disguises the wider and more substantive points on which we all agree and which we have stated strongly, here and elsewhere (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v406/n6791/full/406015a0.html).
'House of Numbers' is an inaccurate portrayal of the truth about HIV and AIDS. Mr. Leung persuaded us to take part in it by acting deceitfully and unethically. None of us would have agreed to be interviewed for the film had we known it would promote the AIDS denialist agenda, and include members of that small clique as participants of supposedly equivalent credibility.
We register our protest about 'House of Numbers' out of respect for the millions of people who have already died from AIDS. This film could cause more unnecessary deaths, if any of those who watch it are persuaded that it is not necessary to reduce their risks for acquiring HIV infection, or take the appropriate therapies if they do become infected.
Donald Abrams, MD - Professor, University of California San Francisco
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, PhD - Professor, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
David Baltimore, PhD - Professor, California Institute of Technology
Niel T. Constantine, PhD - Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
Robert C. Gallo, MD - Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
Hans R. Gelderblom, PhD - Professor, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Harold Jaffe, MD - Professor, University of Oxford, UK
Claudia Kücherer, PhD - Robert Koch - Institute, Berlin, Germany
Daniel R. Kuritzkes, MD - Professor, Harvard University, Boston
Reinhard Kurth, MD - Professor, Robert Koch - Institute, Berlin, Germany
Jay Levy, MD - Professor, University of California San Francisco
Joseph B. McCormick, MD - Professor, University of Texas School of Public Health
John P. Moore, PhD - Professor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
Nancy Padian, PhD - Professor, University of California Berkeley
Peter Piot, MD - Professor, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
Robert R. Redfield, MD - Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
Robin A. Weiss, PhD - Professor, University College London, UK


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Err ... About that Specter-Bush Eavesdropping Deal…
Posted on Jul 13, 2006
Looks like we were a little too hasty on this one. We had blogged that Sen. Arlen Specter had introduced a bill that would require Bush to get court approval for his NSA wiretapping programs.
Turns out that's not the case. Specter's bill would merely give Bush the option of bringing his program before a court—which Bush should have done in the first place. Think Progress and AMERICAblog have the details.
1. So Specter's "landmark" legislation will give Bush the ability to do what he can already do under current law - go to the FISA court so that they can decide whether Bush's domestic spying is legal. So that "breakthrough" is irrelevant.
2. And just as important, the legislation will not force Bush to submit his domestic spying to the courts, as the article leads you to think, it only give Bush the option of going to court, if he wants. And why in heaven's name would Bush "want" to do that? That's a bit like repealing the murder statutes and replacing them with legislation that makes murder legal unless the murderers choose to turn themselves in.
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Typical Specter. The guy's all smoke and mirrors. His performance chairing a Senate committee recently revealed the real Specter, slime and all. Attorney General Gonzales was before the committee to answer questions about government spying and as is usually case someone in that position is sworn in first. Specter did a Rumplestilskin act, said no, and that was the end of it. One would think that an officer of the court and the biggest muckamuck lawyer in the country would be sworn in as a matter of course. The result? The Gonzales testimony was a sham - or is that scam.


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- How far should a South Bay BART extension go?
With the controversial BART-to-San Jose ballot measure clinging to a slim margin of victory, opponents have filed a lawsuit to block certification of the Nov. 4 election results and compel the county registrar's office to conduct a recount.
The court challenge will be heard in Santa Clara County Superior Court on Monday morning, one day before the deadline to certify the final election tallies.
In the suit, filed the day before Thanksgiving, the nonprofit Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund insists the public is entitled to a 10 percent manual recount of Measure B votes, and would be getting such a recount already were it not for a quirk in state law.
The lawsuit, which names Secretary of State Debra Bowen and county Registrar Jesse Durazo as defendants, also seeks an injunction to prevent the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Office from certifying the Measure B election results until the manual recount is complete.
"All we have to do is find one invalid vote per precinct that got counted as a yes and the measure goes down," said David Schonbrunn, president of the nonprofit transportation fund.
Schonbrunn's environmental group has long pushed for improved bus and train service between San Jose and the East Bay that would be far less costly than the proposed BART extension. He said proponents have declared a hasty but perhaps sloppy victory.
"This is so close that they were way too premature in popping Champagne corks," Schonbrunn said. "We are entitled to this 10 percent recount, so that's why we filed suit."
Carl Guardino, president of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and leader of the Yes on Measure B campaign — which pushed for the one-eighth-of-a-cent sales tax to help fund the BART extension — said the lawsuit is a waste of county resources.
"The registrar does an excellent job; every vote was counted," Guardino said. "It's not like it's five votes, this is a 2,000-vote margin."
Guardino added that "the real shame" of the lawsuit is that it will drain attorneys and staff from county offices, "at a time when our county is tens of millions of dollars in the red and providing essential services to the valley's most vulnerable."
Although final election results have not yet been certified, the county registrar reports that in final tallies, 66.78 percent of Santa Clara County voters cast ballots in favor of Measure B — a 0.11 percent margin of victory. California election law calls for a manual recount of 10 percent of precincts only when the margin of victory is less than 0.5 percent on election night.
But for ballot measures, the newly defined regulations state that the margin of victory is the difference between yes and no votes — not how close the vote was to the two-thirds approval needed to win. While Measure B appears to have passed by just 0.11 percent, the margin between yes and no votes is more than 30 percent.
The special regulations for ballot measures were adopted by the secretary of state on an emergency basis Oct. 20.
But the environmental nonprofit and co-plaintiff Lowell Grattan of the No on Measure B campaign, say that when those regulations were written, "no one had thought about close contests for ballot measures requiring a supermajority of 55 percent or 66.667 percent."
Schonbrunn and Grattan describe their suit as preserving the "constitutionally guaranteed rights of equal protection and due process for everyone that voted against Measure B."
Schonbrunn said he has launched the recount fight in large part to battle Measure B, which "never made any sense economically." Public transit needs will be ill-served by digging tunnels for BART when there are cheaper ways to get people out of cars, he added. "That's why we think it's important enough to go to court on this."
Assistant Registrar of Voters Elaine Larson would not comment on the claim, but said the County Counsel's Office would be in court Monday to respond. Because the postelection manual-recount requirement that is now in question has only just been instituted, this is the first challenge of its kind in the county.
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ConstructionEdit This Entity
- 1.0 - Introduction
- 2.0 - Basics
- 3.0 - Building Equipment
- 4.0 - Room Construction
- 4.1 - Garden
- 4.2 - Parlour
- 4.3 - Kitchen
- 4.4 - Dining Room
- 4.5 - Workshop
- 4.6 - Bedroom
- 4.7 - Skill Hall
- 4.8 - Games room
- 4.9 - Combat Room
- 4.10 - Quest hall
- 4.11 - Menagerie
- 4.12 - Study
- 4.13 - Costume Room
- 4.14 - Chapel
- 4.15 - Portal Chamber
- 4.16 - Formal Garden
- 4.17 - Throne Room
- 4.18 - Oubliette
- 4.19 - Dungeon rooms
- 4.20 - Treasure Room
- 4.21 - Level enhancements
- 5.0 - Servants
- 6.0 - Heraldry
- 7.0 - Racks and Hidey-holes
- 8.0 - Training Strategy
- 9.0 - Frequently Asked Questions
- 10.0 - Related Guides
You have the option to build up to 32 different rooms; these rooms range from Gardens to Dungeons, allowing you to make each to your own personal liking. Some of these rooms are very useful and unlock features that are exclusive only to player-owned houses. A prime example is the ownership of a marvellous Gilded altar, which allows a player to offer bones to the gods, getting 350% of the normal experience compared to simply burying them.
Within this skill, you will use items such as: Wooden planks, Limestone, Nails, Soft clay, and many kinds of other building materials to create furniture, doors, windows, and other decorative features.
While training your Construction skill, you are building, maintaining, and adding to your very own personal house. You can have a great time decorating and furnishing your own piece of RuneScape architecture.
The Estate Agents are located in the cities of Varrock, Falador, Ardougne, and Seers' Village. At each of these locations you will find an Estate Agent. If you have not already purchased a house, he will sell you a basic house and a plot of land to build on for 1,000gp. This initial package includes a garden and a parlour with basic wooden walls and an exit portal. By default, your house will be in Rimmington (See '2.2 - Entering a House' for details).
Later on, when you obtain a higher Construction level, the Estate Agent can change the wall type and/or the location of your house for a small price. Zenevivia's dark stone style is only available after completing the Love Story quest.
|Basic Wood
|Basic Stone
|Whitewashed Stone
|Fremennik-Style Wood
|Tropical Wood
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|Zenevivia's dark stone *
* - requires completion of the Love Story quest
Each house can be located at a certain portal around RuneScape. When a house is first created, its default location is at the Rimmington portal; however it can be moved by speaking to the Estate Agent. When you 'Enter' a portal you will be given the following options.
|Go to your house
|If you enter your house in this mode you will not be able to build in it. You must enter your house using this mode if you wish to allow other players to visit your house.
|Go to your house (building mode)
|In this mode you will be able to make changes to your house but guests are not allowed in. Please note that you can enter/switch-out-of building mode when you're in the house. See the building mode section under basics for details.
|Go to a friend's house
|Enter the name of the other player and you will be taken to their house provided they are in it and they allow guests. Please note that the owner of the house can expel their guests any time they wish.
When you achieve level 40 Magic, you will gain the ability to cast the House teleport spell. This spell requires 1 Law, 1 Earth and 1 Air rune. The teleport itself gives you the ability to teleport directly into your house without the need to run to and from your portal. This spell can either take you into your house, or outside of the portal in which your house is situated. You can also toggle between normal viewing mode, or building mode. Both of these depend on your selected house options under the Settings menu in-game. (more details in section 2.3)
The 'House Options' menu is located in the regular RuneScape options tab which is marked by the wrench icon. The house options menu allows you to take control over your house in a few different ways. The menu will allow you to:
- » Turn building mode on/off.
- » Change your House Teleport location (inside or outside the House Portal)
- » Expel all guests from your house.
- » Leave your home.
Using this house options menu, and the options listed below you can control what happens within your house. You already know that visitors cannot access your house when you are in building mode and that you can expel all your guests at once using the option within the menu. Here are two more ways to control your house and it's guests:
|House Portal
|To stop all other players from entering your house you can simply press the 'Lock' option on the portal. When you are ready to allow guests again into your house, you can unlock this portal.
|Private Chat Toggle
|When this button is set to ON there is no restriction to who can enter your house. When set to FRIENDS only your friends can enter. Having it OFF is the same as locking the house portal. People on your ignore list cannot enter your house regardless of which mode you are on.
From reading the above sections, you already know that you can access the building mode directly from the portal and from the 'House Options' menu and by standing outside your portal. After you have logged on, the first time you enter building mode, you will be required to enter your Bank PIN if you have one. This is to prevent people who have managed to access your account, from deleting any your rooms.
Please note: Guests cannot visit your house when in building mode. If there are guests in your house when access building mode, they will be automatically expelled.
After you have entered building mode, the following steps will allow you to build furniture.
- When you enter building mode, 'hot spots' will appear in all the rooms of your house, these will appear as large white outlines of what the object in that spot should be. If you right click on an empty hot spot, you will be given the option to build on it. In the right click menu, select 'Build' to begin building your furniture.
- A menu will appear displaying the furniture you can build on that hot spot. To build something, simply click on it, provided you have the required level and materials. If you don't, an 'X' will appear over the item.
- If your nails don't break, the furniture will be automatically built and will be ready for use.
- To remove a piece of furniture, simply right click on it in building mode and select 'Remove.' A confirmation screen will appear, assuring that it was not accidental.
Adding additional rooms to your house is easy. It does however, cost money, so in order to build any new rooms, you need cash in your inventory while building them. In order to build a new room, simply right-click on the door spot you wish to build onto during building mode. Next click 'build'. This will open up a new window in-game showing a list of different rooms you are able to build with your Construction level.
In order to remove a room, simply right click on one of its doors, from the outside of the room and click remove.
Building new levels must be done in combination with staircases. To build up a single level, you must build a staircase directing upwards in one of your rooms. If you try to go up this staircase in building mode, it will ask you if you would like to build a room above.
Please note: Quest halls and skill halls are the only rooms which support staircases above ground.
You can also add rooms below the ground level of your house. To do this, build a staircase downwards from a hall in your house. When adding a room below your house, you now have the option to build a dungeon room (with stairs) in addition to the quest and skill hall options.
Overall, you're allowed to have a total of 3 different levels. You can have a basement/dungeon, a ground floor, and one floor above ground.
There are only two tools you will need in Construction. Please note that you will need a hammer and a saw when building almost anything in your house. The main exception to this is plants, which requires a watering can.
|Obtained from any General Store. Needed for all building activities.
|Obtained from the Construction Supplies shop. Needed for all building activities.
|Watering Can
|Obtained from any Farming Shop. Needed to plant bagged plants.
The most common materials used in Construction are planks. For a fee, the Sawmill operator north-east of Varrock, in the Lumber yard, will cut your logs into planks. The types of logs he will cut into planks are: Normal Logs (100gp), Oak (250gp), Teak (500gp) and Mahogany (1500gp). While there isn't an initial difference between them, the more expensive planks will build better furniture and give more experience.
Another material that is sometimes used in this skill are nails. Made from Smithing, nails come in a variety of metal types from Bronze all the way to Rune. All nails will have the same effect on your furniture, however rune nails are strongest and will rarely break while the weaker bronze nails tend to break quite often when trying to construct something. Note that they are only often used during the initial stages of training Construction, and as a result, stockpiling large amounts of these is not recommended.
|See Description Above.
|See Description Above.
|Steel bar
|Used for making metal furniture. Made from smelting with the Smithing skill.
|Bolt of cloth
|Used for curtains, beds, rugs etc. Bought from the Construction Supplies shop.
|Soft clay
|Used for low levelled furniture. Use a pickaxe to mine from an ore rock that contains clay to obtain it's hard form. Then use a clay ore on any water source to make soft clay.
|Limestone brick
|Used for medium levelled furniture. Bought from the Stonemason shop, and also in Razmire Builders Merchant shop. You can also mine limestone north-east of Varrock (on the way to Canifis) and use a chisel to make the bricks.
|Marble block
|Used for higher levelled furniture. Bought from the Keldagrim Stonemason shop.
|Gold leaf
|Used to make gilded furniture. Bought from the Keldagrim Stonemason shop.
|Magic stone
|Used for high levelled magical furniture. Bought from the Keldagrim Stonemason shop.
|Bagged plants
|Bought from the Garden Centre shop.
Each subsection will outline the requirements and main features for each room. This includes the hotspots as well as any special uses for each room. You may only get the key items back from the following pieces of furniture: Guild Trophy, Castle Wars/Rune/Mithril/Adamant Armour, Mounted Sword. Unfortunately, all other key items from other furniture are unredeemable if you remove them.
During Construction you will find there are certain items of which will increase your Construction level temporarily, this is often handy when you want to build something in your house that requires a higher Construction level than you own. In the following section you will be informed as to which item will increase your level by how much and how you acquire those specific items.
These levels can be stacked along with the Crystal saw.
In order to make tea you will need to:
- Get a kettle, teacup and teapot from their shelves.
- Retrieve tea leaves from the Larder then use the tea leaves with the teapot.
- Fill the kettle from a water source within the house.
- Use the kettle on the stove once boiled use the kettle with the teapot.
- Use the teapot with the teacup and you have your tea.
You also need to have completed the sub-quest for Evil Dave during the Recipe for Disaster quest. The dungeon of which you obtain the spices is located in Edgeville in the small house just behind the bank once in the house use the trapdoor to get down into the dungeon where Evil Dave should be, you will also need to take your hell cat, as the spices are obtained by catching the Hell rats (Overgrown hell cats do not catch rats). There is a chance of the stew failing. However if you succeed to create the correct stew you will gain 6 Construction levels the stew's boosting levels are completely random, if you successfully make one it may increase your level by 6, however it does have a chance of failing when eaten and decreasing your level by 6. When combined with the Crystal saw, this will give you an overall increase of 9 levels. In order for evil Dave's stew to be successful you need to add 3 Orange spices to the stew. Wearing the Construction skillcape will also boost your Construction level from 99 to 100.
Stew and Tea cannot be stacked.
You can also use the Crystal saw during Sawmill training. The Crystal saw will not use any of it's uses during the training and will give double the amount of experience per plank made, it will not however give double the reward upon completion of the order.
If you destroy or loose the saw you can speak to Brimstail to get it back.
A servant can be obtained by going to the Servants Guild which is just north of the Ardougne marketplace. To own a servant, you must have at least two bedrooms (with any bed built in each) and the appropriate Construction level required to hire the servant. Each servant can do different tasks, though the higher level servants have more functions than the lower level servants. Servants, after completing 8 tasks, will ask to be paid their wages of the same amount as when you hired them. This can be paid from Coins in your inventory or bank.
After completing the Love Story quest, the fees of hiring and maintaining servants will be reduced. Refer to the table below for the prices after completing this quest.
All servants now have a 'fetch-from-bank' option, making it easier and quicker to get them to bring more supplies for you. For instance, if you have recently asked them to bring supplies, you can use the option to ask them to bring more of the same item. This significantly speeds up the training.
Another way of using your Servant is to carry noted Logs in your inventory. You can then use the noted Logs on your servant and use the option to un-note them. Once your servant returns and gives you the logs, you can send your Servant to get them made into Planks. This does take longer, as your Servant needs to make 2 trips, but it does cut the cost of training by a fair amount.
Servants will also follow you at all times, unless otherwise instructed.
|Cost (in GP)
|Carrying Capacity
|Service Provided
|Reduced *
|Serves Shrimp
Takes items to and from Bank
Welcomes visitors to House
|Serves Stew and Cups of Tea
Takes items to bank and from bank faster than Rick
Welcomes visitors to House
|Serves Pineapple Pizzas and Cups of Tea
Takes items to and from bank faster than Maid
Takes wood to sawmill and gets Planks
Welcomes visitors to House
|Serves Chocolate Cake and Cups of Tea
Takes items to and from bank faster than Cook
Takes wood to sawmill and gets planks faster than Cook
Welcomes visitors to House
|Demon Butler
|Serves Curry and Cups of Tea
Takes items to and from bank faster than Butler
Takes wood to sawmill and gets planks faster than Butler
Welcomes visitors to House
* - the cost of hiring a servant is reduced after completing the Love Story quest.
Heraldry gives you the ability to show off your own family crest by painting the crest on Steel full helms, Rune full helms, Steel kiteshields, and Rune kiteshields; you can even make a large banner displaying your family crest! All of the pieces of the heraldic armour and even the banner can be worn around and shown off. You might be thinking to yourself, "I want to show off my family crest...but how?" Well, it's pretty simple. All you need to do is talk to Sir Renitee in Falador Castle and he will tell you your family heritage. If you don't like the family crest that he gave you then you can change it for a fee of 5,000 coins. Your family crest will then appear throughout your house and on the heraldic armour that you create.
Building hidey-holes and racks will allow you to build stations that hold the items needed for crossbow shortcuts and rope pulls. A hidey-hole will provide a shortcut with a crossbow and grapple, while a rack stores an infinite supply of Ropes. They only need to be built once, and the experience attained is one-off; it is only awarded once. As with regular furniture, you will need a Hammer and Saw to build them. A Sacred clay hammer can double the Construction experience gained when building these.
In the beginning, it is fairly easy to level up. If you want to level up as fast and cheaply as possible, duelling rings and house teleport tablets are recommended. Start by going into the parlour room and create 3 crude wooden chairs by clicking on the chair 'hot spots'. The requirements for creating them are 2 planks and 2 nails per chair. You should now have a construction level of 3. This may give you the impression that Construction is an easy skill, but the higher your level, the harder it becomes due to the increased number of actions needed to increase your skill level.
After you have created 3 crude chairs, you must now remove them. To remove them, simply right click on the chair and select the option 'Remove chair'. A confirmation check will appear in your chat window ensuring that you want to remove said item, click yes. After you've removed the chairs, you must now rebuild them. Repeat this process until you have run out of planks. A fast way that many players use to build and remove chairs quickly is standing by a single chair building and removing only it.
Once you have run out of planks, teleport to Castle Wars (by using a Ring of Duelling) and quickly run to the bank. Withdraw a full inventory of planks, then teleport to your house, which requires 40 magic to teleport to your own house. Now start building crude chairs and removing them. Repeat this process until you have used up your 96 normal planks. By the time you have used up 122 normal planks or created 61 crude wooden chairs, you will have reached 19 Construction.
Alternatively, once you reach level 3 Construction you can go right up to Falador and mine plenty of clay, then go buy a bucket at a general stores and make a clay fireplace until level 10, then make ponds in a garden. This is slightly less expensive and some believe it to be easier from level 3 until 17. A third method is when you become level 5 Construction make decorative rocks in your garden until you wish to switch to something else. Decorative rocks take 5 Limestone bricks and give 100xp each so its 20xp per Limestone brick. Another method is, upon reaching level 8 Construction, creating wooden chairs. Wooden chairs require 3 planks, and 3 nails to create.
Once you are level 19 construction, you will now have the ability to create a workshop. I highly suggest creating a workshop as close as you can to the portal. To create a workshop, you must be in building mode. Click on a door 'hot spot' to add onto your house. It requires 10,000 gold to create a workshop. Once you have created a Workshop, you must now create a wooden work bench which requires 5 Planks and 5 Nails. You will now be spending most of your training time constructing on the workbench. The great thing about this work bench is that you can create flatpacks of almost any furniture. These flatpacks are also tradable to other players that might want to buy and add to their own home.
So by now you should have used up all of your normal planks, meaning you will be using Oak planks from this point on. The great thing about Oak planks is that you wont have carry any more nails because they do not require any type of nails to build, and you get more than twice the amount of exp for your money.
At this point, you should be making flatpack oak chairs. Use the teleport method to restock on your supplies and bank your flatpacks because they are a waste of space.
Usually at level 20, people tend to hire Rick the butler. In terms of time and money, this is incredibly inefficient, considering that Rick only serves food, greets guests, and carries six items to and from the bank. Wait until you are level 30 before you hire a servant. Once you reach 30 Construction, it is wise to hire a Cook because she has the ability to run your logs to the Sawmill. If you have your cook run to the Sawmill, she will ask you money for the Sawmill's fee. The same rule applies for the Butler, and the Demon butler. As you upgrade your butlers, the butler will be faster in turning your logs into planks. The Cook, Butler, and Demon butler each have a max limit on the amount of logs that each can carry. The Cook can carry up to 16 logs at a time, the Butler can carry up to 20 logs at a time, and the Demon butler can carry up to 26 logs at a time. The time it usually takes the Cook to turn your logs into planks is 15 seconds, 10 seconds for the Butler, and 5 seconds for the Demon butler. As time goes on, your servants will ask you to pay there fee. The Cook will ask for 3,000gp, the Butler will ask for 5,000gp, and the Demon butler will ask for 10,000gp. With a newly added feature, you can now have your butler go to the bank and get the money for you.
Note: Servants can be hired in Ardougne, north of thieving stalls.
Once you have reached 32 Construction, you will have the ability to make Carved oak tables at your workbench. The requirements for making these tables is 6 planks. Carved oak tables are found under the dining tables icon when creating flatpacks. You will be able to make up to 3 Carved oak table flatpacks at a time, and will have 5 Oak planks left over. With the remaining 5 Planks, create 1 Oak chair, and 1 Oak arm chair which will use up all the Oak planks in your inventory. You use the teleportation method when needed.
Strategy: Alternatively if you wield an Air staff and have a saw, hammer, law runes and earth runes in your inventory for Camelot and home teleport. You should have 24 inventory spaces for oak planks so of course you can't use a butler to get your planks but it is quicker making 4 carved tables than 3 tables plus 2 chairs. What you do is teleport to Camelot, withdraw 24 oak planks, teleport to your house, flatpack 4 carved tables then repeat.
Another commonly used process is to use the Oak larders technique. To start the process, it requires to have 33 Construction, lots of Oak planks, a kitchen room, and a servant of a cook or higher. To start, first go to your house in build mode. Tell your servant to get Oak planks from your bank. Go to your kitchen, once your servant comes back with your Oak planks, tell the servant to return back with more Oak planks. Then build a Oak larder in the larder's hot spot (each time you build a Oak larder, it requires 8 planks). Next, you must remove it and build another oak larder until you are out of planks. Your servant should be back now with more oak planks for you to build more Oak larders. Once your servant is back, command the servant to bring back more Oak planks. Repeat this process until you are satisfied. This method gains no revenue, so any money you invest in gaining experience will be lost.
Keep repeating this process until you reach 40 Construction, then upgrade your servant to a Butler. After that, go back to creating Carved oak flatpacks until you reach 50 Construction. If you want to continue past 50 Construction, it is suggested that you use this method until you are satisfied with your level.
A cheaper method is to make Decorative Rocks (5 Limestone bricks) at 100exp per (20 exp per Limestone brick). This could save you a fair bit of money even if it takes you slightly longer. Mining your own Limestone and turning them to bricks means you can either do bank runs or only spend money on servant wages.
If you have a Butler and a Dungeon and are using Oak planks, it is recommended that you build Oak dungeon doors. Have a normal butler bring you 20 Oak planks at a time and while he is fetching the planks, you have time (if you're fast) to build and remove 2 doors. This method brings you far more experience than the Oak table method. You do not need a bell because as soon as the Butler gives you the planks you send him out for more.
A: It is south of the lumber yard, north-east of Varrock. You must talk to the Sawmill Operator to turn your logs into planks.
A: 100gp for Normal Logs, 250gp for Oak Logs, 500gp for Teak Logs, and 1,500gp for Mahogany logs.
A: Players usually level on oak larders for a few reasons, as it's fast, good experience and the money amount you lose isn't that big. Although you have to go to the building mode, it's still better than using workbenches.
A: As soon as you have constructed in your kitchen a larder, a sink, a stove and shelf, you can make tea. The tea gives a construction bonus of +1 up to +3 depending on your current type of shelf. If you've done the Recipe for Disaster Evil Dave sub-quest, you can create the Evil Stew of Doom. Add 3 doses orange spice to a stew to get a bonus on construction which will be between -6 and +6. If you've done the Eyes of Glouphrie quest, you will have received a crystal saw. It adds +3 to your construction. You can combine the Tea OR the Evil Stew of Doom with the Crystal Saw, making the maximum bonus +9 on top of your Construction level. However the saw bonus is only applicable to constructing furnishings, NOT building rooms, buying monsters etc.
A: The way to formulate this is subtracting half of your smithing level from 100, then dividing it by 100 times the normal repair cost at Bob, so the mathematical formula would be [100-(Smithing Level/2)]/100 * Normal Repair Cost.
A: If you delete a room, you will lose all items in that room. There is no way to get them back either, so deleting a demon throne room is not advisable.
A: You'll need soft clay and the runes for the spell you need. Click on your lectern and make the spell you require.
A: Yes, you can use a Sacred clay hammer to train Construction. You will receive double the experience as well.
A: Long and curved bones are special bones dropped by monsters that drop big bones. If you take them to Barlak in Dorgesh-Kaan, he will pay you some money per bone, and give you construction xp for them if your construction level is over 30. (1000gp and 1500xp for long bones, 2000gp and 3000xp for curved bones).
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KEWANEE -- Deloris Frances Tollison, 64, entered this world on July 11, 1939, in Risco and departed peacefully on March 13, 2004, at her residence.
Ms. Tollison was a proud and devoted mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. She was a dependable person and a loyal friend to many. She was affectionate and quick to offer a hand, hug and a sympathetic ear. She possessed an outgoing personality and cared about her family and friends.
A housewife, babysitter, cook and certified nurse assistant throughout her lifetime, she loved caring and helping others. She enjoyed reading her Bible, attending church, talking about God, going to yard sales and flea markets, cooking and sewing and working in the garden. She was proud to be an American.
Ms. Tollison attended Calvary Pentecostal Church in Collinsville, Ill., for many years. She enjoyed organizing fund raisers and dinners. Two of her most noted fund-raiser dishes were peanut brittle and chocolate-covered pound cake eggs. In 2001, she moved to Kewanee and became a member of the Lilbourn United Pentecostal Church.
Her parents, Jack and Pauline Knight Pipkin; her brother, Roy Pipkin; son-in-law, Virgil Robertson Jr.; and a dear friend, Dave Kelemete, preceded her in death.
Survivors include eight children: three sons and two daughters-in-law: Johnny and Sharon Tollison of Kewanee, Kenny and Evelyn Tollison of New Madrid and Paul Tollison of Collinsville; and five daughters and three sons-in-law, Paul and John Proffitt of Lebanon, Ill., Crystal and Michael Epley of Williamsville, Sarah and Curtis Baumgartner of Collinsville, Abigail Tollison of Jefferson City and Rebekah Tollison of Troy, Ill.
Other survivors include: 11 grandchildren and their spouses, Paul and Jackie Tollison, Kendra Tollison, Brooke Tollison, Taylor Tollison, Melissa and Keith Canovi, Virgil and Chasity Robertson, Clayton Epley, Proffitt Epley, Joshua and Kim Epley, Rebekah Epley and Autumn Baumgartner; three great-grandchildren, Madison Canovi, Katelynn Canovi and Logan Tollison; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Emma and Charles Steward of South Haven, Miss., Mary and Donald Holt of Granite City, Ill., and Joan Pipkin of Kewanee; five brothers and sisters-in-law, Jackie Pipkin of Rector, Ark., Kenneth and Sue Pipkin, Edgar and DeeDee Pipkin, George and Donna Pipkin and Ronnie and Phyllis Pipkin, all of Kewanee. Many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and friends also survive.
Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Lilbourn United Pentecostal Church with the Revs. Terry Russell and Darrell Pollock officiating.
Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery at New Madrid.
Memorial contributions may be made to
Calvary Pentecostal Church
2118 S. Morrison
PO Box 142
Collinsville, IL 62234
Lilbourn United
Pentecostal Church 417 S. 4th St.
Lilbourn, MO 63862
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