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Good morning, central Pennsylvania. Here's what's going on:
People are talking about the state's Voter ID law, which requires people to show certain types of photo identification before their votes count. The Republicans who pushed for the law says it'll stop voter fraud; Democrats say it's an attempt to lean the November election toward Mitt Romney by disenfranchising poor and minority voters.
The fate of the law now rests in the hands of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices. They are being asked to decide if voters must show a valid photo identification to cast a ballot.
Jan Murphy writes about who those justices are and what to expect.
ICYMISomeone was shot to death last night in Middletown. Early reports were that a man was shot while breaking into someone's Main Street home. The police investigation continues today.
Check Crime News for follow-ups today.
Meat Loaf will perform at the Hershey Theatre at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets are $65-$100.
Check out photos from the Mixtape Festival in Hershey over the weekend. Performers included NKOTB, Kelly Clarkson and LL Cool J.
The Pirates beat the Cardinals 6-3 last night in a six-hour, 19-inning game.
A biography of Joe Paterno goes on sale tomorrow. Read a review by John Luciew.


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I hope you are all having a good summer break. I'm writing because several of the school doors have been found open this week. Twice this week the front door has been found ajar. Someone is leaving the school thinking that they didn't unlock the front door so they just walk out but don't check to make sure the door latches. Leila came in Thursday afternoon and the front door was ajar.I left the school Wed around 1 pm and made sure the door was closed. So someone came in after I left and before Leila came in Thursday. The carpet cleaners finished Monday and the construction workers finished Monday. So it is most likely that it was a staff member that came in Wed afternoon or Thur morning. Doors were also found open earlier in the week (Monday & Tuesday). PLEASE make sure that any door you use is pulled closed. We have been very fortunate that we haven't had any problems inside the school as a result of the doors being left open. I know most of you aren't coming to the school so I'm sorry this is going out to everyone. I'm hoping whoever is coming in reads this and realizes the importance of checking the doors when they leave. Thank you for reading this and again I'm sorry for disturbing everyone.


text: Explore Kyushu Fukuoka Nagasaki Kumamoto Aso and the central highlands Beppu and around Kagoshima and around Yakushima Share In the early twentieth century Nagasaki became an important naval base with huge munitions factories, which made it an obvious target for America's second atomic bomb in 1945. Even so, it was only poor visibility at Kokura, near Fukuoka, that forced the bomber, critically short of fuel, south to Nagasaki. The weather was bad there too, but as the Bock's Car B-29 bomber flew down the Urakami-gawa at 11am on August 9, a crack in the cloud revealed a sports stadium just north of the factories and shipyards. A few moments later "Fat Boy" exploded. It's estimated that over 70,000 people died in the first seconds, rising to 140,000 from radiation exposure by 1950, while 75,000 were injured and nearly forty percent of the city's houses destroyed in the blast and its raging fires. Horrific though these figures are, they would have been higher if the valley walls hadn't contained the blast and a spur of hills shielded southern Nagasaki from the worst. An American naval officer visiting the city a few weeks later described his awe at the "deadness, the absolute essence of death in the sense of finality without resurrection. It's everywhere and nothing has escaped its touch." But the city, at least, did rise again to take its place with Hiroshima as a centre for anti-nuclear protest and hosts many ardent campaigns for world peace. Read More


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There's a lot of communication between Greg Kovacs and Lycoming's offensive tackles through the course of a game. It's a prerequisite of the Warriors' offensive line.
Kovacs, a senior tight end, and really an extension of Lycoming's offensive line, is used to working with new people. Lycoming head coach Mike Clark likes to be able to rotate in as many as three extra linemen through the course of the season.
So when a new season rolls around, there isn't much of a learning curve for Kovacs. He's already taken in-game snaps with the linemen starting each week.
"You know their tendencies, especially for double teams," Kovacs said during the team's media day last month. "I like being next to a tackle I've played with before."
Even in the need to replace a pair of starters on the offensive line, there's not many news faces in the group Kovacs will be working with when Lycoming opens its season Saturday against Brockport. Garrett Hartman, Matt Patterson, Casey Strus and Mike Chaput all saw significant time on the offensive line a year ago, and Matt Bloom is a junior who is starting for the first time.
There's some shuffling which took place to replace the losses of Cody Moyer and Andrew Wagner, but the pieces are very similar. Hartman has moved from right to left tackle after putting on nearly 30 pounds. Matt Patterson, who saw time as a freshman before a knee injury cut short his season, is atop the depth chart at left guard.
"You're not really starting fresh," Kovacs said. "It's not like a guy has never been in a game before. It doesn't matter if you're only in there every third series for three plays, you've been there and you know what it's like."
Clark, an offensive lineman in the late 1980s and early 1990s at Lycoming, works extensively with the offensive line and was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the group came together during preseason camp. The starting five never seems to be a concern for Clark, but developing depth is almost always an issue.
He's countered that problem by rotating in eight or nine offensive linemen throughout the course of a football game. When a change is needed, because of injury or graduation, there hasn't seemed to be a drop off in recent years.
"If you can get those guys in and get them experience, if they have to play more at least they have something to reflect and draw on," Clark said. "If you don't give them experience and then throw them in there, that's when you have problems. We don't have 10 offensive linemen we put in, but if we play eight, then that's good. It just benefits everyone."
They've added some size to the line this year with the addition of Bloom at right tackle who is 6-foot-4, 290 pounds, and Patterson who comes in at 273 pounds. Across the front, Kovacs included, the Warriors are averaging 8 1/2 pounds per man more than a year ago.
"The first couple years we never got Matt in the game a lot," Clark said. "But he wrestled in the winter and in the spring I said to Matt that this is a really major year for him. He's been really good and really dependable."


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'Star Trek' blasts off on DVD, but Oscar may have other priorities
Paramount Pictures threw what could only be described as an inter-stellar party tonight for the release of the new "Star Trek" DVD and Blu-ray.
Held at the historic Griffith Observatory in the Hollywood Hills, a majority of the film's cast were on hand to celebrate including the one and only Leonard Nimoy, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Karl Urban and Clifton Collins, Jr. (for those wondering, Chris Pine was shooting a movie and out of town). Director J.J. Abrams was also there for the festivities along with the original Chekov, Walter Koenig and, strangely enough, Jon and Daniel Heder. A few other awards prognosticators were around including In Contention's Kris Tapley, The Odd's Steve Pond and the LA Times' indie guru Mark Olsen. We're guessing the rest were enjoying the madness at the "New Moon" premiere across town. Their loss. The space was filled with sexy servers in Starfleet Academy uniforms and green make up serving Romulan cocktails (mixed with rum for those playing at home) and guests had an opportunity to take a guided tour of the Observatory. It was one of those events where time flies because you're having so much fun and the next thing you know, half the talent you wanted to talk to has already left the building. Oh, well.
As for Trek's continually discussed Oscar hopes, many hoped the advent of the new ten nominee system would sneak a popular and critical blockbuster like "Star Trek" into the mix, but that doesn't appear to be the case this year. Granted, "Inglourious Basterds" has a strong chance of making the field as well as the animated Pixar wonder "Up," but those hits have much more of a prestige pedigree than "Trek" does. Plus, let's be honest, as amazing a job Paramount has done in revitalizing the "Trek" brand, for many Academy members the stigma of what the franchise was may just be too hard to forget. That's why baring a dramatic turn of events, "Trek" will have to make due with more technical nods such as visual effects, production design, costumes, sound and (hopefully) best original score. And considering where "Trek" left off with "Nemesis" in 2002 that's leaps and bounds higher on the respectability scale.
Paramount is going to be incredibly busy anyway with what is shaping up to be two major year-end contenders with Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" and Peter Jackson's just completed "The Lovely Bones." And the priority for the Viacom division for "Trek" is making the movie a massive hit in home entertainment formats and providing revenue the company sorely needs to start off strong in 2010.
In the meantime, Trek fans shouldn't despair that the reboot isn't at the forefront of the Oscar race. Because everyone associated with the game will tell you that anything can happen on Oscar Nomination Tuesday. There is going to be a surprise amongst the ten this year. It's just too big a field for an upset not to occur. And considering how many of us didn't believe Abrams could pull off resurrecting "Trek" at all, maybe the movie will get the last laugh with pundits and the Academy. Maybe.
Relive the fun with "Star Trek" on DVD or Blu-ray today.
In the meantime, check out these "as good as it gets" iPhone photos of the spectacular display Paramount Home Entertainment mounted on the face of the Griffith Observatory Monday night.
For constant updates on awards season and entertainment news follow Gregory Ellwood on Twitter at Twitter.com/HitFixGregory


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Anyway, here's a "sneak peak" at the theme of the new 2008-09 schedule calendars. The full-size versions are finished and uploaded but I'd like to get the download page sorted out so I can actually track how many times these things get downloaded. I do notice some pretty huge spikes in traffic around the first of the month during the season.
The player photos will all be from the Stanley Cup celebration -- except for the highly likely possibility of a Hossa version, once some nice pics of him start showing up online.
Alas, Zetterberg does the October honors...
Sizes this year will be 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1280x800, 1440x900 and 1680x1050. 800x600 is getting dropped this year. (Also, the 4:3 ratio versions will have a larger blank area at the bottom where the brushed metal will continue down.)


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Scientists in Finland discovered that the low-expression variant of fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4), which is particularly common among Finns, reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. The team believes their work reveals a promising new way to customize a potentially preventive drug for atherosclerosis.
The study ("The Low-Expression Variant of Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 4 Favors Reduced Manifestations of Atherosclerotic Disease and Increased Plaque Stability"), which involved researchers at the University of Helsinki, the Helsinki University Central Hospital, the Wihuri Research Institute, and the National Institute for Health and Welfare, was published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics.
The finding indicates that people who have inherited the genetic variant reducing the expression of FABP4 from both parents have eight-fold lower odds for myocardial infarction than the rest of the population. The group also learned that patients with carotid stenosis who carried the protective gene variant suffered from brain ischemia three times less frequently than carotid stenosis patients without the gene variant.
"It could be that reduced cell stress in the stenosis, attenuated inflammation, as well as reduced accumulation of cholesterol and other lipids in the arteries help keep atherosclerosis asymptomatic among the gene carriers," explained Jani Saksi, a researcher in the molecular neurology research program at the University of Helsinki.
Tests on laboratory animals have previously shown that an orally ingested drug suppressing FABP4 activity effectively slows down the progression of atherosclerosis and even reduces existing stenoses. The phenomenon has not yet been studied in humans.
The Finnish study is the first to detect a link between the FABP4 variant and lower total cholesterol levels in the blood. The decrease in serum total cholesterol levels was the most pronounced in obese subjects who had inherited the gene variant from both parents. In fact, obese carriers of the gene variant show fewer clinical markers of early atherosclerosis and lower levels of stenosis than the rest of the population.
"Our results reveal FABP4 as a novel variant affecting serum total cholesterol levels and cardiovascular risk. A therapeutic regimen reducing FABP4 expression within the atherosclerotic plaque may promote lesion stability through modulation of ER stress signaling, and attenuation of apoptosis, lipid burden, and inflammation," wrote the investigators.
"These findings suggest that FABP4 could be a new potential target for drug development aiming to prevent lethal and disabling myocardial and cerebral infarctions induced by atherosclerosis," continued Saksi. "The inhibition of FABP4 activity, especially among obese people in the risk group for atherosclerosis, may prove to be an important method for reducing these individuals' risk for cardiovascular diseases."
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Starting April 3, 2000, John Kuo Wei Tchen will moderate an open discussion
on teaching Asian American history on the HISTORY MATTERS Web site
( http://historymatters.gmu.edu ). From the "Browse" page select "Talking
History" then select "Asian American History" under Spring 2000 Forums.
Professor Tchen will answer questions about teaching Asian American history
and lead a discussion on this topic among participants. The discussion will
focus particularly on approaches to teaching Asian American history in the
standard U.S. history survey course and suggestions for resources or
H-Net subscribers can participate in the forum from the Web site or via
e-mail as part of a listserve. To subscribe to the listserve go to the web
site and select "Join or leave list."
HISTORY MATTERS: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web is a new site that
serves as a gateway to the Web for teachers of the U.S. History Survey
course. It provides high school and college teachers (and their students)
a starting point for exploring American history on the Web, a large number
of first-person historical documents for use in the classroom, and a range
of teaching resources (sample syllabi, teaching assignments, and forums,
for example). A project of the American Social History Project/Center for
Media and Learning of the City University of New York and the Center for
History and New Media at George Mason University. This forum is sponsored
by the New York Council for the Humanities. The HISTORY MATTERS Web site
was created with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The site is an
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Industrial Partnerships
The Wyss Institute actively explores opportunities to develop close alliances with industry that may define new research directions and drive technology innovation. As global competition increases, the Wyss offers access to world-renowned researchers and clinicians collaborating in high-risk research at the same location, while our industrial partners help us to identify the highest value commercial applications. Our work spans multiple disciplines relevant to bioinspired material and device development, including programmable self assembly, biomimetic materials, directed evolution, and BioMEMS among others, which potentially minimizes capital investment and reduces technology risk for corporate partners in this new emerging area. To learn more, go to Industrial Partnerships.
Wyss Institute Director's Cross-Platform Challenges
The Wyss Institute Director seeks to launch new cross-platform collaborations at the Institute by providing funds for projects combining efforts and technical innovations from two or more existing Enabling Technology Platforms with the goal of birthing a new wave of bioinspired technologies. He also seeks to advance the Wyss Institute model of empowering individual scientists and engineers who look to translate their vision-inspired research into practical solutions to real-world problems through cross-platform collaborations. To advance these goals, the Director's office is offering two types of competitive awards to our community, Cross-Platform Grants and Cross-Platform Fellowships. To learn more, go to Wyss Institute Director's Cross-Platform Challenges.
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The ESSHC aims at bringing together scholars interested in explaining historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. The conference is characterized by a lively exchange in many small groups, rather than by formal plenary sessions.
The Conference welcomes papers and sessions on any topic and any historical period. It is organised in a large number of networks which cover a certain topic (e.g. criminal justice, family, social inequality, economics). The Conference fee will be Euro 160 for participants who pay in advance, Euro 200 for participants who pay at the conference. One day attendance will be Euro 80 for participants who pay in advance, and Euro 100 for participants who pay at the conference. The deadline for sending in a pre-registration form and abstract is 1 April 2003. The Fifth European Social Science History Conference is organised by the International Institute of Social History and the Humboldt University.


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Crisp white furnishings and shades of aqua blue give the feeling of a soothing spa in this bathroom. Add flowers, candles and a good book and you've got the perfect setup for some serious relaxing me-time. But what happens when the children take over? Take a look at this video to see.
The key to this bathroom's easy transformations is plenty of storage.
With the side table moved out of the way, there's plenty of room for some bath night fun with the kids. Out come the toys from their hiding place and in goes an anti-slip bath mat.
The secret to a great family bathroom is finding the right balance so you can share the space well. Make it easy for them to use, with room for their things and hooks at the right height, and they might even help with tidying up.
Store it all here
When it comes to creating a relaxing space, clutter is just no good. Keep things out of sight and you'll be halfway to chilled out already.
A tall cabinet provides plenty of room for bath things, lotions and towels. And a mirror cabinet is good for storing those things you use at the sink.


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How far can Trout take Angels in the second half?
It was bound to happen eventually.
When the Angels signed Albert Pujols to a 10-year contract last winter, it was likely with the knowledge that their top prospect, Mike Trout, would surpass Pujols at some point during that decade-long deal and become the most important player on the team.
Less than three months into their shared history together, that time might have come already.
It was Trout who went to the All-Star Game this week, not Pujols. It was Pujols whose miserable five-week start to his first season with the Angels helped drag the team deep into offensive dysfunction. It was Trout who sparked their rebound, leading them back into contention at the All-Star break.
And it will be Trout's continued dynamism in the second half that might prove most essential as the Angels try to return to the playoffs after a two-year absence.
"He's one piece," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said, unwilling to elevate the importance of any player – even one as preternaturally precocious as the 20-year-old Trout. "On the offensive side, there's been a lot of things (that brought the Angels back to life) and Mike is a big piece of that, with what he's doing at the top of our lineup and being a catalyst for us."
A big piece, indeed. Despite spotting the rest of the American League April as a head start, Trout leads the league in batting (.341), and stolen bases (26), is fifth in on-base percentage (.397), fourth in OPS (.959) and sixth in runs scored (57). At that pace, Trout will score 125 runs this season – the Angels haven't had a player score that many runs since Vladimir Guerrero (124) during his MVP season in 2004.
Those letters – MVP – have become increasingly attached to Trout's name as his impact has become obvious. In fact, one online betting site (Bovada) installed Trout as the 2-to-1 odds-on favorite at the All-Star break to win the American League's MVP award this season. Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton (who seemed to have the award won – not to mention the Triple Crown – back in May) is now 4-to-1.
Pujols is not among the nine American League players listed.
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"Coming to the ballpark, the only things on my mind are competing, having fun and winning games," Trout said, able to wield a cliché as easily as he steals bases.
Winning games is something the Angels have done a whole lot more often since he arrived from Triple-A and that has become a key part of the Trout narrative – the Angels were 6-14 when he was promoted from Salt Lake and have gone 42-24 since his arrival, the best record in baseball over that time.
Inside the numbers, Trout's impact is obvious. When he gets a hit, the Angels are 31-17 (a .646 winning percentage). When he gets more than one hit, they are 20-9 (.690). When he scores a run, they are 27-9 (.750). When Trout is in the starting lineup but doesn't score a run, they are 12-13.
Pujols has a similar set of numbers in his favor – the Angels are 23-9 (.719) when he drives in a run, 24-29 when he doesn't. But he didn't start driving in runs until Trout started getting on base in front of him. Pujols had just four RBI when Trout made his season debut on April 28. Eighteen of Pujols' 46 RBI since May 6 have been runs scored by Trout.
"Not too many people are more important than him," Angels outfielder Torii Hunter said recently, looking around the clubhouse and offering only Ernesto Frieri's value to the Angels' bullpen as comparable to Trout's overall importance.
"You go around the league and there's not many guys with that kind of impact. It's great to have a guy like that at the top of the lineup. We haven't had that leadoff guy to spark the offense since Figgy (Chone Figgins) left."
Asked directly if Trout has become more important to the Angels' second-half fortunes than Pujols, Hunter stays quiet for a brief moment before answering in the affirmative.
"He (Trout) might be the Most Valuable Player in the league," Hunter said. "I definitely think this kid is special. He's a five-tool player. There aren't many of those – (Pirates outfielder) Andrew McCutcheon, maybe a couple other guys and you've got this kid. ... Albert – he's going to the Hall of Fame. But he's never been a five-tool player."
Isn't it worrisome then that the Angels will head into the second half looking to run down the two-time defending AL champion Texas Rangers in the AL West or at the very least hold onto one of the two wild-card playoff spots with their fate resting so heavily on the continued brilliance of a player whose major-league experience is not much more than a half-season (104 games) and whose 21st birthday is still weeks away?
"I don't care how old he is as long as he keeps doing good," Angels right-hander Jered Weaver said. "He's advanced well beyond his years."
"No, that's actually a blessing," Hunter said of Trout's youth and inexperience with playoff-race pressure. "He's still at that age where he has all the energy in the world and can eat anything he wants.
"I'm not worried. He's doing great things. ... He's not coming up with a bunch of rookies. There are plenty of veterans in here. We can take the pressure off him. Albert can take the pressure off him. We can talk to the media. We can deal with the pressure. He doesn't have to. He's playing the game like a kid, having fun the way you're supposed to. He's like a kid in a candy store. I always tell him, 'Don't lose that. Don't make it a business yet.'"
Trout has gone hitless in consecutive games just three times since his promotion (including his first two games after arriving) and never more than two consecutive games. The closest he has come to 'slumping' was a 2-for-21 stretch in four games against the Dodgers and Diamondbacks in mid-June. The Angels split those four games but the offense clearly missed his catalytic properties, managing a total of only eight runs.
Scioscia acknowledges "you could go back, probably 50 years and count the guys on one hand that came up at such a young age and had this much of an impact on their team." Counting on so much from a player so young feels much less precarious when watching Trout perform on a daily basis across the past two months.
"We don't have a crystal ball," Scioscia said. "But Mike Trout has the talent to put up the kinds of numbers he's putting up. This isn't a fluke. ... I'm sure there are going to be rough patches. He's already had a couple, minor rough patches in the first half. There are going to be things every player has to deal with. Things are going to hit every player.
"As far as his production numbers, he's not playing over his head. He's just a young player who's playing to his potential."
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Johnny Isakson on Free Trade
Republican Jr Senator; previously Rep (GA-6)
Proponents support voting YES because:
Rep. RANGEL: It's absolutely ridiculous to believe that we can create jobs without trade. I had the opportunity to travel to Peru recently. I saw firsthand how important this agreement is to Peru and how this agreement will strengthen an important ally of ours in that region. Peru is resisting the efforts of Venezuela's authoritarian President Hugo Chavez to wage a war of words and ideas in Latin America against the US. Congress should acknowledge the support of the people of Peru and pass this legislation by a strong margin.
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
Rep. WU: I regret that I cannot vote for this bill tonight because it does not put human rights on an equal footing with environmental and labor protections.
Rep. KILDEE: All trade agreements suffer from the same fundamental flaw: They are not self-enforcing. Trade agreements depend upon vigorous enforcement, which requires official complaints be made when violations occur. I have no faith in President Bush to show any enthusiasm to enforce this agreement. Congress should not hand this administration yet another trade agreement because past agreements have been more efficient at exporting jobs than goods and services. I appeal to all Members of Congress to vote NO on this. But I appeal especially to my fellow Democrats not to turn their backs on those American workers who suffer from the export of their jobs. They want a paycheck, not an unemployment check.
After a month of debate the Senate passed a The Andean Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 3009) including language to grant the president trade promotion authority. With the unanimous support of all eight Republican Main Street Partnership Senators, H.R. 3009 passed 66 to 30. Included in the legislation is an expansion of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) providing a tax credit for 70% of the cost of health insurance purchased individually after losing employment as a result of a trade agreement. While the Senate maintained its pro-trade reputation by defeating amendments by Senator Kerry (MA) and Senator Byrd (WV) diluting Trade Promotion Authority, one amendment strongly opposed by Main Street remains in the bill. An amendment offered by Senator Dayton (MN) and Senator Craig (ID) would allow the Senate to remove from fast-track consideration any provision of an agreement that would limit US trade remedy laws. Main Street firmly believes that this negates Trade Promotion Authority entirely, and supports President Bush's veto threat should this language remain intact after a House/Senate conference.
The mission of the Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies is to increase public understanding of the benefits of free trade and the costs of protectionism.
The Cato Trade Center focuses not only on U.S. protectionism, but also on trade barriers around the world. Cato scholars examine how the negotiation of multilateral, regional, and bilateral trade agreements can reduce trade barriers and provide institutional support for open markets. Not all trade agreements, however, lead to genuine liberalization. In this regard, Trade Center studies scrutinize whether purportedly market-opening accords actually seek to dictate marketplace results, or increase bureaucratic interference in the economy as a condition of market access.
Studies by Cato Trade Center scholars show that the United States is most effective in encouraging open markets abroad when it leads by example. The relative openness and consequent strength of the U.S. economy already lend powerful support to the worldwide trend toward embracing open markets. Consistent adherence by the United States to free trade principles would give this trend even greater momentum. Thus, Cato scholars have found that unilateral liberalization supports rather than undermines productive trade negotiations.
Scholars at the Cato Trade Center aim at nothing less than changing the terms of the trade policy debate: away from the current mercantilist preoccupation with trade balances, and toward a recognition that open markets are their own reward.
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A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. The original act sanctioned the ruling military junta, and recognized the National League of Democracy as the legitimate representative of the Burmese people.
Legislative Outcome: Related bills: H.J.RES.44, H.J.RES.93, S.J.RES.41; became Public Law 110-52.
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Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's Survey of Economic Activity: Monthly Leasing and Finance Index
January New Business Volume Up by 21 Percent Year-over-year
Washington, DC, February 27, 2012— The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity for the $628 billion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for January was $5.1 billion, up 21 percent from volume of $4.2 billion in the same period in 2011. Volume was down 53 percent from December, following the typical end-of-quarter, end-of-year spike in new business activity.
Credit quality metrics continued to improve. Receivables over 30 days decreased to 1.9 percent in January from 2.1 percent in December. Charge-offs decreased to 0.5 percent from 0.7 percent in December.
Following an unusually high credit approval ratio in December, credit approvals returned to a more typical level of 77 percent in January. More than 71 percent of participating organizations reported submitting more transactions for approval during January, down from 77 percent in December.
Finally, total headcount for equipment finance companies in January decreased 3.0 percent from December and was down 3.0 percent year over year. Supplemental data show that the construction and trucking industries continued to lead the underperforming sectors.
Separately, the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation's Monthly Confidence Index (MCI-EFI) for February is 59.6, a slight increase from the January index of 59.0, indicating industry participants' optimism is steady despite a cautious outlook about the global economic situation in the coming months. For more detailed information on the MCI-EFI visit www.LeaseFoundation.org
ELFA President and CEO William G. Sutton, CAE, said: "January's increase in new business volume returned to a more typical growth pattern following a very busy end-of-year for many leasing and finance companies. The continued strengthening in financing volume and trend toward healthier portfolios provide clear evidence that the equipment finance marketplace is in the midst of regaining some of the momentum lost during the Great Recession."
Daniel McCabe, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, John Deere Financial, located in Johnston, IA, said, "The Agriculture sector continues to operate at very high levels and equipment sales and financing are robust. The construction sector is recovering from a deep recession beginning with increases in the rental fleet portion of the industry. Adequate liquidity and favorable interest rates will support further expansion of the business."
About the ELFA's MLFI-25
The MLFI-25 is the only index that reflects capex, or the volume of commercial equipment financed in the U.S. The MLFI-25 is released globally at 8 a.m. Eastern time from Washington, D.C., each month, on the day before the U.S. Department of Commerce releases the durable goods report. The MLFI-25 is a financial indicator that complements the durable goods report and other economic indexes, including the Institute for Supply Management Index, which reports economic activity in the manufacturing sector. Together with the MLFI-25 these reports provide a complete view of the status of productive assets in the U.S. economy: equipment produced, acquired and financed.
The MLFI-25 is a time series that reflects two years of business activity for the 25 companies currently participating in the survey. The latest MLFI-25, including methodology and participants is available below and also at http://www.elfaonline.org/Research/MLFI/
The ELFA produces the MLFI-25 survey to help member organizations achieve competitive advantage by providing them with leading-edge research and benchmarking information to support strategic business decision making.
The MLFI-25 is a barometer of the trends in U.S. capital equipment investment. Five components are included in the survey: new business volume (originations), aging of receivables, charge-offs, credit approval ratios, (approved vs. submitted) and headcount for the equipment finance business.
The MLFI-25 measures monthly commercial equipment lease and loan activity as reported by participating ELFA member equipment finance companies representing a cross section of the equipment finance sector, including small ticket, middle-market, large ticket, bank, captive and independent leasing and finance companies. Based on hard survey data, the responses mirror the economic activity of the broader equipment finance sector and current business conditions nationally.
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The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) is the trade association that represents companies in the $628 billion equipment finance sector, which includes financial services companies and manufacturers engaged in financing capital goods. ELFA members are the driving force behind the growth in the commercial equipment finance market and contribute to capital formation in the U.S. and abroad. Its over 550 members include independent and captive leasing and finance companies, banks, financial services corporations, broker/packagers and investment banks, as well as manufacturers and service providers. ELFA has been equipping business for success for more than 50 years. For more information, please visit www.elfaonline.org.
ELFA is the premier source for statistics and analyses concerning the equipment finance sector. Please visit http://www.elfaonline.org/Research/ for additional information.
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation is the non-profit affiliate to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, providing future-focused research to the equipment finance industry. For more information please visit the website at www.leasefoundation.org
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ACU's Master of Accountancy program in Top 25
Abilene Christian University's graduate accounting program was recently ranked in the Top 25 in the nation for small schools by Public Accounting Report, and that comes as no surprise to alumni who graduated from the program.
"Our curriculum/faculty is extremely effective in preparing us for the workforce," says Kyle McVey, who earned his Master of Accountancy from ACU in 2009. "As a recent graduate, working for a Big 4 firm and competing against graduates from Tier 1 schools, I have found that my education at ACU has given me the technical training to not only compete but also thrive under the pressures present in such a demanding, high-paced environment."
Kyle currently works in Jacksonville, Fla., for KPMG L.L.P., a global network of professional firms providing audit, tax and advisory services in 144 countries. However, he has plans to pursue his Ph.D. and says he would love to return to teach in ACU's College of Business Administration.
"I am very proud of my school and what it stands for," Kyle says. "ACU's mission is definitely something I bought into while in school, and I would love to have the ability to be a part of furthering that mission as a part of the faculty."
Kyle, who grew up in Ghana as the son of missionaries, found at ACU "a unique environment, an environment where it is always 'safe' to be a follower of Jesus Christ. I am speaking from experience, being a Christian is not easy outside the ACU environment."
Mentors and friends
He also found faculty members who became his friends, as well as mentors. "The faculty at ACU - not just in COBA - invest a tremendous amount of their time tending to the needs of their students outside the classroom," he says. "A large part of my learning took place outside the classroom. Not only are our faculty concerned with our academic achievements, they also are equally committed to fostering our spiritual and personal growth. It is this level of commitment exhibited by our faculty that make ACU distinctive."
Public Accounting Report, which rates universities that offer master's degrees in accountancy or taxation, is a leading provider of competitive intelligence for public accounting firms and the profession.
"Being ranked nationally is a tribute to our faculty for their teaching and research and to our students for their performance in the classroom, as well as for their success on the CPA exam and for the achievements in their careers," says Bill Fowler, associate professor of accounting and chair of the Department of Accounting and Finance.
The rankings are formulated using PAR's Annual Survey of Accounting Professors school rankings, which seeks to measure accounting professors' perceptions regarding the programs they believe most consistently turn out students capable of someday attaining partner status.
"This status just affirms that COBA students are getting a top-tier education and a good foundation for their careers," says Fowler.
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Police said two brothers got into a fight with another man on West Jackson Street that was both a shooting and stabbing.
The trouble began at the 2300 block of West Jackson Street about 6 p.m.
One of the siblings pulled out a knife and stabbed the other man, according to detectives. The victim is in serious condition.
The second sibling then pulled out a gun, and ended up shooting his brother.
The man who was shot was hit in the leg and sustained a minor injury.
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The National Wrestling Coaches Association has named Paulsboro coach Paul Morina its national coach of the year. Jeff Buxton of Blair Academy is the coaching honoring for prep schools.
Morina's teams have won 25 NJSIAA Group 1 championships, 24 district championships and 25 conference titles. He's coached 168 district champions, 72 regional champions and 13 state champions. In 26 years, Morina has coached more than half of Paulsboro's 1,000 victories. He's 529-30-4 at Paulsboro as well as the principal at the school.
Paulsboro is one of three schools in the nation to have won 1,000 matches.
"I am very honored and proud to be recognized for doing something I love," said Morina. "Coaching is one of the most rewarding activities not because of winning, but because of the gratifying feeling you get watching kids achieve and some over-achieve in the most demanding sport. Wrestling gives kids the opportunity to meet so many different people from all walks of life and make contacts they may never make otherwise.
"I am very fortunate to be administrator and coach at a small high school, in a blue-collar town that has such a strong wrestling tradition and community support. This award is a credit to our head coaches, assistant coaches and wrestlers who have worn a Paulsboro wrestling singlet in the last sixty eight years. Dan Gable once said 'Once you've have wrestled everything else in life is easy,' I truly believe that."Buxton was named the National Prep Coach for the second time in his career. Buxton has led the Bucs to 26 straight National Prep Championships, coached 145 individual champions and has claimed titles at the prestigious Ironman and Beast of the East tournaments a combined 25 times. Buxton's team has perennially been the nation's top-ranked program the last two and a half decades.
"It was a very exciting season for Blair Wrestling. This was one of the most improved teams I have ever coached, our young athletes developed throughout the season, meeting the demands of our schedule which also helped them to develop," said Buxton. "We went to many exciting events having a different line up almost every match or tournament and it was rewarding to see the number of kids jump so many levels as we finished the season with a very good performance at the National Preps. This was one of those teams that energized me as they wanted more knowledge and technique as they improved. Each week was a testimony of buying into a winning culture."


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Finally, forget the gym, skip the steady state cardio, and get a lean, mean physique while working out in the playground...or at home!
- 3, 15-minute bodyweight workouts: learn how to use bodyweight training to burn fat and build lean muscle mass
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I've been making a HUGE mistake. I've been tracking my workouts, but not measuring them. Before I go any further, I should probably clarify two words: tracking and measuring. There is a difference.
Tracking is the recording of an event, in our case a workout.
Measuring is estimating by evaluation or comparison.
Image by jeysun35 When you combine tracking and measuring, you get progress. I have been tracking, but I have not been measuring.
Here is the major flaw: Each of my workouts is random, from week to week I perform a completely different workout than the week before, and my workouts rarely ever repeat.I had adopted this training style simply because I realized that I adapted extremely quickly with my workouts and could not stand the thought of performing the same workout week in and week out. However, this was before I had discovered fast, intense workouts. This was when I was doing some hybrid form of martial arts and bodybuilding. I didn't know anything about metabolic conditioning or how to train with your bodyweight. All I knew was that you were supposed to stay in a gym for 2 hours and do "stuff" until the clock told you to leave (or someone from the staff).
To say that I have not been making progress is a false statement. I have. I see it in my movements. I see it on video. And I see it in the mirror. But all this "seeing" is dangerous. There is something about writing down your time and then comparing it to last weeks time with the same workout: it never lies. When you "see" things you rationalize your way into thinking that you are making progress. Or for some people, you rationalize your way out of making progress.
How do you know you are making progress?
This question was actually posed to me by my bodybuilding friend: "How do you know you are making any progress if you keep doing random workouts?" Good question, and one that I really couldn't answer. I went to the Crossfit forum to pose the same exact question, and they referred me to their benchmark workouts. Benchmark workouts are simply workouts that are used to measure progress and appear in the Crossfit programming once or twice a week. For example, one of their workouts is Fran. This particular workout may be performed on, say, December 8th, 2006, and will not appear again until February 16, 2007. I'm just throwing out random dates here. But the point is that Fran will appear a few weeks apart, but they will have other Benchmarks within the weeks such as Barbara and Nate.
I have attempted to create benchmark workouts in the past. But honestly, at that moment I was not as familiar with Crossfit's programming as I am now. I respect Crossfit, but I'm not sure if all their methods are a right fit for me.
I have two options in terms of measuring progress:
- Create a training program based on five to six workouts per week, and repeat them for six weeks straight, attempting to make as much progress on them as possible. This progress can be measured by being able to complete the workout at a faster time, the amount of weight used in the workout, increasing reps, or increasing rounds.
- Develop a series of benchmark workouts that appear in your programming each week along with a few other random workouts. Use these benchmarks as measures of progress.
Ok, so the second method is Crossfit. The first method I've actually seen on a few bodybuilding forums. People will choose one workout and then perform it along with their bodybuilding workouts as a form of cardio or conditioning. They'll choose a goal, say drop total time by 3 minutes, and keep working on it until they reach their goal.
Hmmm…I think this time around I'm going to side with the bodybuilders.
I've decided to create 5 workouts, some of which I've done before, and work on them Monday through Friday. Each workout will have a set of measurement, a different one for each workout. For example, the Monday workout may be focused around time. The Tuesday workout may be focused on increasing weight. Etc. you get the point. I will try this for 6 weeks as an experiment, and then show you guys the progress I've made on this very website. Stay tuned!


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Jim Rizzo, of North East, and Joe Dumanski, of Harborcreek, enjoyed an African safari this year.
Who: Jim Rizzo, of North East, and Joe Dumanski, of Harborcreek
Where: Clarens, South Africa
When: August
What he said: Joe and I have been talking about going on a hunting safari since 1986. Finally, 26 years later, we did it. What an exciting trip and hunt of a lifetime it was. We both harvested four animals: a red hartebeest, an impala, a black wildebeest and a white blesbok (a type of antelope). In the wild, we were 50 yards away from a huge giraffe and 15 feet from two Cape buffalo. I woke up one morning and four zebras were outside my bedroom window!
The highlight of the trip happened while we rented a cabin at a lion farm. It was an outdoor zoo. We got to play with lion cubs and I will never forget playing with Juba, a beautiful 7-year-old cheetah. She was so sweet and loved to be petted and scratched, purring the whole time. She was nicer than anyone's house pet I've ever seen. I wish I could have brought her home with me.
Christo Roos was our professional outfitter and will be at the sportsman's show at the Bayfront Convention Center in March, 2013 (www.bokpoortsafaris.com). Their hospitality and professionalism are unrivaled. If you are thinking of doing an African safari, this is the outfitter to book with.


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Daisy Goodwin painted an untitled oil on canvas of flowers. Her work is displayed at the Shenandoah Arts Council in Winchester for the fall membership show. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)
Artist Alice Irvan of Frederick County painted "Sometimes She Gets the Blues," which is on display at the fall membership show at the Shenandoah Arts Council gallery in Winchester.
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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, biotechnology company Hyperion Therapeutics (UNKNOWN: HPTX.DL ) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Hyperion and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Hyperion facts
Headquarters (founded)
South San Francisco, Calif. (2006)
Market Cap
$246.7 million
Trailing-12-Month EBITDA
($27.4 million)
CEO Donald Santel (since 2008)
$56.5 million / $12.0 million
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
On CAPS, 69% of the 13 members who have rated Hyperion believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, All-Star zzlangerhans, tapped the stock's recent surge as particularly unsustainable:
Hyperion is a strange case. Not because the FDA informed them that they wouldn't have a decision on Ravicti by the January 23 PDUFA date -- that's sadly become a common occurrence over the last two years. The odd part is that Hyperion chose to telegraph that Hyperion had been approved by elaborating that the reason for the delay was to iron out labeling and post-marketing requirements. The market therefore reacted as though approval had been announced, sending the stock up 25% since the announcement.
I see Ravicti approval as a sell-on-the-news event. There's already a standard treatment of urea cycle disorders called Buphenyl. Ravicti is an upgrade with less frequent dosing and better tolerability, but Buphenyl revenues are only about [$15M] per year. How much will Hyperion be able to chisel out of insurers for an upgrade? ...
The only question now is will the news be what everyone apparently thinks it will be, and has approval been completely priced in. If so, I don't think the current iteration of biopharma traders will stick around to see if Ravicti is really worth a [$250M] market cap.
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Plumes of black smoke floated high into the air and could be seen for miles.
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|Chemical reactions triggered by ultraviolet (hv) in the thin martian atmosphere.
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Six years ago, then NASA Associate Administrator Wesley Huntress, Jr., stated , "Wherever liquid water and chemical energy are found, there is life. There is no exception." Few opportune years like 2004 have presented astrobiology with as many remarkable vistas and fresh perspectives on this fundamental triad of water, chemical energy and life.
Consider this year's accomplishments of those dedicated to searching for life in the universe.
Landing on Mars not once, but twice. Then finding evidence for water on opposite sides of the red planet. Picking up what appears to be methane signals in the martian atmosphere, one of the residues that might prove one day to be the product of underground biology. Scientists began to discuss seriously what colonization strategies make sense.
Setting off to explore the even richer atmosphere of the Earth-like moon, Titan. Spiraling into orbital capture around Saturn and photographing its majestic rings.
Flying through the tail of a comet and heading home after collecting the first extraterrestrial samples from such dusty iceballs. Launching the Deep Impact probe to smash into a comet and watch how the dust and ice get kicked up.
Filling the astronomy catalogs with well over a hundred new planets, including what may prove to be the first visible exoplanet. Finding some nearby candidates that might occupy temperate locations or safely orbit Sun-like stars.
Witnessing the once-per-century passage of our neighboring Venus across the face of the Sun. The MESSENGER probe took off on its decade long tour of the inner solar system to orbit Mercury.
Discovering the largest planetoids beyond Pluto among those outer nurseries where only comets visit.
The editors of Astrobiology Magazine revisit the highlights of the year and where possible point to one of the strongest lineups ever for beginning a new turn of the calendar. Between the marathon still being run by the twin Mars rovers and the expected descent to Saturn's moon, Titan, next year promises no letdowns.
|Perspective view. Ophir Chasm in northern Marineris Valley network.
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Number seven on the countdown of 2004 highlights was detection of methane on Mars. Relatively high levels of methane have been detected on Mars using a combination of ground based spectroscopy and the orbiting Mars Express probe.
Mars resembles Earth more than any other planet in our solar system, and studying its atmosphere gives us a greater understanding of our own.
Having methane appear on Mars is something of a mystery, because the planet was not believed to have active volcanism or tectonics. Could the methane be evidence of martian life forms buried underground?
Methane on Mars could be produced by non-biological methods or by biological ones. "Biologically produced methane is one of many possibilities," said Sushil Atreya, professor and director of the Planetary Science Laboratory in the University of Michigan College of Engineering. "Methane is a potential biomarker, if a planet has methane we begin to think of the possibility of life on the planet. On Earth, methane is almost entirely derived from biological sources."
How the methane got to Mars is the big question, and there are several possible sources, Atreya said. The most exciting scenario is that methanogens—microbes that consume the Martian hydrogen or carbon monoxide for energy and exhale methane—dwell in colonies out of sight beneath the surface of the red planet.
|Perspective view. Ophir Chasm in the northern Marineris Valley network.
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"These are anaerobic so they don't need oxygen to survive, if they are there," Atreya said. "If they are there, they would be underground."
Spectrocopy detected an average 10 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) of methane on Mars, a small amount compared to the approximately 1700 ppbv on Earth. The methane gas was distributed unevenly over Mars' surface, which tends to support the theory that an internal, on-site source, rather than a comet, is the source generating the methane, said Atreya.
Speculation is tempting, but many more experiments are necessary before drawing any conclusions.
"While it's tantalizing to think there are living things on Mars, we aren't in a position to say that is what is causing the methane," Atreya said.
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– Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) launch, Mars Orbiter to collect high-resolution, 1-meter, images in stereo-view of Mars
– European Venus Express, Venus Orbiter for two-year nominal mapping life [486 days, two Venus year]
– New Horizons, Pluto and moon Charon flyby, mapping to outer solar system cometary fields and Kuiper Belt
– Dawn, Asteroid Ceres and Vesta rendezvous and orbiter, including investigations of asteroid water and influence on meteors
– Kepler, Extrasolar Terrestrial Planet Detection Mission, designed to look for transiting or earth-size planets that eclipse their parent stars [survey 100,000 stars]
– Europa Orbiter, planned Orbiter of Jupiters ice-covered moon, Europa, uses a radar sounder to bounce radio waves through the ice
– Japanese SELENE Lunar Orbiter and Lander, to probe the origin and evolution of the moon
– Japanese Planet-C Venus Orbiter, to study the Venusian atmosphere, lightning, and volcanoes.
– Mars Scout mission, final selections August 2003 from four Scouts: SCIM, ARES, MARVEL and Phoenix
– French Mars Remote Sensing Orbiter and four small Netlanders, linked by Italian communications orbiter
– BepiColumbo, European Mercury Orbiters and Lander, including Japanese collaborators, lander to operate for one week on surface
– Mars 2009, proposed long-range rover to demonstrate hazard avoidance and accurate landing dynamics
Related Web Pages
2003: Year in Review
Solar System Exploration Survey
Mars Opportunity Rover
Mars Spirit Rover
Mars Express
Mars Methane
New Planets
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Venus Occultation
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The game isn't hard enough with those Artillery Claws? Are you playing on a lower intensity?
The game isn't hard enough with those Artillery Claws? Are you playing on a lower intensity?
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do the shuckle sweep
white 2 champion/ white champion/second white 2 game champion/3rd white 2 champion/4th planned white 2 champion
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Try using compact arm with some range mods on it to make it viable in air combat...basicly like the claws you're using now but with the added challenge given by it's wide spread side dash & it weird back dash
I don't know? Maybe the 3+ Melee Stars on Artillery Claws? Better yet, Melee Stars on a solo weapon in general, period?
Also, if you're playing on 7.0, you're proving you haven't TOUCHED Boss Battles Hard or some of the stupider chapters on 9.0.
do the shuckle sweep
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If you are in that much need of a challenge, remember that Value is pointless in single player, so having weaker or no mods is unconditionally weaker. But I would just love, LOVE to see somebody do all chapters on 9.0 with a 100V Skyscraper Club. I guarantee that they'd make HideOfBeast look like a n00b.
If this doesn't scream needing to be patched, I don't know what does.
Edit: Ugh. That Vanilla jackhole deleted the topic. Well, to summarize, he was showing off a glitch that allows ANY weapon to fire shots from MUCH further than they normally can. If you want to know how high the multiplier is, the first pic showed the Magnus Club fire a shot that traveled 66.5m. Even people who think Mario Kart 7's patched shortcuts weren't a problem would have to cringe at the idea of this glitch. If they don't, they're more shallow than I think.
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A magnus club with range O_O
That scares me just thinking about it...more OP then slip shot powered eye orbs..
Well, it's happening here:
And you can power the Magnus Club with Slip Shot as well. Just that without ANY glitches it's near-useless to do so. Clincher is, it no doubt works with OTHER WEAPON TYPES AS WELL. I can't imagine EVASION+ standing a chance against the beeswax that the glitch would be allowing for.
It needs to be patched. So I posted a topic on the Tech Support forums:
If you want the glitch to die now and leave this world because it will never belong here, please post a response on the Tech Support topic showing your support. At the very worst, the topic is a start, as it will increase the chance that somebody will manage to contact a developer who can get the glitch patched.