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i hated zelda. The graphic suxed and too blurry.
i would say out of all the games i played so far i have enjoyed zelda the most because its adventerous and challenging and you cant wait wuts gonna happen next.
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i hated zelda. The graphic suxed and too blurry.
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The game i've bought and enjoyed the most is Godfather, great gameplay and controls. The game i bought and hated was Zelda coz of the wolf, hate looking for those bugs cbf
Lol, yeah, i didn't have any fun looking for those bugs.Originally Posted by Darkpaddy
This new zelda was new but graphic wasn't what we expected
and the gameplay was boring and what they tried for the first time
was only making it too repeatitive and dull like catching 10 bugs, another 10 bugs...another 10 bugs...collect more bugs....
it's good to put something inovating but it shouldn't be something not fun.
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I personally loved twilight princess. The artwork is good though. Might be super paper mario tomorrow!
Wii games that I own: Zelda, The godfather, Wii sports, Resident Evil 4.
Next up: Metroid Prime 3 Corruption
I liked WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Elebits the most and I didn't like Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz as much. Also Twilight Princess wasn't that great, though I'm not a Zelda fan.
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um I loved Wario Smooth moves and idk why cooking mama ( dont make fun of me lol). I hated splinter cell and ssx Blur.
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I am not a zelda fan but I am all mario just like youOriginally Posted by Nfanboy
I think zelda puzzle design is very smart but i just get frustrated, stuck at each puzzle and I just don't like that kind of element.
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Well, thats your matter of opinion Joon, personally, Twilight Princess reigns over any game right now. It was better, longer, and more intuitive then any other game for the Wii as of now. I think Super Mario Galaxy may take that spot but it will be incredibly close.
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Ive been on a 161 Ride Timeless for many years and havent ridden many boards to compare. I bought a 161 Never Summer Cobra but worried that it might be too long. Any thoughts, should I try and sell or trade it for a shorter one before winter? Will it work well in the somewhat dense tress of the Eastern Sierras. Thanks in advance.
I ride the same board/length from a year earlier and I'm 20 lbs heavier than you.
Do you get much powder where you are? Cobra is great in the powder but if you're mainly on groomed runs maybe it's worth getting something with a different camber profile.
I bought it to have a board that's great in powder but can still be used as my any conditions board.
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It's gonna be a bit long for what you want it to do. If your comfortable riding your timeless at that size then the cobra will feel more responsive. It's not too big though, you could have plenty of fun on it. I'm gonna assume your ride board is camber, which is very different from the cobra rcr.
Cobra is rocker between the feet, so CRC.
Average snow fall is 1000 cm.
Yes your are correct, the timeless is camber.
Way too many folks ride boards too short for their weight.
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There is neither voice nor vision for this condition. Wallowing slightly in this chair that I am bound to I ask myself if I'll ever come through. I hum a melody trying to snuff the pain that carries so much fidelity. Lost in transition a normal life becomes an unattainable seduction. There is neither body nor mind in this hellish cellar. Body into too much pain just as my mind becomes insane. This mirror that reflexes my world has become far too distorted as it is whirled. Neither key nor guard may set me free. Bound I am destined to ever be.


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"I'm staying single for a long time," she told PEOPLE Saturday at Tao Las Vegas's 5-year anniversary party. "There is no man in my life and I'm staying single. No dating, no nothing. I love being single."
Since having a child and later splitting with rapper-producer The Dream, Milian, 29, said she hasn't dated. It's a world she's really never really known.
"I jump from relationship to relationship usually and this is the first time I'm comfortable with myself," she said. "I'm learning about myself all over again. And as far as my daughter, I will never bring anyone into her life that I don't have a real connection with. I'm going to protect her. I don't just bring anyone into my life or her life."
Her 8-month-old daughter, Violet Madison Nash, is "the biggest blessing of my life," she said.
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As for her ex, Milian's lawyer says they have settled the terms of their divorce. "Christina Milian is pleased that she and her husband have resolved matters outside of court," Randy Kessler tells PEOPLE. "She agreed to settle the case because the agreement was very fair and it helped avoid what would have been an ugly trial."
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While the box office ripples created by movies like Goli Soda, Ahaa Kalyanam and Pannaiyarum Padminiyum are yet to calm down, there is another wave of films gushing in. There are four Tamil releases this Friday – Vallinam, Thegidi, Amara and Panivizhum Malarvanam.
Vallinam marks the return of Arivazhagan Venkatachalam, director of the horror flick Eeram. From ghostly water, the director now takes a penchant for basketball. The sports drama stars Nakul of Boys fame, and newcomer Mrudhula Bhaskar in the lead roles. The film is already buzzing on Twitter with the news that the end credits will show Ajith in a race jersey.
If sports doesn't give you enough adrenalin rush, a murder mystery would. Thegidi, directed by P Ramesh and produced by C V Kumar, aptly features the Pizza 2: Villa boy Ashok Selvan and Avan Ivan girl Janani Iyer in the leading roles.
And if you need something more than exhaustive sports and eerie murder to flavour your weekend, comedy flick Panivizhum Malarvanam would be the right choice. What could beat a ferocious tiger playing a full-fledged role?
Meanwhile, do not forget to catch Imman's melody in Amara. Directed by Jeevan, the film's starcast includes newbies.
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Out of this world: Epic photos of space from 2013
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- September 09, 2013
- The year in space exploration
- Space rock shares orbit with Uranus
- Galactic rock creates history on Earth
- Aussies apply for Mars reality show
IT MIGHT not feel like it in space, but a lot can happen in a year.
More importantly, lots of really cool photos get taken. We have compiled the best spacey snaps from 2013, along with the moments that shaped space exploration over the last 12 months.
Take a look. We think you'll find the images suitably breathtaking.
This NASA panoramic photo, released on August 20, was taken by astronauts on the International Space Station. The rising sun causes a red, teardrop-shaped reflection, and long, blue-white ripples appear in the atmosphere.
Pictured here is the newly discovered Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47. In English, that's a newborn star with a large energetic jet moving away from our solar system. The image was created by combining radio observations with light observations.
In this image, an unmanned Minotaur rocket launches towards the moon from Virginia's eastern shore. It carries NASA's newest robotic explorer, the LADEE spacecraft, which will study the lunar atmosphere and dust.
This NASA image shows the "potentially hazardous near-Earth object" 1998 KN3 zipping past a cloud of dense gas and dust near the Orion nebula. It was snapped by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Blue objects in the image are hotter than red objects.
This is an image of the Silver Coin Galaxy, which is 11400000 light years away. Yes, that is very, very far.
From Earth's perspective, The Ring Nebula looks like a simple elliptical shape with a "shaggy" boundary. Or as some like to call it, a distorted doughnut. Delicious.
NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg released this photo on Monday, August 26. It shows a view of wildfires in California from the International Space Station. The smoke plumes are clearly visible from space.
This is a selfie. Yes, a SELFIE! The NASA rover Curiosity took a photo of itself in Gale Crater while it was casually chilling on Mars.
Humanoid robot Kirobo (he's holding a miniature Japanese flag in the bottom right corner there) uttered the first robotic words in space. He's pictured on the International Space Station.
This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which is in orbit around Saturn. Note the bright spot in the bottom right corner of the picture. That little speck is Earth.
This is the remarkable first picture taken by the new $1.3 billion radio telescope sitting high in the Chilean Andes. It's an image of the Antennae Galaxies.
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Wendy of Red Cliffs Posted at 3:46 PM September 09, 2013
Thankyou so much for posting these mind-blowing images. It fills you with absolute awe at the incredibly beautiful universe, of which we are just a teensy part! I agree with you, Jaques; our priorities are totally wrong!
Troy of Perth Posted at 3:30 PM September 09, 2013
Check out that one by Cassini. That's Earth. Now everybody stop being so petty and divisive.
JR of Mandurah.WA Posted at 3:26 PM September 09, 2013
Very pretty pictures, but I NEVER, NEVER,NEVER want to go into space, going on a plane is as high as I ever want to get.....I love mother earth. That's where I was born, and where I want to stay.


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MERCER -- Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in Mercer County.
State police at Mercer said one of the drivers, Angellea C. Page, 24, of Franklin, suffered a major injury. Her passenger, Levi A. Woods, 26, of Franklin, received a moderate injury, police said.
The other driver, James M. Reed, 37, and his passenger, Mason Carson, 16, both of Grove City, weren't injured, police said.
The crash happened Saturday a little before 3:30 p.m. on Sandy Lake Grove City Road at its intersection with Jackson Center Polk Road in Worth Township, police said.
Police said Page's westbound 2014 Ford Focus pulled into the path of Reed's northbound 2011 Ford F550 dump truck. After the collision, the car struck a tree.
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Term used in prison for white inmates in prison, used by other minorities as a racist comment, eventually the term was adopted by white supremacist gangs in the prison system as a name for one of their gangs.
Term comes from wood pecker, because they normally have red hair, and whites are the only people who have red hair.
Term comes from wood pecker, because they normally have red hair, and whites are the only people who have red hair.
"Look at that pecker wood over there."
de Sauly Jamison 31 August 2009
Usually used as a way to describe white guys who aren't afraid to fight in prison.
"Those Aryan Brotherhood boys are some real peckerwoods, not like the punk that just moved in my cell."
de Woody14 19 Martie 2007
A prison term describing someone of the white race. A down ass whiteboy. It takes more strength.. A down wood.
What's his story? He's a peckerwood, a real down ass wood.
de Down ass wood. 07 Aprilie 2009
A REAL white boy that slaps the shit out of fake ass niggers.
"Look at that PECKERWOOD stomping those niggers for talking shit".
de REALPECKERWOODRAGE01 13 Septembrie 2008
peckerwood or peckah wood is an afro american derogatory term for a poor white.Or redneck,honkie or cracker.
Look at that flat assed peckerwood bitch.
de wigger 09 Martie 2005
A bigoted term for an individual of European descent.
"Goddamn Pecker-Woods..."
de Auaine 26 Noiembrie 2003
White people who do not play.
If you mess with that peckerwood, he will stomp a mudhole in your ass.
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Malone University Choirs to perform Brahms' Requiem with Canton Symphony Orchestra on February 16 at Umstattd Hall
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The College of Theology, Arts, and Sciences – Department of Music announces that the Malone University Chorale and Chamber Choir will collaborate with the Canton Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Brahms' "German Requiem," Sunday, February 16 at 3 p.m. in Umstattd Performing Arts Hall, located at 2323 17th St N.W. in Canton, Ohio. Also on the bill will be Mozart's, Ave Verum Corpus.
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Of 52 patients with proved Trichophyton tonsurans infection of the scalp, 16 had an inflammatory reaction to this infection (kerion), while the rest had only slight scaling and broken hairs (black dot ringworm). Each patient was tested with trichophytin antigen to determine whether cell-mediated immunity (CMI) was responsible for the differences in these different clinical presentations. Fifteen of 16 with kerion had a 48-hour reaction > 10 mm, while none of the 36 with noninflammatory (black dot) tinea capitis had a similar response. This suggests that the patient's immune response (CMI) may be responsible for kerion infections of the scalp and that therapy could be directed initially toward suppressing this reaction.
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When J.J. Abrams sneezes, you'll find a Lost fanatic or Trekkie at hand, ready to examine the the dirty tissue for clues about the prolific entertainer's many developing projects. Word of his latest feature began pouring in last week and fanboys around the world began scouring the web for information on what is now known as Super 8, the highly anticipated joint venture between Abrams and Steven Spielberg.
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The Kamloops Blazers, both before and after the game, talked about the need to be physical. If you're a big team, as Kamloops is, most of us can agree that's the best way to slow down the Portland Winterhawks.
And they were physical last night. They skated up to and possibly in some cases over the line. The three ten-minute misconducts and a four-minute spear were evidence of the latter; on the other hand, they only allowed three power plays, so either their hits were judged clean or they took a Winterhawk with them.
In the middle fifty minutes of the game, it wasn't apparent that it meant much. Kamloops was on top in the first five minutes, but after Portland got going they mostly did what they wanted to do offensively. And while they gave up some chances the other way, and needed a strong game from Mac Carruth to win, overall they had more and better chances. I'd take that trade.
But in the last five minutes, as the Blazers became less focused on winning and more focused on "sending a message", the Winterhawks took some ill-advised retaliations. Adam De Champlain took a really dumb obvious trip at the Kamloops blue line and then added a rough that originally was going to put Portland shorthanded four minutes, which would have given the Blazers a chance to get back in the game, before Tyler Hansen took a dumb retaliation of his own and cancelled two minutes of it.
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"I was just going back to the bench, I get a stick, and I was trying to protect myself,'' said Rattie. I pushed him away (Chase Souto) and it was unlucky he went into the boards. That's hockey.''Souto got four minutes for spearing as I understand it; the gamesheet is wrong. That might save Ty Rattie, but usually a game misconduct for checking from behind is a suspension, and it's rare for the league to overrule the referee's call in a case like this, especially when there probably isn't a good replay.
But it goes beyond whether he's suspended. All of us kind of laughed at Kamloops' lack of discipline late in the game, but they got two power plays and should have had three out of it, and they're making one of Portland's stars have a big sweat this afternoon as to whether he'll play tonight. They clearly benefited out of those last five minutes, and that will strongly encourage them to keep doing it.
Does it matter? In a long series, it could. Portland's top four defensemen are the key to the team, and I'm concerned they're going to have to play big minutes. Josh Hanson and Shaun MacPherson were out of their depth last night; even not playing together, Kamloops was able to exploit them and grab momentum when they were on the ice, to the point where they were on the pine most of the third when it was still a game. If they can't play better, and Kamloops can keep up that physical play, the top four are going to be worn out if we get to a Game 6 or 7. And we know the worries about Portland's forwards being smaller and being susceptible to physical play.
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Officials in Northampton, Bucks County, paid a trucking company to bring in salt from a neighboring town rather than risk a late delivery.
And in Chester County, where 12 municipalities face a critical salt shortage, the deputy director for emergency management, Robert Kagel, said the state Department of Transportation told him to "be creative."
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Haha. As i expected. It was a dutch guy that made it. Those guys are cool in a weird way
Nicely done. I bet it took a while to create it. I liked the "dimmer switch".
Very good! It apparently took him 6 months to complete. He must have a lot of spare time.
That's really amazing and cool. Six Months I wish I could do something like that:)
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Yep, still rockin' the Nacatls.
My resurrection of Boss Naya began on Magic Online a couple weeks ago. I haven't played Standard on Magic Online in awhile so I put a Naya deck together with what cards I had in my account. I have a bunch of Red/Green/and White one-ofs cards because I'm a big fan of Standard Singleton. I hadn't traded for [card]Vengevine[/card]s yet and didn't have enough time to hustle for a good price on them before an online PTQ began, so I sat down to brew a traditional, Vengevine-free Naya. It was actually comforting to be able to fool around with spells in the deck and not have to worry too much about my creature count for Vengevine.
I managed to top 8 before losing to Monored which I had absolutely no sideboard for. Two days later I changed out a couple cards and tried my luck in another online PTQ, that time finishing 10th.
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I eventually got ahold of some Vengevines and began testing them out. I didn't like them at all and ended up cutting them from 4, to 3, to 2, down to just 1. The four-curve is already maxed out and I feel like taking out [card]Ranger of Eos[/card] for them is plain wrong. Vengevine may be stronger at times but the versatility of [card]Ranger of Eos[/card] is something I just can't let go.
This PTQ was on a Sunday in Little Rock, Arkansas. The day before there was also a PTQ in Lafayette, Louisiana where I placed 12th. I must have answered the questions: "Hey, aren't you Q'd already?" and "How can you play in PTQs?" at least 30 times. For those that don't know, I'm currently Pro Level 5 and I don't receive my invite until the day before the Pro Tour so technically I'm not qualified just yet. I couldn't play in PTQs for Pro Tour San Juan because of my 9th place finish at Pro Tour San Diego, but since I bombed San Juan I was good to grind again.
[deck]5 Forest
2 Mountain
2 Plains
2 Raging Ravine
2 Stirring Wildwood
2 Sunpetal Grove
4 Arid Mesa
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Evolving Wilds
1 Sejiri Steppe
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Birds of Paradise
1 Lotus Cobra
2 Wild Nacatl
3 Ranger of Eos
2 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Bloodbraid Elf
3 Cunning Sparkmage
4 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Scute Mob
1 Path to Exile
1 Lightning Bolt
2 Oblivion Ring
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Gideon Jura
1 Behemoth Sledge
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Dauntless Escort
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Cunning Sparkmage
1 Wild Nacatl
2 Wall of Reverence
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tectonic Edge
2 Qasali Pridemage
2 Manabarbs
1 Path to Exile
1 Behemoth Sledge[/deck]
Round 1 - Jund - Eric Mixon
I lose the die roll.
Eric's playing a traditional Jund build. He notes the Channel Fireball shirt I'm wearing and mentions that he used to go to school with our very own David Ochoa and is in fact is the guy who nicknamed him Webster.
I lose a close one because I cast [card]Lightning Bolt[/card] on an attacking [card]Sprouting Thrinax[/card]. Post combat he plays [card]Sarkhan the Mad[/card] and I'm unable to get past the Dragon token. If I would've saved the bolt until he targeted a guy with Sarkhan the Mad I would've been able to attack Sarkhan with a 4/5 [card]Noble Hierarch[/card] thanks to Elspeth, essentially neutralizing it. Instead I'm soon overrun by Dragons.
+1 [card]Behemoth Sledge[/card], +1 [card]Dauntless Escort[/card], +1 [card]Lightning Bolt[/card], +1 [card]Tectonic Edge[/card]
-3 [card]Cunning Sparkmage[/card], -1 [card]Basilisk Collar[/card]
All I can remember from game 2 is that my opponent was at 4 life with [card]Sarkhan the Mad[/card], a Dragon token, and several other Jund creatures in play to my [card]Knight of the Reliquary[/card] and [card]Noble Hierarch[/card]. I'm dead on board to his attack when I topdeck the one Elspeth to give the Noble Hierach Flying and +3/+3 and search up [card]Sejiri Steppe[/card] to Pro-red past the Dragon token for lethal. Gooooooooo 1-ofs.
Game 3 he keeps tanks for awhile before keeping a hand without and plays before turn 3. My single [card]Lotus Cobra[/card] shows up and I'm able to [card]Ranger of Eos[/card] + cast both my fetched creatures for a board of 6 creatures on turn 4. He concedes shortly after.
Round 2 - Jund - Todd W. Renuard
I lose the die roll.
Game 1 I see maindeck [card]Goblin Ruinblaster[/card]s. I tend to sideboard differently based on their build and then resideboard for game 3 depending on what they bring in. Jund players with Ruinblasters rarely also have [card]Master of the Wild Hunt[/card] since it clogs up the 4 curve, so I don't side in any more [card]Lightning Bolt[/card] but keep in 2 Cunning Sparkmages and Basilisk Collar.
+1 [card]Behemoth Sledge[/card], +1 [card]Dauntless Escort[/card], +1 [card]Tectonic Edge[/card]
-1 [card]Cunning Sparkmage[/card], -1 [card]Oblivion Ring[/card], -1 [card]Wild Nacatl[/card]
The typical Jund vs Naya attrition war occurs. I ride a Behemoth Sledge to victory on various pets of Ranger of Eos.
Round 3 - Mono Red - Mark Mehochko
I lose the die roll.
I keep a slow hand, not knowing what he's playing, and pay for it.
+2 L[card]ightning Bolt[/card], +1 [card]Dauntless Escort[/card], +1 [card]Wild Nacatl[/card], +2 [card]Wall of Reverence[/card], +1 [card]Path to Exile[/card]
-1 [card]Lotus Cobra[/card], -2 [card]Oblivion Ring[/card], -2 [card]Ranger of Eos[/card], -2 [card]Bloodbraid Elf[/card], -1 [card]Scute Mob[/card]
Game 2 I'm able to live for awhile and stick a big [card]Knight of the Reliquary[/card]. On turn 5, I cast [card]Stoneforge Mystic[/card] for [card]Basilisk Collar[/card] and cast + equip. Though he won't die for another 3-4 turns, he concedes as the lifegain will quickly get out of hand.
Game 3 I keep a hand with [card]Wall of Reverence[/card] and it does the double-duty of blocking a Hell's Thunder and bringing me back to a safe life total. He again concedes once I slip out of burn range.
Round 4 - Jund - Josh A. Lalo
I lose the die roll.
I don't remember much from this match as all the Jund games now began to blend together. I sided the usual and nothing truly interesting happened.
Round 5 - R/G tokens/monument - Gregg W. Keithley
I lose the die roll.
I mulligan to 5 and am never really in it.
+1 [card]Qasali Pridemage[/card], +1 [card]Lightning Bolt[/card], +1 [card]Cunning Sparkmage[/card], +1 [card]Path to Exile[/card]
-2 [card]Ranger of Eos[/card], -1 [card]Wild Nacatl[/card], -1 [card]Scute Mob[/card]
I sideboard for this match thinking it was a Naya mirror as I saw maindeck Sparkmages along with Noble Hierarch, Birds of Paradise, Vengevine, and Bloodbraid Elf. I didn't know he was actually a R/G monument deck until my Shreveport friend Jacob Sklar mentioned after the match that he saw an [card]Eldrazi Monument[/card] in his hand. If I did I would've definitely brought in the second Qasali Pridemage.
I mulligan into a hand of [card]Sunpetal Grove[/card], [card]Birds of Paradise[/card], [card]Noble Hierarch[/card], [card]Cunning Sparkmage[/card], [card]Oblivion Ring[/card], [card]Qasali Pridemage[/card]. I miss my second land drop and try to compete against his 3 Cunning Sparkmages, 2 of which come off of Bloodbraid Elf, but come up well short.
Round 6 - Turboland - David A. Glore
I lose the die roll.
I keep a hand in the dark of nothing but lands, accelerants, and a [card]Knight of the Reliquary[/card]. I can't interact with him as I draw only more lands and accelerants, and he eventually "goes off" around turn 6 or whatever.
+2 [card]Lightning Bolt[/card], +2 [card]Manabarbs[/card], +1 [card]Wild Nacatl[/card], +1 [card]Tectonic Edge[/card], +1 [card]Pithing Needle[/card], +1 [card]Cunning Sparkmage[/card]
-1 [card]Path to Exile[/card], -2 [card]Stoneforge Mystic[/card], -1 [card]Basilisk Collar[/card], -1 [card]Behemoth Sledge[/card], -1 [card]Scute Mob[/card], -1 [card]Raging Ravine[/card], -1 [card]Ranger of Eos[/card]
We sat next to each other the previous round and I noticed a [card]Master of the Wild Hunt[/card] in play on his side against Bant. I figure he'll side those in against me so my Lightning Bolts came in too.
Game 2 I get him with a quick start of turn 3 and turn 4 Bloodbraid Elf while Cunning Sparkmage removes his Plant tokens.
Game 3 he uses a [card]Narcolepsy[/card] on an early Birds of Paradise to slow me down, then another on Knight of the Reliquary. I end up wasting my [card]Sejiri Steppe[/card] on a [card]Master of the Wild Hunt[/card] activation targeting my [card]Bloodbraid Elf[/card]. I thought that his Wolf token would at least die from the exchange, but instead the Master of the Wild Hunt's ability was countered on resolution so his Wolf lived. Such a complicated card to put in a core set...
On the final turn I activate my [card]Knight of the Reliquary[/card] and tap my [card]Birds of Paradise[/card] during my upkeep to generate enough mana to activate [card]Stirring Wildwood[/card] and [card]Raging Ravine[/card] to team up with the rest of my creatures to have exacties in combat.
After the match he tells me that he sided in Narcolepsy over [card]Fog[/card]s. After a quick discussion conclude that he couldn't reasonably side in either with comprimising the engine of his deck. I imagine the [card]Fog[/card]s have their uses somehow, but they feel so loose to me. Perhaps [card]Unsummon[/card] instead could buy enough time to get things rolling.
Round 7 - Caleb W. Scherer ID
I take this time to eat a Wendy's Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad brought to me by a good man named Scott Jennings. The event staff announced that the Top 8 would get free pizza since they didn't offer a lunch break, but getting stuffed on greasy pizza before the elimination rounds isn't something I was interested in.
Quarterfinals - Monored - Mark Mehochko
I lose the die roll.
Game 1 is a blowout. I keep a slow hand of lands, 2x Knight of the Reliquary, Scute Mob, and Bloodbraid Elf. He has turn 1 Goblin Guide and I reveal a land. On my first turn I decide to not cast Scute Mob to discard a land instead to make the eventual Knight more valuable. I get another land with Goblin Guide and discard another land. I get greedy with Arid Mesa to make Knight of the Reliquary a 6/6 instead of a 5/5 and he uses [card]Smoldering Spires[/card] and attacks me for exactly lethal.
+2 [card]Lightning Bolt[/card], +1 [card]Dauntless Escort[/card], +1 [card]Wild Nacatl[/card], +2 [card]Wall of Reverence[/card], +1 [card]Path to Exile[/card]
-1 [card]Lotus Cobra[/card], -2 [card]Oblivion Ring[/card], -2 [card]Ranger of Eos[/card], -2 [card]Bloodbraid Elf[/card], -1 [card]Scute Mob[/card]
Games 2 and 3 are practically over as soon as I get a lifegain card online. The Lightning Bolts also help out a ton.
Semifinals - R/G tokens/monument - Gregg W. Keithley
I lose the die roll.
This time I know what I'm up against.
Game 1 I play around [card]Eldrazi Monument[/card] as best as I can, mostly just killing Eldrazi Spawn and whatever else so I don't die to flying alpha attack. My Ranger of Eos grabs 2 Birds of Paradise and soon his Eldrazi Monument becomes [card]The Abyss[/card] for only him.
+2 [card]Qasali Pridemage[/card], +1 [card]Lightning Bolt[/card], +1 [card]Cunning Sparkmage[/card], +1 [card]Path to Exile[/card]
-2 [card]Ranger of Eos[/card], -1 [card]Wild Nacatl[/card], -1 [card]Scute Mob[/card], -1 [card]Oblivion Ring[/card]
I briefly consider siding in [card]Wall of Reverence[/card] since it's pretty good at outracing [card]Eldrazi Monument[/card].
Game 2 he mulligans to 6 and plays [card]Lotus Cobra[/card] off of two Forests, while I have a great draw of [card]Birds of Paradise[/card] into [card]Cunning Sparkmage[/card]. Though it's usually correct in a Naya mirror to not kill their accelerant since they can play their own Sparkmage to kill yours, killing the [card]Lotus Cobra[/card] here felt right since I figured his deck was really low on Red mana sources that didn't come into play tapped. Turns out it doesn't matter much since he misses his third land drop. I end up having something like 7 creatures in play to his 0 on turn 4 and am soon into the finals.
Finals - U/W control - Jason Dooley
By this time everyone had left the site except for me, the finalist, the event staff, and the people we rode with making for a very quiet room.
I lose the die roll.
He stalls on 3 lands game 1 and doesn't crack his [card]Arid Mesa[/card] so he has a higher chance of drawing Plains. By the time he gets to four lands to [card]Day of Judgment[/card], he's at 3 and I have a lethal [card]Stirring Wildwood[/card] in play.
+2 [card]Lightning Bolt[/card] , +1 [card]Qasali Pridemage[/card] , +1 [card]Tectonic Edge[/card] , +2 [card]Manabarbs[/card], +1 [card]Dauntless Escort[/card]
-2 [card]Stoneforge Mystic[/card], -1 [card]Basilisk Collar[/card], -1 [card]Behemoth Sledge[/card], -2 [card]Cunning Sparkmage[/card], -1 [card]Sunpetal Grove[/card]
I have a good start with turn 1 and 2 Noble Hierarchs, and then I have to choose between a turn 3 [card]Manabarbs[/card] or Bloodbraid Elf to attack into his turn 2 Wall of Omens. I opt for the Manabarbs and he [card]Day of Judgment[/card]s for my mana producers and his wall. I cast Wild Nacatl (3/3) and Bloodbraid Elf into Lightning Bolt to put him to 13. He uses a fetchland and takes 1 from a Path to Exile on my Elf then 4 more from Elspeth, going to 7 and making a blocker for my Nacatl. Luckily, I have a little more gas and he soon finds himself locked out of spells, so that's that.
So I had to deprive someone of a Pro Tour invitation, but hey, I gotta get mine.
I never felt like I got lucky. If you've been keeping track of my die rolls I lost every one (0-9). Going first has always been a huge factor in Constructed it makes me wonder if a PTQ has ever been won by someone who never won a die roll on the day. I Bloodbraided into Birds of Paradise a lot and mulliganed roughly twice as much as my opponents. The tournament wasn't very big at 79 players and it didn't looked like the competition had much prior Pro Tour experience, but yeah, a win's a win. When I play this deck I feel like I'm able to win any matchup as long as I can stay focused and keep my play tight.
Jund is still a huge deck and I've played it against it my fair share, dating way back to Pro Tour Honolulu. Blightning hurts Naya as much as the next deck....especially when you don't have a Ranger of Eos to recover. Now that Vengevine is a card the mere threat of discarding one or two of them is enough to convince some Jund opponents to sideboard out their Blightnings, even though when they don't see one game 1.
No doubt, the 1-ofs definitely stand out in the deck. The theory behind them is that the first copy always has the most value while drawing additional copies can sometimes be clunky. An example would be having multiple Lotus Cobras in play. The mana from the second Cobra would often go unused, leaving me with a card thats worse than a Grizzly Bears. Only running 1 of each Planewalker guarantees that you'll never be stuck with an uncastable copy in your hand. Also, having multiple different Planewalkers in play tends to go over well. Wild Nacatl has gotten worse with the introduction of Wall of Omens, but Noble Hierarch's exalted helps out in that respect. Its not very good on turn 1 in many matchups, but 2 is good to have around to Ranger of Eos for when needed.
I loved having the Tectonic Edge in the sideboard. It served as a 26th land against Goblin Ruinblaster and any other land destruction effects. Against matchups that don't kill my mana producers early I side it in for either a Stirring Wildwood, Raging Ravine, Sunpetal Grove, or Sejiri Steppe.
A couple quick tips about deck thinning before I go:
Remember, if you have both Ranger of Eos and Bloodbraid Elf and you aren't under too much pressure, casting the Ranger of Eos first will thin your deck of 1-drops making for a stronger Bloodbraid Elf cascade.
The deck thins itself of lands fairly quickly with the 9 fetchlands and Knight of the Reliquary activations. Take note of when you cascade past a clump of lands with Bloodbraid Elf. Since there are lands on the bottom of your deck, using a fetchland and shuffling your library will actually increase the chances of you drawing a land.
There aren't any more live Standard events for me to play until US Nationals, but theres a good chance that I'll be rockin' the Nacatls there too.
Thanks everyone,
Tom Ross
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The digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) consists of many discrete, small-volume reactions to represent genetic information from a single sample.
If a DNA template is sufficiently diluted so that some of these reactions contain no target molecules, while others contain discrete amounts, statistical analysis can then be used to quantify the exact number of target molecules in the sample. Therefore, dPCR can be used to accurately determine the number of nucleic acid molecules in a sample without comparison to a reference standard, provided that many reactions are performed in parallel.
Because the reaction volumes for dPCR are generally very small, and the template must be sufficiently dilute to achieve single-molecule resolution, nucleic acids can be isolated from minimal quantities of specimen. The dilution of template also removes many of the inhibitors of PCR that are present in the original sample, further improving accuracy and efficiency.
These properties make dPCR a superior diagnostic tool for the clinic, as well as any application where extreme sensitivity or precise quantification is essential, such as identifying mutations or copy number variations in tumor cells, or examining gene expression at the single-cell level.
While dPCR uses established thermal cycling technologies and enzymes, and fluorescent probes are used to read the amplification signal, as they are in qPCR, its essence lies in the partitioning of the sample into many small reactions. The number of reactions that can be run depends on the equipment and the process it uses for partitioning.
There are two types of dPCR machines currently available: chip-based and digital droplet PCR (ddPCR). For chip-based dPCR systems, such as the LifeTechnologies QuantStudio™, the sample is mixed with reagents and loaded into individual reaction chambers in plates that are about the size of a microscope slide. The reaction mixture is loaded into these small partitions by hydrophobic/hydrophilic interactions and capillary forces and the machine monitors the reactions as they occur.
In ddPCR, employed by Bio-Rad and RainDance machines, the samples are first mixed with the reagents and dispersed into nanoliter-sized droplets. The droplets for each sample are then placed in a tube and PCR is performed in a thermocycler. A droplet reader then detects a fluorescent signal to determine whether or not reactions have occurred. Unlike chip-based systems, ddPCR does not use physical partitions to separate the reactions, but the properties of the droplets themselves. For further discussion on dPCR technologies, please see Nature Methods 9, 541-544 (2012).
The QuantStudio™ 3D dPCR system became available from Life Technologies in June 2013. According to Stephen Jackson, Ph.D., associate director of product applications at Life Technologies, approximately 20,000 reactions can be run on a single, dime-sized, silicon-wafer chip in this system. All of the partitions are of identical size. This system offers the additional advantages of a single-step workflow, where a 15–20 µL sample of the template DNA and reaction mix is loaded and processed by the system, which quantifies it as copies of nucleic acid per µL.
The QuantStudio™ 3D dPCR system is compact; the thermal cycler fits easily on the benchtop; and the reader instrument is "the size of a shoebox." It is also priced to be within the budget of most research scientists, with a system that includes the QuantStudio™ 3D Digital PCR Instrument, Applied Biosystems® GeneAmp® 9700 dual flat-block thermal cycler, chip loader, and 384 digital PCR chips for under $50,000.
While there is a risk of cross contamination for any PCR system that processes a large number of reactions, Dr. Jackson believes that the risk will be reduced in this system, since each sample is loaded on a separate chip and the reactions are physically separated by partitions. With an eye toward the certification of dPCR as an in vitro clinical diagnostic, Dr. Jackson adds that "no mixing of patient samples is something the FDA will pay attention to."
The dilution of template into a very large number of reactions makes dPCR ideal for identifying targets that would otherwise be undetectable in a sample containing many thousands of copies of a genome, such as preoncogenic mutations. David Dodd, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. David Corey's laboratory at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, uses a Bio-Rad QX100 ddPCR System to detect long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the nucleus that regulate gene activity. Differences in the expression of lncRNAs have been associated with several diseases.
According to Dr. Dodd, dPCR is essential for this area of research, where knowledge of the exact number of a particular lncRNA can reveal whether it acts on a gene on the same chromosome (cis), or a different one (trans). "You get real numbers really quickly," Dr. Dodd says, "and you don't need to rely on a standard curve, as in real-time PCR, or quantitative PCR (qPCR), which can introduce problems due to structural variations in the RNA targets."
Still, he does not think that the ddPCR system he uses will replace qPCR; although dPCR is important for his work, he mentions that few of his colleagues in academia use it because of the high cost of the equipment. Because of this, he sees it more as a service that would be offered by core facilities than something each lab would purchase. There are also "lots of hands-on steps" to prepare the droplets, he says, further adding to the inconvenience.
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The idea of a four-cylinder BMW was tossed around earlier this year, but it now appears as if those four-bangers will be running on diesel fuel. Tom Baloga, vice president of engineering for BMW of North America, confirmed a turbo-diesel I-4 will make it way into the North American lineup in the near future.
BMW already sells loads of diesels in Europe, but only recently brought its turbocharged 3.0-liter six-cylinder diesel to the U.S. With the upcoming change in CAFE fuel economy standards, BMW sees the addition of a four-cylinder diesel as key to meeting those strict rules. Although it will be a fuel miser, BMW says the 2.0-liter four-cylinder diesel engine it's developing for this market will be tuned for performance.
"This engine needs to match the acoustic qualities of a six-cylinder, and it need to match the performance, as well as performing better in terms of fuel economy and emissions," said Baloga. "Our four-cylinder diesel will be so good that people will readily accept it as a replacement for six-cylinders. The target is to produce enough horsepower to be comparable [in performance] to our N54/N55 [328i /335i engines] six-cylinder turbos."
This means that BMW is aiming to get in excess of 300 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque from a small 2.0-liter diesel engine. For comparison, BMW's 3.0-liter turbocharged diesel mill puts out 265 hp and 425 lb-ft of torque.
When the engine makes its way over here, it will initially be offered in the 3-series and X3. Baloga said there is a strong possibility of it appearing in the 5-series. If it's accepted in the X3, it will migrate to the X5 as well.
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Senior American Catholic clergy, lay conservatives and even some church critics are publicly pushing back, hard, at the New York Times, saying a March 24 story implicating Pope Benedict XVI in shielding an American priest-molester over-reached the facts and amounts to a calculated attempt to damage the church.
The high point of the counteroffensive so far may have come Tuesday night, when Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn used a Holy Week homily to call on priests and New York Catholics "to besiege" the New York Times.
Days earlier New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan took the unusual step of ending a Palm Sunday Mass with personal remarks broadly comparing the church to a wounded Christ afflicted by "certain sources" whose attacks were characterized by "inaccuracy, bias, and hyperbole."
Beyond that, the Catholic blogosphere and social networking tools have been afire with analyses of the Times article, most of them arguing that the internal church documents Times placed online did not support the charges outlined in the story.
Some of the criticism comes from Catholic communities that have not been reflexively defensive — and sometimes have been sharply critical — of the bishops' and Vatican's handling of the sexual abuse crisis.
Referring to Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict's name before assuming the papacy, "the Times article certainly suggests moral culpability even though the documents do not support the charge," wrote liberal Catholic author Michael Sean Winters on the Web site of America magazine, a Jesuit publication.
The episode comes at a particularly perilous moment for the institutional church. Seven years after the sexual abuse crisis swept the United States, it broke out in Ireland, and now has erupted in Germany, Ratzinger's homeland. Disclosures about his administration's handling of an abusive German priest in 1980, when Ratzinger was archbishop of Munich, threaten to involve Ratzinger personally in the crisis.
But the U.S. battleground is a front page Times story headlined "Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Boys."
Written by Laurie Goodstein, an award-winning veteran of the beat, the story used internal church documents originally acquired by two plaintiffs' attorneys to trace the church's handling, in Milwaukee and in Rome, of the Rev. Lawrence Murphy, an admitted molester thought to have abused 200 deaf children before 1974 in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Ratzinger is involved because he moved on to Rome as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which then handled certain sex abuse cases.
The report said officials in Ratzinger's department did not defrock Murphy despite repeated pleas from his American superiors; that his Vatican office was more sympathetic to Murphy than his victims, and that church officials never notified police and prosecutors of Murphy's crimes.
But in examining church documents the Times put on its Web site in conjunction with the story, critics assert that the newspaper over-reached.
They point out there is no evidence of Ratzinger's involvement in the case; that the Vatican did not appear to have been notified of the Murphy case until 1996; that the church went so far as to waive the statute of limitations on Murphy's crimes to authorize a complicated trial, and that Ratzinger's deputy, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, urged reluctant American bishops to impose penalties outside a trial in 1998 because Murphy was by then fatally ill and within four months of his death.
Critics also note that the Times reported in passing that Murphy "also got a pass from the police and prosecutors who ignored reports from his victims," but left that finding unexplored while focusing on the Vatican response.
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Doylestown Presbyterian Church, located at 127 East Court Street in Doylestown, Pa., extends an invitation to all in the community to hear Virginia "Suki" Flanagan and friends—Amy Lloyd, Sharon Shaw, and Jinhee Shim on Sunday, Jan. 27, at 4 p.m. in the church's sanctuary.
Former member Virginia Flanagan, better known as Suki, will return as guest harpist to play a concert for Harp and Two Flutes as the second event in the Celebrate the Arts Series. She will be joined by church members Amy Lloyd and Sharon Shaw on flute and Jinhee Shim, organ who will each play an extended work with Suki. The flutists will offer several flute duets, and Suki will solo on the harp. This interesting and varied program will include works by Vincent Persichetti, Vaughan Williams, Haydn, and Debussy, among others. Following the concert, there will be a reception to greet the artists.
Suki and her husband moved from Montgomeryville to Maine where she plays regularly with the Midcoast Symphony, the St. Cecilia Society, the Tapestry Singers and the Bowdoin College choir. While living in Bucks County, Suki performed regularly with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra, Bucks County Symphony, and the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra. At each location she has had a studio for harp students. Suki received a B.A. in music from Wellesley College and a Masters of Harp Performance at Boston University and has since been featured on two recordings.
There is no charge for the concert but a free-will offering will be received. Following the performance, all are invited to a reception in the Celtic Cross Room. Limited street parking is available or attendees may use either the church lot on Church and Selner streets, or the county lots. The building is handicapped accessible from the Mechanics Street entrance.
The ever-popular "Members-Only Art Show" features the works of Doylestown Presbyterian Church members. Enjoy the beautiful craftsmanship of our talented members who have displayed their finest pieces of varied media. This display will be featured in the Celtic Cross Room through Feb. 10, and may be viewed whenever the building is open.


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Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur
Bishop, Steel, Raheem and Q are best friends headed for nowhere on the mean streets of a corroded New York City neighborhood. Young, not especially gifted, and black, they skip school most days to hang out at the pool hall, shoplift records, dodge the police or lounge at home drinking beer and watching TV. Although not yet out of their teens, their lives are effectively over.
That's the harsh message in this well done but bleak coming-of-age film—or, more accurately, not-coming-of-age, since two of the four will die and a third will barely survive a shooting. Ernest R. Dickerson, the cinematographer responsible for the distinctive visual sheen of Spike Lee's movies, makes his debut as a screenwriter (with Gerard Brown) and director.
It's a commendable initial effort, with a propulsive narrative and good performances by a young, no-name cast. But the film seems excessively limited in its reach and its characters, particularly when compared with John Singleton's debut, Boyz N the Hood. What's missing for the viewer in Juice ("juice" is street argot for respect) is an adult role model or any sense that there is a chance, or even hope, that one of these kids will get out. The most talented of the quartet, Q (Epps), aspires only to being a rap deejay, mixing and scratching records at dance clubs, which is not quite the same as bucking to get into medical school.
This may be the way it is in the 'hood, but it's not the way you want it to be in the movies. Which isn't to say that this isn't a worthy movie, just that it's a profoundly sad one. (R)
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Published: Thursday, May 8th, 2014
It will be a most interesting Republican primary election for the next U.S. Senate candidate to emerge from a crowded field of contenders. On June 3, which is less than a month from now, Republicans will choose the person they believe has the best chance to beat Democrat Rick Weiland and three other Independent candidates in the November general election.
Interested area Republicans had the opportunity to meet and hear the five contenders for the job at a candidate forum Saturday, April 26, in Custer. Mike Rounds is a former two-term governor of the state who has the most name recognition. State lawmakers Larry Rhoden and Stace Nelson have some experience in the Legislature, with Rhoden being the more senior with the most years.
Army Reserve major and attorney Jason Ravnsborg and physician Annette Bosworth both got in the race a little late and are playing catch-up. They have a long way to go in a short amount of time. All five candidates claim to be conservative and want to do away with ObamaCare and help clean up the political mess in Washington. To that we say good luck!
Weiland and the three Independent candidates will sit this one out and wait for the November general election. It seems there is always a slew of Republican primary candidates, but few races on the Democratic side of the aisle.
For some reason, former U.S. Representative and Senator, Larry Pressler, now 72, is taking another run at the seat being vacated by Democrat Tim Johnson. He is running as an Independent. Pressler served the state in the U.S. House from 1975 to 1979 before being elected to three terms in the U.S. Senate. He was defeated in a reelection run by Tim Johnson in 1996.
Two others running as Independents are Clayton Walker and former state District 30 Sen. Gordon Howie. They are the last two to enter the race and just had their nominating petitions approved by Secretary of State Jason Gant May 1. Walker, a 33-year-old Black Hawk resident, is a political unknown. Howie served in the Legislature from 2005 to 2010 as a Republican and is known for his conservative philosophy.
If history is a teacher of anything, it is that most Independent candidates draw votes away from Republicans. If this holds true in the general election, the Independents will siphon votes off from the Republican candidate. If the race for U.S. Senate is a close one, this will definitely benefit the Democratic candidate in November. If any Republican is damaged before the primary election in some way and wins, this will haunt them in the general election against Weiland, whose campaign is sure to exploit any perceived weaknesses.
Whoever wins the Republican nomination should be wary of Weiland who is conducting a grassroots campaign by traveling to every community in the state. The Madison native has already visited Custer twice. He is no political neophyte either, having served as Tom Daschle's senior advisor and state director. He also has run unsuccessfully for the U.S. House twice.
Recent surveys show that at least three incumbent senators in Alaska, Arkansas and Louisiana are trailing their Republican opponents. Republicans are also leading in open races with Democratic retirements in Montana and Michigan. Republicans need to swing six states, while holding their own seats, to take back control of the Senate. Republicans seem to be taking for granted wins for open Senate seats in South Dakota and West Virginia.
From what we have seen, Republicans in South Dakota need to emerge from the June primary with a strong candidate to go against Democratic and Independent opponents. If they don't, the seat held by Johnson could stay in the Democratic camp.
The old farm adage holds true. Don't count your chickens until they are hatched!
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DeLand, Fla. - Senior third baseman Jill Semento (Umatilla, Fla.) of the Stetson softball team has been named to the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District III First Team for 2011, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) organization announced this weekend. Semento graduated from Stetson on Saturday with her Sport Management degree and will be eligible for the Academic All-America Team ballot.
Academic All-District selections must maintain a minimum 3.30 cumulative GPA and have played 50 percent or more of their team's contests as a starter or significant reserve. Semento, a 2010 A-Sun All-Tournament Team and All-Academic Team honoree, hit .300 this season for the Hatters and led the team in home runs (seven), RBI (29), walks (29) and HBP (11). The transfer from South Carolina hit 10 home runs in her two seasons at the hot corner at Patricia Wilson Field. All First Team selections move on to be considered for Academic All-America First, Second and Third Team honors.
This is the fourth consecutive season in which a Stetson softball player has been named to a District III All-Academic Team; the last First Team pick for the Hatters was Andrea Migliori '09 in her junior year of 2008. Four other Atlantic Sun Conference players joined her on the All-District III squad: USC Upstate pitcher Morgan Childers (First Team), Campbell infielder Sarah Forgacs (Second Team) and outfielder Lizzie Goldbach (Second Team) and Kennesaw State infielder Brittany Moore (Second Team).
CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT III FIRST TEAM
P - Stephanie Brombacher (Florida); P - Morgan Childers (USC Upstate), C - Abby McLain (UCF); INF - JILL SEMENTO (STETSON), Megan Bush (Florida), Alisa Golder (Georgia), Natalie Land (UCF); OF - Shannon Bear (Georgia Tech), Kelsey Bruder (Florida), Michelle Moultrie (Florida); DP - Kelsey Horton (Florida)
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Back when I first joined CAG there were several BB stores that would clearly mark their guides $.01(Seacaucus, NJ, for one) and even put out a shelf tag marked a penny too. I also noticed that most of the guides I used to get from my closest GS store for being on their 'good' side(making and keeping tons of pre-orders) would have penny stickers on them.
Weird that the store even marked it out $1c and put it on shelves and not sell it to you when you saw them in the floor? But yeah, sorry for the loss man.
That's the thing that amuses me most about the pennied guides is that both BB and GS sticker them with the penny stickers just to end up throwing them in the fuckin' dumpster.
Anyway, I stopped at that lil flea market place where the guy used to have tons of guides from drops 6-8 months ago from BB. He had all guides marked 50% off. I thought about buying a Lost Planet 2 one for $1 just in case I grab the game used from BB sometime. But I changed my mind. Otherwise he has crap for guides and doesn't seem to be putting any newer/different stuff out.


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Backup Software
ETech 7's backup software will help you clearly identify and document important information about which data is essential to your day-to-day operations, where that data is stored, how it is stored and what security measures are in effect to protect it.
Data Backup Solutions
Most backup providers supply space and software and leave the rest up to the customer. During the setup, there are many features and tech terms that are presented to the end user. Options are important, but end up confusing users.