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Cramer is worried about a secondary, but a big run. Expect some wild trading.
Why don't you jump already, then you become SPLAT JUMPED?
They are going to have to raise cash one way or another before the pdufa date. A partner for Europe would do the trick, but kill hope for a buyout with 2 different partners (unless Bayer wants EU) controlling the everywhere but N. America.
Given how Stein mentioned how good the FDA has been and then at the JPM conference, the Q and A an EU partner has been "postponed" till the end of year yet mentioned they are in talks.
I think they may have an offer but countered as the suitor is saying "take the offer, it might get a CRL, then where you going to be?" where Stein is saying "the FDA has walked with us through this process, approval is basically a given" on national television.
At least that is my reasoning. Why wait for a EU partner and the cash that comes with it knowing you need to hire 150 sales reps for the US and why delay the EMA approval process? If I were the CEO and willing to sell, that is exactly what I'd do to differ the costs the suitor. I'm also of the opinion that Stein doesn't want to run a company and would rather be acquired and be rich now however, I could be totally wrong in my thinking. Either way, I think TED is going to be market winner.
This company is a winner no matter how you slice and dice it. Leading antibiotic desperately needed
by patients and hospitals, not to mention insurance providers. Solid management. Great trial results with no interaction issues. Ideal company to buy before the end of 2013 to merge with an existing nationwide sales force. Takeover either Q4 of 2013 or Q114 at between $18.50-$22.00 a share.
In large from $4.60 and not selling one share.
I totally agree with you about a buyout. This company will be sold before the end of the year, sooner rather than later. Let's Ride!
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Cramer fakez worry prior to zhorting hiz own pumping, aye Bozz? lol


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An extra party member from Chrono Cross for PS1 by Square. He is an odd looking dragon hatchling of multiple colors with to small, fly-like wings. His innate color is red and his Level 7 tech element, "Big Breath" is unlocked by visiting his mother's skeleton in the Other World. He is very small, but packs quite a wallop if given enough chance.
Draggy was found by incubating his egg in the Home World.
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Really wimpy dragon character from Chrono Cross. People that use his name as nick are to be considered lame
Hey look at that guy, he's such a Draggy.
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BadgerNation Bracket - Edition 3
Conference play has finally arrived, and with it comes my third NCAA Tournament bracket projection of the season. Two-and-a-half months from Selection Sunday, certain teams have played their way into early consideration while others have placed themselves squarely on the "bubble".
Xavier, Oklahoma and Arkansas join the field as at-large teams this week. Five more new teams find their way in as the new projected winners of "low-major" conferences (14 seeds and below).
Conference rankings are another focal point of my bracket projection, and this week the Big Ten has retained its top position. Wisconsin, Michigan State and Ohio State appear to be virtual locks for bids. Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota all have work to do to secure berths, but I expect at least three of these teams to be able to breath easy on March 16.
Purdue has a chance to sneak into the field, but they are the least likely of the teams mentioned so far. The remaining Big Ten teams, Nebraska, Penn State and Northwestern, will likely be left battling only for an NIT bid.
The Atlantic 10 is deep once again this year, and this projection features five A-10 schools. One of the toughest and deepest "mid-major" conferences, the A-10 is overlooked year after year but they will be hard to ignore if they can, once again, place more teams in the tournament than one of the BCS conferences.
Wisconsin 2 seed justification: Seeding teams is essentially ranking them. In my opinion, I believe that right now Michigan State is simply a better team than Wisconsin. For that reason, they remain one line above the Badgers. Wisconsin and Michigan State are both ranked fourth in one poll and fifth in another. It is a real toss up at this point between the two teams.
Wisconsin will have plenty of opportunities to change this over the coming weeks, including the head-to-head matchup with the Spartans in February. Wisconsin remains at the top of the two-seed line, ready for a likely move up if Ohio State knocks off Michigan State next week.
Note: The question has been raised to me, why do some teams have their conference listed next to them and others don't? The teams with their conferences listed next to them are the current projected conference winners.
There are a lot of misconceptions about making a bracket. Basically, you take the winners of the automatic-bid conferences, then the next best teams that didn't win their conference and rank them 1-68. Once these rankings are done, the teams are split up at increments of 4 into their seeds. The last 4 at-large teams and the last 4 auto bid teams are seeded in pairs, and represent the new "First Four" model, with play-in games on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the tournament. Once I break the teams up into seeds, it is easy for me to see where one team maybe should be ahead of another. After teams are seeded, I make note of the "first four out" and "next four out" to keep a full radar of teams that are near tournament contention.
One small change to the bracket this year will be the number of auto bids and at-large bids. The breakup of the original Big East resulted in the creation of the new American Athletic Conference (AAC). Because the AAC meets the criteria for an automatic bid, the number of auto bids rose from 31 to 32. That, in turn, shrunk the number of at-large bids from 37 to 36. This really will not have a large impact on the bracket, as the winners of the new Big East and AAC will likely be teams that would have gotten in if the old conference was still in place. This is the second time that a conference breakup has resulted in an increase in auto bids, the first being the splitting of the WAC into the Mountain West about 10 years ago. That was the beginning of the play-in games, as the NCAA didn't want to see the number of at-large bids change out of fear of lowering the quality of the tournament. Since then, the play-in games have grown from one to four, so there is no reason to expand the tournament based on the most recent conference expansion.
As far as selecting teams, my process is not complicated. Remember, I am only selecting 36 teams because of the 32 auto bids. During the season, I use the current conference leaders to determine who my auto bids go to. Once I have these teams selected, I rank them 1-32. I then select the remaining 36 teams based on factors like the RPI, with special focus on certain RPI characteristics like quality wins and strength of schedule. The selection committee looks at each team as an independent in their selection in March, so I try not to let conference affiliation affect my seeding. I have a natural bias towards the Big Ten, simply by virtue of seeing so many Big Ten games in person each season. I do my best not to let this bias be a part of my bracket.
I am interested to see how the shift of power towards the major conferences affects seeding. The Horizon League, Conference USA and the Missouri Valley Conference all lost teams to the redistributed Big East and AAC. There were also some shifts among the low-major conferences that will have minor impacts. Bottom line: previous conference reputations will be more irrelevant than ever and there will be a period of feeling-out with the realignment.
In my opinion, the Big Ten returns as the best conference, but the ACC is not far behind. The AAC and new Big East are about equal, the Big 12 is about their level and the SEC and Pac-12 continue to lag slightly behind, despite having some top-level teams at the top of their conferences. The Atlantic-10 continues its rise and the Mountain West will be as competitive as always.
I'm looking to build on a season in which I correctly predicted 66 of the 68 teams in the field, correctly predicted 22 teams' seeds, got 28 teams predicted within one seed and 12 teams within two seeds.
When things pick up in January, I release a bracket every Friday, after the big Thursday games and before the busy weekends.


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Philips 276E6ADS 27-inch monitor achieves 99% Adobe RGB color
Philips has unveiled a new computer monitor and according to the company it is the first quantum dot desktop monitor to be launched anywhere in the world. The display is a 27-inch unit and the big feature is its ability to reproduce Adobe RGB color. According to Philips, the display can reproduce 99% of the Adobe RGB color gamut making it ideal for professional photography and design.


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Dolomites - Blue flower
Favorite thing: Only a few meters away we found another graceful blue flower, small and delicate.
It is hard to take your eyes away from the sweeping vistas you have in the Dolomite mountains of northern Italy, some are truly breath taking. But if you can peel your eyes off the horizon and bring them back down to the earth under your feet you will find a wonderland of color and brightness.
Not sure what the botanical name of this flower is, if someone recognizes it and can advise me I will add the name here, thanks.
- Eco-Tourism
- Photography
- Hiking and Walking
Rambles on Col Raiser
Fondest memory: Col Raiser (opposite to Sassolungo) can be reached by gondola from St Christina - just down the valley to Selva. There are several huts in this area so makes for an enjoyable days rambling and picnicing amidst specatular scenery of the Puez-Odle Park area. This hut is the Rif Firenza - also known as Regensburger Hutte - just look at those wonderful mountain peaks behind :-))
- Hiking and Walking
Italian Alps - The Dolomites, typical outcropping
Favorite thing: This is one of the more outstanding examples of the type of bare stone outcropping you can see in the Dolomite area of Italy. There is a sudden stop in the green foliage and from that point upward you see only bare, stark, cold, stone. But the contrast between the green of the valleys and the lighter color of the mountain makes for a very striking view.
Also virtually each and every mountain has walking trails, ski trials, and of course a ski lift...or two, or three...............
- Road Trip
- Photography
- Family Travel
Italian Alps - The Dolomites, lunch time
Favorite thing: As we were driving toward Marmolada we spotted this lonely picnic table and just could not pass it by. We enjoyed a fantastic lunch with some of the most amazing mountain views as our backdrop. Sometimes you would almost forget to chew ^L^ (yes, I said almost forget)....
It was surprising to see that this type of roadside stop were few and very far in between. But then you could always find a pasture or meadow to spread a blanket on to have lunch or just a "breather" from the road.
- Family Travel
- Road Trip
Italian Alps - The Dolomites
Favorite thing: This is a good representation of the type of roads in the Dolomite area, the roads were in excellent condtion, but the number of bends, curves and turns was much higher than the straight sections. But it was also fun because as you came around each turn you would be presented with a new beautiful scene. We took the opportunity to stop often and just look.
- Family Travel
- Road Trip
Italian Alps - The Dolomites
Favorite thing: Here we are in one of the small towns, take a look at the mountainous backdrop, that is some sight to see each day. It seems as if each and every one of the houses were built just yesterday, they looked "squeeky" clean and dressed up for the holiday. It was a pleasure just to drive through or walk the streets here.
- Road Trip
- Hiking and Walking
Italian Alps - The Dolomites
Favorite thing: In the north of Italy the area bordering Austria on the south and Switzerland to the east, is the Dolomites, a wonderful mix of Italian, Swiss and Austrian personalities. The small towns strewn over the landscape, between the mountains, in the valleys and on the hillsides is wonderful just to drive through. Here you can see one of the many villages there.
- Road Trip
Dolomites - lacy flowers
Favorite thing: We found these beautiful flowers along the path just outside the hotel as we were taking an early morning walk before breakfast. This is the type of thing many people miss seeing, they are very small and you have to stop to look
- Hiking and Walking
- Eco-Tourism
Dessislava, something special
Favorite thing: You know how it is that a normal place becomes a special place because of something out of the ordinary that happens there. Well our stay at the Paradiso Hotel became "special" because of one person and that is Dessislava. She was working in the hotel and she was always kind and friendly way more than you could expect and then we started talking and when we finally left we received and gave hugs and kisses and now we remain in contact.
Friedrich August Weg
Fondest memory: A favourite easy to moderate hike was to take the bus from Selva up to the Sellajoch Pass and then hike the Friedrich August Weg (path 594) which takes you around the base of the Sassopiato -incredible views in good weather - and passes several huts where you can get refreshments if needed. From here you have umpteen choices for hikes on the Alpe di Suisi or you can continue the contour around the Sassolungo group (path 526) and descend via Monte Pana lift to St Christina or further round on the Ciampinoi lift to Selva. Which ever option it will be a memorable hike.
- Hiking and Walking
- Mountain Climbing
Favorite thing: Selva Gardena, at an altitude of 1,563 m above sea level, is situated at the head of the valley. It has a stunning location at the foot of the majestic Sella Massif and connected to the Sella Ronda - which can be hiked around in summer or skied in winter. One side of the valley is flanked by the Puez-Odle national park and the other side has the Sassolungo and Sassopiato peaks and the Alp de Suisi hiking/ski-ing region.
Fondest memory: The hiking options are endless, the scenery fantastic, the weather perfect - well it was when we were there :-))
- National/State Park
- Hiking and Walking
- Backpacking
See and hike the Dolomites. ...
Favorite thing: See and hike the Dolomites. People also come here for botany and painting holidays
Fondest memory: Hiking on Col Raiser, Puez and the Sassolungo - there are so many to choose from. Like the Swiss Jungfrau area I was so smitten with it in the summer that I had to come and see it in its winter glory.
- Skiing and Boarding
Favorite thing: Ortisei, at altitude of 1236m, is the largest village in the Val Gardena. The centre is a colourful pedestrian only area - a delight to wander around and enjoy the shops and cafes here before or after heading for the peaks of Seceda and the Alpe di Siusi which are easily accessible using the several lifts - including a wonderful old chair lift.
Fondest memory: The architecture was really neat and I loved the lace fretwork on this hotel right in the centre of Ortisei.
- Hiking and Walking
St. Cristina
Favorite thing: S. Cristina, is situated in the middle of Val Gardena at an altitude of 1,428 m above sea level. It Iies on the sunny side of the Val Gardena, in front of the Sassolungo. and at the base of the Monte Pana, Ciampinoi, Col Raiser and Seceda lifts.
- Hiking and Walking
- National/State Park
- Backpacking
Winter on Col Raiser
Favorite thing: Col Raiser is acessiblle for skiers in the winter and also for winter hiking - snow shoes can be hired. Just look a this winter view...simply gorgeous.
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Behind Finley, questions still remain at tight end
Green Bay --- As roster cuts near, no position is more difficult to predict than tight end. As written last week, there are no certainties behind the starter Jermichael Finley.
One game later, tight ends coach Jerry Fontenot is still waiting for someone to step up. The coach's blunt assessments continued Monday. For every intriguing play, every sign of progress, there's been two or three mistakes. On Monday, the promising Brandon Bostick dropped a wide-open touchdown in the end zone. Last Friday, in his first game since December 2011, Andrew Quarless struggled as a blocker.
Jake Stoneburner had a costly fourth-quarter fumble. There aren't any surprises with Matthew Mulligan, but he currently has a brace over his injured elbow that resembles a high school science project. Ryan Taylor participates on special teams units.
"I know what each guy's capable of," Fontenot said, "and I think we're capable of a lot more."
"We just need to get into a rhythm. We need to give them as many possible reps as we can and hopefully get them to where they need to be."
Start with Quarless. In 2011, he rolled up his sleeves as Green Bay's top blocking tight end. He's lighter than he was then, listed at 252 pounds. But with Quarless, the issue is rust more than anything.
"It was good to finally see him with his pads on and thumping people," Fontenot said. "He has a ways to go. He did some things nicely coming out of his stance. He's not where I want him to be obviously. He's definitely got some room for improvement as far as his leg strength goes and really being a dominant blocker like he was in the past, like the guy that I saw on film."
He needs more snaps, Fontenot said. Right now, Quarless isn't ready.
Missing two-plus weeks of camp with a quad injury did not help his cause.
"Asking a guy to block on the offense — whether that's on the offensive line, running backs, receivers or wideouts — it's all the same. That's the most unnatural thing you can do in football," Fontenot said. "You ask a guy to go out there and cover somebody, you ask a guy to go out there and run routes, it's a lot different than trying to block. It requires a tremendous amount of fundamentals and you just have to get those and get that muscle memory back and he'll get there. We're just not there yet."
After dropping the touchdown Monday, teammates made Bostick do 100 push-ups.
Fontenot says Bostick must be more versatile to become a real factor in the offense. The Packers don't want to be in a position where the defense knows what's coming if Bostick is on the field. The former college wide receiver is still developing as a blocker.
"Until he is the complete package, we're not going to put guys on the field and tip our hand to what we're doing," Fontenot said. "Obviously defenses do their homework too and they study guys and if they see a guy on the field and we're only throwing the ball when he's on the field or only running the ball when he's on the field then we're at a disadvantage. So he has to be the complete package."
Williams, again, needs to transfer his production on the practice field to game day, Fontenot said. Stoneburner, he said, must learn to drop his shoulder and protect the football, that "in the red zone, things happen much faster." Against Seattle, he fumbled at the 3-yard line with Green Bay driving for a game-tying score.
"When 'Stony' caught it," Fontenot said, "he didn't get his pads down, holding the ball to protect it as well."
Case in point, there still remains no guarantees behind the starter at tight end. Thursday's game will be an important one for all five tight ends not named Finley.
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Just weeks after signing legislation that significantly updated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the first time in more than a decade, the President is attempting to single-handedly strike a major part of the new law.
Among other improvements to the FOIA, the OPEN Government Act created an ombudsman to settle problems between FOIA requesters and federal agencies, as well as keep tabs on how well the FOIA works in practice. Rather than put the new office in the Department of Justice, which has been in charge of the government's FOIA policy for more than 30 years and represents the government in FOIA lawsuits filed by requesters, Congress decided that it should be part of the National Archives and Records Administration to help maintain its independence.
It seemed that President Bush was behind this idea when he signed the OPEN Government Act into law on December 31. His proposed budget for 2009, however, includes a provision that would "repeal" the ombudsman's office and shift its funding to the Justice Department.
If the President's attempt to get rid the ombudsman is successful, it would be tremendously unfortunate for both the public and the government. This new office is meant to give requesters a way to resolve FOIA disputes without having to resort to litigation, which would be cheaper and less burdensome for people who have trouble getting documents from the government, and might reduce the number of FOIA lawsuits that the government has to defend against. The creation of the ombudsman's office is a good idea for improving the FOIA process, which doesn't work as well as it should. The President should see if it makes things better before deciding it's not worth the money.
EFF has joined a coalition of more than 40 organizations asking Congress to provide funds for the ombudsmen to work out of the National Archives as Congress intended. You can read our objections to the budget proposal here.
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Take a look at under armour. IT has a 9B valuation, it makes 147M a year in earnings and has 6.88% profit margins.
It's only form of raising income is to grow, which give credit where it is due, it is. But there is no real way for them to raise prices or raise profit margins significantly.
Deckers on the other hand is trading at a fourth of Under Armours valuation when in the next 30 months they are forecasting almost double the profit margin of today due to the effects UGG PURE will have on the bottom line.
So without growth, there will be significant growth to the bottom line. But this company is growing, projecting record revenues AGAIN this year and opening more than 100 stores over the next 28 months.
So in 30 months, this company is going to be making more money than Under Armour is, yet it is trading for 1.4th the value.
In what world does a company making less money worth more than 4X another company.
EXACTLY. I'm not Carl Icahn yet....but one day.
30 months is just 30X30= 900 days give or take. That is all. 900 days from now....bingo.
Goldman Sachs, all these guys....they don't have $$$$ on me.


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I was hanging out at a certain gun store the last couple days, and they have a .223 caliber pistol in stock. I had to examine this thing closely. I've avoided liking these because I fee the ATF will reverse it's decision on these things and they well be deemed to be SBR's at the flick of a Bic pen and then the ATF will ask for all the records of all those that bought these things. I felt like they were a potential trap.
I made the mistake of handling the bloody thing again and thinking "why not?" It might legally be a pistol, but it's a little rifle in all reality. The fact that you can take this "pistol" and shoulder it and fire it as easily as any SBR, but without dealing with all the SBR red tape is very attractive to me. Now I'm wanting one. DANG IT.
I've a rather short list of handguns that are of interest to me, at the moment. Perhaps the fascination will pass on these, but the Want Factor has been quite high all year so far.
1. The Walther PPQ M2 5″.
The P99 I reviewed for Concealed Carry Magazine really impressed me, overall. But a couple things that irritated me to one degree or another on the P99 was removed or fixed in the PPQ. Namely the mag release and the decocker button on the top of the slide. The PPQ retains everything good about the P99, just cleaned up. Like a Subaru WRX without the Spoiler and Hood Nostril. Talking to some other guys about the PPQ, such as Jon Hodoway from Nighthawk Custom Training… it's quietly becoming a favorite in the class of Polyframed Striker Fired pistols.
2. The SIG M11-A1.
This is basically a reintroduction of the very excellent SIG P228… Which is what SIG is now calling the 229… but the 229 has rails. Don't try to figure it out – it's SIG and they just do things like that. But it takes nothing away from the M11A1… Which is an excellent pistol and one that's been on my mind more and more lately. Slightly shorter than the full sized 226, the M11A1 comes home to that "Just Right" size for me. For EDC work both Open or Concealed, this gun can get it done. And has been getting it done under the 228 tag for a long time. I had a 228 that I used as a backup gun for some time and it was quiet excellent. I did have some problems with the trigger return spring, but that was an easy fix and it never troubled me again. I miss that gun. This is it's resurrection.
3. The Ruger Super Blackhawk, 4 5/8″, .44 Magnum.
Nothing quite says "You're Doomed" like thumbcocking back the hammer on an accurate and powerful single action revolver. I'm more fond of the western style revolvers than I am the more "modern" double action types. There's something about the classic heritage of the breed that is both fascinating and just… I don't know how to say it… "The way it should be". Especially when dealing with full potency magnum loads. The only thing I'd do to this gun would be to get a Gold Bead front sight put in. That's it. The reason I picked this over the Vaquero… the sights… the magnum frame… and a grip that fits my hand better. The Vaquero felt too small to me. Nice, but too small. That and with the Blackhawks I can really place my shots. For me, that's a requirement with a gun with only a few rounds in it. The shorter barrel looks properly handsome as well. If I was in a rural area again where Open Carry didn't even cause folks to look twice – That's what I'd be packing most of the time I think. (Along with a Truck Gun in the same caliber… Such as a Rossi 92 20″)
I am quite tempted to get an AR-15 Pistol and but a "Arm Brace" on it. Because I love SBR's but hate the red tape that goes will them. Here's the thing though, and the reason I am hesitant about this… The ATF has changed it's mind in the past about things and there is no reason that they couldn't change their mind on this. This "Brace" thing looks too much like a stock, even if it isn't. For some reason.
Because I look at these things… and the first thing that comes to mind is "Stock". It just does. It has the profile of a stock and you can shoulder it like a stock, so realistically, what's the difference? I'm afraid at some point in the future, the ATF is going to change their mind on these and all the sudden you are going have an illegal SBR on your hands. Or even worse, you can be well within the guide lines and yet some local Officer Captain America is going to see it and declare it to be an SBR and arrest you and confiscate the "pistol". Because Cops in general, do not have the best track record of knowing all the ins and outs of Gun Laws. We would think that they do, and a lot of them really do… but some don't. MAC talks about being That Guy, well, there is always That Cop. And you don't want to be that guy that meets That Cop. Especially considering that these things could be legally reversed overnight.
What we need to do is just get rid of the Barrel Length restrictions on rifles and shotguns. Just do away with those line items in the NFA. And well, if we are doing away with those, let's just toss out the NFA altogether because it's a package of regulations that only serve to create infringements and stumbling blocks for things you can still get if you are willing to jump through the hoops. So they effectively do nothing but piss us off.
So I'm going to avoid a potential ATF trap with these Braces.
Pick a Gun Company. Any existing Gun Company, big or small. You are now the CEO, Chairman of the Board, and Majority Shareholder. It's your company. You can do anything you want with it. What are the TOP FIVE things you would do with your Gun Company?
I'd take SIG SAUER.
1. First thing I'd do, right off the bat… End the relationship with iTAC Defense. iTAC is SIG's goiter. It's the unwanted, unloved tumor that people tend to get rid of as soon as possible. You have well engineered and made firearms, and then you have this cheap plastic crap that devalues the weapon system that the iTAC item is bundled with. It's AOL installed on your new computer. The holster is a terrible knock off of the SERPA… it actually makes the SERPA look good. The Red Dots are okay on the outside, but the field of view is too small and the Dot is too big and the optical quality is much like trying to see through a Vegas Fremont Street dive bar… DANK. Dark and murky. Do not get me started on the SIG Lights.
If SIG is going to Bundle holsters and lights and Red Dots… SIG has got to realize it's intended market position and select accessories that are in that same position. SIG wants to be the Mercedes Benz of the Firearms World – Who's the Mercedes of those accessories? Red Dots? Trijicon. Lights? Surefire. Make some deals with those guys and make it happen.
2. Kill the P250. The P250 is SIG's SIGMA. You might think it's just fine or you may have thought the SIGMA is fine. You are wrong, and all your taste is in your mouth. You are a Philistine, and your opinion is invalid. The new 320 may be an improvement on the P250, but that's a low hurdle. I'd kill the 320 as well. Because a Modular Handgun is a good idea, being able to fit a handgun to the hand of the shooter is idea thats time has come. But the P250 is a really bad execution of that idea. Everyone else has done this the right way, simply and effectively with swappable panels. This started with the Walther P99 and now most everyone has done this – HK has done it the best. SIG goes and does something completely different, which is fine… but they did it completely wrong. Changing grip frames to go up and down in sizes of the gun it's self… We've see that before in the Dan Wesson revolvers. Nice execution there… but not exactly a success in the market. Why is that? Because no one really wants that. Why have 1 gun that changes when you can have 2? I'd rather sell someone two guns. They would rather own two guns. How do I know? Because I'd rather have two guns. Changing calibers is different. That's cool. Look at the TC Contender and Encore pistols. That works. But if the Contender or Encore was all the same caliber and only let you change barrel lengths – I don't think it would have been the success that we see today. The other thing the Contenders and Encores have going for them are that they are well crafted. The P250 may be well crafted – but it doesn't feel that way to me. It feels as solid as a 68 VW Beetle that every time you shut the door you leave a line of powdered rust under the door sills. It feels tinny and hollow. Exactly in the same way a Glock or XDM or M&P doesn't. SIG needs a serious polymer framed Stryker fired pistol. Not a 250 with a conversion kit stuck in it.
3. This. And This. What are you making guns in Turkey now? Sarsilmaz your contractor now? Come on. What the hell is this? This is SIG's version of the DONK. This has got to stop. Along with it, all the different color variations that are separating the SIG Brand from the SIG core foundation. I counted 26 different versions of the P226. Twenty Six. I'm sorry, but that is just pants on the head retarded. That needs to be trimmed down. You make 20 different pistol types and each one has a couple dozen versions. And that's not even counting the pistol versions of the rifles… If I did, that's 26 again. That just… It gives me that sharp stabbing pain right behind my eyes… that headache… SIG – you give me THAT headache.
4. The P210 is literally more than twice the actual price it should be. I'll give you 1200 bucks MSRP on them. No more. I'd make the P210 pistol something that every enthusiast can obtain… and by doing that I'd burst open the flood gates and take the single stack 9mm market by storm. And don't tell me that it's so bloody complicated to machine. This is the age of 5 axis CNC milling when you are talking about a pistol made in the age of hand machining. You can make it faster and cheaper without sacrificing quality. By limiting the production you inflate to value. Look at it this way – everyone competing with an X5 – should be competing with a P210. Make that your flagship line. Don't call it a "Legend" Others will call it that for you.
4. Your State Compliant guns. GONE. Screw those states. I'm not going to make a special gun that compromises my product to capitulate with Anti-Gun bullshit legislation. I wouldn't sell a single item in those states. Not only that… I'd move out of New Hampshire and move to a state that is unquestioned in regards to the Second Amendment. I'd move to Arizona. The right to keep and bear arms in AZ is not up for debate. That's where a premier gun maker needs to be based. Not in New England. New England had the industrial roots at the turn of the century, which is why the great gun companies grew there – but that time has passed. It's time to go to where your supporters are. The tax dollars you generate for a state that doesn't support your industry – is folly. Move. Close every office, move ever person and asset, liquidate what's left. Restart anew. That's what needs to happen.
5. Where's my Shotgun? Specifically, where is my semi-automatic, tactical shotgun?
I've talked about the best choices for Concealed Carry, but what about for the guys who have to carry openly? Law Enforcement, PMC, Security Contractor, or general Open Carry use, these are going to require a different type of handgun. Basically as much gun on your hip as you can get. Full sized, full capacity, none of the compromises required for Concealment.
SIG 226/220. This full sized SIG is a classic and the choice of a great many gunslinging professionals. A big capacity and rugged construction combined with reliability and accuracy. It's everything you could want in a Side Arm. Unless you want a larger caliber. The 220 everything you like about the 226, but in .45 Auto. This big bore auto is known as "The Thinking Man's .45" and that does indeed make sense when you've spent time with the gun. Same capacity as a 1911, but offers a decocking DA/SA fire control profile. This is probably the safest autoloading handgun I know of. (226 included) They are also very accurate.
Glock 17/22. Depending on your choice of 9mm or .40 cal, these guns are probably the first choice of more police departments than anything else. Very low bore axis, and a simple striker fired trigger mechanism makes these guns very easy to shoot well with once you get used to the triggers. 17 rounds of 9mm was an improvement over the typical 15 rounds others guns had, and 15 rounds of .40 cal is nothing to sneeze at these days.
Glock 20/21. 10mm or .45, these full sized beasts give you everything you need to pull duty on a dark and storm night. A lot of Law Enforcement Officers are running the 21 and I know a few that are running the 10mm. 15 rounds of 10mm is a lot of firepower. With good accuracy and legendary reliability – A Glock is never a wrong choice.
Beretta 90 Series. The 92FS, 92F, M9, M9A1, 92A1, 90-TWO, 96, 96A1. Shooting the big Beretta is like driving a Cadillac. Big, comfortable, comforting, reliable and accurate all with Hollywood good looks. Beretta has a lot of visual style, but what I like best is the almost straight line feeding. Mine can feed empty casing. Super smooth action as well, thanks to it's unique locking block. The Beretta won the US Army contract for a good reason. Like it or not – and I know I'm going to open a can of worms here – it kicked SIG's ass in the Trials. It kicked everyone's asses in the Trials. So much so that the Army actually had to "dumb down" the test just so the SIG could stay in the race and the Beretta wouldn't be a lone competitor. The 90 Series is battle proven around the world.
Beretta Px4 STORM. This is Beretta's newest service auto. It uses a unique rotating barrel action with a traditionally Beretta like DA/SA trigger mechanism. This action makes the Storm a soft shooting pistol as it takes more energy out of the recoil. Like the 90 Series, the sights and the barrel maintain their relationship, they are very accurate shot to shot. With good triggers and comfortable recoil – it's easy to be a good shot with the Px4 STORM. Even the Mid sized version… But the full sized is seriously just a pussycat. You can get it in 9, .40, and .45 auto. It's one of my favorite new autos.
S&W M&P. S&W decided to get serious with the Poly Striker platform and forced Glock to rush the Gen 4 to market. Smith took a lot of LEO sales away from Glock. The Swampy as some call it, is a good pistol and a huge step up from Smith's prior Glock Attack, the SIGMA. *shudder*. I bought one for my eldest Son, who upon getting the pistol, loading it, and having never fired it before – drilled the X in the target as perfectly as an Olympic Marksman from 20 yards. They are accurate guns. Like my Glocks, his Swampy has never failed.
Walther PPQ. This gun surprised me. The prior P99 was a gun that surprised me too. 500 rounds of mixed ammunition, it never failed. But it had a couple characteristics that made it an oddity. Such as the push down mag release and the top of the slide decocker button. The PPQ does away with the decocker on top and gives the gun a normal and familiar mag release. Honestly I didn't mind the P99's mag release and I found that I would use my trigger finger to drop the mags, just like I did with my HK. The PPQ is now available in either 4 or 5 inch barrel lengths and in 9mm or .40 caliber. The PPQ feels good in the hand and is probably one of the best and most under-rated service autos on the market. Let me put it this way – I really want a PPQ and will be buying one this year. Or Trading for it. A few years ago I had said that Walther was struggling to maintain it's validity. The PPQ anchors it.
Springfield Armory XDM. Good trigger, good sights, and huge capacities make the XDM a solid choice. If you can get passed it's "only a mother could love it" looks. While I'm not the biggest fan, I have to respect it. They are super accurate and easy to shoot well with. I know owners who have dumped a lot of rounds with astounding accuracy through their M's.
HK P30 and HK45. The Germans really do engineer some fine hardware. But the P30 and the HK45 are both over priced and in my opinion over rated. With a standard trigger package, I find their triggers to be lacking in the quality of trigger pull that I would expect from such expensive guns. And I don't like glow in the dark toy like sights that come on them stock. Again, for such an expensive gun, I want Tritiums on it right out of the box. Don't get me started on the price of spare mags. For what you pay for an HK, it should come with Tritiums and 4 spares. All that aside – these guns deserve consideration. They are sharp looking, and they feel good in the hand. You can not go wrong with an HK, you really can't. They are very well made. And after you dump enough rounds through it… Cost wise, would be enough to put a kid through a 12 credit semester of college, the trigger does feel pretty decent. They do look good… Like new BMW or Mercedes good looking. Pistol-Training.com's Todd Green did a long term test on the P30 and it ran some 93,000 rounds before forced retirement. You could buy a new car for that much… Or you could afford to get sick or even have a (small) accident under Obamacare for that much money. I believe that none of his other tests have run that distance… Which ultimately makes the HK's probably the best choice out of the lot.
The SIG GSR 1911 C3:
What can I say? I had to have it when I first saw it and I've been working on getting one for a long time… today was the day it came home with me. Sexy little minx, the C3. The C3 is SIG's answer to the CCW question. Colt used to make a pistol called the CCO, a gun that I have always wanted since I first saw it. Then Colt dropped it because Colt is run by a pack of useless idiots with balls slightly smaller than your average sun-dried raisins. Well, SIG, being smarter than the average bear, is making their own flavor of the CCO concept. Commander length barrel on top of an Officers sized frame. This is, and I am not saying this lightly – the PERFECT concealed carry combination.
You know how I've said that Kimber makes "one of the best" production 1911's out there? Yeah, well SIG is the other part of that equation and they do make The Best production 1911 out there. I'd like to see some top gunsmiths make some top end customs based on the SIG GSR's. In the photos, take a close look at the frame to slide fit. No, scratch that… Go to a stocking SIG dealer and look for yourself with your own eyes. To get better than that, you are going to have to buy a full house custom built gun for at least double the money… and even then I really don't think you can get better than that. Not when you are talking Stainless and Aluminum… now if you were doing a solid steel gun with the same steel on the frame and the slide – maybe it might look tighter, but you can't actually make it any tighter. There is ZERO play in this C3's frame to slide fit. There is no play in the barrel.
Kimber still makes some great handguns, don't get me wrong. I'm still a huge fan of Kimber's Tactical series. But SIG's GSR's? They've taken it up a notch. The reason I got the C3 was that I wanted a good compact 1911, but I wasn't quite sold on the Ultras… It's the Bushingless Bull Barrel that turned me off. The C3 has a Bushing. It has a GI type follower… no full length guide rods… no paper clips required to take it down… no gimicks or bullshit… just a solid 1911 the way John Moses Browning would have approved of. Say hello to my new daily carry gun. To get better than this – I'd have to buy a Wilson Combat or a Nighthawk Custom.
Shooting the C3, I couldn't be happier. It's A+ on the Accuracy Score. Even out to 50 yards, it was precise. Reliability is exactly what you come to expect with SIG, meaning it was flawless. Yeah, you can say I'm a hard core SIG fanboy now. So what do I think is better, the SIG or the Kimber? Read this post again. The SIG's don't use plastic mainspring houses, let's just leave it at that.
What really bugs me about the Gun Industry is how they change one or two small details and act as if it's something completely new.
Take a look at SIG Sauer. They have the TACOPS 1911, which is a great gun. They Cerakote it tan, change the grips, and all the sudden it's a "Scorpion" and thus a completely different gun. Some rifle makers will change the stock, and now it's a completely different model. For the most part, the gun is only cosmetically different. Yet the gun companies wave flags of originality and claim innovation. Look, if you are using off the shelf parts that have been on the market for over a year, you should not be allowed to use the word "Innovation" or anything in a thesaurus that is similar. Worse yet, the Gun Writers out there who have to review these things. Never mind that its the same damn gun with different cosmetics… these guys have to write another 2,000 words with photos on how this is something new and fresh. And they publish those articles and people buy those magazines and it's all just rehashed shit from 20 years ago. I'm not naming names but I swear to the All Holy that I read the same rifle article 20 years as I just read in a new magazine 20 minutes ago, with the only difference being the freaking handguards. Its the same thing.
I was going to say Clark Kent and Superman, but I hate Superman… he's a Douche. But look at Bruce Wayne. League of Shadows Ninja, and then changes costume to become Batman. Really only cosmetically different. Bruce Wayne could still kick your ass without the Dark Knight costume. He doesn't need the costume to perform. And just because he is in the costume, doesn't mean he's suddenly a better fighter. He's no tougher, no stronger, or any smarter while in the bat-suit.
Who else does this a lot? Kimber. Freaking hell, they only make like 3 different 1911's but given them different skin treatments and all the sudden you have guns from 699 all the way to 1400 without any special Custom Shop work… just cosmetics.
Poor Gun Review Writer. This is one of the reasons I stopped writing gun reviews. I got really jaded and sick of rewording the same review for the same gun that's just had a small detail difference.
Kimber Custom II. Kimber Target II. Same flippin gun, just a different rear sight. But according to Kimber, it's a whole new model.
Now, I'm not busting Kimber's nuts on this, or SIG's… because so many other gun makers do it too… they all do it. Accept for Taurus, who has so much CQ issues, everything they make is totally different.
Imagine if you will, if the Auto Industry worked in the same fashion? This car is the same as that one, but this one has XM built in, so it's a totally different car! We call this one the Stallion, and this one the Tornado Hunter! See, it has a pin stripe too. (Well, they kind of do… looking at the Subaru and Toyota sports car, but that's another subject)
No, people would not tolerate this in the auto industry. Yet it's SOP in the Gun Industry. I like what the Car guys do those… They have Trim Levels. Same car, with a series of steps in upgraded add on features that go from basic to fully loaded.
The Gun Industry should look at that model for awhile and think about it really hard. Because right now it's just ridiculous.
Now, I understand that a gun company needs to make new stuff to sell more stuff. But I think these guys are going about it all wrong. Let's look at to examples.
Glock. They make the same damn gun in 3 sizes in common calibers and that's it. That's what they do… because they're Glock. The do what they do and they do it very well. You don't hear about quality control issues with Glock. You don't hear about anything other than "It's a Glock". And they sell and sell and sell to the point that Glock's Marketing effort is about like the Maytag Repairman's schedule. Because you know what you are getting with a Glock… Your getting a Glock. Now look at SIG. The P250 the P2022, the 229, 228 M11 226 MK25 and they are all different and you really don't know what you are getting anymore with SIG or anything from SIG wearing that badge… I'm saying this because I love SIG and really I'm feeling like they have let me down. Lost their way. Looking more at Cosmetic Themes than keeping a tight ship… because I've seen some SIG's with some serious issues that should not have been there.
Some guys have said they wished Glock was more colorful or fabulous like SIG is. When really I'd like to see SIG act more like Glock. The worst thing Glock stamps their name on is those disposable pens they give away. SIG's? That could take all day talking about. You don't know what you are getting with SIG anymore and that's a shame.
At SHOT Show, I took a look at the new SIG 224. And I'll be honest. I didn't like it.
It's standard SIG, the way we prefer our SIG's. Alloy frame, DA/SA with a Rebounding Hammer. Add some night sights, and controls that were tweaked to still be used when made tiny… and you have a real SIG and not… well… not a P250.
After playing around with it… it's grown on me. A lot. The gun is a serious Pinky Dangler, but thanks to the shape, texture, you can still get a solid hold on the pistol.
Which is good, because it's a .40 cal. I like that. And I like the P224.
But it's not the gun that I want. I want something different.
This is my Holy SIG Grail. A P220 Compact SAS. If you guys want to chip in and by me a birthday present… this is it. I've wanted one of these for 20 years, when I first read of guys spending big bucks chopping down standard P220's. And we have one now at the Gun Store I work at. 999.99. Oh man… And there is nothing I can do about it thanks to the Bride's new Expedition.


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Jake Babad
Jake Babad is Jackie Kaiser's assistant and supports Michael Levine in the film and television department. He joined the agency in 2012 after completing Humber College's Creative Book Publishing Program and Correspondence Program in Creative Writing. He holds a B.A. Hons in English and Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto. Before joining Westwood Creative Artists, Jake worked in the advertising and publicity department at Warner Bros. Entertainment Canada.
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Carolyn Forde has been with WCA since 2005. She is both an agent with her own list of authors, and WCA's International Rights Director. Carolyn travels to the Frankfurt Bookfair, the London Bookfair and to meet publishers in New York regularly to further the interests of Westwood authors. In recent years Carolyn has been a speaker or mentor at the Surrey International Writers Conference, Muskoka Literary Festival, DarkLit Literary Festival, Writers Group of Durham, Ontario Writers Conference, Diaspora Dialogues and the Canadian Authors Association. A shareholder in the agency since 2010, she has a B.A. Hons in English Literature and History from Trent University, a Postgraduate Certificate in Publishing Sciences from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland and has attended the Simon Fraser University Publishing Intensive course in Vancouver. She has lived and worked in Japan, Mexico and the Czech Republic. She is a dual citizen of Canada and the U K (EU). She has wide-ranging tastes – from literary to commercial fiction (womens/literary crossover and thrillers in particular) from serious narrative non-fiction to pop-culture. Carolyn is on Twitter at @cforde_litagent.
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Assault charges against Matt Milton, a freshman receiver who enrolled last January and participated in spring practice, are pending.
Two other Vols were detained and listed as suspects. They are senior receiver Denarius Moore and incoming junior college transfer John Brown, a defensive tackle. Also held in connection with the alleged assault was Jerran Talley, a non-UT student from Athens, Tenn.
Montori Hughes, a sophomore defensive tackle, was questioned. Whether he is a suspect in the incident is not clear at this time.
Eye witnesses say a fight broke out at approximately 1:50 this morning at Bar Knoxville, located at 1820 Cumberland Avenue near campus. Although bar employees got the combatants removed from the establishment, the brawl continued on the sidewalk.
Off-duty police officer Robert Capouellez and an as-yet-unidentified bar patron sustained injuries and were taken to UT Medical Center for treatment. Capouellez, who reportedly was trying to break up the altercation, was knocked down and kicked. He was unconscious and lying in the street when police arrived.
According to an arrest report filed by UT police officer Brian Greenlee, he showed up at the bar at around 2:04 a.m. in response to a call for "an officer needing assistance."
Greenlee's report says he was directed to the side of the building, where a group of males "supposedly assaulted an off duty Knoxville police department officer." When Greenlee identified himself as a police officer and ordered the group to stop, Myles allegedly tried to leave the scene.
"Mr. Myles fled from me on foot southbound towards Lake Avenue," Greenlee's report states. "After a foot chase, during which Myles struck me with his elbow under my left eye, he was taken into custody and charged with assault, resisting a stop and fleeing/evading arrest."
A supplemental report filed by Greenlee says the injury to his eye occurred while he was trying to subdue Myles.
"When I made contact with Mr. Myles I ordered him to stop and I attempted to place a restraint hold on him to take him to a prone handcuffing position," the report says. "Mr. Myles continued to resist me slipping out of my grasp and he struck me with his elbow just under my left eye and proceeded to flee from me on foot ..."
A report filed by police officer Christopher McCann says he and a "Sergeant J. Keck" of the Knoxville Police Department found Myles "hiding under" a white BMW. Instructed to come out from under the car, Myles reportedly "fled on foot eastbound on Lake Avenue."
According to the report, Myles eventually was found "hiding in some bushes next to Henson Hall and was taken into custody without further incident ..."
Head football coach Derek Dooley was out of town at the time of the incident and has not yet released a statement.


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Spinach Lasagna
Total Time
Prep 0 mins
Cook 1 hr
No boiling the noodles. This is non-fussy lasagna that goes together quickly with satisfying results. It's yummy.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen spinach, thawed and well drained
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- 3⁄4 teaspoon oregano
- 1 (26 ounce) jarfavorite spaghetti sauce
- 1⁄2 lb uncooked lasagna noodle, can use any variety
- 1 cup water
- In medium bowl, combine ricotta, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, egg, spinach, salt, pepper and oregano. Stir well.
- Spread 1/3 spaghetti sauce in a greased 9x13" baking dish. (NOTE: You can stretch your sauce by thinning with a little water so that you have enough for topping.).
- Place 1/2 of (uncooked) lasagna noodles over sauce.
- Spread with 1/2 ricotta cheese mixture.
- Then again: sauce, noodles, cheese mixture.
- Sprinkle remaining 1 cup mozzarella over.
- Save a bit of sauce to dribble over top.
- Pour water around edges.
- Cover securely with foil.
- Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Let stand 10 minutes and serve.
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This was really easy to put together and was very good. My family enjoyed it and the meat lovers didn't miss the meat at all. I used Barilla No Boil lasagna noodles and they worked perfectly. I will make this again.
Thanks to this recipe, I tried the "no boil" necessary noodles for the very 1st time. I absolutely love how quick it was to put my lasagna together. Thanks so much for turning me onto a much quicker way of fixing lasagna. Now, I see us having lasagna more often. :o)) Marla


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HalloFREEn!: Amnesia: The Dark Descent
The last game on the left
By Brian Kent Oct 30, 2010 5:37PM PSTTags: PC Amnesia: The Dark Descent (PC) Team Fortress 2 (PC) Team Fortress 2 (PS3) Team Fortress 2 (XBOX 360) Oregon Trail (WIRE) Costume Quest (PS3) Costume Quest (XBOX 360) Minecraft (PC)
Welcome to HalloFREEn! month on the Freeloader blog! Each week, I'll be taking a look at a creepy, kooky, mysterious and/or spooky free or indie game that will get you in the Halloween spirit (HA!). Turn down your lights (where applicable).
When I began putting together the list of games for HalloFREEn, Amnesia: The Dark Descent was at the top. The follow-up to Penumbra from independent studio Frictional Games was guaranteed to be the scariest game of the year, and it definitely is. If you smell a large BUT coming, here it is. It's probably not one of the scariest games ever made, as far as I'm concerned. I really love what it attempts to do, and it's certainly worth playing, it just doesn't deliver the goods that I was expecting. That's okay, because my horror standards are recockulously high, and most mere mortals will be sufficiently frightened and engaged by the experience. It's available now on a variety of services (with special Halloween pricing in effect!) and you should head there now and purchase and play it straight away. If you are interested in my issue with it, read on.
Shortly into Amnesia, I reached a level of fright fatigue that began to tarnish the experience. There is a moment in Silent Hill 2 that best captures what I think is the main problem with Amnesia. One of the most prolific actions performed in Silent Hill 2 is that of opening, or attempting to open, doors. The locked door sound effect of Silent Hill 2 becomes one of those sounds that will permanently occupy a small corner of your brain, resisting all manner of alcohol consumption. At one point, when you attempt to open a particular door, the aforementioned locked door sound will play, followed immediately by a loud and extremely jarring sound from SOMETHING on the other side of the door. I'm fairly certain that this is the singular instance of this event, and the fact that it only occurs this one time makes it one of the more memorable scares in that game. Some people remember Pyramid Head raping a mannequin, but it's the rattle of a door handle that keeps me huddled under the covers. By contrast, Amnesia often has multiple instances of doors flinging open by themselves within a single level, and it constantly assaults you with the creaking of floors, doors, or other unseen activity which I quickly became desensitized to. The restrained use of sound effects, or, more appropriately, effective use of silence in Silent Hill makes the eventual breaking of it that much more frightening. Equally important, once this sort of activity has been established, is the silence presented between these events which slowly builds tension in the player, making them dread each subsequent action, like the simple act of opening of doors in this example.
Thanks for joining me this month on a macabre tour of the free and indie gaming space; here's a recap if you missed any particular article:
Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess
Devil's Tuning Fork
If you've enjoyed this series, please let us know. There are ton of games and special Halloween happenings going on out there, so here's a short list of things that I didn't get to talk about. Happy HalloFREEn! Candy!
- Minecraft Halloween Update - The frightening update to Minecraft is now available. Download!
- Haunt the House - In this flash game, you play a ghost that can posses various objects and scare away human invaders. Spook it in your browser!
- Organ Trail - In this Oregon Trail homage, you must survive the zombie apocalypse and avoid dysentery. Perfectly recreated. Survive in your browser!
- Scream Fortress 2 - This haunted and free update for Team Fortress 2 features a scary map and an evil, pumpkin-headed NPC (a first for TF2). Update on Steam!
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IntriguingPosted: Oct 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by Krakrok
I liked what I played of the Penumbra games so I'm definitely intrigued by this. It's only 20 bucks so I might check it out. I wish they would put it on a console though.
Act now (or earlier, I mean)Posted: Nov 04, 2010 12:00AM PST by kentdoggydog
Hopefully you picked it up before the end of the Halloween sale for 50% off. It's worth a play through. As Frictional is independant, I think it would just cost too much for them to port to a console, though.


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Clash had secretly been at work on a new character for the studio over this past summer and fall.By Claude Brodesser-Akner
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Horror film star Bruce Campbell hosts evening at the Pabst
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In Tandem's 'Burying the Bones' needs more flesh
When the lights come up on M.E.H. Lewis' "Burying the Bones," which opened Friday night at In Tandem Theatre under Chris Flieller's direction, a young woman is sleeping peacefully. Her husband comes into the room and lovingly stands over her. The soft light suggests another dawn for a couple who surely have a bright future ahead of them.
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Milwaukee Film Festival picks: Day Ten
Rain and movies go together like ... well, you pick the metaphor. But you don't need bad weather to attend the Milwaukee Film Festival Saturday. Here are reasons to do so.
- "Sign Painters" (4:30 p.m., Oriental Theatre) Documentary directed by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon that Art City writer Mary Louise Schumacher calls "a dive into the toolboxes and tricks of the sign painters" who "change the urban landscape with their own hands and who defy the kind of washed-out sameness that has crept into American cities."
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This is a "sexy BA" at best.
they're willing to do it for the money: there's no shortage of them
I fantasize about academic sharecroppers organizing with contingent workers across industries, a category (taxi drivers, seasonal workers in agriculture and tourism, truckers, office temps, construction temps...) that has exploded over the last twenty years. Together their power would overturn cities. But for that to happen, academic sharecroppers will have to tear their allegiance from the people who love what they love, that is, they will need to understand that my job is funded by their oppression, that there are more of them than there are of me, that they are the shaky foundation on which people like me totteringly stand. There are more and more of them and fewer and fewer of me. Adjuncts as sharecroppers. There's a reason it's #14. [more inside]
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Who are the alt-acs? They are people with graduate education (mostly in the humanities and library science) who have decided to pursue alternative academic careers. They choose to skip the "dues-paying crap" often associated with pursuing a traditional tenure-track job, and avoid languishing in unrewarding adjunct assignments. They also tweet like mad. The results of a new (and, as of this writing, ongoing) #alt-ac census show alt-acs thriving in diverse positions; there's a strong contingent involved in the digital humanities, but also a historian at the U.S. Department of State, an exhibit developer at the National Constitution Center, and a self-employed "Editor, musicologist." [more inside]
the academic upper middle class needs to rethink its alliances
What we have in academia, in other words, is a microcosm of the American economy as a whole: a self-enriching aristocracy, a swelling and increasingly immiserated proletariat, and a shrinking middle class. The same devil's bargain stabilizes the system: the middle, or at least the upper middle, the tenured professoriate, is allowed to retain its prerogatives—its comfortable compensation packages, its workplace autonomy and its job security—in return for acquiescing to the exploitation of the bottom by the top, and indirectly, the betrayal of the future of the entire enterprise. Graduate school as suicide mission, in the Nation.
Tales of academe Newly-minted Ph.D.s describe their varied experiences on the academic job market. Most use pseudonyms. Many writers are remarkably bitter; some are not. Notable essays: the adjunct professorship as a career; teaching at a county jail; racism on the tenure track; and a series of columns by "Thomas H. Benton," who desperately tries to talk students out of entering graduate school, and then gives helpful advice to those who want to go anyway.
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The earliest printed book on exercise prepared by a physician, published in 1553, has been translated recently by Dr. Francisco Guerra, research associate of the History of Medicine Department, Yale University School of Medicine and edited by Mr. Frederick G. Kilgour, Librarian of the Yale Medical Library.1 Dr. Christobal Mendez published his treatise Book of Bodily Exercise in Seville, Spain only
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American artist Jennifer Angus has used an intricate pattern of insects to decorate a vivid pink room at the Renwick Gallery in Washington DC, set to reopen next month following renovation work (+ slideshow). More »
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The Watermill at Posara announces its 2013 line-up of painting and creative writing courses
Five brand-new courses, both painting and creative writing – including The Watermill's first crime fiction writing course – have been announced for 2013.
Here are the five new courses in 2013:
• California-based Tom Schaller (1-8 June 2013) worked for 20 years as an architect and architectural artist and is now a full-time watercolourist.
• Artist Joanne Boon Thomas (8-15 June 2013) hopes to share her excitement at the unpredictability of watercolours, inspiring other artists to realise the hidden talents they possess.
• British artist Sue Ford (24-31 August 2013) will be sharing her extensive mixed-media skills, and aiming to stretch all students regardless of their ability.
• Bev Wells (14-21 September 2013) focuses on teaching a methodical step-by-step approach to watercolour painting and places a strong emphasis on colour.
• Popular thriller novelist Meg Gardiner will be leading The Watermill's first crime writing course (5-12 October 2013), which will cover the essentials needed to write a bestselling thriller: from building up tension and creating a memorable villain, right through to getting your work published.
The programme also features some of The Watermill's most popular painting tutors including the Brazilian artist Fábio Cembranelli, Australian watercolourist Charles Sluga and British artist John Christian, celebrated for his 'wet-into-
Using the local surroundings as inspiration – with trips out into the countryside and to nearby villages – guests enjoy superb regional cuisine, influenced by Tuscany and the neighbouring regions of Liguria and Emilia-Romagna. Vegetables come from The Watermill's own garden, and fresh local produce is used wherever possible, including local hams and cheeses. Popular dishes include tagliatelle with mushrooms, Tuscan porchetta, chicken involtini, amaretto mousse ice cream and homemade tiramisù.
A week's painting or creative writing course in 2013 costs from £1,236 pp based on two sharing. The price includes transfers (Pisa), all tuition, seven nights' accommodation, pre-dinner aperitifs, all meals (including local restaurants)
Contact The Watermill at Posara on 020 7193 6246; www.watermill.net/
For a full list of the 2013 courses, please see below:
John Christian – watercolours (11-18 May 2013): fun-loving British painter John has a renowned 'wet-into-
Terry Jarvis – watercolours, oils, pastels and acrylics (25 May-1 June 2013): an Australian watercolourist who has won awards for his work, which hang in collections across the world. He has also worked with Aboriginal groups in Australia and with refugees from Kosovo.
NEW: Tom Schaller – watercolours (1-8 June 2013): one of the foremost architectural artists in the world, California-based Tom has exhibited globally including in Shanghai, Belgium, America and Spain.
NEW: Joanne Boon Thomas – watercolours (8-15 June 2013): originally a graphic designer, Joanne lives in Lancashire and focuses on composition, harmonious colour, interesting textures and the quality of light in her work.
Fábio Cembranelli – watercolours, oils and acrylics (15-22 June 2013): an international artist from Brazil who is famous for his landscapes and luminous floral watercolours, Fábio also teaches in oils and acrylics.
Annelise Pio Hansen – watercolours (29 June-6 July 2013): Annelise's Watermill painting holidays are always extremely popular. She paints in soft but bright colours, influenced by the landscapes of her native Denmark.
NEW: Sue Ford – watercolours, pastels, gouache and oils (24-31 August 2013): a contributor to Leisure Painter and Paint! Magazines, Sue's skills lie in a large number of media and she gives practical advice about materials and technique, as well as in composition and colour.
Laraine Simpson – watercolours, oils, pastels and other media (31 August-7 September 2013): Laraine likes to encourage her students to appreciate the relationships between line, tone, shape and colour.
g.a. Sheller – watercolours (7-14 September 2013): g.a. hails from New York and has received many accolades for her unique work and inspirational teaching over the last 30+ years.
NEW: Bev Wells – watercolours (14-21 September 2013): Bev's focus is often colours, and she a great believer in teaching people in a step-by-step way, explaining what she does and why – passing on what she's thinking about as she paints.
Charles Sluga – watercolours (28 September-5 October 2013): Australian artist Charles is a highly respected watercolour artist and teacher in both Australia and Europe.
'Writing romance' (4-11 May 2013) with British author Sharon Kendrick: with over 80 Mills & Boon titles to her name, Sharon is an expert in writing romantic fiction.
'How to write your memoir' (18-25 May and 12-19 October 2013) with British author Jo Parfitt: Jo's course will show you how to write compelling stories based on your own experiences and turn them into a publishable memoir that has plot, pace and pizzazz.
NEW: 'Writing crime fiction' (5-12 October 2013) with US-born, British-based author Meg Gardiner: Meg's best-selling thrillers have been translated into 20 languages and she'll show you how to write gripping, crime-suspense fiction.
For further information contact The Watermill at Posara on (UK number) 020 7193 6246; www.watermill.net
ENDS 17 August 2012
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