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Guitar Hero 5 ReviewBy Patrick Klepek - Posted Sep 01, 2009
The Guitar Hero series has been playing catch-up since Harmonix split to make Rock Band, however, and while Neversoft has admirably picked up the slack, each edition since the divide has been a little...off. Guitar Hero 5, however, is a return to form for the series.
The Pros
- Overall fantastic lineup of songs
- Party Mode is great for friends and family, every music game needs to copy it
- Mini-goals within songs are addictive
The Cons
- Songs become note waves and scream-happy in final tiers
- Poor interface design makes it difficult to identify key gameplay icons
- Kurt Cobain looks realistic, but creepy
It's hard to believe we're already on Guitar Hero 5. I remember sneaking into Red Octane's pint-sized E3 booth years ago to see the first Guitar Hero prototype. There was no hype. These days, music games are a dominating force in the industry. The Guitar Hero series has been playing catch-up since Harmonix split to make Rock Band, however, and while Neversoft has admirably picked up the slack, each edition since the divide has been a little…off. Guitar Hero 5, however, is a return to form for the series.
Fundamental to any music game is, of course, the music. There is no feature more paramount to success than its soundtrack. Guitar Hero has stumbled in this regard since Neversoft took over, its new operators suffering an identity crisis with Guitar Hero III and hurriedly going multi-instrument in Guitar Hero World Tour. There was more breathing time with Guitar Hero 5 and the music selection reflects that. There's a solid assortment of band-friendly rock in Guitar Hero 5, enough to satisfy indie hipsters like myself (Sunny Day Real Estate in Guitar Hero?!) who are usually Rock Band loyalists.
All the music in Guitar Hero 5 is unlocked at the start, but developers include career modes in these games for a reason -- many of us play games for a sense of progression. Guitar Hero 5's career mode is barebones, moving players from tier to tier, unlocking the next sections of songs by accruing "X" number of stars from performing well. There's an enjoyable balance before Guitar Hero 5 stumbles over a balance between fun and difficulty, a regular issue in music games. The last few tiers in Guitar Hero 5's career mode are largely filled with waves of nasty notes and someone screaming into a mic.
Hitting the notes, at least, feels spot-on this time around, even if Guitar Hero doesn't actually employ my prefer method for a music game. Neversoft's approach has always felt more mechanical, whereas Harmonix took Rock Band in a more game-like direction. There's a smaller window to hit notes in Guitar Hero. Ultimately, that makes it more accurate, which is why musicians seem to feel more comfortable with Guitar Hero because of its precision requirement, while Rock Band provides a little more leeway. At this point, I really don't have an issue with how Guitar Hero does it -- it's a preference.
The game does fail to make use of the touch pad introduced into last year's guitar peripheral, though. The applicable notes are few and far between, even on expert settings, and often only a handful of notes at a time. I ended up just passing on the feature entirely.
But by far Neversoft's most clap-worthy achievement in Guitar Hero 5 is Party Mode. It's essentially a jukebox that allows for drop-in, drop-out multiplayer however, whenever you'd like. Guitar Hero 5 plays music on its own until someone clicks a button. Up to four can participate with any instrument in any combination -- four vocalists, four drummers, doesn't matter. It's a stroke of genius, a feature that needs to be in every Guitar Hero going forward and one Harmonix should happily copy for future Rock Band games. The ability to start a song on expert, realize it's too tough and dynamically switch difficulty without interrupting fellow bandmates fits so naturally it's difficult to imagine why something like this wasn't implemented sooner. Thankfully, it's here now. It needs to stay.
There are small touches that round the game out -- the inclusion of Avatars and Miis, the ability to bring in downladable content from Guitar Hero World Tour (finally!), mini-goals within each song (i.e. sustaining note combos) and guest characters that look less creepy than in the past (though Kurt Cobain's inclusion remains questionable). It doesn't, however, change fundamental issues that have long-plagued Neversoft and remain an issue in Guitar Hero 5, such as a poorly laid out interface that takes far too long for you to decipher basic gameplay needs, such as whether or not you're going to fail.
If you're a gamer who hedged their bets on the Guitar Hero series, you won't be disappointed with Guitar Hero 5. For the Rock Band crowd, it's a disc with a solid soundtrack, with many songs that aren't available there yet. It's not perfect, but it's Neversoft's best Guitar Hero yet.

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Dordt College News
Caffee To Attend Dordt College
April 15, 2014
(Monday, April 14; Sioux Center, Iowa) Xavier Caffee, a senior at Lancaster High School (Texas), has announced his intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defender football and track programs.
Caffee was a part of a team in 2012 that earned district, bi-district, area and regional titles and was the state runner-up. He claimed district and area titles in the 200 meters in 2013 and has a person best of :21.84 in that event. Caffee also has been on the honor roll in four years. He's listed as a 5-9, 170 pound wide receiver and kick returner in football.
Xavier is the son of Lester and Marie Elliott of Lancaster, Texas. He plans to study business and accounting at Dordt College.
Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. Dordt's athletic program is a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC).
U.S. News & World Report, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. Dordt is home to approximately 1,400 students.
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Full Disclosure by Chris Azzopardi
Dance duo talks gay influences, Sam Smith's 'classy' coming out and the history of club music
English dance prodigy Disclosure isn't simply aware that club music is steeped in queer culture – they're inspired by it. The Grammy-nominated duo, Howard and Guy Lawrence, is still lighting up the charts with songs off their debut, _Settle_ (recently released as a deluxe edition), which, according to its creators, leans heavily on the unique gay roots found in house music.
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Stock Futures Rise Ahead of Jobless Claims
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The major U.S. stock averages were mostly lower Thursday after the latest U.S. labor market data and as investors awaited more information from the European Central Bank meeting.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 7 points, or 2.49 points below fair value, at 13,017. Futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.60 points, or 0.02 points above fair value, at 1407. Futures for the Nasdaq were down 5 points, or 2.39 points below fair value, at 2632.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 rose on Wednesday, rebounding after President Barack Obama spoke to top business leaders and made a YouTube push to pass his budget proposal.
In the afternoon Wednesday, news that a group of Republicans were supporting the bi-partisan call to break the gridlock over the "fiscal cliff" talks boosted sentiment.
A big drop in Apple (AAPL) shares dragged down the Nasdaq on Wednesday.
The European Central Bank on Thursday kept its benchmark rate unchanged at a record low of 0.75%. The meeting was to be followed by a press conference.
President Mario Draghi is likely to state again that the ECB is ready to put its bond purchase plan into action, according to Ben May, an economist at Capital Economics.
At the same time, "he will doubtless also stress that it is up to euro-zone governments to solve the debt crisis and he is unlikely to offer much hope of further imminent policy support for the wider economy," said May.
The Bank of England also left its interest rate the unchanged Thursday at a record low of 0.5% and kept its economic stimulus program at 375 billion pounds.
The FTSE 100 in London was rising 0.33% Thursday, while the DAX in Germany was gaining 0.94%.
The Asian markets finished mixed. Japan's Nikkei average finished up 0.81% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed off by 0.09% as investors began to shift their attention away from China's infrastructure spending plans to the ongoing uncertainties relating to the "fiscal cliff" and eurozone.
The Labor Department said that initial jobless claims for the week ended Dec. 1 fell 25,000 to 370,000, coming in lower than the expected 380,000. The prior week's claims were upwardly revised to 395,000.
"Jobless claims fell 25,000 through last Saturday and by more than expected driving the level of claims back down to 370,000 as the impact of Hurricane Sandy dissipates," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak.
The four-week claims average rose to 408,000 from 405,750.
Continuing claims for the week ended Nov. 24 fell by 100,000 to 3.21 million; economists were expecting 3.275 million.
Meanwhile, the Challenger job cut report registered a 34.4% rise in job cuts in November, after being up 11.6% the prior month.


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See its easy to pull stuff out your ass all you need is a few extra minutes at lunch and a smart phone.
I don't care, i only post in the main forum
I got a better Trade :
1# Lets trade James Dolan for the time machine from back to the future
2# We hire Dog The Bounty Hunter to capture all the current Knicks so we can swap them with players from a different era
3# We swap Coach D with Red Holzman to coach the first real Super Time Machine Team ( KOOL I KNOW )
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DAVE DeBUSSCHERE
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See its easy to pull stuff out your ass all you need is a few extra minutes at lunch and a smart phone.
Knicks4Life_1985See its easy to pull stuff out your ass all you need is a few extra minutes at lunch and a smart phone.
looking at how fat you are, you might need a few extra minutes at the all you can eat buffet.
HELP HELP someone get this guy Eddie Curry's Dietitian!
DIETITIAN SAYS "step back from the fridge son"
i think would give up 1st rounder for another sandwich.
that god their not to many fat gm,you might have competition
now why do you have to get all personal about it?
i finally check out this trade thread (where ALL the sh*ttee posts should be),
and there's a personal attack going on, and why? because K4L85 was making a funny?
just keep your trade ideas in the trade thread, to make it easier for everyone to ignore you.
Can we please just team up the best pick-and-roll PG in the league with two of the best pick-and-roll finishers in the league and go compete for a championship? Let go. This team is not going to ever win a championship with the current roster. No matter who you put at coach.
Melo + Shumpert + Douglas for DWill + Morrow + Farmar
DWill is averaging 20.5 pts and 8.5 assists this year with hardly any good finishers and under Avery Johnson's slowed down system. He made Boozer an All-Star. Can you imagine what he would do with Amare and Chandler?
Morrow is averaging 13.6 pts on 43% 3-pt shooting. The kind of shooter you need to create spacing for the pick-and-roll to run most effectively. And finally Jordan Farmar as the backup PG we desperately need.
Is guy is a loser I am 6 1 245 you right a brother been eating good. How your life son ? I hate to do this but if you want to talk real noise I got something for you. Let me know if you really bout something
Post your picture if you got a sack moron.
OOPS tugboat, Where you high or drunk when you sent this one.
Your last post was definetely for someone else on a dating forum
good luck I hope he likes you too. Everybody deserve somebody
Everybody Fairfax now knows, You don't have to keep "the bro code" in your closet no more.
Open invite shizzee
I'd probably like Tony D more if he played fewer minutes and never ran the point... EVER..... He still top on my list to be shipped out.
Chicago's bench scores 48% of its point total. My last prayer is Baron Davis coming back as the league will start punching LIN around and take him off his stride but he does have potential. HE NEEDS TO GET INTO THE WEIGHT ROOM...
a trade forum is like wishiing for a new wife with a perfect body...nice day dreams that don't happen.
Three to five thing need to happen to make a trade.....Knicks want the player...the other team wants something or some player thr knicks have....and then the players have to agree to go if they are star types who have a say in the teams they are willing to play for.
Sooooooooooo Rondo is available? lol
Knicks: Howard, Hedo Turk, and Redick
Magic: Amare and Melo
Knicks Starters: Lin, Fields, Turk, Chandler, Howard
Bench: Shump, Redick, Jefferies, Novak, Walker, Davis (if or when healthy)
First of all, no one is scoring or doing anything in the paint. This reminds me of the Spurs of the late 90s with Robinson and Duncan down low. No team in the east will be able to matchup with us. We have our pick and roll guard, our spot up shooters, and a physical dominating presence down low. Most of all, some much needed depth. These are all the ingredients for a long, successful run in today's NBA. Turk will thrive in Coach D's system. Plus, we add a sniper from 3 (Redick). Remember how good Q Richardson was in Phoenix the year before we gave him all that money. That's the role Redick fills off the bench. This trade eliminates the iso bs game that melo plays. This allows the floor to really open up and the ball to be moved freely. Although, Amare will be missed this is the only way I could see the Magic doing this. Both players are under contract for a while and Orlando can still remain successful. All that needs to be done now is for someone to kidnap Dolan and try and get this deal done.
This trade idea smells like shizzee...


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The Pousada de Queluz, D. Maria I, is a historic luxury hotel located in the building formerly used by the Royal Guard of the Court in the Palace of Queluz, known as the "Portuguese Versailles".Besides the palace, there are in Queluz some other interesting places that can have the attention of the first visitors, as some megalithic monuments (about 2500 bC) and some buildings from the centuries XIV, XVII and XVIII. Around the old nucleus of the city started to appear some villas and houses that used to be summer houses in the beginner of this century.The Pousada hotel privileged location, about 5 km from Lisbon, 14 km from Sintra and 20 km from Cascais, the attractive interior design and exacting recuperation of its little private "theatre", combines with the exquisite cuisine of the Cozinha Velha Restaurant.


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Philadelphia Phillies (49-50) at St. Louis Cardinals (59-37)
Jonathan Pettibone (5-3, 3.89) vs. Shelby Miller (9-6, 2.92)
Time: 8:15 PM EST, Busch Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 82
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After an off day, the Phillies will try to get back to the .500 mark. They face a big test in this upcoming series against the St. Louis Cardinals, a team that is well in first place.
Tonight's matchup will feature two young right-handed pitchers. Shelby Miller, 22, is doing very well in his first full Major League season. Miller throws a hard fastball in the mid-to-late 90s, and has a curveball and changeup to go along with it. Miller's counterpart, 23-year old Jonathan Pettibone, has struggled on the road, having a 5.65 ERA away from Citizens Bank Park.
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At least it's a different game now with both starters gone. I don't know how different it's gonna be, but THAT mismatch is over.
What, no trades yet?
No, only the smart GM's know when their teams are out of it and they get out in front of the others and take advantage of the demand for their players. The Cubs have acquired some nice assets for Matt Garza and, to a lesser extent, Matt Garza.
right on hk, which means in a few days you'll see Ruben buying instead of selling off like he should…
It actually wouldn't surprise me. As long as they are within 7 games of Atlanta with 13 games left against the Braves on the schedule, Ruben might be thinking that all it takes is a 10-3 record vs. the Braves to essentially make the other 49 remaining games a toss-up.
Idk,I feel like this year the division might be winnable, if we played better I think we would have a shot, however as the season rolls on I find myself wondering if we aren't playing up to full potential or is this what this team actually is…
In my opinion I would try to sell off who we can and get back some value this year, even if the division looks winnable this year I still think we should sell, because if we buy what will we have left for next year and beyond…
I agree that they are what they are, which is a poorly constructed team that has earned their ~.500 record. They have a good rotation although their #2 has not pitched as well as could be expected, a bad bullpen, an offense with too many holes and mediocre defense (very bad on the corners and decent to good up the middle). A team with their budget should not (a) be starting Delmon Young every day, (b) have such a weak bench and (c) have such a poor bullpen.
I'm just wondering what might be going through Ruben's mind as an explanation for why they haven't sold yet and/or for his reasoning if they do what you suggested and buy before the deadline.
it's going to be interesting but I fear what Ruben will do lol
"No, only the smart GM's know when their teams are out of it and they get out in front of the others and take advantage of the demand for their players. The Cubs have acquired some nice assets for Matt Garza and, to a lesser extent, Matt Garza."
Holy Yogiism. There's a clear implication there that the Cubs are smart because they got ahead of the field and jumped the trade marke. It's always a credit to the Chitown braintrust when theym realize they are sellers. The pain of the time invested in the decision is beyond imagination. They ain't won nothin' since the Magna Carte was signed, so what a grueling process, and much as I dig Theo (not the GM, but only Jed should bother me with details) , the Cub club isn't winning until 2325 AD unless The Billygoat lessens his grip on the Bruins neck. My, those Cubs are rocket acientific in nature for realizing they were sellers. And to the extent that history is qualified to project the future, they might as well sell the rights to Shawon Dunston's great great grandkids pretty soon since they can confidently get a jump on that market as well.
What an example of a team earning praise for realizing they were sellers early. Too bad the Clippers don't play baseball. At least there might have been an alternative mention.
CUB FEVER!!!!!!!! God love 'em!
"it's going to be interesting but I fear what Ruben will do lol"
Fear not, Hogey. Mini-Mart is back. Our problems are solved.
Actually haven't seen very much going on regarding deals, probably due to a lot of teams thinking they are still in the hunt for 2nd wild card..
Like I said I fear what Ruben will do lol… I understand and agree with the quintero move,I don't agree, surprisingly, with the mini mart move…
Why don't we call up a younger outfielder,I.e. Castro or Gillies and try them out since we're more than likely not playoff bound…
Good catch. Of course, I meant, "to a lesser extent, Scott Feldman." Regardless, the point stands that the Cubs were the first to the market as sellers and got, according to most people who write and blog about prospects, a good return for two starting pitchers who are not in their 2014 plans. And, while what you say about the Cubs' past is true, it is not too different from the Red Sox past at the time they hired a new progressive GM named Theo Epstein in 2002.
KRod is in the Carm City now. Hopefully some desperate team will show interest in Papelbon.
Charm City that is. P.S. Why is it that our young bullpen arms have to learn how to pitch when opposing teams' young arms just blow the Phillies away?
I just don't see much interest in many players.
Ruiz? everybody has a catcher who can't hit.
Papelbon? Marginally effective closer on the downside.
Lee? Not with that salary.
Young? How much you gonna get for him?
Utley? Just don't see the Phillies trading him
If Rodriguez has value then Papelbon has value.
They got a single A prospect for k-rod. currently batting.244, for K-rod.That's one step above getting nothing.
Papelbon is still owed $31M through the end of 2015 and another $13M in 2016 if he finishes 55 games in 2015 or 100 games in 2014 and 2015 combined. KRod is owed less than $600K for the rest of the season. When factoring salary into the equation and considering that "buying" teams are looking for ~20 innings from the player they acquire, KRod was a much more valuable commodity than Papelbon on this season's trade market.
Phil's did us a huge favor by losing 3 in a row now – they gave me all the insurance I need that we will not be playing more than 63 games this year.
Through 100 games, the Phillies have a winning percentage of .490% …. for them to think that they can suddenly start playing at a .650% or better, and continue that way for the remainder of the season is simply delusional. …also, that .650% only gets them to 89-wins .. no guarantee of a WC birth … and IF you get the Wild Card, you get a one-game-playoff … that shouldn't be the goal of this team. Get what you can for the players that have value and start this whole thing over.
The record projected for them to ensure a playoff spot in this year's NL .. is 95-67. … Anyone think the Phillies are going to win 46-of-62 from here out? No, me neither. SELL SELL SELL. And i'll still go see whoever wears the uniform next season.. it's the name on the front, not the name on the back that matters!
"The record projected for them to ensure a playoff spot in this year's NL .. is 95-67"
Does this mean the Braves are projected to win 94?
Of course not. It's the Marlins who will surprise everybody by winning 94.
Not sure what exact formula they use… but it's a pretty simple concept.. they just aren't good enough to win the amount of games that it usually takes to reach the postseason. . . here's the link:
It would be a simple concept if it weren't for all the other teams in the division playing as if they aren't good enough to win either.
I like how you guys just said "Eff it." to doing game recaps.
Well in fairness, the game recaps are pretty much all the same the last two years. Feel free to copy/paste this as a game recap for rest of the 30-35 losses we'll have this season:
—A young, unknown, and/or mediocre pitcher baffles the Phillies' hitters for 7 innings.
—Our starting pitcher gets some shoddy defense played behind him costing him at least a run.
—Our 7th and/or 8th inning reliever gives up a run or two in a close game, pretty much putting the game out of reach.
—With us somehow, miraculously still in the game and the game on the line in the 9th, one of our hitters has a terrible AB, costing us the game.
You're welcome
Tremendous recap, Mike…
Rube needs to sell… there's really no way that you can expect this team to play the way they need to play over the remaining 62 games without serious help and even with help, it's a crap shoot because you have to hope that the teams ahead of them fall. Too much on the shelf… too many holes… too much to expect from the few guys that are producing (Lee can't win every game, Dom Brown is really not a #4 hitter and shouldn't be expected to produce like one at this stage in his career, Utley is still one year removed from missing a lot of games with knee issues, Kendrick is still a #4 starter pitching as-if he's our #2…). I love this team and the players that have made this era the greatest era in Phillies history but we have to be smart. Everyone has to be on the table, at this point. Young, Papelbon, Ruiz and anyone else that has perceived value… even Utley. If you can get a team's best prospect for any of these guys, you listen… I will keep coming back to Carlos Beltran. At age 34 and in the final year of his contract, Beltran and his woeful knees netted the Mets Zack Wheeler… Utley is 34 and in the final year of his contract. If we can fetch a similar haul, pull the trigger.
Our starting pitcher gets some shoddy defense played behind him costing him at least a run."
I get that your point's about the game story deal, and the point about the defense you make is true, so I'm just using that statement as a segue here. On the starting pitching.
Here's the deal with how those boys have performed out of the break through the 4 games so far, 1 up, and 3 down.
21.2 innings 30 hits 18 earned runs ERA 7.47
It's a ridiculous point, and blatantly obvious, but defense or not, although it's such a small part of the schedule, the starters have to do a lot better. We'll see how Lannan does tonight. –
I agree the starting pitching has come up small since the ASB, but the bottom line is in those 3 losses, they've scored a total of 5 runs. Defensively, some of those hits that lead to earned runs they've given up should have scored errors, or flat out should have been outs if the balls were played properly, or we had some fielders that had more range than a fire hydrant.
Maybe the PN writers have just gotten tired of all the negative comments that even winning games seem to generate, and needed a break from responses to their recaps. Sure enough, though, even without a game recap, people have found some other place to whine about the Phils' play. Some break, eh?
fire hydrant? what fire hydrant?
It's a glorious day in Phils history. D Young bats cleanup. Laynce Nix starts. And Rube goes into sell mode. Bye, bye Humberto Quintero…we hardly knew ye. Wonder if that diminishes the possibility of dealing Chooch.
The DFA does not mean they are waving good-bye to Humby. It just means they are removing him from the 40-man and he has to pass through waivers before they can outright him to the minors. Most likely, he will pass through and be available should they trade Chooch.
This is hysterical. Unfortunately, it is sad that most of the games have gone this way.
Q goes down and Mini Mart is back..ugh


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Post: FT: MSG Pair In Back Of Stage For 1/2; ISO: MSG Ticket For ANY Night With View, Plus Cash Difference
~ Jon is responsive with communication. It was nice to be able to message him and know that he would quickly get back to me. He sent my tickets to me as promised. I would not hesitate to trade with him again.12/18/15
Post: 3 12/30s For Any Singles For 12/31-1/1-1/2 Have Nugs, Hash, Pens, Shatter
~ Everything went smooth with Jon!! Will trade with him again in the future!10/13/15
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~ Prompt payment, Easy communication, awesome experience. Highly Recommended. Enjoy MSG!10/02/15
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Post: FS 1 GA Phil Lesh And Friends Fri 11/28
~ Great seller. Continuous communication and a flawless transaction. Another trade for face made possible by COT. Thanks a lot! Would deal with again!11/28/14
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~ Perfect trade. We both mailed tickets in good faith and no one was disappointed. 5 stars! Trade with Jon!10/11/14
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~ Excellent deal - was very speedy and thorough with the transaction and gave me all of the information I needed for a smooth transaction. 7/09/14
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We communicated clearly and reularly until the deal was finished. Went out of his way to meet up with me on lot at a show.
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~ Made a fair deal, his two 12/30 tickets for my NYE plus the cash difference. Met in person, real friendly to talk to. 12/13/12
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~ I responded to his post and he responded back ASAP. Completed the trade later that night. Super smooth process. 11/29/11
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#1985 - 05/08/00 09:07 AM Words from Roman and Greek Mythology
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Posts: 125
An ad in a recent issue of a trade journal touts the efficiency of the
product very forcefully. The graphic shows the classic maze scene complete
with a guinea pig and a piece of cheese in one corner. In the traditional
experiment, the little animal is supposed to find his way through the maze,
backtracking, remembering the paths already taken, and ultimately reaching
the reward. Instead, in this scene, the rodent zooms across the diagonal,
turning the parts of the maze in his way to dust, and claiming the prize
he richly deserves. I think that was a perfect illustration for the idiom
cutting the Gordian knot.
Can you think of a Gordian knot or two you could cut in your own life, at
work or at home? Give it some thought. In the meantime, look for more words
and phrases from classical mythology in AWAD this week.
#1986 - 05/08/00 10:10 AM Re: Words from Roman and Greek Mythology
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Registered: 03/15/00
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Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
Yes, indeed I can think of a Gordian knot: the knot of
human relationships. Last year, an old friend who was the most beautiful person I have ever known died of cancer in a relatively short period of time. Being with him through
these months taught me an invaluable lesson: don't hold
back the good stuff, because you might suddenly find that it is too late to make up for lost time. So I have pretty
much quit playing relationship games, and cut right to the
important parts: if I love someone, I tell them so. For
the others, I have learned that you might as well be nice--
it takes very little effort, and is MUCH more likely to
get you what you want (a good response) than being ugly is.
For the ones who do not reciprocate, then I decide whether
I want to continue in the same vein or not. People are not
required to like me back, and if I decide that it is costing me too much to continue, I can simply tell them so,
without rancor. Everything we do is about making choices.
I choose (mostly!) not to get ugly with people. Acting ugly takes a lot more effort than being nice, and I have
much better ways of spending my energy. Things like this
still feel quite risky to me, but mostly I'm finding that
I reap what I sow.
#1987 - 05/09/00 02:16 AM Re: Words from Roman and Greek Mythology
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Posts: 1
A Gordian Knot (not) in relationships? I noticed that if you look in Random House Dictionary of the English Language, unabridged edition, interesting enough you will find the word in-ti-mate - defined as personal relations involving warm friendships, cozy, etc. is followed by the word
"intimate borrowing" - defined as the borrowing of linguistic forms by one language from another when both occupy a single geographical or cultural community;
(home, personal relationships, workplace, government, schools,)
which is then followed by "Intimations of Immortality" - (Ode Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood) a poem (1807) by Wordsworth;
which is followed by the word "in-time" - intimate; cozy: in-time conversation;
The word which follows "intime" is the word "intimidate" conversely meaning to make timid; inspire with fear, overawe or cow esp with a forceful personality or superior display of fluencey, fame wealth, etc.; to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear.
Can one be genuinely intimate within or form a loving, trusting, long lasting, fulfilling relationship or successfully communicate with another person, community or country when there is any form of serious, willfull intimidate(ing)? How many of us allow THIS Gordian knot to ensnare, ruin or sabatoge relation-ships. Soooo close in alpha order yet, so far apart. At times, I've done this myself. I also know that...
If one strives to eliminate the "intimidate" which breeds fear and anxiety from the intimate relationships we try to establish with others, our dates may be more loving mates...in a more loving and peaceful world.
#1988 - 07/01/00 07:01 AM Re: Words from Roman and Greek Mythology
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Posts: 724
> don't hold back the good stuff, because you might suddenly find that it is too late to make up for lost > time
Thanks for this post Jackie. All that you've written I would like to be that way too.
#1989 - 07/15/00 12:56 PM Re: Words from Roman and Greek Mythology
Registered: 07/12/00
Posts: 200
yes, jackie,
this is the essence of life!
and it takes huge bravery or scary experiences to get us to arrive there.
"life is short"
"the rest of your life starts now"
what other sayings express this same thought?
and why is it that we all know it, but erect barriers as though reaching the cheese, the goal, was the last thing we could bear to do?
#1990 - 07/27/00 05:40 AM Re: Words from Roman and Greek Mythology
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Registered: 06/23/00
Posts: 724
> why is it that we all know it, but erect barriers as though reaching the cheese,
> the goal, was the last thing we could bear to do?
Perhaps because of the fear we might find the cheese with too many holes than we had expected, also after we get the cheese - then what happens?
#1991 - 07/27/00 07:52 AM Re: Words from Roman and Greek Mythology
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
>>after we get the cheese - then what happens?<<
Avy, I think you've hit it. So many people have struggled
for so long, that they forget that there is any other
way of existence. Quite often, the thought of the
unknown is simply terrifying. This was brought to life for
me when a friend who has struggled for years with anorexia
was talking with me about it, and she said, speaking of
her efforts to deal with it, "If I succeed, then
who will I be?"
Another friend recently pointed out to me something significant: that you get trained in all kinds of ways to
prepare you for work, but you get nothing to prepare you
for retirement. I think the same kind of thing applies to
what you said--most of us are taught from childhood that we
should "achieve": good grades and a good job will lead to
your being successful. But I think very few of us are
taught how to deal with that success, if we are fortunate
enough to achieve it.
P.S.--Good to have you back, Dear!
#1992 - 01/03/02 03:37 PM Re: Words from Roman and Greek Mythology
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
The Old Quibbler wonders if the "Gordian Knot" qualifys as mythological, since it was allegedly cut by Alexander the Great in historical times.
#1993 - 01/03/02 03:43 PM Re: Words from Roman and Greek Mythology
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/01/00
Posts: 13803
Cutting the Gordian knot
According to Graves, Alex's cutting of the knot solved the puzzle about like overturning a chess board and breaking the opponents king would count as winning a chess game.
#1994 - 01/03/02 04:00 PM Re: Words from Roman and Greek Mythology
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
Faldage, old buddy, my remarkable command of the obvious had got me that far.
Now please address your quasi-mythological perspicacity to the question: Is it
not mildly erroneous to call something that happened in historical time "mythological"?
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In the last few months, Microsoft and Sony have both announced the imminent release of the next generation of their respective gaming consoles, and in doing so have reignited an ancient, stupid war. It's called a system war, a conflict between advocates of specific video game systems, and right now the battle lines between the forces of Xbox-Losers and Playstation-Turds are quickly being re-formed.
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Video game forums are already filling with bold claims of which system will be more powerful, which system will have more games, and which system will break down and catch fire faster.
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But why does any of this matter? Why would anyone go to so much trouble to yell at other people about how popular their toys are? Isn't this just stupidly childish? Or would even stupid children be embarrassed by this?
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I know a bit about what I speak of here. When the Earth was still young, I myself took part in a system war, filling Usenet with all sorts of hateful slander about the mental defects that people who owned a Sega Genesis must have.
"Brain Ebola" I think was one of my more common refrains.
Looking back on it now, it really isn't surprising that I got drawn into the great unwashed Super Nintendo Army, because at the time there simply weren't that many other armies willing to admit me. Certainly not the Good at Sports Army, nor the Smoking Army, nor even the Weed Smoking Army. And definitely not the Talking to Girls Army, who'd turned up their noses at my resume several times.
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Which is why I gravitated toward message boards, where I could chat with people with similar interests. It's fun being on a "team," even if none of them know how to talk to girls either. And once you're on that team, you'll take part in its customs and rituals, which invariably involve attacking other teams. If all your new buddies are talking shit about Sega, well, so be it. Eat shit, Genesis fans.
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No. Not the band. I ... You know something? Fuck it. Fuck those Genesis fans, too.
3Purchase Justification
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It's nice knowing that other people agree with you. While wealthy people who make Ashton Kutcher money might be able to afford multiple video game systems, many people will stick to buying a single one each generation. And for people who can't lay $300 down on a toy that casually, they will naturally want to feel that they've made the right decision, even if some of the facts on the surface -- like the fact that they're spending $300 on a toy -- are screaming that this is exactly the wrong decision.
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"Why can't you afford it? Because your job is 'collecting birthday checks from Grandma.' And, you know ... that's not a long term industry. No, that wasn't a threat."
This makes someone who looked at the same video game systems you did but chose the other one your greatest enemy. Their actions imply that you made the wrong decision, and all of your mental energies must be diverted to proving that that person is wrong and an idiot and that their chosen video game system is likely to explode and wipe out their entire family.
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Association between weight and risk of crash-related injuries for children in child restraints." Pediatrics. 2011;128(6):1148-52."
Passenger compartment intrusion as a predictor of significant injury for children in motor vehicle crashes." J Trauma. 2009;66(2):504-7."
Effect of booster seat laws on appropriate restraint use by children 4 to 7 years old involved in crashes." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(3):270-5."
Delta V as a predictor of significant injury for children involved in frontal motor vehicle crashes." Ann. Surg.. 2006;243(1):121-5."
Effectiveness of child safety seats vs seat belts in reducing risk for death in children in passenger vehicle crashes." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160(6):617-21."
A latent class analysis of injury patterns among rear-seated, seat-belted children." J Trauma. 2006;61(5):1244-8."
Parent driver characteristics associated with sub-optimal restraint of child passengers." Traffic Inj Prev. 2006;7(4):373-80."
Acute traumatic stress symptoms in child occupants and their parent drivers after crash involvement." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159(11):1074-9."
Effects of seating position and appropriate restraint use on the risk of injury to children in motor vehicle crashes." Pediatrics. 2005;115(3):e305-9."
Injury risk to restrained children exposed to deployed first- and second-generation air bags in frontal crashes." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159(4):342-6."
Acute healthcare utilization by children after motor vehicle crashes." Accid Anal Prev. 2004;36(4):507-11."
Recent trends in child restraint practices in the United States." Pediatrics. 2004;113(5):e458-64."
Belt-positioning booster seats and reduction in risk of injury among children in vehicle crashes." JAMA. 2003;289(21):2835-40."
Differential risk of injury in child occupants by passenger car classification." Annu Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med. 2003;47:329-41."
Shifts in child restraint use according to child weight in the United States from 1999 to 2002." Annu Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med. 2003;47:313-28."
Risk of injury to child passengers in compact extended-cab pickup trucks." JAMA. 2002;287(9):1147-52."


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The Eastern New Mexico University President Steven G. Gamble told the university's Board of Regents on Saturday he is confident that for the first time since 1988, ENMU's enrollment of full-time freshmen this fall will exceed 600.
Gamble spoke at the regents' regular meeting in Portales.
He added the university's goal this year is to attract a freshmen class with an average American College Test (ACT) score of 19.1, compared to last year's average of 18.8. According the ACT Web site, a composite score of 19 puts a test taker in the 41st percentile nationwide.
Gamble told the regents that overall the number of semester credit hours being taken by students at the university is not as high as he would like, and may reflect the number of part-time students attending ENMU.
Elsewhere, the board honored Vice President for Business Affairs Danny Earp on his retirement.
Earp, who has served as the business affairs vice president for seven years, will retire July 31.
It also reviewed the Gamble's contract and endorsed his goals for calendar year 2002-2003. Those goals include:
•Enhance the emphasis on student success and the personal touch throughout the campus community.
•Enhance ENMU's relationship with "external constituencies," such as public schools and area, regional and state business leaders and elected officials, through better communication.
•Solidify the relationship of ENMU's Portales campus with its Roswell and Ruidoso campuses.
•Facilitate the goals of the university's vice presidents and coaches, which include increasing ENMU's enrollment and improving student retention rates.
In other business, the board:
•Approved a $4.8 million capital project request from ENMU-Ruidoso campus to remodel a building on that campus for use as a health sciences building.
•Approved a list of capital projects from the Portales campus, including: $8 million for a science building; $4 million for deferred maintenance and infrastructure and modernization; $975,000 for an ENMU-Ruidoso instructional center; and $2 million for renovation of a music building in Portales.
Funding for the requests must be approved by the state Commission on Higher Education, Gamble said.


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Bad Santa Unrated version. Good for getting into the Christmas spirit
The Orphan.
little nikki
The Duchess
Beautiful tragic movie. I cried. No woman should ever have to go through such pain. >_<
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Blood the last vampire.Yeah i bought the dvd
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im going to watch BLUE on sunday
Astro Boy the movie
Inglorious Basterds. It's a damn good movie. Would recommend people to watch it.
i now pronounce you chuck and larry
Batman the dark knight
From Dusk Till Dawn. Always wanted to watch it.
L changes the world ...I didn't like the end -.-
Aliens vs Monsters - funny :3
Push awesome S.F movie
A few days ago I saw the movies apleseed and appleseed ex machina, pretty good anime movies though 3d
lol i watched new moon -twiligt saga brb my sis wanted me to go it was so unreal the effects were so unreal
Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince
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lol i watched new moon -twiligt saga brb my sis wanted me to go it was so unreal the effects were so unreal
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The princess and the frog
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Proposal to Ease Limits on Disclosure Has Privacy Groups Concerned
Melinda Beck | June 4, 2014 8:12 p.m. ET
Federal officials are proposing to ease 40-year-old restrictions on the release of information about patients' drug- and alcohol-abuse treatment, so their electronic medical records can be more easily used and shared.
Federal law has long protected substance-abuse-treatment records from being disclosed to anyone without a patient's explicit consent, so that fear of stigma or discrimination wouldn't deter those in need from seeking help. If a patient agrees to share substance-abuse records with, say, a doctor or hospital, those records can't be sent anywhere else unless the patient consents again.
Officials at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, known as SAMHSA, say those rules didn't envision today's highly integrated health-care systems that rely on the broad sharing of patients' detailed electronic medical records to coordinate care. The Obama administration is paying doctors and hospitals $36 billion in incentives to move to such systems, which proponents say can reduce medical errors and duplication and cut costs.
But privacy advocates are concerned that one of the nation's toughest confidentiality rules could be weakened, and they worry that the wider information is shared in the health-care system, the greater the risk of public disclosure. "If we lose this, people will stop getting treatment," says psychiatrist Deborah Peel, founder of the nonprofit Patient Privacy Rights Foundation.
Despite anti-discrimination laws, many people in treatment still fear that exposure of their drug or alcohol problems could jeopardize their careers or their ability to get life insurance or retain child custody, addiction and legal experts say.
To view the full article, please visit Drug Treatment Swept Up in Push for Medical-Records Sharing


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District Superintendent Tylor Chaplin said that the meetings with Huckabee are "just another step in trying to approve the design and narrow it down to where it can go to blueprint."
The conceptual design plan for the new facilities had already been previously approved, and district officials are now working with the architects to make certain changes that would make the design better and even more efficient.
The summer months will see, according to district officials, the design go from pencil drawings and then entered into a computer-aided design CAD, and then from there to actual full blueprints.
"Once we are able to get it down to some CAD and blueprint designs, then we'll look into hiring a construction management group," said Chaplin.
Civil engineers are currently working on more land surveys of the property area where the facilities will be built, and will forward the proper survey information to architects so they can add that information to the final design as well.
The clearing of the construction site where the new facilities will be built is set to begin this month, with official groundbreaking for construction planned for October.


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DescriptionPiute, Sevier and Wayne counties�Boundary begins at SR-24 and SR-72; west and north on SR-24 to I-70; east on I-70 to SR-72; south on SR-72 to SR-24. Excludes all CWMUs. USGS 1:100,000 Maps: Loa, Salina. Boundary questions? Call the Cedar City office, 435-865-6100. This map is provided for general reference only and does not constitute a legal hunt boundary. The Division does not guarantee access to any private or public land. Hunt unit boundaries may include private property or other excluded areas.
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Wet ReviewBy Jason D'Aprile - Posted Sep 14, 2009
Since Max Payne, third-person shooters are often injected with a cinematic sense of style. WET, however, is intent on taking the connection between film and game to a new level. The game blatantly rips its influences from 1970s grindhouse films and the visual flair of movie directors like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.
The Pros
- Tons of violent action
- Excellent production values and use of the grindhouse theme
- Acrobatic gunplay can be fun
The Cons
- Lackluster graphics
- Non-standard levels are mediocre
- Physics and gameplay in need of refinement
- Nothing new or better than what we've seen before
Since Max Payne, third-person shooters are often injected with a cinematic sense of style. WET, however, is intent on taking the connection between film and game to a new level. The game blatantly rips its influences from 1970s grindhouse films and the visual flair of movie directors like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.
Revenge is a Dish Best Served Often
WET focuses on the grisly, acrobatic escapades of Rubi Malone, a mercenary with a flair for the extreme. Running around in tight leather -- with a sword strapped to her back and two of every gun she owns -- the woman is a sexy walking army and a complete cliché all at once. She's not an unlikeable heroine, but unlike Max Payne, Stranglehold, or other similar games, so little attention is put into giving her a personality that it's hard to view her as anything more than a jumping death machine. All you know about her is that she lives somewhere in Texas and has a bad attitude.
The story revolves around the usual suspects -- revenge, murder, mistaken identities, revenge...There's a lot of revenge here. That said, the production values for the story are excellent, especially the voice acting. Eliza Dushku voices Rubi and Malcolm McDowell provides a suitably creepy, yet stylish antagonist. Although they're not the deepest characters, the voice actors work well with the material. The soundtrack is a fantastic mix of grindhouse-styled songs that add immensely to the action and atmosphere.
Red Is the Color of the Day
The presentation is filled with a lot of little details that don't affect gameplay, but do enhance the overall experience. Although the film grain can thankfully be turned off if you don't worship old B-movies as much as the developers, the inclusion of old drive-in movie commercials during level loads is inspired. Certain levels have Rubi quite literally seeing red, changing the game into a monochromatic dance of bloody violence for a bit -- somewhat in the visual style of MadWorld and No More Heroes.
The rest of the visuals are merely serviceable. The game looks passable, if not unexceptional, plus levels are usually linear and puzzle-based. The stages seem designed to provide the player with ample opportunity to use Rubi's acrobatic skills. Rubi can leap, slide, climb, spin, and perform all the standard gymnastic, gun-toting moves you'd expect from this sort of endeavor, yet there's a distinct lack of refinement to the whole affair.
Not Exactly a Stranglehold
With a focus on such a sleek and sexy main character, WET's gameplay really should have followed suit. It needed to bring something more to the table than old Lara Croft mechanics blended with Stranglehold's gunplay. Instead, the game offers up a wide array of amusing moves that too often feel canned. Rubi can slide and leap around at will, and when firing, the action goes into slow motion for effective two-gun aiming. Yet, if you leap or slide into an obstacle, she just sort of hangs there for a while instead of reacting accurately to her environment. As you progress, she will get new moves that increase the fun, such as the ability to attack during all acrobatic moves and run up and leap away from opponents.
Most of the levels boil down to a mix of respawn rooms --where you must lock off all the respawn points before escaping-- or acrobatic paths to reach the next respawn room or the end of a level. The action is occasionally broken up with highway segments, in which Rubi jumps from car to car, killing as much as possible, performing quick-time events, and there's even a sky-diving level ripped straight from movies like Shoot 'Em Up and Crank. Unfortunately, the QTEs are haphazardly used, the highway levels are just lame, and the one sky-diving sequence manages to wear out its welcome well before it ends.
It's a Wash
The main action in WET is serviceable. The A2M team seems to have spent most of the time trying to make WET reach a visual ideal of Tarantino-style cool, but missed out on the areas that would have really put the game over the top. Better, more reactive physics and more refinement in the gun (and especially sword) play, and this could have been something more than an amusing curiosity. As it stands, there's nothing here that you haven't seen before (and done much better), but fans of outrageous action will probably love this one once it hits the bargain bins.


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CGCG 436-030, the eye-catching spiral galaxy in the image, shows a very pronounced curling tail. The companion galaxy, located to the bottom-right of the image, displays an intricate structure, including a number of trails that extend quite far out from its core. The bright star that appears between the two galaxies does not belong to the interacting system and is located within the Milky Way. CGCG 436-030 is located in the constellation of Pisces, the Fish, about 400 million light-years away.
This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.
Object Names: CGCG 436-030, IRAS 01173+1405
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Around 1 in 5 Americans, or 48 million people, has hearing loss in at least one ear. Among the hearing impaired include several celebrities and historical figures. Some of the people named on the following list may surprise you. Learn more here.
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Vocke to head Wisconsin elections board
New chairman selected at random
Retired judge Tim Vocke has been selected to serve as chairman of the nonpartisan board that oversees elections in Wisconsin.
Vocke's name was selected at random from a glass vase by board director Kevin Kennedy. He replaces David Deininger as chairman of the Government Accountability Board.
The board is comprised of six retired judges. Vocke is from Rhinelander and served as an assistant Racine County district attorney from 1973 to 1976 and was Vilas County circuit court judge from 1979 to 1983. Since then he has served as a reserve judge, medical malpractice mediator and referee for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
He retired from practicing law in 2009.
The Government Accountability Board works with local election clerks on administering elections and investigating potential ethics violations.
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Mr. Carrizales was born Dec. 6, 1961, in Beeville to Carlos and Angelica Garcia Carrizales. He had worked as a jailer since 1987 and a deputy since 1990 for the Bee County Sheriff's office. He was also a U.S. Army veteran serving from 1983 to 1985. He enjoyed camping, hiking, shooting his guns and being outdoors.
Survivors include two daughters, Sarah Angelica and Frances Alisabeth; his mother, Angelica Carrizales of Beeville; a brother, Carlos (Pat) Carrizales Jr. of Beeville; two sisters, Alicia Ulloa and Maria G. Carrizales, both of Beeville; four grandchildren, Serena Leigh, Adilynn K'ae, Linnleigh Jean and Cooper J.; and several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.
Visitation was held from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, at Oak Park Memorial Funeral Chapel with a prayer service that evening at 7 o'clock.
The funeral service was conducted there at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 16, with Rev. Carl Pickett officiating. Interment with full military honors followed at Evangelico Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Marcos Ulloa, Philip Carrizales, Andrew Carrizales, Simon Moya, David Garcia and Gene Garcia.
Honorary pallbearers were the Bee County Sheriff's Office, Bee County deputies and Bee County jailers.
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text: As good as the seminal 7 Series has been, it got even better this year. The key technology, AirTip (high-end models only), features a honeycomb of air pockets in the tip and tail. AirTip concentrates the mass of the ski under the foot, reducing swing weight in a way that gives the already playful 7 Series shapes an additional measure of quickness and maneuverability. Waist widths cover all the freeride bases, from a powder-ready 120 mm (Squad) to an all-conditions 98 (Sin). And speaking of those two models, each dominated its test category (Deep Snow and Mixed Snow/West, respectively), leaving no doubt in testers' minds.


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At Wal-Mart, Obama praises steps on solar powerBy JIM KUHNHENN
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President Barack Obama speaks at a Walmart store in Mountain View, Calif., Friday. Obama announced new steps by companies, local governments and his own administration to deploy solar technology.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Flanked by bargain-priced displays of womens wear and patio lighting, President Barack Obama came to a Wal-Mart store in Silicon Valley on Friday to praise new steps by businesses and communities to deploy solar energy, showcasing efforts to combat climate change that dont rely on a disinclined Congress.
Obama said more than 300 companies and state and local governments have pledged to use solar technology, and he unveiled his own executive actions aimed at increasing energy efficiency with a goal of reducing U.S. reliance on carbon fuels. The two tracks underscored Obamas strategy of sidestepping Congress to advance his own agenda, but they also illustrated the limits of his reach in a bitterly divided government.
The commitments were announcing today prove that there are cost-effective ways to tackle climate change and create jobs at the same time, Obama said at a sprawling Wal-Mart store in Mountain View.
The solar effort will power the equivalent of 130,000 homes, the White House said, while Obamas administrative actions could reduce carbon pollution in an amount equal to taking 80 million cars off the road for one year. The White House also announced that long-delayed energy efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers have finally been completed.
Ticking off a list of economic and environmental benefits he attributed to solar technology, Obama cast the commitments as part of a broader campaign to reduce American energy dependence, create jobs in renewable energy and lower heat-trapping emissions blamed for global warming.
This is what you call a win-win-win, Obama told about 250 store employees as he wrapped up a three-day swing through California focused heavily on raising money for Democrats in advance of Novembers midterm elections.
Tweaking the mostly Republican opponents of his energy policies in Congress, Obama lamented that lawmakers have not always been as visionary on these issues as we would like. Thats why hes seizing opportunities this year to act unilaterally to advance those goals, Obama said.
Unfortunately, inside of Washington, we still have some climate deniers who shout loud, Obama said. But theyre wasting peoples time on a settled debate.
His policies unable to generate momentum in Congress, Obama has increasingly gone outside the federal government to press his agenda. He has won commitments from colleges and universities to expand access to more students; he has created innovation hubs that link businesses and education institutions; and he has drawn attention to companies and state and local governments that have increased pay for workers.
Still, that choice of tactics has severely limited what Obama may be able to accomplish, a reality the president acknowledged the night before as he spoke to donors at a fundraiser in La Jolla benefiting House Democrats.
Regardless of how hard I push, regardless of how many administrative actions I take, were not going to be able to go where we need to go, and can go, and should go unless Ive got a Congress thats willing to work with me, Obama said.MORE IN National / World BusinessNEW YORK Its not just the musical Hairspray that will air live on NBC tonight. Full StoryOXON HILL, Md. Far from the Las Vegas Strip, MGM Resorts International opens its $1. Full StoryPROVIDENCE, R.I. Tax credits. Lower cost of living. Restaurants and beaches. Full Story
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Building a masterpiece; One LEGO at a time
May 1, 2013 —
WAYMART, PA — There's nothing like a kid's imagination.
Put 41 kids under one roof, ask them to build a house out of LEGOs®, tell them it's a contest, and you're sure to get some colorful and creative structures. The young contestants, ranging in age from five to 12 years old, gathered Saturday afternoon for the annual LEGOs competition sponsored by the Wayne County Builders Association (WCBA) at Ladore Camp and Conference Center in Waymart.
The heavily attended event was part of the two-day Home and Garden Festival hosted by the WCBA. While the festival is about 30 years old, the LEGOs competition is in its seventh year.
The rules were simple. "Make a structural house that you would like to live in. If you need a heliport, then build that," said retired builder and event volunteer Clyde Kreider.
WCBA executive officer Laurie Lourie said, "We try to make it really fun. All we ask is that they use their imagination. We do it through the sponsorship of our members and local sponsorship. We don't charge the children anything. All children get prizes and a goodie bag."
The one-hour competition began with each child being given a bag of LEGOs containing about 700 pieces.
Caleb Lavelle, 9, was busy building a "swimming pool in the middle of the ocean." His baseball buddy Rhett Boyce, 12, was hard at work creating a "landing station for emergency landing in Northern Germany."
Seated side by side, brothers Alex Chapman, 7, and Jamie, 6, of Lake Ariel, each a built home with a propeller on its side. "Kind of like a boat house with a boat radar tracking system," explained Alex.
Across the table, Grant Pratt, 8, of Honesdale, had built a home complete with a spaceship inside and a blue patio roof. "Blue's my favorite color. Are you trying to bribe the judge?" joked contest judge Mary Spicher of JRG Advisors LLC, the managing agent for the Pennsylvania Builders Insurance Program and the main sponsor of the event.
Impressed by what she saw as she walked among the tables. Spicher said she'd spied a skyscraper, a lighthouse, a fast food restaurant, house boats in a harbor, and a white house—literally— built by a little girl whose LEGOs of choice were all white.
"There are our future builders," Spicher said. "We need to encourage our young people to be the best that they can be, and what better way to start them than with LEGOs. Encouragement is so important."
"It helps young people use their creativity to make what comes into their minds. As adults, we worry about what we can't do. They [the kids] just do what they can do," said Kreider.


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Gershman Y
The Gershman Y is a vibrant Jewish arts and culture center located in Center City Philadelphia on the Avenue of the Arts. The Gershman Y's mission is to be an urban community center that nurtures Jewish heritage and identity by presenting diverse arts, culture, and educational programs for audiences of all ages. Committed to sharing the universality and breadth of the Jewish experience, The Gershman Y welcomes persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religious affiliations to explore, participate, and contribute to our rich roster of Jewish arts and cultural programs and community initiatives.
The Gershman Y traces its origins back to the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA), originally formed in 1875 to serve as a cultural, educational, and social meeting place for the Jewish community. In 1924, the YMHA merged with the Young Women's Hebrew Society and moved to the corner of Broad and Pine Streets, where it remains today. Since then, The Gershman Y has been one of Philadelphia's mainstays for experiencing a rich array of arts, cultural, and educational programs. In September 2009, The Gershman Y separated from the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia, of which The Gershman Y had been a constituent site, and became an independent organization.
Since its independence, The Gershman Y has grown and thrived as a home for secular Jewish arts and culture. The Gershman Y has three areas of programming: the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (PJFF), the Borowsky and Open Lens Art Galleries, and arts and cultural programming. The Gershman Y offers over 100 unique programs every year, including book readings, classes, holiday celebrations, film screenings, gallery exhibits, and performing arts events.
The Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (PJFF) seeks to educate and engage the Philadelphia cultural community, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, by focusing on films and programs that explore Jewish issues, history, and values. Now in its 32nd season, the critically acclaimed PJFF is the second-longest running series of its kind in the United States. Each year, PJFF presents a Fall Festival, Documentaries and Dialogue Series, and New Filmmakers Weekend.
The Borowsky and Open Lens Galleries present eight art exhibits every year. The Borowsky Gallery is devoted to art shows in all media, while the Open Lens Gallery is dedicated exclusively to photography exhibits. The Gershman Y Galleries aim to add new and innovative viewpoints and artwork to the already thriving artistic environment in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas.
The Gershman Y's popular holiday events, including Latkepalooza, The Moo Shu Jew Show, and The Philadelphia Seder, welcome the entire Philadelphia community to celebrate Jewish holidays, while our books programs and classes offer opportunities to gain in-depth knowledge about popular books and current topics, while. In spring 2013, The Gershman Y will be launching the first Philadelphia Jewish Music Festival to expand Jewish music within Philadelphia and to enhance the city's music scene.
The Gershman Y presents the Philadelphia community with high caliber arts programming that reflects the wide array of Jewish culture and revitalizes Jewish arts. By presenting work in a variety of formats and mediums, The Y engages as many individuals as possible and shares this rich cultural history with the local community. The Gershman Y's programs continue to evolve as we examine and rethink Jewish arts and culture for a new generation of Jews who are seeking to define what it means to be Jewish!!


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Many women are steadfast in their desire to deliver their babies as naturally as possible, without the use of pain medication; many others go so far as to schedule their elective c-section months in advance; but most women fall somewhere in between. The decision of how to give birth to your baby is a completely personal one and there is no "right way." Before your big day arrives, sit down with your partner or delivery support team and consider all your options, talk to your doctor or midwife, and let him or her know your thoughts and feelings on the subject. Whether you want the full childbirth experience or just want to focus on the end result (your beautiful, healthy baby), setting expectations ahead of time will help you have the birth experience you desire.
Two things are true of labor pains: every woman feels them differently and they are unpredictable. What determines your level of discomfort includes your ability to tolerate pain, your baby's position, the strength of your contractions, and if you've ever given birth before. Many women achieve sufficient pain management from relaxation, breathing, positioning, and visualization techniques they learned in childbirth classes. However, if the pain becomes unmanageable, it can increase anxiety, which can lead to muscle tension and a prolonged labor. In some cases, numbing can relax the mother and speed labor.
What is an epidural?
An epidural is used to provide pain relief, rather than total lack of sensation. Having an epidural during labor allows you to be fully conscious and aware of the entire labor and delivery experience, with a minimal amount of discomfort.
Epidural anesthesia is considered to be the most effective pain medication for childbirth. Doctors may use it to fully or partially numb the lower body. In the case of a partial, or light epidural, you may be able to walk or stand and actively push during contractions. A full epidural can be used during a c-section to fully numb the lower body but keep you awake and aware.
An epidural is administered during active labor, characterized by strong, regular contractions and cervical dilation of at least 4 centimeters. It is administered through a catheter (a thin tube) inserted into your lower back, in the area just in front of the sac containing the spinal fluid (epidural space).
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