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Halo 3: ODST ReviewBy Mr Sark - Posted Sep 19, 2009
We have the review of the newest game in the 'Halo' franchise, called 'Halo 3: ODST.'
The Pros
- Firefight mode makes a great addition
- Atmospheric, fully co-op campaign
- Heavy emphasis on tactics
- New Halo 3 maps
The Cons
- No game modes other than co-op
- Some might balk at the cost
Is Halo 3: ODST an overpriced expansion or is it Bungie's "Call of Duty Killer," as many gamers have presumed? It's neither. The excitement surrounding the release of ODST is characteristic of past Halo releases, but the confusion surrounding the package (and what exactly you're getting) is a franchise first. That's partly due to the game's evolution during development, and the variety of content in the box. One of the gents at Bungie mentioned to me that ODST was initially a much smaller affair. But as the game progressed, the campaign became more than just a bunch of shootouts in New Mombasa; it became a story that stood on its own. Once the confusion subsides and gamers sit down with a controller, they'll see that ODST is indisputably one of the year's finest shooters.
This Is (Not a) Sparta(n)
ODST's campaign opens right before a pivotal moment in some of the New Mombasa sections of Halo 2, which fans might remember ends in a devastating explosion. You step into the boots of a rookie ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) and meet your crew as you prepare for your ill-timed drop into New Mombasa. Led by Buck, voiced by Firefly's Nathan Fillion, your squad is dropped from orbit and before you can get boots on terra firma, New Mombasa gets rocked, and our squad is scattered. Six hours later, night has fallen. You regain consciousness, stumble out of your drop pod, and begin trying to regroup with your mates.
Because ODST presents you with another character in the Halo universe, there are some big differences between a shock trooper and an armor-suited Spartan. You take more damage than in prior games, and your perspective has been lowered so everything looks bigger. It is a subtle change, but when a Brute gets in your face, it's far more intimidating than it was in Halo 3.
Right out of the gate you are carrying the standard ODST weapons, the pistol and the SMG. The pistol is a speedy semi-auto with a scope. It's great for headshots and counter-sniping, but terrible for dropping enemy shields, you'll have a hard time putting this one down. The SMG also has a scope and its high rate of fire does better against shields, but it can't score headshots. It works miracles against the annoying flying Drones, but you'll drop the SMG in favor of other more lethal fare.
The structure of the Campaign is a bit different than most FPS fans are used to. As The Rookie, you move through the wreckage of New Mombasa killing or evading (your choice) the Covenant patrols that roam the streets.
The city's maintenance AI, known as the Superintendent, seems to monitor your progress through the city and even provides some guidance by lighting up signs and streetlight when you are headed in the right direction. He also slaps a waypoint down on your map in the general vicinity of 'clue objects'. Interacting with these objects triggers a flashback in which you'll control of one of your missing squad members. These missions take place over the six hours that The Rookie was unconscious and are pitched firefights that end with cutscenes explaining the appropriate clue object. The idea is that The Rookie finds the objects and pieces together what happened, like a psychic crime scene investigator. As you advance, the Superintendent starts to unlock additional blocks of the city, and after a couple flashbacks you are presented with a list of items to look for. Eventually the city opens up to be quite large.
As an added incentive, there are 30 audio logs scattered throughout the city that provide a subplot. Find enough logs and you will not only be treated to a surprisingly engaging story, but the Superintendent will begin to open up garage-sized supply caches. It's like Christmas morning every time you walk into one of these babies.
ODST's enemies add to the intensity. Covenant patrols that roam the city are random and infinite. They aren't always in the same spot, and if you wait long enough, dropships will unload more bad guys, or another patrol will wander by. It adds lots of tension to the night missions.You also encounter the Engineers -- known from Halo fiction and Halo Wars -- while you roam. You'll have to sort out what makes them tick on your own, but you should know they provide all their nearby allies with overshields, as well as being heavily shielded themselves. Note: Don't be standing directly underneath them though when they fall. When they fall they go boom.
It's Not Always Better with Friends
Although you can play ODST's campaign with three friends (much like Halo 3), the atmosphere is very lonely and encourages a solo run for your first playthrough. Running around with your buddies will spoil much of that effect. I've played through Campaign on Heroic twice, both times solo. My first time through was very thorough and took me about 10 hours. My second run was a full-tilt boogie, as I ran straight past enemies when possible, and skipped log searches and supply caches. This run took me just under 5 hours. So when folks ask me how long ODST is, I don't have a good answer. It really depends on you. I like to savor the experience, but it won't take you very long if you just want to blaze through to the credits. Ultimately, the campaign is shorter than Halo 3's, but not by much, and I happily trade a length for a story that actually makes sense without having to read some Halo scholar's online synopsis.
Also, don't be fooled by hyperbole regarding the game's open-worldness and how much exploration is possible. The night city is large, but it begins to all look the same, and the audio logs aren't hidden as much as they're just scattered around the large play area. Both the logs and clue objects aren't too tough to find. I mean, they make noise and glow bright yellow in your nightvision VISR mode. Don't get me wrong, there are some things that are tricky to find, but nothing as tough as the skulls of past Halo games. Personally, I would've preferred a more challenging search of the city, but Bungie wants you to get into those flashbacks without any trouble.
I would also be remiss if I didn't mention the music and sound design. While it is all new, the flashbacks are scored with familiar sounding action pieces, but The Rookie's scenes feature a very solitary sounding piano and saxophone score. The sound design is also amazing. The rain falling, the sound of a burning car, the distant wail of an Engineer, the sound is noticeably impressive. Try loading ODST's second disk, and start up your own game on the new Halo 3 map Citadel. Then just listen. During a matchmade game you will never hear how sweet this space sounds. Marty O'Donnell, Bungie's master of all things auditory, and the rest of his crew deserve a slow clap.
Inside Firefight, or "Gruntheart"
Firefight is the mode in ODST where you'll likely burn the most amount of time. You've seen it before. Some call it Horde, some call it Survival, I call it Robotron. Pota(y)to, pota(h)to. You and up to three friends fight never-ending waves of Covenant forces. You share seven lives to start and ammo and health are only replenished by advancing. Teamwork is vital. Complete five waves, and you complete a round and you turn on a new skull. Each skull's effects make things difficult. Complete three rounds, and you'll have made it through a set. At the end of a set you get a bonus round, which is really worth seeing. All skull effects are active -- including no respawns -- and you face dozens and dozens of Grunts. Imagine Braveheart with Grunts. Kill a bunch, score the necessary points and you get extra lives and ammo.
There are essentially ten maps to play Firefight on. Most of them are unlocked by playing through the campaign. Two of the maps are night variants, but since Engineers are nocturnal, and Jackal snipers are morning folk, the two day/night maps play out very differently. Lost Platoon, a wide-open map that supports vehicles, is among the best so far, although the inclusion of enemy vehicles makes things a bit spicier. Your fun in a Warthog can end abruptly via Wraith.
Much ado has been made about Firefight's lack of a matchmaking system. Instead of random pairings or finding a fourth player for your group of three, you need to play with people off of your friends or recent players lists. Public matches would be a nice feature, but it's not a major loss. If you're going for a high score, or even the Firefight achievements, you'll probably not want to try it with a random group, and if you just want to shoot Covenant you don't need strangers.
All in all, a survival mode lends itself to the Halo series very well. The weapon variety, the impressive enemy AI, and the spot-on controls make for a very enjoyable experience. And best of all? There's no level cap. Go as long as you can or want. Just be ready to commit some time; one particularly high scoring game I played went on for nearly two hours.
The Other Disc
There's a misconception that ODST has competitive multiplayer. It doesn't. ODST is packaged as a two-disc game, with the second disc containing a stand-alone version of Halo 3's full multiplayer experience, which replaces Halo 3 (unless you're dying to play campaign again). Plus, you get three new maps -- Citadel, Heretic, and Longshore -- which are all solid and offer a good variety of size and gametype possibilities. Achievement junkies know that points tied to these three new maps have been unattainable until now. If you unlock the Vidmaster-marked achievements, as well as the Vidmaster achievements on the ODST disk, you will be able to head over to Bungie.net and turn on the hallowed Recon armor for yourself.
Break It Down
Is Halo 3: ODST worth the price of admission? Yes. Many will be surprised at its scope. If you sprint through the campaign, dabble in Firefight, and hang the second disc from your rearview so it'll make rainbows, then you might feel cheated. But if you play ODST as it was designed, it's worth every cent. The Halo: Reach beta key only sweetens the deal. Halo 3: ODST provides a great package. You get a co-op ready Campaign, solid storytelling, a fantastic survival mode in Firefight, and the full Halo 3 multiplayer suite. Although the lack of Firefight matchmaking is a downer, it's a minor annoyance. Yes, the ploy of tying achievements to upcoming content is irritating, and making new maps exclusively available in sequels sucks, but beyond all the marketing, I can't deny that ODST is simply an excellent game.


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Pistachio & cranberry cookies
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal140
- fat9g
- saturates4g
- carbs15g
- sugars7g
- fibre0g
- protein2g
- salt0.1g
Mix the butter, sugar and vanilla extract with a wooden spoon. stir in the flour, then tip in the pistachios and cranberries – you might need to get your hands in at this stage to bring the mix together as a dough. Halve the dough and shape each half into a log about 5cm across. Wrap in cling film, then chill for 1 hr or freeze for up to 3 months.
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. slice the logs into 1cm-thick rounds, place on a baking tray lined with baking parchment and bake for 12-15 mins. Cool completely on the tray.
Make ahead
Well wrapped, these dough logs will happily freeze for up to 3 months, meaning you can include freshly made biscuits in your Christmas hampers without any last-minute effort. Simply defrost in the fridge overnight, then slice and cook as above.
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A bit disappointing. I did slightly change this recipe as couldn't find cranberries, so I used barberries instead.
The taste was good but I agree with another reviewer that perhaps lacking just a little something? However, I felt that 15 minutes baking time was nowhere near long enough - I took them out and was a bit dubious but thought I'd leave them to cool completely to see how they'd turn out. Unfortunately, the texture was a bit doughy, not very biscuity, they were falling apart and really oily. I don't know if the softened butter, as stated in the recipe, is the reason for this as usually that's the culprit for oily biscuits but I did ensure the logs were chilled in clingfilm in the fridge for over an hour.
I put the biscuits in the oven again for another 9 minutes after cooling which gave a much better texture, but then meant some of the barberries were burnt! I might experiment with the recipe in the future but won't be using this specific one again.
Have to agree with using a little milk to get the dough to come together. Until I did that, it was too dry and floury to gel properly. Then it rolled into a cling film log easily and once you have your log, you can continue to roll the sausage shape to bring it all together more firmly. Then it cuts into discs very easily after an hour in the fridge. As for the cookie, I felt it needed something. Texture was good but the flavour needs a bit more sweetness or tang. Next time I think I will add some chocolate chips and perhaps some dried apricot too. Edit: tasting again after cooling, they taste much better and now I'm sold!
really lush, quite hard to bring together so used about a tbsp of milk to get it into a ball of dough. Tried with choc, hazelnuts (crushed with the flat side of a cheap knife) and sultanas and were really nice, and with just chocolate which were very moreish. Mine needed about 12 mins in the oven but they need an eye kept on them as they're easily under and over cooked. Freeze fine. Easily adapted.
Couldn't get pistachio nuts so used broken walnuts with the dried cranberries instead. I wondered if they would spread as some previous comments mentioned, but they didn't. I don't usually chill before I bake things but I put the raw rolled dough in the fridge for a good hour before I baked them so I'm sure that helped how they came out. Buttery and delicious.
Hi Randygenes this recipe should work with a gluten free flour blend but you may need to add a bit more butter as gluten free flour tends to be a little drier than regular flour. However we haven't tested this method in the good food kitchen so cannot guarantee perfect results - let us know how you get on.
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I've made these a few times now, both with regular flour and gluten free flour. For the gluten free flour it might appear more crumbly at first, but if you pop on some vinyl gloves and work it around in your hands a bit more it'll normally come together and you get some lovely short biscuits. If its too soft you'll end up with cookies that spread out and aren't short, so just add some more flour.

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This print started out as a baseball card more than twenty years ago. Every aspect of it is designed to preserve the original look and feel of the card, from the printing pattern to the slightly worn edges. In fact, this print started by finding the actual card in our vault and then painstakingly re-mastering it with a team of designers. The authenticity extends to manufacturing; each print is made on high-quality, cotton fine art paper that measures 1/64 inches in thickness. Framed prints feature 2-inch flat wood or metallic frames with high-end, glare-resistant glass. And all prints are officially licensed by MLB and the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
STORYKeith Hernandez's Mets career ended in 1989, when as a part-time player he hit what was then a career-worst .233 with four homers and 19 RBIs in 75 games. Hernandez's streak of winning 11 straight Gold Gloves, most of any first baseman, also ended. Hernandez made $2 million that year and the Mets chose not to re-sign him in the offseason.
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This video is adapted from a presentation given at the 2010 National Genealogical Society Conference entitled "Doing Research in Real Time-An Exhilarating Collaboration Experience!" Its purpose is to demonstrate that genealogical research can be conducted by forming a collaborative team that can work together online. By utilizing this type of approach, a small team of researchers can produce more artifacts and results in less time than a single researcher working alone. The Wiki Article/Handout link found above provides more detailed information about the process and tools that can be selected and utilized.
Heralds and Heraldry at The National Archives
The National Archives holds possibly the greatest collection of untapped source material for heralds and heraldry in this country. This lecture examines evidence stretching back over eight and a half centuries: seals, illuminated manuscripts, medieval rolls, treaties, grants of arms, state occasions, architectural drawings, military badges and even wooden chests. The result is an astonishing and colourful display of what is often unknown heraldic material. Adrian Ailes is a Principal Records Specialist at The National Archives and in 1997 organised an exhibition on Heraldry in the Public Records. He is a Fellow of the Heraldry Society and an academician of the Academie internationale d'héraldique.
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We all go shopping, albeit with varying degrees of enthusiasm, and many of us have also worked in shops. It was the same for our ancestors, and although the records may not always be easy to find, they are out there if you know where to look. There is also a wealth of background material to show us what our ancestors' shopping and shopkeeping experience was like.


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Kelley Coblentz-Bautch, associate professor at St. Edward's University, presents "Escaping from Lusty Angels: Early Jewish and Early Christian Portrayals of Women and the Divine."
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WATERLOO Its not mid-terms on the mind of third-year business student and Residence Life Don Eric Limeback this week: the Laurier student is more concerned with keeping his wrists and arms limber and staying awake as he attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the most Rubiks Cubes solved in 24 hours. The challenge begins at noon Oct. 3 in the Fred Nichols Campus Centre Concourse on Lauriers Waterloo campus and concludes at noon Oct. 4.
Limeback, a world-class Rubiks Cube competitor who has broken eight different national records since he began competing at the age of 14, is attempting to break the current Guinness World Record of 4,786 cubes solved in 24 hours by Milan Baticz of Hungary (the equivalent of one cube solved every 18 seconds).
Im a little nervous about the attempt, said Limeback. Im mostly concerned about physically staying up for 24 hours while keeping the pace. Thankfully the attempt is in the centre of campus, so Ill have friends and family coming by all day to show me support.
Limeback will use up to 10 different Rubiks Cubes in his attempt, and a team of volunteers will scramble the cubes in different configurations following randomly generated algorithms to ensure no two cubes are alike.
Limeback is currently ranked first in Canada for solving the Rubiks Cube blindfolded in 38 seconds. He has made appearances on CTVs Canada AM, CTV National, The Oprah Winfrey Show and Daily Planet and has been featured in the Toronto Star, the National Post and The Globe and Mail.
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This is a guest post by Michael Hendrix, following up on his previous post on the economic challenges of millennials, and my own post on the deeper vocational questions that persist for Christians. Michael serves as the director for emerging issues and research at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of St. Andrews and a Texas native.
By Michael Hendrix
Twenty years from now, we will see an America where merit and reward are intertwined more than ever before. As I've written recently, those who win the future will significantly outpace their peers, leaving the rest to fight over the scraps until organizational innovations and human capital catches up once again.
If true, such a reality must be reckoned with. So what about those left behind? What will their futures look like? With decreases in gainful employment and the increasing disconnect between vocational aspirations and actual occupations, what other risks persist — economic, social, spiritual, and otherwise? Assuming we are not comfortable with such a future, what should we do about it?


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From the Office of State Senator Kel Seliger, District 31
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2009 Contact: Gina Dowdy , (806) 374-8994
Senator Seliger Appointed Chairman of the
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AUSTIN, Texas--Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst announced today that State Senator Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) has been appointed to serve as Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting. The Committee will conduct hearings across the state to gather input from the public regarding the redrawing of legislative, congressional, and State Board of Education district lines based on population data from the 2010 Census.
"I am honored and humbled by the Lieutenant Governor's confidence in my abilities, and hope that I can make meaningful contributions to the redistricting process. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Senate as we undertake one of the critical issues facing the 82nd Legislature," said Seliger.
Kel Seliger was first sworn in to the Texas Senate on Texas Independence Day, March 2, 2004 after a special election, and was most recently reelected on November 4, 2008 to serve the citizens of District 31 for a second, four-year term. The district spans 26 counties from the Panhandle to the Permian Basin and includes Amarillo, Midland, Odessa and Big Spring.


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My husband and I are going on an anniversary trip for 8 days. My son will be 15 months at that time. Right now he nurses 3 times/24 hours. I was thinking about going down to 2 in sept. 1 in october to get him ready and introduce cow's milk/soy milk/almond milk in the mean time. I don't think he will have trouble sleeping while we are gone because he sucks his thumb and he usually sleeps 12 hours a night.
Can I pump as I drop a feeding to have some breast milk to give him while we are gone. I don't want to pump while we are gone unless I have engorgement issues.
I wouldn't mind picking up two feedings again when I come back, but I don't know if he will want to so I want to prepare him gradually. I am a first time mom, advice would be lovely!


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Written by Zergaloth on 01.04.2011 at 18:38
Don't agree at all about the songwriting, and even less about this being an attempt to partake in the Pirate Metal fad. Wuthering Heights have always been singing about travelling, loneliness, being lost, ... The album always revolved around a certain element as well, this time it's water, though that doesn't matter at all. But there is nothing piratey here. For me, the sea in all of these songs is nothing more than the Sea of Life.
Written by snipo101 on 19.06.2011 at 06:19
Weather the Storm? Filler? I'm sorry, what? That song has some of the greatest atmosphere in the entire album. The lyrics, though simpler, stuck to me as much if not more than any of their other songs because of their delivery and the way any of us can relate to them- who hasn't had to look to friendship in order to persevere through difficult times?
I don't agree that Salt lacks excellent songwriting. The lyrics and their delivery alone put most metal bands to shame. The guitar leads unforgettable melodies, and the bass and drums never fail to compliment them incredibly.
When I first heard this album, I had the same problem as I'm assuming you had- I was fresh out of The Shadow Cabinet, and I was expecting more of the the guns blazing, ludicrous, and fantastic explosion that it provided. I couldn't comprehend them releasing anything but just that, and when I heard Salt for the first time, I was unpleasantly surprised. As I gave Salt more of a chance, I learned to appreciate it for its more purposeful delivery that allows more maturity. And I like it when I can listen to a band over time and notice how it perfects its sound.


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$340 million worth of cocaine seizedFebruary 07,2013$340 million worth
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The company imported leather from Colombia, and Civil Guard said cocaine was inside six shipping containers of leather that arrived Feb. 1.
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I know there are formulas to figure out how much milk a baby needs, but I am curious as to what people actually do.
So, how much milk do you send? How long is your LO at daycare?
My daughter is there from 8am-4pm and I send three 4 ounce bottles. She is 4 months old.


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Difference of opinionsNovember 24,2012
Difference of opinions
Just a few comments on your editorial published in the Nov. 17 edition of The Times Argus. While some want to write off the Republican Party, it should be noted that President Obama received 50.4 percent of the popular vote according to one source and candidate Romney received 48 percent. This is hardly a mandate in the usual understanding of the term. The Electoral College was another matter.
While the people elected Obama, they also returned most of the U.S. House members so we will remain a divided country. If I love this country and truly believe that more freedom and smaller government means people can flourish and better themselves, why would I ever give up on that goal, and I doubt that most House members will not give up.
You claim that people through their political leaders have said they want Roe v. Wade to continue to be the law, but a poll by Gallup reports that 51 percent of people call themselves pro-life and 42 percent pro-abortion. This would be a national poll and not a Vermont-only poll, where no doubt your statement would be correct. The opinion of most people who call themselves pro-life have this opinion rooted in faith, and they will not change.
What we should do is eliminate the language of separation and marginalization and talk. Perhaps this newspaper could be an example.
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The first days back from a vacation are always glowing. It's warmer than I expected it to be and it's nice to be home. The vacation is still fresh in my mind; I can still feel the sun radiating off of my skin and the soothing relaxation in my bones.
I'm happy to be home; I enjoy the familiar sights and sounds; I get back into my routine. New York is a great city to come back to. I'm always struck by that upon returning from a trip. The first few days are full of doing all of your favorite things, all the things you missed while you were gone.
And everything is novel. "Oh look at that, I just missed the subway. No bother. I don't mind standing here for a few minutes and people-watching."
One week later: "%$#&! I missed the $%&*ing train."
I can't believe it's 2013. I can't write it yet with a straight face.
I wrote a check this morning and literally chuckled to myself. Anytime I see it, it still feels like the future.
I'm still living in 2012. The best movies of 2012, top stories of 2012, the albums you missed in 2012, the endless top-10 lists of everything and anything you can think of—so much of which I haven't heard of or seen yet or experienced.
I'm not a superstitious person, but I'm a little surprised there weren't a bunch of people who wanted to skip 2013 and go right to 2014 the way they do with floor numbers in buildings. (I just Googled it and there are, in fact, many of these people.)
One of the more positive things of the year so far was my mother coming into the city to spend the night last weekend. Long-planned and rescheduled, it was the first time she's stayed with me... Ever! Eleven years since I moved out of the house and I've never had the space for her to stay before.
I was a little nervous about it, to be honest. I took off early from work to come home and scurry about the apartment and go food shopping.
I came up with a few options of things to do. I wondered if I should be more prepared. I looked around the apartment wondering what she would think of this or that. Emily calmly told me not to worry about it.
My mom and Stephen arrived on Friday evening and Emily had prepared a lovely meal. We all caught up and chatted over dinner. The next day we went to brunch and walked around. It was a lovely visit. Very low key.
My mom gave Emily and me some local ground beef from the country, and a few days later we made hamburgers. I use the term "we" only as a way to include myself. I just sampled them. The meat was organic and very fresh. It was amazingly tender and juicy. It was a fantastic burger. It got me thinking about the meat that I normally get at the supermarket.
Back to work the following Monday; the paperwork for my accountant is overdue. There are meetings every night this week. How quickly the things that were put off until the new year pile up. I'm suddenly extremely busy.
Now headed out of town for a documentary shoot through Northern California, Los Angeles and Colorado. I'm catching up from being away and getting ready to leave again at the same time.
I want 2013 (2013A, as one of the Internetters called it) to be a year of growth. I want to be more conscious about what I'm eating, more mindful of my workload and to have more patience.
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text: Little girl in the dark. 1234567>Jaxerback posted:12/11/2012 10:19:36 PM One evening a few weeks ago we decided to go out for dinner.We set off at roughly 5.30 in the evening. I live in a very rural area in Ireland,so we had to traverse a series of bendy narrow back roads to reach our destination. It was while we were negotiating these bends,the headlights suddenly shone on a little girl wearing a red top who was staring back at us.It took only a split second. Why would a small girl be standing in a ditch in the dark on a cold night in the middle of nowhere? Incidentally my 10 year old daughter who was in the back spontaneously burst into tears. Just a weird experience. bobprin posted:12/12/2012 5:05:50 AM Sounds like you saw a ghost. Not an uncommon thing along the road. Did your daughter say why she burst into tears? If it bugs you, you may wish to look into newspaper stories of accidents along that stretch of road or missing children. You may have to search back many years. Or there is a plausable explaination. People here in the US have begun a curious thing of putting up crosses or markers where their loved ones have died in accidents. I often wonder if that's a subconcious way of putting the soul to rest.Wereparadox posted:12/12/2012 7:37:09 AM I don't know but if I was you I wouldn't drive your daughter on that stretch of road. Might be prophetic? Did any body see silenthill the movie? Maybe she has a destiny there?spooky1 posted:12/12/2012 3:45:14 PM Have u drove by again? I would talk to ur baby girl & ask what she saw,felt,etc....Jaxerback posted:12/12/2012 11:39:28 PM I happened to mention this to a work colleague who is from Pakistan. He said that he no longer drives down that stretch of road because his daughter becomes upset for no apparent reason. My daughter just said she felt afraid because it was so dark. I cant find anything in the local records regarding an accident or some such?? I know that both myself and my wife saw the girl...it was one of those..did you just see ...?gary107 posted:12/14/2012 11:24:52 AM the little girl wearing the red top was she being followed by a wolf? In California we have DUI laws that are used to mstop people from driving in that condition, eh.oraculum posted:12/14/2012 3:16:22 PM It could be blacked eyed children... its a chilling occurrence that's been documented a lot...Jaxerback posted:12/14/2012 3:52:01 PM I have read quite a few stories regarding the BEK's. There seems to be a sinister element to their descriptions. Jaxerback posted:12/14/2012 3:54:59 PM Agus pog mo hon Mr Brumwell!oraculum posted:12/14/2012 4:12:12 PM Very bad juju there I agree Bugsy McCoy posted:12/14/2012 8:15:02 PM Very Interesting story... O And I am back now... This is a thing that is happening.spooky1 posted:12/15/2012 11:41:52 AM Hey bugsy were did u go?LincolnGenghis posted:12/15/2012 12:03:00 PM In Reply To:Jaxerback posted:12/14/2012 3:54:59 PM Agus pog mo hon Mr Brumwell!Taimid ag caint ar an mbealach seo aris?Jaxerback posted:12/15/2012 11:21:02 PM What you talkin bout Willis..;-))LincolnGenghis posted:12/15/2012 11:27:52 PM The secret real code of the initiated. :)Jaxerback posted:12/15/2012 11:39:37 PM Ohh you mean the REAL code of ...I have said too much..ceart go leor,ni chreidim ea...linc as gaeilge..lol!!LincolnGenghis posted:12/16/2012 1:21:53 AM Gaeilge leor spraoi a bheith acu.Jaxerback posted:12/16/2012 1:27:47 AM I spent 16 years in school getting Irish literally beat into me...so anois agus aris pog mo thoin !!LincolnGenghis posted:12/16/2012 1:35:42 AM ceart anois tá mé gnóthach phógadh le beoir. lolJaxerback posted:12/16/2012 10:02:48 AM Ohh and its been a while Bug's..sup dude? Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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September 18, 2013 —
The second annual Big Eddy Film Festival will be held this weekend in Narrowsburg at the Tusten Theatre from Friday to Sunday. The festival will include 28 films, from feature films, to documentaries, to shorts and animation. There will be something for everyone.
The festival opens with the Tribeca Films release "The Truth About Emanuel," directed by Francesca Gregorini and starring Jessica Biel, Kaya Scodelario, Frances O'Connor and Alfred Molina.
All of the films were selected by director Tina Spangler and a screening committee. Eight of the film selections have a local connection to Sullivan County and/or the Delaware River region.
Opening-night film tickets cost $15. All other individual tickets cost $10. All-access festival passes cost $125. Produced by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the Big Eddy Film Festival aims to advance the traditional art of storytelling by showing the newest and best independent films from around the world and our own backyard. For a complete list of films and more information, visit www.BigEddyFilmFest.com.
2013 Big Eddy Film Festival official selections (feature films)
"The Truth about Emanuel"
(opening night feature) Friday, September 20 at 8:30 p.m.
Director: Francesca Gregorini
"The Truth about Emanuel" is a darkly comic yet dramatic story of a young woman (Kaya Scodelario), troubled by the death of her mother during childbirth. Emanuel feels a strong connection to her new neighbor (Jessica Biel), a single mother with a newborn, and through their budding friendship, she unwittingly enters a surreal, fictional world, in which secrets are revealed. The film, which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, co-stars Frances O'Connor, Alfred Molina and Aneurin Barnard.
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The nine-year-old is going door-to-door in her Capehart Housing Park neighborhood asking for food donations.
This Monday, with the help of her parents, John and Carol, the St. Philip's third-grader delivered to the Vineyard enough foodstuffs to overflow an H.E.B. grocery cart.
"Poor families are needy," she says. "They don't have toys or food or money — they don't have anything."
Morgan, pulling a little red wagon, covered a four-block area gathering donations.
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"Usually, you would think that a wrinkly old man would be nice instead of rude," she says, remembering one episode.
One of her parents accompanied her on her rounds but stayed on the curb.
"I get surprised at a lot of the stuff that she does," John admits.
"I'm very proud of her," Carol says of her only child. "Last Christmas, she said that instead of getting presents, she wanted to send money to the Humane Society."
The family moved to Beeville from Illinois in February. John drives a vacuum truck, emptying Eagle Ford Shale waste water.
Resting for a moment — but only a moment — Morgan said her efforts are only the beginning. When would she go out again with her wagon and exuberant energy?
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"Talk with Walker" tour brings Wisconsin governor to La Crosse
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's state-wide 'Talk with Walker' tour brought him to La Crosse Thursday.
The goal of Walker's tour is to hear questions and concerns from taxpayers themselves on what should take priority in the next two-year budget.
While he touched on several issues important to him and to taxpayers, such as education and a possible reciprocity agreement between Wisconsin and Minnesota, many of the questions surrounded how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Law will affect jobs and job growth.
At Torrance Casting in La Crosse, the company's president, Bill Torrance said growing a successful business starts with the employees.
"We have a real feeling to provide for our people and their families," said Torrance.
It was only a couple of weeks ago Walker announced Wisconsin will have a federal exchange as part of the Affordable Care Law.
Much of the details are still being decided, and that leaves employers like Torrance in the dark.
"Health care, obviously, without a doubt, we're sort of wondering what's going to happen," said Torrance.
"A lot of times, from an employer's standpoint, they're reluctant to take risks, to make investments, to put more people to work if they don't know what the future holds," said Walker.
At the beginning of his term, Walker promised to create 250,000 jobs during his time in office.
The latest jobs numbers show Walker is only about a tenth of his way there.
Walker said the Affordable Care Act doesn't change his goal to grow jobs, but said things first have to change in Washington.
"I think the biggest thing is that certainty of getting people back on the right track," said Walker. "Some of it is what we're doing here in the state. Some of it is hopefully, things will calm down a little bit nationally. I still thing right now, there's a lot of uncertainty of what's going to happen in Washington, not only in terms of the fiscal cliff and what they may or may not do, but just the question mark of 'people don't know.'"
State Sen. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, also attended the event. Shilling was just recently appointed to the Joint Committee on Finance. She said while jobs are priority, education is just as important.
"We'll continue to listen to what his priorities are," said Shilling. "I continue to hear about the need in investing in education. At a time when we have a downturn in our economy, we need to be looking at K-12 education systems, our technical schools and how that fits into his picture of the budget moving forward."
Walker has a couple of dozen stops scheduled through December.
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We received a number of requests from you asking the Board to extend the deadline for completion of your K-4 textbook requests, and it's become another example of a recommendation solicited through email@example.com that we were able to implement. I'm happy to report the deadline has been extended (see information below). Hopefully that decision will generate a little holiday cheer in each of your districts. Please continue to provide us with examples of how we can better serve your schools.
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"It would be nice if my coauthor had similar intestinal fortitude when considering baseball orthodoxy."
—Mr. Allen Krause, March 9, 2011
In the above quote my gruff and oft extraneous colleague, Mr. Krause (also pictured above), says a bunch of stuff without really saying a bunch of stuff. Like a politician jockeying for the attention of the masses, he assumes that by stuffing some multisyllabic extra-credit words in your face, that you will just trust he knows what he's talking about, that you will quietly nod and accept his worldview even though it has no basis in reality (ironically, this is exactly what evangelicals are famous for, the very people Mr. Krause was thwarting all along).
For ye are the dear readers of RSBS — a vast realm of learned baseball folks who can't be hoodwinked by a mere impostor of authority! We demand truth! We demand beauty! We demand beer!
In fact, you know what Mr. Krause does when he's not writing about baseball, solving the world's socio-political problems or pipedreaming about a World Series trophy among the rubble also known as the Motor City?
He's busy bein' a YouTube sensation, that's what. Maybe you've seen this special performance of his…
Take it away, Al!
Yeah, it would be nice if my coauthor had the intestinal fortitude to eschew cliche bubble-gum lyrics and an equally horrifying jazz-hand infested dance routine, but hey, I'm not the boss of him.
So hate me. It's cool. Just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
*Detroit Tigers Spring Training Watch*
Miguel Cabrera has been in camp almost a week now without slurring his words or asking anyone "Do you know who I am!?!?!?!" Hot dog!!!
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That video was just plain scary. Did you go on YouTube and do a search for "Dork?" I'm glad Cabrera is doing OK but wasn't he supposed to go to rehab? Seems like an awfully quick recovery.
Behold the hidden dangers of Show Choir. Most are able to enjoy the experience recreationally in school and then move on to productive lives marked only by the occasional social use of jazz hands. Others, sadly, wind up chasing that glittery, bedazzled dragon for the rest of their lives with YouTube as their enabler.
Jane — Yeah… should make those late nights after games very interesting in Detroit.
Kristen — YouTube enables a lot more than just show choir… not that I know anything about that, of course😉


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@Amareisreal: I'm working so hard to help bring a championship to NY. I'm willing to do whatever it takes 4 that 2 happen. #passion, #dedication #Knicks
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Its official: Knicks announce that Marcus Camby was acquired from Rockets in sign-and-trade for Toney Douglas, Josh Harrellson, Jerome Jordan and 2 future second round picks. It will be Camby's second stint with the Knicks. He played in New York from 1998-2002 and is fifth on the franchise all-time blocked shots list with 376.
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@Amareisreal: I'm working so hard to help bring a championship to NY. I'm willing to do whatever it takes 4 that 2 happen. #passion, #dedication #Knicks
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just reported on sport center Dwight howard will not go to the brooklyn nets 4-team trade has fell apart expect him to go to the lakers
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The Magic informed Dwight Howard that they are suspending trade talks, according to source. Orlando will now focus on their coaching search.
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The only way i match this is if they agree to S&T gadzuric for a 1st round pick and Ed davis or Gary Forbes
we can't do a S&T because landry is not a raptor and at this point we are looking for a cheap wing who can rebound and defend in the starting lineup. So you really want jr swish to be our starting SG? landry provides at least that. at this point the Knicks don't care because the endorsements from Lin's popularity will take care of of the luxury tax payments 100 times over
man i don't care if money ain't a priority to the Knicks. Matching something Landry is not worth is terrible, the Raptors used him to prevent us from getting Nash and were thinking about matching? no way lol im not with that at all, i cringe with the thought of Fields being our starting SG again. Landry does 2 things well CUT TO THE BASKET and REBOUND, the dude is a ghost in the playoff's this is bonehead move to me if it's matched.
The only way i match this is if they agree to S&T gadzuric for a 1st round pick and Ed davis or Gary Forbes
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Or can we not match a player then S&T with the same team we just matched with? For example we Match Fields.. then we S&t with the raptors meaning
Knicks- Match for Fields
Knicks S&T with Raptors
Raptors receive - Gadz expiring Contract
Knicks receive - Gary Forbes
Fields/Jr/Shump (until further notice)
also I'm might have some updated info on us possibly getting kenyon martin on a vets min hahn is saying we can get either jeffries or martin but not both so be on the look out
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& Sonny weems eh not thrilled with signing him when we have James white. Weems is Fields 2.0 it wouldn't be much of an upgrade he cant shoot. If we could pull off the S&T with the pacers for Dahntay jones and grab Kenyon martin or jeffries off vet min im satisfied with this off-season. If not we should be looking for a consistent SG on vet min that can catch & shoot as well as spread the court for us.
NBA.com's David Aldridge is reporting that Brook Lopez will re-sign with the Nets on a four-year deal.
The big news here is that the Nets will have to wait an entire year to trade Lopez without his OK, and also signals the official end to talks between the Nets and Magic for Dwight Howard. Lopez should have a good season in Brooklyn, as long as his ankle is fully healed by the time it starts.
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The Clippers offered and Blake Griffin has accepted a five-year, $95 million max extension to his contract with the Clippers, reports Ken Berger of CBSSports.com. This is a Rose rule deal allows him to get 30 percent of the teams cap space in his second contract, so long as he makes next seasons All-Star team. Which is pretty much a given.
Meaning No Chris Paul will he or won't he next summer
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A Service Oriented Architectural initiative that concentrates on taking all the existing systems and wrapping their API in web services is missing the point.
I am a strong proponent of Service Oriented Architecture and in fact I am the Lead Architect for Smart Communications SOA COE, so the following is not an indictment of SOA.
A non Service Oriented Architecture initiative that concentrates on Re-Use of existing resources is preferable to a so called SOA that doesn't concentrate on re-use.
For example, let's say you have a back end application that has an API that is used by several other applications. If you have code in all the other applications that accesses that API then you have multiple point to point integrations. One approach that is not SOA but encourages re-use, would be to create a "helper" class that simplifies the various API accesses and provides one class that has multiple operations in a single or small number of interfaces. Then adding a consumer of that API is just a matter of interacting with the "helper" class and its simplified interfaces.
Now if you do that first, go through all the systems you have and look at how you can re-use them by simplifying the access and if you also look to standards based interfaces, THEN you can wrap that "helper" class (aka adapter) in a web services or message oriented middleware (such as MQ OR Message Broker) THEN you will have a SOA basis and your odds of success go up greatly.
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6Drug Dealers Don't Look Like Drug Dealers
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Most of us have figured out that the stereotypical drug dealers from heavy-handed PSAs aren't a particularly accurate depiction of anyone, but we still carry around a specific image in our heads: They're underachievers who never cared about school, or they're too perpetually stoned to keep a job. Or maybe they're just mean, heavily tattooed, and enthusiastically pushing their chemical of choice on whoever happens to stumble by. Maybe you buy your drugs from a fine, upstanding citizen who just happens to have a stable job and a healthy home life, but, well ... Tomas the Jovial Acid Dealer has to be an anomaly, right?
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That's the kind of face you could hand $500 for a very special bottle of "Visine."
Cairi, who ran heroin from Mexico to New England for years with her husband, describes herself as "Totally the opposite of what you would think of as a drug dealer -- a straight-A student from New Hampshire." Roy, who deals at his high school, doesn't even use drugs, aside from one toke from each batch of weed to make sure what he's selling is worth the price. (Hey, quality control exists in any good business.) Aaron, a meth dealer from Australia, didn't get into the business to build an empire: "It started with a geeky guy we played board games and MMOs with. One day I came home early and saw him conducting a sale. A fortnight later, I lost my job, and one thing led to another."
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And then that other thing led to meth.
That stereotypical dealer wouldn't be a terribly effective one: If you act like the dealers in those commercials and try to bully people into doing drugs, they'll just rat you out. As a dealer, you're facing way more jail time than a casual user would, so there's absolutely no reason to get pushy.
Researchers in Washington, D.C., America's Terrifying Drug Basket, surveyed over 11,000 people charged with street-level dealing back in the 1990s. They found that three-quarters of these dealers had full-time employment. And they weren't flipping burgers, either; most of them were considered skilled workers, doing fairly well for themselves before they even started dealing. Drugs are a part-time job for most dealers. Yep: The same reason a bored housewife gets a job at New Seasons might be why your dealer is doing it, too. Hey, gotta do something to get you out of the house, right?
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The bathroom of a nightclub certainly is "out of the house."
5The Cops Are Not a Dealer's Main Concern
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Whether you see the drug war as a valiant crusade of justice against a corrosive cultural cancer or the brutal arm of a totalitarian police state bent on nothing more than the eradication of everything fun, you probably imagine that the cops are the biggest thing drug dealers have to worry about. After all, they have guns and helicopters and fast cars and mustaches and other seriously intimidating battle gear -- who else could drug dealers possibly have to worry about?
Their customers.
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And Omar, obviously.
Since dealers can't exactly calls the cops for help, they're at the mercy of anyone who feels like ripping them off. As a high school dealer, Roy makes a conscious effort to stay away from certain groups of kids who know about his dealing. He knows they'll leap at any opportunity to beat the shit out of him and take all his drugs and money, so he has to stash cash and drugs in various places around his high school just to keep them safe. Cairi's brush with unruly dealers was a tad more extreme: After her husband got arrested, her clients knew that she was home alone with a ton of cash and drugs. "A couple of people -- I think I know who it was, old clients -- showed up in ski masks, held a gun to my head, ransacked the house, took a bunch of money, and took off." We're not asking that you shed a single tear for the plight of all the poor drug dealers out there; we're just saying that most of them are like spiders: more scared of you than you are of them.
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And capable of spinning complex webs with their asses.
Our meth-dealing source, Aaron, recalls one of the rare times they let someone make a house call to pick up his dose of crystalized pep. The buyer arrived drunk and wound up planting his car halfway up the ass of another car on the way out. This led the police to search Aaron's house when they found where Mr. Drunky Speedy had come from. While they didn't find anything that time, the local PD did start doing regular police drive-bys of Aaron's neighborhood, which is easily the second worst kind of drive-by.
And that nerdy guy who got Aaron set up in the meth business? He also took Aaron out of the meth business (thankfully, it wasn't by dissolving him in a vat of acid). The guy came by one week to drop off a fat sack of meth in exchange for a fat stack of bills. They did the deal ... and then overnight, he stole it back, as well as all the meth he'd sold everyone else in town. He skipped away with the money and drugs and presumably went on to fund a really intense CCG.
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Or he was devoured by crocodiles within the hour. With Australia, it could have gone either way.


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Corsair Memory, a leading producer of high-performance memory products, said on Wednesday that it would stop selling its advanced memory modules powered by Elpida's "Hyper" memory chips. Corsair advised all end-users who already own Dominator GT and similar DDR3 products based on Elpida's chips and who have issues with them to return them to the maker.
"We have seen a number of reports across various forums about failures of modules built with Elpida "Hyper" RAMs. Through lab testing, we have now been able to reproduce similar failures. We are continuing to test to determine the cause of these failures. […] Due to these failures, we will no longer sell Hyper-based modules until the issue can be resolved. We have also have asked our retailers to return any modules they currently have on their shelves," an official statement by Corsair Memory reads.
The products that are affected carry the following part numbers: TW3X4G1600C6GTF, TR3X6G1866C7GTF, TR3X6G2000C8GTF, TR3X3G2000C7GTF and TR3X6G2000C7GTF. As it can be observed, the impacted memory products are rather advanced 1600MHz, 1866MHz or 2000MHz memory modules that belong to Dominator GT or XMS3 product families.
"We are working on enhancing our manufacturing and testing process to be able to offer these parts again as soon as possible," Corsair added.
Elpida's most advanced DDR3 can operate in 667MHz – 2500MHz frequency range with 1.2V – 1.5V voltage settings.
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Hidden treasures in the mountains
Next, I drove "around the corner" to Miss Elly's Antiques and Such shop on Church Street in Hawley. The shop itself is an antique, i.e., a charming historic building. Owner Elaine Herzog told me that it was built around 1869 by George Schlager for his bakery and grocery store. Blue clapboards, gabled roof, full front porch, eyebrow windows, sidelights and transoms adorning the front door all make this cottage a special spot for those who love architectural history. Herzog, who is also president of the Wayne County Historical Society, showed me old photos of the house and street as it was in the 19th century, pointing out the other historic buildings on Church Street that still stand.
Inside, the delights for treasure hunters include china, pottery, beautiful full sets of silverware, furniture, primitives, old toys, vintage clothing and linens. One of my favorites was a primitive wooden baby cradle. Any little girl would love to tuck her doll to bed in that lovely little piece.
Nearby, back on Route 6, was Timely Treasures, run by Pat and Bob Ohlson. They are also in a historic building—the original, early 20th century hydroelectric power plant building on the Paupack River. They have six rooms filled with antique furniture and furnishings: dining room tables and chairs, cabinets, bookcases, "secretary" desks and hutches, bureaus, china and an inlaid mahogany desk. They also carry a variety of statues and small decorative pieces, as well as some decorative reproductions. My favorite piece was an oval carved wooden wall decoration with the early American pineapple motif. It was both simple and elegant. I loved it. Another great item was a matching blue china pitcher and bowl that would fit in any country room. Have fun here, and use your imagination to think about how these beautiful vintage pieces would fit in your home.
Further down Route 6 heading west, just outside of the village, is Barbara's Books and Antiques, a place to shop for a different genre—"paper" antiques, such as old books, postcards, prints and magazines. You might find favorites like "The Bobsey Twins" or the great Nancy Drew series. The old postcards tell the stories of how places looked long ago. My favorite—a print made from a late 18th century Pennsylvania folk art piece—was a WPA (Works Projects Administration) project. Its vibrant red and blue colors and simple design are fantastic.


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Amar'e to Timberwolves for Pekovic, Beasley, and Darko as filler.
They get a dunk shot scorer in Amar'e to pair with the jumpshot Kevin Love and keep Kevin Love's rebounding.
Rubio has Amar'e and Love to dish to.
Knicks get Pekovic who is an animal getting better everyday. He'll bang for us where Amar'e can't plus he'll get his in the dirty way so there will be no conflict between Pekovic and Melo.
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Sony Computer Entertainment has set the guidelines for stereoscopic 3D-supporting video titles designed for the PlayStation 3 game console. In a bid to ensure proper performance, SCE advices game developers to trim resolution of stereo-3D (S3D) games to 720p.
Sony's official guidelines for S3D gaming on PS3 limit the displayed image to a resolution of 720p, reports Joystiq web-site citing Sony's words. Even games that run natively at 1080p resolution, are downscaled in 3D mode to two 720p images (one for each eye). While the console can physically output S3D 1080p images, it takes twice the performance to process a stereo-3D game, which is why the machine cannot guarantee 60 fps performance for every game.
It is rather noteworthy that the company, which promised ten years lifespan for the PS3 has to cut-down certain features and decrease image quality so to ensure proper performance on its fifth year. But Sony believes that "the effects of this policy are probably unnoticeable to most gamers" since once S3D is enabled "even trained computer graphics artists could barely tell the difference between the resolutions".
At this point it is not possible to realistically evaluate the reaction of gamers on Sony's decision to trim the resolution in S3D mode since very few gamers own stereo-3D capable HDTVs and there are virtually no video games supporting the technology.
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A long-time area law enforcement official has announced his retirement as Melrose's police chief, effective Dec. 31.
Clarence "Gomer" Pyle, 61, who has been with the Melrose department for five years, dedicated 28 years of community service to the area. During his career, he worked with Clovis Police Chief Bill Carey and even tutored Clovis City Manager Ray Mondragon, who started his career as a police dispatcher.
Pyle started with Clovis police in 1967, quit and then returned in 1970, serving 23 years before retiring as a captain.
But Pyle could not stay retired. In the late 1990s, he was asked to serve as police chief in Melrose.
"When I first got in there I didn't think I would stay very long, but I ended up staying five years," Pyle said.
Mondragon said Pyle's straight-forward police style gained him the respect of fellow officers.
"I've always known Gomer to be a straight shooter. He meant what he said and he got it done," Mondragon said. "Law enforcement is surely going to miss him. Gomer will always be a true friend to law enforcement and certainly to myself."
Carey said Pyle was his first boss.
"He was a good supervisor and I enjoyed working for him," Carey said.
Though Melrose, with its 800 or so residents, is not known for its crime, Pyle found multiple ways to assist the community as its police chief. For example, he was credited with several improvements to the village, most notably by rearranging the physical address system to make delivery of packages easier for mail carriers.
"It was kind of hard to do, to talk with a lot of people who were dead-set with their addresses," he said. "But it was all screwed up. Between the post office, the village and the cable (companies), they just had all sorts of different addresses."
After retirement, he has a number of home-improvement projects to complete and he just hopes to relax after a long and tiresome career.
"It's Social Security time now," he said.
Melrose village council member Lance Pyle, the police chief's son, said the council will probably accept the resignation when it meets again on Thursday.


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Yesterday's WSJ.com video "Tablet Wars: How Are People Using Tablets?" had a shocking statistic: 98% of the web traffic from tablets comes from Apple's iPad. Further, most of mobile commerce is from Apple's iPhone:
Translation: No matter what the sales figures for Android, people just aren't using them. This is a far cry from the early days, when many thought that an army of Android mobile devices would slay Apple's mighty iPhone:
Most importantly, if this is true, then Google's Android strategy has failed.
Google's strategy with Android is very similar to those of mobile phone companies: Give away a free phone, sign you up for a contract. In Google's case, they gave the mobile operating system away in hopes of promoting traffic from mobile devices and then making money off that traffic through search and advertising. They probably also wanted to make sure that that traffic isn't "owned" by a competitor like Apple through its Safari browser on the iPhone.
Hence, if Android devices don't generate web traffic, then Google has nothing to show for it, no matter how many phones or tablets Samsung sells.
Even worse is Amazon's "forking" of Android by using it to create the Kindle Fire, which has been customized extensively to work with Amazon's digital content businesses. This is the worst of all possible scenarios for Google's Android strategy. From Google's perspective, the Kindle Fire is as much as a competitor as the iPad, because all the digital content is offered through Amazon instead of Google Play, and all the web traffic is still owned by a competitor's browser, even if it's called Silk instead of Safari. And it's all made with Google's own technology.
Android's experience is the core dilemma of open source business models: The "Last Mile" reliance on third parties to deliver your product to end users. In Android's case, the manufacturers are the "Last Mile," and by making low-quality products with Android or competing with Google, they've not lived up to Google's expectations.
Google is now trying to fix it with its own mobile devices, starting with the Nexus tablets, so they can deliver the complete Android experience at their standards and steer the low end of the tablet market away from Amazon's Kindle Fire. Will it work? That would depend first and foremost on how well the Google-made Android devices sell.
If the Google tablets and phones sell well, should Google still keep Android open source? That would in turn depend on the relative strengths of Google and the other Android manufacturers. If the Google devices raises the bar for the others, who start making better phones and tablets of their own and delivering web traffic to Google, then of course they should keep providing those other manufacturers with a free operating system.
But if Google's Android devices are the only ones delivering the traffic, while the other manufacturers make money off the devices but deliver no traffic, or worse use Android to compete with Google, then it should become a full-fledged manufacturer like Apple. It doesn't mean that Google would "kill" Android, but it could make a "super-Android" which is not available to the other manufacturers. A General Grievous vs C3-PO strategy…
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I have a wacky question here. I know it is common in late pregnancy to have vivid dreams because of hormones, but what about when nursing? I have really vivid dreams almost every night--some bad, some not so bad, almost never good. Last night I dreamt about work so much I felt like I had put in a full day when I got up this morning!
Has this happened to anyone else? Is this bizarre? In case it has to do with the timing of things post-partum (which it might since my hair just started falling out???), my son is 4 1/2 months old. Thanks for any insights you have!


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