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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Retired F-16 Jet Completes First Converted Unmanned Flight
The U.S. Air Force began demonstrating the next generation of air combat training and testing aircraft last week, completing the first flight of a converted F-16 jet with no pilot in the cockpit.
(QF-16 takes off remotely piloted at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Photo, courtesy of Master Sergeant J. Scott Wilcox.)
The QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target, a retired F-16 jet modified to fly as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), completed a series of simulated maneuvers, including supersonic flight, prior to landing autonomously. The QF-16 is the result of a 2010 $70 million Department of Defense (DoD) contract awarded to Boeing to convert six early-generation F-16 jets into full-scale aerial targets.
To convert the F-16 to a remotely piloted aircraft, Boeing installs new electronic control equipment that allows the jet to be operated via data links from a ground control station.
"It was a little different to see it without anyone in it, but it was a great flight all the way around," said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ryan Inman, commander, 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron. "It's a replication of current, real world situations and aircraft platforms they can shoot as a target. Now we have a 9G capable, highly sustainable aerial target."
By converting retired F-16 jets to the QF-16 configuration, Boeing allows fighter pilots to train against actual fighter jets with live weapons. The development could also lead to production of unmanned fighter jets remotely piloted from the ground.
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ACC has good audit
ALPENA – Alpena Community College Board of Trustees received its audit report from Straley, Ilsley & Lamp P.C. at its meeting on Wednesday night. According to auditors Philip Straley and Mark Sandula, the auditing process went smoothly and the college is in good standing according to their report.
"Tuition and fees only bring in 32 percent of your operating revenues, and the majority of revenues come from grants and other ancillary activities," Sandula said. "Then in your non-operating revenue, the community is supporting Alpena Community College through the use of property taxes and you get 65 percent of your money from the state of Michigan for state appropriations."
Sandula said the balance sheet has essentially expanded for ACC compared to last year.
"The biggest operating expense is instruction," Sandula said. "The second is student services. The restricted fund is basically federal grants that are in and out, and there's no real profit or loss on those."
Three years ago ACC worked with Atlanta to upgrade some of the instruction in Atlanta Community Schools in welding, computer design and other areas through a near $1 million grant from the Kellogg Foundation to carry out the upgrades to some of the instruction. The Kellogg foundation gave ACC the money up-front and ACC has been disbursing it periodically.
Some of the activity in this year's audit, about $232,000, is the last of the funds that are coming out of the restricted fund, which the college has separate for grant funds. With those amounts traveling in and out, it doesn't have a lot of effect on the overall audit, except to track the distribution.
"The purpose of the audit by an independent firm is to show that a public entity is handling its funds correctly, which is a sacred trust. Much of our money comes from taxpayers and tuition from the students who scrape up their hard earned dollars to come here to ACC, and we want to be able to demonstrate that we are handling the funds in a responsible way that befits the public trust," President Olin Joynton said. "That's what we heard from our auditors this evening. After a very thorough study of our accounts, they have given us, what in laymans terms would be called a clean audit."
Joynton said he is proud of the work the staff does every day to keep up with the financial aspects of the college, and it is a great credit to their hard work to have a clean audit.
"Tonight is a culmination, with the acceptance of the audit by the board, of months of work, really ongoing work, all around with our business office staff," Joynton said. "It's a great team and they do their work so carefully and accurately. I'm very proud of the culmination and recognition of their work that we reach tonight."
The audit results showed total revenues for ACC of $11,146,606, and total expenditures of $19,334,724, but after non-operating revenue of $8,160,612 was added, the total change in net assets was $27,506. The college's net position at the end of the year was $15,701,219.
In other business:
* Trustee Florence Stibitz attended a Michigan Community College Association meeting where speakers discussed strategic ambiguity and having an implemented saying with community colleges across Michigan that could be integrated into each community college based on its offerings.
* instructor Lois Darga updated the board on the accounting programs progression and the expectations she has for the program based on previous students' success.
* the board accepted a snowplowing bid from Morgan Forest Products for 2013-14 with rates of pickup usage for $55/use and $85/use of the front loader for snow maintenance.
* gifts, grants and pledges of $99,557 from Sept. 11 through Oct. 8 were accepted by the board with gratitude.
Nicole Grulke can be reached via email at email@example.com or by phone at 358-5687. Follow Nicole on Twitter @ng_alpenanews.


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About the Authors: Kathryn Speckart serves as a Collections Manager at the U.S. Diplomacy Center in the Bureau of Public Affairs, and Kelli Cook serves as a Public Diplomacy Officer in PRT Muthanna.
The exhibit, The Colors of Warka: Paintings by Iraqi Women of Muthanna Province, is currently on display in the Exhibit Hall of the U.S. Department of State until April 2, 2010. How it arrived in Washington is a story unto itself.
Kathryn writes: Anyone can guess that the Department of State is a huge place -- so many offices, so many acronyms, all over the world. One of the central "meeting places" for this global agency is this blog. In April 2009, while browsing DipNote, I came across an entry by Aaron Snipe, then the Public Diplomacy Officer at PRT Muthanna, describing a recent cultural program involving female Iraqi artists in his province. The PRT worked with a local organization to sponsor the creation and first-ever public exhibition of paintings by these women. (See the exhibit brochure for a complete description).
The project and the artwork were so inspiring and fit so well with USDC's mission that I had to get in contact with this Aaron Snipe. We corresponded on the possibilities of the art coming to DC. This idea appealed to my USDC colleagues as well as Aaron. His initial response, "We had no plans to send the exhibit to D.C., but would love to do so."
He was scheduled to leave Iraq in July; accordingly he laid the groundwork for the next public diplomacy officer to pick up easily where he left off. Kelli Cook arrived at PRT Muthanna as the next Public Diplomacy Officer and we began talking logistics. And little did I appreciate the logistics of moving paintings out of a rural corner of Iraq.
Kelli writes: Before I even arrived at PRT Muthanna, I knew that I would be the 'Logistical Officer' for this mission, and moving paintings from Iraq to Washington, D.C. requires a lot of logistics. First they had to move from Joint Security Station (JSS) Soto in Muthanna Province to Tallil Air Base in Dhi Qar Province where the USPS is located. U.S. Army Blackhawks and Regional Security Office (RSO) helicopters were used to get them to Tallil. I was horrifically concerned that the paintings would fly right out (Headline: Diplomat's paintings fly out of helo, hit rotors, down Army bird), but the crew chiefs gingerly placed the wrapped paintings in a safe spot.
Military bases in Iraq do not stock boxes to mail paintings. A large-scale search ensued conducted by any member of the PRT with the bad luck to cross my path. "Hey (insert unlucky name)! Keep an eye for any box that might hold a painting!" Dumpsters were scoured and our supply sergeant went begging to his Air Force colleagues.
And then my eyes fell on three mini-refrigerators, two white boards and a poster box sitting in our office. It turns out that if you cut a mini-fridge box in half, pad the box with the white boards and empty the humongous box of "Picturing America" posters, they will all hold paintings securely.
The last step was taking the paintings to the post office, where they meticulously, hand inspect everything. I thought I'd get a pass, but it was not until the fourth and fifth return trips that she looked at me incredulously, shook her head and marked my box: "PASSED INSPECTION."
Amazingly they arrived in Washington, D.C. in perfect shape. They traveled by helicopter from one province to another, SUV to the Post Office, 7-ton truck to the airfield, C-130 to Kuwait, forklift to another plane, DHL MD-11 to New York, USPS truck to Washington, D.C. and finally a USPS delivery truck to the State Department. It is ironic that the women artists will never leave the province but their paintings are now world-travelers. But perhaps this is the first step in opening up the world to them.
Kathryn writes: Not only did the paintings arrive in perfect shape, they arrived in good time. The last box arrived on Friday, February 5, just as the snow was beginning to fall on what would become Snowmageddon 2010 in Washington, D.C.. After being professionally framed and photographed, we installed the paintings in early March. Judging by the "oohs" and "aahs" from people passing by the installation-in-progress, and the several inquiries we have already fielded about the paintings, the show has been a worthwhile endeavor.
We invite you to view the slideshow online of the paintings in the exhibit and let us know what you think. Thanks to a simple blog entry, the spark and connection were made that eventually brought this inspiring exhibit to Washington, D.C.
Related Entry:Through Their Paintings, Everyone Will Know Their Stories


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Debates of June 22nd, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #13 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was businesses.
- Question Period
- Climate Change
- Essar Steel Algoma
- Châteauguay—Saint-Constant
- Republic of South Sudan
- Kirkland
- Building Canada Fund
- Louis-Hébert
- Seniors Month
- Jean Béliveau
- Victoria
- Foreign Affairs
- Status of Women
- Brantford Red Sox
- Triple Bay Eagles Ground Search and Rescue Team
- Harley Hotchkiss
- Air India
- The Economy
- Canada Post
- The Senate
- Health
- Government Accountability
- Afghanistan
- Infrastructure
- G8 Summit
- Public Safety
- The Environment
- Libya
- Small Business
- International Trade
- Search and Rescue
- International Trade
- Health
- Shale Gas
- Research and Development
- Regional Development
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Betty Fox
- Lighthouses
- Shale Gas
- Presence in Gallery
- Access to Information and Privacy
- Canadian Forces Provost Marshal
- Documents Regarding Afghan Detainees
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Fair and Efficient Criminal Trials Act
- Committees of the House
- Income Tax Act
- Service Canada Mandate Expansion Act
- Emergency Services Appreciation Day Act
- Excise Tax Act
- Income Tax Act
- Excise Tax Act
- Income Tax Act
- Business of Supply
- House of Commons
- Committees of the House
- Points of Order
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Business of Supply
- Points of Order
- Business of Supply
- Main Estimates, 2011–12
- Supplementary Estimates (A), 2011-12
Harley Hotchkiss
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Lee Richardson Calgary Centre, AB
Mr. Speaker, it is with regret and deep sadness that I rise to advise the House of the passing of Harley Hotchkiss of Calgary, a true friend to all who knew him. Harley was best known as one of the people who brought the Flames north from Atlanta to Calgary.
Harley was a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence and a Companion of the Order of Canada. He truly desired a better country and did his part through various community initiatives.
The Calgary Brain Institute, named in his honour, the Stampede, the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Foothills Provincial General Hospital and the Alberta Paraplegic Foundation all benefited from his kind heart and generosity.
An adopted Albertan, Harley Hotchkiss found his career in our province but through his good deeds made it his home.
We send our deepest regrets to his darling wife Becky and to his family.
Air India
Statements By Members
2:20 p.m.
Jinny Sims Newton—North Delta, BC
Mr. Speaker, June 23 is a painfully sad day for thousands of Canadian families.
Twenty-six years ago, 329 people lost their lives in a tragedy known as the Air India bombing, the largest mass murder in Canadian history. Although a Canadian inquiry was launched and completed, many questions remain unanswered. Relatives still struggle to understand how it happened.
Today our hearts go out to each and every one of them. On the anniversary of this atrocity, I stand here asking all parties in the House to join together in remembrance of the victims and their families.
Canadian, British and Indian citizens perished on that flight, but countries all over the world mourn them today.
The Economy
Statements By Members
June 22nd, 2011 / 2:20 p.m.
Rodney Weston Saint John, NB
Mr. Speaker, Canadians gave us a strong mandate to secure our economic recovery and implement our low tax plan to create jobs and economic growth.
That is why our government has reintroduced and passed the next phase of Canada's economic action plan and increased the guaranteed income supplement for seniors.
We have also taken action to protect our economy by introducing legislation to put an end to work stoppages.
Canadians gave us a strong mandate to remain focused on the priorities of Canadian families, jobs and the economy, and that we will do.
Canada Post
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Jack Layton Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's message to workers could not be more clear: if they do not swallow whatever the employer gives them, then they can fully expect to get a worse raw deal in legislation from the government. The Conservatives are imposing even lower wages than the employer was offering to the workers.
He says that mail service is important to the economy and small business, but then he locks the door on the mail sorting plants and post offices. How can the Prime Minister blame the workers for the situation when it is his government that is shutting down the mail?
Canada Post
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, I will get to the leader of the NDP's question in a second.
I would like to join with the member for Calgary Centre, as a Calgarian and a Canadian, in expressing my condolences on the death of Harley Hodgkiss, who was a great member of our community and our country.
In terms of the question, I think I have answered these questions before. The two parties to this dispute have been unable to resolve the dispute over a significant period of time. Through their actions, they are imposing greater and greater costs on the wider Canadian public. That is not acceptable to the government, and we will act to protect the wider interests of Canadians.
Canada Post
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Jack Layton Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, the government is adding insult to injury. First it attacks workers, now it is disrespecting Quebeckers. The NDP proposed to the Conservatives that we respect Quebec's national holiday by not sitting that day. The Conservatives said no. It is not important to them. I urge the Prime Minister to reconsider. The Standing Orders provide for this. We can resume sitting after the holiday.
Will the Prime Minister agree to suspend the work of the House and respect Quebec's national holiday?
Canada Post
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, this legislative measure is in place to protect the greater interests of the Canadian economy, our society and the general public. It is up to the NDP. This government is prepared to pass the bill quickly before the national holiday. I encourage the NDP members to do the same.
The Senate
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Jack Layton Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister show the same disrespect if we are forced to have to ask the House not to sit on Canada Day next Friday?
Disrespect is something we are seeing extended to the provinces with a force-feeding effort for legitimacy for the Senate. He is trying to create a two-headed monster, some elected, some not. He is trying to impose elections on provinces and premiers who do not want it.
Why not just give Canadians what they want: a chance to vote in a referendum on the future of the Senate?
The Senate
Oral Questions
2:25 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, I do not think the people of Quebec or across the country want to have any more referendums at this time.
The reality is that the government is not imposing anything on anybody here. The government has brought forward some modest and good reforms to the Senate of Canada. While I know this is not the position of the NDP, I would advise the NDP members to support these important reforms rather than aligning themselves with the forces of the status quo.
Oral Questions
2:25 p.m.
Anne Minh-Thu Quach Beauharnois—Salaberry, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is once again telling us that the expiry of the health accord in 2014 is still a long way away and that it would be useless to start working on it now; however, the Wait Time Alliance's report says the exact opposite. The chair of the alliance, Dr. Lorne Bellan, has criticized the excessive amount of time people have to wait before receiving care. The longest wait times are here in Ottawa.
Will the Prime Minister wait until 2014 before taking action?
Oral Questions
2:25 p.m.
Leona Aglukkaq Minister of Health and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Mr. Speaker, in addition to over 30% increases to transfer payments made to the provinces and territories for the delivery of health care, our government also provided additional funding, about $1 billion, for the reduction of wait times in their chosen areas.
We continue to work collaboratively with the provinces and the territories to roll out the present health accord and to continue to reduce wait times, while respecting the fact that health care is an area of provincial jurisdiction.
Oral Questions
2:25 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, blaming the provinces is no answer. This is a joint responsibility. There is no question that the current system is costly and inefficient.
Our public health care system must move forward now to fit today's model of community care. We cannot wait until 2014. We need a long-term care strategy to free up hospital beds and support those with chronic health concerns.
How long do we have to wait before the government takes meaningful action to address these critical shortages?
Oral Questions
2:25 p.m.
Leona Aglukkaq Minister of Health and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Mr. Speaker, our government has worked hard to protect and promote the health and safety of Canadians. In addition to our commitment to continue transfers of 6% to the provinces and territories, we made additional investments in pandemic preparedness, medical and neurological research, food and product safety, wait times, electronic health records, and aboriginal health.
We have also passed the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed at Youth Act, and the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act. We continue to work with the provinces and territories.
Government Accountability
Oral Questions
2:25 p.m.
Bob Rae Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I do not think the House has really heard, yet, an answer to a very simple question from the Prime Minister with respect to the Muskoka slush fund.
I wonder whether the Prime Minister could explain to the House why it is that there was no paper record kept of the discussions which led to the decisions and why it is that public servants were kept away from those discussions.
These are both findings of the Auditor General. They are not my conclusions or anyone else's.
Could the Prime Minister please explain how these two very abnormal, unusual, and troubling events took place?
Government Accountability
Oral Questions
2:25 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, once again, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs has said repeatedly, he made the decisions in these cases. They were publicly communicated. They were for 32 infrastructure projects, all of which the money has been accounted for.
In terms of specific failings in the process that the leader of the Liberal Party raised, we have reviewed those matters, and are taking steps to ensure that those process failings are not repeated in the future.


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- Lowering the frame rate of a game increases the battery life by a significant amount.
- Games do not need a high frame rate when displaying a static screen, or a simple 2D animation.
- Our game actively throttles down the frame rate according to what animations are playing at any given time. This reduces the battery consumption by a small, but not insignificant amount.
- Most commercial games do not make any attempt to lower the frame rate when displaying static screens, wasting battery life.
A lot of game developers bring the PC mind-set with them when they start developing for mobile devices. For PC games the target is to achieve the legendary 60 frames per second rate. This is fine when the hardware is connected to an electrical outlet, but power consumption becomes an important factor when your device is running from a battery.
Rather than thinking of speed alone, you need to think of entertainment value. Imagine two people on a 3 hour flight who are playing games on their iPhones to pass the time. One has a 60 FPS game, but the battery runs out mid journey. The other is playing a game that is capped at 30 FPS and the battery lasts the whole journey. Which of these two people gets the most entertainment value?
You don't actually even need 30 FPS a lot of the time. At certain points during the game it might be showing only a static menu, or a simple animation – for instance a blinking light and you do not need 30 FPS for that.
To play an animation smoothly you need a frame rate that's twice the frame frequency of the animation. For instance, a simple 2D flag animation that has 3 frames and repeats every second only needs 6 FPS to play smoothly. Anything above that is overkill.
Apple themselves consider battery consumption to be an extremely important issue. Their own developer guidelines advise the following:
Do not draw to the screen faster than needed. Drawing is an expensive operation when it comes to power. Do not rely on the hardware to throttle your frame rates. Draw only as many frames as your application actually needs.
But, we decided to take this idea one step further.
Frame rate throttling
The technique we developed works by adjusting the frame rate according to what is being displayed on the screen at each instant. Each object displayed on screen indicates what frame rate it requires and the game loop controller picks the largest frame rate requirement. The screen-shots below illustrate this more clearly:
After each frame is rendered both the CPU and GPU of the device sleep until the next frame needs to be rendered. The lower the frame rate the more that the CPU and GPU sleep and this is what saves battery life.
Test setup
The following devices were used:
iPhone 3GS, OS ver 3.1.3
iPod 1st Gen, OS ver 2.2.1
All measurements were done with the device fully charged, the auto-lock disabled and screen brightness at 80%. Only comparative measurements on the same device are valid, as the battery life varies widely between devices, depending on the age of the battery.
How much does the frame rate effect battery life?
We want to measure the effect of the frame rate on battery life, so we fully charged the devices, and let it run until the 10% warning message pops up on screen.
Armageddon Wars normally runs at 33 FPS during battle sequences and then throttles down to 1 FPS when animation stops. We changed the game to hard code the frame rate to various settings, 60 FPS, 33 FPS, 25 FPS and 1 FPS. (Note: the 60 FPS test could only be run on the iPhone 3GS - The iPod touch is too slow)
Real world tests
Next we tried measuring the actual battery consumption while playing the game.
Our game is a turn-based strategy. The user needs time to consider their next move and while they are thinking usually the scene is static; only after they make their move are animations and special effects played: explosions, fire, smoke etc. When the animations are playing the frame rate is at maximum, but when the scene becomes static again the frame rate is throttled down. So, the average frame rate will be below the maximum rate, depending on how long the player needs to make their move. The following diagram illustrates this more clearly:
We did an epic game play session of 2 hours on each device, both with and without the power save setting. It had to be for a long length of time for accuracy. When the power save is switched off, the game tries to maintain a constant 33 FPS (however the iPod Touch isn't quite able to make that rate.)
So, on the iPhone 3GS battery consumption was reduced by 11% and average frame rate by 16%.
On the iPod Touch the battery consumption was reduced by 35% and average frame rate by 20%.
The reduction was more apparent on the iPod touch because 2 hours represents nearly its entire battery life.
You have to bear in mind these figures are subjective. The figures above are for an experienced player. For inexperienced players the average frame rate would be lower, because they would spend more time making their move.
Compared against other games
The power saving technique works better for strategy games, where there is a tendency to have more static screens, so we tested against some strategy games from the App Store. Each game was put on a static screen and let run until the 10% warning message appeared on the screen.
For all games the battery lasted for a much smaller time than Armageddon Wars running at 1 FPS, indicating that the frame rate is higher than it needs to be.
Technical details
I'd like to give you a brief overview of how the power save technique was implemented. These diagrams have been simplified for clarity.
Firstly, the game had the following class structure:
As you see, the game consists of several screens, all inherited from the same base class. The member currentScreen points to the current foreground screen. Each screen is composed of several objects derived from DisplayableObject. These could be sprites, user interface items, or particle managers.
And this is the call diagram of the game loop, which shows how these objects interact:
The main view renders the game and measures the time taken. It then queries the game object for the required frame time. The game object in turn calls the current screen's getReqFrameTime function. Each DisplayableObject knows what its required frame rate needs to be. The current screen returns the shortest required frame time of all DisplayableObjects. Then the main view calculates the sleep time as the difference between the required frame time and the time taken to do the render.
Changing the standard iPhone Game loop
The default OpenGL ES iPhone template uses a NSTimer object to update the game loop. The timer is set on initialization of the game to call the game loop once every 1/60th second. The OS is responsible for making NSTimer call the game loop. If a timer event triggers while the game loop is still running, that event will be ignored and it'll just wait for the next NSTimer event. Because the timer events are not synchronized with the game loop, this method is a bit inaccurate.
For our power saving technique to work we need a more precise way to control the game loop. What we do is create a special game loop thread during app startup. Basically, the game loop looks like the following:
The green blocks are called by the main application thread, while the red blocks are called by the game loop thread. Because two threads are accessing the same information we have to use a mutex, to only allow one thread at a time to access the game object.
From the tests run on Armageddon Wars there is undeniable evidence of significant battery life savings. The exact value is impossible to measure exactly, but seems to be in the 25% range.
Armageddon Wars is an OpenGL ES game. Games that do not use the GPU would probably see a smaller power saving benefit because only the CPU is sleeping when the frame rate is throttled.
This technique works better for strategy games, or board games. Action games get a lesser benefit from this technique, because the player is not looking at static screens most of the time.
Cost of implementing the technique
As you may expect, it requires extra effort to make your game "battery friendly". Firstly, you need to modify the game loop as shown in the "Technical details" section, but this this is a good idea in general, because it gives you better control over your game's frame rate. We implemented the technique at a early stage of the development and because of that most of the the issues were ironed out well before the time of the release. However, some subtle bugs did creep in because certain game objects calculated the required frame rate wrong and that required extra time to fix. Still we think the extra effort justified the benefit to the user.


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Thursday, 15 March 2012
Answers and Cartwheels in the Office
Before I get to the answers of the questions you Pretty Plonkers asked, I must share a story with you.
Yesterday was one of those days where you are running in top gear all day. From the second I got up, I was rushing around like a chicken without a fucking head! I was like an ADHDer on speed.
After dropping Megan at school, then Kaylin at school, popping in to grab a few groceries at our local supermarket before work, off to gym to train at lunch time, doing cartwheels in the passage at work, collecting the mail from our post box, collecting Kaylin from school after work, off to football with Megan and finally off to Governing Body meeting at Megan's school.
When I got home, I realised at some point during the say, I'd split my pants at the crotch and wasn't wearing any undies! I'd been doing all these activities with a three inch split in my pants with my fanny hanging out. I am mortifed! It must've been those fucking cartwheels in the office. Never again!
and now on to yer questions...
YeamieWaffles asked
Where you would like to imagine yourself (in terms of career and home life), in the future, say maybe ten years time? In fact, I don't really know most of your present either when it comes to your job, could you maybe talk about it for a while?
In 10 years time I will be 50. Oh My Fuckity-Fuck – that's depressing. I certainly hope to be still married and probably driving myself to drink or hard drugs, with two teenage girls Probably dead broke because two teenage girls don't come cheap and if they take after their mum, with my shoe fetish, I will have to take out a loan just for fashion.
With regards to work, I'm not the big career mum but I have a really busy job.. I work for a direct sales publication in advertising sales support working for 10 Sales Reps (all of them women) 11 if you include my boss (who is also a woman). The hours are great, I'm 5km from home and 1km from the girls' schools. It;s convenient and I've been here for over 6 years. Most of the girls here have become good friends and my support system away from home. I love them dearly
The Frog Queen asked
Where is your favorite place to visit what makes you feel like "home".
My favourite place to visit is the South African bush. I prefer the mountains to the beach. So a nice wee quiet place where I can go and recharge my batteries, be at one with nature, be outdoors in the sunshine or laze by a pool.
Alex J. Cavanaugh asked
Where do you find the photos for your caption contests?
I'm forever hunting the interwebz for freaky shite. I know I'm a relentless weirdo. I also get bloggers sending me picutres to use in my Caption My Photo Competitions. Any suggestions for my up an coming 50th feature?
nitebyrd asked
Where are you from in Scotland?
Originally, a wee place called Bellfield in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire in Scotland. I lived there for 10 years before coming to South Africa with my immediately family in 1981. Yes I still have the accent and Kilmarnock is famous for Johnny Walker Whisky.
Nolens Volens said...
You gotta love the lack of balls on the hater. Would that explain the existence of Haters Anonymous? Oh! That's your question! ;)
Haters can go on hatin because I just dust it off. My motto is "You can please ALL of the people ALL of the time". If you don't like who I am, what I say, how I say it – MOVE ALONG swiftly, please. Don't waste my fucking time.
jenette or more commonly known as "j" asked
Has your blog been a topic of conversation at work in a bad way, or prevented you from getting a job etc etc.
I don't generally publicize by blog at work. Most of my colleagues know that I am an avid daily blogger and some of them have even visited. None have commented, though. I have a few colleagues who read my blog on a regular basis but I don't mention the people from work here on my blog. I keep my work and my blog separate. I also cleaned my blog up about a year ago and drafted all my risqué posts for this reason.
Mike Smith asked
Will you ever return to Scotland?
For a holiday, yes but I doubt I would return to Scotland to live unless things in South Africa go pear-shaped and turn Zimbabwe on us. It's reassuring to know that I have a British passport and that my kids have British passports and that if we need to flee for any reason (criminal or otherwise) we'll be off in a flash.
cat asked
Does the hubby read the wee blog? And what does he think about it?
Hubby does read my blog from time to time but he doesn't read every post. I often say to him "Did you read my post today?". Usually the answer is no, but I think he's sick of me talking about bloggers he doesn't even know. If I have a technical problem with my blog he's always will to help out. Bless him!
7 comments:
- Melanie said...
I would be mortified if that happened to me....my heart is with you! As for the q&a....kudos to you for opening yourself up and.being so honest!
- 15 March 2012 at 09:40
- cat said...
You can still do cartwheels? I can only do the figurive type these days.
And my hubby has about the same involvement.
- 15 March 2012 at 10:20
- YeamieWaffles said...
Loved the answer to all of these DSL, the answer to the question about haters in particular was awesome.
- 15 March 2012 at 12:58
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Thanks for answering my question! If I see any wild photos, I will send them your way.
Really sorry about the pants...
- 15 March 2012 at 15:35
- Nolens Volens said...
Thanks for answering my question. Here's a new question for you...did you take a photo of your indecent exposure? ;)
- 15 March 2012 at 17:43
- Claire Hennessy said...
OMG how cringy but hilarious re crotch split! I had a similar thing happen at work, but with a skirt that split all the way to the waistband in my first job. Had to stay all day with safety pins and my knickers on show!
- 15 March 2012 at 19:46
- Brian Miller said...
hope the rain holds out for you or dissapates....and yikes on the fanny flashing.....
- 16 March 2012 at 11:58


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Skip to comments.Commentary: Obamacare and Coming Secession
Posted on 07/02/2012 5:58:14 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat
One of the regular callers to my local weekday radio show has been telling me for years the answer to my countrys woes is secession. He makes liberals foam at the mouth but if you take a moment to read a few more paragraphs youll see Rick from Lewes may be ahead of the curve.
Syria being the possible exception this has been a great week for totalitarians. In Washington and elsewhere across the United States the liberals claim theyve been vindicated and are planning to chair John Roberts across Capitol Hill. When I was a teenager my Grandmother Colley handed me an old worn book. A History of Pyrrhus was the title and it was a surprisingly good read. Its also why, unlike the lefties I dont need to look up the meaning of Pyrrhic Victory.
While Remember Obamacare may not have the same ring as some historic rallying cries I see tremendous opportunity for liberty loving people and the candidates seeking their votes. Every candidate for House, Senate and President opposed to the march of big government can now attach Obamacare to a weak economy and thats the positive side of todays ruling. Theres also a darker outcome increasingly on the horizon and its secession.
I think youre going to be hearing more people in polite society raising the possibility of going our own way. Do you think there are now more fellow American citizens in Arizona this week considering the meaning of sovereignty?
Some months ago I was watching MSDNC (for research purposes) and Eugene Marvin the Martian Robinson of the Washington Post was telling his host the question of state sovereignty had been answered during the Civil War. Really? The war didnt end when one side raised the white flag and admitted the other had a more valid constitutional argument. It ended when one hungry side grew weary of bleeding. One member of my radio audience this week explained liberals traditionally support the secession of portions of states. West Virginia split from a larger unit during the Civil War and when the shooting stopped and the smoke cleared it never re-entered Richmonds orbit.
There are a great many more reasons the word secession will gain more currency in political conversation. One of Eugene Robinsons fellow columnists at the Post is writing about an economic stagnation lasting for generations. Robert Samuelson is neither conservative nor liberal according to his colleagues. He writes simply about dollars and cents and Monday argued the world and its competing nations must blaze a new economic path because as weve learned domestically consumer spending as an engine of growth has limits. Such as when indebted consumers can no longer spend.
Samuelson didnt offer a solution for an obvious diagnosis. He isnt an alarmist but you dont need to be a PhD in economics to imagine life could become a serious struggle even for the traditionally comfortable of the Western World. A couple of summers ago the economist Robert Prechter writing a guest commentary for the New York Times predicted the worst economic downturn in three hundred years. Months later I saw him on television and he backed away from his warning. Then this past spring he came full circle, predicting a deflationary implosion that would rattle the globe.
Even the most brain-addled liberal understands governments cant coerce without revenue. See Greece, Spain and California. Eventually the police and jailers dont get paid and they join the looting and burning. Obamacare isnt going to break the bank. It was broken a long time ago. The weight of Obamacare and other government programs supported by borrowing and taxing are going to implode the United States. Taxpayers in some states are going to rebel when told they need to pay for bad governance in the Northeast and California. Throughout the Southwest this will be coupled with anger at supporting Central and South Americans running roughshod across borders. When Texas and the Rocky Mountain States secede the federal government wont have the resources to stamp out the rebellion.
Rick from Lewes isnt just a guy off the streets. He was an assistant at the U.S. Justice Department. Rick worked for Robert Bork. Rick argues the liberals will rejoice as the red states go their own way. It means the left can consolidate power in the remaining Decrepit States of America. Eventually the leftist empire will collapse and the walls will fall and there will be a new dawn for a liberty loving USA. But for a Justice Bork this week.
His prediction was 10 to 20 years old.
Personally, I don't see the downside of secession. Let the Blue States pay the debt themselves.
Bump for later reading.
There is a part of me that would like to put conditions on the re-entry of said states. Unfortunately, in some cases, they won't be repentant, only seeking some relief while all the time scheming to re-institute their misery on those who are more prosperous.
Conditions would be:
1. Political leaders of said states would be imprisoned for life without possibility of parole, subject to a review of their activities in political office, and would be barred from future political office, engagement in the legal arena, or associations with government. Recidivists would invite prosecution of a capitol offense.
2. Members of the media in those states, who have engaged in blatant propaganda (knowingly or unknowingly) in support of said governments shall be banned from any future association with media activities. Recidivists and their enablers would be jailed similar to item 1.
3. Public school curricula would be reconstructed, subject to a review of subject matter. Educators would be evaluated on their history in the classroom as to whether they could continue in their careers.
4. Businesses that have been in partnership with said governments, and shown to have received favorable treatment (read:cronyism) shall have their corporate officers under review and those found to have been engaged in fraud shall be treated similar to the politicians in item 1.
5. Upon acceptance into union with the successful states, any and all laws that do not comport with the US Constitution will be null and void, and those arrested under said laws will have their cases reviewed for potential commutation of sentence or pardon.
I could think of more, but I no longer have any good will towards lefties. None.
CJ stands for "Court Jester."
I live in Texas and I can actually see the citizens possibly considering secession. Yes, they are that angry and they want to be free. If we don't win in November PLUS keep the republicans on track to repeal Obama care then the wheels will begin to turn. I can see Texas having Perry say something to the effect of Obama care stops at the Texas border, no taxes, no penalties, no exchanges, no IRS agents. Accept it or you will be down to 49 states and counting. It sounds crazy but Obama and Roberts have put us on a path to disintegration.
The sooner we begin talking about this "polite society" the better.
First, you have the "Sanctuary Cities." Then there is Arizona attempting to control its foreign border because the elites in Washington won't do so. Now we have states talking about opting out of Obamacare.
I have been straining to figure out how the U.S. will collapse. I concluded that secession will be the mechanism. When more and more states defy Washington, how can the federal government pay for armies to suppress them?
I don't think Federal Troops would attack fellow Americans. But you can be sure they'd be ordered to if any state attempted to seceded.
Both you are correct en mass.
The list would be a really good restart, although I would be just as happy to see them destitute, broke as the Ten Commandments first and begging for us to save them from those mean ol Nova Scotians and British Columbians.
Being a native Texan, I don't need to say where I stand.
My conditions would be much simpler: You made your bed, now lie on it.
LIBs have been the cause of all the problems we face - loss of jobs, wastrful spending, illegals preferential treatmnet, no energy policy, disregard for the Constitution, etc. Once gone, close and bolt the door.
Possible, but I don't think it likely in the case of a reasonably peaceable parting of the ways. I actually think that the left would be delighted to see some of the red states go it on their own. While I don't consider myself a secesher, thanks to our scotus its well on its way to becoming a strategy openly discussed in polite company.
Great point. Then to top it off, when Putin was sworn in on May 7, 2012 - he said that Russia was NOW a "Democracy"!
That's Not MY kind of Democracy- or Yours! How dare he! A Two faced jerk-monster! Now THAT makes me boil!
We have the best Western - Out-standing Democracy: a Constitutional Republic. All other countries want it; our valiant military men are fighting - and have laid down their lives for it. We won't let them down.
Yes, you are right - I also read the same thing about dividing up the world. - We are one tough country! We will turn into a fire-breathing DRAGON if that ever happens! We have power! We have history of standing strong for our country! No one is going to split us up!
So...look out UN - NATO: Don't even think of coming into our country! We will always stay SOVEREIGN! That's it! That's the end of it! Period, Exclaimation Mark!
Have a FANTASTIC-SUPER 4th of July!
Whenever the subject of secession comes up, my first thought is of Texas, a state with the resources to go it alone. But here's the question: aren't there too many Hispanics in that state that would not go along? I don't think of them as being steeped in and/or revolutionary on the matter of the principles of U.S. Constitution.
Your thoughts, please.
You raise valid points that are still irritants within reunited Germany. After a point, the mentality and philosophies just do not mesh anymore - of course, that is the premise behind dissolution in the first place.
"After a point, the mentality and philosophies just do not mesh anymore - of course, that is the premise behind dissolution in the first place."
Sound familiar?
We don't need to actually secede, just kick out of the union Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Madison, Miami, Seattle, San Fransisco, LA and Vermont.
Give the eastern cities to Canada and the ones on the west coast make dependent republics.
A free Republic of Texas with it's own ports, own power grid and own sources of energy could protect their own borders, establish their own financial and government centers, institute a flat tax and run economic circles around the United States if it holds fast to principles of individual rights and freedoms over the power of an overintrusive government.
In fact, Texas has the medical facilities now to be the doctors of choice to all those who want to flee ObamaCare and the Canadian Health Care system as soon as they cut ties.
All we need are enough people with the vision and the courage to make it happen.
Lots of Mexicans fought for Texas against Mexico. Lots of legal conservative Hispanics. And the illegals wouldn't have a vote.
OK, that addresses my question.
"A free Republic of Texas..."
Would be the 8th- or 10-largest economy in the world, IIRC...
"A free Republic of Texas..."
Would be the 8th- or 10-largest economy in the world, IIRC...
" - - - America is in a financial death spiral caused by two Presidents who destroyed 4,000 BILLION dollars each. By any reasonable estimate, this is a US Federal Government-caused disaster.
So, my FR friend, are you saying: Better the disaster we know than the disaster we dont know? Seems like all the frogs in that pot of very warm water are probably thinking that very same thought.
BTW, Article V was designed by our founders to allow citizens to Escape From Captive Government. Each State shall hold its own Constitutional Convention.
It will take many years to reach the required majority, 32 States. During that time, those who desire the European Style Feudal System, today called Socialism, will be put on notice that their parasitic days are numbered.
37 posted on October 3, 2011 5:18:38 PM CDT by Graewoulf ( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.)"
BTW, note the date of the above FR quote.
FDR began the Forced European Socialism of America with his now bankrupt Social Security System. For almost 80 years the Keynesian "dogma of debt" has ruined the economy of America. Obama"care" is the Death Knell for the finances of America, and the end of the Forced European Socialism Movement.
Bolsheviks Dodd, Franks, Obama and Traitor John Roberts have made the splitting of of the former USA inevitable, each in their own way with no check and balance coming from either political party.
Without an effective check and balance system, the Federal Government quickly shifts into the despotism that has made Europe so popular with Dictators, a point not lost on our Dictator Obama.
Article V Constitutional Conventions are an excellent method to avoid the bloodshed that we had with our Civil War.
I favor multi-State Republics with shared economic interests such as one that includes the States that the XL Pipeline will eventually be built through. Another Republic would be all of the States that the Mississippi River flows through. Atlantic and Pacific Republics are obvious, as is a Republic for the Rocky Mountain States.
In this manner people could vote with their feet and choose the amount of personal Liberty that they desire.
For me it will be the region based the Free Market "Invisible Hand" of Adam Smith, with NO Government safety nets!
There seems to be this conventional wisdom that a secession effort on the part of a state would result in war. I'm not seeing why. There are several historical examples where that has not been the case, e.g. the split of the Czech and Slovak republics. There is a good way to avoid violence; don't initiate it. And in any case, there are plenty of other political avenues besides secession that have yet to be tried. It may well come to that for some states, but its not the only strategy out there.
The reason any secession attempt will be resisted with force is that the US government has an unstated but clearly known doctrine that 'secession is illegal' pure and simple. Any attempt to break away will be violently resisted by any sitting president and he or she will have a lot bigger armed forces to do it with than A. Lincoln did in April 1861. How such an effort will end is another matter.
One can be as gay as Castro Street and if you have an air force, even a second rate one, the amount of destruction meted out on 'homophobic, racist, xenophobic secessionists' will be epic.
When the War of Northern Aggression began in South Carolina, there were many, many ideas in the Public's mind that War was inevitable.
Again in the 1930's the pervasive sense was that the USA was going to get sucked into another World War. So great was the resistance to such a fear, that the Isolationist Movement was very powerful.
Since then there have been no declared wars, and few massive public inevitability for war periods.
Now the USA does not have the money to fight any wars, let alone a newly formed Constitutional Republic.
Realistically, all Republics would contribute what they could spare to support a defensive Military that protected all Republics from FOREIGN aggression.
States would be responsible for their own borders except when potentially overwhelmed by superior military forces.
Splitting up the USA is all about the money.
After 80 years of Keynesian Debt Theory, the USA is broke.
Obama will end the USA, but America will survive in the various Republics.
The USA is so encumbered with Regulations, that the USA could never be put back together again.
It was all about the money - - -
The crack in your argument that I see is that the splits that led us to where we are now are fundamentally cultural, with ethnic tensions added by the left to divide and conquer the country as a whole. Just as Attorneys General from 26 states banded together to take Obamacare to the Supreme Court, so it will be with secession.
Where Texas goes, so Arizona goes, and Oklahoma, Mississippi, probably Lousiana, Alabama for sure, Georgia and on and on. The problem the Left has is that culturally, the Red states, especially in the South, have a much stronger culture with respect to family, education, work and productivity, and obviously tax revenue generation than bankrupt Blue states like California, Michigan, NY and NJ. The blue states have a much higher percentage of unions, parasites and suck much more of fed revenues than the red ones.
The discussion of secession is not one the Left would want to engage. Their whole existence is dependent on dependents. Look at our own American Revolution to see how the power of the will for freedom and self-determination by the productive class overcomes overwhelming adversities. The dependent class is not suited for such a fight. No discipline, no culture, just pitiable dependency.
If the action is non-violent in the "we want a divorce" mode met with a Texan resolve of "we're just not going to sit here and obey Washington's dictates any more", I think freedom can be won because then neither the Left nor the Right would support Romney in a military response.
The trick would be to erect border fences (on the states) and print currency so that a secession action can begin establishing itself as a new country from the beginning. If you have borders, money and strong leadership with a plan to execute, the new nation can start operations before DC knows what happened.
I think it can be won without firing a shot. The new nation would have to be willing to negotiate with DC on various federal operations on Texas soil (military bases, etc.) and Texas will have to pay for some of their freedoms but if you explain it like a business that divests one of their assets in order to raise funds to keep the other businesses afloat, a capitalist like Romney can even see some sense for the US to let Texas go their own way.
Simply have Texas' governor announce "effective today, we will no longer obey the orders of Washington DC nor send them our tax revenue. We are forming our own nation with our own Constitution and our own currency. We will begin today to establish sovereign foreign relations with any country that wishes to recognize us and commence doing trade with then. We come in peace and do not wish any form of violent confrontation. No citizen of Texas will be held against their will if they wish to leave but if they do leave, we reserve the right to control our borders and those leaving may not automatically be allowed to return..."
Great post. Great ideas. Great ending: " . . . I no longer have any good will towards lefties. None."
"Get 'er done!"
You are correct. There are a lot of Hispanics here but in general I don't sense they have the "activist" mentality that you see in other states. They have a more "along for the ride" type approach. Texans have treated them fairly well and they seem to return the favor. Sure we have some of the protester types but I don't think we have near the numbers of them here. So in short I don't think they would voice much of an opinion at all.
While I'm not a native Texan I have now lived here for 30 years. At this point I can't imagine living anywhere else. I really hope we can turn this thing around in November but I seriously have my doubts. Sending a bunch of new Republicans to DC with the idea that as soon as they get there they will vote to give themselves considerably less power and influence seems like an unlikely event. And that's assuming we keep the house, then take the Senate and the Presidency.
Wouldn't a Constitutional Convention be an opportunity for people like Obama and Soros to replace what is left of the original Constitution?
"...but I no longer have any good will toward lefties. None."
Why would you have such an attitude toward psychotic, adolescent, visceral, hateful, Progressive punks?
Israel, the size of NJ with zero resources, "goes it alone".
Texas would have the best change of an independent existence. It has oil to back up any currency and a strong sense of cultural and political identity. However, this is likely to be the last election the GOP will win easily in Texas. The advance of Hispanic identity politics casts a pall over that state. Witness Perry stupid remarks on immigration. Also note the type of people who are the mayors of cities such as Dallas and Houston. The liberal rot is spreading within every state with any significant 'diversity' population.
Yes we need the states to secede.
I actually think that the GOP will be the bigger problem in a secession scenario. TX has 38 electoral votes. If those were to go away, it would mean permanent minority status for the GOP.
that is garbage.
succession was settled during the civil war. The need is to purge the unelected and the socialist/communists who use the law to destroy the law.
(ie use freedom of speech to silence opposition)
This is no different than shutting those down who only seek "peaceful coexistance" or "room to grow".
The real lesson of the Civil War seems to be lost on everyone. The real lesson to learn from the Civil War is that 11 states completed disassociated from the Federal Govt. and created a new central govt. in 4 weeks, from scratch. This was done during the age of the telegraph while being invaded at the same time. FedGov power is an illusion and paper thin.
I really hope you are correct - but I keep thinking about the Civil War... They did then - do you really think people are any different today?
Thanks for your thoughts in posts 36 and 37.
Your view of the Hispanics in Texas is along the lines that I, a non-Texan, see them, pretty much a passive section of the population not prone to do anything along the lines of really activating what our Founders had in mind when they inserted the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.
It's just that I see them as an impediment to those in Texas who believe in States rights, which I agree with you can now only come about by a Constitutional Convention. I see Texas as leading the way with such a convention.
Like you, I hope that we can settle this situation by the democratic process, i.e., vote out the Democrats and vote in activist Republicans who can restore the kind of government we once enjoyed.
Yes, I know that "activist" and "Republican" is a strange combination of words in the same sentence but miracles do happen.
For me the issue is what is happening at the state level. States will have to decide what is best for their futures. Many states suffer from unfunded mandates and already find the federal tax buden is unsustainable. High-employment states, like those in the South are carrying the load for more liberal states.
Taking the producing states and their tax revenues away only worsen the burden for the more dependent states. It forces the other states to make very big decisions to go Left or Right.
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Traditions Holiday Celebration in Central Oregon
Sunriver Resort's annual Traditions holiday event is only 15 days away. This month-long celebration of the holidays starts in earnest with the Grand Illumination on Friday, Nov. 27, and culminates with the Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day. In between, Resort guests and the general public will find more than 150 family-friendly activities and events created in the spirit of holiday tradition.
Below are some of the highlights of Traditions. A complete program can be found here.
Grand Illumination
On Nov. 27, Central Oregon's largest holiday light display comes to life during Grand Illumination, which also features free sleigh rides for guests, live music, a magician, holiday characters, a special appearance by Santa and Mrs. Claus, and more.
Gingerbread Junction
With more than 100 extravagantly decorated gingerbread homes lining Cinnamon Lane, Gingerbread Junction is the largest collection of gingerbread houses in the Northwest. On display in the Sunriver Lodge.
Sleigh Rides
Traditional sleigh rides through the snowy meadows of Sunriver Resort and along the banks of the Deschutes River.
Breakfast with Santa
Held every Saturday and Sunday during Traditions.
Teddy Bear Tea
Every Saturday, parents and children can come for a real tea party with their favorite teddy bear in tow. Finger sandwiches, desserts, fine teas and holiday cheer in the Hearth Room at Sunriver Lodge.
Elf Tuck-Ins
Santa's little helpers are available to visit your room or rental house to tuck your kids in for the night.
Family Christmas Concert
Live music with a special sing-along concert of Christmas and holiday tunes.
Throughout the duration of Traditions, guests can take advantage of the Resort's special Sugarplum Package, with rates from $139 per night. The Sugarplum Package is valid Nov. 26, 2009, through Jan. 3, 2010, and includes a $50 resort credit for each night's stay (minimum three night stay may be required on weekends and holidays). Some blackout dates and additional restrictions apply. Book Online or call 1-800-801-8765 for reservations.
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quote Dark Mind 007Event Match: 01
Name: Metal Battle
Characters: You (choose), Metal Mario, Metal Kirby, Metal ZSS, Metal MK, Crazy Hand.
Description: Fight all the Metal Characters and defeat Crazy Hand!
You: 3
Metal Charcters: 1
Crazy Hand: 200 HP
When you start you will be in a Metal Gear Solid-ish room. There will be 1 Heart Container. Advance into the next room to find Metal Mario, Metal Kirby, Metal ZSS, and Metal MK. Defeat them all, go backwards into the next room, and grab the Heart Container. Continue on. In the next room, you will find Crazy Hand! Try to hit him, and you will get electrified. Why? He has an Electric Shield. It's invisible, it only shows up when you attack him. The only way to defeat him, is by going up the stairs (left side of the room) and diving into him, he will loose 50 HP. Do this 4 times to beat him.
quote Shadow_LinkEvent Match 02: The Weakest Link
You: (choose)
Description: ...is a generation's strongest. Fight the Hero of Time.
CP: Regular Link, Metal Link, Shadow Link (ironic), Giant Link, "Cruel" Link (if Link were in Cruel Melee...well, you get the idea) all on Level 3. Fierce Deity Link.
Stage: Hyrule Temple Past, Upgraded Destination
You: 4
All Links up to L10: 1
Level 10 Link: 2, second 250 HP.
When you start, you will be in the Hyrule Temple GC stage, only with upgraded graphics, and you will fight every single form of Link that I can think of right now, you have 4 stock, they have one. You fight them Space Travelers style (when you beat normal Link, Metal Link suddenly appears, when MLink is dead, you verse Shadow Link, etc.)
When you make it to Fierce Deity Link, a cutscene will play, and FDL will suddenly materialize in a Master Hand fashion. He has 2 stock, ranks as the second-heaviest character after Giga Bowser, and basically is a stronger version of Link. You play on an upgraded version of FD GC (hence the name "Upgraded Destination.") It not only has cooler graphics, but also sports laser guns that will track your char, power up, and shoot, and are roughly similar to a combination of the tornado on Hyrule N64 and Samus' homing missiles. They may seem unavoidable, but they don't move as quickly after they start powering up (which makes them a tad easier to avoid.) When you do beat FDL, another cutscene will play, and you will have beaten the Event.
quote Oogity_Boogity_Boolets make the difficulty go up as we get into the higher numbers.Event Match 03: Through the Looking Glass
Description: Into Wonder...er...Dreamland!
Character: Your choice
You have 1 stock and you have to fight Kirby and Metaknight who have 2 lives each at the same time. The only items are whatever Kirby items there are.
quote Name UndisclosedOMG! Anyway here is a question for 2 persons.Name: The True Final Battle
Character: Tiny Jigglypuff
Description: Playing as Jigglypuff, you will face off against every character at once! Truly a match for the ages.
Items: None
Opponents: Every Character, Giant
Stock: 1 (Enemies, 5 Each)
Computer Level: 9
Stage: Final Battle Arena (a fusion between Battlefield, Final Destination, the three Stage Builder stages included with Brawl, and the Test stage from Melee)
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quote SilverAntariWhat if the happymask salesmen is ganondorf? they do both play the pipe organ,Note: This is a theory that I've been researching for a while now. I came up with the theory myself, but it's very possible that someone else also came up with it.
When you played Majora's Mask, have you ever find the Happy Mask Salesman a bit weird? Sure, he strangles Link and has an almost permanent grin on his face, but have you ever wondered if he has a secret intention?
When you first meet the Happy Mask Salesman, he tells you the Majora's Mask was stolen from him by an imp. What if, instead of the mask being stolen, the mask was given or sold to the imp? This may sound unlikely, but bare with me...
How exactly does the Happy Mask Salesman get the masks he sells? Does he buy them? Make them? What if he stole them?
Clock Town is a town filled with masks. Masks which the Happy Mask Salesman could sell. What if he made a plan to get every single mask in Clock Town?
By giving/selling the Majora's Mask to the imp, the evil of the Majora's Mask was unleased and Clock Town was going to be crushed by the moon. In order to stop it, Link had to get all 4 giants. While doing this, he was bound to pick up a number of masks.
When you get to the moon you will see 5 children. By speaking to the kid with the Majora's Mask, you can start the fight whit Majora. But by speaking to the other children, you have to do a mini-dungeon.
After completeing the mini-dungeon, the child will then ask you to give him some masks.
The children on the moon look a LOT like the Happy Mask Salesman. What if the children were working for the Happy Mask Salesman in order to get him all the masks?
I know this all sounds crazy and unlikely, but it does explain why the children on the moon look like the Happy Mask Salesman.
- The Happy Mask Salesman is crazy. This may be why he would do all this just for masks.
- The Happy Mask Salesman thinks the Mask of Truth is "Frightful". Possibly because he's worried it'll know his plan?
- This entire theory sounded WAY better in my head.
quote SilverAntariOk sooo. The magic hence Happy Mask Salesman he is not a murderer he taught Link the Song of Healing because he knew it would be helpful along the quest. According to the Salesman "this is a melody that heals evil magic and troubled spirits, turning them into masks."[quote=Dark Silver|message:28493984][quote=InabyamaCastle Guard|message:28467894]
Also, the mask salesman seems to have mastered a fair bit of magic himself, as we saw with the disappearing. Surely thats not the only thing he can do. I'm of the mind that he had many more abilities, but didnt expose them. When he's leaving at the end, he doesnt mind letting Link see that particular trick, cause he IS leaving after all.
Agreed! In the Manga of it, he says something interesting:
"Heh heh... Looks like they're after the little demon. But this is when the real action begins! Once they bring me back that mask, I will no longer have a purpose in this world. I will scurry away quickly then! Heh heh heh heh..."
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Charges Dropped Against Suspect In Eagle Point Cat Burning
The Jackson County District Attorney's office has dropped the animal abuse charge that was filed against a 17-year-old Shady Cove boy accused of setting a cat on fire. The office says the teen has an alibi for the time the cat was burned in December and investigators could not disprove it. The teen was arrested in February after bragging to an acquaintance about setting a cat on fire.


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City Man Gets Six-Year Sentence For Possession Of High-Powered Rifle
A Jamestown man has been handed a six-year state prison sentence with five years post-release supervision.
Deion J. Carr, 28, of 74 Ashley St., Apt. 1, Jamestown, was sentenced Tuesday for second-degree attempted criminal possession of a weapon, District Attorney David W. Foley announced in Chautauqua County Court in front of Judge John T. Ward.
In July of last year, Carr was taken into custody by Jamestown Police after he was allegedly found in possession of a high-powered weapon, which police believed may have been stolen. The loaded rifle, identified as a SKS assault rifle (7.62 caliber) with a bayonet attached, was found leaning against the wall in a Second Street residence.
Adam Kidd, 32, of 563 E. Second St., Apt. 4, Jamestown, was sentenced to five years determinate in state prison with five years post-release supervision for second-degree robbery.
In October of last year, Kidd was allegedly observed smashing a window out of a vehicle which was in the Southside Plaza parking lot. He fled the scene in a silver-colored SUV before police arrived, but officers were able to spot the car a short time later near Winsor Street. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, Kidd allegedly refused to comply and hit an unmarked Jamestown Police Department unit before continuing through several city streets on the south side, driving out of the city on Forest Avenue. Officers from the Lakewood-Busti Police Department and the New York State Police deployed stop sticks in Busti, which deflated one of Kidd's tires and stopped the vehicle on Busti-Sugar Grove Road. He then led officers on a short foot chase where he was caught in a field and identified.
Candido Pagan-Hernandez, 31, of 3262 Lake Heights, Hamburg, was sentenced to a determinate five years in state prison with five years post-release supervision for attempted first-degree assault concurrent with 90 days in jail for third-degree assault.
Last November, Pagan-Hernandez allegedly stabbed a victim on Lincoln Avenue in Dunkirk.
Glenn J. Hurrell, 23, of 2777 S. Roberts Road, Forestville, was sentenced to two to six years in state prison for third-degree burglary, consecutive to one to three years in state prison for two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.
Juan Garcia, 48, of 734 Prospect Ave., Buffalo, was sentenced to one year determinate in state prison with one year post-release supervision for fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
In October of last year, Garcia had been booked into the Chautauqua County Jail on an unrelated charge and was allegedly found to be in possession of a considerable quantity of heroin, police said.
Dennis L. Penhollow, 40, of 196 Fairmount Ave., Jamestown, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years probation for fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.
Penhollow allegedly sold quantities of crack cocaine to agents in the city of Jamestown over several months last year, police said.
Christy Smathers, 32, of 14 Hickory St., Silver Creek, was sentenced to five years probation and four months work-release program for fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.
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PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. – On Friday, May 31st, 2013 at 9:49 p.m., a Pinal County
Sheriff's Deputy made a traffic stop that resulted in a pursuit of two suspects
armed with a loaded rifle.
The Pinal County Sheriff Deputy was following a gray 1998 Mercury sedan
westbound on Interstate-8. The deputy observed the driver commit several moving
traffic violations so he initiated a stop near mile-marker 158. The vehicle
pulled to the right side of the roadway and came to a complete stop.
Before the deputy could get out of his vehicle and approach, the driver
accelerated westbound. The deputy initiated a pursuit and chased after the
vehicle. The pursuit ended a short distance away when the driver of the Mercury
drove into the center median and stopped.
The doors to the vehicle opened and a Hispanic male driver and Hispanic male
passenger fled from the vehicle into the darkness on foot. As the deputy
approached the vehicle, he observed a "High-Point 9mm rifle" near the front
passenger seat. The rifled was loaded with a round in the chamber and a full
Also inside of the vehicle was a baggie of cocaine, several gallons of water and
numerous cans of food. The location in which this vehicle was stopped is a known
area used by smugglers who are involved with drug and human trafficking. The two
suspects who fled from the vehicle were not located.
The vehicle, the rifle and cocaine were all impounded as evidence.
Sheriff Paul Babeu stated, "Our Pinal County families still continue to be
forced to live with drug and human smuggling and the crimes associated with it
as a result of an unsecured border. Could you imagine if these cases were
occurring everyday in Washington, D.C.? I imagine then we would finally see some
real efforts to secure the border."
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The Xojet difference
Xojet is on a tear. Launched in January 2006 with a small staff and a few airplanes, the company now employs more than 350 people and operates 47 super-midsize business jets out of Brisbane, Calif. It credits its growth largely to deploying its fleet unconventionally to maximize efficiency and to its pricing, which is highly competitive and also transparent compared with that of many rival outfits. Even its marketing efforts depart from traditional industry practices.
Let's start with Xojet's fleet, which includes 14 Bombardier Challenger 300s, 26 Cessna Citation Xs and seven Hawker 800XPs made by Hawker Beechcraft. The jets have an average age of just three years, and the company claims to have been the first in its industry to equip all of its airplanes with Wi-Fi. Many private-jet companies deploy aircraft they manage for others, while Xojet, in contrast, owns or leases all of its airplanes.
The jets are painted entirely white, a conventionally perceived drawback because the color suggests unsold aircraft. Furthermore, the Xojet name is plastered across the engine covers. That's another marketing no-no; passengers typically like folk outside the airplane to think they are flying their own jets, not just some air taxi. But customers apparently like the look, and the branded aircraft on tarmacs around the country have spread word that Xojet serves many cities.
The outfit–which TPG Capital acquired in 2009–claims that owning and leasing its fleet results in better efficiency and more consistent quality. By concentrating on just a few aircraft models, moreover, Xojet minimizes costs for crew training, insurance, parts and maintenance. It also flies its airplanes 95 to 100 hours per month–more than twice the industry average, it says–and makes relatively few repositioning flights (trips without paying passengers). All this efficient fleet utilization helps Xojet offer highly competitive pricing, according to CEO Blair LaCorte.
To help customers understand that pricing, we reviewed Xojet's menu of six flight options, all introduced since 2009. Three of them compete with traditional charter:
Fixed-Price Charter offers set charges for flights between 22,000 U.S. city pairs, including San Francisco/Atlanta ($22,000), Los Angeles/Houston ($17,000) and Chicago/Seattle ($25,000). As with traditional charter, availability of aircraft isn't guaranteed. What's different is that Xojet's prices are transparent. The published prices include ground transportation in departure and arrival cities, in-flight catering, phone calls and Wi-Fi connectivity–everything but federal excise tax.
Preferred Access allows you to cut costs for each flight by prioritizing your needs. You can pay less, for example, if you're flexible about departure dates and times, airports and other variables. Aircraft availability isn't guaranteed here, either, but CEO LaCorte reports that Xojet fills requests 90 percent of the time. Discounts are also available if you make a refundable deposit.
Custom Charter is a traditional charter offering and is the only Xojet product that sometimes utilizes aircraft from outside the company's fleet. In this case, Xojet will find you an airplane to take you wherever you want to go and provide a customized quote–which, by definition, will be more than you'd pay with the Preferred Access program.
Xojet's other offerings compete more with fractional-jet-share providers and with jet cards. Aircraft availability is guaranteed in these cases. But unlike fractional shares, these programs don't require buying a portion of an aircraft or suffering a loss if airplane values dive hard.
Coast2Coast is for those traveling cross-country at least three times a year. The service covers more than 100 routes between East Coast and West Coast airports and costs $115,000 for 25 hours of airtime. Such flights can cost 40 percent less than with a fractional share, Xojet claims, because it's less expensive to operate popular, long-distance routes. The company passes those savings on to clients; rival fractional-share providers typically charge the same rates regardless of route.
Elite Access lets you use Xojet's fleet for $8,500 per flight hour, including fees, taxes and fuel. There's a $100,000 refundable deposit; the company bills you on a per-flight basis, with a minimum charge of 1.5 hours per flight, and requires an annual 50-hour fly-time commitment. "Minimal" charges apply for canceled flights or schedule changes with less than 12 hours' notice during non-peak days, or less than 48 hours during peak-demand days.
Jet Membership, a variation of Elite Access, offers the best Xojet market price per trip to those purchasing membership for a "low" fee. Asked what "low" means, a representative replied that the program "is highly customized" to address "when, where and how a customer prefers to fly." Membership is for anywhere from one to five years, the hours associated with the membership don't expire and there are no blackout days or aircraft-repositioning fees. Furthermore, you pay only for the airtime used.
Xojet's offerings can look sweet if you want simple, competitive pricing with minimal commitments and fine print. But LaCorte admits that some consumers–particularly those who want a waiting airplane to whisk them off on a whim–may be better off with a fractional provider or full ownership. Traditional charter can make sense in other circumstances. Private-jet charges are not nearly as easy to scrutinize as airline fares. Some companies charge for every little extra, and even Xojet's relatively straightforward deals often involve flight-hour commitments and upfront deposits. Given the amounts of money involved, it's wise to carefully consider all the alternatives before signing on any firm's dotted line.
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Moran's growth may lead to housing needs
ONAWAY An Onaway-area employer is adding jobs and looking to do more in the near future, creating a potential housing crunch.
Northeast Michigan Affordable Housing is looking to fix the situation by applying for targeted grants to help qualifying homeowners or home buyers in the Onaway area, NEMAH CEO Al West said. The organization will apply for about $300,000 to begin with for programs to either develop new housing or rehabilitate existing homes.
Qualified home buyers could take advantage of a program to help them get needed repairs, NEMAH Housing Director Michelle LaBar said. Those who have a mortgage through a traditional lender can get up to $35,000 worth of repairs done, and pay it off over 10 years on a forgivable second mortgage.
"For this area, especially with the high unemployment we have, it's really nice to be able to help someone have a home they're able to stay in and is safe," she said.
NEMAH also could use grant money to develop new housing if a family is looking for one, West said. The interested buyer would likely need to qualify for a bigger loan than if they were buying an existing home.
To qualify, household income must be 80 percent of the area median income or less, LaBar said. This ranges from $29,200 for a household of one to $55,050 for a household of eight. For the home buyers program, there's a minimum requirement of 40 percent of the area median income, West said.
NEMAH may get additional funds for homeowner rehabilitation, where those who qualify can get repairs made to improve the quality of a house, West said.
These standards are determined by standards set by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and are strictly for quality improvements, LaBar said.
While Moran Iron Works' growing work force has created a need for housing, the grants would be for anyone living in the targeted area who qualifies, regardless of their employer, LaBar said.
The grant application should be in to the Michigan State Housing Development Authoritywithin a matter of weeks, West said. From there, it could take five months before the programs get underway if the application is approved. MSHDA is paying more attention to the situation, as there's a local employer bringing jobs to the area.
"That's what is creating this effort," he said. "It's a multi-prong approach of community development and industry development."
MSHDA could require grants to go to properties within the Onaway city limits, West said, although this remains to be seen.
"Typically, they like it where it's inside city limits where there's water and sewer," he said.
If approved, the money would come from Home Investment Partnerships Program funds, money that MSHDA gets from HUD, West said.
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Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
Since not much is known, it is hard to tell how important it is to humans. It could be an essential part of the food chain, and if it is disrupted it could hurt the whales, for which we do have uses. The squid and other cephalopods have a very distinct and elaborate nervous system and brain. The giant squid could help us understand and learn more about nervous systems, maybe even ours. (Nesis 1987, Gilbert, et al 1990)