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This completes the "deal" variant of the main story of [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]]. The credits roll and end with Niko saying '''"So this is what the dream feels like, this is the victory we longed for"'''. If you're playing the [[PlayStation 3|PS3]] version, you get a [[Achievements in GTA IV|Trophy]], '''You Won'''. If you're playing the [[Xbox 360]] or [[Personal Computer|PC]] you get an [[Achievements in GTA IV|Achievement]], '''60GS You Won'''. Also if you have beaten the game under 30 hours, you will get the '''Liberty City Minute''' achievement.
This completes the "deal" variant of the main story of [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]]. The credits roll and end with Niko saying '''"So this is what the dream feels like, this is the victory we longed for"'''. If you're playing the [[PlayStation 3|PS3]] version, you get a [[Achievements in GTA IV|Trophy]], '''You Won'''. If you're playing the [[Xbox 360]] or [[Personal Computer|PC]] you get an [[Achievements in GTA IV|Achievement]], '''60GS You Won'''. Also if you have beaten the game under 30 hours, you will get the '''Liberty City Minute''' achievement.
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A Revenger's Tragedy is the final storyline mission of Grand Theft Auto IV if the Deal storyline was chosen. It follows the mission Mr and Mrs Bellic and is triggered by a phone call Niko receives from Little Jacob.
|A Revenger's Tragedy
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Dimitri executing his friend Pegorino, proving his disloyalty to everyone
|Little Jacob , Niko Bellic
|Dimitri Rascalov
|X360 Achievement / PS3 Trophy - You Won
|Unlocked by
|Mr. and Mrs. Bellic (Deal)
The Chase
Get to Jacob in a car in Koresh Square. The car is a Cognoscenti. Get inside. Jacob points to a mysterious car nearby; they're Jimmy Pegorino's men. Make a T-Turn to begin the pursuit (go in reverse with the stick full right; wait for front end to swing around; throw into forward with stick full left; brake when the car has turned back to the opposite direction you started in). There will be an immediate tight right turn onto the Plumbers Skyway you must negotiate. The car you are driving is fast, but steers and brakes poorly. Chase after Pegorino's goons. They will mainly follow the highway, and swerve in and out of both lanes. Watch out for other cars heading the other direction. Do not waste time firing on the car -- concentrate on making it safely to the finish of the chase. After a few minutes, the chase will end in Northern Alderney on the beach near Leftwood. Be especially careful not to roll the car which is easy to do in a couple of the tight turns the chase will take. Also be careful not to send the car into flames by then or you'll fail.
The target vehicle drives to an abandoned casino, Dimitri's apparent hideout. A cutscene shows Niko's car sliding to the side and stopping. Niko and Jacob get out, take out their weapons and gain cover behind the car. Niko tells Jacob to go home and stay there until Niko really needs his help. Jacob runs away as fast as he can and leave Niko to clean up Dimitri Rascalov. Note: due to a glitch this exchange with Jacob is sometimes omitted, leaving Niko unexpectedly alone when the gunfight begins. (There's a Flying Rat behind you as you face Rascalov's men.)
The Casino
Get cover and gun down Dimitri's guards. This is a standard shootout although the enemies do have some heavy weaponry. Don't worry about chasing Dimitri yet, just get rid of his men. (The RPG is handy for taking out some of the enemies next to vehicles in the early stage of the battle.) Once the parking area out front is clear, look for a doorway into the ruined casino and head inside (when you approach the doorway Little Jacob texts you with information about his escape plan), but be prepared to shoot it out with more men (watch for a life-saving health pack near a staircase). Eventually, a cutscene will play as you follow Dimitri's tracks; Dimitri openly betrays Pegorino and assassinates him. Again, continue to cut down his men and don't stop moving. Dimitri will climb onto the roof and attempt to depart in a helicopter with a couple of his men. Niko jumps and clings onto the skids as it takes off but one of Dimitri's guards stamps on Niko's hands sending him crashing into the water next to a near-by boat.
Boat Chase
Board the boat quickly and move away from the casino as fast as possible. You will hear, but not see, a rocket fired from Dimitri's helicopter at your boat. If you do not smoothly board the boat and begin moving, you will die. Take control of the boat and carefully chase Rascalov's helicopter down the West River until you see Jacob's Annihilator fly into the scene. Chase Jacob's helicopter and get under it to climb on.
(Warning: when you begin chasing Dimitri, the boat will be orientated towards a large rock island. Do not go to the right, or else you will beach the boat and fail the level; head to the left of the island to stay in the chase. It's also possible to hang the boat up on smaller rocks close to shore, so stay in the clear water.)
Helicopter Chase
Work your way onto the helicopter and take the steering. Fly after Rascalov's helicopter but don't use the mounted miniguns like the game prompts. This is just wasting time since Rascalov's helicopter has infinite health and it's also a bad idea because you'll risk getting hit by the rocket launcher's missile. Just as in the road chase in Alderney, focus on completing the air pursuit safely. You can do this by immediately gaining as much alltitude as possible, as hitting even one of the buildings will almost certainly guarantee mission failure.
The Landing
One of Rascalov's men shoots after you with an Rocket Launcher and Jacob shoots after them with a carbine. After some time Jacob damages the helicopter, but they also hit you with a missile that can't be dodged. Both choppers crash-land on Happiness Island with Niko, Jacob, Dimitri, and Rascalov's goons narrowly surviving.
Kill Dimitri
Find Dimitri and empty every bullet you have into him, he will go down in no time with powerful weapons such as the Carbine Rifle or Assault Rifle. Watch for his henchmen and the police. Once he is down, a cutscene will play showing Dimitri dying of his wounds. Jacob and Niko then leave the scene and the credits roll.
This completes the "deal" variant of the main story of GTA IV. The credits roll and end with Niko saying "So this is what the dream feels like, this is the victory we longed for". If you're playing the PS3 version, you get a Trophy, You Won. If you're playing the Xbox 360 or PC you get an Achievement, 60GS You Won. Also if you have beaten the game under 30 hours, you will get the Liberty City Minute trophy/achievement.
- Jimmy Pegorino, killed by Dimitri out of disloyalty.
- Dimitri Rascalov, killed for betraying Niko and for getting Roman killed.
Tips and Tricks
- It goes without saying that heeding Little Jacob's text message advice and maxing out all available weaponry and armor is a must. Unfortunately, as Jacob points out, the gun car isn't available so you need to pay full price at a gun shop; that, or spend the time visiting weapon spawn locations. There is no time limit to get to Little Jacob's car one he phones you.
- Jacob's phone call happens about one game hour after you receive the text message. Once the mission is triggered, you can no longer save at a safehouse, meaning any re-stocking of weapons and ammo will have to be redone if the mission fails and you reload. One way to avoid this and sneak in a save is to trigger a wanted level in some fashion after restocking at a weapon store but before Jacob's phone call and keep the wanted level active until you can get to the Alderney safehouse, where you can save as normal to eliminate the wanted level. Jacob should call you soon after Niko wakes up. Alternately, if you are fast enough in the weapon shop, have the Alderney (or any) safehouse set as a waypoint, and are able to find a taxi immediately, it's just possible to get to a safehouse and save the game before Jacob calls. The Middle Park East Safehouse or Playboy X's Penthouse are better places to try to save in this fashion because it takes less time to get to those apartments than navigating the staircases at Alderney or Bohan. Of course, an even easier way to stock up and not worry about any time limit is to stop by a weapon dealer before heading to the wedding.
- You're on your own in this mission: not only is Little Jacob's gun car unavailable, but so is Dwayne's backup, Brucie's chopper, etc.
- The traffic in the initial car chase is scripted, however the speed of the target vehicle will vary depending on how close you get. As a result, he might crash into other vehicles in one attempt, but not do so in another. When the enemy car crosses onto the wrong side of the road you don't need to immediately do so yourself (if you miss the crossover) but you should move over at the earliest opportunity because the enemy car will eventually take a wrong-way off-ramp and lose you if you don't get over in time.
- RPGs, grenades and sniper shots are the best way to deal with the initial gauntlet outside the abandoned casino (the Cognoscenti can take a lot of gunfire and makes excellent cover and you can snipe the three men on the roof, as well as numerous targets on the ground without having to get out of crouch position and by taking minimal damage). One spot where it's easy to be killed inside the casino is when you enter the room where the Dimitri/Pegorino cutscene plays out. There will often be a gunman in there who will start firing at you point blank the moment the cutscene ends; always toss a grenade or two into the room before entering it, especially if you still hear someone talking in a challenging manner.
- It's very easy to use up ammo (including harder-to-find items like grenades and RPG shells) in the casino; don't forget you will be facing a second gun battle on Happiness Island. Arriving on the island with the health meter flashing red is also hazardous. One health pack that's easy to miss is one off a staircase opposite where Pegorino's body falls; if you have low health after shooting the last few thugs on the roof, be sure to backtrack and grab it before approaching Dimitri's helicopter.
- Some walkthroughs (including an earlier version of this page) may suggest avoiding the first rocket shot at Niko after falling from the helicopter by swimming under the dock and waiting for it before climbing into the boat. Do not do this. The rocket will destroy the boat and the mission will fail. The only way to continue the mission after falling out of the helicopter is to successfully swim to the boat, board it, and pilot it away from the dock before the first missile hits.
- If you are finding it difficult to reach Jacob's chopper during the boat chase then follow these instructions. Get in the boat as quickly as you can and once you do go full throttle all the way. If you slow down for even a second you may fail the mission. Also, avoid making sharp turns as this slows down your speed. (Piloting at high speed also makes it harder for Dimitri's chopper to draw a bead on you for further rockets.
- Contrary to popular belief DO NOT move the joystick forward it does not increase your speed. Once Jacob appears, align your boat exactly to the marker to ensure the cutscene triggers.
- Dimitri runs toward the Statue of Happiness. Do not follow him straight; the combined forces of Dimitri's henchmen and the police won't get you far. Instead, follow the pathway around the island, clockwise. If you take damage you can actually stop at one of the hot dog vendors to replenish health. If you follow the pathway around, you'll eventually find Dimitri standing in a grassy area off to the west side of the statue's base (he doesn't go in).
- Shooting in the island may trigger a 3-star wanted level (most likely if you kill a police officer). Be cautious, though the man shooting at you right after the cutscene, standing near where the helicopters crashed, can be gunned down safely.
- Like in Out of Commission, the track "Pruit Igoe" by Philip Glass can be heard over the final cutscene. This song can be heard on The Journey during normal gameplay, and was notably used in the first GTA IV trailer. The song can also be heard on the radio during the final moments of the car chase.
- After the mission, Niko will receive numerous phone calls in the game-hours following. One from Mallorie, revealing her pregnancy; one from Brucie, stressing how "wrong" the loss was; and Kate, stating that she is there for Niko if he needs her; although Niko brushes her off, he can start dating her again. Niko will also receive an email from Brucie, stating that he is there for him.
- Despite being dead, Roman is still included on Niko's speed-dial. Calling the number just gets Roman's stock voice mail message.
- After the mission, most friendship perks that were made unavailable in the endgame are reactivated, with the obvious exception of Roman's car service. Also, Francis is no longer listed on your phone, so his clear wanted level service is no longer available (however, if you are still dating Kiki and have high enough friendship, you can continue to use her version of the service).
- Two news stories run on the Liberty Tree's website related to the Deal storyline itself, one inaccurately detailing the death of Roman (this one is actually available for viewing immediately after Roman dies), and another noting the death of Dimitri at Happiness Island. There is also another story reporting on the death of Jon Gravelli.
- If the player's boat gets hit by the helicopter's rocket launcher, the player will die instantly and Dimitri's helicopter will lose control and crash into the water for no reason.
- The color of the jacket worn by the man who kicks Niko out of Dimitri's helicopter varies in color from play to play.
- If the player fails to climb up into Jacob's Annihilator in time, they will fall into the sea and the helicopter will crash.
- The boat used by Niko to chase Dimitri is same as the one used by Pegorino to escape in the Revenge ending.
- Niko will sometimes die when he falls out of Dimitri's helicopter and hits the water, regardless of how much health he has.
- Sometimes Jacob's helicopter will be blown out of the sky the moment Niko starts climbing into it.


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Accommodation summary
|Rua da Rosa, 1200 Lisbon, Portugal
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The kitchen is equipped with fridge, oven, stove, microwave, toaster, kettle, dishwasher and washing machine. The large bathroom has a window.
Other facilities that are available at this property: air conditioning/heating, iron, hair dryer, Internet via WiFi, international TV channels, national TV channels, bed linen and towels.There are several buses and trams, and subway, 5 minutes away, although one can easily walk to the main points of the city.
The apartment is situated in the heart of the Bairro Alto, one of the most typical neighborhoods of the capital of Portugal and certainly the most well situated as it is between Chiado, which is the most glamorous neighbohood of the city, where are the best shops, coffees and restaurants, but also because it is ten minutes walk from the neighborhood of the Sé, Castelo and Alfama, which you can visit all the historic part without having to use the car.
- Supermarket, ATM Machines: 5 minute walking distance
- Authent Restaurants, Cafés, Pastry Shops and Bakeries
- Pharmacy: 5 minutes walking distance
At your arrival, you will have the guarantee of a friendly welcome by our representative that makes the check-in who fluently speaks English and French, and is ready to help you, providing all needed information, hints and tips of Lisbon for a perfect stay.
The area is also well served with public transportation. A metro station is about 5 minutes walking in Chiado, from where you can explore the rest of the city. There are also 24H taxi stands in Chiado. You are 5 minutes from the city center, so you will be able to enjoy most of Lisbon´s attractions by foot! You have however buses, trams and metro nearby running every minute.
TRAM: Famous Tram 28 takes you to the city center and most picturesque Lisbon districts runs in this street. It has a stop 5 minutes from the apartment!
METRO:Baixa/Chiado Station
House rulesDeposit €100,00. Please Note the deposit value will be returned via bank transference after your check out.
Check-in is after 3:00 p.m. and need to be arranged before the day of arrival. Please call or send us a message after collecting your luggage at the Lisbon airport, or train/bus station, to let us know you are already in Lisbon. Our representative will give you a friendly welcome and answer any questions you may have.
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We will provide you with our contact details after your reservation is confirmed. The apartment will be ready and cleaned for you before your arrival. Fresh towels and bed clothing are also provided and all is included in the total price. You will be given a set of towels per person. Keys delivery: In the apartment. Cleaning: On departure.
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Nice apartment and very friendly and helpful hosts. Only we were missing a wardrobe or some shelfs to store our cloths. The area was perfect to start exploring Lisbon. At night a bit loud.
nice location, everything was fine. thanks to some frensh party people was noisy that days. bathroom is very small and on suite!! was clean but somehow very used. maybe you like to bring your own pillow.
It is a spacious, clean and well located (short walk to Bairro Alto, Viewpoint, Rossio, etc.) ikea flat. Marisa estimated our arrival time pretty right, so the check-in went smoothly and on top we got a lot of good advice what to do, see and how to get around! :) If you plan on cooking in the flat you might bring your own salt and pepper from home, if you don't want to buy it. All the kitchen supplies are available but there is nothing like salt, tea or coffee.
The bed is comfortable. Not sure about the couch, if you are more than tweo people, but it will work for a few days I guess. If you have a light sleep you better bring earplugs (it's a quiet neighbourhood and not loud at all, but if there's noise outside you can hear it).
I can definitely recommend the flat as homebase for a short trip to Lisbon and the Short Stay Flat team and service is wonderful! :)
The apartment is on the 2nd floor and located well where the restaurants as well as best ice cream parlour is. You need to be relatively fit to stay in this neighbourhood as there are a lot of steep gradients!
The apartment itself is ok we paid around £50 a night and for this price I was expecting more. The kitchen itself looks very nice however it was not well equipped with basic items such as bowls, salt and pepper, sugar not provided. This is a must as we had to then purchase from new even when staying just for three nights. The apartment bathroom needs toilet roll holder, there was some mould, also needs a place where you can place where you can put shampoo, soap etc. No toiletries are provided.
We did not manage to get the TV working but that was not the end of the world as we were on holiday - a message in portugese was mentioned on the screen which we couldn't understand and unfortunately was not fixed whilst on our stay. We were also charged 8 euros for the 3 nights and I have just realised now that it should have been 6 according to the description. A light was not working in the apartment as well.
Overall its an OK place to stay given the price maybe we have too much of a high expectation having stayed in 5 different countries with Wimdu. Some small improvements will go a big way.
It is a nice apartment in the bar district bairro alto. Eventough there are a lot of people outside, there is not much noise. the kitchen is small and was very uncleaned (garbage hasn't been put away, fridge wasn't cleaned, teakettle had still water inside). The apartment has an ugly oldish smell. But the location is very central and the arrangement with the code instead of a key to the apartment is very smart.
The Flat is very nice,confortable and very close to city center and metro station.All around there are a lot of nice restaurantes.
If i will come back to Lisboa i will choose margarida's flat for sure.
Nice appartment, very friendly and helpful reception.
Locationwise also perfect.
Less appealing were the low amount of natural light, the ants and noise when raining.
Lovely little apartment within easy walking distance of the city.
If you're not keen on the walking then the metro is 2 minutes away which gives great access to the rest of the city and the airport.
We were greeted a little later than planned (our flight was late) but this was no issue and we were provided extremely helpful hints and tips of where to go and what to see while we were staying in Lisbon.
There's a small narrow flight of stairs up to the apartment, but the apartment is well equipped, quiet and would love to stay there again if we get the chance to visit.
This is a very beautiful and very clean Appartment in the middle of the nightlife in Lisboa!
Also the house keeper and all comunication is very fast and friendly!
Next time we get to Lisboa we like to get back here!
What a great apartment! The view is amazing! The location perfectly suited in the old part of Lisbon. You can walk in a few minutes into the city centre. The flat was very clean! We really enjoyed our stay here and I wish I could have taken the comfortable bed with me. The bed is more than big enough for two persons. Apartment is equiped with everything you need. (Towels, kitchen equipment,..) Absolutely recommendable.
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The high ceilings lend a touch of grandeur to this spacious apartment with exposed wooden beams, terracotta tiled floors and high-quality furnishings throughout. There are 2 tastefully decorated bedrooms, one with a double bed and the other with 2 single beds.
The living room offers a decorative open fireplace and a comfortable L-shaped sofa, and the bathroom is elegantly tiled. The dining room and kitchen overlook the famous Ponte di Mezzo Bridge where the Giocco del Ponte Festival takes place and the San Ranieri firework displays can be observed in June.
Plenty of bars, restaurants, shops and galleries surround the apartment. The Leaning Tower of Pisa and Pisa Central Station can both be reached within 10 minutes' walk. Pisa International Airport is just a 15-minute journey by taxi.
The host is a keen mountaineer, sailer and surfer and can organise a variety of sporting activities by request.
House rulesA €100 (or US$150) security deposit is required on check-in and is refundable on successful check-out.
Guests should call the host 30 minutes before expected check-in to let the host know of their arrival or to inform the host of any delays.
A €20 fee is required for check-in after 8pm.
Flexible check-in and check-out may be possible based on availability.
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Reviews of this property
A very stylish apartment over looking the river .Beautiful.
You are a 10min walk from the main sights, 1min from a great shopping area
and yet it still feels that your far enough away from the hordes of tourist.
Alessando the host was excellent and even arranged our taxi to the airport
A great stay in a great city
The apartment has been freshly decorated since our last visit so felt extra bright and clean. Key handover as reliable and easy as always. Thank you
One of the loveliest apartments we have ever stayed in. Really stunning!
Perfect, central location so easy to walk everywhere and right on the river so beautiful view.
This is lovely, spacious, well appointed flat with a wonderful view of the river Arno and the beautiful buildings along it. We really felt at home in the flat. We were made very welcome by Alessandro. The flat is well situated and it was a pleasure to explore the old city of Pisa.
The apartment is very fine and greatly located and everything worked out very well will the landlord, Alessandro. Next time we will go to Pisa, we will look for this apartment again.
What a find! We were met by the owner Alessandro on our arrival from the airport. He was very welcoming and gave us great advice about where to eat that night. The apartment was beautifully renovated and was extremely comfortable. Everything that we needed was provided for and it was very quiet at night. We will most certainly return and would highly recommend it for anyone visiting Pisa. Grazie mille Alessandro!
This was our second visit to this apartment. It is a unique apartment, very spacious with a lovely outlook on to the river and minutes into the buzz of the squares of Pisa but quiet bedrooms at the back. It is clean and well equipped. Arrangements for arrival and departure work easily. We arrived late due to a flight delay but this wasn't a problem because the owner was easily contactable. We will be staying again in September and are looking forward to our next visit.
We had a lovely stay. The flat is beautiful and provided everything we needed. The location was fabulous We would certainly stay again. Alessandro was very helpful
We had a great time in this apartment in Pisa! It's perfectly situated in the citycentre. This spacious, clean and large apartment is beautiful decorated. All you need is available (for sleeping, eeting, cooking, bathing...). It feels like we were 'home'. It's quiet in the sleeping rooms because they are situated at the back side of the house. The high ceilings, the beautiful fresco, the sophisticated furniture, large windows with wooden shutters and the friendly owner...in short: I really recommend this apartment!
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Hi again. I tried interacting my xs with country specific dummies and running them in a single equation as suggested. Stata is dropping the country dummies, even though I specify the nocons option. (I remember now that this was why I had originally run it in 30 different equations - it works fine that way, but not if I put them all into one equation.) Am I doing something wrong? It could be because xsq is the square of x, but I don't understand why stata would let me do it for an individual country but not together. Sorry for being obtuse. -Rachel >>> firstname.lastname@example.com 09/13/05 4:50 PM >>> a possible solution could be to run in a single model the equation (1) y = b1 x + b2 xsq interacting your x's with country specific dummies. In other words, you could run a fully interactive model which is equivalent to running 30 different regressions but in a single equation. (make sure you include the country specific dummies too that would account for the constant in your separate regressions and specify the nocons option). hope this helps. robert On 9/13/05, Rachel Bouvier <email@example.com> wrote: > Dear statalisters * > > I am confronting a problem much like that described by James Hardin in volume 2, issue 3 of the Stata Journal, "The robust variance estimator for two-stage models," where he gave an illustration of Stata code to construct the Murphy-Topel variance estimator. > > I am using a variable (call it yhat), predicted in a first (series of) equations, as a regressor in my second equation. > > In other words, my first (series of) regressions looked like this: > (1) y = b1 x + b2 xsq > > Then, I predicted yhat from that regression, and used that in a second regression: > (2) z = b1 yhat + b2 x2 + b2 x3* > > I say "series of" regressions because I have a panel of 30 countries. Rather than run one panel data regression and predict each country's yhat from that, I ran each country as a separate regression, not wanting to assume that they could be pooled. In other words, I ran equation (1) 30 different times, for each country in the dataset. (It seemed to make sense at the time, to both me and my committee!) > > Therein lies my problem. I would like to adjust the standard errors for the fact that I predicted yhat, but as I ran a different regression for each country, the solution is not as easy as constructing the Murphy-Topel estimator. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help would be much appreciated, before I dive into something that is undoubtedly over my head. Thanks. > > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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Hope College will host the first weekend of the NCAA Division III women's basketball championship at DeVos Fieldhouse. Games on Friday will pit Ohio Northern (26-1) against Hanover, Ind. (21-7) at 5:15 p.m. while Hope's Flying Dutch (26-1) will face Wheaton, Ill. (22-5) at 7:30 p.m. Friday's winners will meet on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
Seating is General in designated sections. Doors will open 1 hour prior to the first game.
Tickets are on sale at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, and cost $7 for regular admission and $4 for students. Tickets are good for both games on Friday night. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and can be called at (616) 395-7890. Tickets are also available online at tickets.hope.edu/ticketing/
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So Nicki hasnt twetted in 6 days :(:( i know she's busy with the Femme Fatale Tour but she could give us one tweet it would make us all SOOOOO Happy!!!!!! :(:(:(:(:( i miss her :(


text: Ive been thinking lately how much I hate winter time.. I dont like the cold and quite honestly sick of getting ready for it every year.. My woman and I spend lots of money and time on our flower beds and landscaping only to enjoy it for 5 months a year and then most of it dies, goes dormant, or just doesnt look good at all. Ive lived here near buffalo for my whole life and have traveled south but havent been west of the mississippi at all. I was trying to determine if I was wanting to pack up and leave where would I go?? I wondering if there is a perfect place. well this is what I would be looking for if such a place exists.. I dont want to see no snow... If I do it would be a rarety and probably only be at night and like I said RARE!! Cant be at risk for out of control fires...like forest fires or the devastation thats seen in California,Nevada,Texas, and even Colorado and some of the other surrounding states.. I dont mind the heat but the humidity that makes it impossible to enjoy anything outdoors is out so the far south like Florida,Alabama, Louisiana ect. is out. Wouldnt want to be in high risk area for Tornadoes and Hurricanes so the east side of the carolinas is out and the states in the plains like around Kansas is out too.. Is there any place in the US that has basically no chance for natural disaster?? And is like 50-80 degrees all year long so we can enjoy landscaping and not have to get ready for cold..BBBRRRRRRRRR watch our vehicles rot away in 10 years from salt. I dont know but if there is such a place that a 50k year job can support nicely, Im looking at a 5 to 10 year plan to move there..


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UTSA hosts July 17 stargazing and 'Fantastic Voyage' screening
By Christi Fish
Public Affairs Specialist
(July 14, 2009)--UTSA's faculty astronomers invite the star-struck to campus Friday, July 17 to enjoy the fifth installment of its signature series, "Friday Nights, Celestial Lights." The evening event including a movie and stargazing is free and open to the public.
The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Science Building Room 2.01.12 on the Main Campus with a showing of the 1966 Oscar-winner "Fantastic Voyage." In the film, diplomat scientist Jan Benes is nearly assassinated. When a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew in order to save him, a host of problems begin for the rescuers. Actors Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch and Edmond O'Brien star.
Weather permitting, following the movie at approximately 9:15 p.m., attendees will have the opportunity to view Saturn as well as the Ring Nebula in Lyra and the globular clusters in Hercules from the Science Building's fourth floor patio. UTSA's advanced collection of telescopes will be available for stargazing, including a 15-inch Newtonian telescope and several 8-inch Cassegrain telescopes.
Sponsored by the UTSA Department of Physics and Astronomy, the astronomy series is inspired by the International Year of Astronomy, which commemorates the 400th anniversary that Galileo Galilei used a telescope to observe the heavens.
Reservations to attend the evening events are not required, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Both the lecture hall (Science Building Room 2.01.12) and the fourth-floor patio are wheelchair accessible.
To learn more about the July 17 event, contact Professor Eric Schlegel at (210) 458-6425) or lecturer Mark Jurena at (210) 458-4922.
The "Friday Nights, Celestial Lights" series will take a break in August, and will resume Friday, Sept. 18.


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Original post made by southbay reader, Blossom Valley, on Feb 14, 2008
Has anyone seen the ugly rubber traffic circle at the intersection of Rose Avenue and Fordham Way in Mountain View? It is so ugly. It looks like a track for remote controlled race cars. I feel sorry for the neighbors who have to look at or drive by it everyday. The homes in that area are very nice and expensive. This circle of rubber bumpers and flourescent orange cones looks hideous. Is this a temporary installment or is the city planning to do something permanent in the future?
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on Feb 15, 2008 at 3:22 pm
No doubt it's hideous. Why not make each one a more permanent molded cement circle that looks like a small European turn-a-about and then plant flowers or whatever in the middle. Hec, the neighborhood can keep it up. This city just doesn't think. Make it look good and the neighborhood and city looks good. Up go property prices and up go tax revenues. Sounds like the opposite will occur now.


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Or does this look like the most boring MMO ever?
Seriously, why is the combat so slow?
I know its Final Fantasy and all but jeez, it just looks rediculous, I just watched a beta video on youtube of a guy killing a rat and it literally takes him like a minute lol.
I havn't really been following this game so havn't had a chance to see the actual gameplay until now, but looks really dissapointing to me :/
This is just my opinoin of course I'm sure some of you don't mind the slow combat I just wish they speeded it up :S


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An importer has reached a settlement with Sanitarium to bring almost 2000 jars of British Marmite in to New Zealand.
Rob Savage was due in the High Court next week over a copyright row after trying to bring in a consignment of Ma'amite - labelled in honour of the Queen's diamond jubilee.
New Zealand Customs seized the 1908 jars last August and Sanitarium launched a legal bid to have goods destroyed.
But now, the two parties have reached an out of court settlement that will allow Mr Savage to sell his product as long as the back of the jars are re-labelled and the word `Marmite' is not visible.
The court case will no longer go ahead.
Sanitarium's Marmite production was halted last March after earthquake damage to its Christchurch factory, sparking a shortage of the popular breakfast spread dubbed `Marmageddon'.
But Sanitarium yesterday confirmed that Marmite is back in production and will be back on supermarket shelves by March 20.


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The national tour of War Horse begins performances in Pittsburgh on November 13. The Tony-winning play will show at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts through November 18.
War Horse is the story of young Albert's beloved horse, Joey, who has been enlisted to fight for the English in World War I. Despite not being of age to enlist, Albert embarks on a dangerous mission to find his horse and bring him home. The story is told using elaborate, life-size puppets created by the Handspring Puppet Company.
Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, War Horse won five Tonys in 2010, including Best Direction and Best Play. In 2011, Steven Spielberg directed a big screen version of the story, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Figure out how big a safe you need right now then double it. With an RSC (residential security container or gun safe) you get what you pay for.
Anyone have any ideas about a good safe to buy? Lots of them out there with many items to make it hard to pick whats really needed.
Figure out how big a safe you need right now then double it. With an RSC (residential security container or gun safe) you get what you pay for.
I know the guy that used to make gun safes for DPMS Inc. I bought one from him after DPMS quit selling them. He is located in Becker, MN. For around $1400, you can get a very nice double door safe. He only takes special orders now. It'll hold 14 long guns and has shelves for handguns &/or ammo in one of the doors. It also has a small door on the outside of one of the larger doors for a little quicker access for pistols, etc. I have pics someplace. This safe is far superior to any I have seen in the stores. It's also fire rated.
If you're looking for a handgun safe that allows quick access in case of a home intrusion, this is the one I bought and am very happy with. You really can't beat the price for what it offers. Biometric security (fingerprint scan) with a backup key lock, and fireproof (1700 degrees for one hour).
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A large safe for long guns and all? Well, the store I work at sells Champion safes. With what I've learned about them, I like them a lot. I think my second choice for a safe would possibly be Fort Knox safes.
i am also looking for a good safe, what do you think about Fort Knox and Cannon?
I think before you go brand browsing, you need to decide what the safe is to accomplish. I see 3 major objectives:
Fire Protection
Theft Deterrence
Safekeeping from children & other curious creatures.
The more you ask it to do, the more you will need to pay, so decide the task and go from there.
I do lean towards Champion safes although not many mention them. But I know more about Champion than any others. If anyone wants to know about those safes, I have played with just about every one they have in great depth and can tell you about them. I do believe Cannon makes a good safe, just remember what I said about paying more for the corner design. And Fort Knox would probably be my choice after Champion.
don't forget to look at the how long @ which temperature rating.
Gander mountain has some Liberty safes that are rated for 75 & 90mins @ 1200º F, Cannon safes are rated at 30mins @ 1200º F, Champion Triumph series: 90mins @ 1500º F, Champion Crown series: 120 mins @ 1500º F & the Knoxx has some that are rated at 90 mins @ 1680º F.
I'd also get a combination lock rather then the traditional dial lock...it's faster to open.
My Safe is a Treadlok which is rated at 32 minutes @ 1200º F, if I had done my research before I bought it I would have gone with Champion or Fort Knox. However, I paid just around $500 including tax & delivered for it at a Gunshow.
Check the fire protection specs closely; any of the big names will do the job.
Whichever brand you decide on, spend the extra money and get one twice as big as you think you'll need. They fill up fast.
I'm very happy with Champion. If I'm not mistaken, Liberty is the company that manufactures both brands. I might be mistaken, but I always see a guy at the gun shows who sells safes, and he has either Liberty or Champion.
You never mentioned how many or what type of guns you'll want to store and what sort of budget you were working with. As a less expensive alternative to regular gun safes, I have an old (got it in the early 80's at Sears) stand-up freezer in my basement with a built in door lock that I use for storing a number of pistols and extra ammo. It would also be good for long guns if I removed a few of the shelves. I call it my "stealth safe". It's weather proof, air tight, kid proof (when locked) and nobody would think to look there for anything besides food.
My house was burglarized in the early 90's while I was out of town. I wasn't using the freezer at the time and had placed several guns inside for storage since my "real" gun safe was full and they were both in the same room. The guns I had inside the freezer were never discovered, while my gun safe was destroyed and the guns inside taken. It became my back-up safe after the burglary and I have never had anyone think it was anything other than a freezer. FWIW, I've since removed the compressor, placed a 75w bulb inside and the bulb keeps the humidity low.
You could probably find a used one cheap and add a lock if it doesn't have one already. Sometimes it's good to think outside the usual box..


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Confronting the suffering in Vietnam's prisons
Dinh Dang Dinh, a former Vietnamese schoolteacher and blogger, died on April 3 from cancer of the stomach. Near death, he had been released from his six-year prison sentence on March 21, and allowed to return home to die in Dak Nong province in Vietnam's Central Highlands. His crime, to which he had pled not guilty, had been to blog about corruption and environmental issues. He was found guilty under Article 88-1 (c) of the Criminal Code for "conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam."


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I'm sorry but this has to be the most complicated explanation of calculation that for this purpose is relatively easy.
I can appreciate your comment, but keep in mind that there are many applications where the details must be considered to prevent a costly and dangerous mistake. The references cited in the article are highly recommended and provide excellent explanations of this important topic.
I've read explanations of short circuit current waveforms many times and this is a very good presentation of the info.
I would like an explanation of short circuit current at medium voltage.
Can you explain please what about the load of general lighting and outlets to consider in the short circuit calculation? I know it's not included because it acts as static, but some designers I've seen include and lump it as a motor and consider the X"d as 25%., to unknown motors, why or as a basic it should be included?


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The tendency of muscians, usually of a hippie or indie nature, to be attacted to asian or oriental women, often of chinese or japanese heritage.
Every hot indie guy at Wilfrid Laurier has an asian girlfriend because of The Yoko Ono Complex.
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AMES, Iowa – Eleven teams of Iowa youth have been selected to compete in the 2012 Bratney Companies 4-H Robotics Challenge at the Iowa State Fair.
Each team consists of three to 10 youths, and at least one member must be in 4-H. The competition takes place over two days. The junior division will be held on Friday, Aug. 10, and the senior division will be held on Saturday, Aug. 11, in the 4-H Exhibits Building.
"The robotics challenges help youth to better understand areas in engineering and get them excited about it," said Holly Bignall, Robotics Challenge supervisor with Extension Science, Engineering and Technology (E-SET).
Teams will work together to build their robots in the time allotted. To move on to the finals, teams must score more than their competitors. The top two scoring teams in each division will move on to the final challenge.
This event is sponsored in full by Bratney Companies, Des Moines, Iowa, through a five-year grant. The company provides planning, design, construction and equipment solutions to seed, feed, grain, milling, food and bulk handling facilities around the world.
Iowa youth who completed any of grades five through 12 were eligible to apply for the competition. The following teams will participate in the Bratney Robotics Challenge this year.
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CPR for pastors: 12-Step Program Helps Ministers
World Religion Writer
Saturday, March 03, 2012
Ten years ago, the Rev. Hess Hester was thrilled with the impact a new 12-step program was having at Southern Hills Baptist Church.
Then he realized that he himself needed to go through the program.
"After Celebrate Recovery got started in our church, it was a joy to watch," Hester said.
"But something happened as I began to hear the testimonies of so many who were experiencing God's healing of their hurts, habits and hang-ups. … I began to yearn for the same."
Hester found himself in a situation familiar to many pastors: struggling with personal and congregational issues, but unable to address those issues openly in churches where, as the spiritual leaders, they are expected to be paragons of virtue.
And so about six years ago, Hester started a Celebrate Recovery chapter specifically for pastors and church leaders, where they could be honest about their problems and work through them in the privacy and safety of a small group of colleagues.
"I was personally going through what I call my own perfect storm – one of the most difficult ministry periods in my life. It was a series of both personal and ministry situations that were sucking the life out of me mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically," he said.
"My pastors' 12-step group became a lifeline for me."
That first group – five United Methodist pastors, four Baptist pastors and a Bible Church pastor – took 14 months to go through the 12-step program, identifying and owning their personal issues, surrendering them to God and making amends as needed.
Since then, 125 pastors in 14 groups have gone through the program in Oklahoma.
Among them was the Rev. Brent Kellogg, pastor of Cornerstone Church in Sand Springs.
"I grew up in a great family, with a mom and dad that loved me, but we didn't talk about our issues," Kellogg said.
"Here I was pastoring a church, and I had these issues running in the background … a failed marriage, Internet porn. I had never unpacked all that."
He joined a Celebrate Recovery pastors' group that met almost weekly for a year.
"When I was finished, I felt like 1,000 pounds had been lifted off my back," he said.
Tulsa's pastors program has become a model for the rest of the nation and has been given a formal name: Celebrate Pastors Recovery, or CPR.
Hester was invited to speak about his pastors recovery program at the annual Celebrate Recovery conference at Saddleback Church in California. Celebrate Recovery has chapters in 19,000 churches reaching 1 million people in 20 languages.
Why a separate 12-step recovery group for pastors?
Pastors deal with the same range of issues as everyone else, but their position in the church often makes it more difficult for them to be transparent enough to get the help they need, Hester said.
"Pastors are put on a pedestal. They're not supposed to have any problems."
They can be carrying baggage from their family of origin, from sexual abuse as a child, from a sense of perfectionism from an overly strict father.
They can suffer from anger, depression, drug, alcohol or pornography addiction, marital infidelity.
In many churches, it can be unsafe for a pastor to be honest about his own struggles, Hester said.
"Vulnerability in a dysfunctional church can be very dangerous. It could definitely cost him his job," he said.
Pastors can be left feeling friendless, isolated and alienated, with no place to turn, he said.
"So, a CPR group serves as a safe, 100 percent confidential context for a pastor to deal with and experience healing … to deal not only with current struggles, but with any anger, pain, or lingering bitterness from the past as well as the fears or anxieties about the future."
Hester said CPR can help remedy issues that lead to pastor burnout and to pastors dropping out of the ministry altogether.
The Rev. Bob Pierson, retired pastor of Christ United Methodist Church in Tulsa, who is now a church leadership consultant nationwide, said burnout is a major problem among pastors.
"When you're asked to be God's representative, which is what ordination is, that in itself creates a unique kind of isolation," he said.
He said his Tulsa-based Leadership Nexus Foundation is planning training events to equip clergy to handle conflict in congregations, a major cause of frustration and burnout.
The Rev. Randy Kanipe, executive director of the Stressed Clergy Association in Georgia, called clergy dropout a huge problem.
He cited Barna Group research that 80 percent of seminary graduates leave the ministry within five years of serving the church.
"Seminarians are not prepared for reality. The reality is, it's a war zone," Kanipe said.
"Our society is highly anxious, and that anxiety finds its way into churches."
He said three decades ago, insurance companies rated the ministry as a healthy profession. Now it outpaces law enforcement for stress-related health problems such as depression, cancer, heart disease and high blood pressure.
He said the top three reasons are unrealistic expectations placed on pastors; toxic conflicts aimed at pastors, usually by a small group in the church; and lack of denominational support.
Pastor burnout
- 50 percent of pastors reported being so discouraged that they would leave the ministry if they could. (June 2000)
- 70 percent of pastors report constantly fighting depression.
- 80 percent of seminary graduates who enter the ministry will leave in five years.
- 80 percent of pastors' wives wish their spouses would choose another profession.
Source: Various studies assembled by Michael Hurdman, The Ministry Application Project, Southwestern Christian University
Original Print Headline: CPR For Pastors
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When a guy doesn't leave the house all day long. He just sits around doing guy stuff. e.g. watching sports/porn; playing video games; eating junk food
Man, my girlfriend is out of town this weekend and I just plan on guybernating. Eating pizza, watching the game, some porn and playing GTA4.
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Right and I wasn't talking about you in particular. Your reason makes sense to me. As someone who likes Peyton Manning I'm okay with seeing him on Pizza commercials and whatnot, but if Aaron Rodgers exposure blew up even more and I had to see his mug on TV even more than I do now, I'd be pretty irritated. So I get not wanting to see Peyton win for that reason.
As a side note, funnily enough, Brady's lack of media exposure has allowed me to appreciate and tolerate him more in recent years. Not that he was over exposed before, but seeing less of him helps.
Honestly, the reason why I don't want to see Peyton get a ring is so I don't have to see/hear WHO IS BETTER PEYTON OR ELI??? over and over and over again.
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From World Leaders watching soccer to backstabbing North Korea, this week's international news is on fire.
Welcome to the Global Report: our weekly column of the most important issues happening across the planet. From politics to war, monarchies to dictatorships, and everything in-between, we've got it covered. It's world news, Playboy.com style.
Back-to-back G8 and NATO summits took place over the weekend between host President Obama's Camp David retreat and his hometown of Chicago, I.L.
The 38th G8 Summit was a first for the recently elected leaders of France and Italy, Francois Hollande and Mario Monti respectively; Russian president Vladimir Putin was also expected to return to the group after a four-year absence, but sent former president and current prime minister Dmitry Medvedev in his place. Discussion among the leaders of the Western industrialized nations fell heavily to the European economic crisis, showing a rare sign of specificity in announcing their support for Greece within the Eurozone, and…watching the Chelsea - Munich Championship game.
The NATO Summit, which was primarily focused upon Afghanistan, occurred peacefully, apart from the usual demonstrations when a summit takes place in an urban environment. Discussion-wise, the group used the participation of presidential guest attendees from Afghanistan and Pakistan to make inroads on issues such as supply routes and post-withdrawal security and funding. But most interesting was the announcement from Lithuania over the decision to make NATO air patrols over the Baltic countries permanent. We would conclude that this action is directed at neighbor Russia and its increasingly common militarization in the area, and will likely draw some sort of denouncement from the country at upcoming former-Soviet meetings.
The term "Grexit" to describe the exit of Greece from the Euro pact has gone viral over the past week as several false reports indicating that other Eurozone countries were preparing for Greece's withdrawal became widespread.
It's no secret that the European Union is straddling a fine line these days as politicians, foreign governments and economists weigh in on the future of the quasi-federalist group. While it is hard to imagine the union would fall apart in its entirety, the most likely scenario would be a fragmentation separating the wealthier states from the rest. What remains to be seen is what will happen with the 17 Eurozone nations who run the real risk for global financial contamination if the monetary union were to falter. Despite its small size, the failure of Greece and the resulting default could bankrupt its creditors: several banks across the union. As some economists are now predicting, there could be two possible scenarios. One, Greece defaults and is kicked out of the union, serving as an unprecedented catalyst to the global financial markets and throwing Europe into a depression. Two, the more realistic outcome, sees Europe become ever more integrated, which will allow funds to flow more rapidly for growth, which could booster the faltering economy and provide confidence to investors. This second option has the consequence of European states giving up some of their sovereign power to the EU in Brussels, ultimately drawing the union closer to a federalist state.
Iran and the P5 group of Western nations have announced that they will resume talks in Moscow on June 18 to discuss the highly problematic Iranian nuclear program. While we're not sure whether Iran's agreement to participate is just a ploy to buy time from a potential pre-emptive Israeli strike, we're happy to see that at least these parties are coming back to the drawing board.
On the Syrian front, the leader of the Western-backed Syrian National Council (SNC) has stepped down from his post, with elections to take place in early June for a new leader. We wouldn't be surprised to see the Syrian dictatorship take advantage of this fact in order to cause confusion within the party.
Wrapping up our weeks-long update on the Guinea-Bissau coup, governmental power was finally handed over to civilian control on Tuesday. The military had previously been in charge of the country.
With regards to the ongoing spat between Sudan and South Sudan over oil revenue and territory, the former attacked the latter earlier this week with aerial bombings, threatening the international efforts of peace and diplomacy that have been at work over the past month.
North Korea is once again playing with fire this week, finally agreeing to release 28 Chinese sailors and their fishing boats after holding them for ransom for most of the last two weeks. This spat is exceedingly worrisome considering North Korea's closest ally and supporter is none other than China itself. While China in recent weeks is thought to be pressuring North Korea to abandon a third nuclear test, this action may be a clear sign to China to take new communist dictator Kim Jong-Un seriously. We imagine that this whole dispute may alarm Western nations such as the U.S. and Japan who believe that China's overarching influence on the country could persuade it to back down on the nuclear front.
Creature Feature is outsourced to India this week as New Delhi's rampant monkey population has been attacking and mugging tourists and locals. Better simians than sharks, right? Wait until they get access to iPads, then we're all in for some trouble.
An Australian "farmer" has been jailed for life for conducting the world's largest ecstasy haul and international smuggling ring that involved 4.4 tons of ecstasy. The drugs were reportedly found inside tomato cans being imported from Italy. Make sure next time that that's parmesan cheese on your spaghetti.


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Stop for a moment to consider how peculiar it is that U.S. law protects intellectual property. It seems bizarre that the fruits of imagination can be legally owned like any other possession, and the creator can prevent others from trespassing on thought property unless they pay.
Yes, the literary, musical, artistic, or commercial representation has to be original, captured in a tangible form, publicized as belonging to the creator, plus a few other technicalities. But follow the road map, and the masterpiece has legal status. Whenever a legally owned work is infringed upon, chances are a cease-and-desist letter and possibly a lawsuit will follow, because money -- and sometimes, big money -- is at stake.
For school districts, then, the question is how to take advantage of cultural riches for learning purposes without suffering a financial setback every time a student receives a lesson or the school board approves a sports team name.
This column and the next form a two-part series focusing on the rough-and-tumble legal world of copyrights and trademarks, also known as intellectual property law. The bright spot is that there are several safe harbors for educators. The dim reality is that too often school officials, well-meaning but uninformed, find themselves far from shore.
We will start with copyrights and proceed to trademarks. Patents, the other intellectual property topic that might be relevant in limited public school circumstances, are excluded.
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Saura is an abbreviated way of saying sexual aura. There are individuals who exude a sensuality that is detectable and almost palpable. This is a sexual aura, or saura for short.
Tom's recent photo on facebook shows him with an actual, visible, saura, which is interesting as he is sporting a new do and is also in vogue.
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I like your borden connecter, nice touch:)
It's the small details that count.
Nice job so far, will be good to see your final. I have an old DP helmet that I have been thinking about "kast-ing" for a while now.
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I like your borden connecter, nice touch:)
It's the small details that count.
Nice job so far, will be good to see your final. I have an old DP helmet that I have been thinking about "kast-ing" for a while now.
Really impressive. Most of my Jodo is shipping now so i'll be using this thread as reference in the near future.
Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback.
Attached the hoses today to the gauntlet's + got some base colour on the EE-3.
Your armor scarring looks awesome! May I ask how you did that? Pastels?
Thanks Sleepy, yes mate Pastels. Much easier to work with imo.
Small update but one that I found amusing....
While working on my Frag Grenades (before I cast them from resin) I realised that I needed to alter the tops, this guys head was the perfect diamater.
Belt Greeblie is also taking shape (upside down on preview for some reason) -
I will get my *** into gear & get this finished, promise ;)
Hi man, nice Jodo you are making,
where you find that clear 1/4 hoses?? I need 3 parts of 10 Inches each, to paint in blue to my jango gauntlets...............thanks........
I am also workin on a Kast and am actually working on the belt accessories you have pictured above...did you cast thoses peices? I am trying to use jodokast.com as a model but having trouble finding some of the parts as Radio Shack doesnt carry or has changed the parts.
Thanks Snowie
I got them from Ebay - i'll pm you the link. Have you considered filling them with Electric Blue food colouring? Works a treat & looks nicer than paint (imo).
JW - see my reply on your own wip fella - I used/made as many of my own parts as I could find lying about as i'm doing this build on a tight budget.
Also, I'm in England so a lot of part's mentioned we simply don't get over here.
This evening the first Grenade was cast.
This is a modified kid's Grenade that needed both ends switching out to get away from the GI look & (hopefully) make it appear suitably 'Sci-fi'.
Using the Scout Snout Greeb & the Medical Droid head seemed to work well enough.
Be easier to tell for sure once it's got some colour.
Also started the Mando image on the Shoulder plate (minus outline).
More work on Belt Greeb's
(Air Compressor etc I think).
We do not have a 'Radio Shack' here in England so I've made most of this from bit's & bob's lying about (a CD Case, Phone jack, Scout snout greeb, Battery, terminal connector's & a Vitamin bottle).
First coat on the Frag Grenades (They appear to be a pale blue - again, the shading leaves a lot to personal interpretation).
Belt Greeb 'thingy' colour test
very nice
Thanks Ted.
Started cleaning up the rocket + have decided to put a dowel in the middle for the fins to float as per the comic.
(This should also strengthen them as they're pretty flimsy).
Grenades done bar the pull pin & then to secure them to the Ammo Belt.
Girth belt dyed badly so I'll strip it back & try again. I'll be covering the Leather belt in a Grey material wrap & spray the pouches grey.
Back & Kidney plate (RkD) arrived, so cleaned them up & Primed them.
Quick question, should they meet as the kidney piece seems tiny & out of proportion to the cod, did you reshape yours to fit?
Do people connect them on a velcro belt type closure?
One for fun :)
Great work Scar!!!!!!! your costume makes me create someone likes yours!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am betwen Boba Holyday and Jodo!!!! jejjej great good luck man!!!!!!!!!!!!
Been awhile, kid's eh. If someone had told me that you become relegated to a Taxi service...
Small updates but pleased with the results.
All needs to be weathered properly & painted.
Awesome work and perfect painting !!
Amazing work brother! Truly an inspiration! Thank for posting your work
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Flak vest pretty much done, collar still needs to be weathered.
Im a fan this looks GREAT. What material did you use for the armor?
Thanks mate, the armour is Red Krayt Dragon's, well priced, efficient & easy to work with.
Some further updates.
(Weathering still needs to be dulled down).
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/...1129-00011.jpg <9474 is my 501st ID>.
A friend is currently doing the Leatherwork for Ee-3 sling & sidearm holster.
this build kills me!!!! amazing work....you're doing an amazing job!
Those blaster tags are SAWEET
That weathering looks absolutely stunning. This will truly be an amazing outfit when completed.
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Mr. McCoy, I recently wrote a letter telling why Sheriff Barry Faile is the best and we the people vote him in every time. He's smart! You, no comment.
I'm just wondering, Mr. McCoy, if you're running for sheriff, or Mr. Malcolm Little is running for sheriff. It seems you cannot write anything that you hope will make the people of Lancaster vote for you until you OK it with Malcolm Little first. Does that mean we get two sheriffs?
With the 47th annual observance of Earth Day on Friday, this is a great time to explore more effective ways of slowing climate change and conserving Earth's natural resources for future generations.
A 2010 U.N. report said animal agriculture accounted for 19 percent of man-made greenhouse gases – more than all transport – and recommended a global shift to a vegan diet. A subsequent World Watch study placed that contribution closer to 50 percent.
This Wednesday morning, I rushed to the television to get the results of the most recent voting in the northeast.
Did Trump carry enough votes to secure the GOP nomination? Did Bernie Sanders call his campaign off?
What did I get on all the news channels? A row of attractive political commentators on high stools displaying more gam that grit. Gosh, those skirts are shorter than the ruffles on grandma's bloomers.
Where do they find these people identified as the chief, CEO, staff political analyst or some high sounding title?
In keeping with the spirit of Editor Brian Melton's call for civility and honest discourse, I will refrain from turning this letter into one on the personal and professional integrity of candidate William McCoy.
When questioned with regards to the alleged plagiarism of material obtained from another jurisdiction, it is sad that anyone associated with a campaign would even jokingly condone or justify stealing in any form, especially as it pertains to the highest elected position responsible for the maintenance of law and order in the community.
Credibility. Honesty. Integrity. Accountability. These are all attributes that the citizens of Lancaster County not only expect but demand from their public officials.
William McCoy's remarkable "word for word" rendition of most of the Garner Police Department Strategic Plan is an absolute disgrace for a man asking the voters of Lancaster to elect him to public office.
I want to thank Principal Chris Thorpe and all the staff at Indian Land Middle School for all the guidance they provide for our kids.
I feel safe letting my child out in the morning, knowing he will get the best of care.
The front-office staff is always very efficient and kind every time I ask for help. And all the great teachers do so much for our kids. And thank you to our special police officer for the great way he keeps us safe and on time.
North Carolina's HB2 law is simple and proper – only use the restroom that matches your biological sex.
Apple and Cisco, among other companies, are insisting that North Carolina force everyone to accept or allow people to use the restroom of their choice. They are threatening to leave the state. Why aren't they threatening to leave Iran or Saudi Arabia, who are actually murdering homosexuals?
Billy McCoy has filed to run for sheriff of Lancaster because, quote, "He (Sheriff Faile) has been in office long enough." Also, he states that Sheriff Faile has relatives who once were sheriff. What does that have to do with Barry Faile?
In my opinion, there is no time limit for the office of sheriff as long as the job is getting done, and that it is. Sheriff Faile and his department are doing an excellent job, so why change?
Billy McCoy, if that is your main reason for running for sheriff of Lancaster, then you should rethink this idea.
Author Kurek Ashley wrote: "The quality of your life will be determined by the quality of your contribution. When you work to improve the lives of others, then your life improves automatically."
This is a very fitting quote for this time of year, as we at Springs Memorial Hospital honor our volunteers next week during National Volunteer Week.
I read the March 30 article about Billy McCoy running against Sheriff Barry Faile. Mr. McCoy said Lancaster needs a change.
Barry Faile has done a lot for Lancaster in cleaning up crime. Why do we need a change? We don't. We need Barry Faile, who has done and can keep doing the job.
Talk is cheap, but Barry has proven himself many times over. Our sheriff's reputation speaks for itself.
Carl M. Miles
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Heart surgeons performed the first heart transplant at CMC in 1986. Since that time, CMC physicians have completed more than 400 newborn, pediatric and adult heart transplants.
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hi guyz,
can anyone tell me how to hatch eggs??
hi guyz,
can anyone tell me how to hatch eggs??
Hi! I've been playing WYD for quite sometime now So what are you going to do is that you can hatched an egg by using oriharukon powders. place the egg opposite to the cape slot or if you don't have a cape yet. its the little box on the left side of your headgear. Place the egg their and put a oriharukon powder on it. Your egg will be hatched and it will be a foul also known as a baby mount you need to increase the level of your baby mount in order to make it mountable.
Note: I only have a dragon puppy mount so I'm not sure for the mounts higher than dragon puppy.
For more info here's the link for the mount system.
Well done Le1La!! ^w^
My mounts are:
Boar [Cute]^-^
Bear [FuzzyFluffy]^w^
Just two...I WANT DRAGON PUPPY!!!>x<
^w^.v.. Waaav and Peeews!!
I have a question, where do you get eggs? I think you get them from drop right? My friend got one from drop so that's what I'm thinking.
Currently Playing:
Cloud Nine (Holic 2)
S4 League
Drift City
I've played many games, so if you need opinions, just ask.
Drops! I got mine from monster drops. The eggs just pops out from my inventory...I don't remember buying them or anything.^w^
Eggs eggs....they make nasty scrambles in the MOOOOORRRNNIN!!^w^


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