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Grand Cherokee + sand = FAIL
How has everyone been going in the sand? I had my front recovery hook fitted 2 weeks ago (been waiting 8 months for jeep to provide a suitable solution after deleting them from the overland and not telling anyone) and decided a day on the sand was in order.
It was a pretty awesome day at Stockton and there was another GC overland driving about. All was perfect until just past tin city when the EVIC declared that quadralift required a service and 4WD required servicing. Within 5 seconds I lost power to the front wheels and bogged down to the rear axle.
Although inconvenient given that the tide was coming in, several people assisted to drag my beached Jeep to higher ground where I waited until my tow arrived. While I waited the other GC overland owner told me that his had just done exactly the same thing and he had to get someone to pull him out but now his was working ok again. So I wait for the tow to come get me and half way back to the road everything starts working again! After paying the 350 bucks for recovery I go to the servo to pump my tyres up. Another GC overland owner approaches me and explains that he had exactly the same thing happen last month and he no longer takes his on the sand until a fix comes from jeep.
Is this an experience that anyone else has had? Has anyone contacted jeep? This is not the first issue I have had with this car and I'm beginning to think it was a mistake buying this over a Toyota.
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My friends 2011 GC with QL did the same thing at Stockton. We had to dig it out. I want to drive down to shipwreck in my GC however I am worried of getting stuck. I dont have QL so I should only get the 4wd error only. need to find a non GC 4wd mate to tagalong. One thing do when it happens : make a video/photographs so it can be shown to dealer for fix and posted on youtube.
Re: Grand Cherokee + sand = FAIL
Is this a QL or 4WD system issue?
Re: Grand Cherokee + sand = FAIL
From what we have seen several people have had this problem, both here and in the USA.
A stop and restart seems to reset the system. Not acceptable, but there is a work around to reset the system.
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Apparently TSB 08-034-12 fixes the problem
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Yup, Add me to the stuck in sand list, the electronics seemed to get all confused and then not really do much at all.... although I must admit it was just down at our local beach and I didn't bother letting the tyres down, it was a blast at first, then not so much fun after I stopped for a photo and tried to get going again, regardless of the tyre pressures there wasn't much wheel spinning going on, no real drive at all.....And I was on crutches with a broken leg at the time, Ah the memories.... needless to say I haven't been back!
Re: Grand Cherokee + sand = FAIL
This is more true with tires that are aired down.
Sounds like there are heaps of people with issues in the newy area. I have pulled a couple of people off Stockton myself, although I haven't experienced the malfunction yet ( but I have heaps of other faults), Akers u back to the dealer and ask them to run the tsb it should fix it...more worrying is the number of other electrical issues they are having.
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I have done Stockton extensively a couple of times with no issues, but I have coils, non QL. Just stuck it in Sand mode on Selec-terrain and never got stuck, Prado and LR D4 both got stuck on different trips with me, GC was great.
Our Laredo crd steel spring is one of the best sand driving cars I have driven, just floats over sand even with the camper trailer on (I always air down for sand, an air compressor is one of the most important off road accessories you can buy)
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Hey, Savvas has started a thread collecting stats so probably worth contributing to if you're having the problems.
Re: Grand Cherokee + sand = FAIL
Did 3 days at stockton a few weeks ago. Jeep performed flawlessly, better than expected. No error codes or anything. I am in a coil CRD so no QL. Im pretty glad i didnt spend any extra on the QL system, seems to be more hassle than its worth.
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EU Countries Work On Response To Terror Attacks As Tourism Go DownEU countries will work with Muslim-majority nations on its planned anti-terror projects.
Algeria Kills Three Militants Responsible For Beheading French Tourist Hervé GourdelThe Algerian army killed three of the militants responsible for the beheading on Tuesday, Dec. 23.
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'Ben-Hur' Casting News: Gal Gadot Drops Lead Role Due To Conflict With Batman v Superman Film, 'Homeland' Star Nazanin Boniadi Replaces Israeli ActressActress Gal Gadot has already been in talks for the female lead role in the upcoming "Ben-Hur" remake film but the "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" star was forced to drop down the part because of work schedule conflict. The latest casting reports revealed that "Homeland" star Nazanin Boniadi has replaced the 29-year-old Israeli actress for the role of Esther.
ISIS Targets Jerusalem in Caliphate Expansion; Radical Preacher Calls Jews 'Most Vile of Creatures'ISIS has vowed to wave its flag over Jerusalem, Rome and Saudi Arabia in an effort to expand its caliphate and fight the West.
Australia Ranks 8th In Global Economic Index List, New Zealand Is 3rd And the US Falls To 12th RankHong Kong and Singapore are the top two countries in this year's annual index of the world's freest economies.
Australia's Solar and Wind Power Investments Down By 70%: Slips In Top Global Ranking For Clean Energy InvestmentsIf this drastic fall is the result of a policy scare for investors, that needs to be looked at.
Islamic State: FBI Says It Knows Identity Of Jihadist JohnFBI Director James Comey said on Thursday that the intelligence agency already knows the identity of Jihadist John, the hooded man who had beheaded American journalists James Foley and Steve Sotloff, and British aid worker David Haines.
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Missing Air Algerie AH5017 Update: Wreckage 'Found in Mali'; Plane Crashed After 'Changing Course' due to 'Powerful Sandstorm'- DetailsAfter the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and crash of MH17, another aviation tragedy has left the world mourning. On Thursday, July 24, 2014, Air Algerie plane went missing few minutes after its take off from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. According to the latest update, wreckage of AH5017 has been found.
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MABANK–In the tradition of "bad news travels fast," by Saturday morning it seemed everyone was talking about the Friday night fire that gutted the Hippie Hut in Mabank.
Owner Leann Chamness told The Monitor that she received a call at around 11:45 p.m. Friday informing her of the fire.
The restaurant had closed at 10 p.m. and all was well.
On Monday morning, the cause of the fire was still unknown, with an insurance adjuster expected on site on Tuesday.
Depending on the outcome with the insurance, Chamness said she planned to rebuild.
Some have reported on Facebook, seeing a red pickup truck pulling out of the parking lot after closing. Police had put up crime scene tape all around the property right after the fire was extinguished.
Mabank Police Chief Kyle McAfee reports the fire department was toned out at 11:23 p.m. and fire departments from Kemp and Gun Barrel City assisted in quenching the flames. An investigation was still underway Monday to determine the cause and origin of the blaze.
The Hippie Hut provided not only another culinary choice for great burgers, it served up color and memories of the late '60s and early '70s, with its bright yellow facade, handpainted murals and annual talent contest hosted on its own outdoor stage.
Two days earlier, a favorite Mexican restaurant in Athens was gutted by fire on Pinkerton Street. The El San Luis fire was reported around 4 a.m. Nov. 20.
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Re: st: Validity of R Square with -nl- Regressions
Maarten buis <email@example.com>
Re: st: Validity of R Square with -nl- Regressions
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:04:46 +0100 (BST)
--- "Matthias Flueckiger" wrote:
> I'm estimating a function by the -nl- method. The estimates I get
> for the coefficients seem ok. The same as when I use MATLAB. But
> concerning the R square reported I have my doubts. They are always
> extremly high (>0.99). But when plotting the fitted function against
> the real data, the match does not seem very good (at least not as
> good as the R square suggests).
> My questions are therefore:
> - is the r square really the appropriate measure for the fit for
> -nl- regressions? If yes is there an explanation why it is so high
> (compared when plotting the curves)
The R square reported by -nl- means what it is supposed to mean: the
proportion of variance explained by the model. It is not some kind of
pseudo-rsquare which can have a very different meaning than the `real'
> - how does Stata calculate the r square, and is there a way I can
> calculate it 'manually'? (Is it the same formula as with linear
> regressions? Probably not...)
Below I show two ways of computing the R-square: the obvious one:
R-square = moddel sum of squares / total sum of squares, and a method
discussed here: http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/stat/rsquared.html
*---------- begin example ------------
sysuse auto, clear
nl (mpg = {b0} + {b1}/headroom)
di e(mss)/e(tss)
predict yhat if e(sample)
corr yhat mpg if e(sample)
di r(rho)^2
*----------- end example -------------
(For more on how to use examples I sent to the Statalist, see
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Francis R. 'Frank' Brunow, Sr., age 89, of Dover Plains, NY, formerly of Patterson, died on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, in Carmel.
Frank was born April 7, 1922, in Pawling, to Jules and Harriet V. (Doyle) Brunow. He graduated from schools in Pawling, and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. On October 29, 1961, he married Laura Baker in Patterson.
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Through the years, Frank was a member of the Pawling Fire Department and later a life member of the Patterson Fire Department and the Patterson Fire Department Fire Police. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and gardening.
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This week PPI Fellow Adam Hirsch participated in an international conference entitled: "Media Against Racism in Sport" (MARS). As part of the conference, Adam paired up with Demetris Vroullides, a Greek-Cypriot studying sport journalism in college, to write an article about the media's coverage of racism in sport in Cyprus. The article can be found on the MARS website along other articles produced during the conference.
Media has a powerful influence on the public conscious and plays a key role in shaping public opinion. In Greece media is referred to as 4η εξουσια (tetarti exousia) a phrase characterizing media as a fourth authority after the judicial, legislative and executive. Media has the power to guide and misguide the masses. Biased media can persuade the minds of many, while pushing forward the political agendas of a few.
When politics get involved in sport, the media can play a huge role in the shaping of public opinion. On December 8, 2011, the professional women's volleyball championship match took place in Limassol in southern Cyprus. The best team from Turkey, Galatasaray, had traveled across the Mediterranean to face the best team in Cyprus, Apollon. Around 500 home fans packed the Apollon Sports Arena while 50 visiting fans from Turkey supported their team from the other side.
According to an official police report, the disruption began when some home fans began throwing chairs and firecrackers onto the court. Eventually riot police responded with tear-gas, pushing fans out of the stadium. The only documented damage in the report was a smashed police windshield. One man was arrested and released.
That evening, Sigma Live, the largest news website in southern Cyprus, began its report of the incident saying that the visiting fans provoked home crowd, including photographs of Galatasaray fans performing indecent gestures. In Shoot and Goal, one of the biggest Greek-Cypriot sport magazines, and Politis, another Greek-Cypriot newspaper, the police report was simply copied with no further information provided. In all the articles, there was no mention of the players of the Turkish team being targeted by flying objects from the home fans. They simply state that there were incidents of violence during the match without saying who they were against.
The Turkish-Cypriot newspaper Kibris Star reported that Apollon fans did not focus their fire only on Galatasaray's players, but they also started throwing objects at the Turkish fans as well, something that was not reported on in other media or in the official police report. The article concludes by referring to another similar incident that occurred a year earlier, when Apoel (from Nicosia, Cyprus) and Karsiyaka (from Izmir, Turkey) met in a basketball match that was also disrupted by the home fans throwing objects at players and opposing fans.
Hurriyet Daily News from Turkey began its report by stating how Apollon fans attacked the players of Galatasaray. The article goes into detail about the different type of objects they were thrown and includes an interview with Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Suat Kilic who said, "I condemn the Greek Cypriot violence against Turkish… The Greek Cypriots should be banned from all international sports activities as they do not act in harmony with the Olympics spirit."
Mr. Kilic's statement is not without its own sense of hypocrisy. Just 5 years before, a Turkish team from Trabzon hosted the Greek-Cypriot team Anorthosi, for a football match. That match was also disrupted by attacks, this time by the Turkish fans against the Greek-Cypriot fans.
There are some who argue that violence at these matches is not ethnic or political in nature. Perhaps by giving too much attention to the issue we are legitimizing the negative acts of a few young hooligans. Violence in sports, especially in Cyprus, is unfortunately a common occurrence. However there were no such incidents in international competitions with other countries such as Azerbaijan, Italy and the Ukraine. It should also be noted that both Greek-Cypriot teams involved in the incidents, Apollon and Apoel, have strong links to nationalistic groups, a fact that gets little if any media coverage.
Despite poor racism and violence in sport, there are organizations that are combating this issue. One organization, PeacePlayers International – Cyprus (PPI-CY), is a locally registered non-profit organization whose mission is to unite educate and inspire children to develop mutual understanding and respect for each other through the game of basketball. Since its creation in 2007, PPI-CY has held over 150 successful bicommunal activities that brought together over 3,000 Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot youth. By facilitating regular, frequent, and structured interaction, they help reverse prejudices built steadily over years in segregated communities and foster the long-term trust necessary for true friendship.
In 2010 PPI-CY began partnering the Ministry of Education on a special project to work within the Zone of Educational Priority (ZEP) in Limassol, a program that provides special assistance to schools of need in underprivileged areas (the same areas where many fans of Apollon come from). Their goal was to use PPI-CY's expertise in bringing kids from different backgrounds through sport to bridge divides between the multicultural children in the different schools. The children in these schools are very diverse, coming from Greek-Cypriot, Turkish-Cypriot, and Roma or "Kerbet" descent. One thing they all have in common is a working class upbringing, with very few constructive outlets available in the neighborhood after school. Teachers and administrators frequently report discipline issues, racist graffiti and interethnic fighting.
There have been many official complaints in the past years, mostly coming from foreign students that involve racist graffiti on school walls, intimidation and even violence. In 2008 a 13-year-old girl in Limassol was subjected to threats and racist attacks by other students who prevented her from entering her classroom while at the same time mocking her skin color.
When PPI-CY began working in the ZEP schools, there was very little positive multicultural interaction. In the past 2 years, PPI-CY has worked with nearly 200 kids, playing basketball, facilitating special field trips, and helping out with summer camps. But despite this, the difficulties continue. Instead of dealing with the problem, Greek-Cypriot parents are choosing to move their kids to other schools. One school official, Christos, said "it is more a matter of Greek-Cypriot parents not feeling comfortable putting their kids in classrooms with Turkish-Cypriots or children from other multicultural backgrounds."
The media coverage of racism in sport in Cyprus seems lacking at best. But the problem is not solely that of the media. The official police report was short and insufficient and there was not outcry from the public to hold anyone accountable. From the police to the owners of the sport teams who have their own political agendas, this is the result of an entire society unwilling to recognize its own racist tendencies. But even if this is a societal problem, the media can play a huge role in making change, both positive and negative, by deciding what to show and what not to show.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - 28 year old Kimberly Walker is not being forgotten by her Commanding Officer at Fort Riley Kansas. Walker's body was found strangled inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel this past weekend. Montrell Mayo is being linked to her killing. He is in custody in his hometown of Greenville North Carolina.
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The Officers and Soldiers of 2-1 General Support Aviation Battalion deeply mourn the loss of an incredible Soldier, NCO and leader. Corporal Kimberly Walker was a disciplined and focused leader in our Forward Support Company, constantly out in front of her Soldiers, ensuring mission success through engaged leadership and tactical proficiency in her MOS.
Kimberly worked in one of the highest risk formations in the Battalion, our Aviation Refuel Distribution Platoon. She routinely worked underneath turning rotor blades, day, night and in terrible weather, refueling every type of helicopter in the Combat Aviation Brigade while mitigating risk and training the Soldiers under her charge. Kimberly expertly ran the Forward Area Arming/Refuel Point (FARP) at the National Training Center this summer with incredible results, and then she led her section to become the winning team in the Brigade's FARP Rodeo competition.
Kimberly Walker was the type of Soldier any Battalion Commander would be thrilled to have on his or her team. She will be greatly missed! Every effort and resource available from the Division has been offered and is being utilized to ensure our Soldiers can grieve safely and counseled properly by trained experts. The Fighting Eagles Battalion would like to thank everyone for their prayers, thoughts and support for her friends, family and unit as we take the necessary steps to execute the dignified return of our Soldier to her family, pay our respects and heal from this terrible wound impacted upon us all."– Lt. Col. Brian Hughes, 2-1 GSAB commander


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- So my coworker went out last night (in atlanta) with a friend, and they meet matthew fox (star of LOST) at a club (he's in town filming a movie). apparently the "friend" hits it off with matthew and they spend the night together and do the dirty.
why am i telling you this? Because matthew fox is either separated from his wife, in an open relationship, or is slime. pretty crazy huh?
i love the show lost. i just don't know if i can respect a married man who sleeps with someone he just met at a club. retch.
- Just thought you guys might be interested to hear LINDSEY LOHAN nipple made an appearance in the latest edition of playboy july 2006. Its a cute shot from some fashion show.


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It's no secret that for a long time I considered HD DVD to be the better high definition format. The reason for that belief was that two years ago, when HD DVD and Blu-ray both launched, the former actually provided all the features that the next generation formats had promised, while the latter did not. Even the earliest HD DVD players offered features like an Ethernet port, dual decoders for picture-in-picture, downloadable firmware updates, persistent storage for downloadable content and the ability to access online features, none of which were available on early Blu-ray players. But as Bob Dylan said, the times they are a changin'.
It may have taken a little while, but Blu-ray players have now caught up to where HD DVD was two years ago. The so called "final profile" for Blu-ray players brought with it mandatory dual decoders and Ethernet connectivity, but recently there has been an update to the Final Profile - am I the only one the sees that as something of a misnomer? Anyway, semantics aside, the latest Blu-ray profile takes the format to where it always promised to be, by finally adding BD Live!
The DMP-BD50 is the latest Blu-ray player from Panasonic, and the first to feature the full complement of features that the format always promised it would have. So, for the first time you can buy a stand alone Blu-ray player, safe in the knowledge that it won't be out of date in a few months. And that will instantly make it pretty damn attractive to consumers, especially consumers who have been too scared to invest in a new high definition optical format, for fear of making the wrong decision or buying something that lacks the full feature set.
Just like Panasonic's latest generation of Viera TVs, the DMP-BD50 looks very sleek and stylish. The gloss black fascia is split into two halves, with the left half hiding the disc tray and the right side incorporating the display and a fold down flap behind which lies playback controls and an SD card slot - more about the latter later.
At the centre of the top edge of the fascia is a blue light - obviously any entertainment product has to have a blue light, or at least that's what the majority of manufacturers would have us believe. In fact this particular blue light is relating to the SD card slot and can be set to only illuminate when a card is inserted. The BD50 is also a very slim player, which belies its high-end aspirations - there was a time when size and weight did dictate quality in AV kit, but not so much these days.
what about speed? how long from closing the tray to playback? how smooth are the menu's?
This was the biggest disappointment with my tosh ep30, it was too damn slow.
The PS3 is soo much quicker (and still cheaper!)
I cannot wait until we start seeing some region free players fingers crossed.
it's got he features I want (no Sony badge, 7.1 LPCM over HDMI, ethernet, profile2.0 but would like region free) but still not at the right price.
I wont consider getting one until they knock at least 𧷆 off the price (so I can afford 2 or 3).... Will probably go down the upgrade the htpc route though...
A lot of buyers will still consider the ps3 to be a better value purchase....but companies like Panny are all in the same boat....they supported Sony with promises of pricefixing to re-invigorate their revenues...only to have Sony scr*w them all via the ps3 leaving every other OEM scratching their head....
oh to be in one of those boardrooms...."our AV divisions have gone down the drain....we don't make money on dvd players, sony pulled our trousers down and everyone else is talking about downloads.....time to shut up shop.."
Yes, still too expensive for me. I remember my first DVD player was 𧷤. I'd be looking at Blu-ray players to reach a similar price or maybe slightly less before I consider buying one. And it's still a long way off being accepted by the mainstream who are used to paying around fifty quid for DVD players.
I'd also be interested (as the first poster was) in how long the Panasonic takes from insert disc to playback, as I know the first and second generation Blu-Ray players took an age and a half to warm up.
I'm with you, Pbryanw. Sadly, the guts of many of these players are essentially Linux-based mini PCs (I believe) and thus are subject to boot times. I find it REALLY annoying.
Plus, not only is Average Joe buying DVD players for cheap (like the Toshiba (!) Divx-enabled DVD player I saw in Tesco the other day for 㿇!!) but frankly, he's also used to paying under 㾶 for his DVDs; Play has decent flicks down to like ٠.99 ffs
So just how motivated am I to go and spend 㾽.99 on a Blu-ray? I tell ya - I'd go to, say, 㾸.99 if it had decent extras and DTS HD Master Audio. Too many of these Blu-rays just feature the regular DD5.1 as the DVD :(
All valid comments, which is why I said that you're going to have to be serious about your AV kit to consider this player. That said, if you're planning on investing in a Kuro or similarly high-end screen, the superiority of the DMP-BD50 will make itself evident.
You're right, I forgot to mention operation times, but luckily I can confirm that this is the fastest stand alone HD player of any format that I have used. The menues are well laid out and presented too. I don't think it's quite as speedy as a PS3, but it's not alarmingly slower either.
The lack of Region Free content is anoying, especially since HD DVD discs were all region free.
If your first DVD player cost you 𧷤, you must have bought into the format quite late. First generation players cost around ٟ,500 and were useless, while the second generation players were around the 𧿘 mark and generally very good.
I think the last DVD player I bought was my Pioneer DV-737, which cost me around 𧽴 back in 1999. It was the first UK player to support component video with a progressive output - I've still got it now and have yet to find a modern player that comes close to it in terms of build quality.
And Mr Pope - shame on you Geoff. For someone who was so obsessive about the superior quality of DTS over AC3, you should be first in line to extol the virtues of a high definition format. Also, which Blu-ray discs are you referring to that only have 5.1-channel AC3 soundtracks? Even relatively early discs like Casino Royale feature uncompressed 5.1-channel PCM, so there's no need to employ a lossless codec of any kind.
Actually, thinking about it, I bought my first DVD player in 2001. It was a Samsung - a great, big thing it was too. I was in my first job earning a minimum wage and I spent three weeks of my earnings on that. I probably wasn't among the very earliest adopters but I do remember that my local Choices (now out of business) had just started selling DVD's so it felt like I was one of the first. It was still early enough that VHS tapes took up most of the rental space in Choices.
Taxi Driver was my very first DVD and I was astounded at how good the picture was. In 2006, I sold that DVD payer for 1p, and I had a lot of memories wrapped up in that thing - it had accompanied me to University and back. Anyway, sorry for going off-topic but thinking about it just triggered a bout of nostalgia off in me.
Riyad, you can't really be serious to suggest that HD DVD was better than Blu-ray *just* because HD DVD had internet connection from day one? The picture in picture feature has been incorporated into Blu-ray Discs and works successfully without a Profile 1.1 player! With 50GB to play with, the studios have a lot more flexibility with the Blu-ray system!
If so, you're on pretty thin ground! At best, internet interactivity is a gimmick, a sideshow from the real important issues of picture and sound quality. I wouldn't suggest all Blu-ray discs so far have been excellent quality, far from it, but I have seen many HD DVD discs that we nothing more than upscaled DVDs. Thankfully, the main culprit, Universal appears to *respect* Blu-ray better and is making a fine job in it's Blu-ray productions. Long may it continue.
All the Blu-ray players from approx late 2007, when prices also came down, have been excellent machines in terms of image and sound quality, although start up times have been an issue.
Both the DMP-BD30 and DMP-BD50 Blu-ray players have redefined the market. As their availability increases their prices will come down further. Sony is also releasing it's direct competition, so the market is hotting up!
On the issue over internet interactivity, I think as well as a gimmick, it's actually a bad thing on a number of counts.
Firstly, it won't be too long, when the studios realise that they can charge for the *extra* content. How long will it be before extras that we take for granted (on our special or standard editions) start to be available through download only? For a fee obviously!
Secondly, there is the issue over the studios prying eyes on our viewing habits! Frankly, I view that as an invasion of privacy - just like spyware on our PCs!
There is also the issue over security. Blu-ray (and HD DVD) players probably have no security. It is possible that players connected to home networks could pick up viruses which by-pass security systems!
As you can gather, my family and I will not be connecting any Blu-ray player to the 'net for the above reasons (and more - I've said enough already)!!
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Clorox Clocked On Growth Fears Brian Graney (TMF Panic)
August 12, 1999
Much of the credit for household grocery products maker Clorox's (NYSE: CLX) market-beating 25.6% compounded annual return over the past eight years can be chalked up to the company's knack for buying stagnant but leading brands and turning on the growth juice. From Pine-Sol to Black Flag to Armor All, the past decade for the company has been marked by one successful, growth-enhancing acquisition after another.
Analysts had been expecting much of the same from the biggest acquisition in the company's 86-year history -- the $1.96 billion January purchase of Glad trash bags and STP auto products maker First Brands Corp. However, it may be a while until the First Brands deal provides the kind of performance boost to Clorox that many observers have come to expect.
Today, the bleach giant posted fiscal fourth quarter EPS of $0.96 (excluding charges), matching estimates and giving analysts something to smile about initially. But those smirks turned into grimaces when details within the earnings release suggested that Clorox still has some housecleaning to do in regard to the acquired First Brands businesses.
Weak sales of former First Brands products like Glad, STP, and Jonny Cat and Scoop Away kitty litters led to an overall 3% year-over-year decline in Q4 revenues to $1.1 billion. Clorox said it has eliminated "inefficient promotional activities" that First Brands had used to boost sales in the same quarter last year, adding that it is working to correct inventory issues that had plagued First Brands before the acquisition. Yet, the sluggish sales figures were disappointing.
To make matters worse, sales of some of Clorox's key products were also weak. Brita water filters suffered a double digit volume decline and sales of Clorox's well-established cleaning products also came in below expectations. With gross margins sliding to 50.7% versus 51.5% a year ago and tough year-over-year comparisons looming in the next few quarters, analysts put out the caution flags. Fiscal year 2000 earnings estimates were chopped, near-term ratings were cut, and the stock was besieged by sellers. By the end of the day, Clorox's shares had suffered their largest one-day percentage drop in years, losing 16%.
With today's dive, the market is now saying that Clorox is worth $2.1 billion less than it was a mere 24 hours ago. Surely, cash flows over the next few quarters are going to be reduced, but does that justify such a large reduction in the present value of all future cash flows? Chairman and CEO Craig Sullivan apparently doesn't think so and remained steadfast in his belief that the First Brands acquisition will ultimately prove to be beneficial to Clorox shareholders. "The integration of these new businesses is progressing more smoothly than our initial expectations and we are on track with major initiatives," he said.
While Clorox may have misjudged the time it would need to light a fire under the businesses of such a large acquisition as First Brands, its track record for waking up sleepy consumer product franchises cannot be entirely discounted. With an enterprise value of $10.8 billion, Clorox is trading at 2.7 times fiscal 1999 sales of $4 billion and 28 times trailing net income of $390.1 million. That's still rich, but it's the most attractive valuation this company has seen in a while. Investors willing to look beyond a few quarters of bumpy results may want to take a closer look.


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Sammy Davis Jr. Writes His "Emotional Soul" in Yes I Can
Overcoming a life of hardship, Samuel Davis Jr. became a major performer in Las Vegas and a member of the legendary Rat Pack. In a quiet, moving tone, Davis, author of the just-published Yes I Can, speaks at a Books and Authors Luncheon in 1965.
After explaining why he is wearing a neck brace (he had been injured during a performance of the musical production "Golden Boy"), he goes on to talk about why he wrote the book, focusing in particular on two aspects of his personal life -- his conversion to Judaism and his marriage to a white woman -- that the public does not seem to understand. "I wanted to let them know I was not a kook." Of his conversion, he speaks of "how frustrating it is to believe something, simply and deeply in your heart, and have to joke about it to make it acceptable." As for his marriage, he recounts leaving the house with his wife and hearing black people say, "Well, he thinks he's white."
He goes on to praise the ability of the people in this country to change attitudes toward race over time and says that it is a misconception among black expatriates in Europe that they will be able to really "make it" there. He talks about his friend Richard Wright, who was unable to produce, who "didn't have the point of view, didn't have the bitterness" once he left America. He touches on the frustrations of trying to get sponsorship for a television show, despite his being one of the most successful entertainers in the country, because of his color but then adds the prescient remark that "all of this is starting to change and it's marvelous." He ends with an important question: "It is not the extremist we have to worry about, whether he be black or white…I want to know what happens if your child and my child never get to know each other on any kind of a level, what happens in the world, what happens in our society?"
Born in Harlem in 1925, Sammy Davis, Jr was considered one of the great all-around entertainers of his day. His father, Sammy Davis Sr., was a vaudeville tap dancer. When Davis was 3, his father took him on the road, eventually incorporating him into the act. After serving in the Army, Davis resumed performing and began to receive recognition on his own, releasing several albums and appearing on Broadway in the play "Mr. Wonderful" (1956). Peter B. Flint, writing in The New York Times, spoke of Davis's
…talents as a mime, comedian, trumpet player, drummer, pianist and vibraphonist as well as singer and dancer [that] were shaped from his childhood and made him one of the nation's first black performers to gain mainstream acclaim. With heavy jewelry around his neck and on his fingers, and clad in a snug jumpsuit or tuxedo, the short, slim showman with a broken nose, defiant jaw and big, crooked smile had a rakish charm that energized stages for decades. He sold out leading nightclubs and concert halls, won personal triumphs in such Broadway musicals as ''Mr. Wonderful'' (1956) and ''Golden Boy'' (1964), illumined movies and television and made scores of hit recordings with such signature songs as ''What Kind of Fool Am I?,'' ''Candy Man,'' ''Mr. Bojangles'' and ''I've Gotta Be Me.''
Davis's marriage to the Swedish actress May Britt in 1960 shocked many Americans. At that time interracial marriage was forbidden by law in 31 states. Davis received virulent hate mail. One person wrote, "Dear Nigger Bastard, I see that Frank Sinatra is going to be the best man at your abortion."
Yes I Can was not treated as just another celebrity autobiography but regarded quite seriously as an exploration of racism and one man's unique experience confronting the highest and lowest experiences American society had to offer. Reviewing it, the distinguished historian Martin Duberman wrote:
…what gives this autobiography special fascination is that it presents a man who seems to sum up in his person so much that is contemporary in the American style — and the pieces are taken from all levels of our culture.
Davis's path in the years that followed this appearance was not an easy one. He lost much of his credibility with the Civil Rights movement. Marjorie Rosen, in People Magazine, recalls:
A onetime staunch Democrat and Kennedy friend, he later appeared to grow more conservative. When in 1972 he threw his support behind Richard Nixon, Julian Bond, then a young Georgia legislator, called it "unbelievable, an irrational act."
Alcohol and cocaine abuse, as well as battles with the IRS, sapped his strength. He estimated he had gambled away over $50 million in 20 years. Toward the end of his life, though, he overcame his addictions and took part in a successful world-wide tour with Sinatra and Liza Minnelli, as well as producing a second volume of autobiography, Why Me? (1989)
Sammy Davis Jr. died in 1990. He was 64.
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The story below is making the rounds today.
George Will also wrote a column about the their politicizing.
There is plenty of blame to go around. Bush didn't cause the mess, but he didn't do a whole lot to stop it. Bush probably was not anxious to slow the economy down. If Bush gets the blame in the media, McCain doesn't want to look like he is protecting Bush.
Clinton was on Letterman last nite, gave a fairly even handed explanation (did not mention "Bush"), but he left out the part about the Democratic goals of giving mortgages to people who could not qualify for regular loans.
I'd like to see a few of those jokers do the perp walk.
BTW, Neil Bush was supposed to be the star of the Bush brothers, but his bank bailout 20 yrs ago cost the US about $1 billion.
How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The financial crisis of the past year has provided a number of surprising twists and turns, and from Bear Stearns Cos. to American International Group Inc., ambiguity has been a big part of the story.
Why did Bear Stearns fail, and how does that relate to AIG? It all seems so complex.
But really, it isn't. Enough cards on this table have been turned over that the story is now clear. The economic history books will describe this episode in simple and understandable terms: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exploded, and many bystanders were injured in the blast, some fatally.
Fannie and Freddie did this by becoming a key enabler of the mortgage crisis. They fueled Wall Street's efforts to securitize subprime loans by becoming the primary customer of all AAA-rated subprime-mortgage pools. In addition, they held an enormous portfolio of mortgages themselves.
In the times that Fannie and Freddie couldn't make the market, they became the market. Over the years, it added up to an enormous obligation. As of last June, Fannie alone owned or guaranteed more than $388 billion in high-risk mortgage investments. Their large presence created an environment within which even mortgage-backed securities assembled by others could find a ready home.
The problem was that the trillions of dollars in play were only low-risk investments if real estate prices continued to rise. Once they began to fall, the entire house of cards came down with them.
Turning Point
Take away Fannie and Freddie, or regulate them more wisely, and it's hard to imagine how these highly liquid markets would ever have emerged. This whole mess would never have happened.
It is easy to identify the historical turning point that marked the beginning of the end.
Back in 2005, Fannie and Freddie were, after years of dominating Washington, on the ropes. They were enmeshed in accounting scandals that led to turnover at the top. At one telling moment in late 2004, captured in an article by my American Enterprise Institute colleague Peter Wallison, the Securities and Exchange Comiission's chief accountant told disgraced Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines that Fannie's position on the relevant accounting issue was not even ``on the page'' of allowable interpretations.
Then legislative momentum emerged for an attempt to create a ``world-class regulator'' that would oversee the pair more like banks, imposing strict requirements on their ability to take excessive risks. Politicians who previously had associated themselves proudly with the two accounting miscreants were less eager to be associated with them. The time was ripe.
Greenspan's Warning
The clear gravity of the situation pushed the legislation forward. Some might say the current mess couldn't be foreseen, yet in 2005 Alan Greenspan told Congress how urgent it was for it to act in the clearest possible terms: If Fannie and Freddie ``continue to grow, continue to have the low capital that they have, continue to engage in the dynamic hedging of their portfolios, which they need to do for interest rate risk aversion, they potentially create ever-growing potential systemic risk down the road,'' he said. ``We are placing the total financial system of the future at a substantial risk.''
What happened next was extraordinary. For the first time in history, a serious Fannie and Freddie reform bill was passed by the Senate Banking Committee. The bill gave a regulator power to crack down, and would have required the companies to eliminate their investments in risky assets.
Different World
If that bill had become law, then the world today would be different. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, a blizzard of terrible mortgage paper fluttered out of the Fannie and Freddie clouds, burying many of our oldest and most venerable institutions. Without their checkbooks keeping the market liquid and buying up excess supply, the market would likely have not existed.
But the bill didn't become law, for a simple reason: Democrats opposed it on a party-line vote in the committee, signaling that this would be a partisan issue. Republicans, tied in knots by the tight Democratic opposition, couldn't even get the Senate to vote on the matter.
That such a reckless political stand could have been taken by the Democrats was obscene even then. Wallison wrote at the time: ``It is a classic case of socializing the risk while privatizing the profit. The Democrats and the few Republicans who oppose portfolio limitations could not possibly do so if their constituents understood what they were doing.''
Mounds of Materials
Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable. Many who opposed the bill doubtlessly did so for honorable reasons. Fannie and Freddie provided mounds of materials defending their practices. Perhaps some found their propaganda convincing.
But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.
Throughout his political career, Obama has gotten more than $125,000 in campaign contributions from employees and political action committees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, second only to Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, who received more than $165,000.
Clinton, the 12th-ranked recipient of Fannie and Freddie PAC and employee contributions, has received more than $75,000 from the two enterprises and their employees. The private profit found its way back to the senators who killed the fix.
There has been a lot of talk about who is to blame for this crisis. A look back at the story of 2005 makes the answer pretty clear.
Oh, and there is one little footnote to the story that's worth keeping in mind while Democrats point fingers between now and Nov. 4: Senator John McCain was one of the three cosponsors of S.190, the bill that would have averted this mess.


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Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne. (Special to the American Press)
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:40 PM
One of the most puzzling aspects of Gov. Bobby Jindal's conduct as the state's chief executive is his seeming indifference to one of the state's most important industries — tourism.
In spite of the fact that tourism is a $10.5 billion industry in Louisiana, the state continually raids tourism marketing dollars for special events, such as the 2013 Super Bowl in New Orleans, according to Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, who oversees the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
The Super Bowl event in New Orleans will be Louisiana's time to shine for the whole world. Why make it difficult for the Office of Tourism to adequately promote the event, rather than fully funding it to take full advantage of the opportunity?
Louisiana's state parks also need to be supported better than they are currently. Louisiana's magnificent natural beauty invites the world to come here, as well as our state's history, heritage and culture. We have state parks that highlight all these aspects of our state, and they have had to operate on meager budgets. Our state parks should be showcases for our state pride.
While it is commendable for Jindal to be frugal with taxpayer money, it makes no fiscal sense to damage agencies that actually make money for the people of Louisiana, and that are a key part of economic development and quality-of-life standards. A really good manager would make cuts to wasteful areas of government, not the moneymakers.
By being stingy with tourism promotion funds, Jindal could also be hurting the state on bidding on other major events, which will also need funding.
"This is a long-term need for Louisiana. We cannot lurch from event to event when money is suddenly needed and take it out of a budget, particularly tourism," Dardenne said.
He added that it has just been over the past couple of years that the bull's eye has been placed on the tourism budget.
"Not only does it bring in revenues, it creates jobs and has tremendous intangible impact as people from outside Louisiana examine our state," Dardenne said.
State tourism dollars are generated by a 0.03 percent sales tax, Dardenne said. "We are really not investing as we should and taking advantage of this industry," he said.
Instead of taking tourism promotion dollars, Dardenne said the state needs to establish some kind of ongoing funding source to pay for its commitment to special events such as the Super Bowl and Final Four.
That's a great idea. Let's make cuts that make fiscal sense, and that don't hurt our economy. Or, another way to put it, don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
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This editorial was written by a member of the American Press Editorial Board. Its content reflects the collaborative opinion of the Board, whose members include Bobby Dower, Ken Stickney, Jim Beam, Crystal Stevenson and Donna Price.


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Evening Star (video game)
|Evening Star
|Hewson Consultants Ltd.
|Mike Male, Bob Hillyer
|Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
|Vehicle simulation game
|Single player
Evening Star is a vector graphics Train Simulation type game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and Amstrad CPC. This game is the sequel to Southern Belle.
The idea of the game is to successfully get the "Evening Star" from Bath to its destination Bournemouth on the old Somerset and Dorset line. The objectives are keeping to the tight timetable, earning points for safety and economy, and obeying signals. Stops are made at stations along your route to pick up passengers.
Other features[edit]
Technically the game was an improvement on the sister game "Southern Belle". There were lots more curves included along the line, along with additional lineside buildings and features. Also, the steepness of the gradients was much improved, though this was only because the Somerset and Dorset line was much hillier than the Brighton line.
However, the gameplay remained pretty much identical to that of "Southern Belle", and the two games were similar enough for the casual gamer to mistake one game for the other. That said, the average railway enthusiast was able to see the improvements which were featured on "Evening Star".
The physics of the steam engine was improved and it is necessary to use the injector differently compared to "Southern Belle". Steam pressure is more sensitive to the regulator and the cutoff position.
External links[edit]
- Evening Star at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
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We recently had a big clear out and ended up with a HUGE bag of clothes. Some of them, we cut up into rag clothes to wipe out our wok and use for dusting, but we still had loads left. On a Pinterest browsing sessions, something I just love doing, I came across an idea to use up a lot of our rags and get something useful for the house too and so the preparation for our recycled rag rug began.
One rainy Sunday morning seemed the ideal time to start and so I decided to look out some of the more decent rag pieces and cut them into strips.
It takes a long time to cut the strips, but once you get into it, it really is quite therapeutic. I got a recent discarded tshirt that was still in one piece, and cut the back off it. I straightened up the edges a bit so it was a rectangular shape. I passed on the job of cutting strips to my daughter and I went about making holes in the shirt.
After cutting the holes in the tshirt, I estimated we needed about two hundred strips of t-shirt to go through the holes. I'm lucky that my ten year old daughter is very artistic and loves all things crafty, so she started threading through, whilst watching a movie. I would recommend this as the way to make this rug, otherwise you might get bored real quick .
You take a piece of rag and thread it up through the first hole, then down the second. Then you take a second rag piece and thread it up the second hole and down the third hole. This goes on the whole length of the rug, so each hole has two pieces of rag in.
Once you have the two pieces, tie them together with a single knot. I have read that some people don't like to knot them, so it seems it's a personal choice, for me the knots help keep the whole thing together and isn't really that noticeable, I guess this will depend on the type of material you use really.
The pictures on the left shows the front and rear of the rug and as you can see at this stage, my daughter was 6 rows in. She did a further three rows before she got bored, even with the movie, and then stopped for the day but finished the next afternoon.
We were really pleased with the result and my daughter is now the proud owner of her very own rag rug for her bedroom.
I hope these instructions are clear enough but if you need any more then head to t-shirt rag rug, this is where we got the inspiration for our recycled rag rug from.


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Title: This Is How You Remind Me
Chapter 3: Untitled
Author: AminalLuv (Lauren)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the BtVS characters nor do I own the memories of the characters in the non-alternative reality, it all belongs to Joss Whedon et al. The title of the story comes from the Nickelback song of the same name.
Summary: A post Gift fic. Xander, Anya and Willow travel to an alternate dimension where demons do not exist. They plan to bring the AU Buffy back to their reality so that she can prevent the end of days. Will the thrall of this universe pull them in? Meanwhile Giles, Tara and Spike try to protect their world and Dawn who is once again the target of attacks.
Spoilers: Through The Gift (the season finale of season 5)
Rating: This fic is presently rated PG-13. If there are any parts I consider to be for more mature audiences I will label them accordingly.
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Chapter 3: Untitled
She couldn't believe it. She knew she never should have trusted that little tramp. Buffy was in love with Xander. They were engaged. Buffy was going to steal Xander from her.
Anya glared vengefully at her lover. "You're engaged?! To Buffy? I should have known, you two were always way too close."
Xander rolled his eyes and then cocked his head to the side so that his mouth was close to Anya's ear. "I'm not engaged to Buffy, the…other me is. You have nothing to worry about, I love you," he whispered.
Willow's mind was still racing. Oz was still around. Of course, he never would have left if it hadn't been for the werewolfiness. And Xander! With Buffy! Engaged to Buffy. But Willow pushed those thoughts as far back as she possibly could, which wasn't very far. They'd been here for only a few seconds and they had already gotten themselves into massive amounts of deep water. How could they explain this to Jesse? What were they going to say? Unless….that was it. What did Jesse enjoy more than a good practical joke?
Willow forced herself to giggle and swatted the air in front of her as though she was brushing away all the words that had just been spoken. "I can't believe you would think that we would cheat on Oz and Buffy. I told Xander that you would never fall for it but I guess I was wrong."
Xander glared confusedly at Willow for a moment before he was hit with an epiphany. Of course Willow was playing it off as a joke. Why hadn't he thought of that? Well it didn't matter now; all that mattered was that he play along.
Xander approached his bud and raised his right arm into the air. Jesse automatically followed Xander's lead and did the same. "Yeah, thanks man," the two men's hands made contact and their high five turned quickly into their boyhood secret hand shake. "I knew I could count on the gullibleness of you. But really, the reason we came was cause of Anya here. We just thought the two of you would hit it off." Xander gave Anya a slight shove towards Jesse.
"Umm, hi." Anya extended her arm for a handshake before looking back over her shoulder to scowl at her fiancé.
"He-llo nurse!" Jesse eyed Anya up and down. "Thanks dudes." He nodded to his two best friends. "Now why don't you leave me and, Anya here, to get better aquainted, if ya know what I mean."
"An irrational monkey would know what you mean." Anya mumbled.
"Huh?" Did you say something?" Jesse asked.
"It was nothing. Would you excuse me for just…one moment." Anya held up her index finger. She turned around and walked towards the other two.
"You're not really going to leave me here. Alone. With him." Anya growled after she had huddled her companions together.
"We have to. We can't change our story again and since Doofus here decided to tell Jesse that we were setting the two of you up we have to go with it." Willow threw an ice cold look Xander's way.
"Hey! I am not a doofus. Anyway, Jesse's a good guy and you'll be safe here with him until we figure something out."
"But he's all greasy and kind of…ookie." Anya whined.
"I promise Anya, he's a nice guy. How about we meet you at the place where the magic shop should be in an hour. Alright?"
"Fine!" Anya grumbled and then turned back around to Jesse.
The sun dipped below the horizon taking the last of its rays with it. All that was left of the light was a thin band of orange topped by an endless expanse of gray. It wasn't enough to turn Spike into the dusty way of being and so the vampire emerged from his crypt. He had been there for the past few hours since he had left the shop and he was getting antsy. Now he could finally get out of those stone walls that had held him prisoner during the daylight hours. He could do something, fight something, make himself useful.
But he wasn't useful, that was the problem. He was just supposed to sit around and wait for the others to bring Buffy back. Well he would find something to kill, one less evil thing of the night walking around would at least make him a little useful. Of course the irony of him being one of those evil things was never lost on him, but that didn't matter now. What mattered now was whatever was walking behind those bushes. His senses perked up and he stealthily followed the culprit.
He could see a vague outline of his stalkee. It was fairly short, human looking. He got a little closer, female. A few more steps, "Niblet?"
Dawn jumped and her hand went immediately around to the back waistband if her jeans. She pulled a wooden stake out and charged her stalker. She plunged the piece of wood at her the faceless shape but her arm stopped in mid thrust.
"Well aren't we just a bitty-Buffy." This time Dawn recognized the voice. "Spike? Oh my god Spike! I'm so sorry, I could have killed you." She hugged her friend.
"Yes, you were very intimidating too. I was massively afraid for my unlife." Spike rolled his eyes but it was lost in the darkness that had now completely taken over the sky.
"You're mocking me! Don't mock me!" Dawn released her grip on the vampire and put her hands on her hips.
"Yeah well you could have made yourself a tasty morsel for some unchipped undead thing. What if I hadn't been me? Does that stupid git of a watcher know that you're out here?"
Dawn relaxed her arms and smiled up at Spike. "Giles? Puh-lease. He doesn't even let me go out in the day light."
"Then what are you doing out and about in this graveyard where evil things lurk?"
"The only thing lurking tonight is you and you're far from evil."
"Well you have one thing in common with big sis, you both know how to hit a vampire where it hurts. I'm not all soft you know. I'm also not all stupid so there will be no more dodging of the question."
"Fine, whatever, I'm just going over to Stacey's house."
"Through the cemetery?"
"Shortcuts aren't supposed to be easy, if they were it'd just be the way. Besides, if you're so worried about me, you can walk with me." Dawn resumed striding through the necropolis.
"And you don't think Giles will notice that you're missing?" Spike walked with her.
"Nah! Willow usually checks up on me and since she's gone to LA, Giles'll probably not even think of it."
"Yeah, to shop for wedding stuff with Anya and Xander. They are in LA aren't they?"
"If that's what the old man told you."
"Spike!" Dawn said sternly.
"Better sit down little bit." Spike motioned to a large boulder.
The two scoobies sat on the large rock. The vampire began talking. Revealing what he knew to the slayer's sister. Sweet glorious information. From its position behind a large oak tree the demon soaked up all of the bleached blondes words.
"Have you brought me anything useful?" The elderly, white haired gentleman asked when his "associate" had entered the room. It was the same room the man had occupied earlier with the telepath. The psychic had been of no help but he had other minions working for him and if something had happened to any of the scoobies he hoped one of them would be able to tell him what.
"I have."
"Good, let me see." At the elder's prompting the younger man approached the desk where his master sat.
"This was lying open on the table when I got there." The man squeezed his eyes shut for a moment. When he opened them a bright yellow light flashed and then dulled. On the desk an image of pages from an ancient text were projected.
"Imanga. Yes, Imanga is a very nice dimension indeed. It would be a wonderful vacation getaway for them, though I very much doubt that is what they have planned. Yes, this is interesting, very interesting indeed." The old man pushed his chair away from his desk and stood up. The younger man took that as his cue. He blinked and the image went away.
"Do you believe that is where they are going?" The disciple asked eagerly stepping around the side of the desk.
"They are already gone." The older man began pacing around the tiny cluttered room, behind him, his tale swung slightly back and forth.


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Why Crash & Spyro aren't in (Not really)[ Edited ]
Posted this in the fan art section a while ago but I didn't really get the feed back I was looking for. People seemed to like it but I wanted to know if it's clear what's going on as I've never attempted a silent comic before. I knocked this out in about 3 hours so it's no masterpeice but I thought it was a good idea for a quick comic. I think you need a good understanding of the health system in the early crash and spyro games to understand it properly.
Like I said, I've never done a silent comic before so I'm not sure if it's clear what's happened. Basically Crash & Spyro went to audition for the game but found that the audition process was basically a fight. They were at first cocky about it but then Aku aku got less powerful and eventually disapeared leaving crash defenseless. Crash then stole Sparx so that he was safe but spyro was defenseless. Spyro then got his head kicked in and Crash was relieved until sparx started going the same way as Aku Aku at which point the other characters moved in for the kill. If you didn't get that then please give feedback and let me know why it wasn't clear. Thanks
EDIT: Due to invalid Html the pics got stretched out of all proportion. Fixed it a little now but it's still not great.
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Well, so I don't actually know if this is or not a new bug, it seems similar to the original one, but truth is I just got this problem last night and haven't seen anything on here that is exactly like this or kept track of it, I obviously might be wrong though, so here's the deal: I'm at the Bus Depot and as soon as I get to the place where you find the last set of tools, right after Joel talks about that place taking him back, I go to get the Firefly Pendant hanging from the light and the QZ Map and whenever I do that the usual pop up that tells me what I've found and sends me to the backpack won't show up. Also when I try to look for it on the backpack it just won't load at all. Another thing is that you can't hear Joel or Ellie anymore, when I try to go across the bus to the next scene, Ellie is supposed to hand me a photo and the photo won't load and I can't listen to her. I try to save and it won't let me, it won't let me load or go back to the main menu either. Has this happened to anyone? I find it weird that it happened at about 91% of the game... Any help is appreciated, thanks.


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Trip Start May 12, 2009
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During the day we saw the Colosseum and at night we found a pub crawl at (of all places) the Colosseum! I took some great pictures/video so enjoy!


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Calixto Gonzales
Something that I had to learn early on was that there are some realities that are immutable, and the sooner I learned to accept them, the easier it was to get on with the business of living. In other words, as the late, great Don Zaidle once told me: "deal with it."
There are such realities in fishing. I don't mean the obvious ones such as "It's called fishing, not catching." or "Fish only bite when you aren't ready for them to bite." These are irrefutable facts that can't be ignored and must be accepted. No, I'm referring to some facts that, upon first glance, appear to be subjective issues that require — even demand — debate and reform. Upon further examination, however, they are also the sort of realities that fishermen have to — well — learn to deal with.
1. Game Wardens are Not Our Friends
Before anyone fires off an e-mail to tell me that I'm being unfair and inflammatory, bear with me. Game wardens are not our friends in the same sense that parents aren't our friends. These hard-working men and women are charged with enforcement of the game and boating laws of the state of Texas. It's a tough job, and way too often they have to deal with hunters and anglers who take being found In violation — or simply being checked for their licenses — with indignation and even belligerence. I have often heard the complaint, "He gave me a ticket for not having my license/having a fish 1/8th an inch short/not having a lousy throw cushion." or whatever.
I should hope so. I have been ticketed twice. Once I had forgotten my Boater's Registration had expired the month before; the second time was because I had one fish that turned out shorter than I thought (so much for those marks on my rod being accurate). I had no excuse in either case, and I accepted my citation and wished the warden well as he went about his business.
It was his job to cite me, as it is to cite anyone who is in violation. Just like it his job to ensure that every boat he stops to check has all the appropriate safety equipment, and every angler is in compliance with the licensing and bag laws.
If an angler is in violation and a game warden chooses to write a ticket instead of giving a warning, it isn't anything personal; it is his duty. He's not being snotty. They don't get their jollies by writing a ticket, nor do they have a monthly quota to meet. They have a job to do, and sometimes that means they have to cite someone for breaking the law.
Deal with it.
2. Tournament Weighmasters Aren't Allowed to Negotiate
I have the privilege of serving as weighmaster at several tournaments throughout the year. I am amazed at the remarkable level of indignation some anglers show when they run afoul of a tournament rule that won't be bent for them.
On more than one occasion I have had anglers bring a fish to the measuring stick that was either too short or too long, sometimes by over a half-inch and they feel like I've cheated them by disallowing the fish. Some stomp around and huff and puff about the unfairness of the rule, but none claim that they are not in violation of the rule (it is especially tough if the contestant is a child, because I really believe that the parent is setting me up to be the bad guy because he just can't tell his kid there are rules that must be followed).
I've also had to deal with such rules violations as bringing a mutilated fish to the table or trying to weigh-in after time had been called (in one case, the only reason a redfish was legal was because its tail had been chewed down to the nub. That made the fish unallowable for two reasons, and I was still lambasted for sticking to the rules).
The rules of any tournament are established for a reason, and they apply to every entrant into the tournament. Making an exception for one person is unfair, and shouldn't be expected.
Deal with it.
3. Game Laws are Not Written to Prevent Anglers from Catching Fish
I have heard and read a lot of opinions about how strict some bag limits should be, not to protect the fishery, but to make sure only a few fishermen actually fished for them. I remember one reader writing and telling me that the Texas snook fishery should be release-only because, "too many people think it's okay to eat them. Another advised me that I should write a column calling for a reduced bag limit of two speckled trout per person per day because too many people try to catch their limits.
State fishery officials have to balance regulations between protecting the resources and allowing a maximum number of people to enjoy the resource. They establish the current size and possession limits based on data that show how much pressure each fishery can withstand. They don't tailor their rules to cater to any special interest groups. If their data says a species can withstand a certain level of harvest, they adjust the regulation accordingly.
It is unreasonable to expect them to make law at the whim of any group of anglers who think certain species of fish are their personal preserves. The weekend angler who uses live bait is just as entitled to catch — and keep — a 27-inch snook as much as anyone else. The state says so.
Deal with it.