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Frontier says Internet speed change could block service to 85K homes
By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Frontier Communications plans to fight a plan to increase minimum acceptable Internet broadband speeds under West Virginia law, saying the change could stifle service to homes in rural areas.
By a 5-4 vote Friday, the state Broadband Deployment Council voted to propose legislation that would raise the state's minimum acceptable download speed to 6 megabits.
Frontier executive Dana Waldo said 85,000 households don't have broadband service in West Virginia. The download speed change would jeopardize their chances of getting high-speed Internet, he said.
"If we change the code, we put those households in the back of the line when they should be at the front of the line," said Waldo, a broadband council member who voted against the speed change Friday.
The council's legislation would allow the state to subsidize other telecommunications providers that want to use state funds to bring faster broadband service to areas where Frontier already makes high-speed Internet available, Waldo said. Frontier has spent tens of millions of dollars to bring broadband to 158,000 additional households in West Virginia since 2010, the company said.
"Through its action [Friday], the council, in effect, decided to use taxpayers' money to support projects to increase broadband speeds to areas that already have broadband access rather than support projects to serve areas with no broadband access," said Waldo, general manager of Frontier's operations in West Virginia. "I believe this decision runs counter to the original intent of the council's purpose."
The broadband council now distributes grant money for broadband projects in West Virginia's most rural areas. The redefined speed would allow the council to distribute money for projects throughout the entire state, except for urban areas, according to Frontier.
Council member Jim Martin said Frontier's objections to the proposed legislation were self-serving.
"Frontier is beholden to shareholders," said Martin, CEO of Bridgeport-based Citynet. "They're looking out for their bottom line. They're not looking out for the citizens of West Virginia."
Other supporters of the proposed bill said the increase in acceptable minimum Internet speeds was long overdue.
"There's no question speeds have to be raised," said Lee Fisher, a broadband council member who lives in Braxton County. "The citizens of West Virginia [in rural areas] should have access to the same speeds as those who live 200 miles away. To not vote to raise the speeds sends the wrong message."
Other board members said they support faster Internet speeds, but they predicted the change would drive broadband providers away from remote areas without high-speed Internet.
"They're going to ignore areas where there's no business case," said Gale Given, West Virginia state government's chief technology officer. "It's going to drive funding into areas that are already served."
Martin said the faster minimum speed would make more communities in West Virginia eligible for state and federal broadband funds.
"This helps us recognize there are still a lot of broadband challenges to address," Martin said. "This will ensure the citizens of West Virginia will receive reasonable levels of service and broadband speeds."
The proposed legislation also requires that acceptable broadband service won't have "latency" problems - disruptions or delays during Internet telephone service, online gaming and video conferencing applications such as Skype.
In December, the council awarded $2 million in grants to wireless telecommunications firms for projects that will bring Internet service to hundreds of households in West Virginia. The council has $1.6 million in leftover funds it hopes to distribute later this year.
The broadband council's legislation also will allow the group to distribute state grant money designed to encourage people to subscribe to broadband across the entire state.
Current law only permits the council to give "demand promotion grants" in remote areas that don't have high-speed Internet. Council members say it doesn't make sense to promote broadband in areas that don't have the service.
House Majority Leader Brent Boggs wrote a letter to the broadband council Friday, saying he would support their bill.


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There' s still time to get a reservation in for the Grandmothers Beyond Borders 8th annual Taste of Uganda this Saturday, Oct. 19.
The dinner will begin with a social hour and silent auction at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7, at the Christ King Church Hall, 92nd and Center Sts. in Wauwatosa.
The menu includes roast chicken, beef and chicken curry, vegetarian pulao rice, bananas with romano beans, oven-roasted plantains, groundnut stew and more.
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I like the song, don't know about the river but now I would like to see the pic of H. 'Orinoco Flow'.
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Not Born Like This
Speaking of pied shorebirds as I did yesterday … when I see American oystercatchers I'm reminded of black skimmers (Rynchops niger). Both have bold black-and-white plumage and long beaks but their differences are striking.
Unlike oystercatchers, skimmers have very short orange legs and a beak whose mandibles are two different lengths. They use their long lower mandible — 2-3 cm longer than the upper — to skim food from the ocean's surface in flight. Click here to see.
Black skimmers aren't born like this. At hatching their beaks are normal but by the time they fledge four weeks later their lower mandibles have grown 1 cm longer than the uppers, halfway to this striking adult appearance.
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When Duchess tries to get the phone to call Madame Foster and the one-eyed friend (Later known as Cy) grabs it before she could and makes her angry her legs momentarily disappear.
When Frankie first looks into the car with Bloo and the others next to her, Mac appears to be normal aside from being naked and wearing a blanket; when she looks into the car again, all but Mac is disguised and he again looks normal and not sick.
If Eduardo was riding the bike followning the car Bloo was driving, then how on earth did he get there when they got back? They were in a rush, and it doesn't show Eduardo getting back to the house.
Mac: Bloo, we need to talk. (To Mr. Herriman)
Bloo: Hold on a second. (To Jackie Khones) And here we are. At the great party. Haaaving it.
Duchess: That is the problem. This party is unauthorized and more importantly it is interfering with my twenty-three hours of beauty sleep.
Bloo: (Whispering to Mac) I would shoot for twenty-four..
Duchess: (Angry) Ooooooo, you are going to get in big trouble for this.
Bloo: Ah, your just sore 'cause you didn't get invited.
Mac: Bloo, I hate to say it, I mean really hate to say it, but I think Icky von Yuck Yuck might be right.
Bloo: You taking sides with Blicky McBarf!
Mac: No, I just think Grossy Grossenstein might have a point.
Duchess: I am calling Madame Foster this instant. When she hears about this, your days in this house will be numbered.
Bloo: Fine, call her, see what I care.
Mac: (In a raspy voice) You...said it...was sugar!
Bloo: It is sugar, sugar free.
Bloo: Madame Foster! Frankie! We leave the house for five minutes, and you two come home and trash the place! Well, I for one am speechless! Speechless I tell you! Speechless!
(Eduardo drops the marbles jar given to him by Wilt and they skatter on the floor)
Eduardo: Oh no! I lost my marbles!
Madame Foster: (To Mr. Herriman) I'm disappointed in you, Mr. Herriman. I told you, explicitly, implicitly, and unequivocally, NO WILD PARTIES... (Pause) WITHOUT ME! You know how much I love wild parties! (Herriman reels and faints) DJ, put the needle to the record!
Bloo: Everything okay, Mac?
Mac: It's fine. Just dandy.
Bloo: Then why not have some candy?
Mac: Bloo, you better stop.
Bloo: Just wanna offer you a soda pop.
Mac: You won't like me when I eat sugar.
Bloo: Can't resist this sour jelly booger.
Mac: Ahhhh!
Mr. Herriman: Master Bloo, I will have you know I've sworned to uphold the intergity of this house. I trust I can count on you to refrain from your usual nonsensical plots and knuckle-headed shenanigans?
Bloo: Ah, they're really more like hare-brained schemes.
Mr. Herriman: If they were hare-brained, they'll be clever!
Wilt: Everyone is so loving this party.
Duchess: (Passes by) I am so loathing this party.
Handy: Things are getting out of hand!
Bloo: You always say that.
Giant Gummy Bear Friend: Your friend ate half my ear!
Bloo: You always say that.
Giant Gummy Bear Friend: No, I don't.
Bloo: I'm gonna get rid of Herriman.
Eduardo: How you gonna do that?
Bloo: How am I gonna do that? How am I gonna do that?! HOW AM I GONNA DO THAT?!?! Really, how am I gonna do that? I got nothing.
Eduardo: Umm... maybe you can tell Herriman about the party and... uhh... then invite him to the party?
Wilt: Have you lost your marbles?
Eduardo: I don't got no marbles!
(The friends try to get Mr. Herriman to leave the home, Coco calls Mr. Herriman and he answers the phone)
Mr. Herriman: Hello, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Coco: (In a deeper voice) Coco, Coco, Coco, Coco!
Mr. Herriman: Is my refrigerator running? Hmm... why, yes, it is.
Coco: Coco, Coco, Coco, Coco!
Mr. Herriman: (Gasps) I better go catch it, indeed!
(Mr Herriman runs out of Foster's)
Bloo: I stand corrected.
(Mac comes in after record screeches to a stop)
Imaginary Friends: Mac!
Mac: Hey, everybody!
Bloo: Mac-a-lacka, so good you could make it. Now you've got your music and dancing over here, your refereshments and snacks over there, games in the palour and common rooms, and on the sixth floor, Ring Around the Rosie, if you know what I mean.
Mac: No, not really.
Bloo: Yeah, me neither.
Duchess: Now, dial the phone. Quickly!
(Mac dials phone very fast)
Madame Foster: (On the phone) Hello?
Mac: (Over the phone rapidly) Madame Foster, come over for a party!!
Bloo: (Grabs phone from Mac) Wrong number! (Hangs up phone) What are you DOING?!
Duchess: You sugar-coated idiot! You couldn't even hang on to the phone!
Mac: (So fast, it's almost illegible) I'm gonna call Madame Foster and tell her about the party so I can get the chocolate!!!!!
Duchess: There will be no chocolates for you!
Mac: (Fast) Gimme my chocolate!
Bloo: Chocolates?! You were trying to sell us out for some of Duchess' stupid chocolates?!
Duchess: I'll have you know that's STUPID GOURMET CHOCOLATES!
Mac: (Talks too fast to be understood)
Bloo: Man, I don't know who you are anymore. I don't know who thinks it was a good idea to eat sugar.
Mac: YOU RUIN CHOCOLATE!
Bloo: You're right, maybe I do ruin chocolate. Be that as it may, you're not getting any more.
(Mac then runs off, steals the box of imported chocolates from Duchess, and then stops and eats the entire box, further fueling his sugar rush)
Coco: (Looks up and sees her beloved lamp broken) CO-COOOOOOOO!!!! (Starts crying)
Bloo: (To Mr. Herriman) You have my word... (Herriman leaves) that this will be the biggest, partiest, housiest house party this house has ever partied!! Now who's with me?!
(In Madame Foster's car, Bloo is at the steering wheel making race car noises while Wilt is working the floor petals)
Mr. Herriman: Do you have to make those noises?
Bloo: Yes. (Resumes making race car noises)
Mr. Herriman: How you ever received a license, I will never know.
Bloo: License?
Fast Forward: 1. Remember when Bloo was wearing the Cat in the Hat striped stovepipe hat? Mr. Herriman's laid-back alter ego, Harry also wears one in "Let Your Hare Down". 2. Mac has two more sugar fuled induances, first in "Affair Weather Friends" when Bloo befriends Barry Bling (a/k/a Berry in disguise), and then in the Halloween special episode "Nightmare on Wilson Way" where he and Bloo attack the zombie residents until Bloo realizes that Mr. Herriman tricked him. 3. Mac would later appear in the nude in "I Only Have Surprise For You" as well as in the previously mentioned "Nightmare on Wilson Way" and in "Race For Your Life, Mac and Bloo!"
It is later discovered that Mr. Herriman is not responsible enough to take care of the house by himself.
This is the first time Bloo throws a wild party, as well as the first time Frankie and Madame Foster barely appeared in a episode, as well as the first time we saw Mac naked on screen.
Listen Closely: When Coco lays an egg with hearts coming out of it, the harp arpeggio is played that would later be used in the title card for Frankie My Dear.
According to an interview on the Animation Insider website, Sean Marquette, who voices Mac, says this was his favorite episode to voice because he got to run around and scream like a maniac for several hours.
When Mac is in the middle of the outset of his sugar rush, he jumps and grabs some candy from a giant baby imaginary friend, much like the cliché "taking candy from a baby."
Handy returns for this episode.
Animation Studio: Cartoon Network Studios.
UK airdate: April 13, 2005.
Title Card Sound: A dance beat version of the Foster's theme is played with a kickin' bass beat.
Madame Foster's car that Bloo and the other friends take to track down Mac is actually a late '70's Pontiac Trans Am. Though it's drawn in a very stylized way, the headlights, taillights, and Firebird emblem on the hood are dead giveaways.
For the first time in the series, Herriman refers to Bloo as "Master Bloo" instead of "Master Blooregard."
Credits: Clip of Fridgy running in the road.
Most of the dance music is a remix of the Foster's theme.
Mac appears naked on screen.
Frankie has no dialogue throughout the entire episode, but she has three short cameos.
Imaginary Friend Debuts: Shakey, Hangey, Dancey Pantalones, Fridgy, Chick Cluckers, Giant Baby, Giant Gummi Bear, Billy the Squid (not named until "Setting a President").
Duchess is actually 2-D. Whenever she turns, she becomes flat.
Running Gags: 1) Bloo acts like he knows what he is going to do, but he admits he doesn't. 2) Wilt and Eduardo comment about someone losing their marbles, but Wilt actually has a set of marbles. 3) Bloo and Mac rhyming when Bloo tries to get Mac to eat sugar. 4) Mac running around naked after eating sugar. 5) Bloo saying, "You always say that," when someone comments on Mac's behavior.
Bloo & Mac's Names For Duchess: Icky Von Yuck Yuck, Blikey McBarf, Grossie Grossenstein, Ol' Ug-Mug.
Bloo: (Slides across the hood of Madame Foster's car)
After collecting Mac (crashing down from his sugar rush), Bloo slides across the hood of Madame Foster's car, in much the same style as that of both the Duke Boys from The Dukes of Hazzard and Michael Knight from Knight Rider.
n/a: DJ
The look of the imaginary friend DJ in this episode is based on Parliament Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins.
n/a: Bloo's Hat
When the rhyming segment at the party between Mac and Blooregard is shown, look closely at the hat Bloo has on. It is loosely based on the one worn in the famous children's book The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss.
Mr. Herriman: Is my refrigerator running? Why, yes it is. (Later) I better go catch it, indeed!
A classic phone prank.
DJ: Dancey, Wilt... Move it like a U-Haul!
A U-Haul is a rental van or truck that is used for moving furniture to new homes.
Mac: Pour some sugar on Mac!
This is a spoof of the title of a song by the band Def Leppard called "Pour Some Sugar On Me" from their "Hysteria" album which reached #2 in the USA back in 1985.
Bloo: Do I have to fight for my right to party?!
This is a reference to the Beastie Boys song "(You Gotta) Fight Four Your Right (To Party)" from their "Licence To Ill" album in 1986. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Chart that year.
Mac: You wouldn't like me when I eat sugar!
This is an alteration of Bruce Banner's "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry!" from The Hulk.
n/a: Pop Rocks & Soda
There's an urban myth that stated that drinking Pop Rocks and Soda would make it explode inside your stomach, and it killed Mikey, the Life Cereal boy. While it was proven false, it still has been existing lore. In this episode, Mac had a substance very similar to Pop Rocks and he drank soda while consuming it at the same time, which caused it to "explode" in his mouth, although it only added fuel to his sugar rush.
Mac: Precioussssss sugar.... It burnsss us!!!
When Mac is on his sugar rush and goes into withdrawal, he's doing an imitation of Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, right down to the quote he says in The Two Towers where he is held by a rope on his neck: "The rope. It burns us." Also, he says "We hates it, yes we does", which is another line right out of The Hobbit, the prelude to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Eduardo: Dancey Pantalones is the best dancer in the house...
Crony Friend: With the worst reputation.
This is taken from the movie, Grease. A girl comes to the high school and Frenchy says she's the best dancer at St. Bartholomew's "with the worst reputation."
Episode Title: Partying Is Such Sweet Soiree
The episode title is an obvious parody of the famous Shakespearean line from Romeo and Juliet: "Parting is such sweet sorrow," while a "soiree" is the French word for "party."
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Back in January, Jack Thompson spotted an advertisement in his local paper asking for applicants to this year's Dulwich Piano Festival. It said any amateur pianist could enter. So Jack went to see the organiser, Lorraine Liyanage, to ask if he could apply at his age – 73.
Lorraine didn't bat an eyelid although she said her main aim as a teacher of piano was to hold a competition in which young students would have the chance to perform in public.
However, she had had one or two approaches from adults and was thinking of creating a special class for them to enter. In the event, two grown-ups applied, one of them dropping out at the last minute owing to illness, So, at the end of June 2013 in the Old Library at Dulwich College, Jack found himself the only adult competing against children who, he said, showed considerable talent.
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Jack played "Tango" by Albeniz. He won joint second prize together with five-year-old Alanna Crouch who played "Tarantella" by Burgmuller! (The winner in their class was a talented seven year-old, who played Sonatina in F by Beethoven beautifully.) said.
He has now been asked to perform at the prize-winners' concert in January in the Michael Croft Theatre at Alleyn's School. Jack, a former BBC foreign correspondent, who has been described as "an Albert Finney lookalike", attended no fewer than seven Oldie Piano Weekends run by the inimitable late Raymond Banning. Jack fervently wishes they were still up and running so that he could hone his skills and perhaps win a first prize at next year's Dulwich Piano Festival.
Lorraine Liyanage adds: The Dulwich Piano Festival has grown to a 2 day event with two adjudicators: Graham Fitch adjudicating the intermediate and advanced level students, and Frances Wilson adjudicated beginners and novice pianists. There is now a dedicated class for adult students, as well as 4 classes for beginners and a concerto class as the venue has 2 grand pianos available.
Entries are now open (deadline 31 March 2013). You can pick up an entry form and syllabus from Captured on the Rye, 85 Pellatt Road, East Dulwich SE22 9JD or you can see more details here: http://dulwichpianofestival.co.uk


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#1 Feb 14, 2011
I'm looking to contact anyone that is a former staff member or resident of Cenikor that can tell me about their fundraising activities and how moneys are accounted for.
Please contact TXHOU @ hotmail. com
Thank you
"Candor for the few"
Since: Nov 08
Deer Park
#2 Feb 14, 2011
#4 Feb 14, 2011
I know the person who worked in book keeping, if that will help.
#5 Feb 14, 2011
I've seen them at Walgreens in Pasadena. Selling tickets and collecting donations...
Unsupervised (many ex-felons) with little or no accountability.
#6 Feb 17, 2011
Who is it and how can I contact them?
"Candor for the few"
Since: Nov 08
Deer Park
#7 Feb 17, 2011
It seems strange that someone is looking for such information, which can normally be found in the phone book.
#8 Feb 17, 2011
Maybe its not the kind of information they want people to know.
"Candor for the few"
Since: Nov 08
Deer Park
#9 Feb 17, 2011
Then it sounds like something that people might need to know. Cenikor is a non-profit charity that is subject to insure that funds are being used according to their charter. Even if it is someone within the organization that is abusing the charity status, it is not something that should be hidden. That's just one of the things that got ACORN in so much trouble.
#10 Feb 18, 2011
I understand their turnover rate is extremely high for their residents. Thats a very low success rate. Money does keep coming in.
#11 Feb 18, 2011
How about Nunya....nunya damn bidness Col. Angus!!
#12 Feb 22, 2011
Most of the people there are drug users sent there by the judge, then they get put in charge of each other and are sent out to collect money with no supervision.
Most of the staff are also what they call "on recovery". There is no control.
This is a money machine for the higher ups.
#13 Feb 23, 2011
I have heard that the whole thing is run by the 12 Step Mafia. They are in bed with the legal system, so they operate with impunity. It is a very elaborate scam to get car wash money.
People don't understand how lucrative the "recovery car wash" business is. They are then taking that money and investing it in pecan candies that they sell to local businesses.
I think this whole operation is about to be exposed.
I wonder what it costs to incarcerate someone for a petty drug charge as opposed to having them for a year at a place like Cenikor?
We have big problems, Cenikor is not one of them. The more places like that better.
I would suggest you take a look at the world around us and see if you can't find a better target for your scorn.
#14 Feb 23, 2011
Maybe ya'll need to do a little more investigating before making all these incorrect comments until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes don't talk about it. These residents work for there expense and the money doesn't go directly to them it goes throught the company. And whoever said the turnover rate is high well of course you idiot that is at any rehabilitation center. Not everyone wants to stop the addiction so they leave. Some of your comments are absolutely stupid! Get a life!
#15 Feb 23, 2011
The principles behind Cenikor seem valid enough, but I agree it should be looked at if they're diverting moneys or doing anything illigal.
Drug addiction is an illness. I dont understand it, but I see what it does to these people. I would not wish the pain and loss they suffer on anyone.
Here in Deer Park we have a big drug problem. How many of our friends, neighbors or even children and grandchildren abuse drugs? How many of them will get "hooked" and watch their life run out from behind bars? Anyone that doesnt get it is nothing short of an idiot. Wednesday: you are an idiot.
If Cenikor is violating their own rules, breaking the law, or breaking the public's trust they need to be investigated and the situation must be corrected.
If an administrator at Cenikor is using the facility and resources for his own proffit, then that individual needs to be suspended, investigated, and if found to have abused the patients and the resources of the facility (and of those that donate) he should be prosecuted.
For a non-proffit company, they certainly seem to have some high wage earners, and some business groups seem to certainly benefit more than others.
#16 Sep 7, 2011
Cenikor is a nightmare , work rehabilitation facility. yes they beg for money , yes the "clients" steal it , yes cenikor makes a lot of money. Even while people there are trapped and have to beg for medical attention........i have many stories of their corruption.
#17 Sep 7, 2011
im a former resident that begged for money....what do you need to know?
#18 Sep 7, 2011
PLEASE! Tell us ALL the gory details!!!!!! I can hardly wait.
#19 Sep 8, 2011
Facts only, please.
United States
#20 Sep 8, 2011
Thank you.
I have been in contact with several former residents and several current and former staff members. It looks to be a good operation with some very serious problems.
There is no real public accounting for all the salaries and expenses and it looks like many donations go unaccounted.
I've also been told of a staff member having been fired for theft and a current staff member who has a long criminal history who presures the residents into situations where they end up either leaving or breaking the rule and being expelled.
If you can provide information (good or bad) on the operation at the Deer Park facility, please email me at [email protected]
Thank you
#21 Sep 28, 2011
Hi, My son just made a deal with the judge to attend Cenikor and complete the program or he would serve 12 years in prison. I'm really concerned that my son will not have the strength to finish this program and be sent to prison. He has not been excepted yet by Cenikor since this all happened on Monday and is waiting to be evaluated. I'm so afraid of my 19 year old son being in prison - he is not a criminal - he is a drug addict. Is this place that hard that my son will not stand a chance if he attends??? Please help anyone
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David Carradine, the man who brought the martial arts style of Kung Fu into millions of homes on television (and singlehandedly launched thousands of strip mall Kung Fu parlors) is dead. Kung Fu has permeated North America almost as completely as Hello Kitty.
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A story from my home town went viral last week when Liverpool model Hollie-May Saker's debut at Paris Fashion Week was invaded by some bare-breasted, slogan-daubed feminists from Ukrainian group Femen. Saker hit the headlines when she told media how her "scouseness" came out and she bumped one of them on the nose later tweeting: "Feeeeeeuuuumin. That b**** ruined my walk".
Even though her alleged violence is not to be condoned in any way I couldn't help feeling a tiny bit proud of my fellow scouser. Not just because scouse girls are known to be a bit feisty, but because it doesn't seem feminist of the protesters to attack fellow women, the models, just because they don't think it fits their version of being a woman.
These same feminists are probably also appalled by beauty pageants, which have fallen off the radar in recent years coming under criticism for objectifying women. Personally I think this is a shame. Being beautiful is not just about looks, it is about thinking beautiful thoughts, doing beautiful things and being kind to people.
But what is wrong with celebrating women's outer beauty as well as inner beauty? I was thrilled to hear that former Tauranga Girls' College student Holly Cassidy was crowned Miss Universe New Zealand on Saturday night at a glitzy event in Auckland. Not only that but it's a double celebration as Sandra Conchie reports, Tauranga preschool teacher Kylee Tan was crowned first runner-up.
Both girls are gorgeous and by all accounts smart cookies too. Second runner up was Deborah Lambie, who is a fourth-year medical student at Otago. The new Miss Universe New Zealand's mother, Michelle Betts, works here at the Bay of Plenty Times. When we spoke to her yesterday she was understandably over the moon. I would be too if my daughter won Miss Universe New Zealand, just as proud of any other achievement she made.
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Synopsis: A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.
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It's one thing to fake intergalactic advertising like the hoaxsters at Rolling Rock did back in 2008 with moonvertising, but actually carrying through with the plan is a whole other thing entirely. When the National Geographic channel heard about Tweets in Space, a program spearheaded by two artists who plan to beam tweets to planet GJ667Cc, they decided to jump on the bandwagon. But, of course, it's not all in the name of science.
The Daily Dot reports that National Geographic has teamed up with Tweets in Space to transmit tweets with the hashtag #ChasingUFOs to promote its new show called–yes–Chasing UFOs.
Writes The Daily Dot:
Any tweets tagged #ChasingUFOs that are sent in the seven hours after 8pm ET on June 29 will be rolled into National Geographic's transmission. The nonprofit is sending the tweets in response to the Wow! Signal, a 72-second transmission from space picked up by Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in 1977. National Geographic is also sending several video messages from filmmakers, musicians and scientists among others.
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It must have been like a scene out of Star Wars in Luxembourg overnight. Or at least that's how I want to think about it. All those euro zone finance ministers swarming around and suddenly "Witness the €500 billion firepower of this formally approved and operational battle stati ... I mean, European Stability Mechansim."
The ESM's launch means little for markets until it actually starts doing something, like bailing out Spain or blowing up Alderon. But the vibes from last night's 'fin min' meeting were that Spain has made a big effort to overhauling its economy and is still able to fund itself in financial markets (albeit at somewhat elevated prices) and so there may not be need for a bailout at this stage. Madrid said has said as much over the past week or so, saying a request is "not imminent".
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And speaking of House Rules...
I've also been thinking a lot lately about House Rules of a different sort--or, namely, about how they are often not followed at our house, despite having many of them. We had a lot more success with House Rules when the kids were toddlers. Rules like don't touch the outlets, or no climbing on the tables, or don't walk out the front door without a grown-up, orno chewing on toys that don't fit into the end of a toilet paper tube. Those rules were all easier to enforce in the old days, when the kids wore diapers and listened to us. The rules were all concrete and there were pretty clear cause-and-effect outcomes to not following them. But something happens to House Rules when your kids get older. Not only are they more difficult to enforce, but they begin to deal with behaviors and issues that are more ambiguous than the toddler transgressions--things like "talking back" and "being ugly," or violating people's need for privacy, or fibbing to get out of a consequence. These nuanced changes to parents' expectations of how kids should or shouldn't behave can be difficult for kids to understand; hence the need for House Rules.
Our House Rules can be divided up into several categories. There are the House Rules that are basic and fairly simple to understand, like these:
No eating candy before lunch
No hitting or pushing or use of physical violence
No snacking after 5:00--this one is really difficult to enforce, but dinner ends up being a big disaster when one, or both kids have snacked too much after 5:00
No whining
No turning on the TV without permission
No waking up parents on the weekend before 8:00, unless it's an emergency
No coming to the dinner table without proper clothing
No reading/playing with toys at the dinner table. We lift this rule for breakfast, as T. likes to start her day reading while she eats her bagel or cereal. I have many happy memories of eating my breakfast while reading, too. But dinner is sacred time--time for us to reconnect as a family, with no outside distractions.
No talking with your mouth full (This one is for T., who does this constantly.)
We also do have lots of House Rules that have been created just for L. and many created by L. We try hard to be fair to both kids, and I hope T. won't grow up thinking her brother gets away with more than she does.
L., for instance, can read as long as he wants to at night, until he falls asleep. T., however, has to have lights out when I get up from our snuggle time. She falls asleep very quickly and easily, and reading tends to hype her up, while L. depends on reading to fall asleep, and can't seem to do it without the aid of a graphic novel or book.
Some rules are more complicated, like these:
Respect people's privacy
Clean up after yourself when you're asked to. L. has had to learn this one the hard way: If I ask you more than three times to pick up the things on your floor and you don't do it, then I will pick them up myself and put them straight into a bag. Whether they end up in the crawl space or the trash can cannot always be predicted...
Don't interrupt a conversation--and this doesn't mean it's okay to say "excuse me" AND interrupt--it means don't interrupt at all!
Respect people's possessions
No fibbing
No talking back about about any of the simple rules in place
We do try, however, to encourage healthy conversations about what's deemed fair or unfair. Sometimes L. will argue a point and when he's done I do have to concede that he's right--he's pretty good at pointing out his side of things in a pretty straightforward, no-nonsense way.
I'm also finding, as Scott and I get older, that we are taking more liberties in asserting our own rights than we did when the kids were younger--rights we often threw by the wayside, the way parents of very young children often do. They have learned that we just won't drop everything to read a book or play a game, but that as adults we have responsibilities that must be met, too, and sometimes these need to be taken care of first. Here are some other "rights" we are quick to assert these days:
If the bathroom door is closed, don't come in. While I used to fully relinquish any expectations of privacy and used the bathroom with the door open so I could monitor my younger kids, I close it now and sometimes even lock it. This doesn't prevent T. from sometimes rattling the doorknob to get in, or talking to me through the crack under the door, but she is learning that a closed bathroom door means I want privacy.
I am who I am about certain things, and I'm getting too old to fight it anymore. I did try to follow that bit of early parenting wisdom about sometimes letting the unimportant things slide--like how dirty your house is, or how much laundry needs to get done--and focus instead on enjoying the time with your kids. But now that I'm older, I just can't fight it anymore. I'm finding that I sometimes just need to take care of those small things, in order to fully enjoy the bigger ones. My new House Rule this year is that if I come home at 4:00 with the kids and there are still dishes in the sink and strange smears on the kitchen floor, and the laundry is busting its way out of the laundry closet, I need to take care of all that first, and then I can kick my shoes off and do a puzzle with T.
Also, even though I'm thrilled when it's Saturday and I can read books with T. all morning in my pajamas, I still do need that cup of coffee first, and sometimes a second one, too.
Our House Rules are always changing and evolving, just as we change and evolve as a family every day and every year. But they do give us a loose framework--maybe an illusion of order in a very chaotic world. Not only do the kids need them, but we're finding that we parents need them, too--we really do. And if you're careful to always explain why they exist and why they are important to follow, then hopefully, little by little, your kids will grow up with a healthy understanding of not only why rules make sense, but also why they should be followed in the first place.
What are some of your House Rules? Are they followed well? What tricks/techniques do you use to encourage your kids to follow them?


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Kinecta FCU Has Competitive 5-Year CD And Jumbo CD
California-based Kinecta Federal Credit Union (Kinecta) is offering a 5-year Share Certificate (2.05% APY, $1k-$100k) and 5-year Jumbo Share Certificate (2.10% APY, $100+k).
The 5-year Share Certificates are also available as IRAs (Traditional and Roth) earning the same APYs, with the same funding requirements.
Kinecta's Gold Club and Hughes Gold Elite Club offer an additional 0.05% and 0.10% rate increase, respectively, on Share Certificates.
Our VIP members deserve more! There's no fee, and you don't need
to sign up for anything. You're automatically enrolled when you qualify.
As stated on the VIP Membership page, the requirements for the Gold Club reads as follows:
Gold Club - Minimum of $150,000 in combined balances (loans, deposits, & investments) including minimum of $10,000 in deposits & investments.
Either of the following: (A) minimum monthly average direct deposit of $250 to share accounts; OR (B) minimum monthly average of 3 transactions tied to share accounts.
The requirements for the Hughes Gold Elite Club are the same as for the Gold Club, but the Hughes Gold Elite Club also requires 20 or more years of Kinecta membership.
As stated in Kinecta's Agreement and Disclosures document, the Early Withdrawal Penalty reads as follows:
Any withdrawal of the principal amount held in the account which does not reduce the balance
of the account below the minimum qualifying amount will be subject to the following penalties:
A forfeiture of all dividends earned for 180 days or from the date of issuance or renewal (if less than
180 days) on the amount withdrawn if the minimum term of the certificate is more than one (1) year.
Any withdrawal of the principal amount held in the account which reduces the balance of the account below the minimum quality amount will result in the cancellation of the certificate and the penalties set forth above will be applied to the entire principal amount.
Headquartered in Manhattan Beach in Southern California, Kinecta Federal Credit Union's field of membership is varied and wide, with a qualifying option for almost anyone.
Easy Membership - Joining Consumers Cooperative of Santa Monica (CCSSM) ($10 non-refundable membership fee) qualifies individuals for Kinecta membership. The Credit Union's online application allows you to join CCSSM and Kinecta simultaneously.
Residency - Any person who lives, works, worships, or attends school in select Zip Codes of Anaheim, Lancaster, Rialto, Santa Ana, and the Greater Los Angeles area qualify for membership.
Employment - Any current or retired employee of 480+ Select Employee Groups and their immediate family and household members are eligible for membership.
Association - Members of the El Segundo Sunshine Lions Club, Manhattan Heights Senior Citizens Club, Manhattan Beach Lions Club, Neptunian Woman's Club, Grand View Elementary PTA, and Riviera United Methodist Church are eligible to join.
Relationship - Immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparents, grandchild) or household member of a Kinecta member qualify for membership.
Joining Kinecta and/or opening a Share Certificate can be done online, or in person at any of 35 California branches located in Anaheim, Brea, Carson, Compton (2), El Segundo (3), Fountain Valley, Gardena, Goleta, Hawthorne, Hermosa, Highland Park, Inglewood (3), Lakewood, Lancaster, Los Angeles (2), Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Newport Beach, Rancho Cucamonga, San Diego, Santa Monica, Thousand Oaks, Torrance (2), Tustin, Westchester, Westlake Village, Westminster, and Woodland Hills.
Credit Union Overview
Kinecta Federal Credit Union (NCUA Certificate # 4142) has an overall health grade of "A" at DepositAccounts.com, with a Texas ratio of 3.87% (excellent) based on March 31, 2016 data. In the past year, Kinecta increased its total deposits by $288.7 million, an excellent growth rate of 9.33%. Please refer to our financial overview of Kinecta Federal Credit Union for more details.
Hughes Aircraft Employees Federal Credit Union (HAEMFCU) came into existence in 1940, because of a simple inconvenience: employees of the Hughes Aircraft Company were spending too much of their lunchtime driving downtown to handle their finances. So a credit union was started at the plant. HAEMFCU continued to grow and service its members for 60 years, and in July 2001, the name was changed to Kinecta Federal Credit Union. Today, Kinecta Federal Credit Union is one of the 40th largest credit union in the nation, with more than $3.9 billion in assets and serving over 286,000 member-owners across the country.
How the Share Certificates Compare
When compared to the 118 similar length-of-term CDs tracked by DepositAccounts.com are available nationwide, Kinecta Federal Credit Union's 5-year Share Certificate and Jumbo Share Certificate APYs are competitive (in the top ten), particularly with the additional rate increases.
The above rates are accurate as of 6/24/2016.
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This colorful stir-fry combines green bell pepper, orange carrots and red onion along with spice-coated chicken for a delicious result. The cooking happens quickly, so it's a good idea to measure out and prepare all the ingredients in the recipe before you fire up the wok. Enjoy the smoky aromas that emanate from the pan and the combination of spices that titillate the taste buds.
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Grind coriander, cumin and fennel seeds in a spice grinder (such as a clean coffee grinder) or a mortar and pestle until the mixture resembles coarsely ground pepper. Transfer to a medium bowl and add cornstarch, salt and turmeric; stir to combine. Add chicken and stir until coated with the spice mixture.
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Shortage forces salting cuts in NapervilleFebruary 5, 2014
The regional road salt shortage has forced a change in winter operations procedures for the City of Naperville.
The City plans to continue to plow all roadways but has implemented a salt conservation plan by mixing in sand for application on secondary roadways.
Currently, primary roadways will continue to be salted.
The City has established a priority plowing system for approximately 1,500 lane miles so that main traffic routes and thoroughfares are plowed first.
Primary streets which include main streets, roads through subdivisions, roads that link arterial roads, and streets with schools will be plowed and salted.
Secondary streets which include residential streets as well as cul-de-sacs with 16 or more homes whose driveways are located on the cul-de-sac will be plowed but will only receive the salt/sand mix on hills, curves and controlled intersections.
Cul-de-sacs with less than 16 homes and alleys will be plowed; however, they will only be salted if absolutely necessary.
Downtown parking lots, train stations and lots at City buildings will be plowed, but only the drive aisles will be salted. Sidewalks and the train station platforms will continue to be cleared and salted.
As a result of this change, drivers may experience some snow-packed roadways within neighborhoods and should adjust their speed to accommodate these conditions. Drivers are reminded to slow down, use caution and leave extra space between vehicles when driving in winter conditions.
Naperville receives its salt supply through the Illinois Joint Purchasing Program.
The City has received 4,600 of the 12,000 tons ordered. Supplies through-out the state are at low levels resulting in shortages.
To date, the City has responded to 31 winter events and spread 16,000 tons of salt. In comparison by the end of January 2013, the City had responded to seven winter events and spread 4,300 tons of salt.
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Double Trouble - Season 2 Episodes
"If We Can Make It Here"
"Do You Believe in Magic?"
Kate takes a job as an assistant to Rollo The Great.
"Dream Girls"
Kate auditions for rock star Nick Rush and lands a job as his backup singer. Kate goes on a 7 - week tour, leaving Allison on her own in New York.
"Episode 2.4"
"Episode 2.5"
"The Boy Next Door"
Margo is nominated for an award, but after losing so many times, she choses to send Billy in her place. He chooses Allison as his ""friend"" date, but both come home wondering if they could be more than just friends.
"Episode 2.7"
"Two Girls for Every Boy"
Kate meets a popular New York DJ at a restaurant and immediately starts planning a wedding only to discover she is not the only Foster girl he is interesting in.
"The Write Stuff"
Allison is asked to write an article for her school newspaper. With much help from Margo, the article is published and receives rave reviews making Allison think her future is as a writer, not a fashion designer. When she sets out to write a profile of Mr. Arrechia, her future as a writer is in jeopardy.
"Commercial Break"
Kate auditions for a commercial for Maxi Burger. After a week of rehersal (driving her housemates insane) she loses her voice the morning of the audition. Allison agrees to go in her place and wins the job. When the real Kate arrives to shoot the commercial, she is fired for not being ""shy"" enough.
"Old Movies"
"September Song"
As her wedding anniversary approaches, Margo is feeling sad and unappreciated by the girls. To make Margo feel better, the girls, with their limited budget, take her to a rustic cabin in the mountains. The cabin turns out to be a little more rustic than they had imagined and a sudden snow storm alters everyone's outdoor plans.
"Funny Girl"
Everyone in Allison's design class loves the new, rich girl Janie Blakemore until she steals Allison's ideas and presents them as her own. Allison soon finds out Janie is only in the class because her parents want her to have a 'respectable' profession. Her real love is stand-up comedy. Kate agrees to help Janie get her career started by using her as a warm-up act in an Amateur Night perfomance.
"The Day of the Rose"
Allison dates an older man, only to find they don't have much in common.


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EUR/JPY Weekly technical Outlook
EUR/JPY recovered strongly last week but after all, upside was limited below 135.97 resistance and thus retain the near term bearish outlook that fall from 138.47 is still in progress. Friday's fall and touching of 133.24 minor support, with 4 hours MACD crossed below signal line, suggests that choppy recovery from 131.56 has completed at 135.68 already. Initial bias is turned to the downside this week for retesting 131.56 first. Break will bring fall resumption towards 129.02 key support next. However, note that a break of 135.68 resistance will argue that fall from 138.47 has completed and will turn outlook bullish for retesting this resistance first.
In the bigger picture, note that there is no confirmation that corrective rebound from 112.10 has completed yet as long as 124.35 support holds. Price actions from 137.38 might still turn out to be consolidations to rise from 112.10 only and break above 139.21 would bring another medium term rise before concluding the rise from 112.10. However, note that break of 129.02 will be the first indication that rise from 112.10 has completed and further break of 124.35 will confirm. in Such case, the whole long term down trend from 169.96 could possibly be resuming and retest of 112.10 should be seen next.
In the long term picture, up trend from 88.96 (00 low) has completed at 169.96 and made a long term top there. Subsequent price actions are either developing into resumption of the multi decide down trend from 285.56, or wide range corrective pattern. In either case, upside should be limited well below 169.96 high and we're expecting at least one more medium term fall after the current rise from 112.10 completes. The final structure of the rebound from 112.10 will provide more indication on whether a test on 88.96 low would be seen.


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Feb 29, 2012 at 8:19 pm #1286422
I've been entering all my gear in the Gram Weenie iPhone app, and it has allowed me to easily find out how much ALL of my gear weighs. This is relatively easy because I don't have too many items that overlap (like 200 alcohol stoves, or 12 packs, or 8 shelters).
Not including consumables (yeah, yeah, that technically is in FSO, but whatever) all the gear I own, which includes a full packrafting setup w/wetsuit and temps down to 15*F….
46.15 pounds.
Not too shabby considering that's well within the norm for traditional weights.
Anyone else know their TOTAL gear weight?Feb 29, 2012 at 8:35 pm #1847100
Ben 2 WorldBPL Member
@ben2worldLocale: So Cal
Total weight of all my gear pieces comes to 30.3 lbs. (29.3 if I can ever sell my First Need purifier).Feb 29, 2012 at 9:31 pm #1847119
P. LarsonMember
Oh wow. I might have to check this out…considering I own a North Face Mountain 25, a 0 degree Marmot Couloir (size long), 3 different stoves, 3 different cook sets, and I don't even want to think about my climbing stuff. Eessh.Feb 29, 2012 at 9:35 pm #1847123
Nick GatelBPL Member
@ngatelLocale: Southern California
Since I have most of the gear I have purchased since the 60's probably quickest to measure the cubic feet of storage space.Feb 29, 2012 at 10:03 pm #1847128
Bob GrossMember
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
"measure the cubic feet of storage space"
Or maybe acres of warehouses.
–B.G.–Mar 1, 2012 at 12:54 am #1847157
Cesar ValdezMember
@primezombieLocale: Scandinavia
For those of you that use geargrams, there is a total weight for your entire library. Mine is 36.4 pounds, and that is including my wife's gear too.
This includes:
6 backpacks
4 sleeping bags
5 sleeping mats
3 tarps
2 tents
3 stoves
3 pots
Though I don't ever weigh clothing worn, just any layers packed, so not that much of my clothing is listed in the library.Mar 1, 2012 at 1:03 am #1847158
>"measure the cubic feet of storage space"
>Or maybe acres of warehouses.
Nick, I suggest we call the Army Corps of Engineers for this… :)Mar 1, 2012 at 5:47 pm #1847584
Franco DarioliBPL Member
@francoLocale: Tarptent
I have embarked on a serious minimalistic attempt.
Last week I sold cheaply one of my beloved tents so now I am down to 35 lbs total.
Impressive , isn't it ?
FrancoMar 2, 2012 at 6:10 pm #1848049
Paul McLaughlinBPL Member
Travis, you obviously do not have enough gear to qualify as a true gearhead.Mar 2, 2012 at 7:25 pm #1848076
What does that say about Ben and Franco? :)Mar 2, 2012 at 7:36 pm #1848080
Franco DarioliBPL Member
@francoLocale: Tarptent
I don't know about Ben but having done the tents I am not looking forward weighing the rest of my gear.
however shifting tents around I found another mat that I forgot I had…
FrancoMar 2, 2012 at 9:05 pm #1848105
Paul McLaughlinBPL Member
including backcountry ski gear, plus ice axe and crampons, family backpacking gear,and Sevylor Trail Boat it's about 117 pounds.Mar 2, 2012 at 9:48 pm #1848121
Ben 2 WorldBPL Member
@ben2worldLocale: So Cal
"What does that say about Ben and Franco?"
I think Franco's figure ONLY includes his tents. He has yet to weigh all the rest of his stuff! Franco wrote above, "but having done the tents I am not looking forward weighing the rest of my gear"!!
I am a gear head alright, although much less of one than in years past. What I am actually is a minimalist gear head. What that means is — pretty much every time I buy a piece of gear, I'll sell whichever piece has been replaced. Hate clutter.Mar 7, 2012 at 11:18 am #1850102
Jim W.BPL Member
@jimqpublicLocale: So-Cal
Let's just say that about 1/2 of my garage is camping or other outdoor gear for the family. A sampling:
12 mattresses
11 pair skis
10 tents
9 packs
8 sleeping bags
7 stoves
6 pair crampons or microspikes
5 pair snowshoes
4 pot sets
3 rafts or floats
2 kayaks
1 pop-up camping trailer
Let's just round up and say 2 tonnes total.Mar 7, 2012 at 12:22 pm #1850142
P. LarsonMember
Jim W. – you forgot the partridge in a pear tree. Am I the only one who caught this?
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Keith, who has a 7-month-old daughter, Sunday Rose with Nicole, revealed that he was not that comfortable posing naked being a father. "I am a dad and a totally different person now," Keith said.
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Chair Entertainment Stories August 2, 2012
Chair Entertainment Stories May 24, 2012
Other than the launch of the new Instagram clone "Facebook Camera" app, the biggest update today goes to the popular Tweetbot Twitter client for iPhone that is now at version 2.4. Included in the massive update is a new search view, as well as access to Trends, Top Tweets, and People that are now together in a single browse section. Nearby tweets were added with an option to change the location, and a ton of improvements to search, including location-based keywords and the ability to change trends' location from within search view. And, that is only some of the features and fixes included Tweetbot 2.4.
Below is a complete list of features included in the update, with other notable apps and updates to hit the App Store today including the Infinity Blade II: Vault of Tears content pack.
Chair Entertainment Stories January 5, 2012
Epic Games and Chair Entertainment, developers of the popular on-rails, hack-and-slash iOS franchise called "Infinity Blade," just announced the two titles have earned over $30 million since the first game launched in the App Store in December 2010. Assuming "earnings" accounts for total earnings, Apple's 30 percent cut would be $9 million.
Epic Games, Inc. and its award-winning Salt Lake City-based development studio, ChAIR Entertainment, today announced that earnings from ChAIR's blockbuster Infinity Blade video game franchise have eclipsed $30 million in just one year since the introduction of the original game. One of the most popular gaming franchises to be launched on the App Store, the award-winning series has also created significant licensing interest in the underlying Unreal Engine 3 technology from developers worldwide.
In the announcement (via Joystiq), the developers also noted that Infinity Blade II reached over $5 million in net earnings since its release last month on Dec. 1, 2011. In comparison, it took the first Infinity Blade title three months to achieve that milestone. The first game now accounts for more than $23 million of the franchise's earnings.
The original Infinity Blade is available as a universal download for $5.99 here. Infinity Blade 2, which IGN gave a "Perfect 10" score, is available for $6.99. The companies also noted a number of other products in the franchise were released, including the Infinity Blade: Awakening digital novel (on Amazon here), and the Infinity Blade: Original Soundtrack.
Epic Games President Dr. Michael Capps said the following in a statement:
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Chair Entertainment Stories November 30, 2011
Infinity Blade 2 hits the App Store: This is your killer game to brag about the power of Apple's A5 chip
Infinity Blade is to the iPad what the Halo series is to the Xbox 360 (or the Gran Turismo franchise to the PlayStation 3). That is, a killer game – a title so compelling that not only does it showcases what's possible on a platform, but is also so impressive that folks go out and buy the hardware just to be able to play that particular game. A killer title for iPad gamers has to be Chair Entertainment's Infinity Blade.
Classed as the first iOS game to run on the Unreal Engine, Infinity Blade went on to become the fastest-grossing app in the history of iOS, selling $1.6 million in four days. Three major updates later, Chair Entertainment launches Infinity Blade 2, a sequel to the elegiac action masterpiece. Here's the blurb:
Journey into the world of the Deathless tyrants and their legion of Titans. Build skills and upgrade characters… all while delving deeper into this mysterious, timeless adventure.
Expect forty new locations (up from ten in the original title), many new hit points, weapons and spells, plus a bunch of other nuances and nice-to-haves. Chair is already thinking post-launch, teasing an update with the Clash Mobs feature where a bunch of other players attack a monster with millions of hit points. In case you were wondering, IGN gave Infinity Blade 2 a 10. A cornerstone of the sequel is, of course, graphics.
The game runs fine on the original iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and third- and fourth-generation iPod touch. However, you'll want to enjoy it on your iPad 2 or iPhone 4S due to optimizations that really push the envelope of what's possible on Apple's A5 chip, especially in the lighting and shading department. Make no mistake, this is one game that you'll want to show off to your Android-toting friends.
More information is available at the official site. The game hit the New Zealand App Store this morning. You should expect it in the U.S. store around 11pm Eastern time tonight at this URL, priced at $9.99 (a 941MB universal binary download). To celebrate the launch of Infinity Blade 2, Chair slashed the original Infinity Blade to just six bucks for a limited time. Release notes and more clips after the break, including Donald Mustard (creative director), Adam Ford (artistic director) and Geremy Mustard (technical director) talking the visuals.
More videos below:
Chair Entertainment Stories June 8, 2011
The winners were announced at WWDC yesterday:
iPhone Developer Showcase
Infinity Blade
Chair Entertainment Group, LLC
Golfscape GPS Rangefinder
Shotzoom Software LLC
Cut the Rope
Chillingo Ltd
iPad Developer Showcase
djay for iPad
algoriddim GmbH
Osmos for iPad
Hemisphere Games, Inc.
Our Choice
Push Pop Press
Mac Developer Showcase
Pixelmator Team Ltd
Anomaly Warzone Earth
11 bit studios S.A.
Student Developer Showcase
Grades 2
Pulse News
Alphonso Labs
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Chair Entertainment Stories March 11, 2011
Just in time for the iPad 2 launch today, first triple-A iPad games have received timely updates designed to take advantage of the gizmo's advertised nine times graphics performance increase. Enhanced versions of both medieval sword fighting Infinity Blade by Chair and Electronic Arts' Dead Space for iPad just went live on the App Store, proudly advertising prettier and more complex graphics made possible by the A5 chip inside iPad 2.


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The Public World/Syntactically Impermanence
€ 17,49
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August 1999
BeschreibungA new collection of essays and poetry from the poet Library Journal called "one of the most unique and powerful writers at the forefront of American literature."
PortraitLESLIE SCALAPINO is author of numerous books of poetry, essays, ad plays, as well as the novel Defoe (Sun and Moon,1994). Among her books of poetry are way (1988), that they were at the beach-aeolotropic series (1985) and Considering how exaggerated music is (1982), all published with North Point Press. Wesleyan has published her most recent books: New Time (1999) and The Front Matter, Dead Souls (1996).
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: UNIV PR OF NEW ENGLAND
Erscheinungsdatum: August 1999
Seitenanzahl: 152 Seiten
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2012 EBR 1190RS Review
We asked ourselves what kind of bike would make a great first impression. Our Answer, the 2012 EBR 1190RS.
Meet the 2012 EBR 1190RS. Our flagship. Our price and joy. Made with allt he engineering and performance traits we admire in a sport motorcycle. It's the culmination of years of learning, victories, setbacks along with an unrelenting passion to build a motorcycle on our own terms. We're happy to share it with the world but honestly... we're just happy we get to ride it.
Quite frankly, this turned out better than we expected.
We knew from the beginning we could build this bike. But we expected any number of roadblocks to knock us off track. After all, starting a company in this economic climate with no other goal than to produce high performance motorcycles takes either a fair amount of ignorance or a brass set. But things kept falling into place. And today, the reward is 389lbs. of meticulously designed sport motorcycle propelled by a powerful 175hp motor. Must be fate.
2012 EBR 1190RS Features and Benefits
Land of the free, home of the brave. Incubator of pioneering technology.
Producting an American motorcycle today means understanding what kind of engineering and componentry will make the bike its absolute best - no matter where it comes from. So, with our global partnerships in full effect, we're designing and building motorcycles like the 2012 Erik Bull Racing 1190RS that will make the world sit up and pay attention to red, white and blue output.
The 1190RS will shock even the most experienced sport bike rider with its performance, styling and handling. Problem is, were only making 100 of them. Including a handful with the Carbon Edition Package. Own a piece of motorcycle history.
About EBR - Erik Buell Racing
The Governor is off.
Building motorcycles without compromise. Its been Erik Buells
dream for more than 30 years. Its no longer a dream.
Introducing Erik Buell Racing.
EBR is the very definition of the American spirit. Motorcycles designed and manufactured in East Troy, Wisconsin embodying superb technology from around the world. Whether its Austrian four-stroke, liquid-cooled power plants or Swedish suspension components, EBR engineers global performance integration into every model.
Were starting slowly, building only 100 of our inaugural 1190RS models. After that, well ramp up with more production and other models.
Perhaps youd like to be a part of motorcycle history by owning one of the first EBRs to roll off the line. Maybe youre just curious to see what we can do with nobody looking over our shoulder. Whatever your interest level, we can promise the ballsiest American sport motorcycles ever built .
Upright and roaring
Before he was a successful engineer/motorcycle designer/motorcycle manufacturer,
Erik Buell was a motorcycle racer. And like any good racer, when you get knocked
down, you get right back up.
Well Erik is not only back up, he and the rest of us are running hard and fast.
We think like racers, making decisive, aggressive and calculated decisions. But we also think like passionate riders. We make bikes that we want to ride. Most of all, we feed off Erik and his fire-in-the-gut passion to build fast, magnificently engineered motorcycles.
2012 EBR 1190RS - International Specifications
Type Liquid cooled V twin
Bore X Stroke 4.17 x 2.66 (106 x 67.5 mm)
Displacement 72.6 cu 1190 CC
Compression Ratio 13.6 :1
Fuel Delivery Dual 61mm throttle bodies
Exhaust Primary + Secondary
Peak Torque 97 ft-lbs @ 9400 rpm
Peak Horsepower 175 hp @ 9750 rpm
Primary Drive Gear, 36/65
Final Drive 520 Chain, 16/41
Clutch Wet multi-plate, slipper
Transmission Ratios:
1st 2.46
2nd 1.75
3rd 1.38
4th 1.17
5th 1.04
6th 0.96
Seat Height 30.5" (775 mm)
Rake 22"
Trail 3.4" (86 mm)
Lean Angle 55
Front Tire 120/70R- 17
Rear Tire 190/55R-17
Fuel Capacity 4.5 gal (17.1 L)
Wet Weight (No Fuel) 389 lbs (176 kg)
Frame Aluminum frame with integral fuel reservoir
Swingarm Optimized stiffness aluminum
Front Suspension 43 mm Öhlins inverted fork, adjustable compression damping, rebound damping adjustable spring preload
Rear Suspension Öhlins fully adjustable TTX coil over monoshock with remote reservoir
Front Wheel 3.5" x 17" magnesium
Rear Wheel 6.0" x 17" magnesium
Front Brake ISO finned rotor, 8 piston caliper with cooling duct
Carbon Package Add $4,000
Abraxas Inferno and Burnt Armor
Boreas Frost and Burnt Armor
Carbon and Pitch Black
2012 EBR 1190RS - Press Release
Buell launches first production bike - 175bhp EBR 1190RS
Buell has announced its return to motorcycle production with the launch of its first production model as an independent manufacturer.
A year after being cut-off by parent company Harley-Davidson, Erik Buell Racing has launched the 175bhp EBR 1190RS.
Powered by a liquid-cooled V-Twin 1190cc engine, the Buell is fully cloaked in carbon fibre to provide significant weight reductions and provide a stealthy black finish.
The bike features Ohlins USD forks that are completely adjustable and in order to maximize grip while cornering and provide plenty of feel, the 1190RS is fitted with Ohlins TTX coil over monoshock.
Unfortunately, the sporting pedigree of the first Erik Buell Racing model
does come at a price, with the bike going on sale for around $40,000 (£24,775).
The carbon fibre package adds a further $4,000 to that price tag.


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A Wedding That Will Move You
Earlier this year, Rowden and Leizl decided to get married on July 8, 2014, Rowden's 30th birthday. Then in a cruel twist of fate, Rowden got diagnosed with stage IV liver cancer in late May. His last request was to marry his one true love.
On June 10, Rowden and Leizel decided to get married in the hospital where he was confined. With only minimal preparation, everything fell unexpectedly into place. And ten hours later, Rowden peacefully passed away.
Check out their beautiful love story.