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Batman Arkham City: Technical advantages of the PC version - DX11 tessellation and more
The PC version of Batman Arkham City will arrive later than the console versions. Is the delay worth the wait? PCGH had the chance to chat with Ben Wyatt, Technical Director at Rocksteady Studios. He gives us details on the PC advantages of Batman Arkham City.
As you might know, the PC version of Batman Arkham City from Warner/Rocksteady comes a little bit later than the console parts. Word is that Rocksteady needs "several weeks" overtime for optimizing the PC part. Is it worth the wait? We allready know that Arkham City uses GPU-powered Physx, DX11 (tessellation, HDAO, soft shadows), high res textures, Nvidia's CSAA-technique and more detailed models. Ben Wyatt, Technical Director at Rocksteady Studios, gives us some more details on the technical part of Arkham City.
PCGH: Will the PC version of Batman: Arkham City like Batman: Arkham Asylum utilize Nvidia's PhysX API including support for Physics calculated on the GPU?
Ben Wyatt: Yes. Like Batman: Arkham Asylum, the PC version of Batman: Arkham City will feature realistic smoke, debris, leaves, and paper using GPU PhysX. There will also be features not seen in Batman: Arkham Asylum including clothing on characters.
PCGH: Which of the different APEX modules do you use (Apex Clothing/Particles (Destruction/Turbulence for fluids)? Can you give a short description where in the game APEX will be applied?
Ben Wyatt: APEX destructibles are used in the PC version for breakable elements in the game including breakable walls and objects that get thrown during fights. APEX clothing is used in the PC version for several of the characters you'll encounter in the game and for simulating effects like paper and leaves. APEX clothing was also used for many of the cutscenes which can be seen on all platforms.
PCGH: What are the visual differences between physics calculated by CPU and GPU (via PhysX/APEX)?
Ben Wyatt: The extra PhysX effects in the PC version of the game add another dimension of realism to the game. When fighting as Batman or Catwoman, you will see walls break into splinters, paper and debris get kicked up, smoke respond realistically, and clothes on the thugs you fight.
PCGH: Are there any features that players without an Nvidia card will miss? What technical features cannot be realized with the CPU as "physics calculator"?
Ben Wyatt: All PhysX and APEX features can be run on the CPU or an NVIDIA GPU, but you can expect the game to run much slower without NVIDIA GPU acceleration when the additional PhysX effects are enabled. An NVIDIA GPU is recommended for all the additional PhysX features.
PCGH: Do you plan to use the latest PhysX SDK 3? Which advantages do you see compared to previous versions?
Ben Wyatt: Batman: Arkham City uses PhysX 2.8.4.
PCGH: Will the PC version of Batman Arkham City be shipped with support for DX11?
Ben Wyatt: Yes. It will also be shipped with support for NVIDIA 3D Vision, including full-HD 3D Vision cut-scenes on both DX9 and DX11.
PCGH: What do you think are the deciding advantages of DX11/Shader Model 5?
Ben Wyatt: DX11 brings quite significant improvements to the game visuals and performance:
1. DX11 tessellation. Smoothing and/or displacement mapping have been manually added by artists to a number of game assets throughout the game. This provides higher visual quality and richer environments to the game.
2. Texture arrays (available since DX10) are used to simplify and accelerate the rendering of the Multi-View Soft Shadows cast by the player-controlled character (Batman or Catwoman). This algorithm could have been implemented using DX9 with a texture atlas, but that would have been complicated and slower.
3. DX11 Compute shaders. The original built-in SSAO algorithm has been enhanced in DX11 by performing some additional rendering work. DX11 compute shaders are used to accelerate the AO-generation and blur passes by caching the samples in group-shared memory to reduce the number of texture fetches, significantly improving the speed and final quality.
PCGH: Do you focus on using DX11 for speeding up the rendering or will there be special visual improvements resulting in applying DX11 rendering techniques (Tessellation, HQSSAO, better performance post processing effects)? If there are special DX11 features what visuals will gamers with older DX9 video cards miss?
Ben Wyatt: Batman Arkham City uses Shader Model 5 to improve the looks while maintaining high performance. Gamers will see significant visual differences compared to DX9 and consoles. These differences are centered around tessellated environments and objects, higher quality shadows and better ambient occlusion.
PCGH: Will there be visual differences even between the DX10 and DX11?
Ben Wyatt: Yes. There will be multiple visual differences when playing the game in DX11 mode (only supported on DX11 GPUs) vs. DX9. The game does not support DX10.
Compared to the DX9 mode, the DX11 mode will have:
1. More geometric detail on tessellated objects, such as architectural details, vines and other organic shapes. The main difference will be no visible triangles and additional displacement-mapping detail. The difference will be mostly noticeable at to object's silhouettes, as well as playing the game with 3D Vision (which makes the displacement-mapping detail much more obvious).
2. A more pronounced contact occlusion due to the DX11 SSAO (especially noticeable on the PhysX debris, leaves, and paper), which makes certain objects look more in contact with the ground (as opposed to floating above the ground).
3. Contact-hardening soft shadows for the dynamic shadows cast by the player-controlled character (either Batman or Catwoman). On DX9, this dynamic shadow does not harden on contact, which looks less realistic.
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By Roger Fredinburg February 5, 2011 NewsWithViews.com We are living is frightening times. Suddenly Americans and the rest of the world are freaking out over things that once seemed perfectly normal. Holy cow – It snows in the winter! What a shocker… Here is an overview of the world this week. General Info on... »
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A Century of Wealth Destruction
Tracing the Fed's Vital Role in the Decline of the US Dollar by Eric Fry LewRockwell.com In 2013, we Americans will commemorate a century of wealth destruction in the United States – the Federal Reserve will be 100 years old. In 1913, the Federal Reserve Act became law – granting sole authority to the... »
As the Arab world fights, America sleeps
by Larry Chin Global Research February 5, 2011 As people across the Arab world take to the streets to fight for democracy, and an end to oppression and tyranny, the oblivious, uninterested and acquiescent American public has done virtually nothing. The average American has not taken to the streets to join in solidarity. The... »
The Great Global Debt Prison
by Giordano Bruno ZeroHedge.com 02/04/2011 Tense and terrible times inevitably summon an odd coupling of two very different and difficult human conditions; honesty, and brutality. Certain painful truths are revealed, and often, a palpable fury erupts. Being that times today are particularly tense, and on the verge of being spectacularly terrible, perhaps we should... »

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San Diego vs Pittsburgh Wrap - San Diego Wins 15-5
San Diego scored early and often on Friday, sprinting to a lead and into double figures with a 15-5 win over Pittsburgh.
Bettors who backed the Padres were rewarded as +126 underdogs at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 7.5.
San Diego got 5 innings from Aaron Harang, who gave up 4 earned runs on 13 hits, while striking out 1. He earned the victory, while the Padres got 5 RBIs from Chase Headley in the win.
Pittsburgh's starting pitcher Jeffrey Karstens worked 3 1/3 innings, giving up 9 hits and 9 earned runs while striking out 2 in the loss. They got 4 hits from Ryan Ludwick in a losing cause.


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My mother and sister got me this bedding set for Mother's Day. I love it so much. Not so much that I've taken the time to iron it, but I mean, one day I'll get around to that. Like say, when I don't have a two and a half six month old wanting to eat every second of the day. Iron? Who has time for ironing? Besides, I still have an aversion to ironing from the that time my iron was invaded by killer ants. Well, just regular ants but still. Creepy.
Anyhow, I am really pleased with the bedding because do you know how hard it is to find bedding that works with dark blue walls? Note to self: randomly choosing paint colors based on paint chips that look pretty in Home Depot is not the smartest way to decorate your house.
My issue is the same issue that I always have: I have no idea what to do with the vast wall space around the bed.
Should I: a) make a headboard because that's a totally do-able project for a woman who can't find the time to iron a duvet cover, b) buy a bunch of different sized decorative pillows and line the whole bed with them like some sort of anthropologied-faux couch or c) put some art on the walls, although which wall to put something on has me all in a kerfluffle. I heard the word kerfluffle somewhere recently and really wanted to use it.
I would love your input. I'm going to a private shopping event at Homegoods this weekend and I want to pick up whatever I need to make this room look better while I am there because mama is trying to pretty up the office without spending any cash. That sounded so blog cheesey. Also, BlogHer and Homegoods are giving away ten $25 Homegoods gift cards so I want to share the love and tell you to go read this and enter to win one.
So what do you think? A, B or C? None-of-the-above is also an acceptable answer, but all-of-the-above is not as I am confused enough already. In theory I'm a great decorator. As in, I can totally make cute home decor boards on Pinterest. In real life, nothing comes together like it does in my head. And thus, I turn to the internet to tell me what to do.


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Apple's decision to opt out of the UK's green ranking scheme for mobile phones (Apple bars iPhones from green ranking scheme, 25 August) illustrates neatly the challenges facing businesses and government in finding workable, universally agreed methods to reduce the "product shadows" of a huge range of consumer goods. Greenpeace is right that transparency is crucial when you're dealing with busy customers and complex products, but it must be based on agreed and acceptable criteria. This June, Green Alliance published A Pathway to Greener Products in conjunction with Asda, Boots, Unilever, Sainsbury's, GlaxoSmithKline and others. The report calls on the government to take a lead in developing a practical, low-cost and widely adopted way of evaluating product impacts and identifying where action should be taken. Moreover, it's also crucial that "upstream" incentives are built into the system to allow companies to invest extensively in reducing their products' environmental footprints. It is a shame that Apple hasn't yet joined the ranking scheme, but there has been progress to date and we must continue to work with businesses to find workable solutions.
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While reading through some of the other bloggers and lawyers about important issues of the day, I came upon wise advice/warnings from the Intellectual Conservative Arizona about the power of the banks.
Sometimes debt comes on pretty unexpectedly, but other times it's a slow and predictable process you can see coming. Debt is never a comforting thing because it always makes you feel like there is something nagging you, but if you've found yourself in a position where you can't afford to make payments to certain creditors, it's important to take a careful look at those creditors and your bank account because some banks have the right to take out money without giving any prior warning to pay off debt you owe. This tactic is called the bank's right to setoff.
When you open a checking or savings account, there's usually some clause in the mountains of fine print that explicitly says the bank can take out money from your account if you owe it to them. Before you start panicking, it's key to note that they can usually only do this when you owe money to that specific bank, whether a bank-financed auto loan or credit card debt to the same bank you have a checking account.
So, if you're having some financial troubles and are thinking about filing for bankruptcy, you will want to close your bank accounts or the money in them could be seized. This isn't fraudulent advice because for some, the little money in their checking account is used for food and essentials, so having a bank seize the money could be detrimental.
Don't wait until you're finding yourself in the position where you are unable to pay off your debts and fear the bank may take your funds. Consult an experienced Tucson bankruptcy lawyer today for your best options.


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The recent terrorist attacks in Paris have many of us once again discussing our own homeland security. Most of us agree that "something" needs to be done but what that "something" is differs considerably.
Politicians, naturally, are using it as a forum to further their own agendas. People from all walks of life, whether liberals, conservatives, independents, and everything in-between, have an opinion of what needs to be done. As they should. America is, after all, OUR home – all of ours. And we all should have a say in how to protect our home.
Such a variety of opinions however often leads to conflict. Discussions turn into debates which rapidly turn into arguments which unfortunately often descends into harmful and unproductive "hate talk." And folks, when we fight each other, the terrorists win.
Of course, it's not only okay, but often necessary to disagree with one another. History supports that a variety of different perspectives and beliefs can create growth and progress. Hate, however, seldom does. Let's fight the terrorists – not each other. Whatever your opinion, now is the time for us all to band together against terrorism.
I personally can find value to both sides of a coin. There are vitally urgent issues at hand: Gun control, border control, humanitarianism, world peace, unemployment, poverty, homelessness, individual privacy protection, religious freedom and many, many more.
I don't profess to know all the right answers. Actually, I know only a few things with certainty. I know God is Good. I know I love my family and friends. And I know I love my country. But I do believe that charity begins at home. And as much as my heart breaks for the Syrian refugees, my gut instinct is to protect my home.
Unfortunately, ISIS knows that we are a compassionate, giving nation. And they are and will continue to use that compassion against us.
We know that at least one of the terrorists came in to Paris as a Syrian refugee. No one knows how many more came through, but what are the odds that there was only one?
Let's face it, this is an ideal opportunity for ISIS to enter a country. Because there really is no way to properly investigate a refugee. Therefore, it truly pains me to say that we need to close our borders – at least to the grown men.
Perhaps, until ISIS is "contained," refugee camps could be constructed for the women and children. Granted, it is not an ideal situation for anyone. But it may somewhat increase the safety of the refugees, as well as our own. As far as the adult men, maybe help them to relocate to a safer region in the middle east – if there is such a place.
Currently, there are at least 23 states that are refusing to take refugees. Though West Virginia is not yet one of them. Boone County Delegate, Joshua Nelson, has an on line petition against W. Va. receiving refugees and has garnered a multitude of signatures.
Of course I believe that the majority of Syrian refugees are NOT terrorists. But, unfortunately, it only takes one. And Charleston, W. Va. is on the Federal Government's list to place refugees. This year about 200 Syrian refugees were placed in Michigan. And that was just from one agency. An estimated 85,000 total refugees are expected to be here in the United States in 2016.
Charity begins at home. We must take care of our own family first. On airplanes, the flight attendants tell you that in case of an emergency, to put your own oxygen mask on first, so you will be able to help others. We, as a Nation, will not be able to help anyone if we don't first protect ourselves. If we allow our home to be destroyed, our home will be of no use to anyone.
I liken it to a man who goes out and takes care of everyone else but allows his own family to starve to death. Again, charity begins at home.
Yes, we are a nation built of immigrants. However I'm sure some of our Native American citizens aren't quite as happy with the outcome as we are.
We are living in an unprecedented dangerous era. And we have taken God out of too much of our foundation. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
My friends that are opposed to closing our borders tell me that I am reacting out of fear. I cannot deny that I am afraid for my children, my grandchildren, my family and friends, my country. So to all of those that call me afraid – to them I sadly say – indeed I am.
(Kyle Lovern is the Editor for the Williamson Daily News. He can be contacted at [email protected] or at 304-235-4242, ext. 2277 or on Twitter @KyleLovern)


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My Edge E520 won't boot up whe the expresscard is in the slot
It's a Lindy expresscard that supports windows 7
any ideas?
I have this very same problem. I just received a Lycom 34 expresscard with firewire ports, but the system hangs when I install it to the ec34 slot. The system won't boot, just hangs in the lenovo post screen forever. The same hang problem comes when the os is already running and trying to connect the card to the computer. The lycom uses a TI chipset. On the device manager I have no indicated problems.
Once I managed to get the lycom in to the computer without the system completely freezing. The device manager announced that the ieee 1934a texas instruments ochi compliant host controller (or something similar) was unable to start?
What can be the problem here since other people are experiencing similar troubles as well..?
Alright folks, here's the trick that made things working on my computer and allowed me to gain full acceess to stable expresscard fw connection with my Lycom TI based express 34 card.
It's really simple.This is how it goes at least on Lenovo Egde e520 machines:
1. Update to the most current bios.
2. Go to the the bios setup by pressing enter on the "lenovo" post screen.
3. Then press f1 to access bios setup.
4. Go to the "config" tab.
5. Select the "power" option.
6. Disable the "PCI Express Power management".
This fix worked like a charm for me! I hope that this thing works for other people as well who are experiencing similar troubles with their expresscard connections. No more freezing, no more boot problems, just like I want it!
Take care you all!


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1640 Little Mexico Rd Winfield, Pennsylvania 17889 (map) | (570) 374-9742
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Oct 2016 - $45.00
My husband and I have been staying at different campgrounds through out the summer and have finally found the perfect spot, at the very end of the season. We camped this past weekend and discovered a place that we want to be our camping season place. This special place is Little Mexico Campground in Winfield PA. The scenery is absolutely beautiful everywhere you look. There is not one, not two, but three ponds in which you may fish or just relax sitting on one of the many benches scattered around. There are many campsites right along Penn's Creek, which is where we stayed. It was so serene and peaceful and had ample space to enjoy time with our family. The guys could fish from our site. We also found the best deal on firewood! Nothing beats sitting along the water with the fire going and loved ones around you.There was so much space for both kids and adults to play any type of sport. There was horseshoes, volleyball, badminton, basketball, ball fields, mini-golf and an arcade for indoor fun. Many different activities were also available for campers to participate. Their store had ample supplies from a large selection of candy for the kids to RV supplies and everything in between. It is the largest camp store we have seen. The pool seems extra large and we cannot wait to be in it when the weather is warmer. The campground is also very safe for both kids and dogs. The speed limit is 5 MPH, and everyone actually followed that rule. Kids may ride bikes safely here. The playgrounds are wonderful and set up for much creative play. We are so excited to take our granddaughters to these play areas next season. There's cable and Wi-Fi, but we did not need that with all we did. The bathrooms are clean and the water is hot and efficient. We were very comfortable everywhere we went and with everything we did. The most amazing part of all was the staff. Everyone was so extremely helpful, from explaining things to delivering items to sharing of local information. - Cathy Appleyard
Aug 2016 - $40.00
Great campground with lots to do! There's fishing, golf cart rentals, themed weekends, various activities, kayaking, tubing and so much more! They have a great camp store and friendly staff. The campground is clean and tidy. The campers are friendly and very welcoming. A great atmosphere to just relax or take a walk or ride your bike. The sites by the creek are beautiful. We always have such a great time at this campground! A must place to visit! - 4 Happy Campers-LMC
Aug 2016 - $42.00
We had a great weekend, it was very nice. Everybody was friendly; they had live entertainment. We went tubing down the river and our site was open and spacious. Our sites for newly renovated easy to get into and easy to get out of, very wide compared to other campgrounds I have been to. They had 50 amp hook up, cable, Wi-Fi. Everybody at the campground treated you like family. It was beautiful to be right on the river. - Shirley speraw
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We renewed our Passport America just to stay here and we were totally satisfied. This is the place for kids!
Usually an RV park will have one nice playground. This place had a nice wooden playground, and a swingset, and a wooden climb-on train, AND a giant wooden ship with slides, AND a gaga ball pit, AND a giant Mc-Donald's style tunnel playground.
They also had a working gameroom.
Each morning they had a hey-hey ride with Yogi Bear, followed by coloring and cartoons. In the afternoon, the staff came the the playground and organized games with the kids. At dark, they played a movie on the big screen. Did I mention that this was on a TUESDAY?!
The pool was nice and had a separate baby pool with a cool contraption for filling buckets with water.
Laundry was decent.
The bathrooms were the cleanest I have ever seen!
The staff tried to give me a site that was close and easy with my 40 bus, but it was hard to find from the map, so I ended up making some awkward turns. When it was time to leave, the staff member gave me a golf-cart escort just to make sure I tooth easy way out. - mmette00
Sep 2016 - $24.00
We stayed one night while traveling through the area. The office staff was very pleasant and helpful. We would have appreciated a physical guide to our site as the map was a bit confusing. The park was nicely laid out. Our site was next to a camping cabin and parking was tight, making it a bit difficult to access our site. The park is shady and contained many trees. Many of the sites are on a hill but are relatively level. We did not participate in any of the activities other than walking around on the park roads and trails. It is a park that mainly caters to families with children but is also appropriate for senior adults. We would probably not return only because we do not travel in that direction often. - grandma0942
Aug 2016 - $26.00
First, the good stuff -If you want a campground geared towards young families then this Yogi Bear place is for you. They've got lots of scheduled activities for kids including daily hay rides; very nice pool; playground and more. All the physical amenities in this campground such as the sites, roads, buildings are in terrific condition. The entire campground was very well maintained by a large number of work-camper staff. Even the fire pits are moved and all ashes cleaned immediately after the site is vacated. Many of the sites are shaded by mature trees.
Now the not-so-good stuff - Thee is an huge amount of permanent sites consuming the better locations. Very few pull-thru sites for larger rigs and even less with 50amp. Our 50amp site was back-in with no shade and just gravel. OVERHEAD WIRES were everywhere and low enough to actually drag on top of some tall RV's. We had to have a spotter while maneuvering to our site with our motorhome. We cleared some wires by only inches. One access road was no navigable due to low wires. They really should consider trenching the electrical utilities. Last, we stayed Tuesday thru Thursday. The campground is so well booked on weekends that they try to do all their maintenance during the week. Wednesday was mowing day with noisy mowers until late afternoon. Then, a skid loader was spreading stones and leveling gravel on nearby sites until after 6:00pm making sitting outdoors very annoying. I finally went over and asked the skid loader person what time he intended to quit for the day. He planned on working later but was reasonable enough to stop 15 minutes later. We understand the need to work during the week when sites are available, but we also expect a quiet time for weekday campers, too. The 1/2 mile or so paved access road to the campground is very narrow and full of potholes. We were SO glad not to meet another RV on this road. - homey
401 Park Dr Sunbury, Pennsylvania 17801 (map) | (570) 286-1307
Sites: 100 | Latest Rate: $42.00 | 19 Reviews
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Sep 2016 - $42.00
This campground is HORRIBLE ! The sites are small and hard to back in a with longer camper. The wifi only worked if you were at the office. The owner was rude and disrespectful to the families with us, as well as my family. They did not have many activities for kids. The kids park is a JOKE ! They had a toy bingo where you had to be 12 or under to play and we were questioned numerous times on the age of our kids. We camp almost every weekend in the summer and this is the first we have had any issues at a campground. - Teresa PSU
Jun 2016 - $42.00
We stayed at this campground for a long weekend. It is right before/after the bridge and the turn in can be tricky depending on the direction of your approach. There is a restaurant that may or may not be affiliated with the campground, but it appeared to only be open for ice cream at the window. The site we had was very tight, but fortunately we had nice neighbors since we really butted up to the site behind us and barely had room to extend our awning and not hit our neighbors on the side. And fortunately again, my son, who was going to have a tent on our site, had to cancel and didn't come. There would have been nowhere to put the tent. Our fire ring was in a spot where we would have had to essentially set up our chairs in our neighbor's site to use it. Mostly seasonal sites in our area. There is a pool, but it seldom had anyone in it. We were right next to the public access boat launch. This was not a problem. The boaters/visitors just parked across the campground road from us on the grass. All the people visiting and living there were friendly. The staff is amazing. Very accommodating and helpful. We did not have kids with us, so cannot comment on family activities. - WMRamblers
Jan 2016 - $42.00
Way back we used to be seasonal Campers there and last year we came back for a week. There were some great improvements made. The new owner tries very hard to bring it back how it was a few years ago. It's clean and a lot of fun, because they have some great weekend entertainment.
Knoebels is not far and I also like the state park right across the street. Great for riding a bicycle. - Heidemarie
213 Aspen Ln Northumberland, Pennsylvania 17857 (map) | (570) 473-8021
Sites: 220 | Latest Rate: $59.00 | 43 Reviews
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May 2016 - $59.00
We wanted to love this place because of all the activities, but it did not click for us, at all. If you smoke and are looking for a campground to party at, then you have found it. If you are looking for something more along the lines of a KOA or Jellystone...keep looking. Smoking was allowed anywhere in the pool area, so there is no getting away from it. The staff would sit at a picnic table right outside the office door and smoke, so you basically had to walk through it to get to the office/camp store. The staff themselves were mostly rude and very short with customers, except for the lady at the pool snack bar...she was very nice. Lots of drinking...everywhere. I am cool with having a couple of beers, heck I home brew, but when you have a pyramid of cans stacked up at the side of the pool next to a 2 gallon jug of frozen margaritas I think it says something about the mindset. The manager claims that barking dogs wont be tolerated, but they don't enforce it. We won't be going back...ever. - direwolf2001
Aug 2015 - $45.00
This would be a 10 rating if the owners were not so greedy. Great place, so much to do onsite, well kept BUT they charge you extra for everything except the pool, water slides, bumper boats, paddle boats, peddle carts all extra, and a lot extra and if you have kids under 12 don't forgot a helmet, o yes, they charge you for helmets. Most of the activities close early as well, somewhere around 5-6pm. I remember years ago this cg didn't milk you for everything. Funny how money changes a person/owner. It will cost you just as much if not more than your campsite fee if you want to enjoy all they offer. - Hitch itch
Aug 2015 - $50.00
Overall we were satisfied with our week stay at Splash Magic. While we won't be running back, we would say the stay was adequate. There were a couple things to take note of.
- This campground is VERY busy. Most of the sites are VERY tight. We actually got lucky and had some of the largest sites there.
- The wrist band/activity fees are extremely steep, especially for the weekend. We had a special package, and if we hadn't we would not have stayed.
- The pool and slides were nice. But the adults here were pretty rowdy and we did not appreciate the smoking that was not only allowed but encouraged with ash trays around the family swimming area.
- Renting a golf cart was a must. The campground is huge and our site was a very long walk from the pool and even farther from the river. We could have driven but the amount of bikes on the road made it next to impossible to get around. The bike rentals are great, but there are bikes everywhere!
- Our sites backed up to the railroad and a factory. We were in a 5th wheel so the noise was not a problem for us. But could be if you are tent camping or in a pop up. The factory works 3rd shift and is noisy at night.
- Speaking of noisy, this campground is a late night campground. LOTS of people up really late. Again, not a problem for us but I could see it could be for others.
- Finally, they are adding a ton of additional campsites. This is going to make the traffic and number of bikes even worse.
I would say it was good for a weekend, but I am afraid that it was so busy that I wouldn't want to be there over the weekend. Things were clean though. - Katie219
22 Penn Avon Trl Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania 17870 (map) | (570) 374-9468
Sites: 60 | Latest Rate: $42.00 | 5 Reviews
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Oct 2014 - $42.00
Clean park and friendly staff. Not staffed all the time. Short on amenities and small, but overall it is nice. Firewood is readily available for $5 a wheel barrel full. - Donulus
Jul 2011 - $38.00
Love this RV park. We had our campsite right on Penn's Creek. It was nice. Shade, grass and blue stones. No dust. No much going on, but if you don't want to be bothered and just relax, this is the right campground. - Heidemarie
Jul 2011 - $38.00
Small, neat campground but with only one pull through. Big rigs can get into backin sites. There doesn't seem to be anyone on site so we pulled into the pull-through in our 45' coach. They make it easy to fill out the registration form and leave the payment. Wi-Fi didn't work after a storm came through. We were told that it is busy on weekends and since you can't speak to anyone, you don't know if you have a reservation. Could be a problem. Would stay here again. - Team Asphalt
2751 Millers Bottom Rd New Columbia, Pennsylvania 17856 (map) | (570) 568-5541
Sites: 350 | Latest Rate: $47.00 | 42 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $47.00
Very quiet mid-week, lots of amenities available. While the bathhouses were clean, they were quite far from our site, which wasn't ideal. Other than that, a good place to stay for overnight or longer. - calijame
Jun 2015 - $56.00
We stayed here over night on Fathers day weekend so the campground was very busy with families as we expected any campground to be. When I made the reservation I was told that we would have a deluxe site because that is all they had left. I agreed and paid extra for what turned out to be a basic pull through site. The staff did not help me locate our campsite which was at the far end of the park. After getting fully hooked up I was told to move because I had pulled into the wrong site. Other than that inconvenience I was happy that the campground was clean and family oriented. Nice petting Zoo for the kids, playground and an inviting looking pool, which we didn't get a chance to use. This would be a good place to spend a few days with young children. - Freelander1
Aug 2014 - $72.00
Paid for a "deluxe pull through site" - what a laugh and a rip off. We could not get our rig leveled from front to back because of the extreme slope of the site. There was no wi-fi up and running. Will not stay here again. - ParrotMom
162 Hidden Valley Ln Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania 17844 (map) | (570) 966-1330
Sites: 395 | Latest Rate: $38.00 | 8 Reviews
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Sep 2016 - $38.00
Park office was closed. All ponds covered with green algae. Bathrooms were old and dingy and dark, but plenty of hot water. - PF Churchill
May 2016 - $65.00
This is a very quiet, clean campground, but when we camped there they packed us close to other campers, and we were out in the hot sun with no shade. It was a long walk up the hill to the nearest shower/bathroom facility, and you had to press the shower every 10 seconds to get water. Seems to be a better place to go for seasonal campers. - Diffycamper22
Oct 2015 - $38.00
A fairly quiet campground. We stayed in the group area. Water and electric worked well. No WIFI at sites, cable TV was iffy +/- 20 channels. Sites were close, but mostly level grass. There are close to 400 permanent sites throughout the resort, with a lot of golf carts, which didn't cause any problems. I will stay here again. - maineman
125 S Main St Montgomery, Pennsylvania 17752 (map) | (570) 547-6289
Sites: 150 | Latest Rate: $47.00 | 12 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $47.00
Park is older, but the bathrooms were clean. We did not uses the showers, but they were clean also. Tight spots, close to your neighbors, but people, both seasonals and transits, were very friendly. Staff was very nice, super friendly. Even loaned us an electric cord as we had difficulty with ours. The lounge was a nice hangout and something going on every night, cards, trivia, live music and boozy bingo (it is a bit of a party place, but not loud or rowdy, just fun) Not a lot for kids to do, but we did not stay there on a weekend. The lounge is being renovated so just a bit torn up, but still friendly service and nice to be able to sit and socialize and have a beer or drink. It's animal friendly and on the river. We will go back. - gandb26
Jun 2015 - $40.00
Clean park on the Susquehanna River in Montgomery. Easy access. Good 50 amp, good water pressure. Pad was gravel, almost level. Did find several nails in the gravel near the hookups. The last time we visited here it was filled with oil field workers and rather noisy. BUT it settled down after 10 PM. The staff are VERY friendly. Because of our size, (40 footer 3 slides) we were placed near the entryway. This resulted in some traffic noise as well as the dump station being our best view. The park behind was was awesome. We stay here each time we come home to Loyalsock. Closest and best park. - walt66
Jul 2014 - $20.00
Very nice place, well kept and constant maintenance was evident. Susquehanna river within walking distance with a boat ramp nearby for the canoe and kayak. Tavern on site with great burgers and other items; must-try appetizers. Will return again - labones
17215 Buffalo Rd Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania 17844 (map) | (570) 966-1455
Sites: 61 | Latest Rate: $24.00 | 3 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $24.00
This is a very nice state park, IF you have a smaller-sized rig. We stayed here for a couple of nights in a 40' fifth wheel. It was difficult getting our rig backed-in to the site. The roads are narrow (beautiful roads through the forest) and, of course hilly. There is a separate camping area for those with pets. We love this state park. Unfortunately, our rig is too long for us to utilize it again. Beware: cell-phone service is non-existent. This is a dead zone. Antenna tv service is not available. We were here for three nights while visiting relatives. It was nice to be off the grid for a bit. - oldbluejay
Jul 2015 - $24.00
We loved this place! Perfect for the outdoors adventurer. There isn't much around, but the sites are beautiful. This place has a feeling as if you are out west in a national park. We will be back.
Wooded and remote sites with lantern hangers and fire pits.
Special thanks to the friendly camp host who helped us park late in the evening. - 72streams
Sep 2012 - $29.00
This is a very nice state park campground set in a hemlock and white pine forest. Every site is at least partially shaded and most are fully shaded. Most sites are spacious and have reasonably level gravel pads. Tent sites have a tent pad with finer gravel base. The campground has one central shower house, which is relatively new and clean. The park has a small lake with a beach and swimming area and numerous picnic tables. There are hiking trails in the park and connections to other mid-state trail systems. There are many miles of packed gravel forest roads (no winter maintenance) to explore on bike or by vehicle. There are also quite a few other state parks within a 25-30 mile radius to explore. Owners of big rigs would do well to avoid sites 17 to 33, as there is a very tight left-hand turn to navigate when leaving that section of the campground. It can be done, but the bank on the left side shows numerous scars indicating that the bank won! Our only gripe was the vendor-supplied firewood ($7.00/stack) that was obviously cut from long-downed trees and was very punky. There are area residents with roadside signs for camp firewood, though. RB Winter is in a beautiful section of north-central Pennsylvania's mountains and there are some great overlooks from its 2000 ft. elevation. We will definitely camp here again so we can further explore the region. - JEH412
973 Southern Dr Catawissa, Pennsylvania 17820 (map) | (570) 356-7700
Sites: 250 | Latest Rate: $49.00 | 25 Reviews
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Jul 2015 - $49.00
This could be a very nice campground... except the bathrooms were old and have little to no privacy. They have no laundry on site. The small pool has very strange hours. Noon to 5pm the 6 to 9? Most of the nice sites are seasonals. It is very close to Knenobles, the provided utilities worked as they should. Staff was friendly enough. They are VERY picky about thier grass. We have decided to try other campgrounds in the area. - Camper 1972
Jul 2014 - $47.00
This is a nearly perfect campground in a beautiful part of Pennsylvania. It is tightly controlled, but very clean and friendly. The cable is free, as is the Internet. Both are extremely strong...the cable has a hundred or so channels. Knoebels Amusement Park is 1.5 miles down the road. The ice cream store across the street has the best quality I have experienced, nearly anywhere. The only negatives are a small pool and office with limited supplies, due to size. It's quiet for adults and with Knoebels so close, a dream for kids. - sse
Jun 2014 - $49.00
We were here last year and the staff is still friendly & helpful.Sites are level, good hookups,good tv & cell reception, just up the road from Knobles amusement park.Have a small pool but nice. Restrooms clean.Only down side, office is tiny with very little supplies other than candy & marshmellows.So bring what you need, any parts or supplies will be about 1-1/2 miles or so away.Great ice cream place across from camp. - vince/chestertown


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This is the email that I sent to the son of a b***h that stole my money.
You told me that I was approved for a $7000.00 loan. So far I have not received a cent of that money. You said I needed to send you $700.00 dollars to prove that I had money in the bank ,so I sent you $700 dollars. You told me to call Simon Fletcher because I needed insurance on the $7000.00, so I sent him $438 dollars. After I sent the $438 dollars you and Simon said that I would receive the $7700 by midnight Tuesday. When I called you on Wednesday to tell you that I did not receive the $7700 you told me Simon Fletcher was handling my file and for me to call him. When I called Simon he said Cash Advance America tried to send it three times but since my credit was bad it would not go though. Then Simon told me that Cash Advance America was going to wire me the $7700, but I had to pay the $664 fee to have it sent to me. After I sent the $664 dollars Simon told me that the IRS was keeping the transfer from happening and that I needed to pay the taxes on the $7700 dollars so IRS will release the money. After I sent Simon the $269 dollars for the taxes I receive a call from a John Peterson. John told me that he was the manger over the accounting department and Cash Advance America was not aloud to send that much money through Western Union. Then John told me he was having a employee named Neil Smith from one of the Cash Advance America in Texas to bring me a Debit card for $8600 dollars. John said that I had to pay $266 dollars to activate the card. I sent John the $266 dollars. He said Neil should arrive at my home in two hours. This was at 4pm central time. At 6:30 central time John told me Neil was 45 minutes away. He never showed up. On July 4th I received a call from a David James. David said he was employed by Cash Advance America and that Eric, Simon, and John had stole my information from Cash Advance America. David also said your guys scammed me. David then told me he could guarantee that I would receive the $7000 dollars, but first I had to wire Cash Advance America $360 dollars. After I sent the $360 dollar David call me and said that the $438 dollars that I sent Eric Fletcher was never turned in. David said that I needed to send him another $470 dollars for insurance. If I would pay the $460 dollars the $8600 would be deposited into my account today.
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Basement Finish Bathroom
I am running a 20 amp circuit for a bathroom with one GFI, Light, and a Fan. As I run the line from the panel I have come to a fork in the road and need to splice the circuit so one run goes to the GFI and the other run goes to the light and fan.
At this fork in the road I have another outlet on a different circuit, can I put this one outlet(on a different circuit) into a 2 gang box and then run my splice through this 2 gang box and then cover with 1 Duplex 1 Blank Cover plate?
Or do I have to use a metal box to make the splice?
yes, you can assuming the box is big enough for all those connections (a 2 gang box should be)
the grounds should all be tied together.
the neutrals and hots for the 2 different circuits must be kept separate.
The circuits will enter in on opposite sides, so what you are saying is that the grounds from circuit 1 and circuit 2 need to be connected? Then of course the hot and the neutral will stay on their respective sides in the box.
yes. the following grounds would be connected (I assume the box is non metallic)
Incoming circuit cable for new circuit
2 outgoing circuit cables for new circuit
Incoming circuit cable for old circuit
Pigtail wire to receptacle
Either join the 5 wires together under one properly sized wireneut or run have 3 under one nut and 2 under the other and run a jumper wire between the 2 (resulting in one wire nut with 4 wires and one with 3).
Out of curiosity, what would happen if he didn't connect the neutrals from the two circuits? Having a hard time figuring that out.
if neutrals were connected together
1. any afci or gfci circuit breakers for these circuits would auto-trip
2. if the two circuits are on the same phase, the neutrals could be dangerously overloaded
3. if on opposite phases, it becomes a poorly designed MWBC
if the grounds are NOT connected together - under normal circumstances, nothing will happen. under fault conditions, interconnected grounds provides an even better low resistance path back to the panel.
I'm sorry, I did mean grounds. Thanks.
Why do you need to split the circuit at this location? Why not just run the circuit all the way to the new receptacle location and then jump it over to the new switch location? It may require a bit more cable, but we're probably only talking a couple dollars.
Just trying to avoid doubling back, more cable and more holes to drill. I already have other circuits running in both direction so I would have to make more holes so all the wires fit. The splice would be in the HVAC room so it will not bee seen.
If you really want to split it and it's going to be in a mechanical room, just use a new box. Why deal with the old one at all?
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Now, having admitted that embarrassing fact for all of the bicycle-blogging world to see, I also have to admit that I have become absolutely captivated by the Iditarod Trail Invitational. With nothing more to watch than spare, often long-delayed reports on racers' current placement on the trail, I have been caught up in a whirlwind of imagination about their trail conditions, method of movement, weather, and just what exactly they might be thinking about as they gaze across endless dunes of windswept snow over the treeless tundra.
The three leaders in the race took nearly 40 hours to pedal/walk/trudge the 90 miles between Rohn and Nikolai. They're pushing five days now to make it the McGrath, a very respectable time in which to finish the race. Five days. 350 miles. Those TdF guys do 350 miles in, what, like three hours?
But I can't help but feel awestruck respect for the racers struggling toward McGrath. Here they are, in their physical prime, clawing through blowing snow and temperatures plummeting to negative-double-digits with 15 mph headwinds. They're living on power bars, jerky, disgusting trail food, the occasional hamburger at a checkpoint. They're relying on human-powered transportation in one of the few places left in this overpopulated world where you can travel 100 miles between a human settlement of any kind. They're doing it all as fast as they can, as hard as they can, and all for this blurry-eyed, sleep-deprived slump over the finish line. Then they can return to their homes in Anchorage, London and South Africa, read their name in the massive scrunch of small gray type in the Anchorage Daily News, and tell their friends that they completed the "world's longest winter ultra race" - which, of course, none of their friends will have ever heard of.
This isn't the Tour de France. It's not even the Iditarod dogsled race. There aren't any television cameras, news reports or big payouts at the end. Whatever these racers do out there, they're doing entirely for themselves. You gotta respect that.


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Body as a whole: Fever, and discoloration of secretions.
Gastrointestinal: Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dyspepsia, stomatitis, glossitis, dysphagia, enamel hypoplasia, enterocolitis, pseudomembranous colitis, pancreatitis, inflammatory lesions (with monilial overgrowth) in the oral and anogenital regions.
Genitourinary: Vulvovaginitis.
Hepatic toxicity: Hyperbilirubinemia, hepatic cholestasis, increases in liver enzymes, fatal hepatic failure, and jaundice. Hepatitis, including autoimmune hepatitis, and liver failure have been reported. (See PRECAUTIONS.)
Skin: Alopecia, erythema nodosum, hyperpigmentation of nails, pruritus, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and vasculitis. Maculopapular and erythematous rashes. Exfoliative dermatitis has been reported. Fixed drug eruptions, including balanitis, have been reported. Erythema multiforme and Stevens-Johnson syndrome have been reported. Photosensitivity is discussed above. (See WARNINGS.) Pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes has been reported.
Respiratory: Cough, dyspnea, bronchospasm, exacerbation of asthma, and pneumonitis.
Renal toxicity: Interstitial nephritis. Elevations in BUN have been reported and are apparently dose related. (See WARNINGS.) Reversible acute renal failure has been reported.
Musculoskeletal: Arthralgia, arthritis, bone discoloration, myalgia, joint stiffness, and joint swelling.
Hypersensitivity reactions: Urticaria, angioneurotic edema, polyarthralgia, anaphylaxis/anaphylactoid reaction (including shock and fatalities), anaphylactoid purpura, myocarditis, pericarditis, exacerbation of systemic lupus erythematosus and pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia have been reported. A transient lupus-like syndrome and serum sickness-like reactions also have been reported. cytosis, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, neutropenia, pancytopenia, and eosinophilia have been reported.
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Other: Thyroid cancer has been reported in the post-marketing setting in association with minocycline products. When minocycline therapy is given over prolonged periods, monitoring for signs of thyroid cancer should be considered. When given over prolonged periods, tetracyclines have been reported to produce brown-black microscopic discoloration of the thyroid gland. Cases of abnormal thyroid function have been reported.
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The concurrent use of tetracycline and methoxyflurane has been reported to result in fatal renal toxicity.
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Thai cuisine is really better described as four regional cuisines corresponding to the four main regions of the country. The cooking of Thailand has been influenced by China and India while maintaining a unique taste of its own. Like Vietnamese food, Thai food uses fresh (rather than dried) herbs and spices as well as the ingredient found in almost all Thai dishes and every region of the country: nam pla, a very aromatic and strong tasting fish sauce.
Kwaytiow Paht Thai
Serves 2 to 4
If you love this dish as much as I do, you will be thrilled to see how easily you can make it in your home kitchen. Our daughter Isabelle has grown up calling paht Thai "pink noodles" since her favorite version at Indra Thai restaurant, in Glendale, California, includes just enough tomato paste to give it a delicious tinge of pink.
The classic noodle-shop version calls for a daunting array of ingredients, from pickled white radish and garlic chives to tamarind liquid, dried shrimp, and crisp fried tofu. My family loves this simple and delicious homestyle paht Thai recipe we learned from Ms. Siriluk Williams, owner ofSukothai Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida—it's easy to make and hard to resist. Cooking noodles in a wok or a skillet takes a little practice, but once you have prepared a few plates of paht Thai, you will know just what to do and how to do it. For the rice noodles, or kwaytiow, the traditional choice is a slender, flat noodle resembling linguine, but almost any long noodle will work here.
To prepare the dried rice noodles, bring a large saucepan of water to a rolling boil, add the noodles, and remove from heat. Let the noodles steep 5 minutes, and then drain and rinse well in cold water. Transfer the drained rice noodles to a medium bowl and place it by the stove, along with a serving platter, a pair of long-handled tongs or a spatula, and a slotted spoon for tossing the noodles. Have all the remaining ingredients ready and handy.
In a large, deep skillet or a wok, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium heat until a bit of garlic sizzles at once. Add the garlic, toss well, and then add the shrimp and chicken. Cook about 2 minutes, tossing now and then, until shrimp and meat are cooked through.
Add the noodles and toss as they begin to soften, whiten, and curl in the hot pan. Add the fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and chili flakes and cook 1 to 2 minutes, tossing now and then. Add a splash or two of the water to prevent sticking.
When the noodles are tender, push them to one side and add the remaining tablespoon of oil. Add the egg, and once it is almost set, scramble it and push it aside. Add the green onions and 1 cup of the bean sprouts and cook about 1 minute, tossing once or twice, until shiny and beginning to wilt.
Sprinkle the peanuts and lime juice over the noodles and then toss to mix everything well. Mound the noodles on a serving platter, arrange the remaining cup of bean sprouts and the lime wedges on the side, and serve hot.
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Your guilds sound like great fun! The only group I've found doesn't seem to want any new members. I keep hoping to stumble onto a good group one of these days.
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Your guilds sound like great fun! The only group I've found doesn't seem to want any new members. I keep hoping to stumble onto a good group one of these days.
Can't speak for a Jessup but our Jesup is about 20 minutes drive from Hinesville/Ft Stewart (miliarty base) GA. We are coastal for sure.Originally Posted by ruck9085
What a good charity to do. I haven't met any little girls or boys who do not like getting a blanket/quilt for there doll. Need to put that down as a project for me to do. One can get alot of doll quilts out in a year for such a project. Thanks for sharing.Originally Posted by lbaillie
Did you ask?Originally Posted by raedar63
Some groups are small with just a few friends and like to keep it that way.
Now that is a neat idea. Will have to bring that up with our group and see if it's something they'd like to do.Originally Posted by BZ quilting
This is one reason I love to read about other guilds..... the sharing of ideas and what each does.
Cost in our area averages from $15 to $25 depending on guild. Most I've seen so far close to me is $15.00 a year.Originally Posted by icon17
I think for that small amount each year it is nothing compared to what we learn from each other, and activities we get involved in doing charitible things in the community. Meeting new people and developing friendships as "sisters" is definitely a plus.
Our guild is the Cotton Patch Quilters of Kern County, and has been in existence for about 25 years. Here's what we do:
1. Officers are for 1 year.
2. Bi-Annual Quilt Show - I am chair for the 2012 show. We do an opportunity quilt that is awarded at the show.
3. We do charity quilts & other items for:
Loving Hands - small quilts for incubators at neonatal units at local hospitals
Turtle Camp - one of Paul Newman's camps for kids with cancer about 90 miles from us
Quilts of Valor - local chapter includes Women's Club
Pillowcases - for kids at the local homeless shelter
4. We have a monthly meeting, 3rd Thurs of the month, both day and night meetings on same day.
5. Teachers at nearly every meeting, most of them nationally known. We're lucky to get lots of good teachers out here!
6. Raffle table at every meeting, plus a drawing for everyone who remembered their handmade name tags.
7. Show & Tell
8. Bus trips to quilt shows on the coast and in the L.A. area.
9. Friendship groups
I guess that's about it. We're very busy!! :-)
*Our elected President fills the position normally for one year but we have been able to talk a few into doing 2 years. All the other officers and committee members are also normally for 1 year but many stay on longer.
* Monthly meetings are the fourth Thursday of the month, evening only. Our Guild Board meet earlier in the month to make sure things are lined up for upcoming activities.
* we hold 2/3 open sewing and kit making days. Most of the kits we put together for our charties are from donated fabrics we receive.
*Each month we have something that has been organized by our Guild Board committee. Some times is a new technique, sometimes it's a trunk show. We always try to have 1 or 2 big speakers (either published or well known artist) every year.
*Charity Quilts - we do them all year round but we have 1 day that is dedicated to putting them together. From Sept 1- Dec 31 we had handed out over 100 quilts to various charities in the area.
* Every other year we have a quilt show.
* We have 2 retreats one in Winter & one in late summer. We all bring whatever we want to work on. It's a 4 day retreat south of us in a community that offers 4 quilt stores and other options. They do most of the cooking for us and we have some very cabins to set up in
* we have different classes, workshops, mystery quilts, Out of the Bag challenges, and such through out the year so everyone has the ability to participate. we have also had a new addition to our program where we had a fashion show - Called Strut Your Stuff - where all hobbies/crafts we might like to do in addition to quilting was shared.
* We also seek out a favorite singing quilter to attend our meetings. She sings while teaching us. Fun!
* A number of our members also have their own interest groups outside of our meetings where they make special items for special groups - Quilts of Valor, quilts for Toys for Tots, Knitted items, etc...
* we bring in teachers from all over our state to share their talents, do trunk shows and share their techniques.
* we do a summer pot luck and christmas pot luck to take time to have fun and catch up with each.
* At every meeting members are encouraged to bring finished items as a show and tell for everyone to see.
* we hold an auction of donated items every other year to raise funds for supllies.
* and on the other year we hold a Quilt Show in our local library - free to the public.
* We sponsor and support our local county fair with prizes, and we help with the displaying of entries and offer our time to house sit while they are on display.
* We make quilt/totes/walker pouches/pillowcases year round for donations to our local pediatric ward, senior care facilities, crisis centers and organizations seeking our help.
Our guild has close to 100 members varing ages from 12 on up - male & female - just need to love or want to learn to sew.
I know I probably forgot something but you get the idea. And our doors are welcome to all levels and everyone.
We have a guild here in my Sr. Complex. We make quilt tops, sandwich them and usually tack them. If some soul wants to machine quilt that is great, but most have eye problems or can't use machine. We just donated 15 small quilts to St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. They either donate to people who need them or sell them in their store.
We do have lots of fun bringing back memories of the Good Old Days and doing our mending, etc while we talk.
My guild has a fat quarter lottery each month with a featured color or type of fabric (batik, 30s, etc.). You put your name in for each fat quarter you take. You may win four or five fat quarters. There is also a block of the month (Buck a Block) in which your name is in the drawing to win all of the blocks if you take the finished block back to the next meeting.


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Washington D.C. - A team of scientists has set aside an entire new genus within the family of primates that includes great apes and humans after discovering an exquisitely preserved 15 million year old partial skeleton of an ancient ape. The new genus Equatorius, reported in the 27 August issue of Science, helps reshape the complex evolutionary tree around the time when the ancestor to humans and great apes arose, and reveals that one species, Kenyapithecus wickeri, is more closely related to that ancestor than previously thought.
The ape family tree has dwindled to a few remaining twigs today, but during the Miocene era (23-5.5 million years ago), it was a thriving, bushy affair, with numerous species in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Researchers agree that the great ape and human lineage originated from one of these animals, but their vote for the most likely ancestor changes as new discoveries are made and old fossils are re-analyzed. The new fossil ape reported in Science prompted its discoverers to take another look at the Kenyapithecus genus, an ape that researchers had once placed in the key ancestor position. Their analysis reclassified a more primitive-looking species of Kenyapithecus within the new genus Equatorius, allowing the researchers to draw a clearer connection between the remaining Kenyapithecus species and the living apes and humans.
The research team, which includes senior author Steve Ward of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Kent State University and project director Andrew Hill of Yale University, revisited the problem of Kenyapithecus' place in great ape ancestry after uncovering the skeleton at the site of Kipsaramon in Kenya. They compared features in the Kipsaramon fossil's teeth and jaws to dental and facial patterns in two Kenyapithecus species: Kenyapithecus africanus and Kenyapithecus wickeri. Their analysis revealed two distinct patterns in the sample: a more primitive pattern represented by Kenyapithecus africanus (and including the Kipsaramon specimen), and a more modern, great ape-like pattern represented by Kenyapithecus wickeri.
"Some researchers had previously suspected that there was more than one taxon represented in Kenyapithecus, but before the Kipsaramon fossil, the sample was too limited to draw any definite conclusions," co-author Jay Kelley said. Ward and his colleagues decided to formally recognize the two different groups by placing the more primitive-looking individuals in the new Equatorius genus, and retaining the name Kenyapithecus for the more advanced specimens.
Tantalizing evidence from a continent away provided the second key piece of data that convinced Ward and his colleagues to recognize the Equatorius genus. Kenyapithecus wickeri's overall dental pattern is also found in the teeth of an unnamed ape species from the middle Miocene site of Pasalar in Turkey. Being able to see the same anatomy in a group of animals from a completely separate part of the world convinced the authors that they were right to single out Kenyapithecus wickeri as distinct from Equatorius.
"The connection between the Pasalar material and the Kenyapithecus wickeri specimens gave us confidence that the differences we had found in the Kenyapithecus material were real and of generic level importance," Kelley said. The similarities also raise the intriguing possibility of a link between Eurasian and African apes during the middle Miocene. The Pasalar material is currently being analyzed, and Kelley stressed that the exact nature of this link will remain unclear until this work is complete.
Equatorius' exact relationship to later apes is still uncertain at this point, but the genus generally fits the description of a "stem hominoid", one of a cluster of species positioned somewhere on the evolutionary ladder near the origins of the ape group. Stem hominoids are considered too primitive to be the direct ancestors of modern apes and humans. However, Equatorius is more modern in some respects than earlier primitive apes, especially in its skeleton. "Equatorius is a fascinating animal. It shows evidence of using the ground more frequently than earlier ape species. As we continue to analyze the upper arm and shoulder of Equatorius, we expect to learn a great deal more about the behavior of this animal," said Steve Ward.
Removing the more primitive Equatorius specimens from the Kenyapithecus sample was like lifting a veil off the second genus, allowing the researchers to clearly identify the advanced features of Kenyapithecus that linked it to more modern apes. "One of the reasons for the conflicting opinions about the relationship of Kenyapithecus to the great ape and human clade was that this mixed sample was giving off mixed signals. Different things were thrown into a common pot, muddling up the real story," said Kelley. "Kenyapithecus' exact relationship to the origin of these later apes is still somewhat of a mystery at this point, but we think that the work reported in our paper at least establishes a clearer framework for interpreting how Kenyapithecus might fit into ape and human ancestry."
The site of Kipsaramon is located in Kenya's Baringo Basin, a focus of continuous paleoanthropological research for nearly 20 years by Yale University's Baringo Paleontological Research Project, led by co-author Andrew Hill. Geologic sediments in the basin cover the period between 15 million years ago to the present, and contain the only complete record in Africa for portions of this crucial time in ape and human history. Research in the basin has also produced a wealth of information about climate and the evolution of other animal species from this time period.
Ward, Hill, and members of the team from the National Museums of Kenya came upon the Kipsaramon skeleton after searching uphill from a large number of isolated teeth that had washed into a gully at the site. The skeleton was moved from the site to the museum in one consolidated block, where the fragile bones were painstakingly removed from their surrounding rock. The fossil find consists of most of a lower jaw with teeth, some upper incisors, and an unusual amount of skeletal material, including bones or parts of bones from the arm, shoulder, collarbone, chest, wrists and fingers, and vertebrae, all belonging to a single male individual. The researchers believe that the new fossil and genus, along with the sheer volume of other Miocene fossils currently being described by other scientists, will generate another round of intense interest and debate about our lineage's origins. "The real importance of Equatorius is how it clarifies the relationship of middle Miocene apes.
"The fact that Kenyapithecus can be definitely shown to be more a derived ape with possible affinities to fossils in Turkey opens the door to interesting discussions concerning the ancestry of great apes and humans," said Ward.
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Book Reviews
Book Review of Amaney Jamal, and Nadine Naber, eds., Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11, International Migration Review 45(1): 210-212, 2011
Book Review of Terri Givens, Gary P. Freeman, and David L. Leal, eds., Immigration Policy and Security, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 36(7): 1194-1195, 2010
Select Professional Publications
Muslim Migrant Impact on the European Security Agenda: Lessons from Germany, France and the UK, Monograph, Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 2010
Under Review & In Preparation
"The Evolution of Italian Muslim Political Participation,"
"Let's Intervene! But Only if They're Like Us: The Effects of Group Dynamics and Emotion on the Willingness to Support Humanitarian Intervention," (with Mike Grillo), revise and resubmit
"The Migration-Security Nexus: When are Global Immigrants Viewed as a Threat?" (with Mike Grillo)
"The Influence of Information and Previous Beliefs on Individuals' Beliefs about the Applicability of the Geneva Conventions to Terrorist Groups" (with Mike Grillo)
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