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That bottom image is from Dead Rising 3 not Ryse.
You don't think that's one of Emperor Vespasian's helicopter cohorts?
I looked at the footage of Ryse, and it was far from smooth.. it was running at 30 fps with frequent dips. An awful lot of things need polishing with this one.
Sadly you're right, I was at least expecting 1080p and 60 fps on these next gen games.
Lol yes it could well be part of his armored unit.
Are you not entertained??! Get to the choppa!
Apparently the demos at E3 were running on Windows 7 PCs. Nothing extraordinary about that, of course, but just an indication that it's early days yet.
That's fixed now, thank you.
Yes I also heard that elsewhere.
You are right Andy plenty of time left for some fine tuning. So hopefully we will get 1080p and 60 hz in the final games. I know that Forza 5 was confirmed to be running at that res and speed anyway.
Some demos were, but Ryse was 100% running on XBone hardware, as was Forza 5 (which looked AMAZING, to be fair).
Crytek have actually said that the target for Ryse is 30fps, so all that can be hoped for is a smoothing out of the more obvious drops.
Doesn't surprise me RE: Crytek. If ever there was a studio that prioritised eye-candy over smoothness, it is it.
Is this going to be released on steam?
Lotta Negativity toward the game all i got to say is... it's Rome, it's War.... I gotta Have it!!!
Do your homework >_<
I am really enjoying this game technically it is very impressive. The game play did need more depth however the combat is fun and will take time and skill to truly master.
For a launch game 'I am entertained'.
Any comments on frame-rate & quality of the visuals - e.g. is it running nice and smooth now that it's been optimised for the shipping version of the Xbox One?
Yes very smooth no frame rate drops at all.
Since when is gruesome a con?
Did you guys run out of cons to add to the list? This game wasn't very gruesome at all considering I've seen worse in other games. Besides would I want to play a Gladiator style game without gore? Seriously...if that was your only other con to come up with this game should have gotten an 8 then since that is NOT a game flaw.
I would say this game is as deep as any GoW game that has come out. Pound away on the attack button wait for prompt for QT kill. I'd say this game is on par with what it needs to be. Simple, effective fun.
Played the game myself as opposed to watching demos online and can tell you all it runs smooth and looks great. Very fun game
So, what kind of "depth" are you looking for? Would anyone say a game like Uncharted or Last of Us has depth? You play the game once, beat it, it's over. Where is the "depth". Define "depth" please? I say for an action game that lasts approx 10-12 hours it has "depth". You have TONS of hidden items to collect, multiple difficulties and an online co-op challenge. That to me constitues as "depth".
Hello, all comments from 4 year ago... The game is really cheap now, around 10 bucks. Anyone can give me reasons to buy it? Why so many trash talking? I think it is a pretty good game in deed.
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How to discuss poly with a friend ....
My husband and I have been married for 12 years - dating since we were 16 years old. We are very communicative and have no relationship issues (minus minor stuff).
We have both fallen in love with a friend. I have never dated a girl, but kissed many for "fun". Once I became close with our best friend - I quit doing things for "fun" because I felt now I had found something "real".
Here is the dynamic:
she has been BEST friends with my husband for a few years, we started making out this year and have had one very intimate cuddle session (not sure what else to call it). We definitely have some crazy chemistry, but her and my husband have remained in this "friend zone" minus the one cuddle session.
My question is - how do I talk to her about this. I feel so nervous because I do not want anything to come in between what we already have (which I am not sure what that even is). I am new to the term poly, but when I think about what we are feeling - it seems very polyamorous; my husband and I truly loving another person. She is someone that we both think about ALL THE TIME and want to be around ALL THE TIME. It is not even a sexual thing; we love just holding her hand!
I know poly is all about communication and I know once we have the conversation, it will be easier. Can anyone give me guidance?
I think I fear her not feeling the same way, or her thinking we are crazy for wanting to bring someone in on our marriage. Anyone have any experience with talking to someone who is not "poly" for the first time?
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Fished Saturday picked a few keepers on a plain 6 inch white Gulp Grub, tied off 16 inches above my sinker standing about 8 inches off the leader. it was a soild bite until about 10 AM. Then just pick after that.
Fished Sunday, only one keeper and 10 shorts the ocean was a little bumpy for my Montauk. Headed back to the inlet around 11AM. I did see a guy in the back channel between Brys & Shark River Hills Marina nail a bunch of Fluke on Peanuts, of course I had the wrong bait on board.
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Charitable Choice Unproved
The colleague of President Bush's new "faith czar" John J. DiIulio, told the New York Times (April 24, 2001) there is scant evidence that religious programs are effective, or work better than secular social service programs.
"From the left to the right, everyone assumes that faith-based programs work," said Prof. Byron R. Johnson, University of Pennsylvania. "Even the critics of DiIulio and his office haven't denied that. We hear that and just sit back and laugh. In terms of empirical evidence that they work, it's pretty much nonexistent.
"We've created an office out of anecdotes."
Johnson joined the Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, started by DiIulio, last year. DiIulio now leads the White House Office on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Division over "Faith-based" Funding
The Mormon Church in April announced it would not seek funding under President Bush's "charitable choice" proposal to give tax money to overtly proselytizing churches and groups to provide social services. While the Mormon church eschewed such grants itself, spokesman Dale Bills said: "We're neutral. That's not saying we think it's wrong for every organization, but we just don't need it."
Top Roman Catholic social action official, John Carr, however, went on record saying Bush's "faith-based" plan has "the right tone." The secretary of the Department of Social Development and World Peace for the U.S. Catholic Conference told the Wisconsin Catholic Conference in April:
"We're open to the 'faith-based' initiatives."
A poll released on April 10 by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that three of four people surveyed favor "government funding of faith-based organizations," but 78% would be opposed if groups receiving tax money are allowed to hire only people of the same faith. Majorities also opposed giving tax money to unfamiliar, nonWestern or new religions. Only 38% favored allowing Muslim mosques or Buddhist temples to apply for funding, 29% approved the Nation of Islam, and 26% the Church of Scientology.
"Bigots" on GOP Faith Board
Republican Congressional leaders came under fire for appointing two controversial ministers to a GOP summit on faith-based initiatives.
Two Wisconsin Democrats opposed the appointment of former Green Bay Packer Reggie White as one of 31 advisers to the April 25 summit. In 1998, White told the Wisconsin legislature that homosexuality is a sin, and made many stereotypic racial remarks.
Also drawing objections was the appointment of Cleveland minister Bishop J. Delano Ellis, who in 1994 gave a radio sermon calling Jews "carnal, selfish . . . dirty and lowdown and wicked." Ellis is pastor of the Pentecostal Church of Christ.
Other GOP advisers included Rev. Lou Sheldon, head of the "Traditional Values Coalition."
Alabama House OK's Decalog Bill
The Alabama House voted 93-0 in late April to allow public schools to display the Ten Commandments in exhibits with "other historic documents," such as the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and Magna Carta.
The state Senate already approved a proposed constitutional amendment to allow schools and other public buildings to display the Commandments alone.
Colorado Decalog Challenged
The ACLU in April sued officials in Grand Junction, Col., on behalf of five residents objecting to the presence of a bible tablet outside City Hall, which was given to the city in the 1950s by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The council voted in March to allow it to remain outside City Hall with a "disclaimer" that there was no intent to establish a religion. It also drew up plans to transform the area into a "cultural heritage" plaza.
Mayor Gene Kinsey lost his bid for re-election in April, which he attributed to his vote to move the tablet.
Bible Mural Suit Dismissed
U.S. District Judge Charles N. Clevert of Milwaukee on March 29 dismissed a lawsuit by two students who sued the Kenosha Unified School District, Wis., after it barred them from including a cross in their bible club mural.
The "Trojans Loving Christ" were allowed to paint a permanent mural that depicted a bible, but were told by the principal not to use a cross.
Muslim Student Sues Louisiana School
A Muslim student, 11, filed a lawsuit on April 10 against the Rapides Parish School Board, La., claiming she was forced to accept a bible, participate in a "Jesus" game at school, and was told by classmates she would "burn in hell."
Joe Cook, director of the Louisiana ACLU, which filed the lawsuit in federal court, said: "This little girl has been the target of severe persecution and harassment by her classmates because of her religious beliefs."
The principal, John Cotton, presented the child's fifth-grade class with bibles on Dec. 14, 2000, in his office, while wishing each of them a "Merry Christmas." When Hesen Jabr said, "No thank you," the principal pressured her to accept it. Other classmates harassed her as a "Jesus hater."
Cotton has been distributing bibles in school for 35 years.
Five days later, her teacher arranged a quiz game about Christmas and Jesus, suggesting that Hesen serve as scorekeeper because she "might not know the answers to the questions."
North Dakota Pushes Religion
The North Dakota Senate in April approved a bill earlier passed in the House to permit schools to show "a religious object or document of cultural, legal or historical significance" as part of a broader historical display.
Until 1980, North Dakota's public school and college classrooms were required by state law to display "the Ten Commandments of the Christian religion." A federal judge declared the 1927 law unconstitutional after a suit was filed by Grand Forks residents.
Gov. John Hoeven has already signed into law a bill that explicitly allows "voluntary prayer or religious speech" any time student secular speech is allowed. It would also allow school boards to establish a minute of silence for meditation or prayer.
Ex-Nun Details Priest Abuse
Nuns are exploited for sex by priests, claims former nun Yvonne Maes of North Vancouver in an interview (Vancouver [B.C] Sun, March 29, 2001):
"The women's orders are very poor in Africa. If some priests want to target them for sex, they don't have a hope in hell. The bishops wouldn't listen to any of their complaints," said Maes, who worked as a Catholic high school teacher and principal for most of her 21 years as a nun in Lesotho.
Maes, who wrote The Cannibal's Wife: A Memoir (Herodias, 2000) was sexually abused by a white Catholic priest in Lesotho when she was 45. She also counseled many Innu Indian men in Canada who were abused by clergy, including several who filed lawsuits.
African nuns were exploited for sex by priests because, unlike prostitutes, they were free of AIDS, according to recent reports based on signed testimonies of high-level nuns and doctors, authorized by two Catholic groups, Caritas International and the Catholic Agency for Overseas Developments. Catholic researchers found a "high incidence" of abortions among nuns and novices in Africa. The Vatican had been presented with damning reports in 1995, but only acknowledged the issue in March.
Sexual exploitation of nuns is also common in Brazil, Colombia, India, Ireland, Italy, New Guinea, the Philippines and the United States.
One priest was accused of preying on so many nuns there were 20 pregnant at one time.
No Tax $$ for Tucson Prayer
Taxpayer money cannot be used to support a religious organization, a federal appeals court ruled in March, in overturning an earlier order that Tucson, Az., reimburse a Christian group that rented a park.
An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a decision by the circuit's 3-judge panel that had ordered Tucson to pay the group $340 for expenses related to a National Day of Prayer event. For the 8-3 opinion, Judge Marsha S. Berzon wrote: "The federal Constitution provides all the defense Tucson needed in this lawsuit."
Film: Pope Traitor to Jews
Left-wing Greek filmmaker Konstantinos Costra-Gavras, after a four-decade delay, is directing a film that will portray Pope Pius XII as a traitor to Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
The film, whose working title is "The Vicar," will be based on the play "The Deputy," by German dramatist Rolf Hochhuth, published in 1963. Bucharest will stand in for Rome during the filming since the Vatican is not cooperating. Peter Ustinov and Dustin Hoffman reportedly have been approached about the role.
British Catholic historian John Cornwell's book Hitler's Pope, documenting that Pius turned a blind eye to Hitler's atrocities, has fueled opposition to the beatification process of Pius, the last step before canonization.
Maryland: Church Can Discriminate
The Maryland Court of Appeals on April 13 dismissed lawsuits by three employees fired from a church school because they were not affiliated with the Southern Baptist Church.
The employees had invoked a local law allowing religious groups to hire employees of a particular religion only "to perform purely religious functions." The court unanimously overturned that portion of the Montgomery County law. Eighteen school employees were fired in 1996 for being the wrong religion.
Check All Catholic Clergy, Staff
A report released in April commissioned by the British Roman Catholic church advises that police should check all clergy, staff and volunteers in the Catholic Church to stamp out sexual abuse of children. Also advised was a national database for all candidates for the ministry.
The report recommended setting up a national child protection unit with a representative designated in every parish. Bishops and religious superiors should not overrule selections boards.
The report in part was influenced by the decision of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster, to assign a priest to the Gatwick airport chapel despite concerns about his conduct. The priest was subsequently convicted in nine sex attacks, including one with a boy he met at the chapel, serving 42 months in prison.
Twenty-one Catholic priests in England and Wales were convicted of offenses against children between 1995 and 1999.


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A gene whose existence was detected only a couple of years ago may increase women's risk of breast cancer when inherited in a mutated form, and may contribute to prostate cancer as well, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and colleagues in Finland report in a new study.
The gene, known as PALB2, may play a role in only about 1 percent of breast cancer cases in the select population that was studied (Finnish women), but its discovery sheds light on the complex web of gene interactions that underlies the disease, say the authors of the study, which is being published by the journal Nature on its Web site, and later in a print edition.
"Breast cancer can arise from a wide variety of genetic abnormalities, and mutations acquired during the evolution of breast tumor cells are relatively common in the disease," said the study's co-lead author, Bing Xia, PhD, of Dana-Farber. "However, only about 10 percent of all cases are the result of inherited mutations, and, of those, only about 20-30 percent result from mutations in the two main breast cancer-susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. So there is room for other such genes to be discovered."
The new study stems from research by Xia and Dana-Farber's David Livingston, MD, a senior author of the paper, into BRCA2's "binding partners" -- proteins that interact with the BRCA2 protein. They found that the PALB2 protein is an especially close partner of BRCA2, with substantial portions of the proteins binding to each other.
"We found that PALB2 helps anchor BRCA2 in key areas of the cell nucleus, where BRCA2 repairs damaged DNA," Xia said. Mutations in BRCA2 can prevent such repairs from being made, which can lead to runaway cell growth. If BRCA2 is normal, but PALB2 is defective, BRCA2 may be out of position for fixing damaged DNA, with similar pathological effects on cell growth.
To determine whether PALB2 mutations are implicated in both hereditary and sporadic breast cancer, researchers at Oulu University Hospital in Finland screened tissue from 113 Finnish families with a history of the disease. Three of the families were found to have the same mutation of the gene.
The Finnish team next screened tissue from 1,918 breast cancer patients, some of whom had inherited cancer-susceptibility genes, some of whom had not. Eighteen patients -- or about 1 percent of the entire group -- were found to carry the same PALB2 mutation; and most of them turned out to have a family pattern of the disease.
"The mutation causes the middle portion of the PALB2 protein to be truncated," Xia remarked. "That seems to hinder its ability to bind to BRCA2, which, in turn, hinders DNA repair. The screening result suggests that carrying the mutation increases one's risk of breast cancer approximately four fold."
The Finnish researchers also screened tissue from 141 male breast cancer patients, 476 colorectal cancer patients, and 639 prostate cancer patients. In one family where prostate cancer had occurred in several generations, every family member with prostate cancer whom it was possible to test was found to carry the PALB2 mutation, suggesting that the gene plays a role in this form of cancer as well. The mutation did not turn up in male breast and colorectal cancer patients, however.
"Our research suggests that mutations in PALB2 can be an influential factor in breast cancer development, like those affecting BRCA2," Xia observed. "But since we suspect that such mutations occur less frequently in PALB2 than BRCA2, they are not responsible for as many breast cancer cases as BRCA2 mutations."
Xia added that the discovery of a PALB2 mutational link to breast cancer "may well increase one's ability to identify women at elevated risk for the disease and to devise appropriate prevention and, possibly, treatment strategies, as well."
Funding for the study was provided by the Foundation for the Finnish Cancer Institute, the Academy of Finland, the Ida Montin Foundation, the Cancer Foundation of Northern Finland, the University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, the Reino Lahtikari Foundation, the Sigrid Juselius Foundation, the National Cancer Institute, and the Shapiro Family Foundation.
The lead author of the study was Hannele Erkko, of the University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital in Finland. In addition to Livingston, the paper's other senior author is Robert Winqvist, PhD, of the University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital. Co-authors include Alexander Miron, PhD, Qing Sheng, PhD, Guilan Li, and Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber; and colleagues at the University of Oulu, the University of Tampere, the University of Kuopio, and Kuopio University Hospital, and the University of Helsinki, all in Finland; the Karolinska Institutet, in Sweden; and Massachusetts General Hospital.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds' chances to hit are becoming more limited as he creeps closer to the home run record.
When Jeff Francis hung a fastball to the San Francisco slugger, Bonds made him pay with career home run No. 743. Then in the eighth inning, he lined a go-ahead two-run single to right with the bases loaded to lift the Giants past the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Wednesday night.
"Oh, man, that's a situation you hope for," teammate Ryan Klesko said of seeing Bonds in the batter's box with the bases loaded. "You've got to pitch to him with the bases loaded -- though I've seen them walk him with the bases loaded."
Bonds moved within 12 homers of Hank Aaron's career record of 755, hitting a two-run shot to right field in the fourth inning. His eighth-inning single gave him four RBI on the night and 1,951 for his career, tying him with Stan Musial for fourth place on the all-time list.
Manny Corpas had no choice but to pitch to Bonds with the bases loaded in the eighth. The pitcher replaced loser Francis (1-4) with runners on first and second after singles by Klesko and Randy Winn, then walked Rich Aurilia to bring up Bonds, who left for a pinch-runner after the hit and got a standing ovation.
Bonds connected for his ninth homer of the year on the first pitch from Francis with one out in the fourth.
The 42-year-old Bonds rounded the bases as "743" flashed on the main center-field scoreboard and fans jumped to their feet. His home run made it 2-0.
It was Bonds' second career homer off Francis. The seven-time NL MVP waved his cap to the crowd when he came out to play left field in the top of the fifth. He flied out to right in the first and again in the sixth.
"Obviously it puts them in a tough spot to have to face Bonds with the bases loaded," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Barry had quite a night and that's always big when you can get a walk like that."
Bonds had been intentionally walked seven times in his previous six games, including three times Friday at Arizona and twice in Monday's series opener with the Rockies.
Francis, one of 438 different pitchers to surrender a homer to Bonds, pitched 7 1/3 innings and saw his losing streak go to four starts as Colorado lost its seventh straight three-game series.
"That pitch he hit off of Francis, there's not many guys in the game who are going to turn on that ball and keep it fair," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. "If (his single) is pulled four more feet, we've got a chance at a double play."
Brad Hennessey (1-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win on a night closer Armando Benitez was unavailable because of a sore right knee. The Giants rallied after Colorado had gone ahead on shortstop Aurilia's throwing error in the top of the eighth.
The Giants bounced back from a weekend sweep at Arizona to take two of three from the Rockies.
Barry Zito allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings, struck out four, walked three and threw 122 pitches -- yet another start with little run support. The Rockies tied the game at 2 against Zito in the top of the fifth on an RBI single by Willy Taveras and Troy Tulowitzki's sacrifice fly.
Bonds homered in one of Zito's starts for the second time this year -- also doing so April 21 in a 1-0 home victory over Arizona.
"It's not just me," Zito said. "He's helping out everyone. He's got quite a few home runs already. It's fun to watch."
Rockies right fielder Brad Hawpe made two great catches, robbing Dave Roberts of a hit to end the third after slipping to the ground and still making the catch - saying afterward, "I just slipped in the right spot." Hawpe ran in and snagged Winn's popup in shallow right to start the next inning, just avoiding second baseman Jamey Carroll on the play.
After an 0-2 start, Zito beat the Rockies on April 16 in Denver for his first victory with San Francisco since signing a $126 million, seven-year contract during the offseason.
Colorado's Matt Holliday had his career-best 14-game hitting streak snapped after going 0-for-3 with a walk.
Benitez, who has converted all seven of his save chances, hoped to be ready to pitch in the opener of a four-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.
"It's all right," he said. "I'll be ready for tomorrow."
- Zito had given up only one earned run in 13 innings in two previous starts against Colorado, including pitching six shutout innings April 16.
- Carroll snapped an 0-for-23 stretch with his fifth-inning single.
- San Francisco SS Omar Vizquel had the night off.
- Rockies RHP Byung-Hyun Kim allowed one run in five innings and struck out eight for Triple-A Colorado Springs in the second of his three scheduled minor league rehab starts as he recovers from a bruised thumb on his throwing hand.


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Counselor says Merck to play it straight in N.J.
The drug maker is hoping for a reversal of fortune after a Texas jury in the first case awarded $253 million in punitive damages to the family of Robert Ernst. That decision will be appealed and will likely be reduced due to a state cap on punitive damages.
Merck will continue to put a strong emphasis on scientific evidence, as it seeks to deflect accusations of a link between Humeston's heart attack and Vioxx, which the firm withdrew after a study showed it doubled heart attack risk.
"We continue to learn as we go along and will make modifications as we present our case, but the fundamentals of our case really are going to stay the same," said Kenneth Frazier, Merck general counsel, during a conference call last week.
Jurors interviewed after the first trial said that the plaintiff's lead attorney, Mark Lanier, made a strong impression on them with dramatic exhibits of Merck's marketing tactics designed to paint the company negatively. The Merck legal team's dry, scientific approach, which stressed causality, did not.
If a change in its legal strategy is planned, the drug maker is keeping it close to the vest. "We don't believe in gimmicks. We believe in telling the straight story, and we're going to continue to tell the straight story, hopefully in a way that jurors can resonate with," Frazier said.
Chris Seeger, Humeston's lawyer, has said his client has a stronger case than Ernst's, as Humeston's heart attack is documented, and he presented at the hospital with clear arteries, Seeger said.
The coroner in the Ernst case listed the official cause of death as an arrhythmia--although she later testified that he could have had a heart attack--and Vioxx has not been linked to arrhythmias.
But, according to Frazier, Merck filed motions with the N.J. court stating that Humeston only took Vioxx intermittently for approximately two months and had multiple preexisting risk factors for a heart attack, from which he recovered without suffering significant cardiac impairment.
"There is no medical or scientific evidence that Vioxx contributed to his heart attack," Frazier argued.
The first stage of the trial is jury selection in N.J. superior court.
Frazier added that the first federal case is still set for trial on November 28 but that an acceptable venue has yet to be decided. The case originally was to take place in New Orleans.


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Demolition of Insights Museum starts
EL PASO, Texas - The demolition of Insights Museum started on Monday, March 11.
The demolition of the Insights Museum building is being performed as part of the El Paso Ballpark Project. The contractor (Construction Manager-at-Risk) for all activities tied to the Ballpark Project is Jordan Hunt, Joint Venture.
Actual demolition of Insights building to commence week of March 11. Will cost in $1.5 million range.
Conventional demolition method to be utilized with standard construction equipment. Some building materials to be recycled (primarily metals).
Demolition activities are expected to complete in March.
Appropriate traffic control measures will be in place throughout demolition activities.
City Hall demolition being coordinated for early April.
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Term: chi
Chi: This energy consists of static electricity, infrasound, infrared radiation, and magnetic fields. Chi is a complex form of energy that manifests itself in your vitality, your spirit, and your life.
source: Chi Gung, by L.V. Carnie
Meditation: Continuous and profound contemplation or reflection on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or impenetrable natureLlewellyn
Meditation: Besides contemplation and relaxation, Eastern concepts of meditation add another definition. Specifically, relaxation is the first step and intense contemplation of a single thing is the second step. Eventually, by focusing the mind entirely on a single thing, the conscious tires, resulting in the conscious simply getting out of the way. The result—what some might call "true meditation" or the goal of meditation—is an alternate state of consciousness that allows you direct contact with your higher self or the Divine. Some call this cosmic consciousness or any of several names.Donald Michael Kraig
Chi: Vital life force often referred to as energy. A term commonly used in acupuncture referring to the energetic flow within the meridians.
source: The Mind-Body Fertility Connection, by James Schwartz
Chi: Energy or life force. Also known as Ki or Prana.
source: Sacred Path of Reiki, by Katalin Koda
Meditation: A long and thoughtful observation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
The Chinese name for vital energy, comparable to the Hindu Prana.
source: Chi Kung for Beginners, by Scott Shaw - Carl Llewellyn Weschcke
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|Posted: Wed Apr 27th, 2005 01:06 am
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Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|I'v got a kenmore washer, model 110-20097-991.
Crank it into here for the exploded diagram
The machine will do everything properly accept for that the motor doesn't work. There's a audiable and fairly powerful thunk when it tries to use the motor. This I know becuase I cracked the case open and acquired the sheet out of it that tells you how to get into the diagnostic mode on the washer and on all 3 settings (low, medium, and high) I heard clunks.
According to the wiring diagram, the motor is single phase with a start relay. It has 5 wires going into it; a start winding, low, medium, and high windings, and the output/neutral. It has a starter capacitor, my DVM says this capacitor is good and it appears in good working order(I work with comps and I know what a cap failure, especially a start cap failure, looks like; generally, very messy).
Additionally, it has a time-delay relay hooked pretty much in paralell to the centrifugal switch which keeps the start capacitor/start winding on after the centrifugal switch has opened. Meaning, the centrifugal switch and time delay relay both need to be closed/shorted for anything to hit the start winding, and if either open, nothing comes in. I'm guessing the time delay relay is in there to keep the centrifugal switch from clicking open and closed since water can do some funky stuff. It was marked as TDR, is in a little box with a normally open switch, and is wired in paralell with the start winding. One end of it is hooked into the centrifugal switch on one end of the motor start winding, the other end of it is hooked into the motor start winding. The switch is hooked up just before the starter capacitor and goes into the start winding on the motor.
I checked all 4 motor windings and got ohm ratings which were within the ranges specified. It is somewhat unexpected that a few are slightly (by 1-3 tenths of an ohm) lower than the ohm rating that the wiring schematic said it should be.
So I'v basically troubleshooted the motor down to 2 components; the centrifugal switch and the motor start module (Also known as the Time delay relay). If the centrifugal switch is bad then then it's obviously stuck in open and something is keeping it open. If it's the TDR then obviously the solenoid has an open in it somewhere.
Testing the TDR is easy enough; note where the wires go on a pad, take the screw off, open er' up, locate and test the connection to the solenoid. But the centrifugal switch is inside of the motor for one, and for two, I'v got to damn near take the entire washer apart to get to it. Ideally, I'd like to make sure both didn't fail (lady fate likes me, preferably well done and with steak sauce) since either can cause the circut to clunk.
Any ideas?
|Posted: Wed Apr 27th, 2005 04:14 am
|2nd Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|/me bangs head on table
Allright, I'm an idiot. I found the wires leading to the centrifugal switch from the TDR and the starting cap and checked for continuity; .002 ohms and it's supposed to be normally closed. It's nice to know the motor probably doesn't need replacing (although with my luck, it'll explode the first time I switch it on).
*Sigh of relief because he doesn't have to blow $300 on a new motor*
So now begins the long, harrowing process of taking apart and potentially repairing the TDR, which will, due to poor design, require me either ripping out the motor to get one goddamn screw off or ripping off the casing and detaching a half a dozen pipes.
Anyone insane enough to send me a nade in the mail? BOOM!
Hopefully, I'm not an absolute crackmonkey on this. Ahh well, if nobody can understand my gibberish, at least I can provide someone with entertainment. I laugh at stupid people enough that I have come to value their entertainment potential.
|Posted: Wed Apr 27th, 2005 02:32 pm
|3rd Post
Samurai Appliance Repair Man
Fermented Grand Master of Appliantology
|TyrranzzX wrote:
This measurement confirms good continuity-- no problem here. 0.002 ohms is as close as you're gonna get to perfect continuity in an imperfect world.
Remove the cabinet and remove the pump off the motor shaft. Jumper out the lid switch and run the washer this way to see if you still get the thunk. If not, replace the pump. If you still get the thunk, then drop the motor and check the drive coupler.
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|Posted: Sat Apr 30th, 2005 02:27 am
|4th Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|AHH! So THAT'S what the big white thing on the end is
I was wonderin' what that was.
Swore a whole lot, got the cabinete off, Unhooked the motor, took it out.
Drive coupling is A-OK
The Pump fucking sucks, in addition to blowing, so that's good
Took apart the start motor switch and there is no solenoid . It ain't a start motor switch, it's the centrifugal switch for the motor. So I began tracing wires; on the schematic sheet there's a "motor start centrigual switch" and a "motor start switch", in seperate boxes, labeled similarily, both outside of the motor circle. The centrifugal switch is outside of the box and is apparently it's a little piece of plastic that switches over in 3 stages and clicks in the start capacitor AFTER it gets going...
*10,000 fists of anger*
So I begal tracing wires, and found small black box mounted on the back labeled "digital control electronics". Got out the wiring diagram, went "well well, what do we have here, you're the last device scum, and if you've failed, it is THE HAMMER for you", screwed that sucker out, gutted it, and began reverse engineering.
Basically, it's a relay (model T9AS1D12-24)
but instead of being a normal relay, it's an itty bitty relay that detects voltage drops, that has 24 volt trigger input. My guess is that it's an ultra-fine winding of copper that they sealed so it wouldn't get dirty ot hot.
On the control end, both inputs have large resisters with heatsinks on them. It also appears that there's a set of diodes there to redirect the curret to AC; they permit current, depending on the time in the AC circut, to go in one direction only, and a non-electrolytic cap across the 2 inputs ends to act as a voltage drop filter. Kinda similar to how a computer powersupply is hooked up.
Took the ohm meter, began reading resistance values across various nevarious objects (I know that it uses voltage and the voltage can go in multiple directions, but it's an extremly simple circut and should work with the power off), then I thought "what the hell am I doing?". read the resistance value across the 2 control leads; 5.4 megaohms, and across the switch end of it, infinite ohms (what it's supposed to be on that end). Hrm....*Begins scheming, evil look in eyes*
Both ends of the AC circut are going to have 120 volts in them at any given point, and there's 3 large resisters; the solenoid and the 2 heatsink resisters. Since the circut is serial, I don't have to worry about the implications of AC insanity; do one calculation for the circut and apply a sine wave graph to it and you're laughin'.
The capacitor isn't really an issue because it's draw is going to be, at most, minimal. The solenoid is 576 ohms, and I need to drop 120 volts down to 24 volts. 120/24= ~5/1, so each of those resisters needs to be 2.5 times greater than the solenoid's ohm rating to get a total of 5 times greater; 2.88kohms total, 1.44 Kohms per resister.
120 * 1.44/3.185= 54.3v*2=108.6v
So by may way off quickie calculations, it should be no greater than about 3185 ohms. But it's at 5.4 megaohms...
*Breaks out the l33t ninja moves and talks like a chinamen on mephamphetamines and philicyben having a bad trip, then resumes his blood letting, nasally*
Checked the resistance on the wires, each wire was at .001ohms, so those are good. Rechecked the motor windings, those are dancing around like midgets at a frat party. The centrigual switch is drunkenly moving from fight to fight like a pingpong ball on free for all night at the local heavy metal bar, the pump sucks and blows better than a crackwhore earning her 5 dolla'. The drive coupling accepts motors with 2 inch boners like a chinawoman, and finally, the gearcase moves and grooves like a daredevil on fire.
So, if it ain't the "digital control applicance"...I'ma gonna kill that fuckin' washer. Fuck grenades, I'm using plasique; they'll find the motor 3 miles away just like the clowns in that one middle eastern country (kosovo I think) that decided to proove how stable their mines were by stacking them up in stacks of 10 and driving them 3 miles on a dirt road at 60kph in a jeep.
You wouldn't by chance know what part that is? The last store you gave me was in michigan and if they've got it I'll order from them since I'v got SFA for appliance part stores in my area and they're about 50 miles from my house which makes 3-5 day, 1-2 day. I know you've been plugging your store and considering it's close and relitivally inexpensive I might as well save myself the trouble of looking around since I just sunk about 20 hours into a damn washer.
Now all that's left to do is clean the contacts and degunk the wires, institute a dust bunny genocide program, undent the dents I made in the washer (block of wood, mallet), figure out how to get the casing back on so it stays on, and pray to god I still have all the screws, shims, and ghettorigging equipment, and that the leak on the floor from bending the machine is a loosened wire, not a cut.
Not too bad for a "virgin to appliances", heh. *beats chest, roars*
Last edited on Sat Apr 30th, 2005 02:30 am by TyrranzzX
|Posted: Sun May 1st, 2005 12:08 am
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Samurai Appliance Repair Man
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|Dude, gimme some of whatever it is you're tokin' and maybe I'll understand what it is you're askin'.
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|Posted: Tue May 17th, 2005 11:35 pm
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Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
Ordered a new TDR, Replaced the !!@#$!@# TDR, reassembled the machine, it's still doing the same thing. After reassembly I tried the same tests as before but this time water came out of the drainage hose, but very very slowly instead of quickly like it should. It's had maye a half a gallon to a gallon of water in it for a few weeks which is the water I couldn't get out of it. Looks like the motor is turning fine, but something is blocking it. There are 2 things hooked upto the washer; pump, and gearcase and my money is on the gearcase. For it to be the pump that means something got into the pump, and most dead things don't get into pumps so it was probably living. The water coming out is clear, so my guess is that the pump is fine, gearcase is broke.
I'm calling a service technician, make him take the goddamn washer completly apart and reassemble it. It'll probably be cheaper than buying a new washer, doh.
|Posted: Tue May 17th, 2005 11:47 pm
|7th Post
Mad Mac
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|Electronic Catalyst model. I'll guaran-damn-tee you that it's the main control board in the console (Whirlpool part 8312708), seen this many times. Check to see if voltage comes out of the board at the appropriate places when you select the various speeds, per the tech sheet.
Last edited on Tue May 17th, 2005 11:58 pm by Mad Mac
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|Posted: Wed May 18th, 2005 12:06 am
|8th Post
Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
|The Mighty Catalyst Washer...
It doth truely sucketh...
They are good for having the drain valve solenoid overheat. This warps the inside of the coil, and seizes the pin in whatever place it was when it got to hot.
Control is a likely problem. These also have wire harness problems. You get a break in a wire or a poor connection somewhere, your meter keeps telling you everything is ok, but the bastard won't run.
I hate these machines because...
they leak
they vibrate
they tear up clutches
they tear up drive blocks
they rust real fast
the controls fail
the diagnostic modes are too complex to memorize.. dance key sequence? come on boys
the dispensers suck
the hose going to the tub cover breaks
they are a pain to work on too
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|Posted: Wed May 18th, 2005 12:53 am
|9th Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|Mad Mac wrote:
Electronic Catalyst model. I'll guaran-damn-tee you that it's the main control board in the console (Whirlpool part 8312708), seen this many times. Check to see if voltage comes out of the board at the appropriate places when you select the various speeds, per the tech sheet.
Hrmph, ok, here's the million dollar question. How exactly would a control board failure cause a blockage? I'm not quite understanding that first part.
If I were to crank out the multimeter and begin taking readings, how'd I go about doing that? I know how to test for continuity/voltage/amperage and so on, no problem, but what exactly would I want to not do in a powered circut?
|Posted: Wed May 18th, 2005 02:36 am
|10th Post
Mad Mac
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|OK, lets back up a minute....you now have water slowly pumping out of the drain hose with the hose hooked into its usual place? What do you hear? Do you still have the thump?
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|Posted: Wed May 18th, 2005 04:44 am
|11th Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|The machine has several test modes; I set it to drain for which it has 3 speeds; slow, medium high. On all 3, the machine will make a loud click, begin humming then begin pumping water very slowly.
Before doing anything I attempted to run a delux test cycle, meaning, with all the gizmo's turned on, and sit there to study it's habits. It filled with the right kind of water, did a 20 minute long soak, then when it came time to the agitate part of the cycle, displayed 29 minutes on the LED and sat there doing nothing for 29 minutes. When I closed the lid, i'd hear a loud clunk and then nothing. The side is off of the machine so I can screw with it more readily, and it seems to me it's behaiving in the same fashon. I checked the wiring 8 times before I tried turning it on again, so I'm 99.999% sure the wiring is in the right places.
Currently, I have the ghetto setup where you put a bucket under the drain hose to catch any water coming out of it, so I can physically see and hear the water coming out.
And thanks
Last edited on Wed May 18th, 2005 04:50 am by TyrranzzX
|Posted: Wed May 18th, 2005 05:23 am
|12th Post
Mad Mac
Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
|OK...I stand by the original opinion. What I think is happening is that the water isn't actually pumping out, but draining because your hose is so low. The 'thump" is the diverter valve that Nick mentioned activating - this recirculates the water back into the tub in "Catalyst" mode.
Any way you can scan and post your wiring diagram?
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|Posted: Thu May 19th, 2005 12:25 am
|13th Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|No problemo. There's a line down the paper which is the crease; the ATC sensor goes back upto the P1 BR/WH. Everything hooked upto the P7/P9 connectors, wires and all, have been checked via multimeter and physical inspection.
Jeeze, probably should've scanned this in first, lol. *bangs head on table*. Aah well, live and learn.
Actually, the hose isn't hooked upto the machine at all. There's about 4 inches of pipe coming out of the machine that the hose normally attaches to that I can see water in since 2 inches of it isn't full. when I start er' up, it will flow out of it very slowly at about the rate of mabye a gallon a minute.
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Last edited on Thu May 19th, 2005 12:59 am by TyrranzzX
|Posted: Thu May 19th, 2005 04:32 am
|14th Post
Mad Mac
Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
|OK...let's start with the simple test.
Go to the test mode you used to try the three different speeds. Bear in mind that YOU WILL BE MEASURING LIVE CIRCUITS AT MAINS VOLTAGE!!! Set your meter to volts, with one probe on the white wire where it comes into the machine. You wil be trying the other probe on terminals P7-2 (plug 7, terminal 2) and P7-4, looking for MAINS VOLTAGE OF ABOUT 110 VOLTS. Try this for each speed and report back. If you are uncomfortable with this, seek professional assistance. ELECTRICITY CAN KILL
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|Posted: Tue May 24th, 2005 08:20 pm
|15th Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|I'v worked with 120 before. Hell, I'v worked with 240 before, with electrical fires. And I'v been shocked by both several times, thankfully only for an instant and not in a life threatening fashon. I am a little chickenshit when I'v got to work with it tho.
Got no voltage for either. Doublechecked the connection, reseated the probes, and turned off the autosensing and set it for 100's of volts as a precaution (it starts in millivolts), still no voltage. It did the same exact thing as before; click, humm, water comes out the back.
I'm almost tempted to check the starting circut but my multimeter only goes upto 1200 watts, 10 amps and 240 volts (I believe, I'll have to check the documentation) so I'm a little cautious at blowing a fuse in it or frying something.
Hrm, the pipe the water is coming out of is below the tub which is where it goes out to the sewer. Mabye things are just opening up and it's coming out?
|Posted: Tue May 24th, 2005 08:33 pm
|16th Post
Mad Mac
Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
|TyrranzzX wrote:
Hrm, the pipe the water is coming out of is below the tub which is where it goes out to the sewer. Mabye things are just opening up and it's coming out?
Probably that's what's happening, the recirculation valve opens and gravity pushes some water out.
Certainly sounds like the board to me. I've changed many of these for this, the relays on the board just aren't up to the job, IMHO.
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|Posted: Tue May 24th, 2005 09:33 pm
|17th Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|Hrm, $131 for a new control board, doh.
Yea, I'm inclined to agree with you there as far as the relays go. I'm going to order a new control board and send back the TDR and get a refund. See if that one fixes it.
Hopefully, that'll fix the thing
|Posted: Sun May 29th, 2005 10:04 pm
|18th Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
Ok, installed a new control board, no dice.
Tried running it on agitate and spin, neither worked. Played with the multimeter, found out the start and running winding are getting 120vac no problem, and the other two windings are probably running fine and I don't need to test them.
So the motor is getting voltage, but isn't spinning. When I put it on agitate and spin it really buzzed like it was pissed off, and didn't move. O.o Probably because the other 2 windings were getting juiced.
Also, the water stopped coming out of the back but wasn't pumped out; the valves are open but no water is being pumped. So yea; when the solenoids opened up it was letting water out.
So, to me, that means the motor is trying to move and is failing to do so; something is blocking it. I'v replaced dayyam near everything on the diagram accept for the gearcase and I know the pump isn't stopping it. It's doing the same thing as before and I'v got a circut so I know it isn't a wiring problem.
I think my gut feeling from the getgo was right; gremlins.
Time to get the blowtourch and burn those little suckers outta my washing machine!
Last edited on Sun May 29th, 2005 10:06 pm by TyrranzzX
|Posted: Mon May 30th, 2005 03:23 pm
|19th Post
Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
|why don't you pull the motor,set it on the floor with the harness connected to it,bypass the lid switch and see if the motor runs-if so-look to the pump or trans,if it still just hums,look to the start capacitor or the motor itself- heres a hint,if the capacitor has a bunch of black junk around the top- its shot
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|Posted: Tue May 31st, 2005 05:30 am
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Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|Allright, I'v decided on buying a new washing machine; this shit is ludicrous. But for your entertainment and enlightenment purposes, I'll figure out what the problem is. Since you guys probably do this for a profession I might as well return the favor for the educational help by figuring out exactly what it is. It's one of 2 devices; motor or gearcase.
FYI, the starter cap did have black sticky stuff on it, but that was because the idiots who put it together decided that using thin electrical tape instead of using wire ties was a grand idea. I know how a starter cap fails; if it's a fast failure you get an explosion out of the release valve which is usually located on the bottom that shorts it out. If it's slow generally it'll either ooze out of some random spot or it'll slowly push the contacts out and disconnect them so you get an open. I Wiped off all the gunk and manually inspected it with a multimeter; got continuity and moreso, it has a megaohm resistance (3.3 I think) and slowly decreased in resistance so my guess is it's allright.
Unless you're talking about an electrolytic cap, those ones, especially the big computer powersupply ones, are fun to blow up .
I personally believe it's the gearcase. In either instance, it's worth getting a new machine. We blew about $200 or so on this one and it lasted about 3 or so years so I guess we got what we payed for . Besides, after seeing the shoddy construction of this one I know never to get one of those washers again. Might as well get a new one and forgo the expensive price and shipping on a motor or gearcase anyway and make a sound investment in a better machine.
|Posted: Tue May 31st, 2005 05:47 am
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|first,the "starter cap" has no contacts,in fact its the EXACT opposite; it has insulators and is not supposed to show continuity,second the grand idea of wrapping the body of the cap with FRICTION tape is to prevent vibration and slipping of the clamp that is then used to secure the capacitor to the cabinet of the machine,or motor frame,whichever the case may be. and last,but not least, you never did reveal to us what the actual problem was- the motor or transmission is kinda vague- just what did cause that poor catlyst to see an early grave??
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|Posted: Sun Jan 1st, 2006 06:05 pm
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|I tried dealing with this problem on my machine too . The troubleshooting guide pointed in item 4 of the diagmnostic list pointed to a bad control board. However due to the high cost of the part and the uncertainy of whether it would really be the fix , I bought a low end mechanical timer machine . However the Catalyst machine is sitting in my garage and I would like to eventually get it operation inexpensively now that I have the time. Any details on replace the relays on the board ? -
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Born and raised on a Chelsea farm, Dennis Bauer graduated from Chelsea High School and the University of Michigan before settling in our town and joining Chelsea Lumber in 1982. Dennis has fulfilled many roles and responsibilities here over the years. He is now a co-owner of our company and our chief financial officer.
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It's a sad day for Oprah fans all over the world: her very last episode airs this afternoon. While we've loved following her show (that never failed to provide insight, positivity, and inspiration), we have to admit — we're going to miss her "favorite things" episodes most of all.
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Nashville Predators vs Detroit Red Wings 2012 NHL Predictions
The Detroit Red Wings go for an unprecedented 22 home wins tonight, Friday Feb 17th, as they host the Nashville Predators who are fully capable of beating the Wings. The Predators have won six of ten meetings against the Wings. NHL oddsmakers have installed the Red Wings as -155 moneyline home favorites over the Predators (+130) with the over/under set at 5.5 goals. Be sure to make your Nashville Predators vs Detroit Red Wings 2012 NHL Predictions before they drop the puck.
Nashville (33-18, 15-11 V) handed the Chicago Blackhawks their ninth consecutive loss, 3-2 on Tuesday night. Ryan Suter scored first, Nick Spaling scored to take the lead and rookie defenceman Ryan Ellis nailed the go ahead goal. Ellis also added an assist for his third multi-point game of the season. Goalie Pekka Rinne finished with 30 saves and is 31-12 with a 2.41GAA and a .924SVPCT. "It was a really tight game between two desperate teams," Rinne said. "Both teams were ready to go and played well, but we got that big goal at the end from Ellis. We needed this badly."
Nashville is still just 2-2-2 in February after dropping three straight on the road before winning in Chicago. The Preds are currently three points behind St. Louis for second place in the Central and the fourth seed in the West. Detroit is also eight points in front of Nashville for the division lead.
Detroit (39-17, 24-2 H) beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Tuesday night for their 21st straight win in Detroit — breaking the single-season mark of 20 set by Boston in the 1929-30 season and matched by Philadelphia in 1976. Henrik Zetterberg and Brad Stuart scored midway through the first period and Jiri Hudler nailed one in the third. Goalie Joey MacDonald made 20 saves, filling in again for the injured Jimmy Howard, and was 32.8 seconds away from his third NHL shutout. Detroit has an NHL-high 39 wins and 80 points, but the Eastern Conference-leading New York Rangers are just a point behind and have played three fewer games.
Henrik Zetterberg suffered a "lower-body injury" on the first shift, according to Coach Mike Babcock. Coach Mike Babcock said the star forward will not play against the Predators Friday, as the Wings look to stay ahead of the Rangers in the NHL and the Canucks and Blues in the Western Conference, and extend their winning streak at home to 22 games. Danny Cleary (55 games, 11 goals, 16 assists) said the cysts on the back of one of his knees were drained for a second time on Tuesday. Although he practiced, he was placed on injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 8. Tomas Tatar was recalled from Grand Rapids, where he has 13 goals and 23 assists in 49 games.
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At the Wilson Parrot Foundation, we focus on assessing each parrot's needs and rehabilitate them to become sociable human companions. Parrots are rehabilitated by watching other parrots interact with the public. Parrots learn to trust by meeting their physical, medical, social, and mental needs.
Many parrot rescues are needed nationwide. Please choose yours carefully! We parrot lovers want to make a difference and help our feathered friends, but not all rescues are legitimate or what they say they are. We strongly encourage you to find a parrot rescue in your community to help out. If you need the services of a rescue, we want you to research each facility and find which one is best for you or your parrot. Remember, it is love out of your heart when you look to find a more suitable place for your parrot if you are not able to live a lifestyle including your sociable feathered friend. A parrot does not belong in a cage all day, every day.
Our founder Brian shares his success in rehabilitating parrots by giving back to the community for donations: parrot parties, school presentations, nursing homes, using parrot tricks to talk about gun, fire, and seatbelt safety, and provides unique pictures for the public at permitted locations (Old Town Alexandria, Petco's, etc). Brian rehabilitates parrots before fostering or adopting out parrots; making the best decision for that parrot. Although some people think they want a parrot, they must meet volunteer criteria in order to understand the true commitment to a new feathered family member.
WPF is a proven non-profit rescue, which means 100% of your donations (money or material) are tax-deductible. WPF DOES NOT BREED or SELL PARROTS!!!
Some parrot rescues say they rescue parrots yet breed parrots to sell, which only adds to the over population problem. WPF feels a permit should be given to parrot breeders controlling the number of parrots they are allowed to produce upon results of the number of parrots which enter parrot rescues.
We are looking for people who can demonstrate a consistent schedule to help at the foundation. This shows WPF that the individual can commit to time at home for their parrot. We also see that the prospective parrot adopter is knowledgeable in parrot care and maintenance. Sometimes an individual thinks they want an African Grey only to find out they prefer an Amazon or a Cockatoo. Volunteering is fun and you will learn a lot from your new friends at WPF.
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The Wilson Parrot Foundation is dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing neglected and abused Parrots. Our mission is to teach the public about having parrots as pets and how to provide for them with caring and compassion.
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Empowering the Poor: Why Justice Requires School Choice
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BeschreibungDo vouchers offer real hope for economically disadvantaged students in American schools? David Van Heemst contends that school choice will give every parent, a voucher to select schools.
InhaltsverzeichnisChapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. How Are the Poor Doing in Our Current U.S. System? Chapter 4 2. Justice: A Philosophy of Empowering All Parents Chapter 5 3. The Supreme Court Aids the Poor Chapter 6 4. Elements of a Good School-Choice Plan Chapter 7 5. What Is Happening in the United States with School Choice? Chapter 8 6. The Poor Benefit From School Choice Chapter 9 Conclusion Chapter 10 Select Bibliography Chapter 11 Index Chapter 12 About the Author
PortraitDavid Van Heemst is professor of political science at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois. He was the first political scientist ever hired by the university and built the political science program; he has taught there for the past eleven years. He is co-author of the forthcoming Idols of Our Time, second edition.
PressestimmenA careful, persuasive, scholarly argument about one of the great issues facing American education. A must-read for anyone interested in overcoming poverty in America. -- Ronald J. Sider, president, Evangelicals for Social Action David Van Heemst has written a thoughtful and comprehensive treatment of the most compelling civil rights issue of our time: the provision of equal educational opportunities for all American schoolchildren. Fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, a wide chasm continues to separate children in terms of access to education. Van Heemst demonstrates that parental choice is the only way to empower economically disadvantaged families to secure the high-quality education their children desperately need. It is a timely book on a topic of immediate and urgent concern to all Americans. -- Clint Bolick, president and general counsel, Alliance for School Choice David Van Heemst has provided us with a useful overview of the arguments for parental choice of schools as a matter of fundamental justice for poor families, a dimension too often forgotten in the arguments over market discipline and unfounded predictionsof new inequalitiessss -- Charles L. Glenn, Boston University Here is the book that every parent, school administrator, and state legislator needs to read. Van Heemst picks up on the current changes taking place in school governance across the nation, ranging from Supreme Court decisions on down to local experiments. He, like others, is troubled by the failure of so many schools to serve those who most need a good education. He proposes a new public system of school choice that will empower the poor and do justice to every child. Public discussion of American education should not continue without attention to Van Heemst's argument and proposal. -- James W. Skillen, president, Center of Public Justice David Van Heemst has provided us with a useful overview of the arguments for parental choice of schools as a matter of fundamental justice for poor families, a dimension too often forgotten in the arguments over market discipline and unfounded predictions of new inequalities -- Charles L. Glenn, Boston University
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50-State Settlement Resolves Charges over Collection of "Reaffirmed Debts" from Consumers in Bankruptcy
A settlement agreement that the Federal Trade Commission has negotiated with General Electric Capital Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Montgomery Ward Credit Corporation (collectively, "GE Capital"), would ensure that GE Capital makes full refunds totaling at least $60 million to consumers who faced illegal collection. According to the FTC, GE Capital regularly sought out consumers who filed for bankruptcy protection to persuade them to "reaffirm" credit account debts and falsely represented that these "reaffirmation agreements" would be filed with the bankruptcy courts, as required by law. In fact, the FTC charges, in many cases GE Capital did not file the agreements or the bankruptcy courts did not approve the agreements. The reaffirmation agreements were, therefore, not legally binding on consumers. Nevertheless, the FTC alleges, GE Capital unfairly collected many of these debts. In obtaining redress for consumers, the FTC coordinated its actions with the actions of state Attorneys General nationwide. The FTC settlement preserves the Commission's right to file an action in federal District Court to seek full redress for consumers if the company's refunds to debtors through the agreements with the states total less than $60 million, or if the FTC believes that GE Capital has failed to fulfill any of its other obligations under the settlement with the states.
"The U.S. Bankruptcy Code gives consumers a fresh start," said Jodie Bernstein, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "GE Capital induced consumers to pay debts they did not legally owe. The settlement announced today is designed to prohibit GE Capital from engaging in such practices in the future, and to allow the FTC to follow up in federal court should the company fail to return all of the financial gain it realized through these illegal collection efforts."
Reaffirmation agreements are not illegal, according to the FTC. However, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code requires that such agreements be filed with the bankruptcy courts, and in the case of debtors not represented by legal counsel, reaffirmation agreements must be approved by the court. If not filed or approved, the agreements are unenforceable, and the underlying debts are legally discharged in bankruptcy.
The proposed settlement to these charges, announced today for a public comment period before the Commission makes it final, would prohibit GE Capital from misrepresenting that any reaffirmation agreement has been or will be filed with the bankruptcy court, or that any reaffirmation agreement is binding. Further, the proposed settlement would prohibit GE Capital from collecting any debt arising out of an extension of open-end credit, such as credit card debt, that has been legally discharged in bankruptcy proceedings and that GE Capital is not permitted by law to collect. In addition, GE Capital would be prohibited from misrepresenting any other material fact while attempting to collect debts arising out of extensions of open-end credit subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings.
The FTC worked closely in this matter with the Office of the United States Trustee and the state Attorneys General.
The Commission vote to accept the proposed consent agreement for a public comment period was 4-0. A summary of the agreement will be published in the Federal Register shortly. The agreement will be subject to public comment for 60 days, after which the Commission will decide whether to make it final. Comments should be addressed to the FTC, Office of the Secretary, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
NOTE: A consent agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission of a law violation. When the Commission issues a consent order on a final basis, it carries the force of law with respect to future actions. Each violation of such an order may result in a civil penalty of up to $11,000.
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Two of Electronic Arts' top-level executives have collectively unloaded a total of 57,085 stocks, following a general increase in EA's stock value after this week's Star Wars exclusivity announcement. According to SEC forms filed yesterday, EA Sports executive vice president Andrew Wilson has sold his entire stake in the company: 32,085 shares at $21.42 a pop, for a grand total of $687,260.70.
EA senior vice president and General Counsel Stephen Bene followed suit, today exercising an option to buy 25,000 shares from EA at $16.06 per share for $401,500 in total, well below the current market value. Bene then sold those shares for $22.40 each, making $560,000. After subtracting the amount originally spent when the option to buy the shares was exercised, Bene made a net profit of $158,500. Unlike Wilson, Bene is still in possession of 6,700 shares of EA, according to SEC documents.
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We're proud to announce that we've completed Stage 1 of Open Beta, core gameplay and stress testing, and are starting Phase 2! To introduce Stage 2, there is no better way than to share this gorgeous new UI we're working on:
Welcome to the new Firefall World Map User Interface! Well, at least a concept of it. The war against the Chosen has gone global! The map denotes the start of what we feel is a key new innovation for shooters (and MMOs) – Reclaim Earth, Unlock the World is our catch-phrase for a new kind of MMO, one that grows and expands not just alongside players, but because of their direct actions in the game. The first iterations of this new UI will be coming up soon.
Stage 2 of Open Beta is about expanding the world.
In this next stage, the name of the game is unlocking the world. We want to test the mechanics of pushing back the Melding, and taking the war to the Chosen. That's right, instead of defending New Eden against Chosen incursions, you will now be taking the war into the Melding itself.
Step 1 – Pushing Back the Melding
Players will work to fuel giant Melding repulsors in each of the three pockets (now called Warfronts) to generate enough power to unleash a pulse that will push back the Melding in stages. Each stage will reveal a little more of each pocket and more playable space with ARES missions and dynamic events.
Step 2 – Eliminating the Chosen Fortresses
Eventually, pushing back enough of the Melding will reveal secret Chosen fortresses that must be besieged and destroyed before the Accord can establish a foothold. Destroying the Chosen will reveal new Chosen technology that can be researched and turned into new recipes for crafted gear and items.
Step 3 – Unlocking the Entire Zone
Once the last of the Melding is pushed back, and the Chosen defeated, the Warfront will convert to a full zone and a new story-based instance will become available to pursue, unlocking the next chapter of the story of Firefall.
Leaderboards – Players will compete on leaderboards to see who has done the most to push back the Melding. Top ranked players will receive special rewards and commendations. They will be honored by having statues of their characters in the new capital, and in 1st place, the right to name the city itself.
Players Choose the Path
After testing this process with one warfront, the choice of the next warfront to unlock will be up to the players. The players will vote, with their efforts, to vie for which warfront to unlock next. In this way, the direction of the war against the Chosen is in the players hands. The story will also twist and turn, depending on the actions of the players and which areas they choose to attack and reclaim.
The World is Also Dynamic
It's not just zones that are filled with dynamic events. The entire globe will be dynamic, with hotspots, mysteries and other anomalies that will appear from time to time on the new world map. Chase them down and experience them before they fade away.
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As players unlock the world, the choice of which warfront to unlock will change the world permanently. Neglected warfronts can also be subject to total Chosen counterattack, shutting down that warfront entirely, at least for weeks or months.
And because of our flexible and horizontally biased progression, we never leave old zones behind. All zones remain playable, fun and useful to the player, making this the first MMO that truly gets bigger the more you play. In Firefall, the whole world will always matter, no matter how advanced you are as a player.
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3 Years after retiring from the FBI because of a near-fatal encounter with Hannibal Lecter, who was helping him catch the "Chesapeake Ripper", only to reveal it was Hannibal himself, Will Graham is asked by his ex-partner Jack Crawford to come solve one last case - 2 slaughtered families every full moon. They have 3 weeks until the next full moon to find the madman, but an innocent blind woman has found him first... Will Graham must risk his family's security and his own safety to track down this one last murderer - the epitome of all evil - The Red Dragon.- Written by Andrew Tenebrae <email@example.com>
A set of grisly murders brings FBI Agent Will Graham (Norton) out of retirement and puts him in search of an atrocious killer (Fiennes) who's driven by the image of a painting. Yet his only means of survival and success are to seek the help of another madman, whom he himself captured, Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins). Marked by past scars and quickly running out of time, Graham finds himself tangled in a heap of madness, sacrificing his work, his family, and above all his own life, to put an end to pure evil.- Written by Sean <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Will Graham is an FBI agent who has an ability to get into the minds of criminals. Currently he is pursuing someone who in addition to killing people is taking parts of their body. Initially it is believed that he is collecting them but Graham believes that he is actually eating them. So he goes to Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a forensic psychiatrist, whom he consults with. When Lecter leaves him for moment he discovers that Lecter is the man. Lecter then tries to kill him but Graham manages to subdue him. Both men are hospitalized and when they recover Graham testifies against Lecter and Lecter is convicted. Graham would leave the FBI. A few years later Graham is approached by his former boss who wants him to help him find this guy who kills a family every full moon. Graham who is still emotionally and psychologically scarred, reluctantly agrees. When Graham hits a wall, he goes to Lecter for help and Lecter wants to play games with him.- Written by firstname.lastname@example.com
A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer; aiding him is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.- Written by Tom Benton and assmn316
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