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I currently live in MA however we will be moving south to get away from these crazy liberals. There are few dealers here and I managed to find one with some ARs in stock. They are Troy Industries AR 5.56 selling for $2295. I'm wondering if they are worth the price? There's not a lot of info about these guns and other posts I've seen say people paid around $1000. I know they won't last long so I'd like to jump on one, but I don't want to overpay. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
When a colt LE6920 is a bit over a grand,I would not pay that price for a Troy
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supply and demand. there is lots of risk at that price. only you can make the choice. once this blows over the prices will come down. If we get crossed over by congress they could be banned. I don't think there will be a ban but there is a chance. Who knows what kinda of deal will need to be cut.
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Troy's are good but not that good. Way overpriced and welcome from Oregon.
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I'm still wondering....I drive my car little 'hard' from time to time, and my BOV(Forge) doesn't seem to relieve ALL the pressure during 3rd to 4th gear shifts. I'm also noticing the 'pshhh' noise of the BOV is not as loud during the shifts either. Is my BOV gone bad or is it the stiffer spring of Forge BOV? Or is it just me?
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When I'm driving normally, my BOV seems to extend it's um, blowing and it sounds louder too. But when I drive harder and shift quicker, the BOV's um, blow is a lot shorter, but sounds more forceful. Not sure how the car knows to get rid of all that pressure, but I suppose.. er, hope.. it's normal, since my car does the same thing.
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Description of Citrus Fruits
Fruits that grow on evergreen trees in subtropical regions around the world.
- Citrus fruits include grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes, mandarins, tangerines, tangelos, pummelos, kumquats, citron and calamondin.
- All of these fruits are popular because of their attractive peel, fruit colors, distinctive smell and pleasing taste.
A popular citrus fruit that is a cross between a sweet orange and a pummelo
- Larger than an orange, its peel can have a variety of different peel colors including shades of white, yellow and orange with a red blush.
- Fruit colors include white, pink and red. The pink varieties are sweeter than the white varieties. The red varieties are the sweetest of all.
- Texas only produces red grapefruit varieties, the Ruby-Sweet and Rio Star.
Oranges are the largest citrus crop in the world and probably the most widely known citrus fruit.
- Oranges are round and usually have an orange colored peel. Inside of this peel or rind are sections of juicy fruit.
- They give off a distinct and pleasing aroma, which is due to the oils found in the peel.
- Texas produces juicy, sweet oranges including Navels, Valencias, and Early and Mid-Season varieties like Marrs and Hamlins.
Identifying Parts of a Citrus Tree
Citrus trees can be divided into several parts; the roots, trunk, leaves, flowers, seeds and fruits. Let's take a look!
Citrus Trees
Citrus growers want to make sure a tree stays strong and healthy from the very beginning of its life. So they take a bud (twig or stem from another citrus tree) and insert into a sturdy root stock. This process is called "grafting".
Within a few weeks the bud continues to grow and can now be called a small tree.
The tree spends the first year in a nursery where it is given plenty of water and protected from insects and bad weather. The tree is then replanted in a citrus grove where it spends the next four years maturing. Then the tree is ready to produce sweet and juicy oranges and grapefruit.
Rows of citrus trees are called groves. These groves produce lots of wonderful fruit that is ready for harvesting in South Texas between October and May every year.
Did you know that the average grapefruit acre has 140 trees, and yields almost 20 tons of fruit? That means each tree produces around 285 pounds of citrus.
Roots are very important to citrus trees.
- A tree cannot grow above ground without healthy roots below the ground.
- Roots are covered with small hairs, which act like straws drawing water in from the soil. It is then transported through the stems to the leaves.
- South Texas has a sandy loam soil, which contains lots of nutrients and minerals for the roots to absorb and deliver to other parts of the tree.
- Roots also anchor, support and stabilize the tree or plant.
Trunks & Leaves
Both tree trunks and leaves allow water and nutrients to reach the blossoms and fruit.
Trunks, branches, twigs and stems contain a transport system which allows water and nutrients to move from the roots to the leaves.
Leaves are the food factories of the tree, producing all the needed food and vitamins.
- Plants and trees produce their own food through a process called photosynthesis.
- Plant leaves use carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to make sugars (plant food).
- Leaves also transpire or lose water (similar to human sweat) which helps the plant maintain its temperature and encourages roots to continue absorbing water.
Citrus Blossoms
Citrus trees have fragrant white blossoms.
- Most citrus trees bloom in the springtime, although this can vary.
- Orange blossoms symbolize love and were popular decorations for brides in weddings in the nineteenth century.
- Flowers are the sexual organs of the plant. Their sole purpose is to make the seeds and fruits needed to produce more plants and ensure the survival of the species.
Seeds / Fruit
How does a flower create a seed?
Basically a flower creates a seed after a two step process; pollination and fertilization. Pollination occurs when pollen (male genetic material) is released by a flower and comes in contact with a flower's female genetic material. Once this happens, cells divide and begin to produce fruit and seeds. This process is called fertilization.
Where are the seeds located on the tree?
Seeds are encased inside the fruit, and their purpose is to grow into new plants. Fruit's are nature's special packages for seeds and they begin to develop after the flower is pollinated. The fruit can also be a protective coat and aids in the transportation of a seed planting. Animals transport seeds by eating fruits and then leaving seeds scattered in their droppings.
How do seeds know when to sprout?
Seeds are very smart and they wait until the right conditions are favorable before they sprout and grow into a plant (this is called germination). Most seeds require most soil, oxygen and warm temperatures. Once the outer layer of the seed has been broken, usually triggered by cold or water, the seed is ready to soak up water and send out roots. With a little help from its stored energy, the young plant should soon be above ground, exposed to sunlight and ready to begin producing its own food.
How Texas Citrus travels from the grove to your local grocery store.
After growing red grapefruit and oranges, citrus farmers face another obstacle. They have to find a way to pick, or harvest, all of the fruit. Citrus fruit must be handled carefully in order to avoid bruising. Texas Citrus is harvested between October and May of each year.
Let's follow the fruit's journey from the grove to the store:
- Texas Citrus fruits are picked by hand once they reach maturity. Citrus differs from other fruit because they are not all picked at one time and stored – they have to be ready to eat first. Farmers pull fruit samples from the trees in order to check the fruit's color and sugar level. Texas Oranges have a yellowish color when they are ready to be picked while Texas Grapefruit has an orange color that can include a pinkish blush on the peel.
- Once citrus fruits are harvested, they are placed on trucks and sent to a packing house. At the packing house, fruits are unloaded and the leaves and other debris are taken out. Any fruit that does not pass inspection goes directly to a juice plant. From there it is squeezed by machines to release the juice.
- When Texas Red Grapefruit and Oranges arrive at the packing shed, they are washed and waxed by a machine. Washing removes dirt and enhances the appearance. Since the natural wax is stripped off during this process, the fruit is given a layer of safe wax to help prolong the taste and life of the fruit.
- The fruit is then graded (or sorted) by human eyes. Any fruit that is scarred or misshapen is also sent to the juice plant. Fruit that passes inspection is separated into 2 categories, Fancy (nice appearance) and Choice (still good quality but might have a little scarring on the surface).
- Then it is sent along a special conveyor belt called an Optical Sorter. This machine takes pictures and maps out the surface of the fruit in order to distinguish its size. Once it's sized, the machine drops the fruit into wooden bins below. There is a bin for each standard grapefruit and orange size.
- Almost every piece of Texas Grapefruit or Orange is given a identification sticker on the peel. The sticker tells you and your local supermarket clerks the fruit's variety and origin.
- Texas Citrus is then packed by hand in boxes, bins, or cartons. Finally, it travels by truck to select grocery stores across the United States and Canada. Once at the store, shoppers are encouraged to look for citrus that is heavy for its size, which usually means it has allot of juice. Don't forget to look for Texas Citrus in your local grocery store October through May.
History of Grapefruit & Oranges
What is citrus and where did it come from?
- Citrus can be defined as a family of trees that are grown in warm regions for their edible fruit, thick rind and pulpy flesh.
- Citrus fruit includes oranges, grapefruits, mandarins, tangerines, tangelos, lemons, limes, citron and pummelos.
- Citrus trees, originated in southeast Asia, and have been grown and prized for thousands of years.
- The first citron fruits to arrive in Europe appeared around 2000 B.C., when Alexander the Great conquered western Asia.
- Europeans enjoyed eating and cooking with citrus, using it to season meat and fish.
- Citrus, especially oranges were considered a luxury in colder climates. It was very expensive to transport the fruit, so oranges were mainly eaten by royalty, including Kings and Queens.
When did citrus finally arrive in North America?
- It is thought that Christopher Columbus brought orange seeds to Hispaniola in 1493 on his second voyage to North America.
- Citrus seeds were first brought to the Americas in 1518 by Spanish and Portuguese traders.
When and where was grapefruit discovered?
- A few hundred years after citrus seeds were introduced to the Americas, a new citrus fruit, called a grapefruit, emerged.
- Grapefruit was developed in Barbados in the 1750's as a mutation of the sweet orange and the pummelo.
- Originally known as the "forbidden fruit", grapefruit got its present day name after a Jamaican farmer noted how the fruit grew clustered together on the tree – just like a bunch of grapes – thus the name "grapefruit".
When did Texas begin growing grapefruit and oranges?
- It is believed that the first grapefruit and orange seeds were brought to South Texas by Spanish missionaries from the West Indies.
- The sweet red grapefruit, which has become so popular, was accidentally discovered in 1929 by Texas citrus growers. They found red grapefruit growing on pink grapefruit trees.
- This grapefruit became known as the Ruby Red grapefruit. The Ruby Red was the first grapefruit to be granted a United States patent.
- Over the next several decades even redder mutations of fruit were discovered by citrus growers.
- Each new discovery was named after the grower who found it.
- Texas produces approximately 27,000 acres of citrus every year.
- In 1993, Texas Red Grapefruit was named the State Fruit of Texas.


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Happy sure keeps Kali busy. He makes my life much better. Yes, I was unhappy (no pun intended) when he came out of his carrier that first day, but within 4 days or so, we were sharing breakfast from the same bowl. I'm really just a big mellow pussy cat. But as Happy acknowledged when he gave me his gift this morning, I AM the queen of this house. It is Tiger's world, and everyone else just lives in it. I even let him play games with me a little, as long as he acts submissive. None of this rough and tumble like he does with Kali. That won't do, I rule this roost. I'm so glad Kali is busier now, b/c she is sooooooo demanding. Super sweet, she'll groom anyone, even the parents, but I'm glad she has a buddy now. I've even started staying up at night and hanging out with them. Before, I'd have to hug on Mommy (or sometimes Daddy) and hope she wouldn't mess with me. She wouldn't leave me alone at night. Now, it's kitty party time at night. This was actually a good decision on my parents' part. Go parents!
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Edible Schoolyard Project Introduces Food Studies Into The Curriculum
A new curriculum advocated by slow food guru Alice Waters, hopes to educate kids on the benefits of healthy and sustainable eating.
The Edible Schoolyard Project was started by Alice Waters, a renowned chef and arguably one of the original creators of the slow food movement. Her project aims to bring in food-related curriculum into schools that would educate children on the benefits of healthy and sustainable eating. The program would introduce topics like organic gardening, seasonal cooking using fresh ingredients, and food culture. On the Edible Schoolyard Project website, it states the project goal is:
To transform the health and values of every student by building and sharing a food curriculum for the school system.
Currently, this food curriculum is implemented at the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley and the Samuel J. Green Charter School in New Orleans. The school in Berkeley has a one-acre garden, an adjacent kitchen-classroom and an 'eco-gastronomic' curriculum. Waters hopes that more public schools in the U.S. will begin integrating the program into their academic curriculums.
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I wonder if some people are saying tranny in general terms but the dealer actually only did a mechatronics swap? Maybe they are getting whole rebuilt units because the dealer doesn't want to deal with the hassle of tearing into the tranny case and instead just drop it and put whole rebuild in?
My tech told me that having an actually gear issue is an extreme rarity. The mech unit does most of the work changing the gears. There's a bunch of valves and a whole lot of electronics that are always working. They usually don't do anything to the gears on rebuilds anyway. They usually rebuild the valve bodies and seals and that's what the mechatronics is.
I'm glad more and more people are getting good results with complaining about this and getting the right fix. I hope they are all logged in and BMW starts to take notice of the problem. It's got to be something with this ZF tranny because a number of us all have the same issue.
Good question, I wonder if it's because there's really two different issues? I have never experienced the 30-40 mph jolt, my problem was strictly the 2-1 downshift at low speeds coming to a stop.
The problem was repeatable every time you came to a stop. Even after programming changes, the problem was repeatable. Fortunately, this makes it easier for the dealer to resolve...
Most automakers are replacing transmissions instead of risking repairs that might not fix the problem due to bad diagnosis, IMO.
I guess getting a list together with the specific issue and resulting repairs from board members might shed some light on what's really happening.
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The world is a vastly better place than it was 50 years ago.
But Thompson will have the inward satisfaction that a more acute answer would have been vastly less politic.
Romney is vastly overrated by liberals as a general election foe.
There is a cottage industry of declinists, but they have vastly overstated their case.
Again, not a bad thought, but the circumstances surrounding the two bills are vastly different.
It is a woven wicker thing, exactly like an American lunch-basket, vastly magnified.
It was a dark hour for the colonists, who were vastly outnumbered by the Indians.
Then as now, "eats" formed a vastly important part of boys' life, it seems.
This was undoubtedly true, and the boys were vastly relieved to hear it.
The muskrat is adrift, but not homeless; his range is vastly extended, and he evidently rejoices in full streams.
1570s, from Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus "immense, extensive, huge," also "desolate, unoccupied, empty." The two meanings probably originally attached to two separate words, one with a long -a- one with a short -a-, that merged in early Latin (see waste). Very popular early 18c. as an intensifier. Related: Vastly; vastness.


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Pope Francis releases a music album
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has released his first album "Wake Up!", a selection of his public speeches put to various styles of music such as pop, rock and Latin chant.
"The idea was born from the moment Pope Francis came out on the balcony and said 'dear brothers and sisters, good evening'," producer and artistic director Don Giulio Neroni said.
"With that 'good evening' I saw that this pope was completely different from all the others."
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Dr. Oz's 28-Day Vegan Challenge
Take this dairy- and meat-free challenge for a heart healthy diet.Top Rated Diet Shakes of 2017
Dr. Oz is one of the most respected medical doctors in the country. Open to both Western medicine as well as alternative practices for sound health, he has embraced everything from yoga to neti pots.
Now, he is endorsing the vegan diet as a way to lower cholesterol levels, improve heart health and do something good for the environment.
Dr. Oz's 28-Day Vegan Challenge has been explained and promoted both on his television show, The Dr. Oz Show, and on his website. While he has not yet developed this plan into a published book, his website outlines the week-by-week plan for this four-week vegan challenge.
Veganism is a diet that avoids animal products, including all meat, cheese and dairy foods. Some staunch vegans also eschew leather and any product that has been tested on animals.
While Dr. Oz's 28-Day Vegan Challenge doesn't tell you what kind of clothing to wear or which toothpaste to use, but it does tell you what to eat so that you can improve your health and even lose a few pounds.
Each week, a brief description of what you should be eating is included as well as a few links to vegan recipes.
Dr. Oz is also the co-author of:
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- Promotes the accessibility of the vegan diet
- Removes the stigma of a vegan diet being an extremist way of eating
- Veganism can offer numerous health benefits when it is followed correctly
- Four-week time frame is manageable
- The challenge is not clearly defined
- May be too extreme to follow for the long-term
- There is no exercise plan
Dr. Oz's 28-Day Vegan Challenge is broken down by week. Each week you are given a specific diet goal that will drive your eating and cooking choices.
Here is a breakdown of each of the four weeks on the vegan challenge:
Week One: Detox:This week your body will be detoxing from the animal products it's used to consuming. Start adding protein to your diet from sources other than meat. This includes nuts, seeds and beans. Vegans should take a multivitamin and B12 supplement to ensure they are getting enough protein. A recipe for a meatless vegan chili is provided.
Week Two: Go Faux: This week, you are encouraged to substitute all your favorite meat products with soy alternatives like tofu, tempeh and seitan. All of these are excellent sources of protein that come from soy beans. They are low in saturated fats and cholesterol and can reduce inflammation of the arteries.
Week Three: Smart Snacking: Just because a product qualifies as vegan, doesn't mean it's healthy. This week, you are encouraged to cut the sugars and try eating snacks like soy chips, soy nuts or nuts. And, as always, reach for the fresh fruits and vegetables when you're feeling snacky.
Week Four: Veganism Meets Reality: This week, you are instructed to incorporate what you've learned and eaten over the last three weeks into your ongoing diet. For breakfast, you can keep the eggs but trade bacon for veggie bacon and steel-cut oats for hashbrowns. For dinner, eat lean meat but substitute whole grains like quinoa for French fries.
A sample day on Dr. Oz's 28-Day Vegan Challenge might look like this:
- Breakfast: Scrambled tofu with vegetables and whole-grain toast with soy butter or a fruit smoothie made with silken tofu, almond milk and fresh fruit.
- Lunch: Crushed lentil soup with a green salad topped with olive oil and lemon juice or a vegan burger served with sweet potato french fries.
- Dinner: Vegetable stir-fry with tempeh or whole-grain pasta topped with marinara sauce and soy cheese and served with a side of steamed asparagus seasoned with olive oil and lemon juice.
- Snacks: Fresh fruit, nuts, soy crisps, dairy-free and low-fat yogurt, whole-grain crackers.
There is no exercise plan included.CONCLUSION
Dr. Oz's 28-Day Vegan Challenge is a four-week meat-, dairy- and cheese-free plan that is aimed at making you and Mother Earth healthier.
The vegan challenge is currently only available on Dr. Oz's website as well as being promoted on his television show.
While veganism can offer tremendous health benefits when followed correctly. Since it is considered a rather extreme diet by many, Dr. Oz's 28-Day Vegan Challenge needs to be made into a much more thorough and comprehensive plan so that those new to this way of eating are given the appropriate tools to follow this diet properly and experience the many health benefits of it. As the diet stands now, it falls short on guidelines and instructions leaving the opportunity for someone to munch on oatmeal, raisins and potato chips all day.Common Misspellings
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6 potential pitfalls of the savings revolution
"I have never seen a Budget announcement that has generated as much excitement as the one made last week," opined financial adviser Alan Steel, of Alan Steel Asset Management, yesterday.
He is talking, of course, about "St George slaying the annuity "dragon", giving investors the freedom to use their pension funds any way they want. Here is a reminder of the details that have been greeted with so much enthusiasm.
In the days immediately after the Budget there were dire warnings that freeing the shackles would lead to imprudent pensioners blowing their life savings on cruises, Cristal and fast cars. In response, Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, said he was relaxed about annuity-liberated pensioners spending their pension pots on a Lamborghini like the one pictured above.


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SLIDESHOW: Women spin & dangle in Halloween hoopla at Shadowland
While many dished out Snickers Bars and Reese's Cups on Halloween night, Shadowland Bar & Restaurant, 4458 California Ave. SW, in West Seattle, offered eye candy and athleticism. The Seattle Aerial Arts School, with a West Seattle location at the end of 53rd Ave. SW, represented with five female performers from its troop.
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And while some of their costumes and dance movements on draped fabric, and an elevated hoop and metal anchor, fastened to the tall ceiling in the back, may have appeared provocative by some, it was their coordination and muscle tone that seemed to wow onlookers, bar patrons, many in costumes of their own, during the two-hour show.
Casia Townsley, who was tending bar at Shadowland during the show, is also with the aerial troop and helped bring them in to perform.
You might say the "ringleaders" of Seattle Aerial Arts School in West Seattle are aerial artists Simonne Garritues and Bruce Magnotti.
(The two men pictured in costume in our slideshow are, left, musician James Germain of "James Germain & the Gery Gray Days, & aerial artist Bruce Magnotti, who co-produces the show.)
There are also schools in Georgetown, SODO, and Greenwood.
According to its website, "Seattle Aerial Arts is an aerial arts school focused on both introducing new students to the aerial arts and assisting intermediate and advanced students to continue their practice and gain proficiency in technique. Our instruction focuses on basic fundamentals of aerial arts and movement in general, and we teach grace, poise, and style of movement.
"Seattle Aerial Arts is also a resource for event planners who want to hire performers, private or corporate clients who need aerial performers for an event, and to venue owners who need entertainers to perform in their restaurant or nightclub. We partner with Cirque du Trois and Seattle Event Planners to locate and rig venues for professionals as well as our students to perform.
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Kids Fest
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Kids Fest to offer fun at Lehigh next Sunday
The Morning Call
April 15, 2001
Kids Fest 2001 will be held next Sunday at Stabler Arena and Rauch Fieldhouse on the campus of Lehigh University. This year's event will feature Nickelodeon attractions, including the Nickelodeon Game Lab, and an opportunity to meet the Rugrats. More than 100 booths will offer hands-on activities for children ages 2-12 and dozens of agencies will showcase their efforts to help Lehigh Valley families. Tickets are $3 in advance or $4 at the door. Parking is free and free shuttle buses will be available.
Allentown Ymca & Ywca Honor Volunteers Of The Year
The Morning Call
June 14, 2000
The YMCA & YWCA of Allentown recently honored volunteers at its fifth annual joint meeting at the Allentown Hilton. Recipients of the Volunteer of the Year Award were Doris Bannar of Schnecksville and Stephen Fogel of Allentown. Dr. Vera Krisukas, a retired Allentown physician, and Richard Pearce II of Orefield received the Donald P. Miller Award. Bannar was honored for five years' service on the Kids Fest Volunteer Hospitality Committee. Fogel received his award for six years' participation in the Kids Fest Public Relations Committee.
Young Athletes Score With Skills, Attitudes At Ymca's Healthy Kids Days Bethlehem, Easton Held Saturday Events, Allentown Y Co-sponsors Kids Fest Today At Lehigh.
by CHRISTIAN D. BERG, The Morning Call
April 9, 2000
Jimmy Orbin certainly looked the part of a basketball player Saturday as he warmed up on the sun-splashed asphalt court behind the Bethlehem YMCA on E. Broad Street. Decked out in a purple, black and red replica of Chris Carter's No. 15 Toronto Raptors uniform, Orbin, 8, tossed up a series of layups and jump shots as he dribbled around the court. `He's getting all ready for the three-point contest,` said Orbin's father, Jim. `He's got his favorite outfit on.` Orbin, a second-grader at Lincoln Elementary School, was one of several hundred children participating Saturday in the YMCA's 2000 Healthy Kids Day. The three-hour youth sports extravaganza featured basketball clinics and shooting contests, a football punt, pass and kick competition, street hockey games, soccer, volleyball, rope jumping and more.
Groups Gear Up For Kids Fest Sunday Allentown Y And Jewish Community Center Expect Disney To Be Fund-raiser's Top Draw.
by JOE McDERMOTT, The Morning Call
April 7, 2000
Go ahead, call kids fest 2000 a Mickey Mouse affair. Folks behind the event won't be upset. They're quite proud of it. Because Mickey is bringing friends -- and activities. Lots of activities. Disney and Toon Disney cable networks are expected to be the big draws on Sunday for the fifth annual kids fest at Lehigh University's Stabler Arena and Rauch Fieldhouse in Bethlehem. The entertainment giant will have tents outside both buildings, with activities that include sketch artists, a coloring station, Disney Channel's PB&J fishing game, Bouncehouse, Tic Tac Toon and a photographer taking free pictures of youngsters with Sorcerer Mickey and Toon Disney favorites Olie and Zowie.
Kids Fest 2000 Offers Fun, Learning At Stabler Sunday Family Fun
The Morning Call
April 7, 2000
More than 20,000 children and their families are expected to join for a day of learning through fun, exploration and entertainment when the Allentown YMCA-YWCA and the Allentown Jewish Community Center sponsor kids fest 2000 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Stabler Arena and Rauch Field House at Lehigh University, Bethlehem. The day will feature more than 110 booths offering a variety of experiences and hands-on activities for children ages 2-12; stage shows; Disney Channel and Toon Disney tents; exhibits and activities from Philadelphia-area attractions, including the Franklin Institute, New Jersey Aquarium, Philadelphia Zoo and Liberty Science Center, and a food court.
Group's Stickers Protect Children
The Morning Call
August 26, 1999
To the editor: In response to an Aug. 16 editorial, `Stickers to aid tots,` I'd like to point out that stickers for injured tots have been distributed by the Travelers Protective Association for several years with many heartwarming results. The stickers have been distributed to hospitals, day care centers at Kids Fest, and both locally and nationally TPA promotes child safety at home and at schoR
Kids Fest 99 Coming To The Valley
The Morning Call
March 16, 1999
Every kind of children's delight is coming to the Lehigh Valley on April 11. Lawn bowling, a mascot parade and magic will be the attractions at Stabler Arena and Rauch Field House on Lehigh University's Goodman campus as kids fest 99 runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than 100 Lehigh Valley businesses and organizations are supporting kids fest 99. All activities, entertainment and parking are covered by the $3 fee per person. A shuttle from Allentown will begin at 9 a.m. and run about every 30 minutes.
From Dance To Magic, It'll Be At Kids Fest 99
The Morning Call
March 15, 1999
Every kind of children's delight is coming to the Lehigh Valley on April 11. Lawn bowling, a mascot parade and magic will be the attractions at Stabler Arena and Rauch Field House on Lehigh University's Goodman campus as kids fest 99 runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than 100 Lehigh Valley businesses and organizations are supporting kids fest 99. All activities, entertainment and parking are covered by the $3 fee per person. A shuttle from Allentown will begin at 9 a.m. and run about every 30 minutes.
Two Girls Seriously Injured As Family Drives To Kids Fest Easton
by SUSAN RUIZ PATTON, The Morning Call
March 30, 1998
Two young girls on their way to kids fest '98 with their familywere seriously hurt when the car they rode in collided with another family going to the festival in Lower Saucon Township on Sunday morning. The families were on their way to the festival at nearby Stabler Arena and Rauch Field House at Lehigh University. Kelsey Homan, 4, of Allentown, was most seriously injured. She was listed in guarded condition at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, a hospital spokeswoman said Saturday afternoon.
Nearly Everyone Wants To Play At Kids Fest '98 * Weather, Nickelodeon Help The Annual Event Break Attendance Records.
by SUSAN RUIZ PATTON, The Morning Call
March 30, 1998
"You guys want to play?" shouted one of the Nickelodeon "Game Lab" show hosts to an audience of very excited children. "Yeah!" children shouted in unison. Treating the children like guinea pigs, the show was using them to experiment with some new games, but nobody was complaining. The popular children's cable television show's great reputation and the great weather were thought to be the reasons why attendance at kids fest '98 at Lehigh University's Stabler Arena and Rauch Field House was the highest ever, said Terry Neff of the Jewish Community Center in Allentown, one of the event's planners.
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Community is important and we want you to feel at home! Kick off the new academic year by meeting fellow new and returning students of color and allies at the NYU Center for Multicultural Education and Programs (NYU CMEP). Meet the CMEP Staff, some current student leaders, grab some give-aways, then join us for the CMEP Open House!
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Death systems
What death system do you prefer? Do you like NWN2's "Everyone's a medic" system (see below) or did Baldur's Gate's "Traditional permanent death" system get it right in the first place? Lucky Day has put together a list of death systems that have been used for us to consider.
You can have any of these with various penalties such as wait times, stat adjustments, permanent injury or experience or level drops, player must walk back to start to continue and so on.
Make your vote and feel free to add comments on your own experiences, preferences or ideas for a better way to handle death.
Another choice I suggested was Rescue Dog where another player or party is needed to rescue the lost one.
Although primarily a multiplayer option this was used in Wizardry I if your party died in the Proving Grounds. I think this was meant to mimic how some people played D&D back in the day when dungeon crawling when they took new character sheets.
Otherwise you needed to rez your party or haul them to the Temple of Cant. In the first release of the game you couldn't save in the dungeons so you had to be careful, and hopefully remember where you were.
This was a real pain if you only had one high level party - it meant using Locksmith to copy your buddy's disk or doing it the hard way.
Wizardry IV offered a patch for Wizardry I if I remember where you could save in the dungeon.
Dying was still dangerous even with the additions because it recorded the PC's status to his save file. Hopefully you flipped the drive open in time before it could write.
When Mr White wasn't in the Computer Lab Ian McCormick would slap those Apple ][ floppies drives hard when that happened.
It was very unforgiving.
I'm good with the normal system … though the 'everyone's a medic' system is interesting as you have to sometimes split your battle / healing duties to save party members from perma-death.
Although I dont like party based RPGs(Baldurs Gate,NWN etc) as much as single(Gothic,Witcher etc) I voted for "Everyone's a medic".In singleRPGs death=reload but in party based it makes more sense to use the "Everyone's a medic".
Planescape's system was good but dont like resurrections and an awful example of modern resurrection is Two Worlds.
Japanese miracle:I hate checkpoints this doesnt even sound like an RPG
Casper system:WoW????No thanks I dont believe it would be great in any cRPG
I voted "hardcore mode."
I would, of course, have to hedge that any number of ways -- just plopping hardcore death into, say, NWN2, would immediately make the game unplayable. If a game has hardcore death, it must be balanced to deal with it. It could be like NetHack or Dwarf Fortress -- a random world every time means that winning isn't really the point; exploring, growing, and eventually dying in some incredibly annoying way is. Or it could be like Planescape: Torment where death is cleverly worked around. Or it could be a game that's balanced in such a way that death is unlikely unless you really goof off -- making even relatively easy fights tense simply because you can't afford to slip up the way you normally do in games.
These days I am into Everyone's a medic, at least in party RPG's (otherwise Miraculous resurrection). I play games more for the experience and experimentation than the challenge and I am not a huge fan of frustrating game mechanics. The more fluid the experience is, the better and the faster you can get back up and back into the game the better.
When I play FPS's these days I prefer the "stand low and catch your breath" kind of approach, utilized in games such as call of duty, halo and crysis. You do not need to monitor a healthbar and stack up with meds, as long as you do not take enough pain to kill you, you can just stand behind something for awhile and your health automatically restores up to full. Like the RPG's above, this allows the player to get back into the game at a faster pace.
What inspired the "hybrid/cocktail" option? I thought resurrection costs (in games where you literally pay for resurrection) usually scale in such a way that they are relatively painless for the level 1, not the other way around:)
In party-based games I'd go with everyone's a medic, mainly because the alternatives often result in reloads and thus lose their teeth.
Hardcore mode only works for certain kinds of games.
Miraculous resurrection gives an arcade feel and breaks immersion. Save points (the japanese option) are idiotic from a usability point of view because they prevent you from taking a break from the game at an arbitrary timepoint. Waiting for a miracle can work (I'd say that describes Mount & Blade), and the traditional system is fine for single-character games (and party based games where there is a resurrection mechanic that fits the setting, I actually used BG2's resurrection mechanics quite a bit).
For single player rpg-s traditional death with saves is perfectly fine for me. I have never played a MMORPG before, but from the videos, the forums, blogs today's mmo seems quite boring and empty (quest-kill-level cycles infinitely). It seems to me, that death system is one of the keys in this fenomenon. Developers (unfortunately) work for money, and money is basically from the monthly fees (WOW model). In this situation every developer is interested in payed fee maximalization. It's kinda risky to change the death sytem in a new game drastically: 'Hey, i'm not God anymore, what happened? This sucks. Let's find another one.' likely to happen. If a developer system rise that's not relying on money but on the pure passion for the traditional RPG genre, then it will probably be better in the long run. I've been thinking about an MMO system, where people die. By the age or by the sword, but fully and permanently. Aging is out of the question, most of the time. The only implementaion that i can think of is Fable. Why is this taboo? People, who play a GAME don't like to die that's obvious. But i'd like to see a game for the people, who play a ROLE. What do you think about such a system?
Darklands (old Microprose RPG) had aging that affected your ability scores to the point where you'd want to retire your party members before they die of old age:) Most games dont have the kind of timeframe where visible aging effects make sense though.
Traditional perma death is fine by me. I normally reload if a character is killed, but it is still better than any of the other choices.
One thing that the game Devil Whiskey and the game that it was heavily influenced by The Bards Tale did right was the way it handled dead characters. It cost very little to ressurect a dead lvl 1 character, but it cost increasingly more money the higher the lvl the character was. I didn't reload if a character bit the dust, I just walked back to the temple and ressurected them. It took a big bite out of my gold when dealing with higher level characters, but it was part of the strategy of playing the game.
I think the old SSI gold box games had a similar way of healing the dead and it wasn't that painful to head on over to the temple to heal them again. It's a lot better than getting fully healed after every battle, that completely takes away the attrition portion of the game.
Legend of Faerghail and Demise - Rise of the Kutan also increase the cost of resurrection by a factor level^n, making it relatively more expensive for higher level characters.
The gold box games used the raise dead spell. I think the only downside was a loss of one constitution point.
One way to keep the attrition factor with an "everyone is a medic" approach would be to bring the chars back to life with only 1 HP (which could be justified as HP represent an abstraction of the general condition of the character).
Voted traditional death. That's the standard of most of the RPGs I've played and it works fine for me. That was one of my beefs with Two Worlds - just seemed arcadish. I think it should be up to the player when he wants to save, when to re-load, and from where.
I chose "everyone's a medic" because we seem to be talking about party rpg's. For single character rpg's I'd have to vote for traditional reload.
Hardcore is just too painful for an RPG with any substance. I can't imagine dying near the end of Fallout 3 and re-rolling. Pretty sure I would just uninstall the game if that were the case.
Checkpoint, imo, needs to perma-die without any save to reload … and no checkpoint.
Traditional death--not because I'm a big traditionalist or anything but because I put a lot of value on combat over personality in parties--I just find that it adds to the tactical element of battles, and that's one of the main draws of a party rpg for me. One of the factors that lost my interest in KotOR in particular was just having everyone fall down and get up later unharmed at no cost. NWN2 I had less trouble with, since the combat was a bit more challenging and involving, and the rest factor was convenient enough to make me feel it was the equivalent of proper planning. ;)
I'm not a fan of hardcore but the 'everyone's a medic' is also perfectly acceptable if the game's combat is challenging enough on other levels.
For a party-based game, my ideal system would be traditional, but with a meaningful buffer between being functional and being dead. The -10 HP rule from most versions of D&D is sort of there, but once you're fighting higher level opponents, you'll almost never end up between 0 and -9. Something along the lines of "below 1/3 health, you're incapacitated". That way any single hit is unlikely to kill a character outside of a boss fight. And it adds some strategy in requiring you to deal with bleeding characters, and maybe defend them against carnivores that would otherwise try to eat or coup-de-grace fallen party members.
For single-character games, dead is dead unless there's a really good reason otherwise. Like tying it to the story, so the first time you "die" you wake up in prison and have to escape, something that was done in Thief 3. But having something like Elizabeth and Abe always showing up to rez you is cheesy.
I would have liked to include D&D's bleeding system but it sort of falls between permanent death and the medic system, with penalties on the side.
Bioware attempted to implement it into NWN1 but scrapped it due to bugs. Community members revived the scripts and discovered what they were the hard way.
One major problem with it is when you stop bleeding but you are below 0 you are incapacitated. If AI or another player can't revive you, you are as good as dead.
Related, I recall Raise Dead and Resurrect are very different in D&D. One important feature was the need for a 1000gp's crushed diamond as a spell component.
Things could really get interesting I remember if you used Limited Wish to raise the dead. Too often things would happen like the Magic User's dog dying to compensate. The mage would end up mad at you for the rest of the campaign.
Immortal was a choice I thought of but promptly forgot. That should have been a choice.
I've never played WoW but I played the Casper system in Ultima Online. I found myself a ranger and the plarty I played with was shocked when I told them I could see and speak to the dead without being able to hear them. It was pretty neat the way they varied the implementation.
In NWN1 several people tried to script a ghost system, especially because it had a neat visual effect in Ghostly and Ethereal Visage. But there were serious problems because it was difficult to prevent the player from picking up anything and you can't stop and PC from talking. The idea is almost forgotten now.
Someone mentioned a Limbo system and again several people took this idea up in NWN, usually in the form of a time delay and finding your way out of a series of mazes. I believe which maze you ended up in was randomized. I never played too much on worlds that used this but I would think it would have been pretty easy after a few tries.
I think there were variations of after life depending on alignment too on some servers.
And finally, someone asked in the DA FAQ news thread what game server I ran where I implemented my harsher death system with plenty of complaints but significantly increased my player base. That server was with Neverwinter Nights. It was called Wheel of Time: The Third Age, or WoT:3A for short. I might still be running.
I voted for hardcore. PJ already said exactly what I had in mind: The game needs to be balanced for the hardcore death system.
I can only think of two game to offer this system. Diablo 2 and ToEE. Hardcore was the only way I could tolerate, even enjoy D2. In ToEE, I had a blast. I never beat it but it made everything in the game much more exciting and memorable. Even now, countless games later, I still remember most of my adventures in ToEE.
you could play Diablo 2 as hardcore ??? I could only play Diablo 2 as the Miraculous resurrection option. I think the d2 system with miraculous ressurection works quite well though.
I would say that the casper system could be very interesting for single players RPG or MMORPGs
for real party RPGs I would say: One or more that you can teach a revive skill (preferably more than one guy :p)
I voted casper because I play siongle players RPG mostly.
although I am very addicted to Perfect world at the moment :)
Traditional death. Like Magerette I can't stand it all if a game takes my challenge away. If I play stupidly, caressly or badly its only fair that me or someone from my party pays the price. In addition in the best death-system the resurrection spells should only be available during a short time span after party member's death.
The sense of danger during battles is very important to me and no other system can quarantee it better than traditional death. And if you don't constantly quicksave the reload-spell ain't always so painless.
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Mustansiriya Madrasah (Arabic,المدرسة المستنصرية) is a historical building in Baghdad, Iraq. It was the premises of one of the oldest Islamic institutions of higher learning in the world, established in 1227 as a madrasah by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir making it one of the oldest madrasahs in the world. It is located on the left bank of the Tigris River, the building survived the Mongol sack of 1258, and has been restored. Nearby buildings included the Saray souq, the Baghdadi Museum, Mutanabbi Street, the Abbasid Palace and Caliph's Street.
Its library had an initial collection of 80,000 volumes, given by the Caliph. The collection was said to have grown to 400,000 volumes, although the reports of both these figures may have been exaggerated to flatter the donors. The library certainly survived the Mongol incursion. It was merged with that of Nizamiyah Madrasah in 1393 A.D., although this collection was subsequently dispersed or disappeared. After the Ottomans captured Baghdad in 1534 A.D., books from the palaces and libraries were taken as the spoils of war to become an important part of the royal library in Istanbul, and Al-Mustansiriyah was closed.
In 1235, an early monumental water-powered alarm clock that announced the appointed hours of prayer and the time both by day and by night was completed in the entrance hall of the Mustansiriya Madrasah in Baghdad.[1] The Mustansriya Madrasah is still functioning in a new building, and is now part of the Al-Mustansiriya University, following an expansion and restructuring of the original madrasah in 1927 as part of a program of modernization.
- ^ Donald Routledge Hill (1991), "Arabic Mechanical Engineering: Survey of the Historical Sources", Arabic Sciences and Philosophy: A Historical Journal, Cambridge University Press, 1: 167–186 [180], doi:10.1017/S0957423900001478
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EDIT: Alright I got it fully working. Managed to install BT4 on a 4GB USB stick. It's the minimum it needs.
Hi guys,
I've been trying to install BT4 on a 4GB USB stick and I haven't really been succesful.
I did all the above steps while changing the /dev/sda to /dev/sdb (cause sdb is my USB stick) but it's still not working. When I put the USB in it says ... well, it just doesn't recognize it as bootable.
Also, it looks like to /root partion needs at least 3.5 GB otherwise it can not copy all the contect there.
I've set the boot parition to 100MB and the Swap to 250MB.
Edit: Never mind, I got it working, but now after it passes the boot menu it gives the fallowing:
Kernel panic VFS:unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (8,11)
I will probably figure it out in the end. Thanx anyway.
One hint for the lilo.conf:
I would recommend to include the statement "compact" at any point into the file. This will drastically improve the load speed.
were can i find the lilo file again :s lost it and need to install to a laptop bt4 and cant remember how i did this as i did for bt3 plz help or send link that helps me please thanks if you can help. :d
I have not tried yet the bt4 beta, and i'm curious about installation that came out..
Is the copying of kernel to boot directory are omited?
*cp /boot/vmlinuz /mnt/bt/boot
Because I've seen 2-3 guide of bt4-beta installation, and all them for did not include it!?
I'm new here, I'm french, and i'm a noob on linux :D
I have a problem during the installation of bt4 on my USB hard Disk:
root@bt:~# lilo -v
LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman
Released 19-Feb-2007, and compiled at 14:08:06 on May 15 2008
Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Reading boot sector from /dev/sde
Warning: /def/sde is not on the first disk
Fatal: creat /boot/map~: Read-only file system
Somebody can help me please ? I don't know what to do :x
tis a perfect install, cheers!
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|Sorry for the mega late reply! The head comes with valves springs that are good to .400" lift. We offer an upgrade to springs which are good for .450" lift. There are currently no core charges. I you purchase the XCal 2 from us we will be able to supply you with a base tune that will work until you can get it custom tuned locally. Please let us know if you have any other questions.
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Just wanted to first say thanks for making the Stage 2 head available now, I noticed it on your site about a week ago. After seeing it I am now saving up and already know where I will be blowing my tax refund check. I wanted to ask a question or two about the package also though. First with the head, does it come with larger valves and stronger springs? Second, is their a core charge or am I able to keep my original? Lastly with the head, would I be able to purchase a tune from you for it [if so, how much (using SCT XCalibrator 2)] and the rest of my mods? This way I would have something to run my car decent until I am able to get it to a local tuner. Thanks for your time and THANK YOU for making the head available. The only bad part about the head being available is that I have to explain myself to people when I randomly shout-out "I'M GETTING HEAD." Thanks again.
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