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Tires and Auto Repair in Blacksburg, VA
Welcome to M&M Tire & Auto Service
Welcome to our Web site! On our website you can learn more about our M&M Tire & Auto Service, find out how to contact us, find out what automotive services we offer, and find other links that are relevant to the care of your vehicle.
M&M Tire & Auto Service has proudly been serving customers throughout Blacksburg, VA and Christiansburg, VA since 1957. In the beginning, we were a grocery store and auto repair shop, eventually becoming a full service tire store. We've always been a family owned & operated business and currently we are in our 3rd generation of owners.
Our tire inventory includes light truck, SUV, and passenger car tires from top brands like Mastercraft, Continental, General, and more. If you need services, you can request an appointment online for brake work, oil changes, factory maintenance and other automotive services and repairs. We are also a licensed state inspection facility.
Our Blacksburg, VA shop is only 5 miles away from Virginia Tech. We also offer Free wifi in our waiting room.
We hope you enjoy our website and look forward to working with you.
- Traci & Matt McCoy, Owners
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide reliable, high quality auto service while maintaining a reputation of honesty and integrity. Our goal is to be your first choice for all of your car care needs.


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Hallmark is one my favorite stores to buy decorative figurines and collectibles, and my appreciation for all things Hallmark began with hysterically funny, crabby old lady Maxine and her funny quotes full of sarcastic humor. My Amazon wishlist wouldn't be complete without a couple inexpensive Hallmark Maxine products like the collectible Maxine dolls, next year's calendar, Maxine's bunny slippers and pink terry cloth robe etc, but I became very excited when I discovered there is trademark Hallmark Maxine fabric for making pillows, curtains, valances etc to decorate a room or two Maxine-style.
I foresee a bathroom and perhaps another room decorated in Maxine coming soon, especially since I was able to find a Maxine soap dish and toothbrush holder in my beloved Maxine theme. My Maxine "obsession" has rubbed off on friends too, so I now have more competition in my search for low cost new, discontinued or retired Hallmark gifts and treasured collectibles, including my precious Maxine and Dolly Mamas.
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Engineers love challenges and want to dream big. But I snapped upon recently hearing an oil company CEO say that engineers should be called upon to design structures to protect us from rising tides, "if in fact this climate change nonsense turns out to be true". This cynical challenge does not inspire, because it is clear our society requires an entirely new set of solutions to avoid the disaster his company brings. Although neither of the two current major political parties will provide the needed leadership to steer us away from corporatism and ecological suicide, it is the central goal of the Greens to do so. For this reason I have agreed to serve in the Green Shadow Cabinet for Transportation.
I have been hoping for a return to the can-do spirit this country had in my youth, the kind that launched space exploration and the moon landing. Only today the inspiring engineering challenges take the form of developing alternative forms of renewable energy, Sustainable Engineering and high speed rail. The latter is my specialty. During a recent trip to Oklahoma to take part in the resistance to the Keystone pipeline, I viewed the right of way along which the pipe is being laid for hundreds of miles, and compared the relatively small number of workers involved in its construction with the much larger number needed for high speed rail track construction. People instead of diluted bitumen would be carried, and the related jobs needed to maintain the track and trains would continue well into the future. Pipelines and railways are both modes of transportation, but in this case one would be used to hasten our path to climate catastrophe and the other can direct us away from it. The choice is ours.
As the two-party system continues to demonstrate that it will not bring meaningful change, the Green Shadow Cabinet - founded by the Green Party's Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala - shows that another government is possible, that there is an alternative to this moribund political establishment. They and their ambitious goals remind me of my first Earth Day in 1970 which was also infused with the sense that anything was possible, and that we are only limited by our imaginations. Earth Days since seem to have gotten smaller. This Earth Day we unveil the Green Shadow Cabinet, operating in all areas of government, and inspire a rising tide of hope.
~ Steve Chrismer received his PhD in civil engineering from University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1994, has worked for over 30 years in the freight and high speed passenger railroad industry, and is a registered professional engineer. He is the Secretary of Transportation in the Green Shadow Cabinet.


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Purrrfect Weather For Kittens!Posted by on April 14, 2014
As many of you know Howard and I have adopted five cats from North Shore Animal League America – Walter, Apple, Leon Bear, Charlie Boy and my sweet Bella girl. Some may call me a crazy cat lady but we wouldn't have it any other way in our household.
This winter was a rough one for us East Coasters, and now that spring is finally here so is an overabundance of cats and kittens without homes. This is an especially big problem during the warmer months of the year, often referred to as "kitten season".
Kitten season is the time of year when the most kittens are born. With the arrival of the warmer temperatures, many pet owners let their unspayed or unneutered cats roam freely. Nature takes its course, and in the next several months shelters are overloaded with kittens.
Statistics say it all: About 8 million animals, including dogs and cats of all ages, enter U.S. shelters each year, and half of them are euthanized. Most of these animals are healthy and affectionate and are looking for a loving home, but because a lot of shelters lack an abundance of space and resources to care for them until they are adopted, they are euthanized.
It is estimated that about 70 - 75% of those euthanized are felines. No single animal should be killed because he or she has no home. Each animal that is euthanized for this reason, in my eyes, is one animal too many!
I am very proud to say that, because of the leadership of North Shore Animal League America, euthanasia as a means of population control has actually decreased dramatically. In the 1970s, 20 million animals a year were killed. We are on the right path. We just need to try and get there faster!
How can you make a difference and move us toward a no-kill nation? First, make sure all your own pets are spayed and/or neutered, and spread the word to your family and friends to do the same. This is necessary even if you keep your cat indoors, or if your dog is in a fenced-in yard. Despite our most careful parenting pets can sometimes get out unintentionally.
Also follow the advice of the Animal League experts and keep your cats as indoor-only pets. That will not only help reduce accidental litters, but also keep your animals much healthier.
Finally (you knew I had I to say it), always adopt from a shelter or rescue group, and encourage everyone you know to do the same. While it is always the perfect season to add a kitten (or cat or puppy or dog) to your home, there are more than ever that need you right now!
Howard and I are getting our kitten foster room all ready for the first litter to come our way……
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Yup Demand Is Soaring. But So Will SupplyKaren Pennar
The news certainly sounds alarming. Copper prices at a four-year high. Ethylene prices nearly doubling since the spring. Steel prices up 25% over the past 18 months. Now that Europe and Japan are recovering and the developing nations are growing smartly, demand is sure to keep rising. Can a surge in finished-goods prices be far behind? Is the long-feared roar of inflation about to be heard?
Certainly, commodities speculators would like everyone to believe that price pressures are mounting fast and that 1970s-style inflation will return. And some manufacturers facing higher costs would like people to expect steeper prices--and be ready to pay them.
SMALL IMPACT. But despite all appearances, a new, commodities-driven inflationary spiral is not about to take hold. In the 1970s, supply shocks to two vitally important commodities, oil and grains, kicked prices higher. Today, it's demand, dispersed around the globe, that's pushing up certain materials prices. However, those rising prices don't provide grounds for panic, for three reasons.
First, materials account for only about 10% of total production costs in the U.S. economy, so even a sizable price increase in a few commodities should have a minimal impact on overall prices. "The good news is that the incremental cost in final products of copper or aluminum is exceedingly small," observes William E. Byers, director of futures research at Bear, Stearns & Co. Labor remains the largest component of manufacturers' costs--and well-behaved labor costs should provide a buffer against higher materials costs, economists say.
Even in so commodity-intensive a product as a house, lumber accounts for only 15% of total costs. In an automobile, the steel component of total costs amounts to about 5%. Moreover, not all commodity prices have surged--chemical prices generally have risen only 5.2% this year, and they're expected to moderate some in 1995. Most important, though, the prices of those commodities that are consumed most heavily--energy and foodstuffs--have been stable recently and are expected to remain so. Commodity indexes that are weighted by usage have been similarly steady, while the producer price index has also been well-behaved (chart).
Second, even if materials prices continue to mount thanks to cyclical pressures, relief will be coming in a couple of years as new global sources of supply are developed. And third, the Federal Reserve Board and other central banks have been vigilant in their anti-inflation stand. They won't permit a commodity-induced inflationary spiral to develop.
The Fed's latest 3/4% hike in short rates should ensure that growth in demand for commodities is steady and sustainable, rather than sharp and short-lived, says Steven H. Strongin, director of commodities research at Goldman, Sachs & Co. And that means, on average, commodity prices will rise about 5% to 15% a year over the next couple of years, rather than spike.
It shouldn't come as any surprise that materials prices have been rising. Demand is strong both here and overseas. The U.S. is in the middle of a healthy expansion that follows years of restructuring. Slimmed-down producers are now cranking up to fill heavy orders, and capacity is constrained. At North American mills, orders for sheet aluminum are up 30% this year. Steel demand is up 9.2% in the U.S. this year and 2.3% globally. Mills worldwide are operating at 92% of effective capacity, according to PaineWebber Inc.
Around the world, growth is becoming more synchronized. Allen Sinai, chief economist at Lehman Brothers Inc., reports that 43 of the 45 countries he tracks are in an upturn. In some spots, there is no clear end in sight. Countries such as Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, and, of course, China, will have an unremitting demand for a wide array of commodities for years to come as huge infrastructure and other projects get under way.
NEW EXPORTERS. But it's not just demand that will be growing. These developing countries are also becoming bigger and bigger suppliers, mining and producing more materials for their own consumption and for export. Indeed, says economist Robert S. Pindyck of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "much of the initial macroeconomic growth for many countries is fueled by commodity goods exports," which then allow these developing countries to pay for needed imports. China nearly doubled its imports of primary commodities, excluding fuels, from 1983 to 1992. But exports of commodities excluding fuels grew at an even faster rate, giving China a surplus in this trade. Similar trends have also produced such surpluses in Thailand, Indonesia, and India.
Around the globe, the supply of commodities and industrial materials is getting a boost. Indonesia just signed a multibillion dollar deal to develop natural gas with U.S. partners. China's capacity in ethylene and ethylene derivatives (mostly plastics) is likely to rise rapidly enough to meet yearly gains of 10% in demand there for the next decade. In steel, Brazil will remain an important producer, while Korea, Mexico, Poland, and perhaps even Russia could add to supply in coming years. China is expected to produce 20% of the world's steel by the turn of the century, up from 12.6% in 1993, to meet growing domestic demand.
The countries making the economic transition from socialism to capitalism will be searching for new markets in which to sell their commodities and earn hard currency. Russia and other former Soviet republics possess vast reserves of oil, gas, and metals such as copper and aluminum. After dumping aluminum on the markets from 1991 to 1993, the Russians were persuaded last February to cut back sales, and they say they are adhering to the agreement. But producers would be eager to export more aluminum, copper, and other hard-currency earners, says Arkady Mitrovanov, vice-president of Raznoimport, a group that handles imports and exports of nonferrous metals in Russia. Exports of oil and gas, the biggest earners for Russia, could also be ramped up considerably. Oil exports will bring in about $11 billion this year.
COPIOUS CAPACITY. New supplies can't come onstream rapidly, of course, and for intermediate and processed materials, it takes a few years to get new plants up and running. In the meantime, cyclical pressures may well push materials prices higher. But given the potential for copious worldwide capacity and continued stiff competition among global producers, there's no good reason for an inflationary psychology to develop and justify the embedding of cyclical price rises in final goods prices. Price resistance in the U.S. remains strong at both the wholesale and retail levels.
What's remarkable about commodities such as copper today is not their high price, nor even the strong demand that exists for them. What's remarkable, instead, is that inflation-adjusted prices for most major commodities today are at or below levels of 120 years ago--even though consumption has grown forty- or fiftyfold. Commodity prices are notoriously volatile, but the long-term trend--to everyone's economic benefit--is down.


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Here's a better view of what I'm referring to:)
Here's the look I'm going for on my PP2, found these pics on another prop board.
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I agree with you. But the purpose of my costume is to troop with. So i was afraid that a painted belt was not rather resistant in time.
So i chose to use a material which had a correct color and weather it after. My idea is to make my Fett more "realistic" with functional parts (rangefinder, pouches, blaster...).
Yeah I'm with you brother still your work makes me want to get off my ***, head to the garage and start cutting, glueing, painting and just getting my **** done:) truly inspirational!
I try to fix the flap using an extra pouch.
1 ) I cut about 4 millimeter at the beginning of the flap
2 ) I marked the folds using an iron. Adjusted temperature to synthetic and used a wet cloth to avoid damaging the leather.
Here's the result :
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Is it better ?
I still need to add wheatering but it's not the most difficult part if i start on a good base.
It gave me ideas of an evolution of the pouches :
- integrate one of the magnet in the wood structure to avoid a too big thickness of the part of the flap which is glue in the front of the pouch(-> more accurate).
- some evolutions to the leather pattern to simplify the shape and assembling.
I will certainly make a version 2 of the pouches later when all other part will be finished.
Now that's a great ammo pouch! I can't wait to see the improved v2 ammo belt and pouch templates. Keep up the great work!
Quick question - do you have the above templates for the leather that surrounds the wood in Letter format (or is it required to be in A4 format due to the size)? Thank you again!
Few more quick questions:
For the stitching, do you recommend bonded nylon tan thread size 69, or something else (darker brown? different gauge? different material?)
When gluing any of the parts together, is there a specific type of glue you recommend over others that works well when bonding wood to imitation leather, magnets to imitation leather, imitation leather to itself, etc?
Thanks in advance!
Big bump!
I know this is about 3 years old...there is no mention at all and why isn't it sticky?
@StrumFett does great work with this tutorial. I already got some pouches...can't wait to finish it.
Very happy that i found it...!


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Alone in his Marylebone flat one September night in 1971, the amateur radio enthusiast Robert Rowlands found himself listening in on one of the most audacious British bank jobs of all time.
Turning his radio dial, he picked up a two-way conversation between a man named Bob, acting as a lookout, and another man complaining about fumes from cutting equipment. Amazed, he called the police to tell them what was going on.
Today, as The Bank Job, a Hollywood film based on the famed Baker Street raid, is about to be released, Rowlands has talked of the heist for the first time in more than three decades to defend the honour of the late Princess Margaret from the screenplay's insinuations. 'I was the person who brought the robbery to the notice of the police as it was happening, and I still have the recordings I made at the time,' he said.
The incident made Rowlands the highest paid news interviewee of the era, as the media scrambled to find out about the caper that netted £500,000, the equivalent of £5m today and the biggest haul ever at that time. Details of the Lloyds Bank raid, known as the 'walkie-talkie robbery', were cloaked in secrecy, because the police imposed unusual reporting restrictions. Rowlands believes the film-makers behind The Bank Job have exploited this mystery to distort the truth and insult the memory of the Queen's sister by suggesting that the bank vault contained compromising photographs of the princess. 'The film is an amusing series of misconceptions, dragging in royalty. I am in touch with the princess's solicitors,' said Rowlands, played in the film by Angus Wright.
The script for The Bank Job, which stars Saffron Burrows and Jason Statham, was written by British writers Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement, best known for their TV series The Likely Lads, Porridge and Lovejoy
Last spring the writers told The Observer they had been drawn to the story by transcripts of the conversations between the bank raiders that Rowlands recorded and which were reprinted in newspapers. They had not managed to track the radio ham down.
'The gang had walkie-talkies and look-outs on the roof,' Clement said then. 'I read about the robbery at the time and the great remark that Ian and I remember was one of the lookouts saying: "I'm off home now, I'm cold and hungry." A gang member said: "You can't go now, we're almost there." And the reply was: "Money may be your god, but it's not mine and I'm fucking off".'
The film tells how the gang took over an empty shop nearby and tunnelled 40ft under a restaurant called the Chicken Inn before breaking through the bank's floor and entering the safety deposit vault. While Rowlands admits The Bank Job has been written in a 'tongue in cheek' style, he believes it has failed to get to the core of the story. 'The film is probably entertaining,' he said, 'but nothing to do with the true events.'
After overhearing the gang, Rowlands called Marylebone police. An officer told him to tape the conversation. The film explains this by alleging the crime had been set up by MI5 to get the photographs and free the royal family from the threat of blackmail. While La Frenais and Clement do not give details of the nature of the photographs, an unnamed princess is said to be depicted frolicking on an island hideaway.
In 1973 four men were jailed for the raid. But Rowlands believes that even today no one has risen to the challenge left by the gang in the Baker Street bank, not far from the fictional home of the country's most famous detective. Scrawled inside the safe were the words: 'Let Sherlock Holmes try to solve this.'


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Re: Bearadise
I feel like your thumbnail doesn't do it justice. The fur on the very outside next to the trees is cropped, but it makes a huge difference to the overall composition. I didn't even realize those were trees until I noticed the outer fur. Then the mountains came clear too. (man, I'm bad at noticing stuff).
Now that I've noticed it, this is actually one of my faves this week! Awesome job, +1!
sonofafish wrote:
Now that I've noticed it, this is actually one of my faves this week! Awesome job, +1!
Thx Fish!
Bazagg wrote:This is very nice, love the composition
flattopfrank wrote:Diggin the Cubism! Awesome work !!! +1
Thanks Frank!
amugle wrote:Wear this shirt: if you like to remind other people of how cool your tropical vacation was +5 years ago.
Don't wear this shirt: if you don't want to remind yourself of how cool your tropical vacation was +5 years ago.
I would like to see a bit more contrast, like outlining the blue text in black where it sits on that orange sun. But +1 anyway.
Re: Paint Sailing
Negative space in the ship scene AND in the brushes used to illuminate it! And it's not on a black T-shirt, either. +1
Re: Portrait of a Zombie
Next time they do a glow in the dark derby, sub this! I think the eyes and teeth would look sick! For now though, +1!
Re: Negative Space and Time
I don't watch the show, but I'm diggin' the look of this.
sonofafish wrote:Next time they do a glow in the dark derby, sub this! I think the eyes and teeth would look sick! For now though, +1!
Great idea! and thanks for your support!!!!!!!!!
oakenspirit wrote:Love the illo and colors here- Great work! +1
Thanks, glad you liked it as usual . If no hm, I will try my darndest to redo the clouds which I struggled with for hours. Not my specialty.
Re: Moonchild
Sweet illo. Is this in any way inspired by the King Crimson song?
Re: Dragonfly at Dawn
very nice design!! i hope you win first place!
this is the only one in fog or even close to the fog that i would actually buy.
Very cool!!
Re: We are Made of Star Stuff
I'm not a huge fan of ribcage designs, but this one is pretty cool. Nicely done! :D
Re: River Spirit
So awesome. I hope that the print size on MS is big so I can look at the details on my torso all day.
Re: Just A Harmless Little Bunny
Thanks everyone! *fingers crossed*
Re: Silver moon
Super cool. Great color palette for the silver blanks too. :D
Re: Horsin' Around
I like how the seahorse blends in with the design.
fablefire wrote:I'm not a huge fan of ribcage designs, but this one is pretty cool. Nicely done! :D
Thanks! I'll try not to make a habit of making ribcage designs!
Re: Urban Forest
I am flabbergasted that this isn't in the fog. It is by far my favorite in this derby.
It better be available on Monday.
it makes perfect since. In the movie his artificial tail fin is red. I like the red in this design. It keeps with the movie and gives the shirt a little character. fitting for a dragon like toothless.
L3g3ndQ wrote:very nice design!! i hope you win first place!
this is the only one in fog or even close to the fog that i would actually buy.
What a nice compliment! It has been cycling in and out of the fog, so it's not likely to win, but I'm pretty stoked about the possibility of a fog finish anyway!
Thanks so much everyone!
sonofafish wrote:Great sequel to your Tiger Sharks design!
I miiiiight think about tigers a lot. ;)
This actually started out as something else entirely, then evolved into tiger.
Just wanted to drop by again and thank everyone for their votes and comments. I haven't been around much this week (on vacation in PA) but I can't help myself from checking in and smiling!
I really dig this. Great work, sir.
j5 wrote:Apparently, rules are unenforced these days.
And that's unfortunate. I like this shirt, but I like consistent rule enforcement more...
cdrewlow wrote:I really dig this. Great work, sir.
Thanks cdrew !!!!!!!!!!
cdrewlow wrote:And that's unfortunate. I like this shirt, but I like consistent rule enforcement more...
There's no question whether the design is on point or not, it is; it's better than all the similar ones posted earlier ITT, and it'll sell if it prints. Everything I've seen by Alberto Arni has been strong, which is why I think it's likely to print both places.
thumperchick wrote:This is really nicely done!
Thanks a lot, thumperchick!
And thanks also to everyone who checked out the design and voted!
Re: Leafy Buddha resub
Very nice. I appreciate a peaceful design. I looked up your cutouts on Etsy (which are beautiful!) and can see the resemblance in your design style.
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who voted or showed support! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it, thank you so much!
Re: Experimental Schrodinger
Come on, someone, help me reach 50 votes, purleeeeease :D lol
sonofafish wrote:I heart jackalope. Pretty sure the plural for jackalope is jackalope. I hope you like this!
I'm stilll trying to figue out how to know if my vote was submitted. This site is very confusing:/
hope I get to buy this shirt after you have placed... awesome
Re: Let's Go!
Want to buy Please sell
Beautiful. Imaginative. Stunning!
Thank you!
Re: Hey There, Tiger
Beautiful. Imaginative. Stunning!
Thank you!
Re: Avogadro, the tastiest constant
I love the obscure "geeky" designs, when someone comes up and says "Love the shirt" you know that I have met someone who is above average - I feel like a walking IQ test!
fishbiscuit5 wrote:This design was an exercise in making cloud brushes and practicing drawing clouds in Photoshop. I hope you guys like it!
I love it! I hope we will be able to buy the t-shirt.
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Beautiful design
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Few people in the world likely wake up every Wednesday morning as excited as I am. Why am I so giddy? Wednesday is what I call "Comic Book Day." All new comic books hit store shelves on this day. I'm usually standing outside my comic book shop's doors minutes before they open to ensure I don't miss out on any new releases.
I've been reading Batman comics since I was a young lad. Here are the books I currently read every month.
I arrived at work today to find a mysterious Lego Star Wars box sitting on my desk. The message "secrets to reveal there are" is written on one of the sides. The rest of the box is covered in what would appear to be Lego lights, some of them flashing.
I arrived at work today to find a mysterious Lego Star Wars box sitting
on my desk. The message "secrets to reveal there are" is written on one
of the sides.
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is one of the games I was looking forward to playing the most this year. Given my somewhat psychotic desire to reach 200,000 gamerscore as quickly as possible (I currently sit at 199,454), my interest in this expansion nosedived a few days ago. I discovered Capcom didn't create any new achievements for it, and I had to know why.
Like From Software's Dark Souls before it, Dark Arisen has earned a
reputation for delivering punishing battles. The difference is that the
thrill of overcoming great odds in Capcom's latest won't be heralded by a
satisfying "boop-boop."
Due to the shaky stability of Defiance's Xbox 360 servers during my gaming hours, I haven't been able invest as much time as I've wanted to into this massively multiplayer shooting experience. Kelly, my lovely wife, has graciously given me a nice window to play Defiance this weekend.
The Game Informer staff plans to play Defiance on Xbox 360. You can join the Hellbug hunt!
A couple of weeks ago I geeked out over the idea of George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones being turned into a Lego series. Brick builder David Frank (known as Fraslund on Flickr) shows us that He-Man and the Masters of the Universe has just as much "I will give you all of my money for every set" potential. Frank's custom piece is of Castle Grayskull, home to The Sorceress and that strange power that makes He-Man's shirt disappear.
Feast your eyes on a detailed Lego model of Castle Grayskull.
In the fall of 2005, Game Informer's editor-in-chief, Andy McNamara, entered my office and told me that he had been contacted by a movie company that wanted us to create a special Game Informer cover for use in an upcoming Adam Sandler film called Reign Over Me. He said it was a serious-toned Sandler movie that followed a character who lost his family on 9/11 and was trying to rebuild his life. He then said that the movie company requested Shadow of the Colossus to be the game featured on the magazine cover.
Issues of Game Informer are sometimes used as movie props in motion pictures. Here's the story behind one of them.
Brick builder Jacob Nion shows us that the Iron Throne from George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones would make a great (and cheap) Lego set. Game of Thrones is probably too dark and mature of a property for Lego to pursue, but just think of the amazing sets that could come from this fiction. Winterfell, The Wall, the Red We...uh...I should stop before I reveal any spoilers. Just think of what Traveller's Tales could do with this property in the game space.
Brick builder Jacob Nion shows us that the Iron Throne from George R. R.
Martin's Game of Thrones novels and TV series would make a great (and
cheap) Lego set.
Free up as much hard drive space as you can. Marvel Comics is giving away 700 first issues – including many from the newly launched Marvel Now brand – on Marvel's digital apps and Comixology. I highly recommend checking out All-New X-Men, Iron Man, Uncanny Avengers, and any classic event like Infinity Gauntlet, Civil War, and Fear Itself.
You can download 700 free comic books right now.
If you asked me to sum up the Metal Gear series to the best of my ability, I would enthusiastically ramble on about stealth action, mechs, political intrigue, ninjas, mullets, cardboard boxes, enemies that read minds, lengthy story breaks, posters hung on locker doors, the crazy stuff that happens when these locker doors are closed, and at the end of it all, I likely wouldn't be able to paint a definitive picture for you. I'm not crazy, and my memory of the series remains razor sharp. My takeaway: The Metal Gear series is always changing. Gameplay commonalities tie each game together, but most of the content doesn't adhere to a consistent framework. That's what makes this series so exciting. You never really know what Kojima Productions is going to deliver next. We even find ourselves second guessing if Snake will remain the protagonist, thanks to a brilliant (and controversial) character switch in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
Andrew Reiner hopes Kojima Productions knows how to count to five.
Game Informer reader "Attackcobra" recreated the likenesses of 10 Game
Informer editors and inserted them into a Royal Rumble match in WWE '12.
Xilent's "Boss Wave" music video shows what happens when a 2D video game meets the real world. Summary: Plenty of robot foes are blasted, flying eyeballs are annoying, and a few civilians are caught in the crossfire. Whether you like dubstep or not, you owe it to yourself to watch this amazing video game-inspired video.
Xilent's "Boss Wave" music video shows what happens when a 2D video game meets the real world.
I stopped caring about my Xbox Live Gamerscore after I hit 100,000. At that point in time, the next milestone was obviously going to be 200,000 – a feat that would take me years to reach. I have the attention span of a fly, so there was no way I was going to stay engaged for multiple years to increase a number that has no meaning other than bragging rights. Years have passed since I hit 100,000, and my Gamerscore is now sitting at 195,149. That itch to reach the next milestone is back...to a degree. I find myself torn between playing the games I legitimately want to play and playing games that will give me the easiest achievements.
I'm only 5,000 gamerscore away from another milestone number. Should I care?


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'Other Desert Cities': Family Secrets in Palm Springs
If you go to Arena Stage to see the compelling production of Jon Robin Baltz's Tony Award-nominated play "Other Desert Cities"—and you really should, despite its occasional frustrations—check out some of your fellow audience members to see how and what they're doing.
I went to a matinee performance recently and the house was filled with student groups—from high schools from around the area—as well as long-time patrons and season ticket holders and members in good standing of that generation which the stridently wounded and angry Brooke Wyeth rails against in a battle with her Southern California affluent parents, especially her mother Polly, close friend of Nancy Reagan's back in the day.
"Other Desert Cities"—the reference is a dry, melancholy riff on California road signs directing you southward once you get past Palm Springs—is something of a familiar staple of a play. It's a generational war pay in which the liberal novelist daughter Brooke, visiting her parents during Christmas in 2004 when the Iraq war was at its height, squares off against her parents with news that she's written a memoir which focuses on the suicide of her beloved (by her) older brother, who was part of a group of left-wing radicals who ended up bombing a recruiting center which resulted in the death of a homeless janitor in the 1970s.
This kind of situation is a classic one in the theater—the revealing of family secrets long hidden or forgotten or still festering like an odious cancer with all the attendant grudges, resentments and unspoken feelings that come along for a catastrophic ride. Almost all family dramas from Ibsen to Miller, and especially O'Neill burn with secrets—just try to walk away from "Long Day's Journey Into Night" or "The Iceman Cometh," for that matter (a family play and a bar play), unscathed.
This comparison is not to suggest that Baltz is in that league yet. "Other Desert Cities" is more like a long weekend in the Palm Springs desert hideaway home of Polly and Lyman Wyeth who are hosting Brooke, a one-book novelist who spiraled into depression and now brings her memoir as a kind of brick of coal for Santa's stocking, her surviving young brother Trip and aunt Silda Grauman, Polly's sister and former screen-writing partner in house for another bout of staying off the sauce.
These are not by any means your typical American family. Polly—something of a socialite—and Lyman were shining figures in the Reagan GOP circles of Southern California, and Lyman was once a well known movie actor who played cops and cowboys, before being named an ambassador to somewhere by Reagan. Brother Trip is a television producer, his latest being one of those daytime judge shows in which amateurs decided the fate of cases. Brooke talks like a GOP-dreaded East Coast lefty and literati and lives in a cottage on the New England coast, her older British husband having left her.
The early rounds of this battle—and it is a battle set in a house featuring one of those white plastic Christmas trees, with a trip to the country club for dinner on the agenda—are frequently funny, smart and very cool and on the money, with most of the jabbing going on between mom and daughter along political and cultural lines while brother and dad act as referees. Lyman, famous for his death scenes as an actor, plays ones out for the family, and Larry Bryggman, a veteran theater and big and little screen character, turns the effort into a barrel of laughs.
These early goings are abetted triumphantly by a strong cast, ably and unobtrusively directed by Kyle Donnelly who has worked with most of the actors before. There are—blessedly—no heroes and heroines here, just deeply troubled souls having the usual amount of agonizing difficulty showing their love for each other, which nevertheless is very evident as are the resentments, those never-healed wounds.
Bryggman and Helen Carey—who starred in "Long Day's Journey" at Arena—are the crown jewels in a pretty heady cast.
Bryggman is one of those actors we know by face instantly—we've seen him on this show or in this move and on daytime soap opera, but here he is a lion, a giant of a character, he's so full of the burden of the pains he's carried around for decades that he finally burst with pieces of heart and soul, like the blood spatter in one of those CSI shows.
Carey, who looks small and thinly elegant but is steely and regal, is one of the area's acting treasures, not credited as much as she should have been. Until the free-for-all explosion of "the truth," she dominates every scene she's in just like her character. There's love for Polly there, but, boy, it's true tough love. In this atmosphere of two really great performances, Martha Hackett as sister Silda survives with perfectly placed irony and sarcasm, Scott Drummond as Trip with a long-suffering warmth, while Emily Donahoe has the thankless task of humanizing Brooke, who threatens to become a merciless true believer and whiner. She is the apparent victim here, but she's also the accuser.
In this two-hour play, there's one more cat to come out of the bag. If you've been paying attention, you've been hearing soft meows all along. It's a manipulative kind of plotting—smart by way too much, and it could have derailed the play. But by that time, Bryggman, Carey, Donahoe, Drummond and Hackett have given you too many reasons to give a damn about the people on stage.
Baltz saves things with a kind of epilogue, a nine-years-later summation that remains resolutely ambiguous.
"I wanted more," a woman told me as we left. In this, Baltz took the side of reality. Life just isn't that tidy, or, as Sister Mary Ignatius once said in another play, "Of course, God answers all your prayers. It's just that most of the time the answer is no."
"Other Desert Cities" runs through May 26 in the Fichandler at Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St., SW -- ArenaStage.org.


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Gabriel Campillo roadwork
By Ricardo Conde
Photos: Ricardo Conde
Former light heavyweight champion Gabriel 'Chico Guapo' Campillo (21-4-1, 8 KOs) of Spain, but now residing in Oxnard, California, continues his preparation as he takes on undefeated Sergey Kovalev (18-0-1, 16 KOs) on Friday September 21st in a 10-round bout on the NBC Sports Network Fight Night Boxing Series live from the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania which is being presented by Main Events along with Peltz Boxing and Sampson Boxing.
Also in action that night will be welterweight Ronald Cruz (17-0, 12 KOs) taking on Antwone 'The Truth' Smith (21-4-1, 12 KOs) for the WBC Continental Americas welterweight title, as well as junior middleweight Gabriel 'King' Rosado (20-5, 12 KOs) facing Charles 'Killa' Whittaker (38-12-2, 23 KOs) to determine the mandatory challenger to face IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius 'K9' Bundrage (32-4, 19 KOs).
In his last outing, the southpaw Campillo, who is managed by middleweight king Sergio 'Maravilla' Martinez and trained by former junior welterweight champion Pablo Sarmiento out of the Maravilla Box Boxing Gym, lost a controversial split decision in an action-filled fight against current IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris 'Thunder' Cloud (24-0, 19 KOs) this past February at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.


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6 science-backed ways to make great habits stick, by Eric Barker in The Week
Eric Barker stashed this in Diabolical Plans For World Domination
Stashed in: @bakadesuyo
Here's what the research says builds good habits:
- Start with "Keystone Habits": It's like three good habits for the price of one. Get to the gym.
- Use "Minimum Viable Effort": Floss one tooth. It's that simple.
- Make a plan: Like the A-Team. Think through the details and write them down.
- Give yourself rewards: Tie a "want" to a "should."
- Use reminders: Mark the calendar. Set the alarm. Use a checklist.
- Get help from friends: Peer pressure rocks. Hang out with pals who have the habit you want.
And if you screw up (and we all do) on following through with your good habit, make sure to mercilessly beat yourself up.
Just kidding. That's the completely wrong thing to do.
What did the great Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius say was the best way to handle setbacks?
Forgive yourself and try again.
Via A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy:
…Marcus recommends that when our practice falls short of Stoic precepts, we should not become despondent and certainly should not give up our attempts to practice Stoicism; instead, we should return to the attack and realize that if we can do the right thing, Stoically speaking, most of the time, we are doing pretty well for ourselves.
Research agrees. Blaming yourself reduces self-control. Showing self-compassion increases it.
Via The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It:
Study after study shows that self-criticism is consistently associated with less motivation and worse self-control. It is also one of the single biggest predictors of depression, which drains both "I will" power and "I want" power. In contrast, self-compassion— being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure— is associated with more motivation and better self-control.
You're not perfect. You don't need to be. But you can be better.
As the old saying goes, "First we make our habits. And then our habits make us."


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Want to learn how easily you can create a photo gallery with WordPress? If you like, you can use a plugin for your photo gallery. In the past, I was happy with NextGen Gallery. See below for more on NextGen Gallery vs. native WordPress gallery. In this post I will teach you how to set up a simple photo gallery using the Media Library that comes with WordPress. Then, to make it come alive and fancy, we will add a plugin: Responsive Lightbox. Maybe in a year I'll decide Responsive Lightbox is not being upgraded or X plugin has better features or Y does a better job, and I'll switch the lightbox plugin. But my photos will still be in the Media Library, easy to access and use.
Create the Photo Gallery
First, select some photos for your gallery. You should reduce the size of the images for each photo to a pixel width that is comfortable for the viewers – let's say 600px wide. So using a photo editor tool such as Photoshop or Pixlr, re-size each image you plan to use to 600px by 400px. For the amount of photos to be used in your gallery, select a number that goes nicely into 3 or 4, assuming you want a gallery that is 3 or 4 columns wide. In my case, I am just going to use 4 images, and I will present these in two columns.
Start your page or your post within WordPress. Click on Add Media to add your images. You can add more than one by holding down the SHIFT key (for PC users) or the COMMAND key (for Macintosh users).
As you add your images, you will notice a check mark appears on the top right of each one. As you add each image, complete the Title, Caption and Alt fields. The lightbox plugin you use may get the data from any of those fields, so it's easier to complete them as you upload. You can always go back into Media Library later and edit the titles, captions or alt fields.
When you are ready to create the gallery, make sure each image you want to use has a check mark next to it. Select Create Gallery button on the left. You are now given the option of numbers of columns. In my case, I'm just using two columns. You might use 3,4,5 or more. In the box that says Link To, select Media.
Here is my gallery:
And here is how the code looks:
The reason I have that div tag with the inline width is if I left it as just the gallery code, the images stretch to the width of the containing div. Since my containing div is wide, my thumbnails were too far apart. So I added a new containing div. If you have enough thumbnails in each row, you won't have this issue. It's just because I was only using two columns.
Typically, the photo gallery code will be one line in brackets (called a shortcode), something like this:
Jazz it Up with a Lightbox Plugin
If you click on the gallery above, you will notice you get to the larger version of the image, and then you will have to click the back button to get back to the post. You can't get to the next photo in the series from the larger image.
If you want something snazzier, try a lightbox plugin. I recently used Responsive Lightbox. Add it like you would any other WordPress plugin. Once you add the lightbox plugin, you will be able to navigate from one larger photo to another. And it will look nicer. Within the Responsive Lightbox plugin, I used the Lightbox script called PrettyPhoto because I liked how it showed the captions. Experiment with the choices you are given in the plugin. Learn more about Responsive Lightbox.
Note: within the Responsive Lightbox settings, Pretty Photo shows the caption on top of the image.
NextGen Gallery vs. Native WordPress Gallery
I used NextGen Gallery plugin for a few years. But then they went through upgrades that were a bit bumpy. I also discovered it was a bit trickier to move a NextGen Gallery than if the images were in the native Media Library. NextGen Gallery also makes your WordPress database larger. So for a site with simple photo needs, sticking with the Media Library and creating a native WP gallery might be preferable.
An advantage to NextGen Gallery that the native WP gallery does not have is you can organize all your photos in galleries and in albums. There are also features like sliders and slideshows. If you have a serious amount of photos to display and organize, check into the details of NextGen Gallery.
Your Turn, Please
Have you ever used the WP native gallery? Did you know it exists? Have you used NextGen Gallery? What is your experience with WordPress and photo galleries?


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I don't ever get to **** up the Dawnguard? I was hoping I'd get to raid their castle or something. And there's no way to perma blot out the sun? I can only use the bow and arrows?
Also, when I killed Harkon it didn't seem very conclusive. It just like oh, ok he's dead, that was hard. And now a couple other vampires are sort of like "you killed harkon, kudos to you buddy" and that's it.
I guess what I'm getting at is, what happens now? Was that the actual ending? Or does something else happen after I continue to do those little side quests?


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JLA LiveWire
"My Sacrifice" plays as the JLA Superstars show what they can do. Red Fireworks blast around the arena creating a big pop from the crowd. The video ends with Eric Bischoff smiling creating boo's from the audience.
Hello and welcome to JLA LiveWire, we've only a few days away from No Mercy.
Jerry Lawler-
I cant wait JR, Triple H will be defending his JLA title against the Phnom...the Undertaker.
It's gonna be a slobber knocker King but thats not all, we've been informed that the new Intercontinental champion Chris Jericho will defend his title against Tazz.
Jerry Lawler-
It all sound great, and so does this weeks LiveWire. DX's X Pac will be fighting HBK Shawn Michaels.
That match was made by Eric Bischoff and so was this one...Jyushin Liger will have a Cruiserweight Title Match against Rey Mysterio jr.
"Time to play the game" HHH enters the ring accompanied by X Pac, both taunting the crowd as they pass.
Triple H-
In 3 days I will retain my title, In 3 days I will show everyone that I can beat the Undertaker 1...2...3. It's as simple as that, I am the best wrestler in this business today and each and every one of you backstage knows it. Tonight X Pac will beat the Undertaker just like HBK did last week. Tonight X Pac will chop the Phnom down to size, and I will finish of the dead wood at No Mercy.
Triple H has allot of confidence in himself and X Pac.
Jerry Lawler-
And so he should JR they are two of the best wrestlers in the business.
We go backstage with Raven who is sleeping in his car as he holds the Hardcore Title like a stuffed teddy bear. Viscera comes into view holding a Baseball bat, he stands in range of the car window where Raven sleeps and swings in a smooth motion breaking the glass as a result. The smash wakes Raven who look startled, Viscera opens the door and pulls Ravens body out of the car. Ravens hands stay clutched to the Title, which he uses to smash over the head of Viscera. Vis stumbles and isnt helped when Raven smashes a nearby trash can over his head. With Viscera down on the floor Raven flees the car park and enters the arena.
We return with Steve Blackman already in the ring.
Rikishi's music booms over the PA creating a loud reaction from the crowd, Rikishi high fives the fans as he walks to the ring.
Rikishi is finally back in the ring after severing an injury during his match with Tazz.
Jerry Lawler-
I bet the injury didnt hurt more that seeing Tazz with that Intercontinental Title.
Well even Taz isnt the Champ anymore, as we all saw last week Y2J won Taz in an excellent title match.
Jerry Lawler-
Well Eric Bischoff knows a good match when he sees one as he has made a rematch for the IC title at No Mercy.
It should be a good one King.
Rikishi vs Steve Blackman
Steve Blackmans speed is used well against the big Rikishi as he plants kick after kick to the unguarded head. The power of Blackmans feet knocks Rikishi to the floor, setting him up for another straight blow to the face. Blackman takes his chance to make the pin 1...2 Rikishi kicks out. Blackman doesnt waste any time to work on Rikishi even more as he drops two elbows followed by a big leg drop. The Samoan staggers to his feet only to be hit by a spinning wheel kick, followed by three more quick elbows. An Irish whip by Blackman stets up Rikishi for a momentum filled dropkick.
Jerry Lawler-
Blackman is doing well against the returning Rikishi.
He's not letting Rikishi's size affect him King, he knows he cant pick him up but he's using his kicks to gain an advantage.
Steve Blackman uses the same game plan, using kicks to there best affect. Blackman hits another dropkick knocking Rikishi to the floor. With the Samoan down, Blackman climbs the turnbuckle all the way to the top rope. Rikishi slowly gets to a vertical base causing Blackman to jump off the top rope looking for a missile dropkick. Rikishi reacts quickly moving his huge frame away from the impeding blow. Blackman is quick to get to his feet, only to be hit by a Samoan drop. Whilst gasping for air Blackman gets to his feet for another Samoan drop to be hit.
Rikishi's gaining momentum, thats two Samoan drops.
Rikishi feeds off the crowds cheers as he hits a belly to belly suplex, followed by a belly to back. Rikishi pulls Blackman to his feet then Irish whips him into the turnbuckle, Rikishi follows up with a huge gut buster resulting in Blackman falling to the floor. Rikishi signals the crowd by slapping his humongous ass 3 times.
It's stink face time.
Rikishi doesnt disappoint as he plants his rear end into the face of Steve Blackman. Rikishi follows up with a Rikishi drop off the second rope resulting in the pin 1...2...3
Rikishi's first match back back from injury end in victory, and a well deserved one if I say so King.
Jerry Lawler-
you sure can JR, but you gotta give props to Steve Blackman he give it is all tonight.
I'll second that King.
We return with Brock Lesnar already in the ring after a huge ovation from the crowd.
The arena goes pitch black with the sound of breathing growing louder and louder. A ring of fire appears on the left hand side of the Titan Tron with Gangrel slowly rising through the middle. Jeers and boos fill the arena as Gangrel struts to the ring with a goblet in hand. Before he enters the ring Gangrel spits the blood from the goblet into the air slowly disappearing into the crowd.
Brock Lesnar vs Gangrel
Gangrel is welcomed to the ring by 3 right hands followed by an Irish whip setting up Gangrel for a spinning backbreaker. Lesnar doesnt give his opponent time to breath as he hits a belly to back suplex followed by an elbow to the head. Brock stays on top hitting a power bomb, planting his lower neck into the mat. With the scent of loss looming Edge enters the ring looking to take Lesnar down with a sphere. Lesnar moves quickly for Edge to run straight into Gangrel. Edge stares in horror at his leaders injured body and isnt helped when he's hit by an F5 by Brock. Edge is thrown out of the ring for Brock to make the pin 1...2...3
Brock celebrates in front of the crowd as his hand is raised in victory, Edge looks to jump Brock with a sphere hitting him in the lower back. Edge begins to frequently stomp on Lesnar verbally abusing him as he does. Gangrel throws a chair into the ring which Edge uses to full affect smashing Brocks head with the steel. It takes the road agents 2 minutes to pry Edge away. Edge and Gangrel leave the scene with Brock Lesnar lying on the mat being seen to by medical officials.
Edge is a sick human being, he doesnt care about anyone but himself, he may have ended Brocks career.
We return backstage with Raven who is being interviewed by Michael Cole.
Michael Cole-
Raven you've still got the Hardcore title how are you feeling.
How am I feeling, how am I feeling, look at me....just look at me. I havent slept in days, the last time I did the hotel maid tried to pin me for my title. I cant even go to the cinema anymore... last time I did Taka Michinoku tried to knock me out with a box of popcorn. I need sleep; I need to be able to go to the supermarket without being attacked. So I have another announcement... from this minute on -
Before Raven can make the announcement Christian attacks him with a steel chair, hitting his lower back. Christian pulls Raven to his feet and hits an Unprettier on the steel chair. Teddy Long makes the count 1...2...3
Christians hand is raised in triumph as he is given his newly won Hardcore title by Long. Before Raven can get to his feet Christian runs away holding the Title over his head.
New Hardcore Champion - Christian
Jerry Lawler
The Brood have been busy JR.
They sure have King, first Edge and Gangrel attack Brock Lesnar with Edge repeatedly hitting Brock with the chair. Then backstage Christian, the third member of the Brood wins the Hardcore title off Raven.
Jerry Lawler-
Raven wont be happy, I bet he's cursing the day he thought of the 24/7 rule.
I bet he is King.
We return with X Pac and Triple H backstage.
You know what you have to do out there okay X. I want you to weaken Taker, I want you to be him so badly that he wont be able to walk....let alone wrestle. I know he's got the size difference but you've got the smarts, you've got what it wakes I know you do. I trust you man.
X Pac-
But what about Shawn Michaels.
what about him. You dont have to worry about Shawn Michaels, he's not in the match at No Mercy...Taker is.
X Pac-
Okay I got it. It's just he's beaten both you and Taker on the past 2 LiveWire's, Bischoff might reconsider the match.
Dont worry about that, I've "expressed" my opinion about Shawn Michaels to Bischoff... and he understands that I dont want him in the match. So HBK wont be in the match at No Mercy... it's as simple as that.
X Pac-
but what about if Shawn comes down tonight, during my match.
I told you X Ive got it sorted, all you have to worry about is The Undertaker.
X Pac-
Dont worry about Taker, he wont be at No Mercy, just like HBK.
"Who's that jumping up the sky" Rey Mysterio springs from the titon tron in a red and white mask, to the crowds delight. He looks confident as he runs to the ring with the Cruiserweight title securely strapped around his waist.
Jyushin Liger's music creates another big pop from the crowd, he enters the ring with his metal chest protector which flashes an array of colours. He enters the ring and climbs the to the second rope and does his usual stance making the crowd go nuts. Before he jumps to the canvass Liger looks at Mysterio and brushes his waist suggesting that the title is his.
Both men kick of the match in a test of strength, with Liger gaining an advantage before Rey breaks the test. Another test is given between the two competitors with Liger once again gaining the advantage. Rey breaks the hold once again, before releasing a dropkick which is dodged. Rey quickly gets to his feet to see Liger stalking him.
Liger's experience was shown there, first he dodged the dropkick, but then with Rey down he didnt jump in there, he kept his cool and let his fresh opponent to spring back up, thats experience for you folks.
The third test of strength results in a tight sleeper hold locked by Liger. Rey runs at the ropes with the hold still locked in making Jyushin release the hold only to hit a bulldog of his own. Liger locks in another sleeper hold cutting the circulation from Mysterio's head. Liger locks his legs around the waist of Rey making the submission even more painful. Rey Mysterio screams in pain as Liger ravages his neck and head. The cruiserweight champ finally creates a bridge only to be spun round and land face first into the canvass. Liger is quick to grab the neck and head to lock in the deadly camel clutch. The pain shoots through the neck and higher back as Jyushin sits on the lower. The pain looks unbearable but somehow Rey Mysterio jr gets to the ropes. Liger releases the hold only to lock in another submission this time an arm bar. Rey Mysterio is faster to break out of the hold this time springing onto his feet and hitting a shining wizard before Liger could get to his feet. Mysterio hooks the leg 1...2..Liger raises a shoulder. Mysterio takes a few breaths before pulling Liger to his feet, then connecting with a kick to the stomach setting him up for a snap suplex. Rey keeps the pressure on his opponent by spinning neck breaker, followed by another sleeper hold. After 2 minutes of pain Liger gets to his feet followed by 3 elbows to the gut resulting in Rey releasing the hold. An Irish whip by Liger results in a spinning backbreaker, Liger holds Rey over his thigh to hit 2 chops, creating two red marks on the bare chest of Rey.
Jerry Lawler-
Oh man thats gotta hurt, Liger's got the advantage now will he take it.
Liger does take the advantage as he hits a vertical suplex followed by a pin 1...2..Rey raises a shoulder. Liger takes couple of seconds before planting another vertical suplex on Rey. This time it's not followed by a pin but by a brain buster suplex creating a huge pop from the crowd.
The brain buster suplex it's over it's gotta be over.
Liger hooks the leg and securely traps the other with his two free legs 1...2...Rey Mysterio unconvincingly raises a shoulder to the amazement of the crowd.
Jerry Lawler-
How the hell did he kick out of that one, I was sure it was over.
Liger looks at the ref in a "are you sure that wasnt a 3 count" way. Liger snaps back into reality when Mysterio get a school boy pin out of nowhere 1...2..Liger uses his leg strength to kick out of the pin. Both men get to a vertical base and look straight into each others eyes. The crowd cheer as they stare intently at each other. Mysterio runs at Liger only to be hit by a hip toss followed by another similar hip toss. Liger connects with a dropkick straight to the jaw followed by a pin 1...2.Rey kicks out. The momentum builds in Liger as he hits a snap suplex followed by a sit down face buster. Jyushin Liger can smell victory and the Cruiserweight title as he picks Rey to his feet a kick to the mid section seals his fait, Liger hoist Mysterio onto his shoulders and slams him back down with double the force.
The Liger bomb, it's got to be over now!
Liger hooks the wiry leg of Mysterio to make the pin the referee slides to make the count 1...2...The referee's hand doesnt slap the canvass but Mysterio's shoulder doesnt move.
Jerry Lawler-
Ultimo has dragged the ref from the ring.
What the hell, Liger had the match won.
Ultimo enters the ring to Liger's surprise and is even more shocked by the impending blow hit by his boot. Liger doest have time to breath as Ultimo hits an Ultimo Dragon DDT planting his back and bending his neck in ways they shouldnt. The ref signal the bell as the Lillian Garcia makes the announcement-
Lillian Garcia-
The winner of this match by disqualification... Jyushin Liger.
Winner - Jyushin Liger - Via DQ
Liger wins the match but he doesnt win the Title, all because of Ultimo Dragon. He had that match won God damn it.
Rey Mysterio falls to the floor outside of the ring as Ultimo begins to pound on Liger's injured body. The arena is filled with boos and jeers as Ultimo picks Liger up for another Ultimo DDT. Suddenly the crowd irrupt in cheers as Akio runs down to the ring. He plants Ultimo with left and rights followed by an excellant super kick. He throws Ultimo out of the ring and stares at Liger-
Whats Akio going to do?
Akio watches as Liger struggles to his feet before going to his aid and helping him to steady himself. Akio holds out a hand looking for a hand shake. Jyushin looks hesitant but after a pause of thought Liger shakes....a fatal mistake, Akio hits a super kick straight to the jaw.
"I'm Bad" blast over the PA as Eric Bischoff comes into view over the Titon Tron screen.
You know what.... I'm sick of this. Every week on LiveWire you 3 kick the shit out of each other, ruining matches and TV time. I've been contemplating this for a long time, and I've finally come to a decision, at No Mercy we will a Triple Threat match between Akio....Ultimo Dragon and Jyushin "Tiger" Liger. The crowd go nuts. And the winner of this match will have a cruiserweight title match the next week on LiveWire. Akio looks at the injured bodies at either side of him and smiles, he then leaves the ring with the sadistic smile still spread across his face, with the crowds boos not effecting him.
Jerry Lawler-
A huge announcement from are general manager Eric Bischoff, what a match, a Triple Threat I...I cant wait.
We return with Raven In Eric Bischoff's office.
Eric, did you see that, Christian just attacked me for my Hardcore tite just I was about to revoke the 24/7 rule. Now I cant find the bastard, and I....want...my....title....back. (Raven grabs hold of Eric.) So you get Christian for me or Ill have to take this pain that I feel here (Raven clenches his fist and shows it to Bischoff.) And place it....here. (Raven brushed Bischoffs chin signalling that the next blow would be allot more powerful.)
Okay, okay I'll get Christian for you, but not now.... at No Mercy. How does this sound.... You the true Hardcore Champion against Christian for the hardcore title. (Raven releases the hold on his General Manager.)
Raven -
That sounds good, that sounds real good. But what about the 24/7 rule?
That stays (Bischoff sees the look on Ravens face,) I'm sorry it's just Ive only just finished the paperwork to make this rule count, it will take a couple of months to revoke. The only time a Hardcore champion doesnt have to defend his title is for the 24 hours after he's defended it. Dont worry Raven at least with this rule, if you lose at No Mercy then you have numerous chances to regain back your title.
your saying Im going to lose?
No...not at all, I was just saying ummmm you know I was just implying ummmmmm (Eric begins to look nervous as he looks at Raven.)
Bischoff, just quit while your ahead, it doesnt matter what you think... I will win at No Mercy, and I will keep my Hardcore title.
"Break the walls down" the new Intercontinental champion struts down to the ring with Title wrapped around his shoulder. The crowd's cheers are defining as Y2J enters the ring.
the crowd love this guy King, and they should he's a hell of a wrestler.
Jerry Lawler-
He wont look so good at the end of his match with Tazz at No Mercy, you can quote me on that one.
Chris Jericho-
For those of you who dont know who I am, where have you been. I am the iyya tola of rock en rolla, the new Intercontinental champion...Chris Jericho. (The crowd go nuts.)
Tazz's music reaches the airwaves to the dismay of everyone in the crowd. He stays on the titon tron with a mic in hand.
Jericho, you've been here for two weeks and your already starting to piss me off. I'm out here for one reason and one reason only, and I dont need to quote catchphrases to do it. As you know, we've got a match at No Mercy for my Intercontinental title, well lets ass a little spice to the pot "Y2J." I heard you bragging about how you made me tap with a "walls of Jericho." Well that got me thinking, I'm going to win my Intercontinental title at No Mercy....and I will be doing so in a submission match.
Oh my God, a submission match, will Jericho accept?
Chris Jericho-
A submission match thats a good one but I have a better one at No Mercy if Tazz accepts are match will be an ultimate submission match.
Jerry Lawler-
Oh my God, it's getting better and better, an ultimate submission match wow!
Chris Jericho-
For those of you who are unaware of this type of match well this is how it goes. A timer of 30 minutes will be on you screen counting down to 0, when that timer finishes the man who's tapped out the most will lose, it's that simple. Even you can understand that Tazz. So...do you accept my challenge?
I accept, for at No Mercy, the sweet sound of you tapping the canvass will taste like nectar, as will the scent of the leather around my Intercontinental title. Dont take it personal Jericho...your just another victim.
A huge announcement for No Mercy. It's going to be a great match, who will be victorious join us on Wednesday folks.
Jerry Lawler-
hold on there JR, we've still got X Pac vs The Undertaker to go, if Triple H gets his way there wont even be a main event at No Mercy.
X Pac is a talented young athlete King, but not many people can beat The Undertaker let alone stop him from having a title match.
Pre Match interview with The Undertaker and Paul Heyman.
Michael Cole-
Undertaker, your match with X Pac is next and Triple H believes he can take you out of the main event at No Mercy. How are you feeling going into this match days before you face The Game Triple H for the JLA Title. (Paul Heyman grabs the mic off Michael Cole.)
Paul Heyman-
Michael Cole, Triple H thinks he can syke The Undertaker out, do you really think we are that stupid Hunter? There's a reason they call you the saribrel assassin H, because you can control people's minds, because you know how to turn the integral cogs that make everything in your body work. Now this may work on people like Sting and all the other JLA wan bees. But not on the Undertaker, you can prod and probe all you want Hunter, but it will never work on Taker, never.
The Undertaker-
Triple H, your shots are falling far from target, and your ideas are coming to an end. Your mind games have been beaten, as will you be at No Mercy. X Pac is a warm up act, that is all, the main production will be held on Wednesday, where I will be victorious and I will be crowned JLA Champion. Rest in peace Triple H...Rest in peace.
Jerry Lawler-
The Undertaker is not at all scared by Triple H or X Pac, he's not even blinked an eye at Triple H's threat.
Taker believes that the JLA Champ is just playing mind games, and they dont even affect him.
Jerry Lawler-
Well the Undertaker is one hell of an athlete, lets see if X Pac can win his first match against The Phnom.
It's gonna be a slobber knocker King and it's right after the break. Stay with us folks it's gonna be one hell of a match.
We return with The Undertaker and Paul Heyman already in the ring after a mix rection from the crowd, overall the jeer's overpower the cheers.
"You think you can tell us what to do" X Pac enters the ring accompanied by Triple H who stays glued to his ear giving him instructions as walks to the ring. The crowd despise X Pac as he does the "suck it" sign in the middle of the ring.
X Pac uses his quickness to goo affect ah he dodges the slower Undertaker. A spin kick has Taker stumbling and another has him down on the floor. Taker is quick to get up and is greeted by a dropkick to the face, followed by a quick leg drop. X Pac doesnt give Taker time to breath as he hits a hurricarana, making Taker dizzy helping X Pac to hit a heel kick to the chest. The Undertaker sits on the canvass leaning on turnbuckle for support. X Pac makes the suck it sign and runs at the Phnom looking for a bronco buster. X Pac jumps straight into the outstretched hand of Taker. (The crowd go nuts.) The chokeslam looks imminent until X Pac kicks Taker in the mid section. With Taker bent down X Pac hits an axe kick on the back of his head, plating Taker's face into the canvass. X Pac runs into the ropes only to run straight into Heymans arms as he is dragged to the floor. X Pac stares at Heyman as he shouts abuse. After the verbal bashing X Pac turns to The Undertaker who hits a big boot to the face. X Pac is pulled to his feet and power slammed into the mat creating a loud thud. Taker takes his advantage to hit a scoop slam followed by an amazing leg drop getting great height before the drop. Taker shrugs off the pin and decides for an Irish whip setting X Pac up for side walk slam. Taker cuts his throat signalling the end for X Pac. Before he can, Triple H smacks a steel chair over the unprotected back of the self proclaimed Phnom. The Undertaker flinches but doesnt fall, he slowly turns his head to stare at his next opponent. Triple H looks petrified as Taker slaps his huge right hand around his throat. Before he can finish the deadly manoeuvre Road Dogg Jesse James enters the ring, The Undertaker reacts well and plants a big boot to the face of the Tag champ. Bad Ass Billy Gunn is next as he is hit by a humongous chokeslam, planting his body into the canvass. Triple H flees the ring with his fellow DX members lying sprawled on the floor. Triple H holds his JLA Title close to his heart, as he stares at Taker who chokeslams X Pac whilst looking at Triple H all the time.
These two will face off at No Mercy, be sure to join us folks, it's gonna be a slobber knocker.
Jerry Lawler-
It sure is JR, I cant wait much longer, It's going to be one hell of a show.
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ratio bleach to water cleaning concrete
I've read many different ratios of bleach to water to clean concrete. My sidewalk is getting dark from mildew, common here in the south. What is a safe ratio that will do the least damage to adjoining grass?
Bleach is now coming in higher concentration bottles than before; like double.
I'd pressure wash it without using any bleach or other chemicals if you can.
bob, I did rent a heavy duty pressure washer last summer and it wasn't very convenient, but the drive, patio and walks hadn't been cleaned in many years prior to me buying this house.
The bleach spray is for between times and what everyone around here uses. thanks.
Use oxygenated bleach to keep from harming your grass or plants,chlorine bleach will kill any plant.
canarywood, where do I buy it around here?
You may be able to buy it at Home Depot or Lowes,maybe even at Publix,or just google oxygen bleach.
Rent a "floor machine" scrubber for the concrete surface.
I found 'OUTDOOR' bleach today at H.D. and instructions for various uses.
thanks everyone
Let us know how it works if you can remember to do so.
Used the 'outdoor' bleach today on the front walk. Instructions were lacking other than ratio to mix.
At first it didn't seem to be working. I let it set half an hr and went back and am pleased with results for so little effort. It didn't say to rinse but I didn't want to take a chance on footprints, inside on the carpet, so rinsed it off plus didn't think it'd be good for the concrete.
I used half the gallon in my sprayer so I'll need a lot more to do the drive, the sidewalk around the house and back patio.
Yes, unless I find something else, I'll use it again.
RETRACTING my praise of the Outdoor Bleach.
Yes, it worked on the front sidewalk which looked fairly nice to begin with.
Today used it on a side patio area which was black. This patio has been neglected by me the 1.5 yrs I lived here and undoubtedly for yrs before. It barely did anything. It cleaned it up slightly in splotchy areas and now it looks a mess.
Will not buy it again.
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Put a pressure washer on your Christmas list. If you owned one you know you'd be using it often. You wouldn't necessarily need one that was the size you rented.
Good memory! My xmas list is getting pretty long. Funny, all the tools you need when you own a house.............
If it was as bad as you say you should have adjusted the concentration or went full strength,or used chlorine bleach.
Forgot to say,you do know that black stuff is algae right??
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Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor kicked off his solo tour in style earlier this week, by performing an acoustic cover of Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive" at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA. Taylor's ode to this particular Bon Jovi hit follows in the footsteps of Opeth, whose rendition of the song we brought you last month.
Taylor's "An Evening with Corey Taylor" tour, featuring an acoustic set, readings from his book—Seven Deadly Sins—and an audience Q&A runs through December 13. Dates are below the video.
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This is a discussion on Kudos to R. within the Defensive Carry & Tactical Training forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; My Buddy who works for the Gov't lets just call him R. Is getting deployed to Iraq in March. He works with me part time ...
My Buddy who works for the Gov't lets just call him R.
Is getting deployed to Iraq in March. He works with me part time at another job. When he showed up he had only a G26 which I later aquired from him in a Sig P220 trade.
He asked me to help in some tactical training. My first response was let me me see how you draw and shoot.
R draw and shoot? I think I know how to shoot, but pull a gun from a holster never done that.
Going from a shotgun patter to being able to shoot fairly well. Myself and another VA/DC/MD JS instructor has been working with him for over 6 months to get him up to speed in prep for going over seas.
Last week he went to special DOD training in S. VA. He was one of a very few civies in the deployment training.
He came back with a smile on his face. He said that that he won best in his class, next to a active duty Col. and some active duty special ops guys. Not only did they shoot but they also had to due some high speed driving stuff.
He said he was the only one who killed the instructor doing the tueller drill based on stuff we had taught him about simple moving back and to the left when somebody is coming at him with that test knife that feels like you get cut. He said the instructors where shocked and said he was one of the only people that actually killled the instructor and took everything seriously. He also shot the best qual score and was constantly getting compliments on scanning/ assessing. He was also the only one to pass the malfunction drill using Tap Rack asses that we taught him only 2 days before he left for the school. When the class was asked. "How do you stop somebody with a Pistol?" He was accused of being prior military when he said you have to severe the eletrical conncection i.e. Electorical Shutdown shooting for central nervous system and aiming for the eyes and wishing he had a rifle. He also was the only one that actually knew what SUL was.
He actually gave me hug and said he never had been that proud. They awarded him Top gun with a challenge coin. I didn't know what to say because he was truely grateful and I never thought that I would help somebody that much who was going in harms way. His agency has asked him to go to the M4 training in March addition after his stellar performance. I know about Tactial Rifle stuff but have limited knowledge on it. Well Time to get to work. I have a fellow co-worker who has been to iraq and been shot who has aggreed to help him. Sorry for the pride rant but I'm very proud of him.
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What happens when the unexpected, rescues the unexpected. 10 years ago Amanda Berry went missing, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight also went missing. "Charles Ramsey" the unexpected, helped discover the ladies being held captive in a Cleveland house. This event brought out a reality, society's truth, and one's humility - visible to the American Society.Reality is seeing Amanda alive and well with a daughter, and housemates Gina and Michelle safely rescued as well.This breaking Truth is … [Read more...]
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"Community organizing, the task of a few to mobilize many." Organizers educate, research and teach community leaders to build power to change local, state and national policy. Organizations like L.A. Voice of Los Angeles are making change across the political and civic landscape. The following is a preamble, some of LA Voice's credentials.LA Voice is a growing federation of 30 congregationschurches, synagogues, and mosques and we represent over 40,000 families in the LA region, … [Read more...]
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The cut is perhaps the most fundamental attribute to consider when it comes to judging a diamond. However, it is also often one of the most complex and confusing terms. We have used cut in its most common form, which describes how well a diamond has been made from its rough form, rather than what shape it has been fashioned into, or the type of cut process applied by the diamond polisher (i.e. brilliant cut versus step cut).
How a diamond is cut and polished from its rough form is what determines its brilliance, fire and scintillation, or overall sparkle. For this reason, cut also plays a large part in determining the price of a stone and it is therefore important to be acquainted with all the factors that affect the quality of a cut before purchasing.
The cut is mainly influenced by the harmony between the table and depth percentages and crown and pavilion angels, either causing the diamond to dissipate light (poor cut) or optimally refract and reflect light (excellent cut). The table and depth percentages are calculated as follows:
Depth Percentage: The higher the number, the deeper the stone. The lower the number the shallower the stone.
Table Percentage: The higher the number, the bigger the table looks. The lower the number, the smaller the table looks.
Table and depth percentages affect how light travels within the diamond and impacts a stone's brilliance. If a cut is too shallow, light escapes out from the sides and the diamond loses brilliance. If the cut is too deep, light is lost from the bottom and the diamond appears dull or dark.
GIA have developed a grading system, which take these and other important factors into account to provide a scientific assessment of a diamond's sparkle. Seventy Seven Diamonds uses the GIA classification of Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair and Poor (not displayed on the website) grades to help customers assess diamond quality. The table below displays the GIA grading classifications relating to cut.
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|Diamonds classified as Excellent or Ideal cut offer the most sparkle, dispersion and fire and are considered to be of the highest quality. Light moving through an ideal cut diamond bounces almost fully back out the top of the stone and brings its brilliance into view.
|Diamonds classified as Very Good offer slightly less brilliance and scintillation than the excellent cut. However, as the difference between the two is almost indistinguishable to the unaided eye, very good cuts offer better value for money than excellent cut diamonds.
|Diamonds classified as "Good" usually allow some light to escape during the reflective process, although once again, the difference between this and the very good cut diamonds is small therefore good cuts offer great value for money and make for a more affordable option.
Light moving through a shallow cut diamond is lost out of the bottom of the stone and the lack of light play makes shallow cut diamonds appear lifeless. Light moving through a deep cut diamond escapes out from the sides, darkening all or most portions of the stone.The poor sparkle performance of Diamonds classified as Fair or Poor cut may be noticeable to the untrained eye, and are for this reason also less costly.
In order to understand diamond cut, it is necessary to know the anatomy of a diamond as well as how different proportions and percentages affect the movement of light through a stone. Based on these considerations, diamond cut is graded by a certification body; the GIA employs a five-point scale ranging from excellent and very good to good, fair and poor, while other laboratories such as the AGS may use alternate scales and terminology replacing "excellent" for "ideal," for example. Excellent or Ideal cut grades are awarded to diamonds with the highest level of sparkle intensity, while Fair and Poor grades imply poorer light reflection and therefore less sparkle. Most laboratories and certifying bodies only provide cut grade for round diamonds although a few have extended grading to other diamond shapes.
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Title:Album of Twelve Landscapes in Old Styles
Creator:Wang Chien
Subject:Chinese Paintings
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Description:t: Yuän-chao
h: Hsiang-pi, Lien-chou, Jan-hsiang an-chu
From T'ai-ts'ang, Chiangsu
The second of the "Four Wangs," and one of the "Nine Friends in Painting," Wang Chien came from a family dedicated to learning and painting. He was a follower of Tung Ch'i-chang and copied from the Yüan masters, developing a conservative approach to landscape composition. He was for a time governor of Lien-chou, Kuangtung province but was more interested in painting than politics and retired from public life.


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Like the fabled Phoenix, the AMT .45 Backup rises from the ashes - now available again - brand new - here High Standard Manufacturing Company! I bought one of the original AMT .45 Backup's many years ago. It is still my favorite pocket gun, although it is a tad heavy. At the time it was introduced, there was nothing even close to its compact size in .45 ACP.
Additionally, I have always like the fact that it has nothing (no sights or sharp edges) that would snag on clothing. Plus I enjoy the extremely simple user interface - DAO, with a very strong trigger pull and no safety. I noticed some small differences between my original gun and the new ones (based on the pics at High Standard web site).
Anyway, just thought it was fascinating to see this gun resurrected...... :rolleyes:
PS - my original AMT .45 was a malfunctioning POS until I did a thorough 'fluff and buff'. The cocking lug and slide rails were so rough, the slide was binding like crazy and the gun jammed continually. But the 'fluff and buff' transformed it into a constant performer. It has never jammed since the F&B, as long as I use FMJ ammo.