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Be careful of what you say, tomorrow or today, for the words you now speak, may become the poison your enemies later seek; truth.
"Rules do not exist to bind you, they exist so you may know your freedoms"
Finally went through and read everything and got all the suggestions (they were all pretty much good) And I've seen/am watching almost everything mentioned but:
House of Five Leaves
Gankutsuou (seen the original source and read the book though)
Summer Wars
Ouran High School Host Club
Hello Kitty (gonna pass on that)
So I'm gonna need to check those out.
I agree (Does have a slow start though to be honest, but that is intentional).
I don't even like telling people anything about that show because of how interesting it was. It's one of those ones you really just got to watch.Shinsekai Yori (If you want to discover a pretty interesting post apocalyptic world) (Chars start as childs to introduce you to the world but they age as the episodes pass)
I noticed a lot of people mentioned this show and it's definitely one of the better ones. Along that vein is Natsume Yuujinchou.Mushi shi (If you want something relaxing and interesting to watch and dont mind episodic stuff)
That show is basically is like the anime version of Minority Report + Watch Dogs from the police's perspective. Really good thoughPsycho-Pass (Darker anime. Police themed in a city where people are assigned life carreers and constantly analysed by the Sybil system, an advanced computer system that pretty much dictates the people's life. People are usually arrested before they even commit a crime due to their psycho-pass showing their criminal intents. Storyline is worth it tho. I'd suggest against watching though if you get very uncomfortable when there's violence, it gets a bit creepy at times.)
I saw the posts about the three shows along the same vein (Log Horizon/Sword Art Online/.Hack//) and here's what I think about them:Log horizon / SAO ( If you want something MMO-Themed and don't wanna be stuck playing through the.//hack games) (Sao has horrible romance tho) (and as far as I'm concerned, both are lots worse than dot hack)
SAO had some cool concepts I'd like to actually see implemented in a game, but was kinda of average as an anime. The first season was better than the second, but had the best action scenes of the 3. That's all it had going for it in my book. 7/10
Log Horizion has a solid plot and gets a good grip on the aspects of traditional MMORPGs that are enjoyable/interesting. I also really like how it focuses more on the actual plot and the game elements in the show, such as the explanation of abilities and tactics you'd use. It has it's anime moments where it focuses on the stereotypical stuff and it doesn't get too serious, but it still stays consistent in quality overall. 8/10
.Hack I have mixed feelings about but overall love the series. Basically, I felt the games tell the story a whole lot better, since it's like you're getting a first hand experience of what the characters go through and the combination of the story mixed in with the gameplay and having to read though the in game BBS, or "The Board" was really interesting. The anime just doesn't do it justice but still interesting. 8/10
Durarara is one of those anime with plot convergences similar to Baccano! or in video games, Odin Sphere and even FFXIII to a lesser extent as far as quality, and I've always really liked that style. Because of that, I usually just go with telling people, "you should watch it, it's really good and I don't want to spoil it" lol. But yeah that show is hilarious along with a nice soundtrack and good plot and style.You could also check out Durarara, dunno how to describe it tho.
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Hey, just wanted to toss it out there that this season has a number of phenomenal shows that have just started.
The ones that are standing out (IMO) are:
Akame ga Kill (Action, Fantasy)
Barakamon (Slice of Life)
Sword Art Online II (Action, Sci Fi, Mystery)
Tokyo ESP (Supernatural, Action)
Tokyo Ghoul (Horror, Psychological, Action)
Zankyou no Terror (Psychological, Suspense,)
Aldnoah.Zero (Sci-Fi, Mecha, War)
Lesser extent:
Rail Wars! (Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance, Action)
Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen (Mecha, War)
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Started watching Shinsekai yori and I'm on episode 11 now. I've got some strong, mixed feelings about the anime. It seemed like the first four or five episodes were great, but then suddenly I started to notice that the quality of the animation was pretty crap. At first I thought it was just where I was watching it, but after watching from multiple sources, I think it's just the anime itself.
My biggest gripe is that the FPS seems to be noticeably lower than other anime. This is only really a bother in scenes that have a lot of movement, which seems to be be happening less and less frequent as the episodes go on. Which brings up my next gripe, it seems like the director loves still scenes. I almost feel like I'm watching the original Dragon Ball Z where characters would just float around and you would hear their inner dialogue, while panning back and forth between the same stills. I've seen a few instances of sloppy animating, too, such as full sentences being said where the mouth doesn't move, or the mouth movement is just the same open-and-close over and over. The only thing that the director seems to like more than stills are fade-outs and ins. I almost feel like the show was edited by a newbie to Sony Vegas, in some of the episodes. These are all the types of things that shouldn't be noticed while just watching the show - maybe if you're looking at it with a critical eye while trying to find mistakes, but I haven't. All I've tried to do is enjoy the show while all these issues keep glaring at me.
The story seems to go back and forth between awesome and meh. And the meh seems increasingly be the case as the episodes go on. For the first few episodes I was like, "Damn, I can't believe I've never seen this before. It's damn amazing!" But for the past few episodes, I've been thinking the anime resembles a shoddy shoujo anime more than anything else. I don't know why, but Shoujo anime/manga seem to have incredibly simple and crap artwork, as well as simple and over-told stories, 9 out of 10 times.
This quality seems to flip-flop, and I honestly thought the show was being directed by a few different people most of the time. Heck, it might have been, I haven't actually looked into it. But it's coming to the point where I'm starting to wonder if I should even continue watching, rather than just look up a description of the story somewhere. It just seems like it's not going to be worth going through 5 more hours of this. I really wish the awesomeness had been thorough all the way through.
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You're getting closer to the interesting parts, as far as I'm concerned :o. Ain't really ''actionny'' .. gotta admit its a weird anime. Animation quality varies ALOT.
Do not worry. You have not seen everything of the story yet. *giggles like a madman* The show might not be for everyone, but you should probably finish it, you just finished the ''introduction''.
Heard good things about Akira, Summer Wars and Beck though. I need to check those out..
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I think the animation style is just different than what you are used to, kinda similar to what people feel when they watch stuff from Shaft (although theirs is consistently dynamic). You may or may not still have mixed feelings about the show at the end, but I'll assure you it'll be for different reasons by then.
There are actually some really well done scenes in the 2nd half of the show (one in particular had me sitting on the edge of my seat and holding my breath) so definitely don't give up on it.
Akira I saw on tv, but not the whole thing so I had no clue wtf was going on so I have to watch it from the beginning. Summer Wars I heard was good; I think I started up on Beck and just never finished.
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I really liked Darker than Black.

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MSNBC host Joe Scarborough falsely claimed that it is "unprecedented" to try foreign terror suspects through the United States' judicial system, stating, "It's unprecedented to afford constitutional rights to, basically, prisoners of war." In fact, during the Bush and Clinton administrations numerous foreign terrorists have been tried and imprisoned by our federal system, including 9-11 conspirator Zacarious Moussaoui and 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef.
Scarborough suggested trials of foreign terror suspects in federal justice system are "unprecedented"
From the November 16 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
SCARBOROUGH: Giuliani called it ideology run wild. You had ideology, a lot of Democrats would say, on the right for eight years under George W. Bush and Dick Cheney where these people were thrown in prisons and they didn't get lawyers and of course we've debated that debate.
It seems to me Eric Holder and Barack Obama come into office and Democrats take over and we go all the way to the other side doing something unprecedented. And Mark Halperin, you had Pat Leahy - and I must say I am completely flummoxed as to why the chairman of the Judiciary Committee would compare Khalid Shaikh Mohammed to Timothy McVeigh. Timothy McVeigh, born in the United States of America, a citizen of the United States of America, afforded all the constitutional protections that are afforded to those who are citizens of the United States of America. And he and people like him have been afforded those constitutional protections for over 200 years. People that blow up Americans - kill them - this has never happened before. It's unprecedented to afford constitutional rights to, basically, prisoners of war.
Fact: Clinton and Bush administrations tried and imprisoned foreign terror suspects in our federal system
Bush administration used federal justice system to bring several foreign terrorism suspects to justice. During the George W. Bush administration, several foreign terrorists were brought to justice through the federal justice system, including 9-11 conspirator Zacarious Moussaoui, "Shoe bomber" Richard Reid and East African embassy bombing perpetrators Wahid el-Hage, Mohammed Sadiq Odeh, Mohammed Rashed al-Owhali, and Khalfan Khamis Mohammed.
Clinton administration also used federal justice system to bring foreign terror suspects to justice. During the Clinton administration, 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef and "urban terrorism" plotters Sheik Oma Abdel Rahman and others were brought to justice through the federal justice system.
There are already 216 international terrorists in U.S. prisons. A May 29 Slate.com article reported that according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, "federal facilities on American soil currently house 216 international terrorists and 139 domestic terrorists. Some of these miscreants have been locked up here since the early 1990s. None of them has escaped. At the most secure prisons, nobody has ever escaped."
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In 1974 Billy Graham made a statement imbedded in my consciousness ever since: "The problem is now so complex there is no solution." He went on to say that every time we find a "solution" to one problem the solution itself generates two or more new problems that would not have existed except for our solution. He said this in 1974!
One wonders what Dr. Graham thinks about the current financial situation(s)?
I'm no economist, but I do know a little about history. Any "insider" who knew what was going on in the financial world of 1929 would be horrified to hear the news we're getting in 2008. Let's see:
The economy slows down, resulting in people defaulting on mortgages
Because of bad loans banks fail
Because of banking problems the stock market declines
Decline of the American markets becomes a shot heard round the world
Someone, first the government and then Warren Buffett, throws money in the pot
The government, having spent more of our money than actually exists, looks for cash from an economy that has slowed down
As a result of the solution the stock market….
And the slow economy then…..
1929 anybody? It is alleged that many insiders, recognizing what was going on made fortunes on the 1929 Stock Market crash. Suffice it to say the rules of the game are changed and it is very possible no one will come out with a profit in the event of some future market collapse.
Now we are going for a quick fix, Congress pressured to pass a new solution the consequences of which are unimaginable. Quick fixes are great. For example, hidden in the reports of defaults and decimation was a notice that the Treasury was printing more money to "solve" the immediate problem [whatever it was that day]. Then they tell us that, of course, this will cause inflation -- the dollars we're holding will be worth less. Why? No idea. Only know immediate solutions seem to create immediate problems.
The current Presidential candidates are trying to convince us (and themselves) they alone can solve the problem once they take over next January. They cannot. Ralph Nader has about as much chance of solving these problems as any other candidate. The way our system works is that first the new President has to come up with a solution, himself depending on the current crop of "experts" for what he submits to Congress. Then 200+ Representatives and 50-plus Senators have to come up with a compromise approved by about three committees. In the best of times all of this takes long enough for the situation on the ground to change for the worse. What actually comes out is rarely what the President submitted. Be not deceived. No President can solve the problems -- only make new problems by imposing new solutions. We may, indeed, find peace in our time; but some new, totally inconceivable problem lies lurking in the fine print. If you are picking your guy based on his ability to solve the problem you are most concerned about, find a better basis for choice.
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Repetitive behaviors undertaken consistently tend to be labeled as compulsive. These behaviors may or may not be obviously detrimental to the affected animal's health. Licking certain areas of the body, as with the lower limbs in acral dermatitis, is a perfect example of this disease.
These behaviors, also referred to as "obsessive compulsive disorder" (or "OCD") may or may not be associated with stress or anxiety. Though it's been postulated that stress alleviation is the function of this disease, most veterinary behaviorists seem to agree that this disease is sometimes best defined by the fact that the repetition of the behavior itself serves no apparent function.
It's believed that this behavioral disorder has a genetic origin due to its increased prevalence in certain breeds. Both dogs and cats suffer from compulsive behaviors.
Any highly repetitive behavior undertaken with no apparent purpose, especially if it occurs in certain breeds, tends to be classified as a compulsive behavior. For dogs, characteristic compulsive behaviors dogs exhibit include the following: flank sucking, tail chasing, shadow chasing, fly snapping, generalized circling, fence running and repetitive pacing.
In cats, wool or fabric sucking (or eating) over-grooming or hair-pulling (psychogenic alopecia), and feline hyperesthesia (where cats become highly sensitized to certain stimuli) account for almost all compulsive behaviors.
Diagnosis is achieved via history and by observing the behavior. The difficulty (or complete inability) of a nearby observer to interrupt the behavior tends to lend weight to the diagnosis. Because diagnosis can be somewhat subjective for milder forms of the disorder, veterinary behaviorists are sometimes employed to help diagnose the condition as behavioral in origin.
Physical diseases must always be ruled out before arriving at a diagnosis for any behavioral condition. Other behavioral conditions like separation anxiety and cognitive dysfunction must also be fully explored as possibilities before defining the disorder.
The best treatment is often to seek the advice and guidance of an animal behaviorist. For dogs, the basic approach is as follows:
For cats, treatment is considered highly variable compared to that for dogs. Drug therapy is more typically elected as a matter of course, though all basic canine principles apply.
Diagnosis of compulsive behaviors should ideally be confirmed by a veterinary behaviorist. This is always more expensive than when undertaken by a general practitioner. It's nonetheless considered a highly affordable alternative.
The cost of treatment depends on the severity of the condition and its consequences. For animals whose behavior yields severely destructive effects (such as self-mutilation and gastrointestinal obstructions), it's not unusual for medical and surgical costs to skyrocket into the thousands. More typically, however, pets who suffer this condition incur expenses associated with the behavioral aspects of their disease. Training, behavior modification and drug therapy can nonetheless reach into the low hundreds of dollars every month for some pets that require intensive therapy.
Though inheritance modalities for most behavioral disorders have not yet been established it's considered advisable to refrain from breeding severely affected dogs and their first degree relatives (their parents and siblings).
Crowell-Davis SL 2008. Diagnosing and treating compulsive disorders. CVC Proceedings.
Crowell-Davis SL and Murray T 2006. Veterinary Psychopharmacology. Blackwell Publishing.
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BitTorrent is one of those classic "technology is neutral" pieces of software. There are people who are using the protocol in totally benign ways to share public domain and creative commons material, academic research, and more. But it is more notorious for being the protocol that powers a large part of the illegal file-sharing on the internet. The BitTorrent company is aware of its software's less than stellar reputation, and according to Variety, it is waging a PR campaign to win the hearts and minds of Hollywood.
In recent months, BitTorrent has teamed with Vice Media, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Moby and other filmmakers and musicians to launch promotional content bundles. Those packages have included photos, trailers, videos, songs, posters and other digital extras, in hopes downloaders will go see or purchase a movie, attend a concert or, say, buy a T-shirt. This spring, BitTorrent plans to add a payment capability to let users unlock a bundle using a credit card.
"We have to solve this pain point with the content industries," said BitTorrent marketing veep Matt Mason. Piracy is "a question we have to answer every day."
For Cinedigm chief marketing officer Jill Newhouse Calcaterra, the prospect of tapping into BitTorrent's 170 million-plus user base was irresistible. The studio distributed a clip of romantic comedy "Arthur Newman" via BitTorrent last April. The bundle was downloaded 2.7 million times, and resulted in 300,000-plus visits to Cindedigm's website.
It's a nice idea. The pro-file sharing community often point to studies which say that file sharers also buy more media, which would be a net benefit to the studios if they could find some way to live with torrenters. But considering Comcast alone sent 625,000 copyright alerts last year, it seems like the folks making decisions about piracy for the studios are less interested in engaging with BitTorrent than trying to stop it.


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So, who is Roger Williams? In addition to being the founder of Rhode Island and RWU's namesake, Roger was an outspoken advocate for diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. His views weren't always popular, but they were revolutionary and found their way into the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution. Some historians argue that he is the forgotten Founding Father. In any case, Roger was an American Original:
Roger was an outcast.
On more than one occasion, Roger was forced to flee his home for his contrary opinions. First, he was chased out of his native England for contradicting the Crown. Then, after settling in Massachusetts, Roger was exiled for "dangerous opinions" – forced to flee into the bitter January wilderness after refusing to cease preaching that the government had no right to compel a person to worship in any manner.
Roger was a political pioneer.
Upon founding Rhode Island, Roger was insistent that religious doctrine had no place in the governing of the colony – thus establishing "separation of church and state." Still, his most revolutionary idea was that "power resides in the people" – that it is the citizens who endow the government with its authority. Quoth Roger: "I infer that the sovereign, original, and foundation of civil power lies in the people."
Indeed, many of Roger's ideas were revolutionary – and he was never afraid to voice them.
In defense of his Native American neighbors, Roger also directly rebuked the King of England's claim that the "unoccupied" land in the New World was free for the taking. Roger argued publicly that the King professed "a solemn public lie," because the natives are the true owners of the land, and that it should be legally and fairly purchased from them.
An avid anthropologist, Roger spent a great deal of time studying the Native American tribes he encountered.
He literally wrote the book on the Algonquin language, "A Key to the Languages of America," which many scholars consider an anthropological text on native life and customs. As Roger writes in that book, "Nature knows no difference between Europe and Americans in blood, birth, bodies. God having one blood made all mankind."
Despite believing in the separation of church and state, Roger was a preacher.
Because he believed in the separation of church and state, many people misidentify Roger as an atheist. To the contrary, he was a devout minister and believed all people should have the right to worship as they choose without fear of persecution.
In a society that valued conformity, Roger was a visionary.
Rhode Island was the first true democracy in the modern world that gave each head of household an equal vote (including women) and nurtured the ideals of religious liberty, independence of thought and freedom of speech that would take root in American soil. Many of the principles forged with the creation of the 1663 Rhode Island Colonial Charter were written into the United States Bill of Rights and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
He was a reluctant rebel.
Despite a desire for social acceptance, Roger was never one to compromise his beliefs – even if it meant risking social status or personal freedom. He enjoyed fame in England as the author of several pioneering political works that challenged the status quo so much that government officials ordered the burning of certain texts.
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This is an unopened box of Presidential M&Ms. One side has the Presidential Seal and a reproduction of George W Bush's signature. The other side has a yellow M&M holding an american flag. I've been told that these were given out at the White House and that they were handed out to Iraqi children at the begining of the war, I'm not really sure what the story is, but if you're , then you probably already know. I'm not sure that I would personally eat them as they are over 5 years old, but to each his own, I just thought somebody might collect things like this.Be sure to check my other auctions. Ask questions before bidding. Payment must be made within 24 hours of auction end.


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2013 PSEC Engineering Awards Banquet
Puget Sound Engineering Council
Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 6:00 PM (PST)
Event Details
The 55th Annual Puget Sound Engineering Council (PSEC) Engineering Awards Banquet will be held Saturday, February 16 2013 at 6:00 PM in the Skyline Room at the Museum of Flight at King County International Airport (Boeing Field). We invite you to join us for this unique opportunity to celebrate the profession of engineering and honor the achievements of our colleagues. Come early and enjoy complimentary access to the museum's exhibits.
PSEC is pleased to host Dr. Jeff Williams, Co-founder, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of HaloSource, as our keynote speaker. HaloSource is a global company that develops clean technologies to disinfect and purify the water we drink, play in, clean with and put back into our water systems. Dr. Williams' address will be titled, "An entrepreneurial Odyssey."
The HaloSource story began in 1998, when Dr. Williams assembled a strategic alliance of scientists and industry experts to make water better. He and the team have since built a world-class team of some of the most preeminent chemists, biochemists and microbiologists in the world, all working every day to make our world a better place through water, the most essential element for human life.
Prior to founding HaloSource, Dr. Williams was a professor of microbiology at Michigan State University for 26 years. He is an experienced consultant to the research units of major pharmaceutical companies, including Merck and Pharmacia & Upjohn. He received BVSc and MRCVS degrees in veterinary medicine from the University of Bristol in 1964, and in 1968 he received his PhD in pathobiology from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He has published more than 200 scientific papers and book chapters in the fields of tropical and infectious diseases.
The evening's honors will include:
- 2013 Academic Engineer of the Year
- 2013 Industry Engineer of the Year
- 2013 Government Engineer of the Year
- 2013 Young Engineer of the Year
- 2013 Professional Engineer of the Year
PSEC offers its sincere thanks to The Boeing Company, Platinum Sponsor of the 2013 Banquet!
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Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 6:00 PM (PST)
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The Puget Sound Engineering Council is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization that has, as constituents, the majority of the engineering professional and technical societies in the Puget Sound. Our central goal is to increase public awareness and appreciation of engineering, science and technology.


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Get an overview of this hotelRiverwalk hotel with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Popular property highlights
Situated on the riverwalk, this hotel is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Columbia Point Golf Course and within 3 mi (5 km) of Columbia River Journeys and Bookwalter Winery. Barnard Griffin Winery and Tagaris Winery are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
A restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a sauna are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 151 rooms provide conveniences like sitting areas and refrigerators, plus free WiFi and TVs with cable channels. Other amenities available to guests include balconies, microwaves, and room service.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Breakfast
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Comfy beds
- Bathrooms could've been nicer
Shilo Inn Suites Hotel - Richland
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Shilo Inn Suites Hotel - Richland provides a spa tub, a sauna, and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This business-friendly hotel also offers laundry facilities, dry cleaning/laundry services, and room service (during limited hours). A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available on request). Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Shilo Inn Suites Hotel - Richland is a smoke-free property.
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Spa tub
- Free breakfast
- Fitness facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Conference space
- Total number of rooms - 151
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 2
- Free airport transportation
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
- One meeting room
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Room service (limited hours)
- Balcony
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- Access via exterior corridors
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Desk
- Television
- Iron/ironing board
- Daily housekeeping
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Shilo Inn Suites Hotel - Richland has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at 5 AM
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 3 children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 15.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 15 per accommodation, per night, plus a deposit of USD 75 per stay
- Dogs only
- 2 per room
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
- Deposit: USD 50.00 per stay
Optional extras
- Pet deposit: USD 75 per stay
- Pet fee: USD 15 per accommodation, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Shilo Inn Suites Hotel Richland
- Shilo Inn Suites Richland
- Richland Shilo Inn
- Shilo Inn Richland Hotel Richland
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This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Up to 3 children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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Starting forward for UAB club which advanced to the secnd round of the NCAA Tournament ... ranked 24th in league in scoring, 11th in steals and ninth in field goal percentage ... scored in double-figures in 23 of team 33 games played ... led team in scoring and rebounding on nine occasions ... scored 1,000th career point in season-high 25 point outburst against Tulane (2/26) ... notched season-high six assists and career-high 16 free-throw attempts against LSU in first round of NCAA Tournament (3/17) ... hit game-winning three in C-USA Tourney win over DePaul (3/11) ... led team with 22 in regular season win over DePaul (3/2) ... scored 18 against Louisville (2/5) ... scored 23 in win at Marquette (2/2) ... notched 23 against Charlotte (1/12) ... had 19 points and 10 rebounds for lone double-double of the season at Richmond (12/17).
Key starter on UAB club which advanced to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 ... one of four returning players who played in all 32 contests during season ... started in 27 games ... was named the Blazer All-Around Award winner given to the most versatile player on the team ... averaged 10.1 points and 4.7 rebounds which were both third-best on team ... also averaged 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game ... finished ninth in C-USA in steals per game ... recorded 500th career point against Saint Louis (1/31) ... recorded career-high 26 points and added five points and five rebounds in 33 minutes vs. Washington (3/19) in NCAA first round game ... also was 13-of-15 from the charity stripe against the Huskies ... named to the Coors Classic All-Tournament team held in Mobile, Ala. ... had double-double with 10 points and 11 boards against Alabama A&M (12/20) ... had 18 points and seven boards against Western Michigan ... collected 17 points, four assists and three steals at Tulane (2/25) ... had game-high 16 points, six boards and four assists against La. Tech (12/23) ... also chipped in 15 points and eight rebounds against TCU (3/6) ... reached double figures in 16 games ... was second in free-throw percentage, shooting .719 (100-139) from the charity stripe ... shot .478 (108-of-226) from the field which was fourth-highest on team ... recorded double-figure scoring in 15 games during season.
Impact freshman starter on UAB squad which advanced to the NIT quarterfinals ... selected to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... shattered UAB freshman single-season scoring record with 349 points during season ... finished second on team with 10.3 ppg ... ranked third on team in assists (2.5), rebounds (4.4), steals (1.6) and minutes played (29.4) ... ranked eighth in C-USA steals per game ... recorded first career double-double with 18 points and 12 boards in Conference USA championship game against Louisville (3/15) ... named as the "Chevrolet Player of the Game" for performance in C-USA championship game at Louisville ... had then career-highs of 22 points, eight rebounds and four steals in overtime win against TCU (1/29) ... tallied game-high 19 points to go along with eight boards in second round of NIT at Siena (3/25) ... scored game-high 18 points and added four rebounds against Memphis (3/8) ... helped defeat No. 6 Marquette in C-USA Tournament with 16 points, five steals and four rebounds ... had 10 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in win over DePaul (2/26) ... collected 15 points, four rebounds and five assists against Southern Miss (1/18) ... accounted for 11 points, five assists and three rebounds in the first meeting at Marquette (3/1) ... scored 16 points and a team-best five rebounds in 30 minutes against Chattanooga ... tallied 12 points with nine rebounds vs. Tulane.
Was an all-state player for all four years during high school career ... played at three high schools during his career ... began at Mt. Carmel HS where he played for two years ... led team to freshman championship, averaging 17 points, six rebounds and four assists ... also averaged 15 points, three rebounds and three assists as a sophomore ... played two seasons at Julian HS ... led team to state championship for the first time in school history ... averaged 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists as a junior ... during senior season, averaged 19 points, six rebounds and three assists ... named team MVP in sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... was named as a top 100 high school prospect by ESPN ... also listed in the top 10 small forwards in the nation ... made honor roll senior year ... attended two years of prep school at Winchendon Prep in Winchendon, Mass. ... averaged 17 points, five rebounds and two assists per contest.
Full name is DeMario Lovell Eddins ... born October 3, 1982, in Chicago, Ill. ... majoring in philosophy ... mother is Sharon Eddins ... son, Demario Eddins Jr., was born in August of 2005.


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I have a log splitter with a Honda engine. I tried to use it this morning and it wouldn't start. I later discovered water in the oil. I drained the contaminated oil and replaced it with kerosene. I pulled the plug wire and cranked it several times. I then ran fresh oil through it using the same method and finally refilled it with fresh oil. It still won't start. Any thoughts on 1) how the water got in; (it's an air cooled engine obviously) 2) what I can do to get it to run?
"I have a log splitter with a Honda engine". That said, and it being a log splitter, do you/have you left it outside much? Maybe rainy weather? I could have been that after the last time(s) you used it, as it cooled off, some water condensed within the cylinder wall and drained down into the crankcase. I agree with what you did to flush the water out, I use Marvel Mystery Oil (no add here) myself in small engines for this. Is this unit an electric or pull-start unit? Start by checking the spark plug, actually their cheap enough, get a new one and before putting it in check for a spark while turning over the engine. IF you don't have spark, you obviously have an electrical problem. IF this is an older unit, with flywheel magneto, you maybe can lighly sand the outside of the magnetic area of the flywheel to remove rust. If it is electronic, that's another story. IF you have spark, then you have a fuel problem, which goes along with the water-in-crankcase problem, moisture in fuel. It may be time to drain the fuel tank, use fresh fuel and try again. It also may be time to remove the carb and clean it properly, depending on you skills. Good Luck, David
water in oil
Thanks for the thoughts. It does have electronic ignition and it has definitely been exposed to A LOT of rain over the last 5-6 weeks. It sat outside with the air intake completely exposed. I'm guessing that's the source of the water intrusion. This thing gets passed around and takes a lot of abuse/neglect. I'm surprised it's worked as long as it has. Haven't checked for spark, but when I crank it I can hear it trying to start. Even get wisps of smoke, so based on your advice it sounds like I need to evacuate all the fuel. It's past time for a carb kit any way, which is way out of my league. I was just hoping to get it running well enough to use next weekend before leaving it with the man. Thanks again.
Don't talk yourself into thinking a carb kit is out of your league. It's really not that bad. I do a carb kit on my snow blower, pressure washer, and tractor every three years, so I'm doing at least one a year. Worst thing that can happen is you lose the damn float pin retainer, which I manage to do pretty much every single time. Thank god I'm not a surgeon. But that's what kits are for. Look on Youtube for a how to video.
I would put a carb kit on par with replacing a kitchen sink faucet, only the parts are smaller and fluid stinks like gasoline. :thumbsup:
Thanks Thurman and Aggie. Thought I'd let you know I got her running. I drained all the fuel, cleaned all the rust and gunk from inside the bowl, and added a bottle of Isoheet to the gas tank. I know it's mainly alcohol, but I figured for a couple of extra bucks it might clean things out a little too. Then I cranked like a madman, sprayed a little WD in the intake, and cranked some more. It finally started and kept running. Now it's running great. Can't say the same for me after a few hours of splitting wood.:wink: When I get to feeling frisky I might attempt that carb kit. Later.
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Hollywood Casino in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, will host another live boxing event on January 23rd. This will be the fourth boxing card Hollywood Casino and promoter Leslie Bonano have brought together since bringing boxing back to Bay St. Louis last summer. The main event will be an eight-rounder between heavyweights "Big Fred" Kassi (14-1, 7 KOs) and Byron Polley (23-10-1, 11 KOs). Also in a heavyweight six-rounder, Bobby O'Bannon (7-2, 7 KOs) will face off with Wes Taylor (7-14). Tickets are $20, $50 and $100. Call 800-229-2683. Must be at least 21 to attend.


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The sound of footsteps and gunfire came closer, up the stairs towards the third floor, where Osama bin Laden, his youngest wife, Amal, and one of his daughters must have known their life on the run was reaching its end.
On the landing outside their refuge, Amal saw the dark form of an American Navy Seal steady his weapon, a red laser ray trained on her husband's chest.
She flung herself at the commando in a desperate attempt to snatch the rifle. A bullet pierced her knee and more shots followed.
As she lay injured on the bed, Amal heard the American accents of soldiers asking two of bin Laden's daughters the name of the man they had just killed.
This is not a gung-ho account of the raid on bin Laden's hideaway told by the Navy Seals who mounted the assault, nor is it the gripping climax of Zero Dark Thirty, Hollywood's version of the story.
For the first time, the voices of bin Laden's wives and children can be heard amid pages and pages of other witness accounts. They describe how they were woken by what they thought was a storm but turned out to be Black Hawk helicopters. Footsteps on the roof followed and within minutes, bin Laden had been shot.
Summaya, one of bin Laden's daughters, said she knew he was dead. She described a bullet wound to his forehead and the way ''blood flowed backwards over his head''.
After 36 minutes, it was all over. The wives were allowed to collect bin Laden's will and a few trinkets before disappearing into the custody of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
The report of the Abbottabad Commission, obtained by al-Jazeera, heaps scorn on Pakistan's political and military establishment for failing to realise the world's most wanted man was living barely 100 kilometres from the capital, and almost within sight of an officer training academy.
It accuses the authorities of missing a string of discrepancies that should have led the hunt to the secretive villa in Abbottabad.
It also details the way bin Laden was able to move through the country's north-west almost at will, building himself a house, fathering children and hiding in plain sight.
The comprehensive report, with evidence from more than 200 witnesses, also gives insight into the lengths bin Laden went to in order to avoid detection - and the opportunities missed to catch him.
According to the report, discrepancies in the purchase of the Abbottabad land, an unapproved third storey and several odd features - such as four electricity connections to keep bills down - should all have triggered alarm bells among government agencies.
How a policeman let world's most wanted get away
The hunt for Osama bin Laden might have ended eight years earlier had a Pakistani traffic policeman spotted the world's most wanted man in a car stopped for speeding.
The revelation is made by Pakistan's official investigation, obtained by Al Jazeera, into how bin Laden managed to live undetected in the country for almost a decade.
The Abbottabad Commission concluded Pakistan's military and government missed several chances to close in on bin Laden. They may have come closest when the al-Qaeda leader was living in the Swat valley in 2002 and 2003.
According to Maryam, the wife of Ibrahim al-Kuwaiti, one of bin Laden's bodyguards, their car was pulled over on a trip to a bazaar but her husband ''settled the matter''.
The investigation, set up after US Navy SEALs killed bin Laden and al-Kuwaiti in 2011, is scathing of Pakistan's efforts.
''Culpable negligence and incompetence at almost all levels of government can more or less be conclusively established,'' it concludes.
Of the Abbottabad villa, it said: ''How the entire neighbourhood, local officials, police and security and intelligence officials all missed the size, the strange shape, the barbed wire, the lack of cars and visitors etc over a period of nearly six years beggars belief.''
The Telegraph, London


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The trailer for Fox's upcoming show "Alcatraz" debuted during the World Series last night . You NEED to check it out.
It's a fictional thriller about 302 inmates who once went missing from Alcatraz, but who are now suddenly and mysteriously reappearing in the present day, without having aged. It stars Sam Neill and Jorge Garcia from "Lost".J.J Abrams is an Executive producer so I am betting it's a hit.


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On this day in 1956, the American journalist H. L. Mencken died. He had composed his own epitaph: "If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl."
Henry Louis Mencken was born on Sept. 12, 1880, the eldest of four children. His father, named August, owned a Baltimore cigar factory. When he was eight, Henry read Huckleberry Finn and reached two conclusions: One, that Mark Twain was the greatest American writer; and, two, that he would be a writer like Twain.
When he was 10, Mencken's father gave him the Christmas gift he most coveted — a miniature printing press. If ever a man was born with printer's ink coursing through his veins, it was H. L. Mencken.
When he finished high school, his father persuaded him for a brief unhappy time to work in the cigar business. But when August died in 1899, Mencken immediately began hanging about the newsroom of the Baltimore Morning Herald. Eventually, the city editor agreed to hire Mencken as a cub reporter, "the maddest, gladdest, damndest existence ever enjoyed by mortal youth." Three years later, Mencken was the city editor.
In 1906, the Morning Herald went bankrupt, and Mencken switched to the Baltimore Sun, which remained his journalistic home for the next half century. For a time, he wrote a daily column ("The Free Lance"). But he also relished political reporting. "A good politician," he concluded, "is as unthinkable as an honest burglar, and the fundamental miscalculation of the electorate lies in making the assumption that some politicians are better than others."
In the 1920s, he was a vocal opponent of prohibition, which ran against his libertarian principles. Government fiat was something that he considered useless when it went up against human nature.
By the time of the famous Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Dayton, Tenn., in 1925, Mencken's byline was the most celebrated in America. Alistair Cooke, himself a giant among 20th-century journalists and a friend of Mencken's, compared the man's reputation in America to George Bernard Shaw's in Britain.
It was Mencken's reporting on the Scopes trial — and particularly the savagery of his attack on the aging and inept prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan — that made him a national terror. Bryan collapsed and died just as the trial ended; in his obituary, Mencken wrote:
"There was something peculiarly fitting in the fact that his last days were spent in a one-horse Tennessee village, and that death found him there. The man felt at home in such scenes. He liked people who sweated freely, and were not debauched by the refinements of the toilet. Making his progress up and down the Main Street of little Dayton, surrounded by gaping primates from the upland valleys of the Cumberland Range, his coat laid aside, his bare arms and hairy chest shining damply, his bald head sprinkled with dust — so accoutred and on display he was obviously happy. He liked getting up early in the morning, to the tune of cocks crowing on the dunghill. He liked the heavy, greasy victuals of the farmhouse kitchen. He liked country lawyers, country pastors, all country people. I believe that this liking was sincere — perhaps the only sincere thing in the man."
Mencken wrote 30 books — poetry, fiction, essays, even a play. His most serious was the monumental 1921 work, The American Language. But it is his witty, stylish essays — for example, The Smart Set (1912) — that display Mencken at his epigrammatic best. "Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone may be looking." "Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." "Judge: a law student who marks his own examinations."
A long time bachelor, Mencken shocked even his close friends by marrying at age 50 in 1930. Alas, his wife, Sara, died just five years later.
In 1948, Mencken suffered a severe stroke. He could no longer read or write. Worse, he was conscious of his limitations. Near the end, he told a visitor: "You know, I had a superb time while it lasted." He died in his bed 57 years ago today.
Mencken summed up his philosophy of life this way:
"Man is the yokel par excellence, the booby unmatchable, the king dupe of the cosmos. He is chronically and inescapably deceived, not only by the other animals and by the delusive factor of nature herself, but also and more particularly by himself — by his incontrovertible talent for searching out and embracing what is false, and for overlooking and denying what is true."
National Post