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Roy of the Rovers returns
Forget Lionel Messi. For football fans of a certain age there's only one player who deserves the accolade of being the world's greatest and his name is Roy Race.
Modelling a blonde bob – which wonderfully dates his most prolific period – Roy of the [Melchester] Rovers was once the poster boy for the impossible comeback, for outrageous and impossible goals and for having an impeccably managed mane of hair throughout the 1970s, 80s and into the 90s.
A goal machine, who has lived through an earthquake, survived a terrorist bomb and even beat death after being shot by lone gunman Elton Blake, Roy was thought to have been finally laid to rest by the demise of print media and the rise of the digital age.
However, just like in any good comic, hope is at hand just when all before had seemed lost, as Roy has made a miraculous recovery to appear in five re-issued volumes of his and Melchester's heroic escapades.
And with the first volume being released free of charge on iBooks, the fans around Mel Park are sure to raise the roof at the news of Roy's glorious return.
Featuring 11 consecutive two/three page comics from the beginning of the 1976-77 season, the first volume features Roy as the cub's newly appointed player-manager, before being offered a £30,000 wager to score 50 league and cup goals by Meadway Supermarkets and later mauled by an overly critical journalist with shifty eyes.
The fact the quality of the image varies could be viewed as a technical drawback, but the occasional variations in detail and colour only add to the nostalgia associated with Roy Race and the brilliant kit with the yellow stripe.
Now, if only I could perfect Roy's straight-legged striking action that always seemed to end with the ball nestled in the top corner, with an adoring crowd providing amusing and quick witted in-match quips and comments, I'd be a very happy man.Tags: Melchester Rovers, Premier League, Roy of the Rovers
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In case you hadn't noticed, ETFs are here to stay.
U.S. and international equities saw November inflows of more than $14 billion. U.S.-listed ETFs could see total 2013 inflows of close to $200 billion. And now, U.S.-listed ETF assets total $1.7 trillion.
Clearly, investors are loving ETFs. But 401ks have been giving the asset class the cold shoulder for far too long.
It's time for 401ks to finally buckle to ETFs. Here's why:
Asset Allocation on the Cheap
As I discussed in my December 6 article about dividend ETFs, it's very easy — and cheap — to put together a diversified portfolio of dividend stocks using just four ETFs. For just 37 cents annually per $100 invested (0.37%), you get an internationally diversified, truly all-cap dividend portfolio that has achieved a year-to-date return of 23.6% through December 10. Sure, that doesn't match the S&P 500, but over the long haul it will serve you nicely with minimal work involved.
Administrative Nightmare
The argument against ETFs within 401k plans is three-fold. First there's cost savings. Any advantage gained when compared to similar index mutual funds is lost when making monthly contributions, because the brokerage commission for each trade makes it prohibitively expensive.
Second, ETFs can't be bought in fractional amounts. If you have $500 to invest in a mutual fund, the trade is executed at the end of the day based on the net asset value; you might end of with 22.35 units or some other odd amount which is perfectly fine. If you buy an ETF based on this scenario you'll probably end up buying just 20 shares — defeating the purpose of a monthly contribution plan.
Lastly, some financial planners believe ETFs encourage frequent trading because they are bought and sold like stocks throughout the day. However, experts including Vanguard, have made it clear that this isn't happening within 401k plans. John Ameriks, Vanguard's head of active equity said this about ETFs in a 2012 interview: "We don't see them trading more than they are trading with other vehicles. It just means they are bearing the freight of transactional activity and liquidity services they would get from a [mutual] fund."
The simple truth is that ETFs haven't been around as long as mutual funds. The new kid on the block always gets a razzing. Once 401k sponsors figure out that their employees are actively buying ETFs outside their retirement plans and wish for the same thing within them, they'll push plan administrators to include them.
Solutions Already Exist
Although ETFs represent a very tiny portion of defined contribution plans — Callan Associates says just 2.3% of defined contribution plans with assets less than $200 million offered ETFs in 2012 — several firms already offer or will soon be offering 401k platforms that include ETFs.
Schwab plans to add ETFs to its IndexAdvantage 401k product in the near future.
In an early November Wall Street Journal interview with Steven Anderson, executive vice president of Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Anderson indicated that Schwab's product would allow for fractional shares, the main reason why it has taken so long to bring to market.
That is a definite game-changer. And in addition, it plans to reduce the average plan's operating expenses from 0.16% for index mutual funds to as low as 0.10% using ETFs. Anderson points out that more than 100 ETFs will be available, including ETFs from other providers.
ShareBuilder 401k offers ETFs within its 401k plans and has since 2006. Although you're restricted to 21 specific funds from iShares, State Street, Vanguard and others, the offerings are pretty much everything a typical 401k plan would offer. The big knock against ETFs back when ShareBuilder was getting this operational was that record-keeping would be too expensive, forcing plan administrators to pass that cost onto the sponsors defeating the purpose. Today's technology should eliminate this concern.
The major problem I've always had with mutual funds is transparency. If you bought an actively managed mutual fund like the Vanguard Windsor Fund Investor Shares (VWNDX) at the end of November, you had no way of knowing what the holdings were on the day you acquired your shares. The latest holdings report available was September 30, a full two months before you bought your shares. With end-of-year window dressing getting underway, you probably wouldn't recognize some of the names in the year-end report for the fund.
With ETFs you get a real-time, daily view of your holdings, and you know how much volume is trading on your funds and the money flowing into them. These are three critically important pieces of information that mutual funds just aren't able to provide in real time.
Bottom Line
U.S.-listed ETFs totaled $1.1 trillion at the end of 2011. Two years later, they're expected to hit $1.7 trillion. Some of that growth is due to two straight years of booming equity markets, but the underlying popularity for owning ETFs has kept the ball rolling nicely. Individual investors are always slow to catch on to trends; institutional investors have been using them for many years.
Once the average Joe with a 401k figures out that ETFs have a lot going for them compared to mutual funds, the rush of money will be significant.
Plan sponsors, listen up — it's time for 401ks to finally buckle to ETFs. You have a moral, if not fiduciary duty, to do so.
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The Golden Gate Railroad Museum's ex-Union Pacific Railway Post Office car UP5901 became an official post office for the day as we celebrated the issue of a new stamp for Owney, the Railway Post Office dog.
The special guest of the day was Bentley, winner of the "Owney look-a-like" at the Niles Dog Show on July 16th. A special cache was printed for the day and people lined up to have mail canceled in the RPO by USPS clerk Kuldip Kaur. The cancel (depicted above) is a replica of the cancel applied to mail on train 101, the Streamliner City of San Francisco. Retired Railway Mail Service clerks Howard White, Jim Briggs and Bill Jackson told stories of their days riding the rails working the mail.
A special addition to the display train was our SP 2472 fresh off its annual inspection and ready to steam again for the Autumn Steam event on Labor Day weekend. GGRM president David Hensarling presented two commemorative plaques. The first is dedicating the car to the retired Railway Mail clerks and thanking the retired clerks who have given their time to help restore the interior of the car. The second recognizes the grants received from Union Pacific and the National Railway Historical Society. It also recognizes the generous donations of the members of the GGRM. The plaques will be on display inside the car.
Owney souvenirs are available in the new GGRM store.
|Owney for a day On July 16th, GGRM participated in the annual Niles Dog Show with a "Owney look-a-like" category. Winner Bentley, a terrier mix, poses on a mailbag (right) during the event. Three years ago Bentley came to the Niles Dog Show as an orphan looking for a home. He was adopted by Judy Perry who never imagined Bentley would someday have his day in the sun. The image on the left depicts the real Owney (courtesy of the National Postal Museum).
|Owney and the retired RPO clerk reunion In the photo on the left (courtesy of the National Postal Museum) Owney stands in the door of an early mail car. Retired clerks (LtoR) Howard White, Jim Briggs, Bill Jackson recreate the scene, posing with Bentley (Owney of the day) in front of the UP 5901 RPO.
|USPS clerk Kuldip Kaur (left photo) applies the RPO cancel to mail brought to the car. UP 5901 was an official post office for the day. On the right, Jim Briggs holds the plaque dedicating the UP 5901 to the Railway Mail Service clerks and the retired clerks who have helped us restore the interior to represent a working Railway Post Office.
|Past and present representatives of the USPS Gurpreet (Gopi) Sohal (USPS), Claudia Calero (USPS), Jim Campbell (USPS Regional retired), Howard White (Retired RPO clerk), Juanita Sundseth (USPS), Jim Briggs, Bill Jackson (Retired RPO clerks), Kuldip Kaur (USPS), Bentley (Owney doppelganger).


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Are you working longer hours? You're not alone
Are you working longer hours? You're not alone.
• 33% of employers have increased overtime;
• 57% said overtime was unpaid.
One in three (33%) New Zealand employers report that their employees are clocking up increasing amounts of overtime, according to the 2014 Hays Salary Guide.
Out now, the Guide shows that only 6% of employers managed to reduce overtime over the last year (less than the 11% in Australia), with 61% (58% in Australia) saying that the level of overtime or extra hours being performed inside their organisation had continued but had not increased.
Of those employers who had seen levels rise, 4% said they had increased overtime by up to five hours per week. For 33% overtime had risen by five to 10 hours per week. A further 10% reported that overtime was up by more than 10 hours a week, while at year-end this figure jumped to 35%. 57% of employers (65% in Australia) said overtime was unpaid in their organisation.
"This supports an emerging trend that we're seeing across the jobs market; the desire from employers to do more with less," says Jason Walker, Managing Director of Hays in New Zealand.
"When we surveyed employers as part of our Hays Salary Guide, a massive 79% said they expect their levels of business activity to increase in the year ahead, and a similar number (70%) have already seen an increase in business activity.
"To cope with this increase, it seems that many are increasing the workloads of existing staff. But pressure to increase productivity without increasing headcount has the potential to cause workplace stress and employee burnout, which will cost a lot more in the long run.
"There could be a very good business case for adding permanent headcount or using a temporary staffing solution instead. We advise employers to monitor absenteeism and attrition rates so they're aware of what overtime really costs," he said.
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• Encourage managers to use regular feedback and both paid and unpaid rewards to recognise those employees putting in the extra time;
• Monitor business activity so staff can be given time off in lieu where possible.
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The legacy of Dan McMichael
"I know this might be more information than you're looking for," Dan McMichael often would say well into his telephone calls about security matters, "but it really is important to this discussion and has far-ranging implications."
In the end, once he had fully briefed you, it wasn't and it was.
Mr. McMichael, 87, of Shadyside, the consummate gentleman, died early Monday. He was an internationally recognized expert and the go-to person for the unvarnished facts about ballistic missile defense. He helped guide a number of important American institutions — the National Strategy Information Center and the Center for Strategic & International Studies, among them — as a member of their boards of directors. He also was past chairman of the executive committee of the Prague Security Studies Institute.
Additionally, McMichael, a true patriot, served as chairman of President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Minerals Task Force in 1980. His efforts live on as the debate over the control and sale of rare-earth minerals returns to the forefront.
McMichael also was longtime secretary of the Sarah Scaife and Carthage foundations. He even found time to write a novel, reissued just last year.
Above all, McMichael was a scholar. Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote that the "office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts against appearances." And that is Dan McMichael's legacy.


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OSHA Cites CPI-Lansing For Exposing Workers to Grain Bin Hazards
Date Posted: December 5, 2012
Red Cloud, NE—The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited CPI-Lansing LLC, a grain storage facility in Red Cloud, with three safety violations-including two willful-for allowing workers to enter grain bins while sweep augers were operating.
OSHA initiated the complaint inspection in May under the agency's grain handling local emphasis program. Proposed penalties total $144,400.
"CPI-Lansing allowed workers to enter grain bins to loosen or sweep grain into the operating sweep auger.
"This is a dangerous practice that has been associated with serious injury and death," said Charles E. Adkins, OSHA's regional administrator in Kansas City, Mo.
"Hazards associated with grain handling are well-recognized within the grain industry, and OSHA regulations must be followed to keep workers safe."
Two willful violations address hazards associated with failing to lock out the energy sources of mechanical equipment during bin entry and to ensure workers are using a body harness and lanyard while working in grain bins and provide rescue equipment for workers entering bins.
A willful violation is one committed with intentional knowledge or voluntary disregard for the law's requirements, or with plain indifference to worker safety and health.
The serious violation involves hazards associated with the use of a deficient handrail on a stairway.
A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.
OSHA's grain bin local emphasis program addresses specific recognized hazards in grain handling, such as falls, electrocution, engulfment, auger entanglement, "struck by" dangers and combustible dust explosions.
For more safety and health information on grain handling facilities, visit http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/grainhandling/index.html.
The CPI-Lansing facility provides storage and drying of grains, such as corn, beans and milo, and is a subsidiary of Cooperative Producers Inc., which is based in Hastings.
The company operates 40 grain-handling facilities around the state.
Citations can be viewed at: http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/CPILansing_474038_1129_12.pdf.
The company has 15 business days from receipt of the citations to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA's area director in Omaha, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Omaha Area Office at 402-553-0717.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA's role is to ensure these conditions for America's working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance.
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Infobright Community Edition (ICE) is an analytic database built on MySQL, designed to deliver very fast query response against large data volumes. It is a self-tuning, columnar database that eliminates the need to create or maintain indexes, partition data, or perform other administrative tasks.
rsyncbackup is a handy tool for scheduled backups using rsync. rsyncbackup lets you easily setup multiple source folders and destinations, both locally, on your iPod or external firewire disk, or at a remote destination using ssh. rsyncbackup has no GUI, but is based on editing configuration files. The script is meant to be run in a crontab, so user interaction is not neccesary. Basic terminal skills are required to use the program.
apachelogrotate.pl rotates and packs the logfiles of the Apache Web server on a Linux system without interrupting its service and without the need for a permanent change in the Web server configuration. Assuming that Apache is running, it will identify the log files which have to be rotated without any configuration, making it easy to install. By default, logfiles with more than 10 MB are rotated, but this parameter may be changed and/or a daily, monthly, or yearly rotation period can be configured. Documentation is included in the script itself.
bdmn is client/server-oriented backup system. The daemon runs on the machine being backed up, and the client runs on the machine that stores the backup. It is very simple, but very fast. It only uses tar, gzip, uuencode, and Perl, so it is portable to many operating systems. It includes a very simple access control system for itself.
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I have mixed connective tissue disease and have an ulcerated hole in my cartilage of my nose and no one knows what to do about it, the hole is big enough for my index finger to fit through and the cart. is almost all gone the ulcer meets the bone now my nose feels likes it on fire! and bleeds all the time and i have very little sense of smell anymore, Im tired of hearing its normal progression of the disease and there is nothing they can do i have a two year old and husband and am 27 please help
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Mango Heaven: The Urban Forager's Guide to Free Mangoes
Mangoes, mangoes, mangoes. Eat em for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Bath in mangoes. Why? Because in Miami, mango season is here. They are so abundant, you can get 'em for free.
Farms, businesses and individuals are taking advantage of the constant flow of these sweet and fleshy fruits, with many roadside vendors popping up and selling them for a buck apiece. But you can get em for free.
Before you head off and start plucking fruit off a tree, know that trespassing is illegal and even if you did not trespass, you could be charged with Florida Statues Title XLVI Chapter 812.014 (2)(c)13(e), or petit theft, in the process. And stealing 2,000 or more pieces of fruit from a citrus tree is considered grand theft. Be aware.
There is no law on the books the specifically addresses the issue of snatching fruit from a tree branch that hangs over your fence line, but in Florida stealing any fruit from agriculturally zoned land is a felony.
"If the branches are hanging over the fence, I would appreciate it if someone would ask me," says Lana Morris, 43, who sells mangoes from her trees for one dollar apiece near Galloway Road in Pinecrest. "When someone would come over and take them off the tree without asking
then I would have a problem with it because the tree is on my property."
But you shouldn't have to take fruit from trees hanging over her fence, because directly across from her house are three mango trees chock full of fruit sitting along the side of the road beyond any noticeable property line.
Stray banana trees bearing fruit may be a bit harder to find but they are out there. To find a patch of fruit-bearing banana trees like the one in front of the The Falls Shopping Center security office is even harder.
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I like camping, hiking, pool, poker, going to movies, bars, and occasionally clubs.
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Jack Thurston Kent joined the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas faculty in 1936 as an instructor of mathematics and astronomy. In 1952 he was promoted to Associate Professor. Kent received his A.B. from Lambuth College in Jackson, Tennessee in 1930 and his M.A. from the University of Arkansas in 1931. While at Texas A & M, Kent was head of the Moonwatch team during the International Geophysical Year of 1959. This team was cited for its achievements in spotting artificial satellites. Kent received the Ford Foundation Fellowship in 1951. He also received the Outstanding Achievement Award given by the alumni of Lambuth College in 1960. Kent traveled throughout Texas as a visiting instructor for the National Science Foundation and Texas Academy of Science. He retired from Texas A & M in 1975 as an Associate Professor.
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Hours of entertainment are just a download away! Check out these excellent iPhone games.
Updated February 2017 with the latest and greatest games for iPhone.
With the seemingly endless amount of games you can get on the App Store, there is bound to be something for everyone. Whether you consider yourself a hardcore gamer, a casual gamer, or anything in between, there are amazing iPhone games just a download away.
Here are some of my top picks across several different popular gaming categories on the App Store.
Endless/Auto-Runner games
Endless runners are wildly popular due to their simple controls and the ability to replay them over and over again without being the same. Plus, most endless runners don't progress forward in any sort of story, making them easier to pick up and play for a brief amount of time.
Alto's Adventure
Beautiful art design mixed with a rich, calming soundtrack makes Alto's Adventure stand out in the ocean of endless runner games on the App Store.
You'll join Alto, a llama herder, on his snowboard as he slides downward on the Alps, rounding up the wooly creatures. The game includes a challenge system and a plethora of unlockable characters, making it entertaining every time you load it up. Plus, the announced sequel, Alto's Odyssey, will hit the App Store sometime this year. Wax up your board and hit the slopes so you can continue Alto's story later in 2017!
Super Mario Run
Super Mario Run marked the first appearance of one of the world's most famous plumbers into the mobile gaming world, and it's a stellar game.
Nintendo designed Super Mario Run with the on-the-go lifestyle in mind, you can play the entire game with just one thumb, making it extremely easy to play almost anywhere. Plus, there is a ton to do!
The World Tour mode takes you through 24 unique levels as Mario travels to save Princess Peach from his nemesis Bowser, while the infinitely replayable Toad Rally mode has you compete with players from around the world to collect the most coins within the time limit. Add in the Kingdom builder, unlockable characters, and plenty of secret coins to collect, and you'll be putting hours into this game before you know it.
Sports games
Every sport has an off season and it always seems to take forever, especially when your team doesn't make the playoffs. Luckily, there are games for practically every sport. Some of them are extremely realistic and some are just fun modification on a classic sport, but both are awesome to have in your pocket.
Snowboard Party 2
Snowboard Party 2 is a surprisingly exciting snowboarding game that has a lot of depth. With five game modes, 50 unique tricks to perform, and 16 playable characters, there are a lot of reasons to keep playing.
Despite being a slightly older game, Snowboard Party 2's graphics are still pretty impressive, and the game hasn't been abandoned by the developer. The newest version updated about a month ago.
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Super Stickman Golf 3
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RPG games
Role-playing games are so wide in variety that it's hard to pick only a couple to feature, but when it comes to finding a game that you can sink an abundance of time into, RPGs are second to none.
Dungeon Hunter 5
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Platformer games
Jumping from platform to platform, hanging from ledge to ledge, and running from side to side is what platformers are all about. Once again, this a genre that is packed full of titles (especially ports of classic games). However, two newer games have made my top picks.
Star Knight
Star Knight is a beautiful looking game and has a soothing soundscape behind all of its levels, making it pretty relaxing to play … even though you're frequently hacking and slashing through enemies.
There are a ton of levels (even more are on the way), and the gameplay is simple, but the difficulty curve is steep. A combination of tricky obstacles, enemies with lots of health, and the relatively low damage your character does all contribute to Star Knight's overall challenge level.
You can see my complete thoughts on Star Knight by reading my review.
Mikey Shorts
Mikey Shorts is a good, old-fashioned style platform game made specifically for mobile devices. Players run, jump, and avoid bad guys while collecting coins and looking for the hidden golden shorts. You can play casual, taking your time getting to know the best route, then blast through it with speed and precision in order to get the coveted three-star score. The game bundle includes Mikey Hooks and Mikey Boots, which you can get at a discounted price of only a dollar per game.
Strategy games
Games that require you to think critically and always be two steps ahead of your opponent are the best strategy games. While some gamers find strategy games too difficult to get going, people who love them are looking for a challenge, and my picks will certainly satisfy in that respect.
Clash of Clans
The goal of Clash of Clans is to be the biggest, baddest township in the land. You build up a fortified stronghold, where you mine for gold and health elixirs. Then, you train up an army and invade the outlying goblin outposts. The more you destroy, the better it is for your livelihood. But, don't think that just because you have killed off neighboring goblins you are safe. They come from all over to try to steal your gold. You can form an alliance with other real-life players to create a unstoppable clan, or fight against them to steal their trophies.
What do you get when you mix Tinder with the King of the fictional kingdom? The wonderfully sadistic choose-your-own-adventure game Reigns.
Reigns will crown you a king and then force you to make decisions by swiping left or right (thus my Tinder quip), that almost always lead to your untimely death in increasingly interesting ways. Doomed to repeat his life over and over while attempting to find a way to lift a curse, you'll have to balance the needs of your kingdom with those of the church, military, and your greed.
Your first playthrough will probably leave you a little dejected, but there is good news: You can do it all over again times infinity!
Open world games
Massive games that allow you to explore brand new worlds, open world games are typically games that people can spend hours upon hours of time playing. Sometimes they are even designed to never really have an ending; it's all about interacting with the virtual world around you.
Minecraft: Pocket Edition
Minecraft is a force that just won't quit, the game's original release on PC back in 2011 has spawned versions on every single console and platform you can think of, and the iPhone was no exception.
Endless exploring, mining, and crafting await you in the 3D pixelated world, which offers almost limitless possibilities for what you can create. It's this reason that makes Minecraft: Pocket Edition amazingly fun to play for hours and hours. Just don't forget to eat, drink water, or — y'know — breathe.
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Red's Kingdom
I can't recommend Red's Kingdom highly enough. You may find it weird that a puzzle game is in the "open world" section, but when you play it, you'll understand that's it's so much more than meets the eye.
You play as Red, a toothy red squirrel, who is on a mission to retrieve his Golden Nut from the Mad King Mac. Oh, did I mention he also kidnapped Red's father? You'll need to solve the puzzles in each room to progress through the story.
Throughout Red's Kingdom you will encounter colorful characters, collect cool special abilities, and get to warp around 17 unique areas, making this puzzle game feel way more like a old school Zelda game than anything else.
Play Red's Kingdom right today!
Indie games
Games created by indie studios will always have a special place in my heart, because the games are typically unique and I like to think they're crafted with love. Indie games are sometimes overlooked, but plenty of great indie games have made it to the forefront of the App Store based on word of mouth. Check out our full list of the Best Indie game for iPhone and iPad.
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery
Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery is an adventure game with a spooky story and a unique, rather intoxicating soundtrack.
It's hard to go into too much detail without spoiling the experience, but here's what I can tell you: Its 140-character story snippets are easy to toss on Twitter for co-op play. You can ask for help and lead your friends into the mystery of the Megatome and the Trigon Trifecta.
The pixel-art and stick figure sprites work well to add to the atmosphere the game creates, because everything is supposed to be unclear.
Play Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery today!
FTL: Faster Than Light
If you have ever wanted to command a spaceship FTL: Faster Than Light may be the game for you.
This procedurally-generated space simulation game will allow you to pilot ten different ships to travel across the galaxy and deliver valuable information to defeat the rebels. Of course, surviving the trip is a whole other story.
FTL is quite challenging — not to the point of pulling your hair out, but certainly gets close. If you manage to get through the entire game, it could only take you two hours. Each playthrough, however, brings a differents set of challenges, making FTL easy to replay time and time again.
Play FTL: Faster Than Light today!
Puzzle games
Puzzle games are some of the simplest games out there, but that doesn't mean they're too easy. Puzzle games usually aren't too adrenaline-inducing and make great games for kids and adults alike.
Ultra Flow 2
Ultra Flow 2's simplicity is probably its greatest strength. The game has a fun and engaging soundtrack and focuses more on hand-eye coordination than serious brain power.
That being said, it's still not easy. It's in the sweet spot: challenging enough that your mind gets a workout, but easy enough that you're never stuck on the same level for longer than a handful of cracks at it.
Mini Metro
Do you ever look at you city's public transportation and think you could design it better? Well, Mini Metro will let you try to create your own subway system.
Minimalist in design but complex in its mind-boggling puzzles, Mini Metro provides hours of fun — even if for some of those hours you will be scratching your head.
What do you think are the best iPhone games?
Games are subjective, and I want to know what you think! Leave a comment below or shoot me a Tweet and tell me what iPhone games you think are the best of the best.


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Lindsay Lohan's In The New Season of 'Eastbound And Down'
Two days ago, Lindsay Lohan posted this pic to Instagram with the caption "[email protected]! So grateful today! :)" and like most rational people, I just assumed she meant hooking. Back to hooking :) Turns out she's in North Carolina filming the new season of Eastbound & Down which makes no fucking sense until you remember HBO runs on nudity. Which, really, is the only reason to hire Lindsay Lohan besides blowing Charlie Sheen so hard he forgets to stab a hooker in front of the entire crew and declare himself "KALI MA." Every day with that shit.


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Two South Bay public schools are among 35 to be nominated by state schools Superintendent Tom Torlakson for the coveted National Blue Ribbon Schools Program award.
Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale and Opal Robinson Elementary in Manhattan Beach are both in the running for the distinction, which in 2012 went to 264 public schools and 50 private schools nationwide.
"I applaud the principals, teachers, staff, and families whose commitment to learning has led to success in the classroom," Torlakson said in a statement released Dec. 20. "Schools nominated for this significant recognition are performing at very high levels or are making impressive strides in student progress under challenging circumstances."
Eligible schools fall into two categories, "exemplary high-performing" and "exemplary improving." The former must land in the 85th percentile in the proportion of students scoring proficient or better in math and English. The latter must be a school that both enrolls a large percentage of disadvantaged students and has demonstrated exceptional improvement on test scores.
Blue Ribbon winners are usually announced in September.
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is part of a larger U.S. Department of Education effort to identify and disseminate knowledge about best school leadership and teaching practices.
For additional information on Blue Ribbon Schools Program eligibility requirements, go to the California Department of Education Web site at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/br/.
For more information on the federal program, go to: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/awards.html


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|Pre-req change for 5610:463 – Assessment in Special Education
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|Departments Generating the Proposal
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|April 20, 2006
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|Brief Summary of Proposal
|Change pre-req for 5610:463 -- Assessment in Special Education (3 credits) to bring in line with new College of Education core implementation. Because this course number is already elsewhere in the database, there is no Course Change form included here. Pertinent information: Current Prerequisites: 5610:440/540 – Developmental Characteristics (3) 5610:447/547 – Developmental Characteristics of Individuals with Mild/Moderate Educational Needs (3) Or 5610:448/548 – Developmental Characteristics of Individuals with Moderate/Intensive Educational Needs. New Prerequisites: 5610:225 – Introduction to Exceptionalities (3) Rationale: The College of Education has created and will be implementing a new core beginning Fall 2006. In order to keep course pre/co-reqs consistent and correct, we are requesting that the co-req for 5610:460 be changed to reflect a pre-requisite of 5610:225 (Introduction to Exceptionalities (3).
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AMA's: Country's Last Party of the Year!
Nominees for the 2013 American Music Awards were announced yesterday.
Luke Bryan's Crash My Party, Taylor Swift's Red and Florida Georgia Line's Here's to the Good Times will duke it out for Favorite Country Album.
Bryan is also up for Favorite Male Country Artists, along with Hunter Hayes and Blake Shelton.
Swift will vie for Favorite Female Country Artist alongside Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood.
And Florida Georgia Line is up for Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group against The Band Perry and Lady Antebellum.


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Pennsylvania Certified Organic
Farm was one of two farms statewide to receive the 2012 Sustainability Award
at the annual Pennsylvania Certified Organic meeting on February 2 2012 (PCO
is Weatherbury Farm's organic certification agency.)
The awards presentation program reads:
"Father and son, Nigel and Dale, along with Nigel's mother and Dale's wife Marcy, work together as a family to operate Weatherbury Farm in Avella, southwestern Pennsylvania. The farm produces certified organic grains and flours including soft and hard wheat, oats, spelt, open-pollinated corn, as well as emmer and einkorn, ancient heritage grains. In addition to raising grains and flours, Weatherbury Farm produces grassfed beef and lamb, and host farm vacations with a special attention to organic agriculture, green tourism and energy efficiency. The Tudor family's goal is to heal the lands they farm which have been stripped of nutrients with the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides applied before their ownership. Toward that goal, they strive to be a totally integrated farm, composting their animal manure to fertilize their fields. Weatherbury Farm is an extremely well managed farm, with exceptional records and excellent representatives of organic farmers!"
|Most Innovative Marketing Award
|Sustainable Agriculture Award
Presented by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania at Weatherbury Farm on May 10, 1996. The award notes that Weatherbury Farm is a farm vacation establishment which is not only already environmentally friendly but is also constantly seeking ways to become more sustainable. Further the award cites Weatherbury's diligent efforts to reduce energy consumption and promote recycling among staff and guests.
|1999 Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Small Business Award
|Presented by the
Environmental Protection Agency on September 21, 1999. Altogether,
Weatherbury Farm annually saves an estimated $2,000 a year and conserves
4,000 gallons of water.
|Read more about Weatherbury Farm's sustainability and green practices.
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phone: 724.587.3763
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While Jersey continue to wait, we have moved on
REGARDLESS of the outcome of future Uefa Congress verdicts on allowing small islands full membership and access to regular international competition, it is soothing to think that Guernsey football – at elite level at least – is in a sound place.
REGARDLESS of the outcome of future Uefa Congress verdicts on allowing small islands full membership and access to regular international competition, it is soothing to think that Guernsey football – at elite level at least – is in a sound place.
Can Jersey say the same thing?
No, I don't think they can.
We have Guernsey FC and appropriate competition on a weekly basis, Jersey has a stale domestic competition which will take them nowhere and still harbours slim hopes of a route into Europe.
This week some in the sister isle got excited with news that Gibraltar had made some progress in their own bid to achieve full Uefa status.
It's since been reported that Jersey Football Association officials are keenly watching Gibraltar's situation closely after the British colony was made a provisional member of Uefa.
Former JFA president Ricky Weir worked hard during his recent six-year tenure to get Jersey recognised by Uefa and although it's only a small step for the Gibraltarians, it's regarded as a step in the right direction and the Caesareans will hope to benefit off the back of it.
For the record, Gibraltar previously failed to secure full membership, by a large majority as it happened, in January 2007, at the Uefa Congress in Germany.
They will be hoping the same fate does not befall them again at next May's 37th Ordinary Uefa Congress in London, but in such circles large majorities don't normally swing suddenly into minorities.
It appears from comments in our sister newspaper the Jersey Evening Post this week, Jersey are not building up their hopes of a turnaround in views.
JFA chief executive officer David Brookland said: 'Former JFA officials Ricky Weir and Paul Creeden worked hard on our case over recent years and we've always known that we have this stumbling block because we are not seen as an independent nation which I think you need to have in terms of what the United Nations look for and we are not defined as that.
'We've always gone down the route of trying to get some kind of a small nations tournament together with a lot of jurisdictions similar to us and that is partly what led to the four nations tournament we had in Gibraltar last summer.
'We're still keen to explore anything we can along those lines and we will be interested to look at what the Uefa decision for Gibraltar actually means and whether it will come off and they will become a full member.'
So will Jersey, who no doubt realise but would probably never admit, that every season Guernsey plays on the national ladder and they rely on domestic football will see them fall further behind their traditional enemy, look to follow Gibraltar down the Uefa route?
Well, the new men in charge down Jersey way don't appear overly hopeful or that it is particularly a good idea.
Their new CEO said: 'The critical thing for us is that we've asked the FA to give us some comments on this matter because the JFA is totally dependent on FA funding for our development officer [Brian Oliver], half an administration person and myself as CEO.
'Education, Sport and Culture also provide funding towards football development etc. so if we were ever to go down the Uefa route and it was something the FA did not agree with, we could lose our funding and if that was to happen we absolutely couldn't do it.
'Obviously we're interested in what will happen with Gibraltar but we've always got to recognise that we are totally dependent on the FA for all of our support for everything we do here for football.
'We certainly want to see where this ends up and what it actually means and whether it opens a door that we want to explore in some way.
'We also have to find out how the FA views it because we could not do anything that would ever jeopardise our relationship with them.'
So there we are. Jersey need the Football Association and, of course, it is no different here although ever since we and the FA became joined at the hip, more and more problems for the domestic game have cropped up due to the FA's insistence on us little islanders following their teachings and failing to recognise we are not a county in the way Warwickshire or Middlesex are.
But there is no going back and I hope our GFA top brass are not wasting any mental energy in pursuing the same route as the red-and-whites.
Jersey clearly seem to think it would be attractive to have 'some kind of a tournament played out over 18 months home and away with possibly a final at the end of it', said their CEO.
'That would give us a fairly regular programme that the public would be interested in and if we could achieve something like that then that would be absolutely brilliant.'
I think he is wrong in thinking it would be a hit with the public.
Jersey football has been poorly supported for years and, from this viewpoint, they do not have the same community feel that we enjoy and, I pray, will also maintain.
Their stance mirrors that of the 'Your Shout' forum anti-GFC brigade, that the glory days of the old Priaulx or Marquis League in Jersey, the Jeremie and the Wheway, will somehow be restored.
They won't...they are symbolic of the Channel Islands when footballs had laces and men wore long coats, donned caps and smoked 40 a day.
Life has moved on and won't get slower, let alone stop and turn around about face.
Modern lives are very busy and players and spectators won't commit time as their fathers and grandfathers did, so harping on about the past won't do any good.
The modern demand is for fresh, new challenges like the one GFC is providing our very best players.
Footnote: Spain, the current world champions, have already confirmed that they will, once again, fight Gibraltar's membership of Uefa.
The Spanish are worried that their admission would open the door for the Basque and Catalan regions, who already play unofficial friendly matches, to seek their own independence.
Jersey and Guernsey you have no chance of joining the Liechtensteins and San Marinos of this world.
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laurie carre
I can assure you i never wore a cap or long coat. But i did smoke and only to calm my nerves because the football was so exciting.
The article about football quotes Rob Batiste as saying "harping on about the past won't do any good". I couldn't agree more.
Rob - hopefully you can remember that when "harping on about the past" re. evening league cricket. The same principles apply.


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A Dialect Coach Critiques Actors' Accents
The topic of actors' accents has arisen from time to time on our discussion boards. In this sixteen-minute film from Wired magazine dialect coach Erik Singer examines some accents from big Hollywood productions. Yes, Kevin Costner's English accent in Robin Hood is really that bad, but I was surprised at some of the accents Singer considered good, such as Renée Zellweger's accent in Bridget Jones's Diary. But I'll accept Singer's judgment as this is what he does for a living.
I do have a few quibbles. I wish they had grouped the clips by regional accent, so we could, for example, hear all the Russian accents at once to make it easier to compare. And the medievalist in me bristles at evaluating Mel Gibson's Scottish accent in Braveheart by the standard of modern-day Scottish as opposed to how they spoke in the thirteenth century. (Singer does discuss historical accents to great effect when examining Daniel Day Lewis's performances.)
Sixteen minutes is a bit long for many, but this film is well worth the time.
Tip o' the hat to Languagehat.
The Last Punchcutter
A delightful, short film about a dying art…
And a short article on the film.
What Did Old Norse Sound Like?
My Old Norse expertise doesn't extend to pronunciation so I can't comment on the accuracy of this video, but Jackson Crawford's academic credentials are quite respectable, so I'll take his word for it. Plus, the image of a man in a cowboy hat reading Old Norse poetry is too good to pass up:
Tip o' the hat to Jim Wilton for pointing me to this video.
American Dialect Society Word of the Year (ADS WOTY)
The American Dialect Society (ADS) has decided upon its Word of the Year for 2016 and that word is dumpster fire, meaning "an exceedingly disastrous or chaotic situation." The term was commonly heard in reference to last year's presidential election. It won in a run-off vote against woke, an African-American slang term that has been making its way into white speech meaning "socially aware or enlightened." The full ADS press release is here.Read the rest of the article...
waive, waif
To waive something is to voluntarily give up the right to that thing or to refrain from enforcing a rule or regulation, and a waif is an orphaned or abandoned child. But the two words are very much related etymologically. Both date to the thirteenth century and come into English from Norman French. The ultimate root is probably Scandinavian in origin, as there are Old Norse cognates, but the history of the word before the Norman Conquest is quite fuzzy.Read the rest of the article...
2016 Wordorigins.org Words of the Year (WOTY)
Up until now, I've resisted jumping on the Word of the Year (WOTY) bandwagon. (I did come up with lists of significant words back in 2007 and 2008, but discontinued the practice.) Words of the Year have no linguistic relevance and are mostly marketing stunts pulled by the organizations that promulgate them. But I've noticed two problems with most of the other WOTY lists. First, they purport to come up with words or phrases to represent the entire year, but their selection is heavily weighted toward terms associated with events that occurred in October and November, within easy memory of the list compilers. Second, the lists start coming out in early November. I'm sorry, but you can't legitimately select a WOTY when you've got 20% of the year yet to run. (Besides, it's crass, like putting up Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving.)
So for this not-quite-first-ever Wordorigins.org WOTY, I'm doing things a bit differently. I've selected twelve terms, one for each month. Hopefully, this list will provide something of a more chronologically balanced review of 2016. And I'm publishing this in late December, so a selection for this month is possible. The list is skewed by an American perspective, but since I'm American (and now a Texan to boot), them's the breaks.
I'm interpreting word loosely, including phrases, abbreviations, and the like. The selected words are not necessarily new, but they are (mostly) associated with their respective month, either coming to widespread attention during it or associated with some event that happened then.
So without further ado, here are the 2016 Wordorigins.org Words of the Year:Read the rest of the article...
In Defense of Puns
This is about a year and a half old, but I just discovered it:
[Discuss this post]
throw the book at
To throw the book at someone is to sentence them to the maximum penalty for a crime or offense. The term is an Americanism dating to the early years of the twentieth century. The "book" in question, however, is a bit uncertain.Read the rest of the article...
book, throw the b. at
See throw the book at.
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Bolivar council asks mayor to resign
After passing a preliminary budget Thursday with no tax increase, Bolivar Borough Council members called for the resignation of the mayor.
Mayor Everett Saxton has not been doing an adequate job monitoring police officer hours or providing paperwork requested by council, Councilwoman Sue Bartow alleged.
Saxton did not attend the meeting and did not reply to a phone inquiry.
Council members have asked him to provide information on a grant received in 2007 from the Ligonier Valley Endowment to go toward the purchase of a police cruiser.
Borough officials are considering selling the vehicle because there is not enough money to fund a police force next year, but they are unsure about any stipulations of the grant.
"I've asked him twice now to be given hours for police officers, and I filled out Right to Know requests for the information about the grant and he still has not provided it," Bartow said. "I know this mayor only has one more year here, but I'd like to make the motion to ask him for his resignation. If he can't seem to do the job, then he needs to step down."
Council members voted unanimously to send Saxton a letter seeking his resignation, as well as the information Bartow requested.
"Well, we can ask him for his resignation. That doesn't mean that he has to give it," President Clark Baird said.
Council approved a tentative budget with no changes from a $58,600 budget it previously discussed.
Officials voted to dissolve the police force, at a savings of $21,750,and pass on a $1,350 cost for fire hydrants to residents.
Residents will pay between $1.25 and $1.50 bimonthly to Highridge Water Authority for the hydrants.
The public works budget was cut by $11,900 from last year's $19,500 budgeted amount.
Solicitor Jeff Miller called the spending plan a "skeleton budget."
It will be available for public view for 10 days. Council will vote on the final budget at a meeting set for 7 p.m. Dec. 20.
Council also approved posting signs at the top of an access road to the borough-owned Stump Farm that will prohibit the use of motorized vehicles or equipment on the 101-acre property. The property is open for hunting, but council members received word that some people were timbering the property.
Council will reorganize at a meeting to be held at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 7.
Jewels Phraner is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-850-1218 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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There are the common barn swallow, the eave swallow, tree swallow and bank swallow.
At the end of a row of your brothers' nests, as the eave Swallows do?
From the day of his son's death until the illegal papers were found in the eave of his house, he had never rested one moment.
Why should he trouble to climb up the bank and bring down the eave of the cave?
At times it twitters like a barn swallow, at times it emits a single harsh note like that of the eave swallow.
"Now when I says 'eave—'eave," Bindle admonished the porter.
The shadow of the eave of a roof can be obtained in the same way.
Raggedy Andy said, "We will look around the bend in the eave!"
On July 18, 1962, a pair was observed building a nest near Kalabakan, in a native kampong under the eave of a house.
My night was disturbed by the old Hamoumi chief choosing the eave of our tent just beside my ear to say his prayers.
1570s, from Southwest Midlands dialectal eovese (singular), from Old English efes "edge of a roof," also "edge of a forest," from Proto-Germanic *ubaswa-/*ubiswa (cf. Old Frisian ose "eaves," Old High German obasa "porch, hall, roof," German Obsen, Old Norse ups, Gothic ubizwa "porch;" German oben "above"), from the root of over. Treated as plural and a new singular form eave emerged 16c.


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Humanitarian Service Learning Competition
An undergraduate Humanitarian Service Learning competition – HuSel: Change For the Better -- was initiated in March 2009. This contest was designed to reward and supplement the humanitarian efforts of Cal Poly students, A call for proposals was distributed to students and faculty members who teach SL courses during the Spring break.
A variety of submissions focusing on Humanitarian efforts were received by the deadline. Seven projects were selected for funding. Each selected project will be granted $500 in Spring quarter to accomplish their tasks. The projects all have potential to contribute to impoverished. The abstracts are included in Appendix I. Please see the HUSEL home page for other details.


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Write That Funding Application
Glow Arts
Thursday, December 1, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The aim of this course is to support creative individuals through the process of applying for funding for their ideas, step by step. This course takes place over three workshops will take the participants through the process of writing an application step by step, by week three you will have completed an application to at least draft format.
It takes place over three workshops will take the participants through the process of writing an application step by step, by week three you will have completed an application to at least draft format.
Week 1 - Introduction to Funding, developing your idea into a project.
Week 2 - Communicating your idea and project clearly, ensuring you have all the information you require to complete an application.
Week 3 - Writing an application, in the final week of the course you will complete your funding application with support.
After each workshop participants will be given up to three actions that they need to complete before the next workshop, and a one-to-one 30-minute phone discussion with the course leader.
The course is suitable for those who may have submitted applications for funding with limited success, have never submitted an application or those who have been successful but looking to apply for more ambitious projects.
There are only ten places available to ensure focused sessions.
The course will be delivered by Jennifer McGlone.
Jennifer McGlone is a Creative Consultant who specialises in the support and development of creative individuals and organisations. With a background in Community Arts, she has worked in a variety of roles across the UK as a development officer, project manager, educator, booking agent, promoter, events and project manager, fundraiser, researcher, and mentor. For seven years she was a Development Officer at Scottish Arts Council/ Creative Scotland working on the £10 million Youth Music Initiative programme, CashBack for Creativity, Traditional Arts and contributing to organisation wide programmes.Since leaving in 2013, Jennifer has worked on a variety of freelance contracts while running two businesses, Glow Arts, and the Braw Wee Emporium.
When & Where
Glow Arts
Unit 8, BAaD, 54 Calton Entry
G40 2SB Glasgow
United Kingdom
Thursday, December 1, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT)
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Glow Arts
Creative Consultancy and Project Management Company based in the East End of Glasgow.


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