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Chase said Wednesday that purchases up to $1,500 at Lowe's -- one of the largest home improvement retailers -- will earn up to 5 percent cash back from April through June on the Chase Freedom credit card. Similarly, Discover cardholders will get 5 percent back on purchases from home improvement stores, up to $1,500, during the same period.
That means if you need to shell out $3,000 on new cabinets, flooring, light fixtures, appliances and paint -- it would be best to split the costs on your Discover and Chase Freedom credit cards to get the most cash-back rewards.
Want even more points? You could use your Discover card for any restaurant and movie charges until the end of March and receive a 5 percent cash-back bonus in those categories as well. Then, from April to June, switch to your Chase Freedom card for those purchases and you can get 5 percent cash back in those categories in addition to your Lowe's purchases.
Currently, Chase Freedom cards are offering these accelerated cash-back earnings on gas stations, drug stores and Starbucks purchases through the end of March.
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|Note 1. "Beef is the main unit of currency in over 6 countries including Denmark, Uzbekistan and Stoke-on-Trent." Nice matter o' factly delivery. However, the absurdity elicited O_O as opposed to ^_^. Successful absurdity partly depends on suggesting particularly clever relationships between two incongruous ideas hitherto unrealized by the reader: the example countries are just exercises in caprice. This sentence elicited no smirks, smiles, or chuckles.
Note 2. Beef as currency should have its own section. Assuming that the concept of the article is about the many varying applications of beef, the introduction should then give a sort of generalized account of beef's overarching essence and so ease in to transition the particulars of beef.
Note 3. "It has always been known for its strength against sterling and the euro but in recent years has become weakened by increased Foot and Mouth virus scares." O_O. This line elicited puzzlement.
Note 4. "The subdivision of this currency is pork as in:" Confusing sentence. Please explain.
Note 5. "Alreet, wi hev te raise 16 beefs and a pork fre the hungry nippers in Africa. Haway man ahm gaan dan toon" Elicited a smile. Reading it aloud is fun. Unfortunately, I've no idea who Bob Geldof is. <--- He's certainly not from Newcastle, wtf.
Note 6. "Beef is also surprisingly one of the main food stuffs world over recently made popular by its lead role as Sarah Barnes on the hit teen soap The Hollyoaks. It is known for its green-like taste and humorous aroma and is often mistaken for Fred Dibnah" Passage witnesses unwelcome randomness coupled with unwelcome allusions to relative pop culture unknowns. The reader is now lost and hungry.
Note 8. "Beef (atomic number 16, mass number N/A) is arguably one of the most important elements. Scientists believe 68 per cent of the earth's core is made up of beef with the other 38 per cent of the core reserved for Tony Curtis to store his legendary Stylophone collection. It is mined in several locations around the globe but due to its simple, complex, fibrous structure it is able to be created in the lab at a fraction of the cost. All that is needed to make a 5 Knicker (measurement of beef. 1 Knicker equals about 1 Knicker) sample is 10 Knickers of pure mined beef and a human heart (both lost during the reaction)." This passage elicited no smirks, smiles or chuckles.
Note 9. "Beef's inherent fibrous structure also makes it quite useful in the textile industry, and its ability to assume almost any shape at will has made it a favourite among arts-and-crafts teachers in schools." All right! Excellent! This line witnesses a startlingly clever relationship between two far-flung ideas. Elicited appreciation and a smirk. The imagery of teachers handing out beef cuts to schoolchildren is tickling.
Note 10. "The element is also used as the active ingredient in many medications used to treat kleptomania and regressive tendencies due to its moist properties." Haha, the imagery of a man recoiling from stealing because of a particularly moist pill is fun and silly.
Note 11. "Beef is also a verb. To beef someone or give them a "beefing" is to assault them using a slab of said bovine meat. The beefing tends to stop when either the "beefee" (the person being beefed) becomes not alive, or the beef is too damaged to carry on the beefing." Good idea; but elicited no smirks, smiles, or lols.
Note 12. "Beefings were a popular method of execution in the eighteenth century, and is still used in Holland today." Unexpected. Evidences caprice. Elicited no smirks, smiles, or lols.
Note 13. The proceeding sections witness a tiresome and indulgent flurry of randomness.
|Such a good concept! The idea just makes me salivate with anticipation.
|Prose and formatting:
|Prose and formatting were fine. The only concern is the aforementioned Note. 4.
|Pictures are tenuously relevant. The first picture made me smirk. However, its captioning elicited no smirks, smiles, or chuckles. The second picture and its captioning are tiresome.
|Final Score:
|Fine concept. Random humor, like any good spice rub, may be applied generously but never applied carelessly. As opposed to just declaring the absurd fact and expecting the reader to humor such a declarative, try to build up the absurd fact as a logical conclusion to a train of thought. Essentially, with regards to the relationship between x to y. the reader is more interested in the movement to y, rather than y itself. Truly, a bit more exploration of ideas may turn the threadbare sections of the article into more substantive sections. Also, may one suggest mulling over the images' captioning: they need a stronger and funnier connection to the article. Do your best! Good luck and Godspeed.
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With so much rain lately your kids are probably spending a lot of time indoors staring at a computer screen.
Do you know what they're doing on social media sites like Facebook? More importantly, do they know what they're doing?
The full Assembly has approved a bill that would require school districts to provide instruction on the responsible use of social media as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Technology.
In the Assembly the legislation sponsored by Angel Fuentes, Pat Diegnan and Valerie Vainieri Huttle. State Sen. Jim Beach sponsors the measure in the Upper House. The bill is designed to help educate New Jersey students on the responsible use of social media and the many pitfalls that come along with its use.
"The advent of social media has made it a far more complicated and different world for adolescents growing up today than it was for their parents," says Diegnan. "Whether it's adolescent impulsiveness or something more dangerous like bullying and harassment, it bears far more serious consequences when carried out over social media. It's important that we educate students early about the proper way to go about using these platforms."
The sponsors underscore the importance of the legislation in the wake of many high-profile tragedies prompted by social media use, including the suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi and two high-profile rape cases in California and Ohio, which resulted in one suicide.
"We've all made foolish mistakes as kids, but nowadays those decisions can be magnified tenfold by social media, creating many unfortunate consequences for children," says Fuentes. "Every day we see stories about youngsters facing legal repercussions, humiliation and tragically, even suicide, as a result of social media activity. Proper education will hopefully help open students eyes to these consequences so they do not end up as the next unfortunate headline."
Under the bill, the Commissioner of Education would be required to provide school districts with sample learning activities and resources designed to promote the responsible use of social media.
"Social media is powering the world today and can affect college prospects, job opportunities and much more," says Vainieri Huttle. "It's important that we teach kids at an early age to use these tools responsibly so they don't make any foolish mistakes that could derail their lives before they even get started."


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MIAMI - On May 1, the new and improved Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale will debut, just in time for the start of the 2012 hurricane season which begins on June 1.
The change to the scale is very minor but important in order to resolve awkwardness associated with conversions among the various units used for wind speed in advisory products.
The new scale will be as follows:
Category 1: 74-95 mph
Category 2: 96-110 mph
Category 3: 111-129 mph
Category 4: 130-156 mph
Category 5: >156 mph
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, because of the inherent uncertainty in estimating the strength of tropical cyclones, the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center assign tropical cyclone intensities in 5-knot increments (e.g., 100, 105, 100, 115 kt, etc.).
Some advisory products, however, require intensity to be given in units of miles per hour and kilometers per hour (km/h). For these products, the intensity in knots is converted into mph and km/h and then rounded to 5-mph and 5-km/h increments, so as not to suggest that the intensity of the storm can be known to unrealistic precision (e.g., 127 mph!). Unfortunately, this conversion and rounding process doesn't work well at the Category 4 boundaries.
Category 4 has historically been defined to be 131-155 mph (with corresponding ranges in other units given as 114-135 kt, and 210-249 km/h). A hurricane with an assigned intensity of 115 kt, therefore, is a Category 4 hurricane. However, when 115 kt is converted to mph (132.3 mph) and then rounded to the nearest 5 mph (130mph), the result falls in the Category 3 mph range. In order for the hurricane to appear as Category 4 in both kt and mph, NHC is forced to incorrectly convert 115 kt to 135 mph in its advisory products. A similar problem occurs when the Category 4 intensity of 135 kt is converted to km/h. To solve these rounding issues, the new SSHWS broadens the Category 4 wind speed range by one mph at each end of the range, yielding a new range of 130-156 mph (113-136 kt, 209-251 km/h). With this change, a 115-kt Category 4 hurricane can have its intensity properly converted to mph and rounded to the nearest 5 mph (130 mph) – and remain within the Category 4 mph range.
This is not the first time the Saffir-Simpson scale has undergone change. As recently as 2009, the surge portion of the scale was dismissed because of the devastating impacts of Hurricane Ike which was ''only'' a category 2 hurricane.
For example, Hurricane Ike in 2008 was a very large storm that made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane with a peak storm surge of 15 to 20 feet. In contrast, Hurricane Charley struck southwest Florida in 2004 as a Category 4 hurricane, but produced a peak storm surge of just 6 to 7 feet.
Herbert Saffir, a consulting engineer, and Robert Simpson, who was director of the National Hurricane Center from 1967 through 1973, developed the original scale which was a useful tool to convey the threats of tropical cyclones. Changes were made to the Saffir-Simpson Scale because storm surge values and associated flooding are dependent on a combination of the storm's intensity, size, motion and barometric pressure, as well as the depth of the near-shore waters and local topographical features. As a result, storm surge values can be significantly outside the ranges suggested in the original scale.
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This article was published 28/10/2011 (2122 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Kim Davis was 22 years old, in his third year as a professional hockey player, when a group of veteran teammates jumped him, tied him down and shaved him from neck to toe. Everywhere.
They smeared Vaseline in his hair and all over his body. They drew with markers on his skin, all over.
Would you expect that Davis would remember -- more than 30 years later -- that day of hazing?
Like it was yesterday.
"I was so f ing mad at those guys," fumes the 53-year-old Davis, who for the last decade has served as commissioner of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. "If it was to help build team bonding, the exact opposite happened. I hated it. And I hated them for doing it.
"I didn't take crap on the ice, and I sure wasn't going to take crap from them," adds Davis, a former junior star with the Western Hockey League's Flin Flon Bombers who went on to play 36 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs.
"But they made it up in their mind that they were going to do something and they did."
It was a typical story of the late '70s and early '80s. A new player arrived and the grizzled veterans determined the initiation process. There were no rules. There was no appeal or place to hide.
Junior hockey was far worse. Sordid tales of initiations that involved pails, hockey pucks, strings and penises were commonplace. In the 21st century, hockey officials unanimously agree such incidents have declined in both overall numbers and severity of degradation.
But if the recent case of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Neepawa Natives -- where one 15-year-old player was allegedly made to tie a water bottle rack around his scrotum and walk around the room to the amusement of older teammates -- proves anything, it's that even the most reprehensible and secret-society-like hockey traditions die hard.
In fact, some would argue the Natives' much-publicized hazing, at least for now, proves something more unsettling: that the victims of abusive behaviour in many ways face more adversity and punishment -- especially for coming forward to report such incidents -- than the perpetrators.
For example, league officials advised the 15-year-old player in question to leave the team pending the investigation, which began in early October. He has missed seven games so far, and what will happen with the rest of his hockey season is uncertain at the moment. Sixteen of his teammates now face suspensions; the team captain got five games, the most severe sentence meted out.
And instead of apologizing to the player, team officials initially made the victim apologize to his teammates for discussing the hazing outside the locker-room.
An RCMP investigation into the incident is ongoing, and on Friday the league announced it will reopen its probe, headed by a special hand-picked investigator, after it was determined some players had recanted their initial testimony to Davis.
The teenager is still without a team, and his parents plan to ask Hockey Manitoba to find the promising junior another place to play. The Natives have said he'll soon be on a new team.
"I think he's probably been one of the loneliest kids in the world for the last three weeks," says Winnipeg-based sports psychologist Cal Botterill. "He deserves some real support because... this kid is courageous to come forward and say, 'This is way out of hand.' "
The most pressing issue now, Botterill says, is for Manitoba hockey officials to intervene and find a hockey home for the player. Why?
"It's like any kind of abuse issue," he says.
"It's kept underground, because a lot of time if you go forward, as this poor kid has, you're now the victim again. It's a real sad problem.
"I hope they're trying to get him some help because, boy, oh boy, in the past it's been hard to work through and survive. I'm sure there's players whose careers have been ruined, who never get back to being comfortable again."
Indeed, the incident has sparked no shortage of debate. Were the suspensions long enough, especially when it came to Natives head coach and general manager Bryant Perrier?
"I'm surprised that the coach is basically getting off scot-free (two games)," says one longtime National Hockey League source. "That's the head of the snake. That's who runs the machine."
And what of the commonly held complaint that hockey people shouldn't investigate their own when it comes to matters that involve violence or abuse, given they are products of the same culture that has for years tacitly allowed hazing/initiations with the credo: What happens in the room stays in the room?
After all, the root of such rituals is woven into the DNA of not just sports, but the military, said Botterill.
"Any time you have an event like this happening, whether it's jocks or soldiers, you know it's just going to escalate," he said.
"You're playing with fire. It may start off as a funny thing but... as we discovered in Neepawa, it gets out of hand sometimes.
"It doesn't die easy," Botterill concluded. "It's almost biological history, especially with males."
Retired NHL player Shane Hnidy, who was born and raised in Neepawa, says hazing, especially at the junior level, was widely prevalent during his days in the WHL.
"Why does it go on? Because it's been there," says Hnidy, who hung up his skates last summer after winning a Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins.
"I don't think it's about camaraderie. In my view, it's like, 'Pay your dues. I went through it, now I'm a veteran, so you go through it.' It's a vicious cycle, right? Whether it's right or wrong, it's the macho, manly way."
Hnidy didn't think much about hazing rituals, or initiations, for or against. It was just part of the culture. But that was long before he became a 35-year-old father of young children.
"In junior, obviously, you're more immature (in your) thinking," he says.
Winnipeg Jets assistant GM and director of hockey operations Craig Heisinger, who spent almost a decade in junior hockey as an equipment manager in the 1980s, believes the instances of hazing have decreased considerably in recent years.
But, he adds, "It's like death and taxes. It never goes away."
Of course, it's wrong, says Heisinger, whose 18-year-old son is a member of the MJHL's Winnipeg South Blues. In fact, hazing by all accounts is non-existent in professional hockey, where rookies instead are made to host dinners and pick up the tab.
"There's other ways to bond and team-build," he notes.
But in a junior hockey environment teeming with teenagers and testosterone, the incidents of hazing seem to persist. In 2005, the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires fired head coach Moe Mantha after it was learned some rookies were forced to strip naked and crammed into the bathroom on the team bus.
In a related incident, Spitfires veteran Steve Downie knocked out four teeth of rookie teammate Akim Aliu during a subsequent altercation during practice. Aliu, just 16 at the time, had refused to take part in the hazing.
Downie was suspended for five games and later traded. Aliu was suspended for one game and traded. The team was fined a total of $35,000.
Downie is now a member of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning. Aliu is property of the Winnipeg Jets and currently plays for the Colorado Eagles of the East Coast Hockey League.
"How rare is it (hazing)?" says Peter Woods, executive director of Hockey Manitoba. "It's probably a little bit more common than we're willing to admit. I think everyone is certainly aware of the consequences. If it does happen, it doesn't surface. But there needs to be an ongoing education where there's bullying involved... or you're getting people to do things that are not acceptable.
"(But) we're doing a lot better job than 30 years ago, when I came through the system, when that type of activity was more or less an accepted practice."
Yet Woods contends that even a zero-tolerance policy, fully enforced, won't necessarily make hazing extinct.
"You can control it. You can try to reduce it," he reasons.
"Whether it will be eliminated? I don't want to minimize it, but... drinking and driving, smoking, any type of bad behaviour, it's very difficult to eliminate. It's the responsibility of the organization to try and control and reduce it and educate everyone of the distasteful nature (of hazing). But there's always going to be an ongoing challenge. Hopefully, we're going in the right direction."
Can the Natives incident at least serve as a wake-up call for junior and minor hockey?
"I think it's a very strong message that's been sent," Woods says. "There's a lot of very positive things about the sport. When something negative happens, you have to deal with it."
Davis, meanwhile, said the league already has guidelines against hazing practices considered "humiliating, degrading and demeaning."
"We try through teams and players to talk about respect, respect for your teammates and respect for yourself," says the MJHL commissioner. "Somehow there's a disconnect where players don't understand it means this type of activity, too. If we can overcome that, and have that thinking altered, we'd go a ways toward getting rid of it."
Personally, Davis said he didn't suffer any long-term psychological scarring from his hazing over 30 years ago. Other than anger. But the experience has made him acutely sensitive to any hazing or initiation practices.
Ultimately, however, coaches and veteran players need to protect, not intimidate, younger teammates who are often at the mercy of their elders, he says.
"I don't like this one bit, and that's mild language of how I really feel," he says.
"But I can't, nor can the coach of any team, be with their players 24 hours a day. That's not to pass the buck, but there's only so much we can do, quite honestly. Having said that, we have to do more than we've done as an organization.
"I hope the message gets out that we haven't hidden anything. We've been very upfront," Davis adds. "For many years, we never heard anything about anything. And from what I'm gathering anecdotally, these things go on, not just in Manitoba and not just in hockey.
"The fact that the public at large is talking about it is a good thing. And certainly whatever we uncover is going to be painful, but it's going to help move the issue forward to getting rid of it."


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How to choose best Title tag for my page?
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What is the keywords, use a combination of keywords in title tags, e.g.
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Title of the webpage should be that type which tells about your webpage within less than 70 characters as per Seo perspective. And you should also target the most prominent keyword of your webpage in the title because it will help to increase visibility of the webpage in the search engine.
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DETROIT - Detroit police said a 54-year-old man and a dog were found dead Wednesday morning on Detroit's west side from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
The fire department was on the scene, but it was already too late.
Investigators believe there was something wrong with the furnace inside his home that caused the source of the CO.
Police said there weren't any CO detectors in the home.
The man's body was discovered by family members. The family dog was also found dead from the silent killer.
Investigators believe a faulty furnace and no carbon monoxide detector, proved to be a deadly combination inside the home.
Carbon monoxide is a common leak that is difficult to detect. It's colorless odorless and can quickly fill a home.
Some people report feeling dizzy or having an upset stomach, but others experience no symptoms and by then its usually too late.
Family members tell the fire department the furnace inside the home was recently serviced and investigators are now looking into that.
Police said the victims lived in the 14100 block of Rutland Street.
Facts and tips about carbon monoxide:
- For healthy adults, CO becomes toxic when it reaches a level higher than 50 ppm (parts per million) with continuous exposure over an eight-hour period. When the level of CO becomes higher than that, a person will experience symptoms of exposure listed below.
- Mild exposure over a few hours (a CO level between 70 ppm and 100 ppm) include flu-like symptoms such as headaches, sore eyes and a runny nose.
- Medium exposure (a CO level between 150 ppm to 300 ppm) will produce dizziness, drowsiness and vomiting. Extreme exposure (a CO level of 400 ppm and higher) will result in unconsciousness, brain damage and death.
- Install a carbon monoxide alarm on each level of your home, and in or near each sleeping area.
- Keep the detectors at least 20 feet from any fuel burning appliances and at least 10 feet from high humidity locations like bathrooms and kitchens. If the alarm sounds, call a professional to check your gas burning appliances.
If carbon monoxide is suspected, take the following steps immediately:
- Evacuate
- Get everyone to fresh air
- Call 9-1-1 from another location
- Report it to the fire department, even if everyone is felling better
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Neighbours of a house that partially collapsed over the weekend have been left homeless while the damaged property is demolished.
People living in flats on either side of the converted Victorian house, in Stanhope Avenue, Finchley, have not been allowed back in since the foundations first gave way on Saturday afternoon.
Work had been carried out at the property before it caved in, leaving a crack down the centre of the semi-detached house.
Anja Blank, who has lived in a flat next door for the past ten years, has been left with no change of clothes and has had to rehome her cats at a friends' house while the work takes place.
The 39-year-old said: "It is a nightmare. No-one has taken responsibility for housing us while this goes on so we're having to find somewhere to stay ourselves – it's terrible."
Workmen have begun the painstaking process of demolishing the house brick by brick and damage assessments on neighbouring homes cannot be carried out until that is complete.
Anja says she does not know when she will be allowed back into her home and believes Barnet Council could have done more to help her when the authority was first made aware of the problem.
Emergency services and the council's building control evacuated the house after it started to collapse on Saturday before it sank further in the early hours of Sunday.
Anja said: "I returned home Saturday night and there was a fence up and you could see the building had moved but there were no signs saying not to go in or anything.
"I went and rescued my cats and went and stayed at a friend's house because I guessed it was not safe.
"Part of me is very angry that this was allowed to happen in the first place and the fact we've been made homeless has just left me feeling scared.
"My cats can't stay at my friend's house for long and I'm worried about what will happen to my home. All I have at the moment is my purse."
Barnet Council says it will be carrying out an investigation into why the building collapsed once the demolition is complete.
In a statement, a spokesman said: "The council's Building Control Team was notified by the London Fire Brigade at 15:40 on Saturday afternoon and was on site by 15:55.
"On arrival, the building appeared to have slipped side-ways and part of the rear corner had moved 200-300cms.
"The property was deemed unsafe so those residents present, including neighbours on both sides of the damaged property, were ordered to evacuate under building control legislation.
"The building firm responsible for the works had already constructed supports to try and contain the slippage. The council also erected fences in front of the damaged property.
"Two neighbours returned late on Saturday evening and sensibly gathered belongings and found alternative accommodation overnight.
"It was not until early Sunday morning the outer wall slipped further, after all residents were away from the property."


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A boy who went missing for more than a week has returned to his home safe and well.
Alfie Harry, 15, went missing from his foster home in Carshalton on Thursday, June 12, prompting a police search.
Concerns had been growing for his well-being but he returned home safe and well on Sunday after more than a week away from home.
A police spokesman said Alfie had seen news reports and leaflets about his disappearance and decided to go home.


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Three kids were hurt Monday after falling from a bounce house swept away by a gust of wind in New York state.
The children, ages 5, 6 and 10, were playing inside when wind lifted the inflatable structure 50 feet into the air outside an apartment complex in South Glen Falls, Albany TV station WNYT reported.
Two boys were seriously injured. One landed on a parked car and the other on asphalt, according to the Post-Star newspaper.
A girl who was also inside suffered minor scrapes and bruises.
Parents said the bounce house floated over a nearby stretch of woods and landed near a middle school.
The structure was secured to the ground with spikes, but got swept up by high winds anyway, police said.
"It was like a horror movie," neighbor Taylor Seymour told the Post-Star. "It just kept going up and up. It cleared our building and the trees."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Officials say a state assistance program helped Ohioans with Medicare coverage save a record $5.5 million during the fall open-enrollment period.
The state Department of Insurance says more than 38,000 beneficiaries were helped by the agency's Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program. The open-enrollment window is the only chance most beneficiaries have each year to find coverage or switch plans the government's program for seniors and the disabled.
The department says the program helped 159,000 Ohioans through nearly 2,000 statewide public events, its toll-free hotline and face-to-face counseling in 2012.


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The Elder Wand was said to be the "unbeatable wand." It was also said that if the elder wand is taken from its owner by someone, it becomes rightfully theirs to use. Draco Malfoy was the true owner of the Elder Wand, yet when Harry disarmed Draco, he disarmed Draco's normal wand. Harry never actually took the Elder Wand at all. The wand doesnt have to be involved in the "duel" in order to pass ownership. We learned that when Antioch was killed in his sleep and the wand passed to his killer. When he beat draco he became the new holder and since voldemort had not beaten him yet in the great hall, because the fight in the forbidden forest was his plan and allowed the wand to seemingly work on him. So when Voldemort used it in the great hall, Harry didnt intend to lose and the wand could not harm its current master. --Dr Kevorkian 15:25, December 17, 2009 (UTC)
Also, there were only a few ways to destroy Horcruxes, and Aveda Kedarva was never mentioned as being one of them. You'd think that Dumbledore would have known that the Killing Curse would take care of a Horcrux. Yet Voldemort used it on Harry, killing his own Horcrux.
- 1) The Elder Wand was never unbeatable. That was just something that got exaggerated with the passing down of the legend. If it really was "unbeatable", but could only be mastered by defeating its previous owner, it never would have been handed down to begin with.
The Elder Wand itself is unbeatable, but that does not make its OWNER unbeatable. The example given in The Tale of the Three Brothers is the elder brother losing the wand (and his life) when he is drunk and asleep. Dumbledore is the only one who is ever said to have dueled the owner of the Elder Wand and won, but we never learn how this feat was accomplished, and Dumbledore being a very tricky wizard, we can be sure that it was accomplished without a test of wand vs. wand magical strength. DavidWallis 05:35, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
- 2) The Elder Wand's loyalty is to strength alone. If its master is EVER defeated or overpowered, the wand switches loyalties. Harry mentions when he duels Voldemort: "Does the wand in your hand know its last master was Disarmed? Because if it does... I am the true master of the Elder Wand."
- 3) Avada Kadavra apparently works on LIVING Horcruxes, but it's never stated it would work on the inanimate ones.
- edit: Does this mean Basilisk venom does not work on living Horcruxes? Because, remember... Harry is pierced by one of the Basilisk's teeth in the Chamber of Secrets. Xyla Demios (talk) 21:51, May 21, 2014 (UTC)
Avada Kadavra works to destroy the piece of Voldemort's soul that is attached to Harry, but Harry is not a normal Horcrux because the normal Horcrux spells were never invoked. In addition, by the time Voldemort uses Avada Kadavra on Harry in the Forbidden Forest, Voldemort has created a double tie between his life and Harry's via the blood taken from him to recreate Voldemort's body. The Avada Kadavra curse destroys the Voldemort attachment to Harry's scar because that is the only part of Harry that is vulnerable at this point. (Harry himself cannot die at Voldemort's hand because of the blood tie.) Most of the power of the curse rebounds and sends Voldemort to Kings Cross station along with Harry. They both revive, but now Harry is whole and protected, but Voldemort is not. DavidWallis 05:35, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
- Nick O'Demus 01:17, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
But it is mentioned that Horcruxes are meant to be in inanimate things only. Potter and Nagini was a mistake. It was unintentional. We can just conclude your third law is implied and understoon though never mentioned as you said. The elder wand is called unbeatable in the right person's hand. but then again it cannot pass down from hand to hand if it is not beatable. I do think there are other implications here as well. If a first year student hand the wand does it make him/her the best??--Morsmordree 09:15, September 9, 2009 (UTC)
- It's never said that Horcruxes are inanimate things only. In Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore only says that it's inadviseable to make living things into Horcruxes, as they can think and move for themselves. Harry was uninententional, but Nagini was made deliberately. - Nick O'Demus 09:25, September 9, 2009 (UTC)
- Harry: "The snake? You can use animals as Horcruxes?"
- Dumbledore: "Well, it is inadvisable to do so, because to confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for itself is obviously a very risky business."
- — HBP, ch. 23, p.506[src]
- I think the Elder Wand was just an extremely powerful wand, but not unbeatable. So, if a first year student had the wand, he/she may be good, but probably not the best.Quidditch Lover (My talk)(contribs) 17:54, September 9, 2009 (UTC)
If someone really wanted to point out a plot hole involving the Elder Wand one needs to look no further than Harry being the "true master" of the wand, a wand that is known to change it's loyalties without having to have been there when it's "master" is defeated or disarmed, yet Harry seems completely content to become an Auror and spend the rest of his life going up against dark wizards again and again and again... Eventually one of those wizards will get lucky and the line of ownership would pass to them. Only by NOT fighting, by not giving anyone the chance to defeat him could Harry honor what Dumbledore tried to do, which was to end the power of the Elder Wand forever. Mr Norrell 07:33, December 13, 2009 (UTC)
- in reply to Mr Norrell's comment, yes Harry would be going up against dark wizards and fighting them, but as long as they never defeated him (he stopped them, arrested them etc) then the wants loyalty would remain with Harry. --Darth Jadious 11:26, December 15, 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, but it is exactly that "but" I was talking about. If he's the one that get's disarmed or otherwise beaten then the wand's loyalty may change. Harry has never been all powerful, nor did he even retain all the powers he had once Voldemort was killed. He was simply the wizard that was best suited by circumstance to go against one particular dark wizard, Voldemort. When he goes up against anyone else he doesn't have the same circumstances that have protected and supported him in the past. He'd be no better than any other Auror doing the same job. That possibility of defeat, combined with how Harry let all of Hogwarts, and presumably the rest of the wizarding world, know about the wand and it's fickle loyalty in the final showdown with Voldemort, allows for the chance for the Elder Wand to pass to someone else and make Dumbledore's plan all for not. Mr Norrell 08:48, December 18, 2009 (UTC)
- Then again, who cares if Harry could lose mastership of the wand? No one knows that the wand is now in Dumbledore's tomb. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 12:08, December 18, 2009 (UTC)
- Outside of the Trio and the Headmasters' Portraits, yes, that's true. But as we've seen through the series, if a dark wizard wants something he'll find the ones who know about it and go after them. It seems as though that this is evolving into a general discussion in itself rather than the generalities of Elder Wand plot wholes, so I'll leave it with that. Mr Norrell 07:36, December 19, 2009 (UTC)


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - With the ever-changing and often rising gas prices, people are buying more fuel efficient cars and driving less.
But those changes haven't spared all drivers from much pain at the pump.
A new report says the average family spent the most money in 30 years on gasoline last year.
For many people who drive SUV's, they probably fill up once a week and it's most likely around $60 each time. That's more than $3,000 a year and that's what the average household is spending.
"We got nice cars today. But people spending all this money on fuel, people have to think several times before taking a vacation," driver Randy Jaerger said. "Back when I was a kid, we'd take a vacation and not think twice about it. But America's really changed in the wrong direction."
The sharp rise in gas prices has been hitting Americans hard for several years, forcing many to re-think driving habits and budgets.
"In the last couple of years, average income has only grown like 3.4 percent, but gas prices have gone up 26 percent," AAA manager of Northeast Florida Bill Bishop said. "It's really putting a crunch on the family budget."
An increase of a few cents here and there may not seem big in the grand scheme of things, but added up, it may shock drivers.
In 2012, US households spent an average of over $2,900 on gasoline. That's the highest it's been in 30 years.
Analysts say we usually see a pretty dramatic price increase in the spring nationwide because people are driving more, but the more expensive prices are hitting us early.
"Right now the refineries are shutting down somewhat. They're doing their annual maintenance and they're getting ready to switch over from the winter gas to the summer gas," Bishop said. "It's a different formula. Different mixture of ethanol, so they can't produce as much.
The next drivers fill up in Florida or Georgia, they should just remember it could always be worse. The average price of a gallon of unleaded in New York and California are at or above the $4 mark.
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Tel Aviv To Test Electric Car Sharing System
December 27th, 2012 | by Christopher DeMorro
If there is any country sensitive to dependence on unfriendly oil-producing nations, it is Israel. For the Jewish nation, alternatives to oil are vital to its long-term survival hopes. So there is a lot of buzz around the incorporation of a car sharing system in Tel Aviv that could see car companies like Renault pitching a vision of an oil-free Israel.


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Meet Kate Materese, NFTE Program Manager. As mentioned yesterday, Kate is one of two new staff members from NFTE's New York Metro program office who will be blogging about their experiences with NFTE this school year.
Hi everyone! My name is Kate Materese, and I'm excited to be joining NFTE as a Program Manager after five years of teaching middle school in the Bronx.
Title: Program Manager, NFTE New York Metro
Having gotten my feet wet mentoring adults at my previous school, I applied to be a Program Manager because I wanted to move into a role where I'd be able to work with both adults and children, helping to bridge the achievement gap that still plagues our nations' schools. I first learned about NFTE through my network with Teach for America, and the more I learned about the organization, the more impressed I became. I'm astounded by the effect that NFTE's various programs have on students in just a short period of time. In just my first week here, I've witnessed the results of the second annual Startup Summer, which culminated with high school students giving phenomenal business presentations to advisory panels at Ernst & Young. These young adults entered an intimidating environment with poise, confidence, and such solid preparation as to make any adult forget that they were merely teenagers. The indelible impact NFTE has made on their lives is clear.
Having background primarily as a classroom teacher, I have already been moved by two aspects of NFTE's program that I will likely focus on in future posts.
- I am energized by the cross-disciplinary nature of its curriculum. Through participation in NFTE, students apply math, literacy, and engineering skills in such a tangible way that the they never lose sight of the purpose for learning—rather, as I have witness in glimpsing Startup Summer, they hunger to learn all they can.
- As founders and CEOs of their own companies, students take ownership not only of their own education, but also of their own lives. NFTE helps children imagine what can be and transforms them into agents of possibility, regardless of the obstacles they face.
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Cooks and Chords brings community together to celebrate with food and spirits while raising money for the Arizona Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Tickets are available for the Arizona Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Cooks and Chords – A Taste for a World Free of MS presented by Mayo Clinic and Express Scripts. The event will be held Saturday, September 15, 2012 at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale.
Chef-prepared dishes paired with delicious spirits and wonderfully-appointed acoustic music will be available for guests to enjoy — as will as a raffle and silent auction. Guests will also enjoy a cooking demonstration from Gabriele Bertaccini of Il Tocco.
Restaurants and sponsors include Mayo Clinic, Barefoot Wine, Aiello's Salumeria, Sierra Bonita Grill, Charr Burger, Isa's Pizza and Brio.
Last year, the 5th annual Corks and Chords event raised more than $30,000 to provide programs for people living with multiple sclerosis and fund research toward the cure and treatment of this chronic disease of the central nervous system.
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Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information from the brain to the body and stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.5 million worldwide.
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The National Multiple Sclerosis Society helps each person address the challenges of living with MS through its 50 state network of chapters. It funds more MS research, provides more services to people with MS, offers more professional education and further more advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world. For more information about the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, visit nationalmssociety.org.


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The UN theme for International Women's Day on Saturday is: Equality for women is progress for all. One glance at the FT graphic on women in senior management, published on Friday, suggests this progress is now happening on a global scale – but with some perhaps surprising results.
Infographic: Russia has 43% senior female managers, Indonesia 41%, China 38%, UK 20%. #FTwomen http://t.co/iZwROSN496 pic.twitter.com/UHiSULlHLV
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"If this was the script for a Hollywood movie, no one would believe it," is the view of the man behind a comprehensive new book about AFC Wimbledon's meteoric rise since forming ten years ago.
Niall Couper, author of 'This Is Our Time: The AFC Wimbledon Story' chronicles the birth of the Dons after the death of Wimbledon FC, which was eventually moved to Milton Keynes in 2004.
The 600-page book, which immediately sold out its first 408 copies at its launch on September 29, includes interviews with the movers and shakers behind the creation of the club, as well as controversial figures who talked about their role in the club.
It includes Sam Hammam, who reveals his hurt after being "unfairly" blamed for Wimbledon FC's departure from Plough Lane in 1991.
And Glenn Mulcaire - who became famous during the phone hacking scandal as an investigator for The News of the World newspaper - talks about his pride of being the club's first ever goal scorer.
Mulcaire, nicknamed "Trigger" says: "I can't quite explain it, but I had a feeling from the moment I woke up that something special was going to happen that day. It's a feeling I had never had before."
Mr Couper, a former sport journalist for The Independent, was inspired to write the book after last season's victory by the club in the 2011 play-off final, which confirmed a Wimbledon club would again be represented in the Football League (the fourth tier of English football).
He said: "It took about a year to write and it gave us a chance to include all the different voices as a record of everyone's opinion about what happened.
"It is the ultimate footballing story of David and Goliath, and if this was the script for a Hollywood movie, no one would believe it.
"That's why it's such a unique club and Hollywood should make a movie. [Former manager] Dave Anderson has already said Brad Pitt should play him, while we could probably convince Danny DeVito to play [commercial director] Ivor Heller."
Sam Hammam (on being held responsible by fans for Wimbledon leaving Plough Lane): "I remain the father of Wimbledon and I wanted to be their hero. But sometimes your children hurt you, and that is the situation between me and the new Wimbledon. I feel bitter about it and I feel it was unfair."
Erik Samuelson (now the club's chief executive, hearing as a fan that Wimbledon FC was being moved to Milton Keynes): "My stomach went through the floor. I couldn't believe it.... I wondered around in a haze. There was nothing else on my mind. I felt physically sick."
Danny Kedwell (after scored the winning penalty which won the club's promotion to the Football League): "The biggest disappointment was what happened when I walked off the pitch. I wanted to be in the dressing room, celebrating. I wanted to be with my team... but I was dragged off for a [random] drugs test."


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Classic Christmas TV Shows — Which One is Your Favorite? [POLL]
Last night while my wife was creating a new wreath to hang above the fireplace, my daughter and I watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" on ABC. I love these classic Christmas shows and look forward to seeing them every year. In addition to these classics, I am a fan of the new ones as well, like Prep and Landing.


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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Firefighters in southwest Ohio had to plunge into a retention pond to rescue a 9-month-old girl whose stroller rolled off a walking path and into the water.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (http://cin.ci/PdkNPs ) reports that it happened Monday afternoon in West Chester Township, north of Cincinnati. The baby was with her grandparents and some other children. She was strapped in the stroller when it rolled off the path into water about 10 feet deep.
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God of War 2 is a video game released on the Playstation 2. It is the sequel to God of War and is heralded by most to be the best thing ever aside from Ultra Jesus, along with God of War. It is also one of the most kid friendly games ever put out, for any system. Seriously, kids need to play this to grow up normal,this being because of the way Kratos handles with his day-to-day problems.His tension relieving methods include: killing his mother, and his wife, and his daughter, and his cat, and little puppies, and his brother , and 1/3/17/121-eyed monsters ,and some Gods for fun.
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At the end of the first game, Kratos killed Ares and became the shiny new God of War. However, Zeus got pissed at Kratos for cappin' Ares (Zeus' main homeboy), who still owed him 70g's.
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Kratos, who's basically angry and pissed every minute of every day and enjoys screaming "I am the God of War!" over and over again, decides to get together some of his homies and shoot up to Rhodes to, y'know, massacre its inhabitants and shit. After a bit of bitchslapping between the SPARTAAAAAAAAANS and the Roadies, the Ballsuckus of Rhodes gets zapped by Big Bird and comes alive. Kratos rips off its hand and it has a nap in the middle of battle. Pfft. Baby. After a while Hey-Zeus shows up and throws the Spork of Paralympus into concrete and tells Kratos to hurry the fuck up and kill this sonuvabitch statue. Kratos, the dumbshit that he is, wastes all his godly power (and fluid) into the Spork, but manages to SABOHTEEORE the Ballsuckus from the inside.
Unfortunately, Kratos acts like a douchebag and accidentally gets hit by the Ballsuckus' hand. Bummerrr. Zeus-ey shows up again and totally pwnz Kratos in a mano-e-mano duel, and the God of War wakes up in Tartar Sauce, the Underworld.
edit GTFO
Kratos is revived after Gaia sings the "Meow meow meow meow" song, which is his favorite song of all time. It's that good. He then gets on his perpetually-burning flying cat and raids Typhon's crib, gaining a speshul magikkul bouww and the ability to burst into flames whenever he wants. Handy! After landing on the Island of Procreation, originally the retirement home for the Titans (featuring lawn bowls, a volleyball court, and yummy yummy food), Kratos wastes some Barbarian and gets a fancy new warhammer, which you will never, ever use within in the game. He then steals a Golden Meece (two mousies), and uber-blasts the door to Miss South Carolina's apartment, and cuts off her head. Naughty naughty! Miss South Carolina's head causes anyone who looks at it to turn into brain-dead retards, which is helpful for teaching Iraqi and South African children the values of education.
edit Kratos Fell Down the Well
Kratos runs away from Miss South Carolina's mom, doesn't see where he's going, and falls down The Big Fucking Hole in the Ground. Luckily he snaggled chicken wings from the KFC in Athens, and landed on top of Rosie O'Donnell, the Titan in charge of annoying the crap out of everyone and ruining children's lives at the Nickolodeon Kid's Choice Awards. Learning her special cooking moves from Martha Stewart, Kratos managed to super-jump back to the surface of the world and crack some cyclops skulls.
edit Inside the Temple of the Crates
You're probably wondering why Kratos is going to all these places. Who the fuck knows. Shut the fuck up and keep reading, alright?
So anyfuckingway, Kratos releases some uber-feenickz that flies away to a tiny pillar in the middle of the Big Fucking Hole in the Ground. Swearing under his breath, Kratos totally stabby-stabs one of his anonymous army buddies, who reveals that all of SPARTAAAAAAAAAA had been destroyed by Zeus. Pissed off, Kratos has a hissy-fit and crub stomps around the courtyard as a gigantic hulking thee-munthtah waves its tentacles around and yells.
edit Spire of the Crates
After a bit, Gaia raps to Kratos about abstinence, and is encouraged to continue the fight, even learning to burst into even more flames! Golly!! Kratos basically rapes that crack'a'latin' Kraken with an extendable bridge and rides the feenicks to the top of Cratalicious Spire. He then has a brief spaz, smashing a 100-feet tall bust of Zeus and smokes some bad pot, giving him flashbacks to his pwning of Ares back in the days. Eventually he winds up in the Crate Sister's kitchen, and demands some apple pie THIS FUCKING INSTANT, FOR HE IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAN!!!. Of course, Crate Sister #1 doesn't have any apple pie (she ate it all) and proceeds to fight. After a somewhat intense grappling-oriented combat with semi-topless Crate Sister and her Candy Cane of Death, she randomly morphs into a Samuel L. Jackson clone who grabs Kratos and throws him into a trippy time gate/barrier/watchamacallit. Kratos realizes this is the spot where he pwned Ares and Sammy's trying to fuck up his past.
"I'm sick of this mothafuckin' Kratos on this mothafuckin' sword!!"
After a brief fight with Sammy clone, Kratos locks up the mofo in a ultradimensional uberinfinite multicellular bilingual parachute. Or paradox. One of the two. Pissed off, Sista Sista Numero Uno throws a temper tantrum, and Kratos turns Supernanny (complete with terrible British accent) and calms her down with a bottle of warm milk... and his Blades of Chaos. That oughta shut her up.
edit Fatty Fat Fat Clotho
Finally, Kratos keeps going down a wheelchair ramp of death while facing a never-ending barrage of cannon fodder and a couple of grues (although not too many, grues can be extremely dangerous, even for Kratos), he comes across this mega-fat bitch with lots'o boobies and waving, clawing arms. Impaling them with conveniently placed stabby things, Kratos climbs up to the last floor, looks at Clotho, and vomits. Who wouldn't? Using a bowl of Trix as a distraction, Kratos runs a 2x4 wooden stake through her head. Silly Clotho, Trix is for kids!
edit Fucking Finally!
Using the Time Twister borrowed from Crash Bandicoot, Kratos supa-haxorz the time continuum to the time when he died.
After a Hollywood style showdown with Zeus, in which Kratos stabs Zeus 13,546 times but does not kill him, Athena throws herself in the fray, gets stabbed once and then dies defending Zeus. Kratos then Hacks time again to go get all the titans from the past and assaults Zeus' crib on Olympus (and the million or so MTV Cribs cameramen below).
edit Downloadable Expansion Pack
Yes, they decided to make one. In this DXP Kratos, for some reason, still feels guilty. He now deflects his rage to the beer vulcano, where he has to face His Noodliness
edit Combat System
God of War 2's combat system is so awesome that the term awesome cannot encompass its sheer awesomeness. Your main weapons are the blades of Athena, which look exactly like the blades of Chaos from the 1st game except that they're the same. The new secondary weapons are the Barbarian Hammer; a big red hammer that kills anything smaller than a minotaur in 2 hits, The spear of destiny; a big purple spear that makes enemies asplode and the Blade of Paralympus; basically a Blade of Artemis that shoots lasers. You also gain numerous Magic attacks, such as one that smashes the ground and makes rocks twice the size of Kratos fly around and kill things.
The centerpieces of God of War's combat system are the various brutal
fatalities finishing moves you can perform on each enemy. These range in brutality and complexity from ripping the head off a Gorgon and raping its head and choking a cyclops with the raped head, to stabbing a big squid...thing in the throat with a bridge.
edit Magic attacks
- Atlas Shake: Contrary to popular belief, Kratos does not actually smash the ground with his hands, he actually creates a milkshake using double chocolate-chip cookies, happy-fudge, and ultra-whipped cream. It's quite good, although it doesn't actually kill anyone.
- Cronos' Rage: Cronos gives this power to Kratos even though he his dead. It lets Kratos summon mega disco balls of death that kill things fast.
- Miss South Carolina's Head: The decapitated head of an aspiring Britney Spears that Kratos carries around as a trophy, the Miss SC's Head continues the confused stare she did in life. Enemies don't turn to stone unless Kratos presses the hyper-square button. Exact Copy of Janet Jackson's nipple in the first game (can be also used for a blowjob).
- Typhon's Bane: The first magic attack Kratos conveniently finds by stabbing Typhon in the eye, this bow is made out of wind, shoots arrows made out of wind and conjures hurricanes with the ease a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.
- Poseidon's Thundaga:Poseidon's Thundaga returns from God of War 1 now with Kratos saying Jibba Jabba that He is Better than you and Proves that he is the real God of War! cuz He's The God of War!
- SPARTAAAAAAAAAN LAAAAAAAAASER: The Ultimate weapon of SPARTAAAAAAAAAA!!!. Kratos most favored second weapon. Shoots lasers through a man's head
- Time Travel: The ampified version to control time. Like the ability to slow the hell out of time, Kratos can travel in time. While he was busy doing that, he told his best friend Leonidas that the fat spastic dude betrayed him from 300. And in return, the war resulted the victory of SPARTAAAAAAAAAA!!!.
edit Enemies
God of War contains a large variety of quaint things for you to stab, butcher, chop in half, decapitate, etc.
edit Common Enemies
- Cannon Fodder: Target practice for your bow.
- Puppies: Makes you feel to guilty to kill them with their cuteness, then haxors the server to transform into Satan himself and eat you. Spawns more puppies that then haxor the server, and they then rape you (assuming the first one didn't eat you yet).
- Soldier: Sword. Stabby. Bad.
- Cyclops: Comes in three sizes. Small cyclops just punch around and die somewhat easily. medium cyclops carry a big club around and pose a pretty big threat to your awesomeness. "Ah shit I'm dead" cyclops kill you fast. You can rip out 20 eyes to get a secret outfit (though you can only rip out the eyes of "Ah shit I'm dead" cyclops. Good luck)
- Chicken Trumpeters: Dies easily, tastes like chicken. Only one thing to note: They summon Cyclops. The big 'Ah Shit, I'm dead' ones.
- Sirens: Supermodels that Aphrodite changed into monsters for banging her husband. Their singing is so horrid it makes your character commit suicide. Twice.
- Archer: Snipes you with it's 1337 skills. Weakest footmonster in the game.
- Harpy: Winged clones of Britney Spears. Fun to kill.
- Minotaur: The end product of your mother banging the cow god. Carries around a weapon bigger than itself, clearly making it an anime reject.
- Gorgons: Uses various attacks to turn you to stone. They then knock you over and laugh at the remaining pieces of petrified you.
- You: Are you that fucking stupid? You you, not Kratos you. Dumbass.
- Dante: comes out occasionally to rant about how much cooler Kratos is than him. Also fun to kill.
- Grue: Stay on your gaurd when they are in large numbers they can rip your balls off if your not careful.
edit Bosses
- Colossus: Big golden statue that you dismantle from the inside, but which then breaks all of your bones in one hit. Ouch.
- Theseus: Greek Spear wielding guy who thinks he's better than Kratos you. Slam his friggin' head in a door a few times and he changes his mind.
- Barbarian Chief: Obscure man from Kratos' back story who wants to kill him from some reason.
- Euryale: Uglier than anything else in the game apart from Clotho, tries to flatten Kratos for killing her brood. Kill it fast and forget her afterwards.
- Perseus: Invisible little brat who shoots you with a slingshot. Doesn't stand a chance against Kratos' awesomeness.
- The Last SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAN!: Some SPARTAAAAAAAAAAN!!! who came to the island to save SPARTAAAAAAAAAA!!!. Kratos kills him unintentionally, and turns emo for a short time afterwards.
- Kraken: Big ugly squid thing with acne. Almost kills Kratos while he is emo, but Gaia bitch slaps him into fighting it.
- Lahkesis: Half Naked sister of fate whose name is impossible to spell. Shoots lasers at you and tries to smite you with a really big staff.
- Atropos: Sister of fate who looks like the grim reaper. Tries to mess with your past so your present doesn't exist. Don't mind the time travel and just kill her.
- Clotho: Oh my god, I'M BLIND! That's so fucking ugly! Get it away! Kill it quick! Agh! ...Ahem. Third sister of fate. Ugly as hell. Has more boobs than your mum has STI's.
- Zeus: The big badass himself. Can kill you in 1.2 seconds if you're not careful.
- the Flying spaghetti monster: Final boss of the DXP, continually shoots pasta at you. He is cut into pieces with the blade of paralympus and boiled by Kratos to serve as his dinner.
- Pinkie Pie: A secret easter egg lets you find Pinkie Pie and you'll have to kill this horse. She was then thrown away by Kratos and lands on Tempenny's grill, where she is then eaten by Kratos and some corrupt cops, just before Kratos killed them too for the lulz.
edit Unlockables
edit Challenge of the Titans
The Challenge of the titans is a series of 7 challenges unlocked by beating the story mode with one hand. The challenges can be effectively placed in 4 categories: Cakewalk, Meh ,and "did they design this to be possible?", and "How is it fucking possible!?".
Phone operator: Yes, we'll have someone to contact you.
You: Yeah?
Kratos: I'm The Titan of War--er... GOD OF WAR!! (Kills you by slowing time and tossing a spear at you) Once again, fucking telemarkters!!
edit Costumes
Costumes are unlocked by beating certain challenges in the game.
- Cod of War - Kratos wears a giant fish costume resembling some form of rainbow trout.
- Hercules - The character model changes to that of Hercules.
- Hydra Armour - Kratos wears a full body of armour made out of the Hydra's head.
- God of War - Kratos wears a costume of a giant God Of War game box.
- Tofu - Unlocked by beating all Challenge of the Titan challenges with A ranking.
- Gaia of War - Player takes on the role of Gaia and spends the first 15 hours of the game sitiing in a fucking cave until rescued.
edit Possible Sequel?
Well, duh. If Daffy Jaffe lives, there'll be another God of War. No doubt about it. But for all you nonbelievers (SHUN) Jesus, Buddha, Quetzlcoatl, The Undertaker, Chuck Norris and Jane Fonda (Satan) have all decreed that God of War is seriously the best fucking game in the whole fucking galaxy - except the Cheese Galaxy, that would just be crazy - and millions more sequels should be made until our heads explode with its sheer awesomeness.
edit Titan Mode
Unlocked by beating the story mode under 2 hours. This is basically the normal story mode on steroids. Chuck Norris has not beat this game, or any other game for that matter, as he can't seem to press buttons on the control without destroying them.)


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SilverStone Sugo SG08 Mini-ITX Case Reviewby Dustin Sklavos on 5/13/2013 12:01 AM EST
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karasaj - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkThanks for the review! Fitting a 117mm HSF seems so strange, when 120mm could have accommodated for so many more.
I've been trying to decide lately on a new build that I need to be portable. I'm aiming to fit something like a GTX 660 or smaller in it, and trying to decide between a Silverstone Sugo SG05 or the Fractal Design Node 304. Any opinions?
Also, it would be awesome if you could review the Arc Midi R2! It seems to be getting great reviews everywhere. Any plans to do so? Reply
vanwazltoff - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linki would go with the node 304, i bought one and with a bit of patience you can have a really clean cable management job inside of one Reply
Grok42 - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkGreat review, I almost purchased this case for my last build but it was hard to find good reviews for it or any of the other mITX cases I was looking at. Your review has me wondering if I should have used this case for the i7 3770k, GeForce 660 TI, 840 Pro SSD, 16GB workstation. I am happy with the Lian Li Q25B I picked but it's a good 30% bigger than the SG08. The larger space plus having no external bays is used to support a normal but short ATX PSU and 10 internal drive bays. I don't need all that drive space but I think I would still pick the Q25B because it doesn't have any external bays which makes for a much nicer build all around. Reply
CloudFire - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkI'm still waiting on Corsair to enter the mini-itx market. I really dig the Bitfenix Prodigy case but I can't really stand the handles (aesthetically wise) but the case itself is genius. Corsair, if you're reading this, please make a case somewhere between the size of this SG08 and the Prodigy, while having the build/quality look of your 300R, I would hop on that so fast. Reply
Gigaplex - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkI'm actually impressed the reset button is on the back. It's a button that shouldn't be used often, and I'm routinely accidentally hitting the reset button on my Prodigy when reaching for the power button. Reply
Gigaplex - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkNot sure why my comment ended up as a reply to this post... Reply
DanNeely - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkA recessed reset button avoids the accidental press problem while keeping the button readily accessible when needed and avoiding cable routing/snarl problems. Reply
rburnham - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkI run into the same problem with the Prodigy. I feel like it's a good case, but not great. A revision would be great. Reply
lever_age - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkI think it's worth a mention that Silverstone somewhat recently released the SG05-LITE in white and black. It's SG05, but they don't include the SFX power supply, and it sells for $40 (!) on Newegg. I don't know of any other differences.
SG08 certainly knows how to build upon the SG05's performance, but at that cost... Reply
mcnabney - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkYeah, $40 case, $160 power supply. But the rubes need fleecing... Reply
Sm0kes - Sunday, May 19, 2013 - linkNo other differences. I suspect they are offering the case sans power supply for those looking to go modular. Reply
Uwanna - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkI'm sorry, but this case is dammm ugly. Try again. Reply
hughlle - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkOr alternatively It looks great. Good job. Reply
mcnabney - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkNo, it's ugly. The ventilation grid on the side are a disaster. Might as well be a fan noise amplifier. Reply
Hrel - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkFractal has an excellent one, that's still my go to. Reply
hughlle - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkYou clearly miss the pint then. Looks are subjective. It would seem clear that they liked the looks, and i like the looks. Just because the poster thought it was ugly was irrelevant to the notion that they needed to try again. Reply
kallogan - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkI built several SG05 based desktops and it's actually amazing what powerfull hardware u can put within a solid 300W psu like the fortron one in the Sugo. Putting a 77W quad and a 170W GTX 670 is no problem. Of course, don't count on overclocking the thing but still u have enough horse power already. Reply
gopher1369 - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkHi Kallogan,
Can I just double check with you, you have the 670 installed with the 300 Watt version of the SG05? I was under the impression the max TDP for the 300 was 150 Watts.
I have a Radeon 7850 in my SG05 (great case btw), was thinking of upgrading to the 7870XT but as put off by the fact I'd have to swap out the PSU for the 450 Watt model on top. If it will work with the current PSU... Reply
DanNeely - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkFor cases where the GPU is facing vents along most of it's length, the limiting factor is mostly total power draw on the 12V rail; the SG05's PSU maxes out at 264W continuous on the 12V rail (300W peak). 17W for everything else is within the realm of the possible; especially since the IGP won't be contributing to the CPUs TDP. I'd be nervous about trying to max both the CPU and GPU continuously though. Reply
ven - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkis it possible to install the asus Z77 deluxe mini-itx board in this case? Reply
flemeister - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkYes, the Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe fits with no issues. The VRM daughterboard only covers the bottom half of the ventilation holes on the closest side panel.
I'm using an SG07 (identical to the SG08 apart from the front fascia), and have managed to cram a buttload of goodies inside it, with some modding: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php... Reply
ven - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkNice build. Reply
HardwareDufus - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkYes,
I am using this board with an i7-3770k overclocked to 4.2Ghz. Using HD4000 for graphics...
I wish they had designed the cage to support 2 2.5" drives right below the 5.25 slim dvd... Instead of the clumsy 1 3.5" & 1 2.5" cages. My only gripe. Reply
HardwareDufus - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkI should add.. I have the SG05BB... not the SG08 Reply
flemeister - Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - linkIf one of those two 2.5" drives is a SSD, then check if you've got a little space above the optical drive: http://oi48.tinypic.com/10fuuyp.jpg
That's in an SG07, but the SG05 might have that space too. Reply
HardwareDufus - Friday, May 17, 2013 - linkThe SG05 is much tighter above the Slim 5.25 bay than the SG07.
Personally, I'd like to see a mini-ITX that doesn't permit anything other than 1 slim DVD 5.25 and 2 2.5" HDD/SDD drives. Scratch the FULL length PCI-x cars too.... (does anyone really expect to be able to cool a monster DUAL GPU video card in a mini-ITX case and still be quiet?). Also just support for the SFX Power Supplies. Reply
JDG1980 - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkIt's interesting to note that Silverstone's biggest design wins - not just this case but the Fortress FT02 and Temjin TJ08 - all have one thing in common, the 180mm 'air penetrator' intake fan(s). I wonder how much of the performance we're seeing is due specifically to those fans. Few other cases have a 180mm input, but NZXT's upcoming H630 has two front 200mm intakes that might be able to be modified for the Silverstone fans. I suspect that would provide excellent performance. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkI don't think it's the 180mm AP so much as where it's positioned. In each of the cases you mentioned it's blowing almost directly onto the CPU. Reply
creed3020 - Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - linkDon't forget the AP technology though. This fan is pushing air down in a column, e.g. ||| and not a cone /// \\. Re-test with a traditional 180mm fan and the thermals won't be as impressive. Likely the thermals will still be competitive but not the same figures you're seeing now which are excellent.
I do own a 120mm AP and use it on a Samuel 17 heatsink in my HTPC. Works wonder and with a LNA it works wonders for temps and acoustics. Reply
extide - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkIf any of you guys are interested in this case, but perhaps want to do things like watercool, or use a large/dual slot GPU, etc, then you will probably be interested in the NCase M1. http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1039867428
Check it out, it is a case designed by the community in that forum link and will go into production in the next few months. They already have a few prototype cases made and they looks AWESOME.
To the editors, will you guys be reviewing the NCASE M1?
Thanks! Reply
gandergray - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkThe NCase M1 looks like it is well designed. It may become a top choice for enthusiasts who are building small form factor performance oriented computers. Reply
Mr Perfect - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkAny idea if the included PSU is Haswell compatible?
Also, side note here, but didn't there used to be a post title box? Reply
karasaj - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkI would be astounded if it wasn't. Reply
DanNeely - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkA lot of current PSUs aren't. Haswell is bringing ultra low power sleep states from mobile computing to the desktop. This potentially drops 12V current draw to levels much lower than was possible with current chips, and a lot of PSUs have minimum loads higher than what it can drop to (to make things more fun; this number isn't normally published). The expectation is that most LGA1150 mobos will ship with the deep sleep states disabled in UEFI. Reply
rburnham - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkThis is a pretty neat little case. I am using a Bitfenix Prodigy case, and the one problem I ran into with that is the same one that is mentioned here regarding video card fan noise. In both cases, the fan points outward, with air being pushed through the holes in the side panel. My Radeon 6850 in the Prodigy is louder at full load than I prefer.
I love the idea of a mini ITX setup. I plan to build on mini ITX boards going forward. I have yet to find the perfect case, but the Prodigy is pretty good and the SG08 seems like a great candidate. Reply
KLC - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkThis isn't a PC case, with all of the ventilation it's more like a PC doily. I'm still looking for the best case for my next build which will be mini ITX. It will be Haswell and will run integrated graphics so I have no need for a big, long shoebox that can fit a monster GPU. It could have an optical disk but doesn't have to. It will have an OS SSD and be connected to a home server for storage. I want something small and quiet. Still looking. Reply
jtd871 - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkKLC,
You should check out Thin-Mini-ITX or NUC (both Intel "standards") builds for what you describe. As lots of Haswell SKUs will be soldered onto the mobo, I suspect Intel will produce a variety of 'embedded'-style products to keep their "standards" going.
However, given Intel's penchant for squeezing every last $ out of their processors, you may be better served by going with one of these very small form factors on low-TDP Ivy Bridge. Reply
KLC - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkNUC is intriguing, but like you said, Intel is squeezing its customers hard on that one. I forgot to add a third qualification, it needs to accept standard sized parts so I can purchase anything on the open market. You're right, I may end up with an Ivy Bridge CPU after looking at what Haswell offers. Reply
lordmocha - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkThis is my case! I have an Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe, Asus Direct CU II 660, 2.5" SSD, 2.5" HDD, Corsair H60 Cooler with 2 Noctua 120mm.
The case is dead silent with the nocuta fans and the direct cu ii. The cable management can be annoying and buying a modular psu to replace it is nice but then you'll have a wasted psu..
I think the M1 Ncase looks great and plan to migrate to that when it comes out - support their kickstarter guys cause what they are managing to do is awesome! Reply
lopri - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkExcellent review very clear writing. Thank you for valuable evaluation I was looking to give another shot at mini ITX build. Reply
Thud2 - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkI may have missed it but did measure the max PCIe card length? Reply
flemeister - Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - linkFrom my experience, about 11"/280mm for a reasonably comfortable fit, and about 12"/305mm max before the video card bumps into the PSU cables, where they poke out of the PSU chassis. Reply
Thud2 - Monday, May 13, 2013 - linkyou. Canttyp Reply
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AgeOfPanic - Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - linkI'm still not sure about SFX power supplies. I owned a SG05 with a 450watt SFX PSU, but it was way too loud for me. It's too bad we cannot hear it ourselves. Reply
caycep - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkHow bad is the GPU cooling? I was surprised that it seemed so middling. I've had enough blown fans / overheating GPU cards to be nervous about it. I currently have a eVGA GTX 670 w/ a blower-style heat sink...hopefully that would work well w/ the side vents. Reply
Sm0kes - Sunday, May 19, 2013 - linkBlower style cards are most ideal with this case.
I have the SG08 and an EVGA GTX 660Ti. The blower style fan works insanely well with the positive pressure design of this case. The air flowing down through the 180mm fan and out the sides does not inhibit the GPU's fan at all.
Silverstone even included a foam shroud the size of the fan on my EVGA, but in my testing wasn't even necessary. Reply
rvd2008 - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - link$199 for a dummy box? Good luck selling 10 of these... Reply
philipma1957 - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkI like my modded cooler master elite 120 more but it is bigger.
16 by 9 by 9 vs 14 by 8.8 by 7.5.
I have an i7 3770k , a hd7970, a seasonic , 650x gold psu, has an asrock z77-e mobo , Samuel 17 cooler. full size samsung blu-ray with 3 fan mods, a circle saw front panel cut and a pretty grill.
Pretty much beats the snot out of a 1080p screen when gaming. These long shoe box designs are for gaming. my cooler master was 45 the seasonic was 100 on sale. the 3 fans were 40 so 185 for a better but bigger box. Reply
mattlach - Friday, May 17, 2013 - linkI like it, but it is 0.8" too tall to fit in my entertainment center, and thus I will have to find something else for my HTPC. Reply


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