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Before Will Ferrell was the 'everyman' cast-member on whom all the SNL writers could count to deliver the laughs during the nineties, before Phil Hartman was 'the glue' that held each sketch together in the eighties, there was Dan Aykroyd in the original, seventies cast of 'Not ready for prime time players'. He was always there to give support, to take on any less-than-savory character that needed to be done, and of course, to perform those rapid delivery commercial pitches of his. This compilation, an updated version of the 1986 'Best of Dan Aykroyd', features all of his most famous characters (Beldar Conehead, George Festrunk, Irwin Mainway, E Buzz Miller and of course, Fred Garvin, male prostitute) as well as some of his most memorable impressions (Presidents Nixon & Carter, Tom Snyder and the unforgettable Julia Child). Every sketch stars good ole' Danny boy (with the possible exception of 'The Nerds and the Norge' in which he makes a late appearance) and as such there is very little of Aykroyds bosom buddy John Belushi (Just the Blues Brothers, Bad Ballet and Family Feud). In fact, Steve Martin appears more prominently than Belush (in the Wild and Crazy Guys and two Coneheads skits). No wonder people often mistakingly think Martin was a part of the cast at the time.We've grown accustomed to Saturday Night Live cast members making it on the big screen (or at least an attempt to). Maybe it's because they're working with movie stars as guest hosts most of the time, that the Not ready for prime-time players and their followers all set their sights on a career on the celluloid screen instead of the small one. Of course, Aykroyd's tendency to fill in as strong supporting characters/second fiddle (or should that be banana?) would continue into his movie career. In all of his best known pictures, he is giving support to another comic, usually one from SNL (Belushi in 'The Blues Brothers', Murphy in 'Trading Places', Murray in 'Ghostbusters' even Chase in 'Spies Like Us'. That last one was actually developed around 1980 with Aykroyd and Belushi in mind, as was 'Three Amigos'. Whenever Aykroyd had to carry the comedy on his own, the film failed at the box office ('Doctor Detroit', 'My stepmother is an Alien' and the truly awful 'Loose Cannons'). Still, Danny has made more big screen outings than most of the aforementioned alumni (except Eddie Murphy). Like his character in Ghostbusters, he always seems to be the most enthusiastic to jump into another crazy endeavor (like writing and directing the extremely weird 'Nothing but Trouble). He gladly put on Beldar's cone again for the 'Coneheads' movie (riding on the success of Wayne's World) and made a lot of cameo appearances on his old show, finally hosting in in 2003. None of these appearances are on this compilation, though, this is strictly 1975-1979.The main differences between the 1986 version and this one are: the former had The Coridda, Crazy Frank, The Coneheads at Halloween and E. Buzz Miller's Animal Kingdom, whereas the later includes The Nerds and the Norge, Tomorrow (with Mick Jagger), Ask President Carter, the Coneheads at home, Coneheads Family Feud, E. Buzz Miller's Art Classics plus Auto Mechanic Bedtime Stories. So, even if you know the first one by heart, this collection (copyright dated 1998) is a good deal for all Aykroyd fanatics and classic SNL lovers in general. As with the Belushi Best of, this collection has less emphasis on the Blues Brothers (just one performance) then there was in it's eighties counterpoint. It must also be noted that Tom Snyder was already considered dated enough by 1986 not to merit an inclusion (except for a brief snippet during the end credits) but managed to have a whole skit to his own on the 1998 version all the same. The original Best of did feature some unique animation linking the material together and a quick fire collection of clips during the aforementioned end credits, while the current collection features the same kind of credits as the Belushi and Gilda Radner DVD's. Special features exclusive to the DVD include Aykroyd's original screen test and another one of those 'Inside look' retrospectives.9 out of 10 Isn't that amazing?
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2015 Million Dollar Bike Ride MPS Grant Awards Announced!
The National MPS Society and The Ryan Foundation teamed up this past spring to ride for research. TEAM MPS raised $50,000. The Annual Event hosted by Penn Medicine Orphan Disease Research, matched Team MPS dollar for dollar for a total of $100,000 raised! The Orphan Disease Center, (ODC), has announced this year's MPS Grant Award Recipients:
Igor Nestrasil, MD
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Mucopolysaccharidoses pilot for $50,500
Microstructural and functional MRI signatures in patients with MPS I
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Natural history study and biomarker development in the large animal model of Mucolipidosis II, I-Cell Disease.
The 2nd Annual Million Dollar Bike Ride was a huge success. In just two years, the Million Dollar Bike Ride has raised over $2 million, 100% of which goes directly towards pilot research grants (with no administrative cut taken out).
The ODC is awarding 26 grants, for 16 rare diseases, to 21 institutions worldwide. Over 600 cyclists and volunteers, more than a dozen neighborhood restaurants, and several supporting sponsors and community partners participated. Twenty-three disease teams from 29 states (plus Canada, UK, Chile and the Netherlands!) rode a combined total of nearly 18,000 miles in the name of rare disease research.
Thank you everyone who participated. This was a victory because of your support. For more information about next year's 2016 Million Dollar Bike Ride in May with TEAM MPS, please contact Terri Klein at email@example.com.


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AB de Villiers is getting angry about his team's performances and his own form with the bat.
In the back-to-back one-day internationals in London, South Africa lost both matches because of poor batting, while De Villiers has got out at key stages and is yet to register a score of any note in the international matches on this tour.
As a result they head to Nottingham on Monday with serious questions about the make-up of the batting order and, as De Villiers described it on Sunday night, "a bit of pressure on the top six".
"We've really got to step up to the plate and make it count including myself," said the South African captain. The tourists are 2-1 down in the five match series with one to play and will be desperate for a series trying win at Trent Bridge Wednesday.
On Sunday at Lord's they lost by six wickets, with another gutsy effort from the bowlers forcing the match into the final five overs after the batsmen had posted a mediocre total of 220/8 having been asked to bat by Alastair Cook.
It was by no means an easy pitch, but De Villiers refused to use that as an excuse, instead turning his ire on a batting unit who wasted opportunities just as they had done at The Oval two days earlier.
"We got good starts, but never converted into big partnerships, like they did with [Ian] Bell and [Jonathan] Trott."
The English pair combined for a partnership of 141 after the early dismissal of Cook, but because there was no pressure to keep up with a run rate that was a modest 4.4 per over at the start of their innings, they could bat at their leisure.
"I'd like to think we should be operating well as a unit, but we are not performing well. When 4,5,6 are performing then the openers are not performing, or vice versa, the problem is we are not performing well as a unit. That's where we are going wrong."
South Africa got a reasonable start on Sunday, with Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla putting on 68 for the first wicket, but neither batted for a substantial portion of the innings.
Crucially, no one else did either and it's become more than just a concern for De Villiers, especially as he would expect it of himself. He said the tinkering with the batting order couldn't be blamed either because the players had bought into the idea of a more flexible batting line-up.
"We need more partnerships, that's what the game is all about, that's how to get momentum. We haven't had enough of that. We've had one partnership in every game and that's not good enough at this level, you need a couple of good partnerships… The guys are batting in the places where they feel comfortable, the guys have bought into that, we operate as a unit, but the guys are not playing well."
Besides the opening stand the only other partnership of substance was the 51-run fifth-wicket partnership between De Villiers and Dean Elgar, but as at The Oval, several players got starts without anyone going "big" like Bell did for England in making 88.
Amla (45), Smith (29), Duminy (18), De Villiers (39) and Elgar (35) all spent time at the crease, but failed to build on their starts. "Getting out for 20s and 30s is just not good enough."
In defence of 221 South Africa needed more than just Steyn's wicket of Cook inside the first five overs.
And it was clear that Bell and Trott believed that if they could see off Steyn, they could score more comfortably off the rest of the attack.
It raises a few interesting questions for Nottingham.
Do the South Africans bring back Morné Morkel for Lonwabo Tsotsobe – again strangely flat yesterday – or Ryan McLaren, who just doesn't have the pace to bother opposing batsmen?
And what about Albie Morkel, who, it has been claimed, is close to full fitness and who was to have played a part at some point in this series?
There is only one game left for him to do so now. – The Star


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EventWaitHandle Class
Represents a thread synchronization event.
Namespace: System.Threading
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The EventWaitHandle type exposes the following members.
|Gets or sets the native operating-system handle. (Inherited from WaitHandle.)
|When overridden in a derived class, releases all resources held by the current WaitHandle. (Inherited from WaitHandle.)
|Releases all resources used by the current instance of the WaitHandle class. (Inherited from WaitHandle.)
|When overridden in a derived class, releases the unmanaged resources used by the WaitHandle, and optionally releases the managed resources. (Inherited from WaitHandle.)
|Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
|Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
|Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
|Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
|Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
|Sets the state of the event to non-signaled, which causes threads to block.
|Sets the state of the event to signaled, which allows one or more waiting threads to proceed.
|Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
|Blocks the current thread until the current WaitHandle receives a signal. (Inherited from WaitHandle.)
In Silverlight for Windows Phone, this member is overridden by WaitOne().
In XNA Framework, this member is overridden by WaitOne().
|Blocks the current thread until the current WaitHandle receives a signal, using 32-bit signed integer to specify the time interval. (Inherited from WaitHandle.)
|Blocks the current thread until the current instance receives a signal, using a TimeSpan to specify the time interval. (Inherited from WaitHandle.)
EventWaitHandle is the base class for AutoResetEvent and ManualResetEvent.
Thread synchronization events enable threads to communicate with each other by signaling. Typically, one or more threads block on an event object until an unblocked thread calls the Set method, releasing one or more of the blocked threads.
Thread synchronization events are not .NET Framework events. Thread synchronization events have no event handlers, for example. For historical reasons, the term "event" has been applied to two completely different technologies.
The behavior of an event that has been signaled depends on its reset mode. An AutoResetEvent resets automatically when signaled, after releasing a single waiting thread. By contrast, a ManualResetEvent remains signaled until its Reset method is called.
Automatic reset events provide exclusive access to a resource. If an automatic reset event is signaled when no threads are waiting, it remains signaled until a thread tries to wait for it. The event releases the thread and immediately resets, blocking subsequent threads.
Manual reset events are like gates. When the event is not signaled, threads that wait for it will block. When the event is signaled, all waiting threads are released, and the event remains signaled (that is, subsequent waits do not block) until its Reset method is called. Manual reset events are useful when one thread must complete an activity before other threads can proceed.
EventWaitHandle objects can be used with the static (Shared in Visual Basic) WaitHandle.WaitAll and WaitHandle.WaitAny methods.
For more information about thread synchronization mechanisms, see EventWaitHandle, AutoResetEvent, and ManualResetEvent.
The following example demonstrates the use of both kinds of EventWaitHandle: AutoResetEvent and ManualResetEvent. The example shows several uses of each.
The example is run on a separate thread from the main UI thread, because event wait handles synchronize threads by blocking them. The UI thread should not be blocked, because that makes it unresponsive to user actions. Blocking the UI thread also blocks any cross-thread calls to UI elements that you make using the Dispatcher, a technique that this example relies on.
To run this example, see Building Examples That Use a Demo Method and a TextBlock Control.
The example begins with a Demo method that does the following:
Displays an introductory message.
Starts the thread that controls the demo.
Hooks up an event handler (MouseUp) for the MouseLeftButtonUp event.
The event handler for the MouseLeftButtonUp event calls the Set method on an AutoResetEvent named areSyncDemoThread, to signal the next step of the demo to proceed. An AutoResetEvent is the best choice here, because it automatically resets after it has been signaled.
The DemoThread method, which is the thread procedure that controls the demo, performs the following steps:
Starts three threads and passes an AutoResetEvent to each of them. DemoThread uses the WaitHandle.WaitAll method to block until all three threads are queued waiting for mref, which is a ManualResetEvent.
The thread procedure that is used by these threads posts a message to the TextBlock before it calls the Set method on its AutoResetEvent. The thread then calls WaitOne on mref, blocking until DemoThread releases it. The thread procedure posts an "end" message to the TextBlock and signals the AutoResetEvent again to let DemoThread know that the message has been posted. Here, too, AutoResetEvent is the best choice because it resets automatically.
Important Note:
The example displays its output in a TextBlock on the UI thread. To access the TextBlock from the callback thread, the example uses the Dispatcher property to obtain a Dispatcher object for the TextBlock, and then uses the Dispatcher.BeginInvoke method to make the cross-thread call. In this example, the displayHelper delegate is used to invoke the DisplayOutput helper method.
Calls the Set method on mref. This demonstrates that all the waiting threads are released at the same time.
Starts two more threads to demonstrate that threads will not block on a ManualResetEvent as long as it remains signaled.
When these threads are created, they are not passed an AutoResetEvent because they do not need to notify DemoThread when they call WaitOne. Instead, DemoThread uses the Thread.Join method to wait until both threads are finished.
Calls the Reset method on mref, and then starts another thread to demonstrate that threads once again block.
There are two parts to this step. First, the thread from step 4 is released and the TextBlock contents are cleared. Second, an AutoResetEvent (in the variable named wait) is signaled when there are no threads waiting for it. It remains in the signaled state while DemoThread queues and releases three more threads, this time using the ThreadProcARE method for the thread procedure. The first thread to wait for the signaled AutoResetEvent is the only one that does not block, because the AutoResetEvent returns to the non-signaled state as soon as it releases a thread.
The ThreadProcARE method receives an array that contains two AutoResetEvent objects. It uses the first AutoResetEvent to signal DemoThread when it has posted its messages to the TextBlock, and the second AutoResetEvent to signal that it is ending. DemoThread uses the WaitHandle.WaitAny method to detect that at least one thread has ended.
Releases the threads that are still waiting on the AutoResetEvent in the variable wait by calling Set, and disposes of the static wait handles. If the threads are not released before DemoThread ends and the variable wait goes out of scope, they will never be released, they will never run, and their resources will not be reclaimed until the application ends. Whether this is important to you depends on the nature of your application.
Important Note:
When you release multiple threads that are blocked on an AutoResetEvent, remember that if two calls to Set occur too close together, the second call might not release a thread. In this example, WaitHandle.WaitAny is used to ensure that the first thread is released before Set is called again. If you comment out WaitHandle.WaitAny and run the program several times, you might observe this behavior.
using System; using System.Threading; // The following Imports are not required for ManualResetEvent or // AutoResetEvent; they merely simplify the code. using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Input; public class Example { // mre is used to block and release threads manually. private static ManualResetEvent mre = new ManualResetEvent(false); // The DemoThread method waits on this AutoResetEvent before each step of the // demo. The MouseLeftButtonUp event handler calls Set to allow each step to // run. private static AutoResetEvent areSyncDemoThread = new AutoResetEvent(false); // All output is displayed here. private static TextBlock outputBlock; // This array of AutoResetEvent objects is used to ensure that all the threads // created for the first step of the demo are waiting on the ManualResetEvent // before the step is executed, and to ensure that all the threads are complete // before going on to the next step. private static AutoResetEvent[] autoResets = { new AutoResetEvent(false), new AutoResetEvent(false), new AutoResetEvent(false)}; // The static Demo method starts the thread that controls the demo and hooks // up the handler for the MouseLeftButtonUp event. public static void Demo(TextBlock outputBlock) { Example.outputBlock = outputBlock; outputBlock.Text += "Click here to begin the demo.\n\n"; Thread t = new Thread(DemoThread); t.Start(); outputBlock.MouseLeftButtonUp += new MouseButtonEventHandler(MouseUp); } // Each time the TextBlock is clicked, the mouse event handler calls Set() on // the AutoResetEvent, to signal DemoThread to execute the next step of the // demo. Optionally, it clears the TextBlock. // private static bool clear = false; private static void MouseUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e) { // If the clear flag has been set, clear the contents of the TextBlock. if (clear) { outputBlock.Text = ""; clear = false; } //outputBlock.Text += "Click.\n" // Signal the next step of the demo to proceed. areSyncDemoThread.Set(); } // Before each step of the demo, DemoThread waits on areSyncDemoThread. When // the MouseLeftButtonUp event handler signals areSyncDemoThread, DemoThread // executes the step. Because areSyncDemoThread is an AutoResetEvent, it // immediately resets after DemoThread is released. private static void DemoThread() { // Wait for a mouse click. areSyncDemoThread.WaitOne(); // Step 1: Start 3 named threads that block on a ManualResetEvent. for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { Thread t = new Thread(ThreadProc); t.Name = "Thread_" + i; t.Start(autoResets[i]); } // Wait until all three threads have finished displaying their "start" // messages and called mre.WaitOne(). WaitHandle.WaitAll(autoResets); outputBlock.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(displayHelper, "\n3 threads are queued, waiting for the ManualResetEvent. Click to signal\n" + "the ManualResetEvent by calling its Set() method.\n\n"); // Wait for a mouse click. areSyncDemoThread.WaitOne(); // Step 2: Call mre.Set() to release the threads. mre.Set(); // Wait until all three threads have finished displaying their "end" // messages. WaitHandle.WaitAll(autoResets); outputBlock.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(displayHelper, "\nAll the threads were released, and the ManualResetEvent remains in the\n" + "signaled state. Click to start more threads.\n\n"); // Wait for a mouse click. areSyncDemoThread.WaitOne(); // Step 3: Show that mre remains signaled by starting more threads. These // threads will not block, so there is no reason to pass them an // AutoResetEvent. Thread[] twoMoreThreads = {new Thread(ThreadProc), new Thread(ThreadProc)}; for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++) { twoMoreThreads[i].Name = "Thread_" + (i + 3); twoMoreThreads[i].Start(null); } // Wait until the threads have displayed their messages and finished // executing. foreach (Thread t in twoMoreThreads) { t.Join(); } outputBlock.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(displayHelper, "\nAs long as the ManualResetEvent remains in the signaled state, threads\n" + "that wait on it do not block. Click to reset the ManualResetEvent.\n"); // Wait for a mouse click. areSyncDemoThread.WaitOne(); // Step 4: Demonstrate that Reset puts the ManualResetEvent back into the // unsignaled state. outputBlock.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(displayHelper, "\nCalling mre.Reset().\n\n"); mre.Reset(); // Start a thread that waits on the ManualResetEvent. Thread t5 = new Thread(ThreadProc); t5.Name = "Thread_5"; AutoResetEvent wait = new AutoResetEvent(false); t5.Start(wait); // Wait until the thread has displayed its message and is waiting. wait.WaitOne(); outputBlock.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(displayHelper, "\nWith the ManualResetEvent in the unsignaled state, threads once again block.\n" + "Click to release the thread.\n\n"); // Signal the MouseUp event to clear the screen, and wait for a click. clear = true; areSyncDemoThread.WaitOne(); // Release the waiting thread, and block until it ends. mre.Set(); t5.Join(); // Step 5a: Signal an AutoResetEvent that does not have a thread waiting on // it. Note that you can create an AutoResetEvent in the signaled // state by using New AutoResetEvent(True). // Put the AutoResetEvent into the signaled state. wait.Set(); outputBlock.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(displayHelper, "\nIf an AutoResetEvent is signaled when there is no thread waiting on it, \n" + "the AutoResetEvent remains in the signaled state until a thread waits on\n" + "it. That thread is immediately released, and the AutoResetEvent returns\n" + "to the unsignaled state. Click here to demonstrate this.\n\n"); // Wait for a click. areSyncDemoThread.WaitOne(); // Step 5b: Create and release three threads that all wait on the signaled // AutoResetEvent. Each thread receives an array that contains two // AutoResetEvent objects, one to signal when the thread is ready // for release and one to wait on. // Reset the ManualResetEvent that will synchronize the release of the three // threads. mre.Reset(); for(int i=0; i<=2; i++) { Thread t = new Thread(ThreadProcARE); t.Name = "Thread_"+ (i + 6); t.Start(new AutoResetEvent[]{ autoResets[i], wait }); } // Wait until all three threads are queued, then release them all at once. WaitHandle.WaitAll(autoResets); mre.Set(); // Wait until one thread has been released by the signaled AutoResetEvent and // has posted its message to the TextBlock. int winner = WaitHandle.WaitAny(autoResets); string name = "Thread_" + (winner + 6); outputBlock.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(displayHelper, "\n" + name + " was the first thread to wait on the signaled AutoResetEvent. As soon\n" + "as " + name + " was released, the AutoResetEvent was reset, blocking the other two\n" + "threads. Click to release the waiting threads.\n\n"); // Wait for a click. areSyncDemoThread.WaitOne(); // Step 6: Release threads and dispose of the Shared resources. outputBlock.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(displayHelper, "Set() is called twice on the AutoResetEvent, releasing one waiting thread\n" + "each time. In order to ensure that both threads are released, a suitable delay\n" + "must elapse between calls to Set(). This is accomplished by calling WaitAny()\n" + "on the autoResets array.\n\n"); wait.Set(); WaitHandle.WaitAny(autoResets); wait.Set(); // To ensure that both threads have ended before DemoThread ends, WaitAny() // is called to wait for the last thread to end. When DemoThread ends, the // variable 'wait' goes out of scope and the AutoResetEvent it holds is reclaimed // by garbage collection. If the thread is not released before this, it will not // be released (and therefore will not run) and it will not be reclaimed by // collection until the application ends. You might think that the end of // DemoThread and the end of the application are synonymous, but in fact the // application is still running as long as the browser window remains active. // The questions of whether it is important for the last thread to run before // the application ends, or whether it is a problem to temporarily leak the // thread, will have different answers from application to application. WaitHandle.WaitAny(autoResets); // Dispose of the static (class-level) wait handles. 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Tickets available at the door. Dress in your regal best for Morven Park's Princess & Knight Parade in the Winmill Carriage Museum. Learn about the carriages that are fit for royalty, meet some horses, have a photo taken in the carriage once used by Princess Grace, compete in a costume contest and parade to Morven Park's "castle," the Gov. Davis Mansion. Join the royal tea on the portico, complete with etiquette lessons and delicious treats. $10/child; $5/adult.
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Street Kids & Tribal Communities in India
Work with street kids and tribal communities. This short-term program in Rajasthan, India offers volunteers the opportunity to work as teaching assistants in both formal and informal schools. Participants will generally work alongside other volunteers and/or local staff providing much needed assistance and continuity on education projects. Depending on the project needs at the time, you may be teaching tribal children at rural formal schools in the morning or teaching street children at informal schools in the evening. This program includes Hindi lessons during the first week, cultural workshops in the second week, and on the last weekend volunteers will take an overnight sleeper train to Agra, to visit the Taj Mahal before traveling on to Delhi where this program ends. Global Vision International (GVI)
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Photography and Environment in the Western Fjords. The "Westfjords" are situated in the Northwest part of Iceland, reaching almost to Greenland. The landscape is majestic, with fjord after fjord, towering above shore and sea, each and every fjord has its own distinct character and tiny fishing village nestle at their foot. Ideal place for hikers and nature lovers. The project takes place in Nupur with views of the Alps of Westfjords and the blue seas of Dyrafjordur. The goal of the project is photography — learning to think about landscape photography and capturing images. You will also do some environmental work like cleaning the coastline and working in the green areas. May 28 – June 11, 2010 CADIP
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Tekken 5
Review by Lightning Fury
"Tekken's return to glory"
Tekken has been, since its foray onto the PSone in 1995, one of the best fighting games in the genre. Tekken 2 showed greater improvements. Tekken 3 was the best in the series. It had everything that the player wanted at that time. Tekken 4 was a BIG step backward in the series as it contained additions that should have never been. Now we are faced with the fifth installment in the series. Let's dive in, shall we?
Tekken's story is part of what makes it "Tekken." There are some gripes that I have here. While some of the prologues and epilogues are awesome(like Devil Jin-you have to see that one), others start off good but have endings that are confusing(like Kazuya and Jin). There are some stories that are funny in the end(like Law and both Anna and Nina), but there are some that are hopelessly stupid(like Paul and Xiayou). With Heihachi not dead, things get weird. The story is more intertwined this time around, but it could have been much better.
The graphics in this game are the best that I have seen in a fighting game on this system(sorry Soul Calibur and Mortal Kombat fans, it's true). It is already one of the best looking games on the system. The new engine works perfectly. The characters and stages looking amazing. It is truly a major accomplishment for this game.
Tekken 4's gameplay was okay, but the addition of moving before a match started, along with repositioning commands, did nothing for this game. In Tekken 5, the play is very similar to Tekken 3, but it is faster and the punches and kicks thrown hit and hit hard. It is spotty in some areas, and since it is largely based on Tekken 3, there's nothing different than what I mentioned above. What I don't like is that with the ability to do more juggles, it makes it harder to use strategy in the fight because now it's all about getting the first attack and juggling your way to victory. It would have been great to see some major advancements in the gameplay, but I guess we'll have to wait until the next installment for that. Oh well.
There are a total of about thirty characters in this game. It surprised me to see certain characters, like Baek and Ganryu, for example, back in the lineup. There are three new characters this time around: Feng Wei, the Kenpo master; Asuka Kazama, Jin's cousin(?) and master of Kazama style martial arts; and Raven, a deadly ninja. The humorous characters(Kuma, for example) are only in the game for comic relief, though. You have a lot of characters to unlock(nie or ten), so you'll be playing the story mode a couple of times. Most of the characters are good, but some of them are considerably cheap. And with the juggling ability being greatly applied, they can sometimes seem broken. Still, they're all right.
The soundtrack for the stages are okay. The intro theme is great, though.
Aside from the theater mode, you have the arcade mode where you can take your fighter up the ranks from 10th kyu to Tekken Lord. Plus you earn money to buy items for your character in the customization mode. It's too bad that you can only name one fighter per memory card, though. And the items in the customization mode are not great in number, but it's a start. Then there's the arcade history mode, which includes the arcade versions of Tekken 1,2, and 3. This is a good addition as well. The final mode is called Devil Within, which stars Jin Kazama in an action-adventure game. It's nothing special, but competing it is the easiest way to unlock Devil Jin. So I suggest playing it one time(twice if you want to unlock more expensive items in the customization mode).
Final Comments
This game is actually a great game. It brings the Tekken series back to its former glory with everything that they've packed into it. There may be no online play, but that's not a problem(even though it detracts a little from the replay value). You should buy it if you're a Tekken fan. But for those new to the series(as if that's possible), rent it first just to see if you like it. This is a game ALL fans of the genre.
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Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
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First, from a person claiming to be his son:
I can back this person up 100% as this is an Immidiate family member on the Elkington side and i am the estranged son in question. David Elkington or Paul – as he is legally known, well the truth is that as far as i know the man only achieved 3 GCSE's and is not qualified at anything. He has never, ever, paid child support as apparently he is on an Incapacity Benefit that the Child Support Agency cannot touch! – I have evidence! .Surely if he is working on this on a pure voluntary basis (source: official press release), then how is he earning money? When i briefly contacted him 3 years back, he and Jennifer Solignac gave me roughly 6 hours of their time and dismissed me followed up by nasty distasteful emails and letters. For many years he denied being my father until we had a DNA test conducted (when i was about 7).
As a very level headed person and A level English and Media Studies student i am generally concerned with the situation unfolding in International Media. Personally i am very sceptical and believe these to be forgeries and a PR stunt for his book The Lead Codices that was meant to be published in May. – apparently this book is to soon be published but under a different name: Divine Revelation. A PR stunt perhaps – who knows? I am extremely concerned with the event unfolding as he could be getting himself in serious trouble.
Embarrasment is not a big enough word to express how i have been feeling over the past week. PS Dad: I achieved 12 GCSE's last year.
From an anon,
Dear Telegraph and Olga Craig. This couple are BOGUS.When this couple,David/Paul and Dame Jennifer Solignac de Compte Elkington are about to be found out they run for cover like Bonny and Clyde. They always have. I can see that they are great figures of fun for the Telegraph Tabloid, but in real life they are two poor, wretched,sick individuals who have been very harmful to those who have been taken in by them in the past.
Olga, like myself and so many others you have been DUPED. You'll kick yourself one day for ever heving fallen for this shameful charade.
Perhap's they are leading the 'Life of O'Reilly' (also the title of a tasteless novel David Elkington wrote about god being born in Ireland) but those who have had the misfortune to have been deceived by them still bear the scars. Olga, if you really want a story you don't need to send journalists in search of it , and if you are in need of a few bob yourself I would advise you to buy the rights to the film.
Edward you are a brave young man.My heart goes out to you and your Mother,and please remember that those who know the truth about these things will stand by you. Congratulations on your 12 GCSE's.
And, Oliver Dear,
The Elkingtons' story is far more fantastic than it seems and so it is a pity that fact-checking was not uppermost in reporter's or Literary Agents minds – as they are certainly guilty of misrepresenting them then and even now. A truly fascinating if lamentable story has been missed – hopefully not for long – as they continue to discredit themselves and others.
The "dodgy duo", as they are sometimes known by former intimates, have been in hiding from creditors, family members, Wiltshire police and other officials for several years now – as could be easily proved by any investigative reporter worth his salt.
Interviewing former friends, collaborators and neighbours, or mere comparison of online CV's, would reveal Paul (aka David) Elkington to be someone who has claimed to be a Hollywood Film Director and/or Producer, Maori Prince, Carthusian Monk, Druid, a free-thinking author, Consultant to the European Parliament on "Sonic Resonance", prominent Mason, holder of an African tribe's sacred "seeing -stone", consultant on Chinese Trade, PR consultant, confident of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, holder of a PHD or Professorial chair at a Californian University, as well as self-styled expert of comparative religions, the occult and ancient languages. Quite an achievement for one whose further education was an incomplete course in graphic design at Corsham College of Art & Design. There seems to be some suggestion that he left under a cloud of suspicion then having submitted others' work as his own.
Coupled to their penchant for writing threatening letters on "borrowed" solicitor's notepaper, or harassing former friends and elderly ladies so that a restraining order had to be placed on them, their characters are far more rabid Walter Mitty than heroic Indiana Jones.
As regards his consort, she has an equal ability to shape-shift as she sometimes styled herself a PR or Literary agent, writer, or "Dame" Jennifer le Compte…the title is not aristocratic but an honorary one conferred by a Scottish Neo-Templar ( Freemason) dining club which has more chiefs than indians: Here they all dress up in gorgeous robes and call one another by bogus titles. Her latest reincarntion, unsurpringly, is as an Art Historian.
The Elkington's generally hide from what they call "vicious" criticism and have frequently claimed persecution by "dark forces" in governments who wish to keep their discoveries hidden. They have already claimed that the CIA, Mossad and MI5 are out to discredit them. One can be sure that the Telegraph and BBC Radio 4 did not find them, but that it was the other way round as they have a new book to tout.
As Dr Thronemann has demonstrated online recently, any real expert opinion on these fake codices has been ignored by them for years. One can only expect such informed comment to be parlayed into a "hidden code" which only they, and those dumb enough to buy book, will be unable to unravel.
But most worrying is that as long as they are at large people who have righteously protested about their behavior remain targets for their malice. Watch yourselves!
And what started it all,
If you want a comment then here is a truthful one.
I have know David Elkington, whose real name is Paul Elkington, but has also been known by many others too, for many years the fact being i am a family member. To put the record straight once and for all Paul is by no means a Scholar of Ancient Religious Archaeology or a Scholar of anything else. Neither is he a Professor, a Lord, (which he has used over the years for his own gain) or have large amounts of letters after his name. He is in fact a conman to which many people would willingly state. This man has emotionly hurt elderly and ill people and sucked them dry financially. I think the uk police would like some truthful answers to a few questions too. He has hurt his own family and disowned his own son who so much would a like a normal relationship with him, but that's never going to happen because Paul Elkington is far from normal or compassionate, in my opinion he needs medical attention.


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They are Keane cousins who are Wild about being on the same team for the first time in their amateur hockey careers.
Geordie Keane, 16, and Jackson Keane, 15, are both forwards with the defending champion Winnipeg Wild of the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League. Their dads are brothers -- Geordie's dad is local hockey skills instructor Billy Keane and Jackson's dad is former NHL player and Manitoba Moose captain Mike Keane,
The cousins have played minor hockey in the same Assiniboine Park area association but being one year apart has always put them on teams apart until now.
"It's a lot of fun," said Geordie. "We used to always play street hockey games outside so it's fun to get on the ice and do the same kind of thing. (Jackson) scores a lot more goals than I do and that's a good thing for our team because we've all figured out our roles."
While Geordie has always lived in Winnipeg, Jackson and his family moved back to Winnipeg when he was in Grade 1 after his dad joined the AHL's Moose.
"I remember coming back and seeing these guys (Geordie and his family) at the airport. It's been pretty special to be able to grow up together," Jackson said. "(Geordie) is a hard-working guy, he's a little different player than I am, more physical, and a good leader in the dressing room."
Geordie's dad Billy, who played for the Manitoba Bisons in 1986-89, runs Keane Hockey Programs skills development camps and programs for youth players. Billy and Mike, who won three Stanley Cups in a 16-year NHL career before five years with the Moose, have stayed close over the years. Not surprisingly, their sons are too.
"It's been a lot of fun for the two families and the grandparents to see them on one team in one location," Billy said. "Playing with the Wild is great for these guys. (Head coach) Paul Krueger is an excellent coach and provides real good leadership for the kids."
With the brothers Keane in the stands and sons Keane on the ice, it is a passing of the torch between generations. Billy said he and Mike are good with slurping coffee and slinging barbs between them while they watch their sons.
"One story that's come up is Mike and I only played together in one game, that was with the Winnipeg South Blues when I was 20 and he was 16," said Billy, 49. He and Mike, 45, suited up for the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Blues in a game during the 1983-84 season.
"The Blues called him up for one game in the regular season. He was running around, stirring things up all over the ice, and I was kind of riding his wing a bit making sure nobody was going to jump this little 16-year-old who was getting in everybody's face and hammering guys."
For the cousins Keane, there's no danger of too much togetherness since they go to rival high schools -- Geordie at Oak Park and Jackson at St. Paul's -- and they don't play on the same line with the Wild. They did find themselves killing a penalty together one game and were happy to say they didn't give up a goal.
In Wild practices, they'll battle each other for the puck any chance they get but have yet to fool each other with any moves.
"I don't wait for any moves, I just take the body on him every time," Geordie said, laughing.
"I know what he's going to do. He's going bank the puck and then hit me every time so I just get around him," Jackson shot back.
The Keane cousins are a solid piece of the puzzle for the Wild squad, which is off to 11-1-1 start with 17 new players this season. The only returning players are Paul Soubry, Shawn Pachet and Bradley Reichardt.
"Team unity is something you build towards and typically, when you have such a high turnover in the midget league, it's an important process to make everyone a part of the team concept," said Krueger, who had seven players from last season's team earn roster spots on Western Hockey League teams. "This is one of our highest turnovers in recent memory. In '04-05, I got one guy back."
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WIC is a USDA funded health and nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children under the age of 5 years. Weld County WIC staff consists of Registered Dietitians, Nutrition Educators, and Breast Feeding Peer Counselors who together seek to provide credible nutrition education & assessment, breastfeeding support, referrals , resources, and healthful foods for our clients. WIC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
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Who is eligible? Infants, Children under the age of 5, Pregnant and Postpartum Women who live in Weld County limits and are within WIC's financial guidelines.
In order to be financially eligible for WIC in Colorado, a participant's combined family gross income cannot exceed 185% of the federal poverty standards. To determine if your family is eligible, feel free to give us a call!


text: By SAMANTHA CRITCHELLNEW YORK (AP) â¿¿ Red isn't just a trend at The Heart Truth runway show, it's a tradition: The Red Dress Collection, modeled by celebrities to draw awareness to heart disease, has become the kick off to New York Fashion Week. Minka Kelly, Toni Braxton, gymnast Gabrielle Douglas, Kelly Osbourne and Kris Jenner, with daughters Kendall and Kylie, were among those donning designer dresses and towering heels Wednesday night in front of an audience that largely put on their best red dresses, too. It's the shoes that have many stars fearing they'll trip up. Actress Brenda Strong, who wore Marc Bouwer's draped cowl-neck dress, said her red spiky stilettos were the most intimidating part of the catwalk experience. She had a little experience modeling, though. "In my last incarnation, when I was in college, I was a Miss America contestant. That was a long runway!" she said. Kelly, wearing an Oscar de la Renta gown with an asymmetrical neckline and metallic belt, walked in last year's show and this time was tapped as the Heart Truth ambassador by sponsor Diet Coke. Her best tip as a runway veteran was to wear shoes with straps. They hold you in better, she said. The catwalk isn't her favorite place to spend an evening, Kelly said, but it's for a good cause. "This is all done with a sense of humor. It's fun. I don't fancy myself a model, but maybe the models aren't relatable if we're not perfect, so it works for me," she said. Osbourne, with clashing purple hair, seemed as though she was having a good time, shimmying down the runway in her Zac Posen dress. Braxton wore a second-skin V-neck halter dress by Herve L. Leroux. Douglas said she's become more accustomed to dressing up since returning from the London Olympics with her gold medals. "I feel like a doll in my dress," she said of her Pamella Roland gown.


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and your family will learn basic swimming skills and practice safety habits while
in and around the water, which results in a sense of accomplishment and
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Splash week is FREE for Family Members and $30 for Participants.
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Soft lace cover-ups knit of gossamer baby alpaca (70%) and silk (30%). Warm yet so fine they can be worn as a scarf. In Black, Dusty Plum, Sapphire, Madder and Cream.
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Central America braces for drought-linked food crisis
by Anastasia Moloney
Friday August 15, 2014
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Low rainfall linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon has led to drought in parts of Central America, causing widespread damage to crops, shortages and rising prices of food, and worsening hunger among the region's poor.
An unusually hot season and extended dry spells have brought drought to areas in eastern and western Guatemala and El Salvador, southern Honduras and northern and central Nicaragua, destroying swathes of bean and maize crops, the region's staple foods, and putting pressure on subsistence farmers and food prices.
"Extremely poor households across large areas of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador will experience a rapid deterioration in their food security in early 2015.
"Atypically high levels of humanitarian assistance, possibly the highest since Hurricane Mitch in 1998, will likely be required in order to avoid a food crisis," said a recent report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), run by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
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People Magazine - June 11, 2001
The MTV Movie Awards usually cover all the bases: best villain, best fight, best kiss. But there's a missing category: "They should have one for best performance in hosting a movie-awards show," says Jimmy Fallon, 26, who will be co-host, with Kirsten Dunst, of this year's festivities (airing June 7 at 9 p.m.). "That's what I'd like to get," he says.
To improve his chances, the Saturday Night Live star is seeking advice from the pros. "I am going to put in a call to Ben Stiller," he says. "I liked him a lot when he hosted [SNL]." Like Stiller, the Brooklyn-born comic has begun acting. Fallon next stars in HBO's upcoming miniseries Band of Brothers. But he isn't giving up his day job just yet. "The whole reason I did stand-up was to get on SNL," he says. "It is truly like summer camp -- a bunch of cool people hanging out."
Even if he doesn't snag a bronze popcorn statuette, Fallon is looking forward to the show's signature parodies. At last year's awards show "I played Keanu Reeves, and Sarah Jessica Parker picked me up at a bar," he says. "It was Sex and the City meets The Matrix. That's how crazy the show is. Anything can happen."


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People smuggler back in court
A court has been told an Indonesian fisherman who helped smuggle 42 people to Australia should be released into immigration detention and deported, after nearly eight months in custody.
Polce Genakalong, 31, pleaded guilty in the Adelaide District Court to people smuggling.
He was arrested last July on a crowded and poorly-maintained 15-metre wooden fishing boat after a 12-day voyage into Australian waters.
The court was told three juveniles also were arrested.
The Indonesian man's lawyer said his client had been promised $500 to help crew the boat and only realised he was helping smugglers after he was flown to East Java from his home in Timor.
The court was told Genakalong regretted his offending and would never have taken the job if he realised what it involved.
The hearing was told the man had been assaulted in custody by other inmates because of language and cultural issues.
He is to be sentenced next week.
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U.S. Senate Committee Passes Needed Increase in Domestic Violence Shelter Funding
Category: State & Local News
July 30, 2010
Emergency Shelters Provide Lifesaving Services to Survivors and their Children
Washington, D.C. (July 30, 2010)-- NNEDV today commended the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee for approving $140 million for the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA). This vote on the Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) bill is a critical step toward securing an increased investment in lifesaving services in 2011.
"A greater investment means that local domestic violence programs will be able to serve more survivors and save more lives," said Sue Else, NNEDV's president. "We thank the members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. In particular, we applaud LHHS Appropriations Chairman Tom Harkin and Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye for their remarkable leadership."
The bill, passed by the full Appropriations Committee, includes an 8-percent increase of $10 million for FVPSA formula funding to states, which is the only federal funding source dedicated to domestic violence shelters and programs.
"This crucial funding keeps the lights on and doors open at domestic violence shelters, and current funding is far from meeting the demand for critical, effective services," said Else.
Despite funding shortages, NNEDV found that in one day alone, victim advocates served more than 65,000 people, half of whom sought emergency shelter. However, in the same 24-hour period, more than 9,200 requests for services went unmet largely due to lack of funding.
"The economy is exacerbating domestic violence, and there are fewer options for victims to escape," said Else. "A larger investment in lifesaving services would help to close the gap between the growing demand for services and available resources."
The bill also makes great strides toward preventing violence and addressing the needs of children. The $140-million investment in FVPSA again triggers funding for specialized services for children who witness domestic violence, support that was first activated by the FY '10 appropriations. The bill also includes $5 million for the National Domestic Violence Hotline and continued support for efforts to prevent future violence.
NNEDV is celebrating the progress made in this step forward and will closely monitor the process as the bill moves to the floor of the U.S. Senate.
"We look forward to working with Chairmen Inouye and Harkin, Ranking Member Thad Cochran and the members of the Appropriations Committee to maintain this investment in domestic violence shelters and other critical services," said Else.
Approximately 2.3 million people in the United States are victims of domestic violence each year. One in four women will experience domestic violence at some point in her life, and on average three women are killed every day at the hands of a current or former intimate partner.


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Social media can seriously boost a company's sales and bring attention to a person or cause you may not have ever heard of.
When utilized correctly it can "make" you, or in the case of these nine social media "FAILS" of 2013, it can "break" you.
#1) December 1, 2013: The GOP sent out the following tweet alongside a picture of Rosa Parks:
Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in ending racism. pic.twitter.com/uxIj1QmtkU
— RNC (@GOP) December 1, 2013
This tweet not only backfired against the already struggling GOP, but also inspired the hashtag #RacismEndedWhen (created by @feministajones), which sparked such gems as: "#RacismEndedWhen Birthers started asking for Sasha & Malia's birth certificates. @Path2Enlightenment" Using an icon of the civil rights movement as a means of gaining respect for a party that continuously puts black people down as a means of building themselves up, made literally no sense. Not to mention the absurd caption they added to her picture. Really GOP? Rosa Parks ended racism? If she ended racism, why then do the members of your political party keep perpetuating it? I'm just wondering…I'll wait for you to answer.


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Great Cruise!: Carnival Freedom Cruise Review by sandy
Overall Member Rating
Great Cruise!
Destination: Transatlantic
Embarkation: Miami
Staff The staff was friendly, accommodating and everywhere!! No need went unmet, they had a smile from day one to day fourteen. They attempted to get to know their guests on a personal level, and also made an effort to learn consistent dining and cabin habits.
Food The wait staff was fantastic, friendly and entertaining. The Maitre'd was non existent for the entire 2 weeks, So we were a little unsure about why Carnival pressed for us to tip him extra. The food was good..at first, but became a bit repetitive after a few days. Themed nights would have been appreciated or at least a variety of meals other than beef and salmon. The sun King Supper club is fully worth the 30 dollars, as the food was outstanding, as well as the service. The porterhouse is a MUST.
Entertainment Todd the cruise director and his fun crew were outstanding. They worked non stop to consistently and always More had a smile. Todd himself worked to do everything possible to make sure guests were happy, and they ventured out to try new and exciting methods of entertainment (IE, murder mystery and horse racing). Noortje the assistant director, can be misunderstood because she comes from a different culture and appears quite serious and put off. However she truly is a wonderful person and fantastic at her job. Although first impressions were not good, she quickly grew on us.
There are a variety of things to do on the ship, you cannot be bored unless you want to be. Trivia, casinos, games, shows, classes, there was an endless stream of activities. In fact we often forgot we were at sea
Overall for our first cruise and money spent this experience has exceeded all expectations. We were three of the youngest cruisers among a ship of 3000 senior travellers, and still had an excellent time. Many of the other guests had numerous complaints throughout the voyage but we found it to be a wonderful experience with great people and will definitely look to carnival for our next cruise. Less
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Two of hockey's most influential player agents are asking their clients to find out what led to Paul Kelly's firing as executive director of the NHL Players' Association.
J.P. Barry and Pat Brisson of CAA Hockey, who represent such marquee players as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Dany Heatley, Daniel Alfredsson along with Daniel and Henrik Sedin, issued a statement last night expressing their concern for how Kelly was ousted on Aug. 31 after less than two years in office.
According to Barry and Brisson, they have had "numerous discussions with our clients and other players around the league" noting that "some of the things we have learned about the process are very troubling to us.
"We are encouraging each of our clients to educate themselves with union matters so they can understand how these types of decisions are reached," they added. "We believe that a strong and unified voice is necessary. In order for that to happen, the majority of players must be heard."
Kelly was fired during NHLPA meetings in Chicago. The 30-member executive board voted 22-5 in favour of removing Kelly. The vote was conducted via a secret ballot at roughly 3 a.m. ET after players were told the results of an internal review and how Kelly had requested the transcripts from a confidential players' meeting held previously in Las Vegas. Former Detroit Red Wings' defenceman Chris Chelios attended the Chicago meetings. He said once he returned to Detroit he was questioned by Red Wings' players who wanted to know why such an important decision was made without their knowledge or consent.
"They felt they should have been consulted first," Chelios said. "They felt I should have gotten the information, and brought it back to them then I could have taken their consensus back to the executive board. I couldn't agree more with my teammates."
Kelly had secured the transcript of the Las Vegas meeting to see if the players had violated their constitution by awarding a five-year contract to general counsel Ian Penny. Kelly is believed to have acknowledged he read the transcript to point out the players had violated their own constitution by not following the proper protocol.
The players and advisory board also commented on Kelly's leadership while he was absent from the Las Vegas meeting. There have been reports the players felt Kelly was too close to the NHL and had not done enough planning for negotiations on a new labour agreement.
Boston Bruins' defenceman Andrew Ference was involved in the review of Kelly and recently told The Globe and Mail there were issues of trust. Beyond that, he said: "We made the decision to take the high road and not air our dirty laundry. We decided to do things in a professional manner."
Asked if the PA was worried about a legal backlash from Kelly, Ference replied: "There are obviously legal issues whenever you terminate someone's contract. We're fully versed on all the options. It's something we hand off to the legal department."
The PA's constitution was rewritten after Ted Saskin's firing in 2007 to include higher accountability through an ombudsman and advisory board. The advisory board included former union leader Buzz Hargrove and Halifax lawyer Ron Pink, who was interested in replacing Saskin only to lose out to Kelly.Report Typo/Error


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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated a possible explosive device found early Monday while responding to a fire at a mobile home.
Inside the burned home, authorities located what appeared to be a partially constructed explosive device while responding to the fire in the 1300 block of Slawson Lane just south of Killeen's city limits.
Bell County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Donnie Adams said the device is a container full of smokeless gun powder with several wires coming out of it. The device had no trigger and was not capable of exploding in its present state.
However, authorities asked for the aid of the ATF and Fort Hood Explosive Ordnance Disposal to remove the device.
Authorities received a call at 4:38 a.m. about a fire at a mobile home where they believed squatters stayed.
Bell County Fire Marshal Steve Casey said the fire was extinguished with no injuries; however, the mobile home was a total loss.
Police took a 53-year-old man into custody on suspicion of arson, Adams said.
He was charged, and the fire marshal's office has concluded questioning him, Casey said.
The ATF examined the device and agents chose not to pursue a criminal investigation against him.
The device recovered "does not meet the definition of an explosive device under federal law," said Special Agent Franceska Perot.
While headed to Bell County Jail, the detained man reported chest pains. Deputies took him to the Harker Heights Fire Department, where he was treated and taken to an unspecified local hospital.
Former soldier Naser Abdo, who was convicted last year of a 2011 terrorist plot involving detonating an explosive device at a local restaurant, intended to build bombs containing smokeless powder. The substance's intended use is for the assembly of ammunition.


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Two neighboring Rush Township businesses have joined forces to provide relief aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy and are asking the public to support their efforts.
Basile's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, 401 Claremont Ave., Hometown, and Northeastern Hydro-Seeding Company, 411 Claremont Ave., are hoping to fill a large truck with essential supplies and nonperishable foods, all of which will be delivered to hurricane and flood victims in the afflicted New York and New Jersey area.
The project is the result of talks between the business owners who decided to merge their plans, namely Vito and Paola Basile at the restaurant, and Wayne Postupack at the adjacent hyrdo-seeding and landscape operation.
Basile and Postupack hope that others in the region will join in the mission by contributing essentials.
"We could use just about anything people in that situation would need," says Vito Basile. "Canned food, clothing, diapers, cleaning supplies, all kinds of things."
Other items needed are gloves, shoes and boots, coats, blankets, garbage bags and water. Clothing and shoes can be new or used.
Basile said the large truck will remain positioned at the restaurant's parking lot and donors are encouraged to drop off contributions.
The truck was placed in position late Thursday and can be seen alongside Route 309 across and slightly north of the Hometown Wal-mart Supercenter. The truck is expected to remain in place for about one week.
Donors are reminded that any food contributions must be nonperishable.
The truckload of supplies will then make its mission of mercy to the affected region in conjunction with the American Red Cross.


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May be a stupid question, but I need help....again
Good Evening.....Infidels.....{Achmed the dead terrorist}
Ok, I've owned an AR for some time, trained with one at work for some time, but I'm no armoror. I need some no BS help.
I've read in some pretty prominant books and seen in vidios that the test for bad rings on an AR bolt is the "Stand up" test. This is where after cleaning etc, you extend the extended bolt and sit it up in the table. If it slides down from the weight of the carrier, time for new rings.
Now, I just spent about 500 rounds at the range yesterday with not one hiccup, it ate four different types of ammo. Perfect. No hangs, runs, hits or errors.
I'm far from an AR expert but I find that test hard to believe. If haven't had a single issue I would keep on trucking. I doubt there was a single bolt that would pass that test in my experience with the Marines and our weapons functioned fine.
If it's flopping around like a goose that's one thing but if it slides in its own bore that's another.
i keep wondering sometimes....the stuff I read and see....:D
any one else heard of this-"TEST'??:)
Heard of it? Yes. Believe it? Not so much.
If I understand what you are asking, you have had your AR for a bit, you burnt through about 500 rounds recently without issue, but you tried this test, the unit "failed" and you are wondering if you need new rings?? Yes?
Once the rings truly fail, you will see a NOTICABLE change in the function of the weapon. Basically it isn't going to cycle worth a damn.
One thing that MAY have happened is that your three split rings have become aligned one on top of the other with the split. They are supposed to be spaced out "around the clock" - meaning that you have one split ring facing like 2:00, one facing like 6:00 and one facing like 10:00. If they are all stacked up at say 6:00, more gas than necessary can escape and you can develop cycling problems.
If you are truly concerned about it, here is a cheap and easy solution.
McFarland One Piece Gas Ring for AR-15 Bolt AR15
A dry, filthy bolt and carrier will pass that "test" every time. :p
The test is actually a hanging test. Holt the bolt head and allow the carrier to hang from it. The rings should keep the carrier from falling.
Spacing the gaps is an old DI's tale. The rings will naturally space themselves. There is nothing wrong with the Mcfarland one piece rings.
You have it correct,sir.
The AR in question is a Bushy Disipator. It has seen perhaps 3000 total rounds
with almost no failures. The bolt and rings are original to the gun, which I bought new.
I keep it very clean, and have used everything you can think of for ammo. But because of cost, I have used a lot of Wolf 55 grain. Still, with absolutley no hiccups.
I have done a few upgrades, but the only one to the bolt is a D ring extractor kit which I am very happy with.
I am very familer with keeping the rings staggered around the clock as they say, even though I have heard others say thats bunk.
Thank you all, please feel free to comment further.
This may be a case of me being too picky.
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WITH the last bank holiday of the summer approaching, health chiefs in Halton are urging local patients to consider how they use 999 and A&E this weekend.
As many prepare to light up the BBQ, travel to Creamfields or celebrate with friends and family, NHS Halton Clinical Commissioning Group is reminding residents to think before dialling 999 or visiting accident and emergency departments over the bank holiday.
Dr Cliff Richards, chairman of Halton CCG said: "With the increasing pressure on emergency services over the busy bank holiday period, we are stressing the importance of people using alternative local health services and taking care of themselves to ensure A & E and the 999 number are kept free for genuine medical emergencies.
''This bank holiday weekend is also the Creamfields dance music festival which means we will have a lot of visitors to the area which also has a big effect on all our emergency services.
"We want to keep as much pressure off the ambulance and emergency services so that there is no possibility of delay to attending to life threatening problems.
"If you require medical assistance outside of normal surgery hours this bank holiday, patients in Halton have access to a wide range of alternative health services available including GP out-of-hours services, walk-in centres and pharmacists who are qualified to offer advice and treat common, everyday illnesses."
Alternative NHS services available to Halton residents:
• GP out-of-hours service – For times when you need to see a doctor when your GP surgery is closed, GP out-of-hours services are available on the usual surgery number and are staffed by local doctors and nurses who can offer advice or, if necessary, treatment at home or in a local health centre.
• Walk-in centres – With no appointment necessary, Walk-in entres are managed by nurses who are available to deal with minor illnesses and injuries. Widnes Walk-in-Centre is open from 7am – 10pm, 365 days a year.
• Minor Injuries Unit – Can treat more serious injuries or if you think you may need an x-ray • Pharmacies –Pharmacists are qualified to offer advice on health issues and medication as well as treat coughs, colds and other common illnesses without an appointment. For those that wish to speak to a pharmacist in private, many have a consultation rooms away from customers to discuss health queries.
• Dental – If you need emergency treatment when your dentist is closed for the holidays you can call 01744 673 803 from 9am - 5pm.
• Sexual health – Your local pharmacist or walk-in centre can dispense emergency contraception.


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Community Development works with community partners to identify and address economic challenges and opportunities in low- and moderate-income communities in the Fifth District. In doing so, the department focuses on four core areas: People, Place, Small Business, and Policy and Practice.
Our People focus brings together programs and research that help improve the financial stability and economic mobility of low- and moderate-income communities and individuals.
This includes work that raises awareness about financial resources and services that can help individuals improve their financial management plans.
Workforce development - strategies that help people acquire skills that enable them to find and retain employment - also falls into the People category, and includes identifying and creating awareness of best practices so that policymakers, organizations and individuals can make informed decisions about human capital investment.
Work done as part of the Place focus includes advancing comprehensive community development efforts targeted to geographically defined low- and moderate-income areas.
Community Development also studies neighborhood stabilization programs and provides data and information that can be used to assess their effectiveness.
Community Development has a Small Business focus because small business is a key driver of economic growth. Our work in this area connects entrepreneurs and small businesses to resources and organizations that can help provide technical assistance and access to capital.
Through the Policy and Practice focus, we work to improve the scale, sustainability and impact of the community development field. In addition, the department works to strengthen the implementation of the Community Reinvestment Act, which requires depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate - including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
Community Development applies an understanding of economic issues and community development tools to strengthen low- and moderate-income communities across the Fifth District through sharing data-supported community investment strategies that promote economic mobility, improve access to credit and information, and support innovations that lead to economic growth.
To be a premier source of community development expertise and serve as a catalyst in addressing economic issues in low- and moderate-income communities.
The Community Development Staff is available to answer your questions and provide information about community development in the Fifth District.
Community Development
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