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Daily visit of Mary to the Jesus' Sepulchre (nos. 1-2)
The archangel Gabriel appears to Mary (nos. 3-5)
The coming of the Apostles (nos. 6-24)
The prayer of the Mother of God (nos. 25-28)
The envy of the Jews (nos. 29-33)
The Jews want the house to be burned (nos. 34-36)
The trespassing (nos. 37-45)
Jephonias' outrage (nos. 46-47)
The translation of Mary's body into paradise (nos. 48-50)
The following narrative of Mary's death is commonly found in Greek manuscripts. It is a revised version, made in the 5th or the 6th century A.D., of an older text, apparently of judeo-christian origin, which may be dated to the second century A.D. A text nearer to the judeo-christian prototype is found in a greek manuscript preserved in the Vatican Library and in the Ethiopic version, called "Liber requiei" or "Book of the resting". A Latin version of this apocrypal book is also known. The narrative of Mary's death is witness to the faith of the ancient Church in the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. According to Christian faith, Assumption means the translation of Mary's body into paradise.
B. Bagatti - M. Piccirillo - A. Prodomo, New Discoveries at the Tomb of Virgin Mary in Gethsemane (SBF Collectio Minor 17) ed. Franciscan Printing Press, Jerusalem 1975.
F. Manns, Le récit de la dormition de Marie (Vatican grec 1982). Contribution à l'étude des origines de l'exégèse chrétienne (SBF Collectio Maior 33) ed. Franciscan Printing Press, Jerusalem 1989.
The text below is taken from: M.R. James (Trans.), The Apocryphal New Testament, Oxford 1953, 201-209.
Daily visit of Mary to the Jesus' Sepulchre
1 Whenas the all-holy glorious mother of God and ever-virgin Mary according to her custom went unto the holy sepulchre of our Lord to burn incense, and bowed her holy knees, she besought Christ our God that was born of her to come and abide with her (rather, that she might depart unto him).
2 And when the Jews saw her resorting unto the holy sepulchre they came to the chief priests, saying: Mary goeth every day unto the sepulchre. And the chief priests called the watchmen which were charged by them not to suffer any to pray at the holy sepulchre, and inquired of them if it were so in truth. But the watch answered and said that they saw no such thing; for God did not suffer them to see her venerable presence.
The archangel Gabriel appears to Mary
3 Now on one day, which was Friday, the holy Mary came as she was wont to the sepulchre, and as she prayed it came to pass that the heavens were opened and the archangel Gabriel came down unto her and said: Hail, thou that didst bear Christ our God: thy prayer hath passed through the heavens unto him that was born of thee and hath been accepted, and henceforth according to thy petition thou shalt leave the world and come unto the heavenly places unto thy Son, unto the true life that hath no successor.
4 And when she heard that from the holy archangel she returned unto Bethlehem the holy, having with her three virgins that ministered unto her. And when she had rested a little space she sat up and said to the virgins: Bring me a censer that I may pray. And they brought it as it was commanded them.
5 And she prayed, saying: My Lord Jesu Christ, who didst vouchsafe of shine excellent goodness to be born of me, hear my voice and send unto me shine apostle John, that seeing him I may have the first fruits of joy: and send unto me also the rest of shine apostles, both them that have already come to dwell with thee and them that are in this present world, in whatever land the may be, by thy holy commandment, that I may behold them and bless thy name that is greatly extolled, for I have confidence that thou hearest shine handmaid in every thing.
The coming of the Apostles
6 And as she prayed I, John, came unto her, for the Holy Ghost caught me up by a cloud from Ephesus and set me in the place where the mother of my Lord lay. And I entered in unto her and gave glory to him that was born of her and said Hail, thou mother of my Lord, that didst bear Christ our God. rejoice for that thou departest out of this life with great glory.
7 And the holy mother of God glorified God that I, John, was come to her, remembering the word of the Lord which he spake. Behold thy mother, and behold thy son. And the three virgins came and worshipped.
8 And the holy mother of God said unto me: Pray thou and put on incense. And I prayed thus: O Lord Jesus Christ that doest marvellous things, do now marvellous things before her that bare thee, and let thy mother depart out of this life, and let them that crucified thee and believed not in thee be troubled.
9 And after I had finished the prayer the holy Mary said unto me: Bring me the censer. And she cast in incense and said: Glory be to thee, my God and my Lord, because in me are fulfilled all things that thou didst promise me before thou didst ascend into the heavens, that whenever I should depart out of this world thou wouldest come unto me in glory, thou and the multitude of thine angels.
10 And I, John, said unto her: Our Lord and our God Jesus Christ cometh, and thou beholdest him according as he promised thee. And the holy mother of God answered and said to me The Jews have sworn that when mine end cometh they will burn my body. And I answered and said unto her: Thy holy and precious body shall not see corruption. And she answered and said unto me : Bring a censer and put incense therein and pray. And there came a voice from heaven and said the Amen.
11 And I, John, listened unto that voice, and the Holy Ghost said unto me: John, heardest thou this voice which was uttered in heaven after the ending of the prayer! And I answered and said: Yea, I heard it. And the Holy Ghost said unto me: This voice which thou heardest signifieth the coming of thy brethren the apostles and of the holy powers which is to be for to-day they are coming hither.
12 And thereupon I, John, fell to prayer. And the Holy Ghost said unto the apostles: All of you together mount up upon clouds from the ends of the world and gather yourselves together at Bethlehem the holy because of the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, in a moment of time: Peter from Rome, Paul from Tiberia, Thomas out of the inmost Indies, James from Jerusalem:
13 Andrew the brother of Peter, and Philip, Luke and Simon the Canaanite, and Thaddaeus, which were fallen asleep, were raised up by the Holy Ghost out of their sepulchres ¡ unto whom said the Holy Ghost: Think not that the resurrection is now ¡ but for this cause are ye risen up out of your graves, that ye may go to salute for an honour and a wonderful sign for the mother of your Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: for the day is come near of her departure and going to abide in heaven.
14 And Mark, who was yet alive, came also from Alexandria with the rest, as hath been said, from their several countries. But Peter when he was lifted up by the cloud stood between the heaven and the earth, for the Holy Ghost sustained him, and beheld while the rest of the apostles also were caught up in the clouds to be present with Peter. And so all came together by the means of the Holy Ghost, as hath been said.
15 And we entered in unto the mother of our Lord and God and did her worship and said: Fear not, neither be grieved: the Lord God that was born of thee shall bring thee out of this world with glory And she rejoicing in God her Saviour sat up in the bed and said to the apostles: Now believe I that our teacher and our God cometh from heaven, and I shall behold him, and so depart out of this life, even as I have seen you come unto me. And I would that you would tell me whence ye knew that I was departing and came unto me, and from what lands and how far ye are come hither, that ye have been so quick to visit me: for neither hath he that was born of me, even our Lord Jesus Christ, hidden it from me. For I have believed now also that he is the Son of the Most High.
16 And Peter answered and said unto the apostles: Let each one certify the mother of our Lord, in what manner the Holy Ghost announced it unto us and charged us.
17 And I, John, answered and said: I whenas I was entering in unto the holy altar in Ephesus to minister, the Holy Ghost said unto me: The time of the departure of the mother of thy Lord is come near: go unto Bethlehem to salute her. And a cloud of light caught me up and set me at the door of the house where thou liest.
18 And Peter also answered: I also was in Rome, and about the dawn I heard a voice by the Holy Ghost saying unto me The mother of thy Lord must depart, for the time is come nigh: go thou unto Bethlehem to salute her: and lo, a cloud of light caught me up, and I beheld the rest of the apostles also coming unto me upon clouds, and a voice saying to me: Go all of you unto Bethlehem.
19 Paul also answered and said: I also was abiding in a city not very far off from Rome and the place is called Tiberia. And I heard the Holy Ghost saying unto me: The mother of thy Lord leaveth this world to go unto the heavenly places, and endeth (maketh) her course by departure : but go thou also unto Bethlehem to salute her. And lo, a cloud of light caught me up and set me where it did set you also.
20 Thomas also answered and said: I also had passed through the land of the Indians, and my preaching was increased in strengt by the grace of Christ, and the son of the King's sister by name Labdanes, was about to be sealed (baptized) by me in the palace, and suddenly the Holy Ghost saith unto me: Thou also, Thomas, go unto Bethlehem to salute the mother of thy Lord, for she maketh her removal unto heaven. And a cloud of light caught me up and set me with you.
21 And Mark also answered and said: As I also was finishing the service (canon) of the third hour in the city of Alexandria, while I prayed, the Holy Ghost caught me up and brought me unto you.
22 And James also answered and said: While I was in Jerusalem the Holy Ghost admonished (permitted) me, saying: Be thou present at Bethlehem, for the mother of thy Lord maketh her departure. And lo, a cloud of light caught me up and brought me unto you.
23 And Matthew also answered and said: I glorified and do glorify God, or that as I was in a ship and it was tossed, for the sea was boisterous with waves, suddenly a cloud of light overshadowed us, and overcame (shook off) the billows of the tempest and made them calm, and me it caught up and brought me unto you. 24 Likewise they that had departed this life before told how they were come. And Bartholomew said: I was preaching the word in the country of Thebes, and lo, the Holy Ghost said to me: The mother of thy Lord maketh her departure: go therefore to salute her at Bethlehem. And lo, a cloud of light caught me up and brought me unto you.
The prayer of the Mother of God
25 All these things spake the apostles unto the holy mother of God, how and in what fashion they came. And she spread forth her hands unto heaven and prayed, saying: I worship and praise and glorify thy name, which is greatly extolled, O Lord, because thou hast regarded the lowliness of shine handmaiden, and thou that art mighty hast magnified me, and behold all generations shall call me blessed.
26 And after the prayer she said unto the apostles: Cast on incense and pray. And when they had prayed there came a thunder from heaven and a terrible sound as of chariots, and lo, a multitude of the host of angels and powers, and a voice as of the Son of man was heard, and the Seraphim came round about the house wherein the holy and spotless mother of God, the virgin, lay: so that all that were in Bethlehem beheld all the marvellous sights, and went to Jerusalem and declared all the wonderful things that were come to pass.
27 And it came to pass after that sound that the sun and the moon appeared about the house, and an assembly of the first begotten saints came unto the house where the mother of the Lord lay, for her honour and glory. And I saw also many signs come to pass, blind receiving sight, deaf hearing, lame walking, lepers cleansed, and them that were possessed of unclean spirits healed. And every one that was under any sickness or disease came and touched the wall where she lay, and cried: Holy Mary, thou that didst bear Christ our God, have mercy on us. And forthwith they were cured.
28 And many multitudes that were dwelling in Jerusalem out of every country because of a vow, when they heard the signs that were being done in Bethlehem by means of the Lord's mother, came unto the place seeking to be healed of divers diseases; and they obtained health. And there was joy unspeakable on that day of the multitude of them that were healed, with them also that beheld, glorifying Christ our God and his mother. And all Jerusalem returned from Bethlehem, keeping holiday with singing of psalms and spiritual songs.
The envy of the Jews
29 But the priests of the Jews, together with their people, were amazed at that which was done, and were taken with bitter (heavy) envy, and again with vain thoughts they gathered a council and advised themselves to send men against the holy mother of God and the holy apostles which were there at Bethlehem. And when the multitude of the Jews were now set forward toward Bethlehem, as it were about a mile therefrom, It came to pass that they saw a terrible vision, and their feet were bound: and they departed thence to them of their nation, and declared all the fearful vision unto the chief priests.
30 But they being yet more inflamed in spirit went unto the governor, crying out and saying: The nation of the Jews is destroyed because of this woman: drive thou her away from Bethlehem and from the province of Jerusalem. But the governor was astonied at the wonders and said unto them: I will not drive her out from Bethlehem nor from any other place. But the Jews continued crying out and adjuring him by the safety of Tiberius Caesar that he should lead the apostles out of Bethlehem and if thou doest it not we will report it unto Caesar. And being now compelled he sent a captain of a thousand against the apostles unto Bethlehem.
31 But the Holy Ghost said unto the apostles and the mother of the Lord: Behold, the governor hath sent a captain of a thousand against you, because the Jews have made a tumult. Go out therefore from Bethlehem, and fear not; for behold, I will bring you by a cloud unto Jerusalem; for the power of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost is with you.
32 The apostles therefore rose up straightway and went out of the house, bearing the bed of their lady the mother of God and set forward toward Jerusalem: and immediately, according as the Holy Ghost said, they were lifted up by a cloud and were found at Jerusalem in the house of their lady. And we stood up and for five days we sung praise without ceasing.
The Jews want the house to be burned
33 But when the captain came unto Bethlehem and found not there the mother of the Lord, neither the apostles, he laid hold upon the Bethlehemites, saying unto them: Did ye not come and tell the governor and the priests all the signs and wonders which were come to pass, and how the apostles came out of every land ? where then are they ? come ye hither to Jerusalem unto the governor. For the captain knew not of the departure of the apostles and the mother of the Lord unto Jerusalem. So the captain took the Bethlehemites and went unto the governor saying that he had found no man.
34 Now after five days it was made known to the governor and to the priests and to all the city that the mother of the Lord was in her own house in Jerusalem with the apostles, by means of the signs and wondrous things that came to pass there, and a multitude of men and women were assembled, crying out: O holy virgin that didst bear Christ our God, forget not the race of men.
35 And because of this the people of the Jews, moved yet more with envy, together with the priests, took wood and fire and came on, desiring to burn the house where the mother of the Lord lay, together with the apostles. But the governor stood beholding the sight afar off. And when the people of the Jews were come unto the door of the house, behold, suddenly a force of fire came from within it by means of an angel and burnt a great multitude of the Jews, and there was great fear throughout all the city and they glorified God which was born of her.
36 But when the governor saw what was done, he cried aloud before all the people, saying: Of a truth he is the Son of God, which was born of the virgin whom ye thought to drive out: for these signs are of a true God. And there was a division betwixt the Jews, and many believed on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ because of the signs which came to pass.
The trespassing
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37 Now after all these wonders were come to pass because of Mary the mother of God and ever virgin, the mother of the Lord, as we the apostles were with her in Jerusalem, the Holy Ghost said unto us: Ye know that on the Lord's day the good tidings were told unto the Virgin Mary by the archangel Gabriel and on the Lord's day the Saviour was born in Bethlehem, and on the Lord's day the children of Jerusalem went forth with palm-branches to meet him, saying: Hosanna in the highest: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. And on the Lord's day he rose from the dead, and on the Lord's day he shall come to judge the quick and the dead, and on the Lord's day he shall come from heaven for the glory and honour of the departure of the holy and glorious virgin which bare him.
38 And upon the same Lord's day the mother of the Lord said unto the apostles: Cast on incense, for Christ cometh with an host of angels: and behold Christ cometh sitting upon the throne of the Cherubim. And as we all prayed there appeared innumerable multitudes o angels, and the Lord riding upon the Cherubim in great power. And lo, an appearance of light going before him and lighting upon the holy virgin because of the coming of her only-begotten Son: and all the powers of the heavens fell down and worshipped him. 39 And the Lord called unto his mother and said: Mary. And she answered and said: Behold, here am I, Lord. And the Lord said unto her: Be not grieved, but let shine heart rejoice and be glad; for thou hast found grace to behold the glory that was given me of my Father. And the holy mother of God looked up and saw in him glory which the mouth of man cannot utter nor comprehend. And the Lord abode by her, saying: Behold, henceforth shall thy precious body be translated unto paradise, and shine holy soul shall be in the heavens in the treasuries of my Father in surpassing brightness, where is peace and rejoicing of the holy angels, and continuance thereof.
40 And the mother of the Lord answered and said unto him: Lay thy right hand upon me, Lord, and bless me. And the Lord spread out his unstained right hand and blessed her: and she, holding his unstained right hand, kissed it, saying: I worship this right hand which made the heaven and the earth; and I beseech thy name which is greatly extolled, O Christ, God, King of the ages, only-begotten of the Father, receive shine handmaid, thou that didst vouchsafe to be born of me the lowly one to save mankind by shine unutterable dispensation. Every man that calleth upon or entreateth or nameth the name of shine handmaid, grant him shine help.
41 And as she thus spake, the apostles came near unto her feet and worshipped the Lord and said: O mother of the Lord, leave unto the world a blessing, for thou departest out of it: for thou didst bless it and raise it up from destruction when thou barest the light of the world. And the mother of the Lord prayed, and thus spake she in her prayer: O God, who of thy great goodness didst send shine only-begotten Son to dwell in my lowly body, who didst vouchsafe to be born of me the lowly one, have mercy upon the world and upon every soul that calleth upon thy name.
42 And again she prayed and said: O Lord, King of the heavens, Son of the living God, accept every man that calleth upon thy name that thy birth may be glorified. And again she prayed and said: O Lord Jesu Christ, that hast all power in heaven and on earth, I entreat shine holy name with thus supplication: At every time and in every place where there is a memorial of my name, sanctify thou that place, and glorify them that glorify thee through my name, accepting every offering of such, and every supplication and every prayer.
43 And when she had thus prayed, the Lord said unto his own mother: Let shine heart be glad and rejoice; for every grace and every gift hath been given thee of my Father which is in heaven and of me and of the Holy Ghost. Every soul that calleth upon thy name shall not be put to shame, but shall find mercy and consolation and succour and confidence, both in this world and in that which is to come, before my Father which is in heaven.
44 And the Lord turned and said unto Peter: The time is come to begin the song of praise. And when Peter began the song of praise, all the powers of the heavens answered Alleluia. And then the countenance of the mother of the Lord did shine above the light. And she rose up and with her own hand blessed every one of the apostles, and all of them gave glory to God; and the Lord spread forth his unstained hands and received her holy and spotless soul.
45 And at the going forth of her spotless soul the place was filled with sweet odour and light unspeakable, and lo, a voice from heaven was heard, saying: Blessed art thou among women. And Peter ran, and I, John, and Paul and Thomas, and embraced her precious feet to receive sanctification: and the twelve apostles laid her honourable and holy body upon a bed and bare it forth.
Sophronius [20:55-72]
Jephonias' outrage
46 And behold as they bare her, a certain Hebrew named Jephonias, mighty of body, ran forth and set upon the bed, as the apostles bare it, and lo, an angel of the Lord with invisible power smote his two hands from off his shoulders with a sword of fire and left them hanging in the air about the bed.
47 And when this miracle came to pass, all the people of the Jews that beheld it cried out: Verily he is the true God that was born of thee, Mary, mother of God, ever virgin. And Jephonias himself, being commanded by Peter, that the wonderful works of God might be showed, stood up behind the bed and cried: Holy Mary that didst bear Christ which is God, have mercy on me. And Peter turned and said unto him: In the name of him that was born of her shine hands which were taken from thee shall cleave to their place. And immediately at the word of Peter the hands that did hang beside the bed of our lady went back and crave unto Jephonias: and he also believed and glorified Christ, even God, that was born of her.
The translation of Mary's body into paradise
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48 And after this miracle the apostles bare the bed and laid her precious and holy body in Gethsemane in a new tomb. And lo, an odour of sweet savour came out of the holy sepulchre of our lady the mother of God: and until three days were past the voices of invisible angels were heard glorifying Christ our God which was born of her. And when the third day was fulfilled the voices were no more heard, and thereafter we all perceived that her spotless and precious body was translated into paradise.
49 Now after it was translated, lo, we beheld Elisabeth the mother of the holy John the Baptist, and Anna the mother of our lady, and Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and David singing Alleluia, and all the choirs of the saints worshipping the precious body of the mother of the Lord, and we saw a place of light, than which light nothing is brighter, and a great fragrance came from that place whereto her precious and holy body was translated in paradise, and a melody of them that praised him that was born of her: and unto virgins only is it given to hear that sweet melody wherewith no man can be sated.
50 We, therefore, the apostles, when we beheld thus suddenly the translation of her holy body, glorified God who had shown unto us his wonders at the departure of the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ: by the prayer and intercession of whom may we all be accounted worthy to come into her protection and succour and guardianship, both in this world and in that which is to come: at all times and in all places glorifying her only-begotten Son, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.
Sophronius [20:99-102]
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Poulton looks set to be left without a WH Smith after it was revealed that the store in the Teanlowe Centre is set to close.
The shop will shut next month as part of the redesign of the centre.
But bosses at the national stationer said they have not identified an alternative site for the store and that jobs will be lost in the town.
It is the second jobs blow caused by the revamp. In March the Co-op confirmed that its store would be closing in June there with the loss of around 30 jobs.
Staff were being offered alternative employment within the company.
The centre is undergoing a £20m redevelopment to improve the centre and create a new 35,200 sq Booths store.
The project involves the demolition of the western part of the existing Teanlowe Centre, where the Co-op and WH Smith are located, to make way for the new store. Repairs and improvements will be made to the remainder of the centre comprising the eastern mall, which leads out to Market Place and smaller stores have been relocated.
The Teanlowe car park will be a free short stay park for shoppers, and a new link road through Hardhorn Road car park is also included as part of the project.
It is due to be completed and open before the new supermarket is ready in 2016.
Today a spokesman for WH Smith said: "We can confirm that the WH Smith store in Poulton-le-Fylde will close in September due to the redevelopment of the shopping centre.
"We are disappointed to lose our presence in the town, however we will continue to look for another suitable location."
A spokesman for Booths said : "WH Smith will be closing early September to make way for the demolition of the southern section of the Teanlowe Centre prior to commencement of works to the new Booths store.
"Other shops in the recently refurbished eastern mall will be unaffected."

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Dorothy Hamill talks about her tough decision to withdraw from "Dancing with the Stars" due to a back injury. So, why did she wait until the end of the show to announce her departure? Plus, how will she treat her injury?
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Groups to pursue lawsuit against hog farm near Keosauqua
DES MOINES (AP) — Environmental and animal welfare organizations have filed a notice of intent to sue a southeast Iowa hog farm after it spilled thousands of gallons of hog manure earlier this month into a creek near the Des Moines River.
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, represented by the Environmental Integrity Project, and the Humane Society of the United States say Thursday they intend to sue Maschhoff Pork, an Illinois company which operates a farm near Keosauqua.
The organizations want the company to obtain a Clean Water Act permit to force it to conform to stricter rules.
Company spokeswoman Julie Maschhoff says the company has always operated within current regulations and continues to do so.
The Keosauqua farm houses nearly 7,500 sows producing 11 million gallons of manure a year.


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Since Randall Hickman and Doug Davis opened their Broadway Theater in downtown Vista five years ago, Hickman has always chosen what he calls an "in your face" comedy for each season's schedule. Usually the playwright of choice was Neil Simon, but last year Hickman added Sam Bobrick's little-known "Wally's Cafe" to the schedule, and the result was a sold-out five-week run.
This season, he's hoping lightning will strike twice with this week's production of "Weekend Comedy," a zany comedy Bobrick wrote with his wife, Jeanne.
"Since I've discovered Sam Bobrick's work, I will be reading and staging him a lot more," Hickman said. "People need to be exposed to this man's sense of humor. The response to last year's 'Wally's Cafe' was amazing. Because of this, I know 'Weekend Comedy' is probably going to be something they'll enjoy."
The play is about Frank and Peggy, a long-married couple in their 50s, who rent a cabin in the Catskills for Memorial Day weekend. The only problem is that Jill and Tony, an unmarried couple in their 20s, have also rented the same cabin for the weekend because of a booking mistake. The older couple arrive at the cabin first and claim it, then the younger pair shows up. But because the cabin is so isolated, the older twosome invite the younger to stay for dinner. And after much champagne, the invitation extends to the weekend and the generation gap between the two couples begins to grow with much verbal and physical sparring.
"Weekend Comedy" is directed by Jerry Pilato and stars David Netteland of San Diego as Frank; Natalie Sentz of Oceanside as Peggy; Timothy Benson of Oceanside as Tony; and Kristen Fogle of San Diego as Jill.
Hickman said he's sure his mostly older audience will enjoy the play, which shows that while older couples can be stubborn and set in their ways, they still have a thing or two to teach the younger generation. "I found myself laughing out loud as I read the script," he said.
"Weekend Comedy"
When: Opens Thursday and runs through June 21; showtimes, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
Where: Broadway Theatre, 340 E. Broadway, Vista
Tickets: $16.50
Phone: 760-806-7905
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Ben Miller, Game Designer for ArenaNet, has just posted a new blog post on the processes of developing an online world.
Every company has its secrets: secret recipes, secret codes, secret programs, and secret ways of doing things. Some secrets are kept for important spy reasons, and some are kept simply because no one bothers sharing them. The secrets I'm sharing in this blog post are equal parts both.
Some developers might wish there was a secret recipe book for designing an online world—some big ol' Betty Crocker-style book with chapters like "Combat System" and "Interactive Story Telling," containing recipes for "Melee Weapons" and "Compelling Main Characters." And they'd wish all you had to do was add in the particulars specified and work on each bit for the required amount of time.
The truth is that designing an online world is a lot like the real world. It's messy business. It's organic. It's chaotic. The mental space in which you are creating is different from moment to moment with assumptions and extrapolations piling into a confusing tangle that only your gut has time to sort out. It's like a turbulent ocean storm of ideas, processes, people, and collaboration.
At ArenaNet there aren't really recipes, nor are there secrets, but there are the high-level design principles that have guided our design process of Guild Wars 2. They have been the stars in the night sky that have kept this ship from running aground on more than one occasion. You can see them reflected in the combat, in the story, in the event system, even in the world map. Every aspect of the game has been touched and shaped by one or more of these "golden rules."
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Libertarian US Senate Candidate Alexander Snitker from Florida. www.snitker2010.com
Alexander Snitker is making the US Senate election in Florida a 4 person race and is ready to shock the world!
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April commented
Alex is a decent, family-oriented man from Fla. It would be nice to get more Libertarians in US Senate, including Peter Schiff from Connecticut.
Brian T. Peterson, DVM commented
Support a fundamental liberty by supporting property rights in San Diego, CA. Go to: eminent domain abuses G.A.G. in San Diego Ca. Vote for the Grantville Action Group (GAG) to be on Freedom Watch. We are fighting an illegal redevelopment deal cut between the City and County of San Diego, which established the Grantville neighborhood as a redevelopment project area. This puts the business owners here under the perpetual threat of eminent domain; not the constitutional kind, but the kind where they take your property to give it to someone else…just like Suzette Kelo. Or, go to www.GrantvilleActionGroup.com to donate to our legal fund to stop illegal redevelopment and eminent domain. Brian T. Peterson, DVM; GAG, CEO
Thomas commented
It really bugs me that all I hear about is Rubio, Crist and Meeks. All the main stream crud is pushing the snakes! I think they are all deathly afraid of Snitker cause he has a real chance to win and they can't stand it. Rubio is the only snake that has a chance. Meeks is just going to be an "also ran". Crist is dying on the vine. Once Snitker gets known, this race will be just about a done deal.
Robert commented
The only 3 candidates the media talks about leaves us asking the same thing when we go to the polls ... Do I really have a choice? Christ is a flip flopper, can any one please tell me what he stands for? Rubio is just another corupt career politician and Meek is a left wing entitlement program pusher. However, there is a choice and that is Alex Snitker who should be mentioned (as the 4th candidate) by the mainstream, cable and talk radio media anytime discussing the Florida Sentate Race. www.snitker2010.com
gregsboatyard commented
You Democrats and Republicans affraid? You should be!
Heather commented
I for one would like to at least be able to hear what the Libertarian party has to say. The Dems and Pubs have become a broken record of false integrity and broken promises, with the party lines blurred beyond recognition. Their systems have failed...so yes, please, get this man on there for an interview and let's see what he's all about.
CurtisWolf commented
Alex Snitker is a man of principle who believes in small government and individual liberty. Since the Judge also is a man of principle, they will have a great conversation and show that the Florida U.S. Senate race actually may actually be worthwhile for liberty minded individual to participate in.
g.b. commented
Florida needs the principles of someone like Alex Snitker in the U.S. Senate. Please allow this former Marine to appear on Freedom Watch.
Emberlea commented
Judge Napolitano, Please have the best candidate that Florida has to offer for the Senate race on your show! Alex is the most exciting, phenomenal candidate I have had the pleasure of working with in 20 years! We need him to be our next Senator from Florida!
George Whitfield commented
Please have Alexander Snitker on your show. He is an articulate candidate for following the Constitution. His positions will increase peace, prosperity and liberty. I have contributed to his campaign and will be voting for him, too.
Andy Wright commented
Alex Snitker is the only candidate that wants to represent us and not run our lives. He is the only choice for anyone who believes in individual liberty and personal responsibility. The Judge would be doing a disservice to our Constitution if he did not accept the honor of having Alex on his show.
Michael Shanklin commented
Alex Snitker is a great guest, he was on our show a few times and he truly cares about personal Freedom and responsibility.
Judge, he's one of us!
Pheadrus commented
While the other candidates are sure to talk a good show, they will still serve the vested interests in Washington. I prefer some substance and the hope that my senator will actually look out for the regular citizens. Alex Snitker is a Libertarian with principle. As I see it there is no other choice here. I wish there was and I could easily vote for Rubio, except I don't believe the words coming out of his mouth, not to mention his position on immigration. The D's and R's should not underestimate the people's angst. Mr. Snitker just needs to be represented in the debates to let the people hear him and make up their own minds.
awyllie commented
Alex Snitker is the only guy in the U.S. Senate race in Florida that shares the same Constitutional beliefs as the Judge. I just heard Snitker on the radio a few minutes ago. He's really picking up steam.
tcpalmguy commented
Alex Snitker is a force to be reconed with. He is energizing the Libertarian party from the grassroots to the state committee with a solid and defined platform of ideas and plans. Give him his chance at the spotlight.
Phillip Laibe commented
FoxNews claims to be the fair and balanced news station yet the reporting on the US senate race in Florida has been anything but. I hope that at least the Judge will see fit to talk about this race in a fair and balanced manor. There is no excuse for excluding a candidate when covering a political race. We need to see more news coverage of this candidate so that we as Florida voters can make an informed choice.
Marie commented
Alexander Snitker would be the real change to Florida in issues ranging from small government, free market and taxes.
Char-Lez Braden commented
Alexander Snitker is exactly what America is looking for, smaller, responsible government, and personal freedom. He's already made history once by simply getting on the ballot as a Libertarian in Florida. He's a former Marine, and I predict he will use those skills to run a campaign that will knock the socks off the competition.
Lee Jackson commented
Alex Snitker is making the race for Florida U.S. Senator a four way race. As a Libertarian, Alex would bring a diciplined smaller government philosophy. He would be a fierce advocate for less government intrusion in the lives of all our citizens. He realizes that our government slowly evolved into the Leviathen it is today, and that to reverse the process will have to be evolutionary also to return to a more self-reliant citizenry.
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Clint Shivers commented
There is no better guest for The Judge to have than Alexander! I am a huge supporter of Snitker because of his 10th Amendment Pledge, position on taxes, education, taxes, spending, taxes, and states rights. If ever there were a candidate who speaks on behalf of The People it is hands down Alexander Snitker.


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Screens versus Children
Johann Christoph Arnold
I agree with all you said. We grew up learning to play and work together. So social skill that are lost today because we don't know how to talk to one another
I grew up in the fifties, outside, hiking in the canyon, playing baseball in the street, walking 9 miles alone downtown. But my neighbor couldn't even walk to the corner without me. His mother was afraid. But the real difference was most of the houses had someone at home most of the time. We were poor, watching every dime, with one car, a phone screwed to the wall that cost less than ten dollars month. If I wanted to go to the movies, I mowed somebody's lawn to pay for it. I loved electronics. I designed and built my own pocket radio, built hifi kits for my teachers, and fixed radios for the "little old ladies in Pasadena" for $2 each, picking them up in my wagon. The difference was my involvement with music, computers, etc wasn't passive. And it paid off, that's how I made my living for fifty years. The problem today is parents don't pass down their skills and passions, and encourage kids to grow, explore and love the world God gave us. It is a gift, and so are all the creative skills we can acquire.
Children of the twenty-first century can navigate distant worlds from their video game controllers, but are not equipped with an understanding of the real world outside the window. Fascinating entertainment options have them hooked almost as soon as they can focus their eyes.
As parents and teachers, we know that too much technology is bad for children. And we've all heard horror stories about cyber-bullying, easily accessible porn sites, and online sexual predators. Parents can try to put controls on what their children can see and limit their access time. But what if the technology itself turns out to be bad for childhood?
Rhonda Gillespie is an infant and toddler specialist who has worked in early childhood education for decades. When I asked her what she thought about technology and children, she shared her own story:
I have seen a devastating impact on children over the last twenty years. Technology attacks the foundation necessary for healthy development.
When I was a child, our neighborhood was safe and I played outside every day with my friends. We used our creativity and imagination, enhanced our problem solving skills and developed healthy bodies. But by the time my son was growing up, I rarely saw neighborhood children playing outside. The trend had shifted, and the outdoors was perceived to be unsafe.
I had to return to work full time, which meant long days and less evening time to play and enjoy the outdoors with my son. The biggest mistake I made was purchasing him his first video game console. It started off with rules and time limits, but as time progressed, so did the hours at the game controller.
At the beginning, it seemed like a win-win: he was interacting with children from all over the world and could casually socialize with his age group. He became good at some games and his confidence rose. I always thought that at some point he would find friends to play with in the neighborhood. Socialization has always been a challenge for him, and video game companies often bill their products as a bridge to forming connections. Now I feel he was denied the chance to develop healthy interactions.
My son is seventeen years old now. He will text all day long, but when he's around people, he does not know what to say or how to start a conversation. He says he is comfortable talking to people on the computer because he does not get bullied. But the flip side is that he did not learn to work through those awkward childhood moments that are an opportunity for growth. If he had never had the choice of online "friends," would he have learned better social skills?
Part of childhood is about problem solving, working out strategies and solutions to everyday life issues. Life became easier with technology, but it also made children unfamiliar with the process of success: hard work and patience. We have created a generation that expects things immediately without effort. For example, when I was in school I would spend months on a research paper, taking many trips to the library, spending hours studying and collecting verified data. My son can now produce the same report in a few hours, on his computer, without the element of verification or proof.
The accessibility of screen devices has caused a significant decline in children's resilience, self-determination, desire for hard work, and sense of pride in achievement. And socialization among children is becoming extinct.
We know that physical health is affected by screen time – especially eyesight, hearing, and weight. But we also need to consider how it attacks a child's soul. Many children find themselves unable to communicate with a real person who requires a thoughtful verbal response. More and more young children arrive at preschool with speech difficulties; some do not speak at all. Since this is a diagnosable trait in the autism spectrum, how many children may be categorized as autistic when they have simply not had the opportunity to learn human interaction?
In my conflict resolution work in schools, I sometimes speak with teens who don't know who they are – what is real about themselves and what is a mask. They have spent their growing years using several different personas or "avatars" in various imaginary worlds, and if they can make these false fronts more glamorous and bold than any mere human can hope to be, we should not be surprised that they come to hate themselves. This leads to desperation, depression, and in all too many cases, suicide.
On many levels, an addiction to video games is as dangerous as drug or alcohol abuse. It can lead children compulsively into ever darker worlds, with no easy way back. It's no surprise that so many school shootings have been carried out by avid gamers. They seem unable to differentiate between violent games and the consequences of murder in the real world, and incapable of feeling regret for their actions or compassion for their victims. We react with shock to hear about child soldiers commandeered into third-world armies. But it may be harder to see the young militias growing up in our own homes, manipulated just as cruelly as their more distant counterparts.
Now the first generation of gamers has come of parenting age, many without having overcome their addiction. Fathers come home from work only to disappear into a violent fantasy world. Games keep them trapped in adolescence; they spend hours in a parallel universe which absorbs the time that should be spent connecting with a child's reality – playing catch or reading a bedtime story.
Children need their parents to model life for them and with them – in the real world, not a virtual one. To quote an old Gaelic proverb, "It is not easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling." Like oak saplings, children need spring breezes, rain, summer sun and a lot of space to grow, not the artificial light of glowing screens.
This article is excerpted from Their Name Is Today: Reclaiming Childhood in a Hostile World.


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Wednesday, 24 February, 1999, 18:23 GMT
Profile: Michael Mansfield
If Michael Mansfield QC worked in the United States his profile would probably be on a par with OJ Simpson's flamboyant lawyer, Johnny Cochran.
The fact that British court proceedings are held entirely off camera has reduced his fame but not his earning power.
A dapper figure, who belies his age - he is 57 - his kudos among lawyers is legendary and his success rate in civil liberties cases second to none.
A twice-married father-of-six, Mr Mansfield was brought up in a middle class family in Finchley, north London - Lady Thatcher's old seat.
An idealistic teenager in the jazz and beatnik era, he chose to read philosophy but soon realised his life lay in the law.
After passing his finals he hesitated, applied to emigrate to Australia and worked as a dustman, but eventually succumbed to the call of the law.
Called to the Bar at the age of 26, he rapidly established himself as one of the most promising young lawyers of his generation.
His early reputation was as a defender of the indefensible and his big break came in 1972 when he defended one of the alleged leaders of the Angry Brigade, an English anarchist group which bombed several ministers' homes.
Destroyed prosecution case
Mr Mansfield superbly undermined the key scientific evidence and his client, Angela Weir, walked free.
The following year he defended two sisters accused of an IRA bombing at the Old Bailey which had destroyed his own car.
He established his own chambers in 1984 and was made a Queen's Counsel five years later.
Mr Mansfield, who lives in a stylish corner of Tooting in south London, made his name in a succession of high profile cases in which he helped highlight numerous miscarriages of justice.
The Birmingham Six, alleged IRA bomber Judith Ward, Tottenham Three and the Bridgewater Four established his reputation as a fierce anti-establishment cavalier in the mould of the US civil rights lawyer Clarence Darrow.
The legal establishment saw his brilliance and offered him a art-time judge's job, which he turned down.
'Voice of the unrepresented'
He said at the time: "I might have taken the step if I'd felt I'd fulfilled the role that I have tried to play, which is to represent and articulate on behalf of groups that don't find ready representation."
Politically he is old Labour and such is his disillusionment with the Blairite tendency he donated £1,000 to a candidate for Arthur Scargill's Socialist Labour Party before the last general election.
Mr Mansfield represented many miners caught up in the 1984/5 Miners' Strike and also met his second wife, Yvette, during the same dispute. She was at the Orgreave coking works making a film about the strike.
He identifies closely with left-wing film-maker Ken Loach and told the Independent on Sunday in 1997: "Ken is trying to stay true to a principle; his is in celluloid and mine is in words."
Numerous interests
Mr Mansfield is a busy man. He has set up a human rights centre in Brussels, is organising a law project in London which is designed to provide US prisoners of Death Row UK lawyers, and is a frequent legal and moral pundit in the media.
Then there are the books. His first, Presumed Guilty, came out in 1994 and was followed by a novel, The Inquest, in 1997, which he is hoping will be turned into a film.
He wrote the latter - about a Boeing 747 which explodes over London - after tapping into his experiences as an advocate for the Hillsborough and Marchioness families.
Not short of a few bob
But while he is a proponent of the bereaved, the unjustly incarcerated and the poor he is no stranger to wealth.
Mr Mansfield's legal bills came under the spotlight last year when a parliamentary inquiry was told top criminal barristers should earn no more than £200,000 a year from legal aid. He regularly charges £200 per hour and can earn up to £60,000 on one appeal.
Despite the cost he was the obvious choice to represent the family of Stephen Lawrence at last year's inquiry and his pointed questioning had several officers writhing with discomfort.
Mr Mansfield has given up full-time advocacy to pursue his other interests but he will no doubt be at the forefront this week as the Macpherson report lays into his perennial adversaries - the police.
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|This is not a particularly long course, but it has some fun holes. It is fairly open, so hitting it offline might get you in trouble but it won't ruin your day. It runs alongside an airport (don't know which, I'm not a local) and a couple holes have the airport property running down the left side as OB. Overall, it's well worth the price. The only real negative I can think of is there are no tee time reservations and no starter, so the first tee is a little jumbled with everyone standing around trying to remember who was there first. And make the time to have a burger at the diner at the clubhouse. It's worth the trip all by itself.
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Sofia Vergara Bounces: Late Last Night
Sofia Vergara was on Kimmel last night and right off the bat she mentioned the elephant in the room: her vast amount of cleavage. But she managed to handle it like someone who has been dealing with that sort of thing her whole life (which she undoubtedly has). And Kimmel manages to reign himself in and not start panting like a cartoon wolf. Which I know I would have.
Judd Apatow was on Leno after Chelsea Handler and, yeah, if you think Handler is funny, comparing the two while they sit on Leno's couch? It's not even a contest.
And finally Thor's Chris Hemsworth was on Letterman and, damn, are we sure this dude wasn't already an immortal? He practically looks like a chiseled statue already.


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I know...you're thinking "didn't she just move offices? Are her hall-mates sick of her already?" Not even.
Last move was to get me into the same building as my team. The next shift is to move around the groups within the building. I went down and checked out my new office and it is phat (hee!)! OK, get this..it's actually in the Microsoft Library. There are 2 offices with big windows in the library, facing the sunny side of the building and I get one! There are no offices next door and I can park right outside my office. It's bigger and lighter than my current office (which I still actually like...I would call it cozy)
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Dawkins ready for Reggae Boyz
Simon Dawkins is awaiting clearance to join Jamaica's bid to reach the 2014 World Cup finals.
Dawkins, on loan at Aston Villa from Tottenham Hotspur, has applied for citizenship after talks with the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).
The 25-year-old was born in London but is eligible to represent Jamaica because both his grandparents were born on the island and he is hoping his registration is confirmed in time for him to face Villa team-mate Brad Guzan later this year.
Talks with the JFF were encouraging and citizenship should be formalised well before Jamaica host USA on June 7 for a World Cup qualifier.
"I'm in the process of having my citizenship done, so I would be eligible to play," Dawkins told the Villa website. "I missed the game against Mexico at the beginning of February. That was a game I wanted to play in but I couldn't.
"So hopefully I can get all that sorted soon. I'm the process of registering myself and Jamaica are very interested in me too.
"It would be great to be involved in international football. We're in the last stages of the World Cup qualifiers. It would be massive to be involved in that, and to play for Jamaica would make my family very happy, especially my grandparents. They would be very proud."
Jamaica are currently fourth in their CONCACAF group with one point from one game in the region's hexagonal stage.
Six teams meet in a home-and-away format between February 6 and October 15, with the top three sides qualifying directly for the tournament in Brazil.
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Southeast Baseball Sweeps Lincoln/Sylvan-Lucas
KSAL Sports - April 9, 2014 8:28 am
The Southeast of Saline baseball team opened the season strong, picking up two lopsided wins over Lincoln/Sylvan-Lucas. The Trojans took game one 15-4 and game two 10-0.
In the opener, Connor Boyer, Jacob Pengra and Bailey Ramsey all had three hits while Cody Schlesener added a pair. Cole Sauber was the winner on the mound, striking out six and walking one.
In the nightcap, Kaden Besher threw the first three innings, striking out five hitters. Dane Long closed out the game, striking out six, as the game ended in five innings.
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Take a peek at the innards of the HD6900
Subject: General Tech | November 22, 2010 - 11:40 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
NGOHQ scored 12 pictures from someone who was at an AMD presentation describing the features and architecture of the soon to arrive HD6900 GPU family. There are some big changes, including dual graphics engines which will allow the card to process 2 primitive polygons per clock; the tessellation
engines are also doubled and dual rasterizers will offer up to 32 pixels per clock. You can also see Josh's prediction vindicated, there is a slide showing off 4 stream processing uni
International Men's Day?!? Seriously?
Subject: General Tech | November 19, 2010 - 06:29 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
One of the benefits of merging the motherboard forums together is that the knowledge available has hit a critical mass where almost any chipset/motherboard question will receive an answer quickly and often it will even be right! For instance, if you need a Chaintech manual, this thread will have it winging its way to you no matter where you are, or a Soltek manual if you swing that way. It's not just the new boards that are supp
Ripley would probably use the Razer Nostromo
Subject: General Tech | November 19, 2010 - 12:29 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
You might remember seeing an odd looking one handed keyboard from Belkin a few years back, called the SpeedPad. It seemed like a good idea but never really caught on, but perhaps if one of the major peripheral makers were to try it might meet with more success. Enter the Razer Nostromo, a new one handed keypad that Gizmodo is reporting on here. No word if it comes with a self destruct sequence.
Zambezi and Llano; a pair of revealing slides
Subject: General Tech | November 19, 2010 - 11:49 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
It is always fun for the community when someone slips and breaks an NDA, letting the community take a peek at something they weren't supposed to see yet is always enjoyable. The Inquirer caught a slip of a pair of slides from an AMD presentation from October, detailing the upcoming family of AM3 CPUs and new socket FM1 APUs. Head on over to see when the 125W eight core should be available for you to own.
"CHIP DESIGNER AMD has delayed its Llano models further while its Zambezi chips are still on track, according to leaked chipset roadmap slides that AMD has confirmed to The INQUIRER are genuine."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs pre-launch late Nov, early Dec @ Funky Kit
- German hacker uses rented computing to crack hashing algorithm @ The Register
- A Look at Upcoming ASUS H67 & P67 Motherboards @ Techgage
- Five reasons Google TV could fail @ Digital Trends
- Win a Gigabyte H55N-USB3 Mini-ITX notherboard @ Funky Kit
- Win a ADATA 16Gb USB3.0 Thumb drive @ Funky Kit
PCI-SIG Releases PCI Express 3.0 SPECIFICATION
Subject: General Tech | November 18, 2010 - 01:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
BEAVERTON, Ore. – November 18, 2010 – PCI-SIG, the organization responsible for the widely adopted PCI Express (PCIe®) industry-standard input/output (I/O) technology, today announced the availability of the PCIe Base 3.0 specification to its members. The PCIe 3.0 architecture is a low-cost, high-performance I/O technology that includes a new 128b/130b encoding scheme and a data rate of 8 gigatransfers per second (GT/s), doubling the interconnect bandwidth over the PCIe 2.0 specification.
A closer look at WiFi Direct
Subject: General Tech | November 18, 2010 - 01:17 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Drop by SemiAccurate for an overview of the talks that the WiFi Alliance has been having about WiFi Direct, which will be a software upgrade that extends the usefulness of wireless connectivity by allowing connections to multiple devices. The connection remains WPA2 or WPS, offering secure connectivity to up to three wireless devices, think of it as a turbo charged Bluetooth connection. There is much more to learn about from their talks.
The sound of a multi-platform Sharkoon
Subject: General Tech | November 17, 2010 - 06:24 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Sharkoon, a semi-frequent mention on the PC Perspective Podcast thanks to the unlikely name they've chosen have recently released a new gaming headset called the XTACTIC SP USB. Perhaps the most interesting feature of this headset is that it is tested to work on just about any platform you would want to use it on, something other brands sometimes have an issue with.
Do you approve of Black Ops?
Subject: General Tech | November 17, 2010 - 02:41 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The long running CoD franchise has a new member and for a game about Black Ops, there sure is a lot of attention being payed to how it is operating. The reactions have been mixed, from those whose heads are exploding from the rage and disappointment trying to find an outlet to those who are happy to wait until it is patched to the point where playing the game, especially in multiplayer is more fun than frustrating. HEXUS tried the single player campaign and gives you a quick run down of what is new in the
A quiet chat with Steve Ballmer
Subject: General Tech | November 17, 2010 - 12:50 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The current CEO of Microsoft might not quite be at the status of Richard Branson but for a tech company he is rather famous, especially when he loses his temper. While there is no outburst in the interview he completed with Ars Technica there is certainly a lot to draw the attention of anyone interested in the current mindset of Microsoft and the plans they have for the future. Four pages worth of questions and answers await.
SSD's getting cheaper at the cost of more expensive HDDs
Subject: General Tech | November 16, 2010 - 12:36 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
According to the numbers that DigiTimes is seeing, the drop in costs for SSDs are having an effect on the price of HDDs but don't expect to see the price per gigabyte get all that close. We've seen price cuts from Intel and Adata is also going that route and you can expect the introduction of 20nm flash chips to also help drop the cost of SSDs over the coming year. On the flip side it looks like large capacity HDDs are going to go up a little bit while the new flash is being rolled out.
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For these fries, I used large russet bakers, unpeeled and cut into thick wedges. The malt vinegar gave the fries a pleasant tang, not as deep and zingy as it is all on its own, yet somehow better. Smoked paprika brought some depth, hinting and at woodsiness and warmth. The salt and pepper? They did what they do.
John and I couldn't stay out of the fries. We ate way too many, but something about them was just irresistible. Maybe next time around, I'll make the fries as a main course and have a side salad of something healthy. Or maybe they will be a side for our favorite homemade hamburgers or sloppy joes. Or maybe we'll just have a heaping plate of fries, all by themselves, beautiful in their oven-fried glory.
Recipe by Terri @ that's some good cookin
- 2 pounds russet potatoes, scrubbed clean and cut into wedges (I used large russet baking potatoes, but medium size potatoes will work, too. Cut the wedges so that the thickest edge is about 1/2-inch thick.)
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup malt vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika (this is a flavor power house--go get some)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
- Preheat oven to 400-degrees F.
- In a large bowl toss all of the ingredients together.
- Spread in a single layer on a lightly oiled baking sheet. I lined my baking sheet with foil, then lightly oiled the foil and placed the potatoes on the foil.
- Pour any remaining mixture from the bowl over the potato wedges.
- Bake for about 30-35 minutes, turning potatoes over halfway through baking time. Bake until golden brown and tender when pierced with a fork, but do not over-cook.
This recipe has been linked to the following:
- Six Sister's Stuff–Strut Your Stuff Saturday Link Party #64
- The Country Cook–Weekend Potluck #37
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Rejoicing on a Mundane Day
by Bill Gaultiere
Soul Shepherding Moments, © 2012
Just another mundane Monday. Jesus Christ, the carpenter from Nazareth, understands -- and he knows how to help us find joy and peace in tedious work.
Much of our lives includes ordinary work and chores. We all have to do things that don't excite us -- at work, around the house or in running errands. It's easy to complain. Just grind through the day, frustrated or bored. Feeling insignificant.
This was my temptation on my mundane Monday.
To keep from grumping along today, I picked up a special prayer rock. It's piece of the outdoor theater in Sephorris, Israel, where I helped to lead a pilgrimage to "Walk Where Jesus Walked."
Jesus may have helped to build this marvelous stone theatre where the "play actors" (same word as "hypocrite" in the Bible) performed. Sephorris is just a few miles over the hill from the village of Nazareth where Jesus grew up. Maybe it was Jesus' experience with the theatre that led him to use that word to describe the problem of putting on a mask to impress God and others?
Our Blue Collar Savior
As I've held my rock today, I've thought about Jesus working hour after hour as a carpenter or a stone cutter. (The Greek word "tekton" can be translated as stonecutter. There's lots of stone in Israel, but not much wood.) The Son of God was tucked away in a small, obscure village working with his hands, living with his family and neighbors, learning from the Father, and waiting for when it was time for him to launch his public ministry that would change the world forever!
It's important to meditate on these quiet, humble years in Jesus' life. Why? Because we experience them.
So I've thinking about my "Blue Collar Savior" smiling as he serves hard to please customers and blessing them when they complain. Imagine Jesus on his hands and knees putting small tiles in place to build a beautiful and intricate mosaic on the floor of a wealthy person's home. (You can see some of these mosaics in the excavated ruins of ancient Sephorris today.) Probably Jesus loaned out his tools and sometimes they were damaged or not returned, but still he was generous. It's easy to think of him meditating on Scripture, praying to the Father, and singing cheerfully while he worked.
We don't know for sure exactly what Jesus' life was like in those hidden years. But we do know that for most of his life on earth he worked an ordinary job in an obscure village, learning the law, growing in grace, loving God and his neighbors, praying and playing with his Father, day after day. (Luke 2:40, 52) He dignified menial work.
And we know that Jesus could work your job or my job. He could live in your life or mine and be happy and fruitful because he'd bring himself and all his activity into the Kingdom of God.
You are the Disciple Jesus Loves!
Today, Jesus is helping me to appreciate his presence in my midst as I do many ordinary tasks. I am reminded that Christ is the source of my identity. In the words of the Apostle John: "I am the disciple Jesus loves!" (John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20).
This is the Gospel for you too: "YOU are the disciple Jesus loves!" Could there be any greater cause for rejoicing than that? What a joy it is to connect with Jesus and learn from him as we do what we do -- even on a mundane Monday!
My book, You Can Live in Jesus' Easy Yoke, unpacks many aspects of Jesus' quiet years in Nazareth and his "out of the spotlight" life with the Father. Knowing the way Jesus lived personally and learning how to apply this to the challenges and opportunities of your life is a tremendous help!
Bill Gaultiere, Ph.D. and his wife Kristi Gaultiere, Psy.D. are founders of Soul Shepherding, a 501c3 nonprofit ministry. As counselors, spiritual mentors, speakers, and retreat leaders since 1987 they facilitate intimacy with Jesus for pastors and all kinds of ministry leaders from around the world. Bill is the author of You Can Live in Jesus' Easy Yoke. You can sign up to receive his soul care messages by e-mail, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, or LinkedIn.


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Park City (Utah)
Park City [20] is a year-round resort town located on the Eastern (or Back) of the Wasatch Mountains, part of the Rocky Mountain Range in Utah. Altitude in town ranges from 6,720 to 8,460 ft. above sea level. The surrounding Wasatch Mountain rise over 10,000 ft. Probably best known for its skiing and winter season with three world-class ski resorts- Park City Mountain Resort, The Canyons Resort and Deer Valley Resort - as well as hosting the annual Sundance Film Festival.
Long before Park City became a world class mountain resort and venue for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, it was famous as a silver mining town, and boasts a lively and colorful past. Founded by prospectors in the late 1860's, Park City continued to mine silver until the early 1970's.
From approximately 1850, when small settlements were forming, until the railroad lines were laid throughout the West in the 1890s, stagecoach travel was the main form of transportation. There was even a stagecoach business in Park City! William Kimball, a Park City resident, started his stagecoach business in 1858 competing with Brigham Young for United States mail contracts. He was sent to England on a Mormon Church mission and when he returned, he started the Park City-Salt Lake City Route. The Kimball Brothers Stage Line operated from 1872 until 1890, when the railroad made its way into the West. Moving quicker as well as transporting more people and mail, the railroad easily put the stagecoach out of business.
Between 1880 and 1920 when Park City mines were the most organized, productive and active, they produced more than 20 million tons of ore including lead, zinc, copper, silver, and a small amount of gold. These were the years of Park City's mining renaissance. The mining company, Park City Consolidated Mines, started the ski business in 1963, when they built the first lifts on what was then called Treasure Mountain. The Park City area now has three world class resorts: Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley Resort, and the Canyons Resort.
The late 20th century transformed Park City into a hot recreational facility. The Ski Area was opened and old mines were open to explore for tourists.
1990 - ranked number 2 in American ski resorts.
In 2002 Park City was a major host site for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. 175 city volunteers contributed more than 6000 hours to the Games, or the equivalent of 750 workdays (and this doesn't even count the public safety volunteers).
Park City - Great Fire of 1898 -June 19 1898 most of Park City burned to the ground. The community of people stood helplessly. Reconstruction began immediately and by 1899 the City Hall was rebuilt and Park City continued to be the number one spot for the silver boom.
History of Skiing in Park City
- By the 1920's skiing became a recreational sport. Miners from Scandonavia built a ski jump on the Creole Mine dump which is now the town lift. Park City's youth formed the Park City Ski Club and taught kids and adults by taking them on ski tours located where the Park City Mountain Resort is located today. \
1985: Park City holds the World Cup. -March 1985, Park City held the first World Cup Ski Race. The director held rock concerts, street dances, speed skiiers, skydivers, and ski racing. This event drew 12,000 visitors which made a North American record. Park City earned the slot to hold the Cup each November.
Summer Activities -Park City is not just famous for its amazing slopes. Summer activities include hot air balloon tours, hiking, historical tours, museums, fly fishing, hunting, and horseback riding.
Get in
The Salt Lake City International Airport is just 36 miles from Park City via interstate 80.
Interstate 80 runs east from Salt Lake City through Parley's Canyon into Park City. Take the Kimball Junction exit (#145) onto SR-224. Park City is also accessible from US-40 to the east from Keetley Junction on SR-248.
Get around
Park City has a year-round free city-wide transit system. The bus routes connects historic Main Street, Kimball Junction, Prospector, Deer Valley, Park City Mountain Resort and The Canyons Resort.
The Park City area has three world class resorts: Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley Resort, and the Canyons Resort. The winter offers great opportunities for skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating, snowmobiling, sleigh rides, tubing, shopping and dining. Summer activities include hiking, mountain biking, road biking, horseback riding, golfing, shopping and dining.
Sundance Film Festival In 1981, Robert Redford, a resident celebrity of Park City helped create the Sundance Institute. This is a organization dedicated to enchancing the artistic quality of films. The Festival is open to the public and tickets are only 10 dollars per show. When attending you get to sit in on Q&A session with the director of the film and even meet some of the cast members. The event is held in January when the temperature in Utah is between 12 and 33 degrees. Average snowfall in the month of December is approximately 30 inches. Due to the extreme weather, organizers of the event encourage visitors to come prepared for the cold and high altitude.
Resort shopping areas such as the Resort Center at Park City Mountain Resort, Silver Lake Village at Deer Valley Resort, and the Resort Village at The Canyons, make it easy to browse between runs.
Prices drop by almost half once ski season ends, so shop around for bargains from June through September. Be aware that when staying in one of the ski lodges or condo units during the summer that it will be operating with significantly less staff, meaning that you may be picking up your key from a lockbox rather than the front desk and may not be able to quickly resolve any problems with your room; hotels will not have this problem.
Over 75% of public parking is free of charge in the historic area of Main Street. Most feasible parking is 1.50 an hour with a 3 hour time limit. There is also free parking in alley lots, Chine Bridge Garage Levels 1-3, and the Upper Level Gateway Garage.
The city also offers a world class bus system which makes traveling for tourists much easier as they travel with skis, snowboards, etc.
The Park City Golf Club is ranked as one of the premier public golf courses in the mountain region. It was built in 1963 and redesigned in 1976.
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Kim Kardashian Forced to Cut 50 Guests From Wedding List
With Kim Kardashian's wedding to the New Jersey Nets' Kris Humphries fast approaching on Saturday, the reality star has been forced to make a few last minute changes.
After already sending out invitations, Kardashian has been asked to cut 50 guests from her wedding list. A source close to Kardashian told Life & Style magazine that her initial guest list, in addition to the film crew and equipment recording the nuptials for her reality show may cause a fire hazard.
"The fire marshal got involved," a friend of Kardashian's told Life & Style. "Once the fire department learned about all the TV equipment that's going to be inside the space -- the lights, the cameras and the production crew -- Kim was told she had to cut the guest list by 50 people!"
Kardashian has had to make calls to disinvite some of her friends, according to the source. Last week, TMZ reported that Kardashian's extensive guest list of 500 included high-profile celebrities like Justin Bieber, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Jada Pinkett-Smith and her husband Will.
Although the Kardashian crew has been tight-lipped about many of the details and it is uncertain which 50 people will be cut from the 500, The Huffington Post reported that guests have already been given instructions.
Kathy Lee Gifford, one of the original 500 invited to the wedding, revealed that guests were mandated to wear black or white attire, according to The Huffington Post. Aside from the dress code, Gifford said that all those in attendance would be forced to enter through metal detectors and asked to submit their mobile phones for the duration of the ceremony.
With the last minute changes and publicity surrounding the wedding, those closest to the bride- to-be say she seems to be handling it all with ease. Rebecca Friedman, Kim's hairstylist for the big day, says the star does not seem fazed by the process.
"Kim's definitely a calm bride," Friedman told Life & Style. "She's just really, really excited."


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Mussolini was good for Italy
Shiraz Al Baghdadi asked me the following question:
it is said that what Benito did did only for him self for lust of power is it true ?
Well, the brief reply is that it's untrue. Mussolini was good for Italy, good for Italians, and naturally good for Italian interests, but bad for communists and other treacherous elements (e.g jews and other criminals). His system was fair, the people lived well under his rule. In simple terms: Italy flourished! Look at Italy today — disgusting.
Il Duce did not have supreme power, either. The king of Italy Victor Emmanuel III was actually the man calling the "real" shots. Hitler was appalled by the treatment Mussolini had to go through in lieu of this: Hitler mentioned this in the 'TABLE TALKS', or it could have been recalled by Christa Schroeder in her book 'Er war mein Chef'. Sorry, I forget.
No doubt Mussolini did some foolish decisions which ultimately Germany had to pay dearly for, I'm thinking specifically about Greece. Very foolish. Everybody makes mistakes.
The gist of it all is that Benito Mussolini was good for Italy. That's one of the reasons Mussolini is maligned in our 'history' books by various history gangsters.
Have a good day!
It was in fact in Christa Schroeder's book where she recalled how badly Mussolini was treated by Victor Emmanuel and Hitler was appalled by it. One passage read:
[blockquote][…] during the military parade in Rome there were seats arranged on the tribune for members of the royal family and Hitler, while Mussolini had to remain standing.[/blockquote]
Hitler apparently said the following with regard to the above:
[blockquote]It made me so upset that I was about to make a public scandal. I only held myself back for Il Duce's sake.[/blockquote]
This is from the Swedish edition in the chapter about travelling with Hitler. Page 88.
Italians and people all over the world honour his legacy, even in the year of 2015!


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DEARBORN, Mich., April 22 (UPI) -- Ford Motor Co. Thursday named Jim Padilla chief operating officer and chairman of automotive operations in a major executive shakeup.
Padilla, 57, was promoted from head of North and South American operations in a series of changes. Nick Scheele, 60, will remain Ford Motor Co. president overseeing global product creation and information technology.
David Thursfield, 58, will retire as head of international purchasing and European operations effective May 1. He will remain as a consultant to Ford Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Ford Jr.
Mark Fields, 43, head of the Premier Auto Group, will add the job of executive vice president Ford Europe. Ford Motor Credit chief Greg Smith, 52, was named executive vice president and president, The Americas.
Ford reported first-quarter profits of nearly $2 million Wednesday.
"Now that Ford Motor Co. is solidly back in the game, I want to do everything possible to help us win," said Padilla, a 37-year Ford veteran.


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Peter Kilpatrick
Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering
Peter Kilpatrick was appointed McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering in 2007. Prior to that, he was the longstanding chair of the highly ranked chemical engineering department at North Carolina State University (NCSU). He now serves concurrently as professor of chemical engineering.
Researching in the areas of colloidal and interfacial science, Kilpatrick's work has led to chemical processes that are both more energy efficient and better for the environment. Among his major career accomplishments is the founding of NCSU's Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC), an institute dedicated to training the next generation of biomanufacturers.
Kilpatrick's vision for the College of Engineering—as a place where students and faculty utilize their engineering knowledge to build a better world—is rooted in his strong Catholic faith. Committed to what he calls "engineering with a soul," Kilpatrick has helped to advance the college's global impact in, among other important areas, water purification and sustainability, biomedical engineering, and energy and the environment. He also teaches courses in technology and ethics, with an emphasis on forming students in technology assessment, ethical decision making, and virtuous living.
Contact Dean Kilpatrick.
Visit his website.
Notre Dame parent Thomas D. McCloskey Sr. established this professorship in honor of his father, founder of McCloskey & Co., a major builder and real estate developer. Matthew was nominated by President John F. Kennedy as the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, serving 18 months in Dublin.


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Marcos Ambrose had a little Aussie support in the pit lane today before qualifying for the AAA 500 at the Dallas Motor Speedway in Texas.
Aussie Golfer Rod Pampling, who plays on the US PGA tour and who won the Australian Masters in 2008, was there in support.
Pampling, who has a house in Brisbane, lives in Dallas and will have a family dinner with Ambrose tomorrow night.
Pampling has been on the US Tour since 2002 and won The Invitational in 2004 and the Bay Hill Invitational two years later.
He also tied for fifth at The Masters at Augusta in 2005, but has been trying to get himself back in contention for a spot in the world's most prestigious tournament since finishing tied for 37th in 2007.
Ambrose is a keen golfer and although he only started playing a few years ago, was soon off single figures.
Pampling, who was showing his support in an Australian cricket cap, is one of several leading Australian golfers on the US tour who has become friends with Ambrose.
"We usually come on race day, so it was good to be here today and see what happens in qualifying," Pampling told Speedcafe.com.
"We have played golf a couple of times together, but timing has permitted no more than that.
"We can't wait for him to win on an oval. He goes OK here (Dallas), maybe he will get it done this weekend with a bit of luck."
Ambrose qualified 15th for Sunday's race.


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Florida track and field coach Mike Holloway has been named the head men's coach for Team USA for the 14th IAAF World Outdoor Championships.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Florida track and field coach Mike Holloway has been named the head men's coach for Team USA for the 14th IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 10-18, 2013, USA Track & Field announced Thursday.
Holloway, a four-time USTFCCCA Men's Coach of the Year, was a member of the Team USA staff at the 2012 Olympic Games, working as the sprints and hurdles coach in London. Holloway's prot�g�es Tony McQuay and Jeff Demps, both multi-time individual NCAA Champions while at Florida, captured silver medals while at the Games.
Holloway has been instrumental in the rise of the Florida track & field and cross country programs, winning four NCAA men's titles in the last three years, including three consecutive NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The Gator women have captured two SEC Indoor Championships in the last three years and seven conference indoor titles overall. Florida's women's cross country team has won three SEC titles in the last four years. He is no stranger to Team USA, having served as the head coach for Team USA at the 2004 NACAC U-23 Championships and was an assistant coach for the United States at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Championships. Holloway has coached athletes to nearly 500 All-America honors and more than 30 individual NCAA titles. He has coached five athletes to a total of 13 Olympic or World Championship medals, seven of which were gold. Next on the horizon for Holloway, however, are the 2013 Southeastern Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships. The Gator women are the reigning title-holders and have captured two titles in three years. The Florida men are looking for their first conference title since 2011. Team USA recorded its second-highest medal total in 2011 at the IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Daegu, South Korea, racking up 25 medals. The U.S. maintained its status as the world's No. 1 track & field team by placing atop the medal count for most medals overall and most golds with 12.


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In a post discussing IBM's cavalier attitude toward US immigration law, Robert X. Cringely wrote:
"IBM has no fear of the U.S. legal system."
To that, I would add that multinationals also do not respect the laws of mere nation-states like the USA. They look at our laws as the result of hayseed provincials who just don't understand the global economy, and how "god's work" is really done.
Consider this quote from "Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power" by Steve Coll:
"Exxon's far-flung interests were at times distinct from Washington's. Lee Raymond would manage Exxon's global position after 1989 as a confident sovereign, a peer of the White House's rotating occupants. Raymond aligned Exxon with America, but he was not always in sync; he was more akin to the president of France or the chancellor of Germany. He did not manage the corporation as a subordinate instrument of American foreign policy; his was a private empire."
Questions to ponder:
1) If IBM is a sovereign power, and it is stripping the USA of middle-class jobs, do you consider it to be a friendly power, or an enemy power?
2) Do you think it is wise to allow multinationals to grow more powerful than the federal government? To the point where they no longer feel the need to obey US law?


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Continental divide: There was good news--and bad--coming from the Yellowstone Regional Airport outside Cody, Wyoming, last week. In order to ensure that Continental Airlines continued to provide daily jet service to the area, the airport had agreed to provide a "revenue guarantee" for the airline. Last year that guarantee amounted to over $100,000.
This year, though, thanks to increased passenger usage, the airport will pay Continental less than half that, manager Laurie Suttmeier revealed. "We have done very well this year," she told county commissioners.
But they could have done even better. According to Suttmeier, this year Continental reduced the amount it credited the airport from $68 to $58 per passenger. The reason Continental provided for its parsimony? Higher costs associated with the new Denver airport.
Not, of course, that Denver International Airport is anywhere close to opening. And not, of course, that Continental will be doing much flying out of DIA when it does. In fact, Continental will quit offering service to Yellowstone next month. GP Express and United Express will take up the slack, says one airport spokeswoman: "We've traded one giant airline for two little ones."
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Continental isn't the only airline specializing in creative financial deals. You may have read earlier this month that the Webb administration and United Airlines "bagged a deal" to pay for an altered automated baggage system for Denver International Airport's Concourse B. But read the fine print in the official statement for the city's recent $257 million bond offering and you'll see that the airline and the city won't exactly be "splitting the cost" of the changes. Both sides will indeed put up $11 million in front money to fund a cannibalized baggage system for United. But the city will reimburse United as soon as DIA opens. And if costs exceed $22 million, the city will fork over up to $8 million more in cash within six months of the opening. Only if the project's total costs go over $30 million does United have to pay--an unlikely prospect considering that the city has also agreed to let United supervise the monkey-rigging effort. In a not entirely successful attempt to clear the air, a recent update from the mayor's DIA Communications Task Force claims that United will actually wind up paying all the costs through its "rates and charges over time."
Take the money and ski: As Denver debates how to keep its cash flow from the Winter Park ski area safe from Amendment 1--the latest idea is an "enterprise" fund that would theoretically bypass spending limits--an avalanche of dough continues to roll in at the city-owned mountain resort.
According to the Winter Park Recreational Association's latest balance sheets, the ski area turned a profit of $3.89 million on total revenues of just over $35 million in the year ending April 30, 1994. And that was after taking a $212,758 writeoff to help cover the costs of a bond refinancing. The financial report also notes that the WPRA now has a whopping $36.7 million in the bank. In the original deal proposed by Mayor Wellington Webb--and ultimately shouted down by critics--the WPRA had an option to buy the resort outright from the city for just $24.5 million. The city's latest deal gives Denver $1 million per year plus 3 percent of the ski area's total annual revenues. However, the far-from-ironclad agreement also allows the resort to skip a payment once every five years without penalty.
It could all be downhill from here.


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YouTube/ConservativeNewMediaBank of America Merrill Lynch recently published its big 2013 stock market outlook report, which calls for the S&P 500 to hit a record 1,600 by the end of the year.
Their bullish view on stocks is informed by expectations of "a bottoming in China growth, reduced tail risk from Europe, and a multi-stage fix to the Fiscal Cliff."
The team, led by Savita Subramanian, identified the top 50 cyclical recovery ideas. These stocks are very sensitive to US GDP growth and all have high betas, which make them more volatile than the S&P 500.
We ranked the stocks based on correlation to GDP.


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Ubisoft Abandons Draconian PC DRM
Ubisoft Gives Up On Its Stupid PC DRM
Ubisoft, I may have hope for you yet.
The public had spoken, and ubisoft had sunk down *smirk*
I still won't forgive them for claiming 95% of PC gamers are pirates.
I mean, it's not that hard to pirate Wii, Xbox 360 and Android games, you can't claim piracy is a purely PC problem or that nearly every PC gamer is a pirate.
In short, they are crazy greedy and stupid men who only relented when their customers were leaving them in droves. I will congratulate them if and when they admit the errors of their ways, and not before.
@Tokkan ya ^ I agree with that == if 95% of PC gamers are pirates then how are you still making money....there would be no one buying your games ==
It hurts to admit their little plan didn't work, huh? I mean, if the policies were actually working and boosting sales like Ubisoft claims in this interview (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...acy-interview/) they would have no reason to back down no matter what the public says.
Meanwhile, on PC, games that use Steamworks (including ALL Valve games) require you use a Steam emulator to run if you pirate them, which can often be crippling in terms of performance.
Depending in which country you live it depends in the most used method.
I don't approve of piracy but I understand that in some countries it's the only real option for some gamers so I don't judge them. Just looking at the price of somethings there compared to the West is horrifying.
Game companies should be punished for not making the best product they can. Always online, issues with activation and spyware are not what paying custermers deserve, and any studio who does it deserve to go broke.
Imagine if every new car need a constant wireless internet connection to activate the engine, and if the internet cuts off mid-drive the car shuts down. That's the kind of horrible product they are trying to ask people to pay for. (And then you are told that you can't sell your car to anyone else because it won't work for them; it would cut into their profits to let 2nd hand car markets exist.)
Game companies don't deserve money. They need to EARN it.
Well there's that I suppose. The Ubisoft DRM was just screwed up. I bought the game and when I learned what it was really doing I was furious and had to use a crack so that I could play it offline. After that I swore off Ubisoft until they got rid of it.
There might never be another Assassin's Creed, for example.
There will be another but on PC seems less likely.... They don't seem to understand why a game like Amnesia, with no real DRM, seems to be doing well enough. The creators don't seem all that concerned with the piracy and figured those customers wouldn't have bought the game anyway.
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Uggie takes the world by storm
Uggie the dog is lifted into the air by producer Thomas Langmann as actress Missi Pyle, actor Jean Dujardin and director Michel Hazanaviciu hang out in the press room on Jan. 15 following their Golden Globe win for the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award for "The Artist" at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Born in 2002, Uggie has appeared in a variety of commercials and films over the years. The Jack Russell terrier shot to global fame after stealing many of the scenes in the 2011 silent film.
Following this recent film success, Uggie's trainer has decided to retire the nearly 10-year-old canine from the long hours of movie filming in favor of less intense jobs.