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Cross-country, springtime day hike to Sandy Point near the north end of Death Valley National Park. This hike affords panoramic views of the Eureka Valley and snowcapped Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in the distance. 11-mile round-trip with approximately 2000 ft. of gain. Optional car camp Saturday & Sunday nights under a new moon near the entrance to decommissioned Crater Mine. You may pair this trip with the day hike to Last Chance Mountain on Saturday, March 29. Bring 10 essentials, 3 – 4 liters water, and a pleasant demeanor. Wilderness Travel Course, or similar experience & training, is encouraged. Send experience, current conditioning and contact information to Leader: Benjamin Bowes (email@example.com). Assistant: Will McWhinney.


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I personaly think a Turorial would be a great asset to this game. I tried the "your first keep" tutorial on the DF-wiki page, but got turned off pretty quickly because of all the aspects that tutorial didn't bring up (on the map, what is what? Magma's supposed to be nice, but what is it, and what does it look like?).
It looks like the game I've been waiting for (I've been waiting for a really good sim for ages), but I'm afraid I won't be able to get into it
. I'll give it another (more serious) go when I'm ready…
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She's sprinted across obstacle courses in seconds, tipping teeter-totters, weaving around poles and zipping beneath bars for a hug and kind word from her humans.
Now she's ready to show her nimble skills to the world.
Spring Branch resident Norm Williams and his dog Lizzie are headed to the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show's first Masters Ability Championship in New York City.
Williams and his wife, Joan, received the good news the Saturday before Christmas, via email that said "Congratulations," in bold, black letters. Lizzie, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, is entered under her registered name — MACH5 Nojo's Diamond Fire.
This will be the first time, since its earliest days, that the show will include a mixed breed category. When word spread of the competition, the couple applied along with 1,100 applicants from across the nation. They were among 225 selected from a random drawing. The trial is limited to purebred and mixed breed dogs that have competed at the excellent or master levels. Lizzie is purebred.
Recently, Joan Williams, 71, accompanied her husband and Lizzie to the Rob Cary Pet Resort on Bulverde Road, for one of their last training sessions before they leave for the big show Thursday morning.
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"I'm just happy to go," Williams, 73, said, as Lizzie pawed at his legs. "It's just you and your dog — that's what I like about it."
The event will precede the main show that takes place Monday and Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. The finals of the agility trials will be televised live Saturday, on Fox Sports 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. CST.
The American Kennel Club has called the agility championship "the most exciting canine sport for spectators." The event includes two qualifying runs, a standard agility course and Jumpers with weaves run. Dogs with the highest combined scores from each height class will move to the championship round.
Williams, a retired airline pilot, said the event dates back to the United Kingdom in the late 1970s when it was run between events at shows.
Joan Williams, who has shown dogs since 1977, said they became involved in agility competitions after she told her husband that Lizzie had what it took to run the course.
They said Lizzie competes in the master's category, the highest level, and has gone to two nationals, Reno and Tulsa. In March, the Williams plan to take her to Harrisburg, Penn. for the 2014 nationals.
Williams said everything depends on timing. He said he'll have a chance to walk each course once and decide a strategy, such as which way to turn, what side to be on, and then, "It's away you go."
They said Lizzie runs the course that measures an average 150 to 160 yards in about 33 seconds. Williams said he runs the course in about 40 seconds.
"That's pretty good for a 73-year-old," Joan Williams said. "In the four and a half years he's been doing this, he's learned to run better."
She said what she likes about the competition is that almost any dog can run the course if motivated.
"It could be a big mastiff to a little, tiny Chihuahua and everything in between," she said.
But ultimately, she said, every confirmation dog show has one winner; in agility, every contestant has the chance to be top dog.
"That's what nice. With agility, all the dogs can win if they have a clean run," Joan Williams said. "Every dog can be a winner."


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Distinguished lecturer Shaun L. Gabbidon will present "The Black Thief Stereotype, Shopping, While Black, and Consumer Racial Profiling in the 21st Century" at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 25, in the Morgan Auditorium at Penn State Schuylkill.
Gabbidon is a distinguished professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg. He has served as a fellow at Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, and has taught at the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Gabbidon has authored more than 100 scholarly publications including nearly 60 peer-reviewed articles and 11 books. His most recent books include "Race and Crime" (third edition; 2012, SAGE) and the co-authored book, "A Theory of African American Offending" (2011; Routledge). Gabbidon currently serves as the founding editor of the SAGE journal, Race and Justice: An International Journal. The recipient of numerous awards, he was most recently awarded the 2009 W.E.B. Du Bois Award from the Western Society of Criminology and the 2011 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.


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If Cazenovia College wants to build a six-foot-high chain link fence around its athletic complex in the heart of the village, a simple building permit application is insufficient and the college must undertake the full site plan review and approval process through the village planning board.
This was the decision of the village zoning board of appeals last week in response to the college's appeal of a previous ruling to the same effect by the village zoning enforcement officer, whom the college felt exceeded his authority as ZEO.
According to the board's decision, which was announced at an April 18 meeting, the village code requires site plan review for all land use activities in the village unless the project falls under a specific exemption, which the college fence project does not. The fact that the proposed fence is part of the C2 zoning district for post-secondary education facilities also necessitates "particular precautions" to ensure minimal impact on the surrounding area.
"On its face and pursuant to the provisions of the Zoning Regulations, it is clear that the issuance of a building permit for a perimeter fence at the subject premises requires site plan review and approval by the Village of Cazenovia Planning Board," according to the determination, which was unanimously approved as a board resolution.
"The fence is not denied, but it must go through the planning board process," ZBA advising attorney John Langey said. Langey acted as attorney for the board in this case because the regular ZBA attorney, Jim Stokes, recused himself since he is also the village attorney and represents ZEO William Carr.
"We were disappointed in the determination," said Cazenovia College President Mark Tierno. "The college administration is in the process of reviewing the Village ZBA's decision in its entirety and will consider all options in determining how to proceed. No decision has been made at this time."
The issue, which has been ongoing since summer 2012, concerns whether or not the village zoning enforcement officer properly denied the college's permit application to build a 1,420 linear feet fence spanning the eastern, northern and western edges of the its Schneeweiss Athletic Complex.
Carr determined in July 2012 that the fence was not an independent project but rather a part of the college's 2011-12 $1 million turf field project, and therefore required further site plan review. In November 2012, when pressed for a written decision by the college, Carr said the college acted in bad faith — if not illegally — in separating the fence from the turf field project, an action he declared to be "segmentation," or submitting separate parts of the same project for zoning approval individually instead of as a whole as a way to prevent a possible negative outcome of a site plan review.
The college rejected that ruling, declaring the fence was not only an independent project unconnected to the turf field, but that since the village had allowed the college to erect multiple other fences on its property in the past it must allow this fence as well.
The college appealed Carr's decision to the ZBA on Feb.1, 2013, and the board held public hearings on the issue on Feb. 5 and March 26. Numerous village residents — primarily college neighbors — turned out at both public hearings to oppose the fence as well as filed letters and even legal briefs opposing the project to the board.
The board's 29-page determination and resolution of the college's appeal was read in full by ZBA Chair Philip Byrnes at the April 18 meeting. The decision detailed the entire history of the planning and zoning issues relevant to the college as an entity in the village, the college's previous turf field project and the current fence proposal. It also detailed the village zoning regulations, as well as the authority of the ZBA.
The decision declared that a fence such as the college wants to erect is a structure, a structure requires a building permit and the village code requires site plan review by the village planning board for all land use activities in the village unless exempted under the code, which the college's project is not. The board also declared that the college is in a C2 College zoning district, and, under the code, "all uses" located in the C-2 College District are required to undergo site plan approval by the planning board.
"The ZBA hereby rejects the argument that Section 180-111 must be read in a vacuum and without regard to other relevant sections of the Zoning Regulations. Rather, the ZBA determines that site plan review is mandatory in instances such as this where a perimeter fence will control access and usage of an athletic facility which has undergone a recent previous exhaustive site plan review," the decision stated.
The board also rejected the college's argument that since it must allow this fence to be built because previous fence construction had been allowed. The board said those fences were not comparable to the currently proposed fence in size and scope, and therefore the comparison was not applicable.
The board's decision was based on its review of all past planning board minutes concerning relevant college projects and, specifically, "the way code physically reads" as to what a building project is, when it requires a building permit and what the authority of the planning board is to review such projects, according to Langey.
At the April 18 meeting, Langey stated for the record that ZBA members Tara Hartley and Sally Ryan had informed him that each had a relative that had publicly opposed the fence project — Hartley's ex-husband and Ryan's a son-in-law — but neither felt a need to recuse themselves from voting, feeling no bias existed on their parts. Langey said he informed Cazenovia College attorney Kevin M. Bernstein of the disclosures the previous week. Bernstein expressed no objection at that time. Langey, at the April 18 meeting, again informed Bernstein of the disclosures and asked if he had any comment. Bernstein responded that he "acknowledged" Langey's statement and would let Ryan and Hartley make their own decisions on the propriety of voting on the resolution. Langey then said, "So for the record you have no objection?" Bernstein said, "I didn't say that."
Board member Howard Hart asked whether the board's resolution specifically covered the issue of segmentation, which was brought up in Carr's November response to the college.
Langey said that while the resolution does not specifically address the segmentation issue, the ZBA did refer to the segmentation argument "so it does cover it in that sense."
After the ZBA's resolution was filed last Friday, April 19, the college has 30 days to appeal the decision to the state supreme court. That process could take a couple of months, and that decision could then be appealed to the appellate court level in Albany, he said.
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Death Rally is a Car Wars variant for those who want to see their tournament characters live a little bit longer than one combat. It is basically a series of linked road battles under various different conditions, inspired by the fact that European highways have no speed limits -- well, some do, but nobody worries very much about it.
by Rodney Orpheus
Art by Dan Smith
A Death Rally campaign works best with a referee, but if you're playing with a friendly group you can do without -- any player not directly involved in a combat can referee for the duration of that combat. Each team starts with six characters, with 60 skill points each, no more than 40 points in any one skill. You can assign these characters to vehicles in any way you like, with non-racing characters forming the support crew -- all repairs and system installation must be done by your team, so make sure some of your characters have Mechanic skill (Paramedic skill can come in handy, too). In a multi-rally campaign, between races teams can replace dead or unwanted team members with new 60-point characters up to their maximum allowance of six team members. Characters always start with 0 prestige.
The team's starting budget is a one-time $100,000 loan. This loan will have to be paid back out of sponsorship and prize money at a rate of $25,000 at the end of each Death Rally. If you can't make the repayments you can try to keep on driving, but you will get threatening visits from shady men in dark suits with very expensive jewelry and weaponry. Teams that have defaulted on loan payments tend to find lots of unfortunate accidents befalling their vehicles and crew members -- destruction of clones is a common warning measure.
The team budget must pay for the team vehicles plus all spares and ammo. Food, lodging, and power plant recharges are free. If your team runs out of money at any time during the rally, tough luck -- you drive with whatever you have left. In cases of real hardship, a team can sell something to raise cash -- selling a weapon in order to buy tires has been known to happen.
Normally each rally team runs two vehicles, each of which can have a maximum of two crew members. The vehicles you start with are the only ones allowed during the course of the race -- you can't buy another vehicle halfway through, though you can modify a vehicle's weaponry, accessories, and armor placing between stages. You also can't replace the team members during the race; if a team member is killed, a clone replacement can be activated for the beginning of the next stage, or you can bring in one of your support crew. Skill and prestige points are awarded to surviving participants at the end of each stage.
Since clones take time to grow, they must all be ordered and paid for before the rally begins. Each clone costs the standard $10,000 to grow. Gold Cross operates special facilities at Death Rallies -- any dead character can have his memories read into his clone immediately at a cost of $5,000. The clone character keeps all the skill and prestige points he has earned to date, minus whatever prestige he lost for dying -- teams should encourage their crews to die bravely!
A Death Rally is run on a time basis. All vehicles start the first stage at the same time. At the beginning of the other stages, each car starts at a time determined by its time finishing the previous stages. This means that vehicles only come into contact with each other if one car is about to be overtaken by cars behind it during a stage. A car that leads the race from start to finish can come through without a scratch, though this does not happen very often, as you can imagine. Failing to finish a stage for any reason incurs a time penalty. The rally is won by the first car over the finish line, regardless of kills -- i.e. the car with the lowest total time over all stages added together. The total prize money is $10,000 times the number of stages, split three ways: 50% of it goes to the winning vehicle, with 30% for second place and 20% for third place. Yes, that's right, it's almost impossible to actually earn money even by winning a Death Rally, which makes corporate sponsorship a necessity. In a long-running multi-rally campaign, keeping money flowing from the sponsors will be a primary cause of worry for team managers -- remember, sponsors like to see their cars in action, and flamboyant drivers can pull in big bucks in corporate investment. Cautious driving does not get nearly as much exposure, and consequently less advertising revenue. If you want your team to survive and thrive, you will have to drive offensively!
Running the GameA Death Rally can be run with or without a referee. If you are playing without a referee, any player not participating in the current combat can act as temporary referee.
Choose the rally scenario: normal highway, desert, arctic, etc. Then decide how many stages the race will be run over -- if in doubt, roll 2d6. Several of the most popular European Death Rallies are described at the end of this article. Each player then allocates skill points to his characters and chooses his vehicles and accessories, not forgetting to leave some money in his budget for new tires, ammo, and armor (and maybe weapons and power plants as well).
At the start of each stage, the teams are informed of the length and conditions of the stage. Length can be decided randomly -- 2d6 x 10 miles is good; conditions are chosen using the Death Rally tables below. Roll 1d6 on the Road Condition Table, and 1d6 on the appropriate Weather Table. Modifiers may be added to these rolls for particular events; if you are running a desert rally, for example, the Road Condition roll will have a modifier of at least +1 (no autobahns in the Sahara!), and you should roll on the Desert Weather Table. Note that the conditions of the road and weather also affect the Driving Hazard roll each driver will make later.
Now that they know the driving conditions they're going to be racing under, each player writes down (secretly) the speed that his vehicles will drive at during the stage. When all players have done this, reveal all the speeds and work out the Estimated Time of Arrival of each car, assuming that all will finish without problems. ETA is the number of miles in the stage divided by the speed the car is traveling at. Also calculate the "non-finisher" time for the stage by adding up the ETAs of all vehicles and dividing it by the number of vehicles (to get the average ETA), then double this. In other words, if a car doesn't manage to finish a stage, it is assumed to have taken double the average time for that stage.
Each player now rolls once on the Driving Hazard Table for each car in his team. This table is similar to the one in Convoy; unlike Convoy, drivers roll only at the beginning of each stage of the rally, regardless of what length the stage is. For each vehicle, roll 2d6, modified as follows: subtract the HC of the vehicle, then -1 for each level of driving skill the driver has, -1 if the vehicle is carrying a navigator (can be a gunner or passenger) or Portable Earth Station, +1 for every 5 mph over 55 that the vehicle will travel at, plus whatever modifiers apply from road and weather conditions.
If a car is immobilized as a result of a Driving Hazard roll, it cannot enter combat during this stage -- count it as a non-finisher and set its time for the stage accordingly. After all rolls have been made, calculate which cars will meet during the course of this stage.
In the first stage, the only cars involved in combat will be those who pick the same starting speed. At the end of each stage, make a note of the position of each car: who's leading, who's running second, etc. In succeeding stages, you can determine combats from looking at the positions and ETAs. Add each car's total time from all the stages so far to their ETA for this stage and see if anyone will be attempting to overtake anyone else. For example, if one car was running 3rd at the end of the previous stage, and his new ETA will put him up to 2nd place at the end of this stage, he will obviously have to attempt to overtake the car currently holding 2nd place. These two cars must then enter combat during the stage. If more than one car is challenging for the same position, assume that they all attempt to overtake simultaneously; in other words if the ETA of the car in fourth position shows it also moving up to overtake the current number 2, run the combat with 4 attempting to overtake 3 attempting to overtake 2. This is not quite realistic, but makes for more exciting gameplay, so what the hey . . .
Now lay out your road sections, or whatever you're using -- the type of road section you choose depends on the Road Condition roll made earlier; the Ozark Arena map can be fun if you're running a back road or off-road stage. Otherwise lay out two straight road sections, and for each succeeding road section roll 1D6: on a 1-5 it's a straight, 6 it's a curve. The cars involved in the combat begin with 20" between them, traveling at the speed they chose at the beginning of the stage. Cars that survive the combat and are still (reasonably) drivable finish with the ETA calculated earlier. Cars that are not drivable at the end of combat are considered non-finishers (they get towed in) and take the corresponding penalty time. If the leading car manages to put 24" between it and the car following, assume that he's accelerated away. The player in the following car now has a choice: he can either choose to run another combat from scratch (he's caught up again down the road) or he can choose to slow down and finish the stage one minute later than the car in front. Any crew accelerating away from combat while their weapons can still fire will lose a point of prestige each (cowards!)
Special Rules and TacticsAutobahns are well-maintained European super-highways designed for extremely fast driving conditions. To keep them that way, all dropped weapons are illegal on autobahns. Anti-pollution laws also mean that gas-burning autos are illegal on European roads (though this is frequently violated in unofficial competitions organized by the rebel British AutoDuelling Association -- BADASS).
Death Rally vehicles tend to be designed for speed and flexibility: speed, because getting over the finish line first is what it's all about, and flexibility, since most races are run over greatly varying terrain. Try to design a vehicle that can be reconfigured quickly and easily. Keep in mind the type of conditions that you're likely to encounter -- most races have both highway and off-road sections, so bring tires for both. Spoilers and airdams are vital, and the choice between fitting a front airdam or off-road suspension can be the difference between winning or losing. Since all cars will be traveling fast, accurate weaponry is a must -- hi-res computers, cyberlinks and laser guidance are the order of the day (though dust clouds and sandstorms can make lasers next to useless in desert stages) The restriction on dropped weapons on autobahns means many teams switch rear weapons between stages on the continent.
Don't forget the more exotic accessories either. Supercharger capacitors are useful for overtaking on the autobahn. Radar is essential for low-visibility conditions. If a rally has night stages, think seriously about Light Intensifier Goggles or Infrared. And an Ejector Seat can literally be a lifesaver.
Ammo loading, weapon, armor, and accessory repair and replacement must be done between stages by your team, using the standard mechanic rules. You can buy new parts if you have enough cash, but you still have to install them yourself. Remember that this takes time: assume normally each character has about 12 hours work time between stages -- characters not assigned to vehicles can work 16 hours.
Tactically, there's one main rule -- drive fast! If you get left behind early in the race, it can be hard to catch up with the field without doing serious damage to your car. Teams running two cars in a race often designate one car as a "leader" and the other as an "enforcer." The leader is designed to get to the front of the pack and stay there, while the enforcer is a heavily armed car whose job is to hang back and take out possible challengers.
Skill and Prestige PointsAll combats during a Death Rally will be filmed and broadcast throughout Europe, and via satellite relay around the world -- recently Death Rallies have become very popular in South America, and we have even begun to see Brazilian and Argentinean teams entering European races. At the end of each stage prestige points are awarded as in the normal rules, as are skill points. Additionally, the driver leading the rally at the end of the stage gets an extra point of prestige and an extra point of driving skill (or cycling skill if it's a cycle stage etc.). Note that it's quite possible for a crew to finish a stage behind the leader, but with much higher prestige if they've done well in a firefight -- the crowd loves to see blood!
Given the popularity of Death Rallying, and the huge amount of sustained coverage it gets, it's a magnet for big corporate sponsorship; and of course sponsorship is directly related to fame. Unlike the US, where prestige is clearly associated with individual drivers, in Death Rallies team names (such as Volkspanzer for example) are often as well-known as driver names, and can earn sponsorship accordingly. At the end of any Death Rally count up the total number of prestige points of the surviving characters in each team and multiply it by $5,000 -- that's the team's earning from sponsorship associated with the race -- yes, this is where the real money is. It's quite possible for a team never to win a race yet still earn lots of cash by capturing the public's imagination with daring driving and shooting.
Death Rally TablesNote: DH=Driving Hazard Table modifier.
If you're playing with a referee, he may set the length and condition of stages in any way he desires, and is not bound by the tables. He can also bring in outside hazards, such as local autoduellists attempting to gain some prestige for themselves by gatecrashing the race (especially common in the Italian section of the Trans-Europe Excess), or fans on foot attempting to slow down an unpopular driver -- make up your own encounters or use the optional Random Encounter Table.
Road Condition Table (1d6)2 or less: Autobahn 3 lanes DH-1
3: Good Road 3 lanes DH+0
4: Bad Road 3 lanes + debris DH+1
5: Back Road 2 lanes + debris DH+2
6 or more: Off-Road +D1 hazard DH+3
Temperate Weather Table (1d6)3 or less: Good DH+0
4: Light Rain +D1, Visibility -2 DH+1
5: Heavy Rain +D2, Visibility -3 DH+2
6: Fog +D2, Visibility -3 DH+3
Arctic Weather Table (1d6)2 or less: Good DH+0
3: Light Snow +D2, Visibility -2 DH+2
4: Heavy Snow +D3, Visibility -3 DH+3
5: Ice +D4 DH+4
6: Blizzard +D4, Visibility -4 DH+5
(Note: Snow tires are available in all types and sizes, and reduce Arctic modifiers by 2. Vehicle HC drops by one. Cost is 150% more than a standard tire of same type)
Desert Weather Table (1d6)3 or less: Good DH+0
4: Heat Haze Visibility -2 DH+1
5: Dust Cloud +D1, Visibility -3 DH+2
6: Sandstorm +D3, Visibility -4 DH+4
Driving Hazard Table (2d6)Modifiers: subtract the HC of the vehicle, then -1 for each level of driving skill the driver has, -1 if the vehicle is carrying a navigator (can be a gunner or passenger), +1 for every 5 mph over 55 that the vehicle will travel at, plus whatever DH modifiers apply from road and weather conditions.
0-9: No problems
10-11: Struck small obstacle. 1D6 damage to one randomly chosen tire.
12-13: Struck obstacle. Choose two tires randomly, take 1D6 damage to each.
14-15: Made "panic stop" to avoid large obstacle. 1D6 damage to each tire.
16-17: Ran over large obstacle. 1D6 damage to each tire and 1D6 damage to underbody armor.
18: Vehicle skidded off road and struck tree of 20DP. Take full ram damage to front. Add 15 minutes to ETA.
19: Vehicle left road and rolled. Take full damage. If car is still drivable, add 30 minutes to ETA.
20 or more: Vehicle left road, rolled and burned. Take full damage. If car is still drivable, add 30 minutes to ETA.
European Death Rally EventsParis-Dakar: The original Death Rally. Route varies depending on the progress of the Oil War, but usually runs through European Union "protectorate" states Algeria, Libya, Chad, Niger, Mali, and Senegal. Grueling, with the added spice of frequent terrorist and guerrilla attacks. 10 stages minimum, road condition roll +2, desert weather. Teams may choose to enter two cars, or one car and two cycles.
Munich-Stockholm: A real test of driving ability. Four stages of superb quality German autobahn (no road condition roll needed, weather temperate), one intermediate stage in Denmark (normal road condition roll, temperate), then three Swedish stages under arctic weather conditions (road condition roll +1). The German stages rarely see speeds of below 100 mph, but don't forget to bring tire chains for later! This event sponsored by Thundercat (one free T-Cat power plant for each team entering the race).
Dublin-Athens: Popularly known as the Trans-Europe Excess -- if you like blood, you'll like this one. Fifteen very assorted stages (normal road condition roll, temperate), one in each of the member states of the European Union. Teams may enter as many cars and cycles as they wish, as long they have people to crew them. Unlike other Death Rallies, salvaging is allowed, and many low-budget teams finance their entries in this manner, lending the race a somewhat "Amateur Night" atmosphere. (Stopping to salvage a wreck adds a minimum 15 minutes to your ETA -- see standard Car Wars Mechanic repair rules for exact salvage times.) Patriotic fervor runs high in the TEE, and it is not unknown for enthusiastic fans to join in to help their heroes in the middle of a combat. So don't try to overtake the British Champion until you're well across the English Channel.
Bombard RAC Death Rally: Organized by the Royal Autoduelling Club of Great Britain, this small but varied competition attracts many first-time drivers as well as the big boys. Run across the North of England from Harrogate to Carlisle, its five short stages usually see some excellent combats. Sponsored by Bombard Life Assurance, so each team member is given one free clone and free programming. (Road condition roll +2, temperate weather. Each stage is only 1D6 miles in length, fourth stage takes place at night.)
Death de France: The major cycle competition of the season, this runs clockwise around France via Paris, Cambrai, Reims, Strasbourg, Lyon, Nice, Marseilles, Narbonne, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Rennes, Rouen, Paris. The famous Yellow Jersey is awarded to the leader of each stage, giving him an extra prestige point and a new set of Improved Body Armor each time. Twelve stages, each normal road condition roll, temperate weather; except for stages 4 and 5, which are back roads, arctic weather (the French Alps); and stages 6 and 7, which are off-road, desert weather, 1d6 miles long (they're held on the beach in the Riviera). Bring lots of clones.
Random EncountersShould you want to spice up a Death Rally campaign, you can add random encounters. To see if vehicle will be involved in one of these, roll 2d6 at every stage and add 1 for every full 5 points of prestige the crew of the vehicle have, plus another 1 if they are currently leading the race. On a total of 13 or more, they will encounter something unexpected (roll another 2d6 on the Random Encounter Table). If the random encounter involves combat, run the encounter at the same time as any other combat that should occur during the stage -- which can make for some fast and furious multi-way duels!
Death Rally Random Encounter Table (2d6)2: A local bandit gang decide to earn some money from the Rally. Six bikers (each is Cyclist +1, Gunner +1, Handgunner +1, wearing Improved Body Armor and carrying a LAW, an SMG and a tear gas grenade each -- these guys are pros). They are riding $40,000 worth of bikes and come up behind your vehicle -- entering combat 20" behind you, initially going 20 mph faster. They will try to immobilize the vehicle but allow the racers to live if they surrender. Should they win the combat they will kidnap the racers (regardless of whether they are alive or dead). They will offer to ransom them back to the team -- a live character is worth $1,000 x his number of prestige points. A dead body is worth half that -- you may need it for programming a clone. A live character not ransomed becomes a dead character -- the team can activate a clone if they have it already programmed. Any clone activated because a character was not ransomed loses 5 prestige points -- the team's lack of commitment reflects badly on the character.
3: A local ace autoduellist decides to get some press by taking you on. He's a Driver +2, Gunner +1, wearing body armor and driving a Division 30 duelling car with a ram plate. He enters the combat 24" ahead of the leading vehicle, going the wrong way! He starts at 55 mph and will accelerate 5 mph per turn and try to ram any car in front of him, firing as he comes. He'll keep firing until one of the vehicles in the combat is immobilized, then he'll stop and strut around for the cameras (if he's still alive). Oh, did I mention that each side of the road is lined with 200 DP concrete barriers and there's no way off the road?
4: Ten opposing fans decide you're doing too well. They set up a barricade (2d6 random barrier counters -- chains, oil drums, obstacles, whatever) and hide behind it armed with a random assortment of hand weapons (4d6 grenades, 1d6 LAWs, 2d6 VLAWs, and 1d6 SMGs -- these are serious fans!) All have basic Handgunner skill and are wearing body armor. They will start firing when the vehicle is within 8". The side of the road is completely littered with debris, and is a +D1 hazard. Should the vehicle turn around and go back, consider it a non-finisher for this stage and deduct 5 prestige points from each racer (you ran away from pedestrians?!?!).
5: A bunch of punk kid autoduellists decide you're not so hot after all and enter combat to prove it. They are each Driver, Gunner, Handgunner, have a shotgun and 4 grenades each, and have 3 Division 10 vehicles between them (use as many punks as can fit in the cars). They enter combat in a line abreast 20" behind you, going at 20 mph faster than your current speed. They are pumped up on various illegal pharmaceuticals and will fight to the death.
6: An unknown saboteur has placed a limpet mine under your vehicle! If you're in a combat during this stage it goes off at the beginning of combat. Otherwise just calculate 1D6+1 damage to your underbody armor at the end of the stage.
7: A TV station does a special report on your team -- give each character on your team an extra point of prestige.
8: One of the celebrity actresses from "Roadwatch" takes a shine to your driver -- gossip shows add 5 prestige points to his rating.
9: A sponsor offers the team a bonus if they can generate some excitement to go with their big advertising slot -- any character finishing this stage with more prestige points than he started it with earns the team $10,000 cash.
10: One of your sponsors is very pleased with the coverage your team is getting and awards you an instant bonus of $1,000 x the total prestige earned by the team in this race so far.
11: 20 drunken fans invade the road. They are unarmed and spread out across the road blocking it completely. The road is in a narrow cleft, so you can't go around them. You can choose to stop or shoot. If you stop, they will mob the car, rip off souvenirs, and ask for autographs -- making you a non-finisher for this stage, but gaining you a point of prestige. Should you start shooting they will panic and run around in random directions at 12.5 mph, changing direction every turn. When they run off the road they disappear into the hills. If you get through the fans by shooting, add one point of driving skill to the driver, one point of gunnery skill for each character manning a vehicular weapon, and one point of Handgunner skill for each character using hand weapons; however for every fan you kill, lose one point of prestige (your fan club won't be happy).
12: A terrorist assault team have decided to use the Death Rally as a way of getting some free publicity for their cause. The assault team is well-trained and equipped -- all are Handgunner +1, wearing body armor and carrying an SMG, 2 VLAWs, and 2 grenades each. They have set up an ambush at a gully -- there's no way to go off the road. Three are on each side of the gully, one group manning a tripod MG and the other a tripod RR; they are 12" in front of the leading car (the ambush is well-hidden), and will open fire immediately. The assault team is well dug in and camouflaged, -3 to hit on top of the usual modifiers. They are a suicide squad and will fight to the death. For each terrorist you kill gain an extra prestige point -- everyone likes to see the bad guys get it.
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you just need to install the latest ios using wad manager. Look for ios 38 53 55.
Thanks to everyone for their guidance and advice in advance. I paid a guy to modify my nintendo wii. He did the twilight hack and set up the homebrew channel. I was able to download many games and play them with no issues. I have not done it in a while so I am not sure why the newer games will now work. Since Punchout came out I have not been able to play the newer games since then. Please help me with advice on what to do. Since I will be doing this myself please be specific and very detailed. Do I need to update my homebrew channell or add anything to play the newer game. I really would like to play wii sports resort and newer games. Thanks so much
you just need to install the latest ios using wad manager. Look for ios 38 53 55.
Come to the Irc room to get help or just have fun
Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.
Update your IOS and if you cant figure that out, DONT PM ME FOR HELP like so many other people.
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You just need to install the new IOSs the games need to run. To learn about that you can check this: http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-...s-use-run.html
You can use something called NUSdownloader to download the proper IOSs then use Wad Manager to Install the IOSs. If this is all confusing, I suggest you spend some time reading the tutorials section of these forums as you are asking for quite a bit of information.
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Govindasamy Sekar graduated as an organic chemist in 1995 from the University of Madras, India, and obtained his Ph.D. degree in synthetic organic chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, in 1999, under the guidance of Professor Vinod K. Singh. He was a JSPS Postdoctoral Scholar with Professor H. Nishiyama at Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Scholar with Professor L. F. Tietze at the University of Goettingen, Germany, and a senior postdoctoral scholar with Professor B. M. Stoltz at Caltech, USA, prior to joining IIT Madras in December 2004. His research interests lie in the areas of asymmetric synthesis, total synthesis of biologically active natural products, and synthesis and application of chiral nonocatalysts.
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NOTE: This thread is a general discussion thread about mobile computing and external video monitors/projectors/HDTVs and using all this equipment to work together. Users of Windows PCs, Macintoshes and other operating systems are welcome.
In this earlier thread, I opened a discussion on the use and ownership of the 11-inch Apple MacBook Air (MBA), an ultra-compact sub-notebook-class computer. In the course of that earlier thread, jmoz indicated using an MBA with an external monitor such as Apple's Thunderbolt display.
For several years up until March of 2013, I owned and occasionally carried a 15-inch non-retina Apple MacBook Pro (MBP) in a Horizontal Brain Cell stored in a Tom Bihn Super Ego briefcase. (I bought the Super Ego rig in 2009.) That March, the MBP suddenly died on me, leaving me in a lurch. I hurriedly bought a refurbished late-2012 Apple iMac desktop machine (iMac 13,1; 2.9 GHz Core i5, 8 GB RAM, MacOS 10.8, 1 TB HDD, external Apple SuperDrive). I commonly work with Microsoft Office, iPhoto and bookkeeping and mailing database tasks on my machine. I occasionally editing video and produce DVDs in Final Cut Studio and also perform desktop publishing duties in Adobe Creative Suite. I serve as an office and project manager for a small construction company that works in several communities. When I used the MBP, I occasionally did overhead presentations using a projector. I volunteered for a local safety course, co-taught by volunteers and a local state police trooper; part of the course included a safety demonstration/instruction video and a PowerPoint slideshow. I never used an external monitor in a desktop situation, though. The MBP never had an operating system newer than MacOS 10.6.8, and it was an older MBP, so it wasn't equipped to finesse projectors and monitors like the newer hardware and software can. I may buy a new laptop, possibly a MacBook Air (nothing definite there) down the road.
I started this new thread to re-focus on the use of laptop computers in connection with external displays. By external display, I mean primarily (thought by no means exclusively) desktop LCD or LED computer monitors (Apple's aforementioned Thunderbolt Display among them). Secondarily, I would also like to hear about what people have done with other video media such as HDTVs and projectors, among other possibilities. For those who use an iPad or other ultra-portable tablet computer, please indicate whenever you are referring to tablet use. If you use a laptop and a tablet together or alternating, please clarify this as well.
Some questions to start things off:
- Are you a business "road warrior", a casual mobile professional, or simply a private individual who is into mobile computing? What do you get out of mobile computing.
- What kind of laptop do you use? Please give general specs, product name, and brief general description.
- Do you use your laptop computer as your primary PC machine? If you use the laptop as a satellite machine and a separate desktop or office workgroup computer solution as a kind of "mothership", please clarify this.
- What kind of software applications do you use on your laptop? At the "mothership"? On your tablet? Do you do alot of public or group presentations using PowerPoint, Keynote, iPhoto or some movie player? If so, please articulate?
- What kind of bag/case/rig do you carry your laptop and other gear around in? Any Tom Bihn bags, pouches, caches, Brain Cells or other accessories?
- What kind of adaptors/rig/special equipment do you commonly use/carry with you to connect your laptop computer to your desktop monitor?
- What kind of rig/special equipment do you commonly use/carry with you to connect your laptop computer to a projector? Is this part of your presentation toolbox?
- If you use a laptop and a tablet together or in alternation, do you feed your tablet data via your laptop, or from some other source? What software do you use?
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Marketing Efficiency of Green Peas under Different Supply Chains in Punjab
During the year 2007-08, the area under green peas in Punjab was 18.45 thousand hectares with a production of 1.11 lakh tonnes. The total consumption at the farm level being just 2.54 per cent, the marketed surplus was 97.46 per cent. The maximum quantity of green peas was sold by the growers in the wholesale market (about 89%) and the rest was sold at the farm, in the village and in Apni Mandi. The marketing of green peas has been studied by three supply chains, viz. I: Producer → wholesaler (through commission agent) → retailer → consumer; II: Producer → retailer (through commission agent) → consumer; III: Producer → consumer. The net price received by the producer was 67 per cent, 69 per cent and 94 per cent in supply chains I, II and III respectively in the Hoshiarpur market in January, 2009. The producer's share in supply chain III was the maximum because of direct sale by the producer to the consumer. The supply chain III has been found most efficient because its marketing efficiency was 14.83 as compared to 2.70 in supply chain II and 2.38 in supply chain I. The low marketing efficiency in supply chain I was on account of a higher number of market intermediaries in this chain. The functional analysis of the factors affecting the marketing efficiency has revealed that with one per cent increase in marketing margins and costs, the marketing efficiency declined by 0.45 per cent and 0.44 per cent, respectively. The modern market infrastructure may be built up with the public-private partnership to bring efficiency in the marketing of green peas.
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Saved from cat-astrophe as floods engulf western Canada
A MAN and his cat were forced to swim to safety after being caught up in flooding which has forced up to 100,000 people from their homes in western Canada.
Kevan Yaets abandoned his truck and swam to rescuers with his pet cat Momo.
I woke up at 3am and watched a fridge and a shed float by
Torrential rain has closed the Trans-Canada Highway and washed away bridges in Alberta. The mountain resorts of Banff and Canmore were cut off by mudslides and more than 75,000 homes in Calgary had to be evacuated.
One woman stranded on top of a mobile home was missing yesterday after it was swept away.
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Weight Loss in Horses: Add Exercise to the EquationBy Kentucky Equine Research Staff · October 10, 2016
The perils of excess body weight continue to be important areas of equine research. Why, you ask? Up to one-half of domesticated horses are considered overweight or obese, putting them at risk for equine metabolic syndrome and life-threatening bouts of laminitis.
Several factors contribute to overconditioning. "The main reasons include improved pasture quality, the overuse of calorie-dense feeds, and overstocking that restricts the amount of unstructured exercise a horse or pony has access to," explained Kathleen Crandell, Ph.D., an equine nutritionist for Kentucky Equine Research (KER).
Recognizing the need for novel ways to foster exercise and weight loss, a group of Australian researchers* suggested using a dynamic feeding system that would encourage prolonged, low-intensity exercise in an unsupervised manner. This system requires that the horses walk in order to access a forage ration.
The dynamic feeding system, described and illustrated in a full-length article*, resulted in:
- A nearly fourfold increase in distance traveled each day by participating ponies compared to those fed using a traditional stationary feeder;
- A significant reduction in body condition score from 6.53 to 5.38;
- Significantly improved cresty neck scores and body fat; but
- No improvement in insulin sensitivity as determined by the combined glucose-insulin test.
The study authors concluded, "…a dynamic feeding system can be used to induce sustained, low-intensity exercise that promotes weight loss."
Crandell added, "Although a significant improvement in insulin sensitivity was not appreciated in all ponies, there was significant improvement in the individuals that used the novel feeder as it was intended."
In addition to exercise, ensure the diet provides an appropriate amount of energy to maintain an ideal body condition score and avoid the development of insulin dysregulation, equine metabolic syndrome, laminitis, and other perils of excess body weight. For more information, contact a KER nutritionist today.
*de Laat, M.A., B.A. Hampson, M.N. Sillence, et al. Sustained, low-intensity exercise achieved by a dynamic feeding system decreases body fat in ponies. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. In press.


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First session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC
The first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO FCTC was held in Geneva from 6 to 17 February 2006. By the end of the session, the Convention had entered into force for 113 Parties. During this session, the Rules of Procedure and Financial Rules for the Conference of the Parties were adopted by consensus.
A number of other substantive decisions were made by the Conference, such as to establish the reporting system under the Convention, to initiate the development of possible protocols on cross-border advertising, promotion and sponsorship and on illicit trade in tobacco products and to initiate the elaboration of guidelines on Articles 8 (protection from exposure to tobacco smoke) and 9 (regulation of the contents of tobacco products) of the Convention.
The Conference adopted the budget and workplan for the period 2006-2007, financed through voluntary assessed contributions from Parties.The Conference of the Parties also decided that a permanent secretariat, the Convention Secretariat, shall be established within WHO and located in Geneva.


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The shortlist has been concluded in this year's Courier Community Spirit Awards.
It was a difficult decision process and the judges wish to thank all parties for their nominations - each and every charity, enterprise and individual was worthy.
But the shortlisted nominations stood out for excelling in the criteria of each nominated category.
This year's shortlisted are:
Arts and Culture
artSBridge, Sowerby Bridge
Calderdale Museums Volunteers
The Dog House, Halifax
Best New Charity
Community Rights of Way Services, Hebden Bridge
Happydays UK, Ovenden
Threeways, Ovenden
Charity of the Year
Calderdale Women's Centre, Halifax
Friends of Ravenscliffe, Halifax
Overgate Hospice, Elland
Community Champion
Martin Haigh
Dave Fawcett
Rod Mellor
David Normanton
Community School
All Saints Junior and Infant School, Halifax
Ravenscliffe High School, Halifax
Salterhebble Junior and Infant School, Halifax
Investment in the Community
Happydays UK, Ovenden
Kathleen Harrison and Kenneth Billington, Elland Silver Band
Pennine Housing, Calderdale
Older People
Age UK Calderdale
Weekend Care, Calderdale
Outstanding Individual
Dave Fawcett
Martin Haigh
Jenny Hirst
John McCall
Social Enterprise
Fat Chilli Cards, Elland
Happydays UK, Ovenden
The Incredible Aqua Garden, Todmorden
Young Community Champion
Nathan Hall
Alex Kostyakov
Kerry Wheelwright
Invitations have now been sent to each shortlisted individual and charity, school and enterprise representatives inviting them to Berties @ La Cachette, Elland, on July 10, for a three course awards ceremony presented by BBC's Clare Frisby.
There were a number of charities worthy of being in the shortlist who didn't make it because the nomination emails were not detailed enough. For next year, please remember to provide a detailed account of the person/charity, the work they do and how it benefits the community.


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Is 5D3 in camera processing good enough?
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I have been using light room 4.2 to output all my RAW photos to JPG (ie. only RAW is being shoot on my camera all the time) but now I found that it's really time consuming to do that now.
Just want ask for comments about the JPG output quality of 5D mark 3? Is it as good as the the JPG comes out from the Light room 4.2? As I found the file size is massively different between those two (~12MB vs ~5MB from the camera). Just curious if the IQ would be degrading if using the JPG from the camera instead of light room? Or should I use DPP to extract to JPG directly without editing would gives a better result than the in-camera processing?
Thanks all for the put in.
the jpeg quality of 5D3 is outstanding, professional, silky smooth. if your everyday pictures don't need too much artistic adjustment in pp, you then can, with a clear conscience, shoot jpegs and be mighty happy. i'd run a quick test if i were you. shoot few double raw+jpeg frames, convert the raw file into a jpeg using dpp or lightroom and compare the results. i would venture to say that you won't find any difference. raw's are good for careful, extended work. but for everyday shooting in good light jpegs are totally fine.
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Canada's Top Entrepreneurial Cities 2013
Toronto, October 21, 2013 – Saskatoon and the communities surrounding Calgary (Greater Calgary) are once again the best large Canadian communities in which to run a business, according to the 2013 Communities in Boom report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). On this first day of Canada's Small Business Week, CFIB recognizes those communities that truly embrace entrepreneurship by creating an environment in which businesses can thrive.
"Growing communities raise property values, utilize infrastructure more effectively and provide residents with a greater range of economic and social opportunities," said Ted Mallett, CFIB Vice-President & Chief Economist. "While we recognize communities that do this well, it's important to acknowledge that all Canadian cities could do much better, particularly in addressing fairness issues around business property tax."
Historically, the highest scores in Communities in Boom have gone to urban areas that ring large urban cores (identified in the report as "Greater", as opposed to "City of", which identifies the cores themselves). Canada's prairie cities have also typically scored well.
2013 –Top 10 overall scores (/100), major cities (CMA population >150,000)
1. Greater Calgary
2. Saskatoon
3. Greater Toronto
4. Greater Edmonton
5. Sherbrooke
6. City of Edmonton
7. Regina
8. Kelowna
9. St. John's
10. Saguenay
Top mid-sized cities include Lloydminster, AB/SK; Red Deer, AB; Leamington, ON; Grande Prairie, AB and Rivière-du-Loup, QC. The annual report attempts to identify cities' relative entrepreneurial strengths and weaknesses, looking at 14 indicators applied to 3 main categories (Presence, Perspective and Policy), to arrive at a score out of 100.
"Some measures of what makes a "boom-town" are obvious, such as a high concentration of entrepreneurs and a high business start-up rate," added Mallett. "Other indicators are not as obvious, like the level of business optimism and supportive local government. Notice we have no hundreds on the board. These cities are leading the way, but even they can stand to improve in one area or another."
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EJB-QL case insensitive search (1 messages)
Does anyone know how to build a query in EJB-QL on which a string comparsion is done in a case-insensitive way? I use dynamic queries under BEA Weblogic v.7.0.
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- EJB-QL case insensitive search by Unai Briongos on October 10 2002 12:58 EDT
EJB-QL case insensitive search[ Go to top ]
I work with Websphere Application Server 4.0 and DB2 7.1, and in the finder descriptor (ibm-ejb-jar-ext.xmi file for me) says:
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ejbqlQueryString="select e from MyTableBean e where ucase(e.description) = ?1"
This descriptor turns uppercase the query result, and when calling the finder method I turn uppercase the parameter (?1), so that I'm comparing both strings uppercase.
Hope it works for you.


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Houston, TX (Sports Network) - David Price turned in a vintage 10-strikeout performance in his return from the disabled list and Desmond Jennings knocked in four runs as the Tampa Bay Rays took a 8-0 victory to blank the Houston Astros for the second straight day.
Price (2-4) had been struggling in his six starts prior to being sidelined on May 15 with a left triceps strain, but looked like his former Cy Young Award winning self on Tuesday, tossing seven shutout innings of three-hit ball on a mere 70 pitches.
Jennings backed his outstanding effort with three hits -- including a two-run homer -- and also scored twice in Tampa's fourth straight win and seventh in nine games overall.
Erik Bedard (3-4) lacked control of his command, walking six batters while giving up four runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. He had allowed three runs or fewer in nine of his last 10 starts coming in.
The Astros lost the opener of this four-game set, 12-0, and have lost five straight games. They have totaled just five runs and have struck out 51 times over the stretch.


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Episode 28 – This was the Moment
We all encounter fleeting moments we wish could stick with us indefinitely while playing certain games—moments we want to define why we play. This week we're joined by Conrad Zimmerman, news editor of Destructoid, as we dig in to the proverbial treasure troves of memories in search of such defining moments that showed us how games could tell a story or surpass personal expectations.
This week we would also like our listening audience to contact us with their own defining gaming moments; we will share our favorites on the next episode.
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Have a sweet romance
Sex is like talking on a cell phone: Even if the batteries are charged and all the parts are working properly, you still don't always have a great connection. The best technique in the world isn't likely to satisfy you on a deeper level if you're feeling removed. But some couples, like actress Blanchard Ryan and screenwriter and actor Steve Lemme, appear to find a way to remain in love, even when they're geographically distant. The couple gave SELF a personalized tour of their relationship—complete with get-along tips—and we picked up more tips from professional relationship advisors. The experts all noted: The more lovingly you behave toward each other outside the bedroom, the sweeter the experience inside it will be.
Rediscover kissing
As relationships progress, the time you spend smooching diminishes. Where kissing was once an enjoyable entrée unto itself, it becomes a mere appetizer couples hasten through on the way to the main course. But making out pays: It is innocent and sexy at the same time. It makes you feel linked in a way that intercourse does not. "In Taoist wisdom, the tongue is connected to the heart," says writer Karinna Kittles, who is working on a book about the sacred aspects of sex. "You can tell how a person feels about you by how easily they share their tongue."
It may take some effort to get back to basics. Talk about it in advance, and set some ground rules: "Tonight you're not getting past first base." Things may turn so steamy that you race for home plate. Or not. Removing the pressure to perform and making kissing about intimacy again is sublime in itself.
Perfect a look
Some of the best stage setters for sex fall outside the realm of traditional foreplay, says Lana Holstein, M.D., who creates and conducts sexuality workshops at Miraval Resort in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Holstein offers an easy yet tantalizing trick you can do wherever you are: Merely gaze at him. After about 20 seconds, he'll feel your eyes on him, glance up at you (probably suspiciously) and ask what you're doing. Smile and say, "I was just thinking how much I love you." "He'll light up," Dr. Holstein says. This will be a rush for you, too, because his reaction should provide visible proof that you have the power to make him feel desired and adored, which will only bring you closer.
Try touching
Here's a common scenario: He reaches over to cuddle in bed, you're afraid cuddling will lead to more and you're not in the mood, so you roll over. He feels rejected—She doesn't even want me to touch her!—and retreats to his side of the bed. You sleep back-to-back, miles apart. Ah, the irony. Most women like to feel connected before they do it; most men feel more connected after. He's trying to get closer by, well, getting closer physically, and you're simply not there yet.
This can be a tricky dynamic to manage, but you don't have to avoid contact because you're not up for the full song and dance. Talk to him about it. Put your arms around him and tell him what it takes to help you feel closer, and that you need to feel that way before things progress too far. Maybe it's more touching throughout the day or hearing something he especially appreciates about you, Dr. Holstein recommends. If the affectionate touching leads to sex, it will be better than it would have been if you'd merely gone through the motions.
Focus on the positive
If pent-up rage is causing pedestrian sex (or none at all), ask yourself, Aren't I with him for a good reason? Your partner may well be the guy who never returns movies on time or forgets to tell you when your sister calls. But is he also the one who talks you down when you're stressed, takes care of you when you're sick and truly enjoys your mom's sense of humor? Making a list, mental or otherwise, of what you love about him can flood you with the feelings that are a prerequisite for sweet sex.
Pay attention
When you drive a familiar route, you often may find yourself arriving at your destination without really remembering how you got there. It's just as easy to have sex on autopilot. If it's always in the dark, after the news but before Leno, in the same position on the same bed, you're bound to tune out. You know what's coming and what you're expected to do, so your mind can be in a million other places rather than enjoying the feel of his body, the smell of his neck, the sound of his breathing.
Suggest a different room, a new position or a sexy video for ideas and inspiration. Changing only one aspect of the act will awaken your senses and set a seductive mood. It also tells your partner that he is special and that what you're about to do together is special, which can make you feel especially close.
Forsake the fake
One of the biggest obstacles to intimate sex is the faux O. Why? A lie on such a grand scale is intimacy's biggest enemy. The message you're sending to your partner is "You rock my world," when the actual thought bubble over your head would read more like bad bumper sticker copy: "I'd rather be fishing."
It's normal not to go over the moon on occasion. But in most cases, pretending that you did robs you of a wonderful opportunity to be vulnerable and honest. On the flip side, letting your partner know you didn't get off—and that you're OK with that (if, in fact, you are)—builds trust, indicates you don't expect perfection and stymies resentment. Opening clear lines of communication on this subject is as essential to an intimate sex life as mouthwash and reliable birth control.
Share your fantasies
You know that mental movie starring the sexy policeman that really gets you going? Recast your partner in the lead role and tell him about it. Sure, it may be hard to share your secret desires. And that's exactly the point: Nothing says bonding experience quite like revealing thoughts and feelings you wouldn't dare tell another soul. "The more you can have that openness, the deeper your connection goes," Dr. Holstein says. Divulging your lustful longings has a built-in bonus: It's the ultimate foreplay. After your sexy confession, you'll both almost certainly be ready to rip off each other's clothes. Think hard...any crimes you need to confess?
Slow down
No guide to satisfying sex would be complete without a nod to technique. "A woman's timing is very different from a man's," notes Margot Anand, acclaimed teacher of tantra and author of The Sexual Ecstasy Workbook (Tarcher/Penguin). "In porno films, it's always the same heavy tempo, which doesn't address her need to have it a softer way." Begin with a leisurely warm-up, letting foreplay lead slowly to intercourse. If he starts to go too fast or too hard, suggest that he slow it down to the speed that feels best for you at that moment. "It's a better way of harmonizing the experience because it gives each partner a chance to be proactive and also receptive," Anand says.
Retire the Rabbit
Or at least give it a sabbatical. Anand believes that reducing reliance on your vibrator will lead to closer, sweeter sex: Your partner will learn what it takes to give you a more profound, fuller orgasm, not merely an expedient one. A vibrator can provide a fast, clitoral climax, she says, but taking the time to explore, build up excitement and notice your subtler sensitivities opens the door to greater possibility. It's a good idea to masturbate without help as well. "Self-pleasuring is a way of understanding how you function sexually and showing that to your partner so your partner can satisfy you better," Anand says. The result of laying off the toys—a deeper emotional connection with your partner—will enhance your life in bed and everywhere else. Besides, with the money you save on batteries, you can treat yourselves to a very nice dinner.
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Senators Say 2,219 Regulations Are Too Many
by Rick Karlin, Albany Times Union, January 13, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Surrounded by posters urging a cutting of Red Tape and a pile of regulation books on a nearby table, a group of Senate Republicans and IDC members earlier Monday rolled out a plan to cut the regulatory burdens they say impede the state's business community.
"It's time to stop talking and start cutting," said Kathy Marchione, a Republican from the Saratoga area. She and fellow Republican Pat Gallivan from western New York and Independent Democratic Conference members David Valesky of central New York and Orange/Rockland county's Dave Carlucci spent the summer traveling the state conducting hearings during which local business operators spoke of the state's forests-worth of seemingly outdated or meaningless regulations.
They thought they would have difficulty identifying 1,000 needless regs but came up with 2,219, said Marchione.
Among them: an insurance rule requiring some reports to be done on "buff" rather than off-white paper, stringent restrictions about the hours that teens can work their part-time jobs and a requirement that motorists keep their insurance cards on paper, despite apps that allow the data to be kept on smart phones (so much for the GEICO talking pig who keeps his insurance information on a smart phone — it won't work in New York State).
There also are the requirements that forms be filled out in duplicate, for no apparent reason, and an environmental review process that can drag on for years.
Part of the problem, lawmakers said, was the culture of state agencies and those who work there. Business owners, for instance, must adhere to strict reporting deadlines. But where bureaucratic decisions can get stalled in endless delays with no consequences, except for the business operator who is waiting for a permit or to get an answer on whether he or she can launch a new initiative.
"The culture of state government is problematic," said Gallivan.
The Senate report comes less than a week after Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a regulatory reform commission.
With that in mind, Gallivan suggested much of the leg work or information gathering has already been done by them. "Hopefully we can get together with the governor and work with him," he said. "We think the bulk of the work is done."


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Do you understand almost everything people say on TV?
I get the impression that people, when speaking English, mumble a lot or squash their pronunciations with too strong accent or talk too fast… I'm listening with a foreign ear. I don't speak English as a native. So please muster up all your memory and think back hard. Of course, it isn't natural that you can't understand 100% because it's your mother tongue after all. Nonetheless, I couldn't help asking this because I do get that impression.
So sometimes I don't understand words which would have been perfectly intelligible in writing.
For instance, watching a Korean movie, I often miss some words. For some movies, If I don't turn up the volume pretty much, I can't even grasp the story line. Does this happen a lot to you guys too?


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We've been gradually moving game functionality from Lua into C++ over the past year and a half, but significant chunks of the game were still in Lua, so I took a day out of the schedule for every programmer and we made a single big push to get as much of the lingering Lua out of the game as possible. I would have to call the day a complete success.
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One of the reasons quarterback Brandon Harris (Bossier City, La./Parkway) said he committed to LSU Thursday was a desire to avoid playing against his home state's talent.
Louisiana currently features the following uncommitted offensive players near the top of the 2014 ESPN 300: No. 1 RB Leonard Fournette, No. 7 OL Cameron Robinson, No. 8 WR Speedy Noil, No. 28 WR Malachi Dupre and No. 38 WR Trey Quinn.
"If you play against them," said the No. 2 dual-threat QB, "you'll get your feelings hurt."
But for LSU and its most recent commit, there's still a lot of work to be done to get that talent in Baton Rouge. And Harris is wasting no time in doing his part.


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Two visions of America
Republicans and Democrats bring starkly different views of the country to the presidential campaign. This series explores key issues from the point of view of each party during its convention.
The Republicans
Part 1: How locals say Romney will fix the economy
Part 2: GOP seeks new formula for health care system
Part 3: Defense cuts worry Romney supporters
The Democrats
Part 1: Obama backers say he's on track to fix economy
Part 2: Democrats embrace health care changes
Part 3 Obama's defense vision finds supporters in local veterans community
Republican National Convention
Complete coverage of the GOP's national gathering in Tampa, with the latest headlines, photos and opinion.
Biology is not ideology. When Dr. Wayne Iverson gathers his patients' medical history, the La Jolla physician doesn't grill them about their voting history.
Yet, health care reform is one of the country's most divisive political issues.
"Earlier, I was perplexed why Republicans and Democrats have such a hard time coming together to figure out a solution," said Iverson, whose practice focuses on internal medicine and noninvasive cardiology. "It would help everybody."
Then Iverson ran as a Republican in the primary for California's 52nd Congressional District. While losing to GOP Rep. Brian Bilbray and Democrat Scott Peters, the doctor gained a new perspective.
"There is a fundamental difference between the parties" on health care, he said. "The Democrats feel that government has to be involved in coming up with a solution, that people can't do this on their own. What Republicans believe is that people can decide these things on their own, and that free-market principles apply in this area just as they do when you go out to buy a house or a car."
This week at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., presidential nominee Mitt Romney will draw sharp distinctions between Republican approaches to the nation's problems and Democratic proposals.
In health care, for instance, Romney stresses free-market competition as the key to driving down medical costs. He argues that states, not Washington, should play the lead role in regulating insurance companies and providing services to low-income Americans. And the candidate's website pledges to "repeal and replace Obamacare" — the Affordable Care Act of 2010 that is partially based on a Massachusetts law backed by then-Gov. Romney.
In San Diego County, home to top-notch hospitals and medical schools, thousands of doctors and nurses, as well as many medical-device manufacturers, these are powerful issues.
For Republicans, Romney's prescription for health care offers the answer for dealing with high costs, regulation and oversight.
Skin in the game
The United States enjoys a reputation for world-class medicine, yet this care comes at a high cost. Americans annually spend more than $2.6 trillion on medical services and products; most of this tab is covered by insurance, often provided by employers. That limits consumers' expenses, but it's a Republican article of faith that comprehensive coverage swells health care's bottom line.
"If you have insurance," noted Dr. Stephen Guffanti, a general practitioner in San Marcos and San Diego County Republican Central Committee member, "your Number One question to the doctor is 'Does my insurance cover this?' It's not, 'Is this necessary?'"
Americans would undergo fewer elective procedures and pay lower insurance premiums, Republicans argue, if workplace policies only covered catastrophic injuries and diseases. To pay for routine care, workers would funnel their own money and employer contributions into Health Savings Accounts. This, the argument goes, would encourage people to shop for economical care.
"There has to be skin the game," argued Dan Hughes, an Oceanside Republican, tea party activist and former U.S. Senate candidate whose companies provide environmental services to local hospitals. "There has to be a $5 co-pay or a $10 co-pay — if it's free, people don't value it. When people have skin in the game, they can make better decisions."
Allowing consumers to shop for insurance policies across state lines is also a popular idea.
"That's going to slim down the administrative overhead," said Dr. Adam Dorin, a San Diego anesthesiologist and founder of the tea party-inspired America's Medical Society. "That's going to bring down prices, make insurance more affordable."
Government budgets are also being strained by two health care programs, Medicare and Medicaid.
Medicare provides health insurance to more than 48 million Americans who are 65 or older, or who are disabled. As more baby boomers hit retirement age, this federally funded program — budgeted at $523 billion for fiscal year 2013 — is rapidly expanding. To preserve the program, the Affordable Care Act reduces Medicare reimbursements to hospitals and insurers.
Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, would reverse that action but gradually turn Medicare into a "premium support system."
"People who are 55 or older would be able to continue with the current system," said Dr. Iverson. "If you are under 55, you would have the option to take your Medicare dollars and apply it to insurance in any way you see fit."
Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in California, pays the medical needs of more than 40 million low-income residents. Costs are divided between federal and state governments, but all parties are struggling to meet rising expenses. That's especially true in California, home to one out of every seven recipients.
"That's a huge cost to a state like ours," said Tricia Hunter, a registered nurse and former assemblywoman from Clairemont. "I don't see that in our budget."
Like other Republicans, Hunter urges more state control over these programs. When making Medicaid grants, she notes, Washington holds all 50 states to identical standards.
"To try to put together a plan that covers California and North Dakota," she said, "that doesn't make sense."
Good decisions
Health care reform may be complicated, but Republicans insist it will fail unless it follows a simple formula.
"More market and less government," said Brian Brady, a Solana Beach businessman on the county central committee. "That always gives us lower cost and higher quality."
So they advocate eliminating the Affordable Care Act's tax on medical devices — a popular proposal with San Diego companies like NuVasive, a maker of spinal surgery equipment, where Romney spoke in March.
They urge limiting awards in medical malpractice suits, to cut hospitals' and physicians' insurance costs. Savings, they argue, would flow to consumers.
And they stress personal responsibility.
"Right now, I believe the system just barely works," said Dr. Dorin. "And I think Republicans have better solutions to this. You really could empower people to make good decisions."
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