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Anglo-Saxon surname that came from the baptismal name for Haine. As the naming tradition grew in Europe baptismal names began to be introduced in many countries. Baptismal names were sometimes given in honor of Christian saints and other biblical figures. There are very few Christian countries in Europe that did not adopt surnames from these religious figures.
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Lincolnshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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text: Hello, I keep running into issues where I want to use some version of parsec, quickcheck, haxml, etc, in my code, but my code links against a different third party library (e.g. network) which uses a different version of the library (e.g., parsec) than what I want to use, and that makes cabal unhappy. If I use, runhaskell Setup.hs configure, I get warnings like: ~/n-heptane/projects/haskell/web-routes/web-routes-happstack $ runhaskell Setup.hs configure --user Configuring web-routes-happstack-0.18... Warning: This package indirectly depends on multiple versions of the same package. This is highly likely to cause a compile failure. package network-220.127.116.11 requires parsec-188.8.131.52 package hsemail-1.3 requires parsec-184.108.40.206 package happstack-util-0.4.3 requires parsec-220.127.116.11 package happstack-server-0.4.3 requires parsec-188.8.131.52 package web-routes-0.18 requires parsec-3.1.0 Now, the project actually builds and runs fine, because the code in network that uses parsec and the code in my library that uses parsec do not interact at the parsec-level at all. But, cabal install can not handle this, because it (currently) can't *know* that it's actually going to work. Now, parsec and quickcheck are in the haskell platform. So, that should drive a lot of packages to use the same versions. But what about libraries such as HaXml which are not in the platform? Or what about this case where I want parsec 3, even though parsec 2 is in the haskell platform? Any ideas about what should be done? We have this problem with QuickCheck and happstack when people try to cabal install gitit. And I am running into the problem again with the urlt / web-routes library. - jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/attachments/20100328/431429ae/attachment.html

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Thanks for that, i'll see if I can get hold of one and give it a try
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On-One Fatty Build Question
Standard Shimano BB spacers are 2.5mm
mtbdog - are you running your chainrings on the granny and middle position? If so, I don't see how you will fit the 40 as a 36 just barely cleared the chainstay on my Fatty.
Anyhow, RaceFace has some good info that might help you:
The above links are from here.
Yeap fitted to both our On-One Fattys, one small & one medium. Out in the rain and mud again today & working brilliantly. Original BB and what I fitted looked just like I took off except it has a 36 & 22 instead of just a 32 ring.
got one of these Truvativ Holzfeller 2.2 RG Chainset from merlin, but still comes with a 68\73mm bb,
Anyone who can't see the need for a granny ring on a fatbike hasn't ridden in deep enough snow
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Anyone who can't see the need for a granny ring on a fatbike hasn't ridden in deep enough snow
Yep, or Moorland peat and heather, loose shale, slate, shingle on the coast, wet sand, and sandy single track through dunes, also black volcanic pebble steep shorelines, in fact anywhere you struggle to ride a regular MTB to the point of being a slog and miserable
Fatbikes are not replacements for MTBs, but to carry on where they struggle and stop..
Having seen John Climber ride his I can see he doesn't need a granny ring.
but I needed one and fitted the Truvativ 2.2
I dont use it often but it is there for when it is needed
Sorry for hijacking. This might be of relevance to TS too.
I saw onone are going to sell some carbon forks for the fatty soon. It was also stated that they will be fitted to new full fatty packages. I have no further info, but maybe this means onone will be selling reworked packages (brakes, cranks etc).
Does anyone know how quick onone usually are, with getting their products out for sale once they've entered final production, from earlier experience?
Hoping to ride a fatty real soon
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RUSH: Now, I don't know about you. I love words. Words mean things. Even words that sound like throwaway words. When Eastwood said, "I was watching that night when he was having that thing," people said, "He's senile! He doesn't know what he's talking about. He couldn't even remember what that was." No, no, no! "Having that thing" is perfect. Yeah, "they were having that thing." This is the perfect way to diminish it.
He was talking about Obama and Grant Park after the election. All these people, the zombies, are lighting candles. They don't even know why they're there. They just feel good. But if you ask 'em why, you'd get spaced-out, Oprah-type answers. And then to throw in Oprah was crying? I mean, I'm sorry, that hits me right in the heart because I have a theory that Oprah's success is directly related to how much she cries, and I've told you this over and over again.
So that one, when I heard it, just made my day. You talk about emotional connections? Clint and I were on the same Zen-like astral plane with that one. "Yeah, I was watching that night and they were having that thing." (laughing) That just cracked me up. That's the kind of thing I wish I had said, and to most people it's a throwaway or some senile old guy who can't remember what he's talking about. And he also ripped, appropriately so, Vice President Joe Biden.
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A former vice president and New York City university dean allegedly forced students to cook for her at her Queens home, wash clothes, bring her money at a casino and drive her family around, among other menial chores, or lose their scholarships, authorities say.
While an administrator at St. John's University with the authority to grant scholarships, Cecilia Chang also told the students to whom she awarded money that she'd revoke the gifts if they didn't take out the garbage, shovel snow or complete other household chores, according to an affidavit released this week.
"Chang threatened the students and placed them in fear that if they refused to perform these personal services, they would lose their scholarships and be unable to attend St. John's," FBI Special Agent Kenneth F. Hosey said in the affidavit.
Chang was suspended without pay from her post in January, the university said in a statement. University officials fired her six months later.
"The University expects all of its employees to conduct themselves with the highest ethical standards, reflecting the mission and values that were the basis for our founding 140 years ago," St. John's University officials said in a statement. "If these allegations by federal authorities are true, Ms. Chang's treatment of some students and the environment she created are shocking and in complete violation of all this University stands for."
Chang allegedly used her position to take advantage of the school beyond its student body. An indictment last month accuses her of siphoning $1 million from St. John's to pay for jaunts at casinos, dining out, shopping sprees and her son's graduate education.
Chang's attorney, Todd Greenburg, vehemently denies his client did anything wrong.
"Every dime this woman spent was spent on behalf of St. John's University, entertaining the people St. John's University told her to entertain," Greenburg told The New York Times.


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Of course, whenever you introduce active noise canceling to a headphone -- and all the digital processing it brings with it -- you tend to lose a little bit of sound quality. Noise-canceling headphones usually don't sound as clean or clear as "passive" headphones, and some introduce a faint hiss (though with the QC20s that hiss is very minimal). In other words, if you value sound quality above anything else, you probably shouldn't get a pair of noise-canceling headphones, and from a sound quality standpoint, the QC20s don't measure up to many in-ear models in the $300 price range. This just isn't a headphone that's so good that you'd want to go back and listen to your whole music collection just to experience how it sounds with all your favorite tunes.
But even though I have other, better-sounding headphones at my disposal, I still found myself gravitating toward using the QC20 as an everyday headphone because of how comfortable it was and how it managed to muffle a lot of the New York street noise.
I also tested it on a plane ride to Seattle, and while I thought the overall noise reduction on the QC15 was slightly better, the QC20 was more comfortable, and its in-ear, earbud-style design is good for sleeping because you can rest your head against a pillow or headrest without having your headphones getting in the way. However, you could argue that going smaller has one potential drawback: you may be more likely to lose the QC20s than a full-size pair. Then again, I have known people who've left plenty of larger items in seat pockets on planes, including iPads and QC15s.
Some cons
OK, now for the downsides, and they all involve the battery pack and control pod on the cord. First off, it's a little awkward to have the battery pack dangling from your headphone. It's also worth noting that the battery isn't replaceable, so once it peters out -- and someday it will -- you're basically left with an MIE2i headphone with a dongle attached to it. When I asked Bose about that, I got this detailed answer:
The lithium ion battery is not replaceable. The battery is expected to maintain its full capacity (16 hours of customer use per charge) through 500 charging cycles. For a heavy user who charges roughly every 2-3 days, this would be equal to about 3 years of use. After 500 charging cycles, the battery will continue to recharge and operate the headphone, but the capacity would be reduced. This deterioration in capacity is common to all lithium ion batteries.
Lastly, if you forget to turn off the noise cancellation, which I did a few times, you'll end up with a dead battery overnight. For this price, there would ideally be some sort of automatic shut-off feature when the headphones aren't in use.
Despite those drawbacks, I liked the Bose QC20s a lot. Their sound may not measure up to what you get from competing $300 in-ear headphones, but they sound good, are very comfortable to wear, and offer excellent noise cancellation. They also take up very little room in your bag.
A lot of people will think they're overpriced, and they'd be right to think that. But for a certain subset of the headphone-buying population, the QC20s are an excellent product that's strongly worth considering.
For instance, if you're a frequent traveler who doesn't want to carry around a larger over-the-ear model like the QuietComfort 15 or
Just be aware that because of the lifespan of the integrated lithium ion battery, that noise cancellation won't work forever. If you're OK with that and don't mind their hefty price tag, I have no problem recommending the QC20s.


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I have been using Elliott House for a number of years now and have found it to be a home from home. The location is perfect for the shopping of Central London whilst being situated on a lovely quiet Street. I deal directly with Residential Land Management who run the building and have always found the company staff to be helpful and efficient at all times. I would have no hesitation in recommending this as a place to stay for short or long term and have often placed my own clients there too.
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If UPS had lost my package they should inform me, they have all my information on hand, but they never bothered to do so. OK, so I call UPS and explain the situation to the customer service rep, who informs that they don't know where my package is, last known location was Concord ON on January 24th and to get my shipper to open a lost package investigation with UPS.
At this point, I called Google to inform them of the situation who proceeded with opening an "investigation" with UPS to figure out where my package is. I was given 2 options from Google
(1) one is to open an investigation to figure out where my Nexus 5
(2) cancel my order and re-order with Google (which I can't do because the Nexus 5 16GB model is out of stock on their website)
tl;dr : UPS lost/stole my Nexus 5. The last known location is Concord, ON. They do not know where my package is beyond that.


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'WarGames' Revisited
How appropriate. On the same day as the one-night viewing of the early-'80s computer geek classic WarGames, WIRED.com has posted an interview with the creators of the classic movie about an innocent hacker who launches the end of the world as we know it, before we even really knew what the word "hacker" meant.
The interviews are great, and give a real backstage view into how movies are made. Plus, there are tons of insider glimpses into the development of the story. Double plus...
The interview is full of all kinds of good tidbits - such as that John Lennon was being considered for the role of Falken, until his assassination tragically ended that idea.
In a pure moment of life imitating art, Commander William Lord of Air Force Cyberspace Command was positioned at NORAD near Cheyenne Mountain a few years after seeing the movie. He wanted to know where he could get such cool-looking displays. If it really could look like it did in the movie, why doesn't it in real life?
So, load up your old version of "Pong," or "Global Thermonuclear War" and play along. Oh, wait. The only winning move is not to play. Instead, read this nostalgic look back, because a sequel might be on the way. -Leslie Shapiro
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Kristen Stewart in Vogue Interview; Robert Pattinson Still 'Thinks About Her'
Kristen Stewart has been featured in an interview with British Vogue for the magazine's October issue. The Twilight actress speaks on numerous topics but is rumored to have avoided talking about the affair scandal that has overwhelmed her the past month since she cheated on long term boyfriend Robert Pattinson with director Rupert Sanders.
Stewart has spoken about "struggling to play it cool in Hollywood" and that she is "not that smooth."
The 22 year old actress says in the interview: "I know if you haven't thought about how you want to present a very packaged idea of yourself then it can seem like you lack ambition. But, dude, honestly? I can't."
She added, "People expect it to be easy because there you are, out there, doing the thing that you want and making lots of money out of it. But, you know, I'm not that smooth. I can get clumsy around certain people. Like if I were to sit down and think, 'OK, I'm really famous, how am I going to conduct myself in public?' I wouldn't know who that person would be! It would be a lot easier if I could, but I can't."
Meanwhile Robert Pattinson's sisters have made it clear they are not happy with Stewart and what she has put their brother through. They reportedly are not supportive of the actor reuniting with Kristen Stewart.
"Once a cheater, always a cheater," Lizzy and Victoria Pattinson allegedly warned.
"Robert's sisters were fuming with Kristen for hurting their brother in the way she did," a source told Radar Online.
"They've told him that there's no way he can take Kristen back after what she did to him," the insider continued. "It's a case of once she's cheated, what's to stop her doing it again and Lizzy and Victoria are pretty unforgiving over Kristen's actions."
"Instead, they believe Robert should embrace singledom, throw himself into work and not consider settling down with anyone until he's ready," the source said of the sisters' feelings. "They will kill him if he gets back with Kristen."
But despite his sisters' advice, Pattinson recently started talking to Stewart again. Other reports suggested that Pattinson both missed his ex and also "felt sorry" for her because the public has been harsh in regards to the cheating scandal.
Although Pattinson sold the L.A. house the couple shared, other signs point to a reunion.
"Rob doesn't hate her and he's not mad," a source told the Us Weekly magazine recently. "He just doesn't get why she did it. He loves her and thinks about her constantly."


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The god of the mountain and Godavarman: Net Present Value, indigenous territorial rights and sacredness in a bauxite mining conflict in India
This article provides an environmental and institutional history of the highly politicized and contested process of setting a Net Present Value (NPV) for forests in India, in a context of increasing conflicts over land for development, conservation and indigenous rights. Decision-making documents in the Supreme Court and in one specific case of a bauxite mining conflict involving Vedanta in the Niyamgiri hills are studied to come to conclusions about how economic valuation of forests has moved through the political process. We argue that establishing NPV for forests is neither conducive to conservation nor to environmental justice for the following three reasons. The technical and political process of setting prices deepens and reproduces structural inequalities with negative distributive effects. NPV encourages economistic decision-making procedures that exclude participation. Finally NPV does not recognize or take into account cultural difference or plural values. We thus conclude that economic valuation of forest products and services has not managed to "save" forests in India and is not an effective or viable strategy for expressing the value of forests or for environmental conservation and environmental justice activism.
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Homosexuals can ChangeQUESTION: Homosexuals cannot change.
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Thousands of ex-homosexuals testify of their change, and renowned Columbia University psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Spitzer, documented some of those changes. His 2003 study shows that some highly motivated individuals can change their orientation from homosexual to heterosexual through reorientation therapy.67 This is significant because Spitzer is no propagandist for the religious right. Quite the contrary—a self-described "Jewish atheist," Spitzer was considered a hero by gay activists for getting homosexuality declassified as a mental disorder back in 1973.
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67 See Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 32, No. 5, October 2003, pp. 403-417. For a summary of the findings see Roy Waller and Linda A. Nicolosi, Spitzer Study Published: Evidence Found for Effectiveness of Reorientation Therapy, National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, September 21, 2004, available online at http://www.narth.com/docs/evidencefound.html.
68 See Warren Throckmorton, PhD., "My interview with Dr. Robert Spitzer," posted online at http://www.drthrockmorton.com/interviewdrspitzer.pdf.
69 See Roy Waller and Linda A. Nicolosi, Spitzer Study Published: Evidence Found for Effectiveness of Reorientation Therapy, National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, September 21, 2004, available online at http://www.narth.com/docs/evidencefound.html.
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Jak and Daxter Collection
No Orb Challenge FAQ by White Tiger Shiro
Version: 1.0 | Updated: 08/01/04 | Search Guide | Bookmark Guide
Jak and Daxter
The Precursor Legacy
No Orb Challenge FAQ
Version 1.00
By: White Tiger Shiro
1. Only GameFAQs has my permission to have this FAQ on their site. If you
see this FAQ posted on any other site, please notify me. If you want
this FAQ for your site, ASK ME. I'm rather a nice person and will likely
say yes, but if you post it w/o asking, I won't be so happy.
2. If I recieve information I haven't seen for myself, it will be marked as
"Unconfirmed" until I see it with my own eyes.
3. If you see this exact FAQ with someone else claiming it as theirs,
please ask him to take it down, or at the very least, notify me so that
_I_ can yell at him/her about it.
4. To find subjects in the FAQ easier, push Ctrl+F to bring up the Find
Menu. Copy one of the sections into the space provided and click the
"Find Next" Button, and you will be taken straigh to that section.
5. Contact Info: For one, you can just post on the GameFAQs Message Boards,
I check them quite often. Otherwise, you can just e-mail
me at the above address.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Opening Remarks
Section 1: Goals
Section 2: Helpful Hints
Section 3: Useful Moves and Techniques
Chapter 2: No Orbs Walkthrough
Section 1: Geyser Rock
Section 2: Sandrock Village
Section 3: Sentinel Beach
Section 4: Forbidden Jungle
Section 5: Misty Island
Section 6: Fire Canyon
Section 7: Rock Village
Section 8: Lost Precursor City
Section 9: Precursor Basin
Section 10: Boggy Swamp
Section 11: Mountain Pass
Section 12: Volcanic Crater
Section 13: Spider Caves
Section 14: Snowy Mountian
Section 15: Lava Tube
Section 16: Gol and Maia's Citadel
Chapter 3: Closing Remarks
The List of Impossible Power Cells
Top 10 Hardest Power Cells to Reach
Story Time!!
Chatper 4: Credits and Version History
Section 1: Credits
Section 2: Version History
Chapter 1: Opening Remarks
Having gotten 100% in this game after only 3 days of owning the game, and then
beating it 100% a second time, I decided that this game was in dire need of a
challenge. Thus, I created the No Orbs Challenge. I hope that a great number
of Jak and Daxter fans will enjoy this challenge.
Section 1: Goals
At current, there is no way to beat the game without collecting a few Orbs. As
such, the goal of this challenge is to simply collect as many Power Cells as
you possibly can without collecting even a single Precursor Orb. Hopefully,
someone will find a way to reach the Blue Sage without getting an Orb, as it
would allow this challenge to complete the game.
There are 76 Power Cells that can be aquired, and 110 Scout Flies. The two
missing Flies are both in the final area, one on the way to the Blue Sage, and
the other one resting by the final Power Cell of that area.
Section 2: Helpful Hints
1. Make sure that you can get 100% completion before trying this challenge.
This is to insure that you know how to find the various Cells without aid.
2. If you couldn't find all of the Precursor Orbs, however, that's ok. :)
3. You're going to hate the Precursor Basin (assuming you didn't already).
4. Have you ever played an RPG and kept a second save just in case? Good, do
that. If you've never played RPGs before though and never understood why
one would waste space on a second save file, you'll soon learn.
5. Start, Circle, Down x3, X, X. This code will be very useful in your quest.
6. Save a LOT. Don't know why? Try going from Sentinel Beach, upto the
Green Sage's Hut to teleport, take the entire backwards passage to get to
the Spider Caves, then pick up an Orb and have to re-do all that over
again because you didn't save at the Spider Caves.
7. As a general rule when gathering Scout Flies, try to get the Flies that
are right next to Orbs first, and the ones that are in the clear last.
Trust me, nothing sucks more than when you get all 7 Flies, but the Cell
lands right on an Orb, forcing you to have to re-load (possibly restart)
the game.
8. Take a break every now and then. Some of the Cells can get quite
frustrating, and sometimes taking a break can mean the difference between
failure and success. This is true for any game, really.
9. Make note that Jak DOES gain a larger pick-up area when using the Spin
Attack. So be VERY careful about pushing Circle when near Orbs.
Section 3: Useful Moves and Techniques
Triple Jump - X, X, Circle. That last jump is a nice little boost to make a
gap that you could barely make normally.
Quad Jump - X, X, Square, Circle (requires Yellow Eco)
Spin Attack - Just the Circle-button, nothing too special, but you can use it
when falling from large heights to avoid damage.
Brakes - Push Square when in the Zoomer (Yes, it does have brakes). Turn
in a 360 if you really need to stop right there though, as it
does take a second to come to a complete halt. You do not have
brakes for this thing when powered with Yellow Eco.
Water Delay - When swimming in Lurker Shark areas, you can make them turn away
by jumping against a wall. Use a Triple Jump for best effect.
Chapter 2: No Orbs Walkthrough
Now for the meat and bones of this FAQ. And just make note of one thing when
reading through here:
I'm going to assume that if you're trying this challenge, you already know how
to get the Power Cells normally. As such, I will only go into detail on Cells
that require different means of aquisition.
section 1: Geyser Rock
Strangley enough, Geyser Rock makes for a very good entry test to see if you're
ready for the challenge. As Samos says, "that's nothing compared to the
challenges that lie ahead."
Find the Cell on the Path
Very straightforward. Just avoid the Orbs.
Open the Precursor Door
This one can be tricky. When you're on the lower area, sneak onto the first
Blue Eco from the opposite side of the Orb. If you just run into it
hap-hazardly, I can garuntee you'll pick-up at least one Orb. Once you've
successfully gotten the Eco without getting the Orb, just dash upto the Door.
Climb Up the Cliff
When you get to the area where the Game Help teaches you about Double Jumping,
go past the barrels in the ground. Once you're past them, look for an area of
the cliffs that sticks out a little. Do a High Jump into the cliff, and Jak
will stand on a ledge. High Jump again, and you can get the Cell.
Free 7 Scout Flies
Easy easy.
Section 2: Sandrock Village
Herd the Yakows into the Pen
Nothing new here.
Free 7 Scout Flies
Most of these are rather straight-forward. The only one that's tricky is the
one right next to the Precursor Oracle. To reach that one, do a Long Jump onto
the first island, aiming for the right side, then Long Jump again and try to
aim it so that you grab the ledge. Then, for the final jump, walk to the edge
of island and do a triple jump. Any attempts at rolling on the second island
seemed to result in picking up an Orb.
Section 3: Sentinel Beach
This is the first area where you'll be met with some of the more challenging
Cells. Don't feel too bad if you have to come back here later to get them.
Unblock the Eco Harvesters
Nothing new here.
Push the Flut Flut Egg off the Cliff
There's a narrow bridge with a line of Orbs. To get past it, simply angle the
camera to a side view and double jump past the Orbs, one by one.
Get the Power Cell from the Pelican
Do a roll jump off of the island, then swim towards the stairs. Jump upto the
second stair (on the left), then do a triple jump and grab the ledge. Leap up
and run to the Cell.
Chase the Seagulls
Chase the Seagulls
Launch upto the Cannon Tower
This one is very interesting, and involves Zero "launching". When approaching
the tower from the first beach (this is a good first Cell to go for), swim out
to the tower. Now, from here, triple jump your way along the walls making your
way to the back. Eventually you'll find an area where Jak can stand.
From there, do a High Jump and push Circle to get on the upper ledge. Walk to
the front of the tower and jump into the window. From there, do a Triple Jump,
working your way out and then onto the top of the window. This'll take a
little while to get right. From there, do a High Jump+O onto the plank just
above your head. From there, it's an easy task to jump onto the top of the
tower and take care of business.
Explore the Beach
This is almost easier than the 7 Flies on Geyser Rock.
Climb the Sentinel
While you're busy harrasing the seagulls, make a slight detour to pick this up.
Free 7 Scout Flies
There's really only one fly that's hard to get, and it's a good last fly.
Make your way to the cliff and stand on the left side of it. This'll take a
few tries as well. From there, do a High Jump, then push Square to slam the
rock. Keep holding in the direction of the cliff while you do this. You
should slide along the rock, and Jak should grab the ledge. If you get it
right, simply do a Triple Jump to get upto the upper platform.
Section 4: Forbidden Jungle
Connect the Eco Beams
Nothing too new, just watch out for the Orbs at the top of the machine.
Get to the Top of the Temple
The main thing to be carefull of is the platform right after the launcher. If
you round the corner, you'll get too close to the Orbs. Simply use a High Jump
to get to the upper ledge.
Also note: This is a good time to get one of the harder to reach Scout Flies.
Catch 200 Pounds of Fish
"There are two kinds of good fish you can catch. One pound fishies, and two
pound fishies. Miss 20 pounds of good fish, and I'll take my net back from ya.
There are also poisonous eels in this lake. Catch even a one of them boogers,
and you'll poison the whole dern catch."
Good luck. :)
Follow the Canyon to the Sea
Just avoid the Orbs that are under the sea.
Open the Locked Temple Door
Nothing new to report.
Free 7 Scout Flies
There are two really tricky ones. The first is next to the 4th Blue Eco Beam
Tower. To get it, do a High Jump onto the 3rd platform. Then, carefully
Double Jump onto the 4th (making sure not to get the Orb). From here, just
Triple Jump to the last platform with the Fly.
Now for the one I mentioned during "Get to the top of the Temple". And note
that you do NOT want to get this one last. If you do, the Cell will land
right on top of a couple of Orbs. Anyway, from the top of the tower, drop to
the platform that had the Lurker and the 2 Orbs. Walk to the corner with the
two Orbs and jump off. Sticking close to the building, do a Spin Attack about
half-way to avoid taking damage. If you land right, you'll wind up right on
top of the Fly, breaking the box.
Section 5: Misty Island
Catch the Sculptor's Muse
Aside from having to be wary of a few Orbs along the way, nothing new here.
Climb the Lurker Ship
Easy as pie.
Stop the Cannon
There'll be a few Orbs on the walk-way leading here, just walk along the right
or left edge and you'll be fine. Don't forget the Scout Fly along the way.
Return to the Dark Eco Pool
One of the Precursor Doors has Orbs right next to it, so don't enter from that
side. Usually, I jump down to this area right after I Stop the Cannon.
Destroy the Balloon Lurkers
Once you've killed them, you'll have to sneak past the Orbs to reach the Cell.
Use Zoomer to Reach Power Cell
There's a tricky Fly right next to this one, but it's just a matter of sneaking
in slowly. Anyway, once that's out of the way, look to the jump you'll have to
make. Sneak around the orbs on the left side. Here's the hard part, make sure
that you're up far enough that you can avoid the Orbs, but back far enough that
you have room to get momentum. Then, just go for it! It can be hard, but it's
very possible.
Use Blue Eco to reach Power Cell
There aren't any Orbs on the path for this one. Just go for it.
Free 7 Scout Flies
These are all fairly straight forward.
Section 6: Fire Canyon
Nothing special about this level. Both Cells can be gotten, and both are
fairly straight forward, it just takes a little more maneuverability.
Section 7: Rock Village
You're going to hate Rock Village. Not the Village itself, of course, but this
area of the game contains some of the hardest Power Cells to aquire in the No
Orbs Challenge. Especially Precursor Basin.
Also of note: You do NOT have to pay the Warrior 90 Orbs to make the bridge.
Simply do a Long Jump towards the platforms and swim over to them before the
Lurker Shark reaches you. Because of this, I usually do Boggy Swamp last,
simply to avoid having to go through that area twice.
And don't forget that you need to talk to the researcher and the gambler in
order to gain access to two of the Orbs in the Precursor Basin.
Free 7 Scout Flies
All of these are easy to get without much risk of Orbs.
Section 8: Lost Precursor City
This area can be very tricky, and contains the second hardest Cell to get.
To get past the first little niche, you have two options. The longer and more
tedious way is to walk slowly along the narrow passage between the heat vent
and the Orbs. The second method is to simply jump on the vent, take a damage,
then simply jump past the vent.
It's a matter of time vs damage.
Follow the Colored Pipes
Before you get this Cell, make sure you get the Flies first. The middle one is
very easy, but you'll soon notice that the Fly on the right is bordered with
Orbs. Do get this one, you'll have to jump over the Orbs, get the Fly, and
quickly push X to Double Jump before you get any Orbs. Now you know why you're
saving after every turn. :)
After you have the Flies, getting the Orb is no different than before.
Reach the Bottom of the City
Has anyone else noticed that the order of these Cells are listed in a seemingly
random order? Maybe I should organize these in the order that's recommended...
Anyway, this one is easy enough, just make sure you avoid the Orbs during the
sliding parts.
Quickly Cross the Dangerous Pool
Nothing new here.
Match the Platform Colors
To get past the moving platform without getting Orbs, time your jump so that
you can get on the platform with enough time to do a roll jump. Other than
that, nothing new.
Climb the Slide Tube
This one should've been named "Escape the Black Eco Pit" if you ask me.
Anyway, welcome to what I think is the second hardest Power Cell to reach. It
took me nigh on a dozen tries to get to the top with only a single Orb
(gotten on accident), then another dozen to get it done without the Orb.
The main idea is that you want to run along the ledge that's closest to the
camera. Doing this, you'll be able to avoid the Orbs. Keep in mind though,
you'll have to wait-out the Blue Eco timers. One thing that'll ease your mind
though, the Black Eco does slow down a lot when it gets close to you. You're
home free when you reach the third Blue Eco Geyser.
Reach the Center of the Complex
Easy enough, just make sure you avoid the Orbs along the middle circle.
Free 7 Scout Flies
Aside from the one I already explained in the Colored Pipes section, these are
all easy enough to reach.
Section 9: Precursor Basin
Don't rest just yet. You thought that escaping the Black Eco sucked? Well,
The Precursor Basin is going to redefine your definition of challenge all over
again, then it'll chew you up and spit you out crying. Have fun.
Herd the Moles into their Hole
Nothing new here, just avoid the Orbs that they'll sometimes lead you towards.
Catch the Flying Lurkers
This mission is easy enough, normally, but it's a whole different story when
you're trying to avoid Orbs. This is easily one of the harder Cells to reach
in the game. For now I don't have too much in the ways of advice, but if
enough people are having a hard time I'll post something.
Beat Record Time on the Gorge
There aren't any Orbs in the race track, so just go as fast as you can.
Get the Power Cell Over the Lake
Heh heh... Heh heh heh heh heh ha ha ha ha ha ha. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
*Ahem* Sorry about that. Welcome to the hardest Power Cell in the game. I am
not ****ing kidding you. This one is so hard your future children will suffer
from your attempts. What makes this one so hard you ask? It only requires
that you navigate through a highly narrow passage way littered with Orbs. The
right route is VERY stickler, and no matter how much you think you've mastered
it, you'll still fall and collect orbs. But it's possible, my friend. Oh yes.
They all thought I was mad, BUT WHO'S MAD NOW!? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
Anyway, make your way to the circular platform and look to the passage with a
line of Orbs. Impossible you say? Well, I thought so at once too. Here's the
way to get past them. VERY carefully and VERY slowly, you can weave past the
first 3 Orbs on the left side. Once you're past the 3rd Orb, goto the right
side to pass the rest. Check back here in a week or so once you get this done.
Did you have fun? No? Good, cause we're only getting started. Take the jump
on the right side, and go get the Fly that's in the little niche to the left.
Now, work your way slowly to the top of the ledge where you'll be jumping off.
Welcome to the hard part. Now you're going to have to jump from platform to
platform, all while avoiding the Orb Chests along the way.
If you miss this part, it's back to square one with you. Don't you love this?
Once you get to the final platform with the Scout Fly box, get it. Then simply
jump off the ledge from the left or right side to avoid the orbs and collect
the hardest Cell in the game.
Congratulations. Don't you hate the Precursor Basin now?
Cure Dark Eco Infected Plants
Straightforward. Nothing new here.
Navigate the Purple Precursor Rings
This one gets to be very hard because a lot of the Rings want you to go through
a line of Orbs. However, you can simply touch the side of them to make the
cut. The main challenge for this one is when you have to make a jump from the
slim line of Orbs (from the hardest Cell portion).
Free 7 Scout Flies
The main 2 that are hard to get are the two I spelled out in the Power Cell
Over the Lake section. Easily another of the hardest Cells to get.
Section 10: Boggy Swamp
Boggy Swamp is interesting in the way that you can't play it the normal route.
If you try going the normal route, you'll eventually hit a section of the level
that requires you to collect Orbs to pass. After some experimentation, I found
a way in through the back. Here's what you do:
Using the swing bar at the begining, jump to the upper platform. Grab a couple
Yellow Ecos, and ready yourself for the Quad Jump. Do a Double Jump, heading
towards the opening you'd usually come out of at the end of the level. After
the Double Jump, immedeately shoot a Yellow Eco Blast, then do the Spin Attack.
Watch out for the briar patch that's near there, and it'll probably take a few
tries to get the Quad Jump down. I know it took me quite a few tries before I
got it right.
Ride the Flut Flut
Once you've gained access to the back roads, make your way to the Flut Flut.
This part can get rather tricky, as you have to navigate along some narrow
platforms with Orbs. The trick is to plan ahead, make sure that you land on
the side of the platform where you'll be jumping next. Nothing sucks more than
having to make a long jump with Orbs in your way to make it even longer.
Protect Farthy's Snacks
Shoot shoot shoot!! This one can be hard in and of itself, good thing there
isn't an added challenge with the No Orb Challenge.
Defeat the Lurker Ambush
Nothing new here.
Break the Tethers to the Zeppelin
The first one is along the normal route. Upto you whether you get this first
or save it for later.
The second tether is at the end of the back road. This is the part where you
turn around and make your way to the end.
The third is impossible, as the Launch Pad you need to take has Orbs resting
right over it. A shame, but oh well.
The Fourth is right after you take the back roads. The best way to get it with
out getting the Orbs over the fourth moving platform is to jump from the third,
shoot the tether free, then do a Triple Jump to reach it.
Free 7 Scout Flies
These are all fairly straight forward.
Section 11: Mountain Pass
All four Power Cells can be gotten on this level. There are a couple areas
that you might wanna keep an eye out for though.
1. The big jump just before you get into the cave, it'll be a good idea to
leap to the platform that you often see of to the right. Makes avoiding
that line of Orbs a lot easier.
2. When you get to the part with 3 or 4 Blue Eco Geysers in a row, make sure
you hug the right side of the wall and get ready to make a quick right when
you get out. This part is easier if you lift off the gas to get rid of
the boosts.
Nothing else really worth mentioning on this level, just keep an eye out for
the Orbs.
Section 12: Volcanic Crater
Getting to the Spider Caves can be rather interesting indeed. Here's what you
have to do:
Head to the Mine Cart section. Notice how going the normal route will net you
some Orbs? Guess what this means. If you've been paying attention to the un-
orthodox methods used in this Challenge, then you already know what I'm about
to say. That's right, you gotta go backwards. This could take a few tries,
but here are a few hints:
1. For the big gap that you'll hit right away, wait for a mine cart and jump
on it, time your jump so you land on it when it's about half-way.
2. When jumping from plank to plank, aim for double-planks.
3. When Jak starts falling and holds onto a plank, a double jump will give him
enough air to land on a cart.
4. This game has momentum rules, so when you jump backwards from a cart, you
have a little less distance than normal.
5, When you get to the second set of Tracks, you can go about things normally,
but you'll have to take this one backwards on your way out of the Spider
This'll probably take you a few tries to get down.
Find the Hidden Power Cell
This one is easy enough.
Free 7 Scout Flies
Nothing exciting about these. Just watch out for Orbs when getting the Fly
near the Oracle.
Section 13: Spider Caves
This level contains 2 Power Cells that I cannot get, but I feel that they are
possible. Shoot the Gnawing Lurkers could be possible if there's a way to make
the Orbs fall away from the Cell. And there just has to be a way to get on top
of the Giant Robot. There are so many platforms hovering around that area, I
can smell a way to get up there. I just have to find it.
Destroy the Dark Eco Crystals
None of the Crystals are guarded by Orbs in the slightest.
Explore the Dark Cave
This one is fairly straight forward, only a few Orbs to dodge. To get out of
this area, simply jump down to where you started, and make sure that you do the
Spin Attack before you land.
Climb the Giant Robot
From the begining ramp of this objective, look to the right, where the Scout
Fly can be found (you may or may not have it). Do a Triple Jump, and you'll
grab the ledge. Jump up, take care of the Lurker, and watch the Elevator.
When it rests on the lower area, start running for it, and make sure that you
get all 3 Yellow Eco patches along the way. You'll be needing them.
Using the up-ward momentum of the elevator (jump as late as possible while it's
still moving up), do a Quad Jump into a little niche. It'll take a few tries.
From there, move to the right to a series of Swing Bars. Make your way to the
top-right bar. From there, do an upward jump. During that jump, do a Double
Jump, fire a Yellow blast, and do the Spin Attack. While doing that, make your
way to the middle of the platform just below, so you can avoid the 3 Orbs.
Once you've made it to there, you have one last tricky jump in line. From the
colapsing platform, jump a little towards the screen, around the Orbs, and onto
the first Bar. It's a little tricky, but very possible. Once you get onto it,
waste no time in jumping to the second, as doing a full loop on the first Bar
will pick up the Orbs. Once you've made it to the second bar, it's smooth
sailing to the Power Cell.
Launch to the Poles
While you're getting the Scout Fly that's on the upper levels of the platforms
around the Robot, look in the direction of this Orb. A simple Triple Jump will
earn you this Cell. No "launching" required. :)
Navigate the Spider Tunnel
Just don't use the Launch Pad at the end of the Tunnel, it'll force you into
some Orbs.
Climb the Precursor Platforms
Simple enough.
Free 7 Scout Flies
There's a Scout Fly that lies right across a wooden bridge in the first area.
Get that one last, just as precaution. Other than that, the only advice for
the other Flies I have is this: You don't have to slam right on the box, you
can slam right next to it and still break the box open. There are some boxes
with Orbs right near them where you might want to keep this in mind.
Section 14: Snowy Mountain
Find the Yellow Vent Switch
There are some Orbs right after the last jump, but they're easy enough to avoid
if you know that they're there.
Stop the 3 Lurker Glacier Troops
The only one with Orbs near-by is the one at the top of the hill right at the
begining of the level, but those are easy to avoid.
Open the Frozen Crate
Once you've opened the Crate, it's easier to approach the Cell from the other
route. Just make sure you save after you open the crate, just in case.
Get Through the Lurker Fort
You'll need to take a bit of a short-cut for this one. Jump up the series of
stairs like normal. When to the fourth stair, you can do a Triple Jump to the
platform ahead. From here there aren't any Orbs until the last stretch, and
they're easily jumped over.
Open the Lurker Fort Gate
This one takes a bit of practice to get through the platforms with Orbs. It's
just a matter of knowing how to run along a narrow passage. You should be an
expert by now.
Survive the Lurker Infested Cave
The only Orbs around here are right after you get the Cell, and they aren't
much obstical.
Free 7 Scout Flies
Get the Scout Fly at the very begining of the level last, on your way out.
Section 15: Lava Tube
Now that you have the 72 required Cells, it's time to brave the Lava Tube. The
first stretch will be very hard, as dodging the Orbs will get very taxing on
the heat gauge. However, once you get past the room where you must destroy...
whatever those are, you'll find no more Orbs in the level, so it'll be same-ole
same-ole from that point forth.
The trickiest part will come at the very begining though, right after the first
Water Balloon. Remember all that time you spent trying to get past that narrow
passage-way in the Precursor Basin (to get the Cell above the Lake)? Good.
All that extra practice will come in handy here. There's more room to work
with, fortuneately, but you'll still die a few times because of this part. I
usually go past the first 4 on the left, and the final ones on the right side.
Once you get past here, there'll be another narrow passage with 3 Orb Chests,
but that one gives you a lot of room to work with, so don't worry too much. If
your heat gauge gets too high, try and make it to the room where you have to
destroy the objects. This'll cause you to spawn right there.
Section 16: Gol and Maia's Citadel
Free the Red Sage
Watch out for Orbs during the falling platform puzzle at the very begining, and
don't use the Yellow Eco, or you'll expose some Orbs. Other than those two
tidbits, nothing new about rescuing this guy.
Free the Yellow Sage
You'll have to take a back way into his area. From the begining, there'll be a
Blue Eco Geyser. Use that, and run back. When you walk through the second
door way, run to the left. Once you've run to the end of that platform, do a
Triple Jump, and you should be able to grab onto the ledge where the Fly rests.
From there, it's a simple task to platform your way to the Yellow Sage.
Chapter 3: Closing Remarks
I hope you enjoyed the Challenge, and I also hope that my explainations were
simple enough to follow. Having little else to say, here are a few extra
sections for your reading pleasure before I close things with the credits.
The List of Impossible Power Cells
Various Locations - 15 Cells
Bring 90 Precursor Orbs to [Name] x9
Bring 120 Precursor Orbs to the Oracle x6: Need I go into detail? Honestly?
Forbidden Jungle - 2 Cells
Find the Blue Eco Switch
Defeat the Dark Eco Plant: These two are impossible for the same reason. You
can get down to them just fine, but then you have
to escape from the temple. To do this, you have to
use a Launch Pad that forces you into 5 Orbs.
Lost Precursor City - 1 Cell
Raise the Chamber: Two of the beacons you have to activate with Blue Eco are
right next to Orbs. Thus, you can't activate them without
taking the Orbs too.
Precursor Basin - 1 Cell - Possible?
Navigate the Blue Precursor Rings: There's no way you can navigate through the
narrow path of Orbs fast enough to make
this one. However, in theory I guess it
could be done if you were to master that
little niche.
Boggy Swamp - 1 Cell
Break the Teathers #3: The Launch Pad you have to use to access this area has
Orbs resting right over it.
Spider Caves - 1 Cell
Shoot the Gnawing Lurkers: It seems that a Precursor Orb will always fall
right where the Power Cell lands.
Snowy Mountain - 1 Cell
Disable the Precursor Barriers: 3 of the switches have Orbs right over them.
Top 10 Hardest Power Cells to Reach
10. Open the Lurker Fort Gate - Snowy Mountain
9. Ride the Flut Flut - Boggy Swamp
8. Navigate the Purple Precursor Rings - Precursor Basin
7. Launch up to the Tower - Sentinel Beach
6. Free 7 Scout Flies - Sentinel Beach
5. Climb the Giant Robot - Spider Caves
4. Free 7 Scout Flies - Precursor Basin
3. Catch the Flying Lurkers - Precursor Basin
2. Climb the Slide Tube - Lost Precursor City
And hands-down, the hardest Power Cell to get, no contest:
1. Get the Power Cell Over the Lake - Precursor Basin
Story Time!!
Having a little free time, I think I'll share the stories of some of the Power
Cells that were a bit harder to reach. The only real point of these stories is
if you are interested in some of the alternate methods I had tried to reach to
some of the Power Cells. Or perhaps you're just in the mood for a good story.
Free 7 Scout Flies - Forbidden Jungle
This one actually caused me to have to start the Challenge over again. You
remember the Fly you had to drop down from the building to collect, and I gave
a warning that you do NOT want to get that one last? Yeah... forces you onto
2 Orbs to get that Cell. >_>
Anyway, my first attempts were not nearly as easy to complete as simply jumping
from a building. At first, I tried to do this one the normal way. My strategy
was to place Jak on the legdes so that only his left foot was on them. This
allowed me to sneak past the Orbs nicely. In theory, this one could be done in
this way. The biggest obstacle though, was the final jump. The first gap was
easy enough to make, but the final gap requires that you angle Jak a little to
the side. Jumping straight would put him on the rocks below.
Strangely enough, Jak could stand on those rocks, too. I attempted to Triple
Jump, and even use the High Jump, but both were just too low. Anyway, after
countless efforts on the my first method, I finally realized something. This
Scout Fly is resting at the base of a very tall building, which you have to
climb to the top of.
I went out and did a little recon, discovering just where the Fly was on the
building. Once I knew where to jump from, I climbed to the top. I discovered
the ledge to jump from, and dropped. By did I drop, right onto the Orbs next
to the Fly and some nice damage. That's when I remembered something, I can use
the Spin Jump to angle my fall nicely so that I land right on the Fly.
Of course, by that time, it was the final fly I had to get, and as I feared,
the Power Cell dropped right on some Orbs. I continued without it for a while,
but then realized that I was going to need every last Power Cell. I had 70 of
them when I restarted, and I knew that I was only going to be able to find one
more. Which brings me to the second one that took me forever to find...
Climb the Giant Robot - Spider Caves
This is actually the last Power Cell that I found before the Lava Tube. My
first method of finding this one was actually the right way. I had discovered
that little niche and decided that a Quad Jump could make it. My first few
attempts fell just short of grabbing the ledge, when I remembered something.
This game has momentum, and there's an elevator right there. I made it to that
ledge with ease.
Now came the tricky part, I had to get past the 3 Orbs without gathering them.
at first I tried to do a jump from the bottom Bar, but that would always have
me grab the edge right at the orbs, causing me to get them as I jumped up. And
jumping from the top... well, it hadn't occurred to me to try a Quad Jump from
that bar. I then decided to just gather the 3 Orbs and scout ahead. Seeing
the 2 in front of the other series of bars, I decided to see if I could get
around them, eventually I did, but I just couldn't for the life of me get past
those first three. Thinking this a lost cause (silly me), I moved on to find
another way to get there.
Scouting the terrain, I noticed many areas where I could Quad Jump upto the
platform, but there just wasn't the Yellow Eco for that. It was during this
scouting actually, that I found the "Launch to the Poles" Power Cell, which
just shows you how long I've been trying to get the Giant Robot, since Launch
to the Poles was a very early find for me.
From that same point, I noticed that if I could get onto the robot's right
shoulder, I should be able to make it upto the platform with the Power Cell,
but alas, it seemed that I would slide down no matter how perfectly I landed on
him. Enter game restart.
Upon making it to the Spider Caves a second time, I decided to test my theories
on "Blast the Gnawing Lurkers" (I mentioned testing a theory on a potential
Power Cell in the boards, if anyone remembers). However, after much testing,
that Power Cell continued to land right on top of an Orb.
This meant that my fate layed with one, and only one Power Cell. I HAD to get
on top of that Robot, the very fate of my Challenge rested on him. So I went
back to my first method. I knew I could get past the second set of Orbs, and
something was telling me that I could get past the first, it would just take
time to figure it out.
That's when a lightning bolt hit me, which it should've done earlier. A Quad
Jump from the top-right pole! It took a few tries, but I had done it, I had
finally gotten past the very Orbs that had been taunting me the entire time,
and I already knew that the second set of Orbs was no threat.
Well, that about does it for story time. Every other Power Cell that took more
than a few tries, I had only tried in the one method, and it simply took some
tries to get them right.
Chapter 4: Credits and Version History
Section 1: Credits
WhiteTigerShiro - FAQ Author
CJayC - Posted the FAQ on his site
Naughty Dog - For making this game, and the Crash Bandicoot Series
King Kool - I used his FAQ to record the names of each Power Cell Objective
Section 2: Version History
Version 1.0:
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There is seemingly no place to escape foreclosure in North America. The ski resort where the Olympic downhill skiing events are being held may be sold at a foreclosure auction this Friday.
The Whistler Blackcomb resort is owned by Intrawest, whose parent company is the private equity firm/hedge fund Fortress Investment Group. The Wall Street bankers who lent money to Fortress have set a Friday deadline for Intrawest to come with the $524 million debt payment it missed in December:
The foreclosure notice indicates that the lenders intend to conduct a public auction of 100 per cent of the Intrawest assets on February 19, which would mean the sale of Whistler Blackcomb in the middle of the Olympics.
On CNBC today, Fortress CEO Dan Mudd said the company is still trying to manage its way out of this mess and is negotiating with the creditors (btw, the creditors include the now defunct Lehman Brothers). But it sounds like the talks are pretty nasty:
Mudd pretty much summed up the entire financial crisis when he said: "When you use a lot of leverage, obviously when the market turns down, you've got a big problem."
Yeah, and Fortress has another problem. Intrawest's travel company, Abercrombie & Kent, faces a $220 million lawsuit in Los Angeles. The 540 plantiffs are members of Abercrombie's "destination club":
...the plaintiffs allege that the club was a ruse because Abercrombie & Kent didn't operate the business, just licensed its name. Now, they allege, their memberships are worthless.
"Intrawest has been crying poverty, saying they don't have the money, have huge debt," said Brian Kabateck, managing partner at Kabateck Brown Kellner in Los Angeles, who filed suit in 2007 on behalf of the club members. "They may not be completely liquid, but we also know that the Canadian government has substantially worked with them in setting up the Olympics. They have an entire Olympic Village in Whistler and in Vancouver they're operating. They are hugely benefiting from the Olympics."
But it may not be enough to stop the foreclosure avalanche.
If the resort gets sold, a group of Whistler residents might be interested in buying a piece -- something like a Green Bay Packers arrangement. Maybe they'd be a little more prudent with the venue.


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LONDON -- The most printable nickname thrust upon the tall, curved greenish building in Southeast London is "the Gherkin," so called because of its resemblance to one of those way-big pickles you can't quite get out of the jar with fingers alone.
Hardly a refined label for the first building in more than a quarter-century to significantly alter one of the world's most architecturally sophisticated skylines.
The nickname has stuck, beating back others that were more anatomical than vegetable, but it is not used as a weapon of ridicule. Nor is it used as an insult by people upset that a 40-story building, that even the prudish British Broadcasting Corp. refers to as "erotic," shares a cityscape with such architectural marvels as St. Paul's Cathedral. Rather, the nickname has become a term of endearment for the Swiss Re Tower. Despite initial misgivings and fierce debate before its approval, a consensus of acceptance for the Gherkin seems to have formed among Londoners since its completion in April.
Good thing, according to a permanent exhibit recently opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum. With models, drawings, raw materials and demonstrations of how architecture is used, the exhibit explores just how important the relationship is between the Gherkin or any other building and the city in which it is built.
If a primary function of museums is to identify and celebrate what is important in life -- intrinsically, extrinsically or both -- an architecture exhibit in London is long overdue.
It covers architecture old and new, its design and construction, its artistry and how the fluency of an architect's creativity can be constrained by the rigidity of mathematics. But mostly the exhibit serves as a reason to consider the overlooked obvious: how architecture, for good or for evil, can reflect and form a city's character.
"The aim is to create greater public intolerance -- intolerance for mediocre architecture," said George Ferguson, president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. "There has been quite a lack of appreciation of what good architecture can do for a city, for a community, for people."
And architecture that is "mediocre or worse," he said, such as the graceless monstrosity of a hotel built in the shadow of The Tower of London, is every bit as effective at diminishing an entire slice of cityscape.
The buildings in London's historic heart go far beyond being clever or even beautiful uses of rock and brick and glass. They are an integral part of the city's personality, in a very real way influencing the mood and the thoughts and to some degree even the temperament of people who live here. It is nearly impossible, even after walking past the Houses of Parliament 100 times, not to sense the weight of Britain's history
"If the importance of architecture isn't clear, ... look at the haphazard building in a place like Mexico City or Calcutta (India), and the feeling you get there and compare it to the feeling in central London," said Michael Snodin, the exhibit's curator.
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So many NBA teams have transformed their franchises through the NBA draft.
How about we counter the NBA?
Everyone is so hungry for 2010.
Let them fight for it, because not everyone is getting Wade, Bosh, Lebron etc... only like 4-5 teams, the rest are assed out.
Unless LeBron gurantees he's out of Cleveland, I wouldn't risk it all for 2010.
We got alot of years ahead of us.
Theres other ways in being a good team.
and we will be under the cap and can sign some key guys...we don't have to blow the cap away all in one year.
Rudy Gay is obviously a special player in 2010, if we don't overpay(which is impossible to do in sports today), we did good in 2010.
and in 2011, we could get someone else.
and keep the trend going.
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Cream Cheese Apple Dip
A fluffy creamy vanilla-cinnamon dip for apple slices
4-6 servings
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar (I use dark brown sugar)
1-2 teaspoons cinnamon (I like lots!)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Fresh apple slices from about 6 apples, for serving
1. Combine ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat with electric mixer until no lumps remain. Serve with fresh apple slices!
5 minutes (plus apple preparation)
This is a delicious "dessert" or snack. It's so quick to make, and almost tastes like a sour cream apple pie, or apple cheesecake. :D I love making and eating it. My rating: 10/10.
Hi Tammy - I have been drooling over your recipes and the pictures of them for a while now, so I finally registered today. :) This sounds very similar to a recipe my mom would make, except hers also had peanut butter in it (smooth or creamy work well, depending on your preference). It is a favorite, and can be whipped up in a jiffy! Thanks for the cooking inspiration - I check your site every day!
This is *good*
This dip is so tasty. I was bored the other day, and hungry, so I decided to make some for my parents and I. :o) For a dessert-type food, it is reasonably healthy, and soooo tasty! We still have some left in the fridge, as there are only 3 of us. It keeps well. :)
So tasty!
I made this to take as a snack to a Bible study and everyone loved it! I'm glad I bought lots of apples this week, as I will be enjoying them
with the leftovers. :-) I added about 1 T. of powdered sugar to mine as I thought it tasted just a bit too tart. It softened it to just the
right flavor. :-)
Just a bit different
I have a recipe very similar to this. So the differences are mine uses 3/4 c brown sugar and 1/4 c white sugar and then 1 tsp lemon juice (I think this is to help dissolve the sugar? Correct me if I'm wrong.) Then of course you still use cream cheese. But I also agree it is so delicious.
Better than frosting!
This is like eating frosting with apple slices, but not too sugary-sweet. Fabulous!
we love it!!!!
Made this for the girls and I to have for a late night snack(8pm) and we loved it. I love cream cheese and fruit. With brown sugar added I dont think you could go wrong.
Just made this! It's GREAT! Nice alternative to dipping apples in peanut butter. Only my 2 year old doesn't want to dip apples in it, just her fingers, then licks it off! =)
Yummy Apple Dip
Fabulous! I made this up tonight and it was a breeze to make and wonderful to eat! My hubby loved it as well. Tomorrow I'm going to introduce it to my children ~ I'm betting even my "picky" eaters will dig into this!
Love the cinnamon and the brown sugar was perfect. Time to use up some apples~
Wonderful with fruit!
This was a delicious and easy dip...my husband and little boy ate it up! Thanks Tammy!
easy apples!!
amazing i just made it for my family!! the new whipped cream cheese made this so fast and easy!


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A radio show/podcast about comedy – probing the brains, the minds, and the psyches of the people who make the funny since 2004. That's a long time. Nominated for (and lost) the 2013 Canadian Comedy Awards, Best Podcast. Hosted by Georgia Straight comedy writer Guy MacPherson
Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Great Alcohol Debate – Nikki Glaser
With the run-away success of the Norm Macdonald video (1103 views and counting), I decided to add another video snippet to the What's So Funny? channel collection. Last night I found two minutes from the Nikki Glaser episode that was snippet-worthy and it's up on YouTube now (6 views and counting). It's our brief debate on the wonders of alcohol.
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Federal regulators have ordered Exide Technologies Inc. to do extensive testing of soils, groundwater and a creek to identify contamination from its Frisco plant.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's administrative order requires the company to test for any hazardous materials that could affect human health or ecological health at the decades-old plant near downtown Frisco. The order lists several contaminants, including lead, selenium, cadmium, benzene and tetrachloroethylene, that the plant handles as it recycles used automotive and industrial batteries. But the order is not limited to those materials.
Exide has 30 days to submit a work plan to the EPA detailing how it will comply with the order, including estimates of the time and costs involved. Once testing is completed, Exide must report its findings and potential remedies to the EPA.
EPA officials did not respond to requests for comment by deadline.
Exide spokeswoman Susan Jaramillo referred comments to a five-page letter submitted Monday to the EPA in response to the order.
"Exide intends to work with EPA to address these issues and submit a responsive plan," wrote Aileen M. Hooks, a partner with the Baker Botts law firm in Austin.
But her letter pointed out "significant and material gaps" in the EPA's record, including no reference to the agency's lead tests on soils near the plant released earlier this year. That report concluded that no further testing or remedial action was needed for those areas. The letter also cited EPA records that list the Frisco plant under control with respect to human exposures and groundwater releases.
The letter noted the company's "disappointment and concern that EPA would issue this order without notice or prior discussion, after so many years in which Exide has been working with the state of Texas and under EPA oversight to perform these studies as part of corrective action."
Hooks concluded that there were other ways to handle EPA's concerns.
"The issuance of this order may not be the swiftest and most effective way to achieve your goals," she wrote.
The EPA's administrative order was based on a series of inspections at the plant beginning in late 2009 that found high levels of heavy metals along the banks of Stewart Creek, which runs through plant property. One area had lead levels seven times above what's allowed on industrial property.
The inspections also found exposed battery chips and a waste material called slag on plant property as well as process wastes where they didn't belong.
The order is the latest action against Exide, which was cited this month for violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. That agency found excess levels of lead at 10 work areas during an inspection in February.
Exide is also working with state and federal regulators to make about $20 million in improvements at the plant to reduce lead emissions so it can comply with the new air-quality standard for lead. A 1.3-square-mile area around the plant does not meet the standard, which tightened tenfold because of a growing body of research that links health problems to exposure to even very low levels of lead.


text: (Removes all references to Singapore stock exchange as it was closed on account of market holiday) By Anusha Ravindranath Aug 9 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stocks were largely up on Tuesday as China's consumer inflation eased in July, lifting broader sentiment across the region on hopes of further policy easing if needed in the world's second largest economy. China's consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.8 percent in July from a year earlier, in line with analysts' expectations. Consumer inflation has remained well below China's official target of around 3 percent in 2016, despite concerns that severe summer flooding, which has disrupted public infrastructure and agricultural production, would increase inflationary pressures. "The lower Chinese inflation data gives investors something to look forward to in terms of further policy easing," said Victor Felix of AB Capital Securities Inc in Manila. Last week, China's top economic planner called for the central bank to cut interest rates and bank reserve requirements, but later removed the remarks in an updated statement posted on its website. Indonesian stocks hit its highest since April 2015 before slipping marginally on positive momentum from a government tax amnesty programme that is expected to boost the corporate bond market. Thai shares extended a rally into a fifth straight session, hitting a 15-month high as energy stocks gained. Thai Oil PCL rose 2 pct after booking a higher quarterly profit on Monday. The Philippine index hit a 1-week high after a bunch of corporate earnings boosted sentiment. Petron Corp, the top gainer on the index, reported strong half-yearly results on Monday. "I think here in Philippines, the movement is more focussed on the corporate earnings this week," said Grace Aller of AP Securities in Manila. Lower Chinese inflation has also boosted sentiment, she added. Vietnam shares rose more than 1 pct, helped by a rally in the energy sector on gains of nearly 3 percent overnight in global crude oil prices. Petrovietnam Gas Joint Stock Corp was up 1.7 pct. Crude prices however edged lower on Tuesday on continued worries over a global oil glut and as investors took profits on Tuesday's gains. Malaysia drifted lower, dragged down by consumer non-cyclicals, with British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad among the top losers. Asian shares gained, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan up 0.1 percent, having already risen for three sessions in a row. For Asian Companies click; SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS STOCK MARKETS Change at 0424 GMT Market Current Previous Pct Move close Bangkok 1546.45 1542.26 0.27 Manila 8049.16 7993.58 0.70 Jakarta 5445.954 5458.979 -0.24 Kuala Lumpur 1669.65 1672.68 -0.18 Ho Chi Minh 572.74 572.27 1.18 Change so far Market Current End 2015 Pct Move Bangkok 1546.45 1288.02 20.06 Manila 8049.16 6952.08 15.78 Jakarta 5445.954 4593.008 18.57 Kuala Lumpur 1669.65 1692.51 -1.35 Ho Chi Minh 572.74 579.03 -1.09 (Reporting by Anusha Ravindranath in Bengaluru; Editing by Biju Dwarakanath)


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Sexual reproduction in flowering plants centres around the flower. Within a flower, there are usually structures that produce both male gametes and female gametes.
Many plants favour cross-pollination, so pollen must be transferred to the stigma of another plant if sexual reproduction is to take place. Some flowers rely of the wind to carry pollen grains others rely on insects.
Self-pollination is where the pollen is transferred to the stigmas of the same flower or the stigma of another flower on the same plant. Self-pollination is obviously more reliable, particularly if the nearest plant is not very close.
If the pollen grain lands on a compatible stigma, a pollen tube will grow so that eventually the egg cell, hidden away in the embryo sac, can be fertilised. A tube emerges from the grain, its growth being controlled by the tube nucleus at the tip of the tube. It may grow downwards in response to chemicals made by the ovary (a response known as chemotropism).
During the growth and extension of the tube, the generative nucleus, behind the tube nucleus, divides by mitosis to produce 2 male haploid gametes. The pollen tube enters the ovule through the micropyle and penetrates the embryo sac wall. The tip of the tube bursts open, the tube nucleus dies and what follows is calleddouble fertilisation.
1 male gamete fuses with the egg cell to produce a diploid zygote.
1 male gamete fuses with both the polar nuclei to produce the triploid primary endosperm nucleus.
Immediately after fertilisation, the ovule is known as the seed.
The following happens:
- The zygote divides many times by mitosis to produce an embryo. It differentiates to become a plumule(young shoot), radicle (young root) and either 1 or 2 cotyledons (seed leaves). It is attached to the wall of the embryo sac by a suspensor.
- The primary endosperm nucleus divides many times by mitosis to produce endosperm tissue. In some seeds this endosperm is a food store for later use by the seed. In others it may gradually disappear as the cotyledons develop.
- To accommodate all this growth the embryo sac expands and the nucellus is crushed out of existence, giving its nutrients to the embryo and endosperm.
- The integuments surrounding the embryo sac become the tough and protective testa (seed coat). The micropyle remains though so that oxygen and water can be taken in at germination.
- The water content of the seed decreases drastically so the seed is prepared for dormancy.
- The ovary wall becomes the pericarp - the fruit wall, the whole ovary now being the fruit. The function of the fruit is to protect the seeds and to aid in their dispersal, e.g. by an animal. That is why they can be brightly coloured and sweet; animals will eat them and scatter the seeds either at the time of eating or when they are passed out of the gut in defecation, unharmed.


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- You will discuss TV/advertising.
- Find one or two specific texts within the media type assigned to your group that demonstrate racial depiction in popular culture.(Remember that modern popular culture texts refers to movies, TV shows, pieces of music, books, magazines, etc. Also, modern popular culture references are not restricted to recent examples.)
- Evaluate the implications of racial depiction in modern popular culture (through its texts).
2 paragraphs assessing the uniformity of depictions of race in modern popular culture. In a second paragraph, assess the ramifications of those depictions in modern popular culture. Support your assertions by making at least 2 references, in proper APA format, to your course readings
Samad, A. A. (2007, July 19–25). "Post-black" thought in art and culture: The continuing effort to make race relevant". Los Angeles Sentinel, 72(50), p. A7.
Vedantam, S. (2008, March 24). Unequal Perspectives On Racial Equality. The Washington Post, p. A.3.
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Team Fortress 2 is coming
Subject: General Tech | September 1, 2006 - 03:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Go to TECHGAGE, watch the movie, and then wait patiently for TF2 to be released.
"We've just posted the latest trailer from Valve. This time it's of the upcoming Team Fortress 2, and it weighs in at 218MB (WMV HD)."
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