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Online retailers are drawing a $279 loss for every $100 of fraud loss, partially attributed to chargebacks and their associated costs.
Massive hack could expose business services members at credit unions.
Multi-agency council suggests creation of risk management program for social tools.
Microsoft to end extended support for operating system next year. Data vulnerability among issues cited in FFIEC warning.
Bureau says online tool will offer easy access to public mortgage information.
Stats available for individual credit unions, banks, savings associations and other mortgage lenders.
New rule exam for Evergreen State credit unions focuses on consumer and regulatory compliance, including FFIEC, BSA.
Use it not, compliance with proposed FFIEC guidance would be mandatory, CU Times webinar speaker notes.
Interim position made permanent for agency's overseer of supervision, enforcement and fair lending.
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The Chelsea Hotel is kicking off summer with a revamped food, beverage and nightclub program thanks to a new partnership with Bezzone Hospitality, a Morristown-based company that will transform the entire boutique hotel's 5th floor experience.
Joseph Bezzone, president and CEO of the nightlife and hospitality group, says this weekend will mark the beginning of a transformation of its 5th floor into a European drive day and night weekend "soiree" where guests and locals will enjoy exclusive programming tailored to fit their needs.
The 5th floor, which once had multiple concepts ranging from its steakhouse Chelsea Prime to its nightclub titled C5, will all be simply called "the Chelsea" and features new furniture, new layouts, refurbished cabanas by the pool, new amenities, new menus and much more offering everything from a cozy dinner for two to an unforgettable girls night out.
All summer, the Chelsea will be open Friday night, Saturday afternoon and evening, and Sunday afternoon, ebracing the Nikki Beach and St. Barth's outdoor experience that includes talented DJs, private cabanas, bottle service and a heated pool.
"Ultimately, Atlantic City, in an illogical way, is spending more money than ever on talent, restaurateurs and tourism but has never been thought of more poorly by the general public," Bezzon says. "The reason is everyone is going after the same philosophy - the four-hour, prime-time, reality show-based, faux-Vegas model. They say, 'We're on the ocean and we have better demographics than anyone in the country, probably in the world, and we can't make it work. Why?' And I think it doesn't work is that there is not a true program based on targeted demographics. And that's what we're going to do. We are forgoing the traditional, reality-TV model to provide something sophisticated and cosmopolitan and direct message it to whom it applies."
That means the Chelsea will target specific, "wealthy" zip and area codes, starting in the Philadelphia and New York areas, that feature the clientele Bezzone says will create a unique scene that can't be found anywhere else in Atlantic City.
"The difference between us and New York is New York tells you that you are cosmopolitan," Bezzone says. "We won't tell you if you are. But if you think you are, you are welcome and we will custom tailor the experience to you. And we love locals because they love us because we are different. But we needed to refresh. The 'Jersey Shore' fist pump where you're paying $200,000 for a DJ means you better get as many in the door as possible. We are more St. Barth's than the Jersey shore. And we have really good DJs we pay very little money to. So without that tremendous overhead, we can provide value."
That means lower bottle-service prices than many clubs, "heartier drinks" with "healthier pours" and an overall philosophy not to "gouge people." Bezzone also said the club will not be an elbow-to-elbow experience and filled over capacity.
In addition to the club, the former Chelsea Prime space will retain its black-and-white color scheme but receive lounge furniture on the bottom level to transform the space to a more casual experience. The menu will follow suit, offering entrees prices that start in the teens and are mostly in the $20s.
"It's way different than anything anyone else is doing," Bezzone says. "It will be regional farm to table but it won't be stuck in a rut and labeled Italian or continental or Asian. We will have Korean tacos next to spicy scallops over rice cake because we are not going to be bogged down. We don't have incredible humps to get over like the casinos. We don't have Revel's obligations. We want to bring that former Stephen Starr, ultra formal, $85 per person restaurant to a a price point closer to $55. It will have small plates meant for sharing."
The former lobby space between the restaurant and club will become more of a VIP lounge, particularly late at night. And the billiards table has been moved downstairs and the indoor club areas may feature occasional live music.
This isn't the first major overhaul for Bezzone. He created new concepts for three other major hotels, including Bokx 109 in Massachusetts near Boston College, the Ames Hotel in Boston, and the Andaz, a Hyatt brand on Wall Street in New York City.
"It's about brand refreshing, a complete rehab of the menu, training staff properly and doing an online and traditional marketing blitz," Bezzone says. "We expect an unbelievable summer."
The new club scene will debut this weekend except the restaurant, which is expected to launch May 31.
Fireworks at Revel
Revel will kick off summer with the first of its three planned fireworks displays 9 p.m. Friday, May 24. Grucci, America's first family of fireworks, will produce the fireworks series for the second straight year directly above Revel Beach as the fireworks will reflect off the casino resort's glass exterior.
The state-of-the-art program will be electronically fired from a computer-generated script featuring choreography between music that will be offered in front of Revel. The show requires two days of setup, 216 man hours of work and 28 hours of choreography. There will be 640 firing cues comprised of shells from all over the world, including Australia, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, China, Canada and the U.S.
"It's not the quantity of fireworks that creates a beautiful portrait of fire; it's the quality, and variety of the product along with the Artist that paints the picture," says Grucci President Phil Grucci in a statement. "We address our program as an art form. After the show, spectators will say, 'That's probably the closest I'll ever get to the stars.'"
Celebrity sighting
Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski was back in town for his annual celebrity golf charity event at Atlantic City Country Club. Jawz was joined by LPGA great Michelle Wie, Baltimore Ravens quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco and many others.
Local choir can join Foreigner on stage
KOOL 98.3-FM recently launched a search to find a local high school choir to perform live on stage with classic rock legends Foreigner when they perform to a sold-out crowd at the Golden Nugget on June 15.
The choir will perform the No. 1 hit "I Want to Know What Love Is" with the band, which originally recorded the song with the New Jersey Mass Choir.
High school choirs throughout South Jersey can submit a video of a performance 5 minutes or less in duration at KOOL983.com.
The choir can choose whatever song it wants for the audition. Then the public will vote for their favorite performance on the same website.
The winning choir will be announced June 7 on the station's "Morning Wake-Up with Dave & Tina."
"We were very excited when Foreigner reached out to us to see if we could partner with them on this talent search," explains Paul Kelly, vice president of broadcast operations for Longport Media. "It's great to have a group of music legends who are genuinely nice guys, willing to go the extra mile to offer local students the once in a lifetime opportunity to perform on stage with them."
The station will also host an exclusive giveaway for a listenter to receive a pair of VIP tickets including back-stage passes and a meet and greet with the band.
Hooters pageant
at Tropicana
If checking out hot chicks is one of your pastimes, then you don't want to miss the annual Hooters Regional Swimsuit Pageant 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23, inside the Tropicana Casino and Resort's Showroom, where more than 30 Hooters Girls from Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island will compete for the Miss Attila Wings crown.
The winner of the regional competition will go to Las Vegas for the international pageant on June 27.
A meet-and-greet with the girls will be held 5 to 6 p.m. in Hooters at the Tropicana, followed by the show, which is $10. A special room package is also offered for $119 that includes an overnight stay on Thursday, two tickets, two Hooters calendars and a $20 food tab at Hooters. Call 800-338-5553 and use promo code THOOT13.

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It's a Taurus Moon beginning Friday evening January 18, 2013. Feeling beautiful, stubborn and material? It might be the vibrations of this fixed, finance focused Earth sign guided by the elegant, luxury loving planet Venus. There may be choices to be made about weekend plans. Either tackle those finances (taxes anyone?) or indulge yourself (along with a significant other?) with one of those decadent little chocolate cakes with the red raspberry filling! Money vs Romance – remember, not all things are either/or. "AND" can often work very well too.
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Regardless, the determined, solid Taurus influence enables us to get things done and finish whatever was started during the impetuous Aries Moon of the previous few days. You can manage your cash and still be good to yourself and loved ones.
Make the weekend great!
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There is a dearth of oral history available documenting the greatness of the Pittsburgh Jazz Tradition and Legacy.. Please feel free to add a quote of your own or words of wisdom or humor from a Pittsburgh artist that you may find of interest.
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Jazz Quote of the day-"It's more than beauty that I feel in music -that I think that musicians feel in music. What we know we feel we'd like to convey to the listener. We hope that this can be shared by all. I think, basically, that's about what it is we're trying to do. If you ask me that question, I might say this today and tomorrow something entirely different, because there are many things to do in music.
But over-all, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows and senses in the universe. That's what music is to me -it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is. That's what I would like to do, I think that's one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we try to do it in some way. The musician's way is through his music."
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Think: Colorado
Trying to get a Colorado-vibe for baby boy #3. We love snowboarding, hiking, etc. Different but not weird or unpronounceable.
Rocky (Rocky Mountains) He loves this name.
Ranger (mountain range) He likes this also.
Copper (the resort- in keeping with Aspen and Brecken and CO~ didn't realize the reference it gives some to police officers until nameberries pointed it out and that is NOT what I was going for, but I still think it could be pretty badass)
Vail (Our FAVORITE resort, but he thinks it's a girl's name, wish I could find a longer version so it could be a nickname.)
Carver (like carving when you are boarding, but I think it's too much like the all-too-common 'Carter')
Ryder (Ride snowboard brand and general snowboarding term- but he hears 'Ride her' and I think it may be too common.)
Thanks for any input, especially Americans since other countries might not get the vibe I'm going for. I'm due in 8 weeks so I feel like I need to get this name thing figured out!!!Momma to:
Oakley Adam
Aspen Elizabeth
Brecken Charlie
Expecting another boy October 8, 2013
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August 10th, 2013 11:20 PM #5
Well after reading the title I was going to suggest Oakley so... I'll keep trying! Not sure how helpful I'll be with my limited Florida-girl knowledge but I've been on the slopes a few times, haha. Your children's names are fantastic by the way. This is challenging, but quite fun. Here goes:
Arbor* (like the brand; Also very tree-related so it goes well with Aspen & Oak)
Alpine (a CO town; also a description of the snowy climate. NN Pine would be cute)
Boulder (the town; Not sure if this would be too literal for a word-name though?)
Burton* (the nn Burt is a wearable name in and of itself. Or there's also Brighton as well.)
Cedar (Cedarege; Cedar trees. Might be a bit of a stretch but I like it's sound)
Denver (very obvious choice, but the John Denver vibe makes it kinda cool imo)
Hurley* (Love this one, makes me think of the character from LOST as well as the brand)
Oliver (or really any name that will give you the nn Ollie could be very cute)
Ozark (Mountains; Though this name is probably too close to Oakley for you)
Pike (Pike's Peak; Also the coldwater "jackfish" so that's another nature tie-in)
Shaun (White, I couldn't resist. It'd go over better than Terje though, haha.)
Teton (As in Grand or National Park. Not sure if it's enough of a name but it came to mind)
Valen nn Vail? (Hmm, I just looked at the description on the Vail name page...)
I'm also thinking along the lines of Cole or Kier or another name that means "black" as in diamond... Good luck! =]Dominic James~ {7}
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August 10th, 2013 11:23 PM #7
I like some of the names on your list. I get the vibe you're looking for. Shame that Maverick isn't in Colorado. I kind of like Copper and thought of the metal, not the police. I also like Ranger and Rocky.
Oakley, Aspen, Brecken and
Wolf - ski resort in Co. I think
Fischer - for the skis
Palmer or Osprey - You have Oakley, how about a competitor. Palmer sounds good with the other names, Osprey have the cool nn Oz.
Valiant - nn Vail?
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Zachery Tims Death: Pastor's Cause of Death to Be Revealed After Thanksgiving?
The cause of death of Zachery Tims, the senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center (NDCC), a Florida megachurch, will likely not be known before Nov. 23, when a court case filed by the pastor's mother is scheduled to begin. Tims died in a New York City hotel room on Aug. 12.
Tims' mother filed a lawsuit Oct. 7 that prevents New York authorities from disclosing what killed the charismatic pastor. The authorities would have already revealed the cause of the pastor's death, but the lawsuit has prevented them from doing so, according to court documentation made available by Central Florida News 13 (CFN 13) Tuesday.
The New York Daily News reported in August that authorities were considering the possibility of a drug overdose as a possible death cause. The newspaper also reported that a bag of white powder was allegedly found on Tims, a claim which has not been officially confirmed.
The office of the New York medical examiner, which investigates the cause of death using toxicology tests, told The Christian Post on Sept. 23 that the results should be available to the public in the following week, but then did not release them as scheduled and did not issue an explanation until last week, when the examiner's spokesperson, Ellen Borakove, told CP that Tims' family had expressed some "concerns" about the case being thoroughly publicized.
Legal documentation made available Tuesday reveals that Madeline Yvonne Tims, the pastor's mother, started a lawsuit on Oct. 6 to keep the cause of her son's death hidden from the public. If not for that, the cause of death, which is apparently already known by those involved in the investigation, would be published via a press release on Oct. 7, according to the documentation.
The court granted Madeline Tims a temporary restraining order which prevents the defendants from announcing how the Apopka, Fla. pastor died.
Ave Maria Brennan, a spokesperson with the New York City Law Department, told CFN 13 that the City thinks it is important to make the information about Tims available to the public, and that the "Law Department will defend this challenge to the Medical Examiner's ability to do so."
"Pending the court's decision in this case, we cannot provide information regarding Zachery Tims' cause and manner of death," the office of the medical examiner told the Florida publication.


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Scarborough defends News Corp. Giuliani support
A Judith Regan lawsuit alleges that News Corp. execs pressured her to protect Giuliani's electability. Scarborough says, "Is there a possibility that somebody in News Corp. who knew Rudy Giuliani because New York is a very small town in certain circles? Yeah. Maybe somebody said 'Hey, let's lay off of it, don't talk about that news.' But I doubt that anybody was ever going to put a gun to her head and say, 'You can't talk badly about Rudy Giuliani or Bernie Kerik.'"
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Two Lancashire lads have fulfilled a childhood dream by leading England's football team out at Wembley stadium.
Seven-year-old Jude Lambert, from Leyland, and Alex Shuttleworth, 10, from Bamber Bridge, walked onto the hallowed turf as McDonald's player escorts on Friday.
And they were certainly lucky mascots as England ran out 5-0 winners over the European minnows San Marino in their third World Cup 2014 qualifying match.
Alex, who won his place after entering a national competition, accompanied Arsenal's pacy winger Theo Walcott on to the pitch.
The youngster, who goes to St Leonard's Primary School in Walton-le-Dale and captains Walton-le-Dale's under-11s football team, went to the game with his mum Nicola, dad Mark and seven-year-old sister, Imogen.
Mark said: "It was absolutely fantastic. He is mad on football so he was chuffed to bits.
"The only disappointment was that Theo Walcott got injured before Alex got up in the stand.
"We all had a terrific time. The FA paid for our tickets, helped towards our travel and Alex got a full kit and goodie bag.
"It's the first time I've been to Wembley since it was rebuilt and it's a world of difference now. It's absolutely magnificent."
Jude, who attends Leyland Methodist Junior school and plays for Leyland Albion under eights football team, walked out with England's number one, the Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.
His mum, Emma, a school attendance officer who nominated Jude when she saw an advert online, said: "It was amazing. I was nearly crying!
"I was dead nervous when I dropped him off. He looked a bit nervous too, but he loved it. I am a very proud mum.
"We went with my boyfriend and his son and on Saturday we visited the Tower of London."


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Beaches & Boating
Enjoy crystal blue skies, white sand shores and some of the clearest waters in all of Canada. Launch a motorboat, sailboat, kayak or canoe from dozens of sites tucked away in the forested folds of cottage country or on the inland oceans of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba.
Like Winnipeg Beach, Grand Beach has been a prime destination since the early 1900s, when folks came by train from Winnipeg to cruise the boardwalks and trip the light fantastic at dance halls. Fast-forward a century and the site is still a big draw, thanks to its powdery-white sand, rolling dunes and family-friendly charms. Head to the west beach to people-watch - it's packed with sunbathers, surfers and boaters - or try the east beach for secluded spots among sky-high grass-covered dunes.
Stroll the sand in sun-kissed Gimli, where you'll find sailboats, yachts and fishing trawlers in the harbour. Browse along the mural-covered seawall and pose for a photo with the iconic Viking statue. Whiteshell Provincial Park is one of Manitoba's favourite summer getaways, boasting countless lakes and beaches where you can go water skiing and tubing, as well as isolated spots where you can listen for quicksilver loon calls.
From Hecla, explore miles of beach running south along Lake Winnipeg or snuggle up on a blanket for an evening view of the harbour at Moonlight Bay. At Steep Rock Beach Park, you can launch your boat or go spelunking, and at Manipogo Beach on Lake Manitoba, keep your eyes peeled for Manipogo - the province's answer to the Loch Ness Monster.
Blue Flags are awarded to beaches and marinas that meet strict criteria for water quality, environmental education, environmental management, and safety and services. For more information about this program, visit the Blue Flag website
In Manitoba, boat operators are required to obtain and carry a Pleasure Craft Operator Card (also known as a boating license) whenever they are operating a motorized boat. To obtain your card, visit BOATsmart!


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Madan, M and Bhuvana, R and Sujata, M and Venkataswamy, MA and Bhaumik, SK (2009) Failure analysis of main rotor blade fork bolt (big) of a helicopter. Project Report. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India.Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)
A failed main rotor blade fork (big) of a helicopter was forwarded to this laboratory for analyzing the cause of failure. Examination revealed that the bolt has failed by fatigue. There was multiple fatigue crack initiation on the threads of the bolt. After initiation, a few of the cracks joined together to form major fatigue crack fronts which then propagated progressively over about 95% of the cross section before culminating in static overload failure. Evidences suggest that there was relative movement (slip) between the nut and the bolt which resulted in thinning of the threads on the bolt by wear process. Because of reduction in cross section, the load carrying capacity of the threads reduced drastically leading to initiation of a number of fatigue cracks on the threads. The material, microstructure and hardness of the bolt were found to conform to design specification. No metallurgical abnormalities were found responsible for the fatigue crack initiation.
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average cost of food?
Is there anybody on this forum who knows what the average cost of food is per day per person on a cruise ship?
For instance I'have been told that the avg. cost of food at the all inclusive Hilton hotels in the Dominican Republic is just Usd 4,95 !! per person per day (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
You can find old data in this post of mine from 2003. If you follow the link to the article, you can find addtional information.
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text: Michigan State is back in the top 10 and the emergence of junior center Derrick Nix is a big reason why. In the past couple of years, Nix has probably made the biggest transformation in terms of appearance in all of college basketball he has shed close to 50 pounds. Nix came to East Lansing weighing almost 320 pounds and spent most of his first two seasons playing limited minutes simply because he couldn't last more than that without gasping for air. Nix gave up his favorite dinner meal, Little Caesar's pizza, and completely changed his lifestyle. This season, he has been an imposing 270-pound force for the Spartans and has more than doubled his playing time, averaging almost 20 minutes per game. He's certainly one to watch in the next couple weeks of madness.


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Revit 9.0 has limited tools for contractors; the construction tab of the design bar gives 3 options:
- Site Components, where you can insert trailers, cranes and other logistics components
- Phases, where you can add phases to the model and customize phase filters
- Schedule/Quantity, where you can create quantity takeoffs
How does Revit expect to compete with Constructor, a BIM tool that currently does everything? There are obvious advantages to using Revit - you don't have to give up your current software systems, like Timberline and Primavera. Also, it is an Autodesk product & Autodesk AutoCAD is the most widely used 2D CAD software in the US. By using Autodesk Revit, we are easing collaboration with all AutoCAD architects and users. However, as we continue to implement BIM using Revit, we are getting frustrated by the limitations of the software.
I implore everyone who is either using Revit (despite its current limitations) or interested in implementing BIM (utilizing Revit), to contact their Autodesk reseller (or me) with their comments regarding the limitations of Revit as well as their own "Revit wish list". I plan on compiling my own "Revit wish list" (as I've seen on other BIM/Revit Blogs) and will be contacting the Revit product manager with our comments.
Revit Wish List
- A more intuitive phasing tool, that allows the user to set start and end dates, instead of merely naming a phase
- A phasing tool bar, with a drop down box for changing the phase filter of the current view
- More detailed phasing, so that the layers of walls can be phased separately and window openings phased the same as the walls they are in (with the window scheduled at a later phase)
- All object parameters should be available for schedules
- More parametric logistics objects (i.e. temp fencing) and a wider variety of logistics objects
- More API tool inclusions, so that team members who are less familiar with Revit can contribute to the model (i.e. the schedule tool that can be exported to Primavera or MSProject and then imported back into the Revit model
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At Gemvara, we believe that the jewelry you wear should be as unique as you. Every beautiful Gemvara multistone december birthstone casual and fun jewelry design will be made just for you. It's jewelry for all life's occasions, from a wedding or holiday to your own personal milestones and celebrations. Celebrate this Christmas with a personalized piece of jewelry that shows how much you care. Gemvara uses only the highest quality materials to craft your multistone december birthstone casual and fun jewelry with meticulous attention to detail. Our precious metals are recycled or responsibly mined. December's birthstones are blue topaz and tanzanite, both with a heavenly blue color: December babies get a choice of bright sky blue or deep twilight blue. Our wide selection of multistone december birthstone casual and fun jewelry by Carl Ansley, Martha Gomez Gutierrez, David West, and other talented designers means you can find rings, earrings, and necklaces that are exactly your style. You can also shop by style, choosing our Twists & Curves, Streamlined, or Classic Collections. Multistone jewelry styles sparkle from every angle. Each gem is carefully set by hand for lasting quality. When our work is done and you open that box, you'll see your design is even more beautiful when brought to life in the finest precious materials.
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Classical music lovers are in for a treat.
Christ the King Episcopal Church, 2800 W. Ina Road, will play host beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday to "Classical Meets Ecclesiastical: Famous Favorites" featuring works by Schubert, Corelli, Bach, Albinoni, Haydn and Groom.
The concert is free, but donations will be accepted for Interfaith Community Services, a local nonprofit agency, to help seniors, people with disabilities and families in financial crisis.
The event will include "movable music," which features parts of the concert being played at various locations in the church.
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra String Quartet will open the show, with David Rife and Wynne Wong-Rife on violin, Ilona Vukovic-Gay on viola and Mary Beth Tyndall on cello.
The concert also will feature the Powe family trio playing a composition they created with the TSO Young Composers Project earlier this summer. The youth attended the program with financial assistance from Interfaith Community Services' Youth Enrichment Activities program. In addition to the original composition, the kids will perform a string trio by Haydn.
Capping off the concert, organist David Gay will perform musical masterpieces on the church's pipe organ, which was built in 1949 by noted American organ-building firm Aeolian-Skinner. The organ's original home was at First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Tucson. Tucson-area organ builder Michael O'Sullivan restored the organ and installed it at Christ the King in spring 2012.


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Plants vs Zombies +4 Trainer
Use this small +4 trainer for the tower defense game Plants vs Zombies and it will provide yout these cheats: unlimited Sun points, add $999.990 money, plant slots always open, one hit kill zombies.
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The funeral of former dog breeder, Doreen Ann Johnson, was held at St Andrew's Church, Isleham, on November 1. Mrs Johnson (nee Smith) died on October 24 following a long illness. She was 78.
Born at The Golden Boar in Freckenham, she attended the primary school before going to Mildenhall senior and lived most of her early years in the village. She was taught to play the piano and regularly played the organ at Freckenham church. On leaving school, and until she married Bill Johnson in 1953, she worked at Stebbings shoe shop in Mildenhall.
Together with her husband she had a smallholding in Barcham Road, Soham, and for many years grew flowers for the London markets. In 2002 the couple moved to Isleham.
She loved animals and always had dogs, initially beagles and corgis. It was, however, the arrival from Devon, of a Yorkshire terrier puppy called Cheeky Faced Jen that started the famous Lyndoney line. She bred and showed several champions, the most special of which were her first, Champion Lyndoney Timothy Tuppence and her last Champion Lyndoney Ambassador. She also judged, both in England and abroad, and was honoured to judge Yorkshire Terriers at Crufts in 2001.
Her other passion was tennis. She attended all of the major events in this country and followed every tournament throughout the world on television.
Always determined, loyal and strong, she loved life and had a rapport with every age group with many friends.
When she was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, she was told she had a year to 18 months. However, the doctors failed to factor in her determination to live life to the full and she did not let her illness stop her from enjoying life.
She loved her family and leaves a daughter, Lynn, and two grandsons, Richard and Jonathan.
The service was conducted by the Rev Mike Banyard with a tribute given by Lynn and a poem read by family friend Eric Murfett.
Family mourners were: Lynn and Michael Clarke, Jonathan Clarke, Richard Clarke and Hannah Gertig, Keith and Myfi Neal, Gary Neal (rep Darren), Posy and Nigel How, and Bernard and Hermione How.
Other mourners were: Mr and Mrs B How (Brian How), Jean and Bill Johnson (Mr and Mrs Glen Brooks), Gladys Peacock, Sheila Radford (Tony), Mrs Reader, Susan Prevost, Betty Reeve, Brenda Collen (Christopher Collen), Glenda Bailey (Pamela), Ray and Enid Sheldrick, Betty Watson, Mr and Mrs P Flatt, Mr C I Ellwood (Mrs V P Ellwood), Jean Henry, Linda Pooley, Irene Rolfe, John Dempey, Glenda Murrell, Julian Murrell, Jane Burge, Den Diver (Clive, Sue and family), Alan and Pat Webber, Joyce Quinn, Ivy Rutterford, Jill Murfett (Mrs E Murfett), Eileen Pick, Ann and Andrew Fleet, Robert and Margaret Ashwell (Rosemary Garfitt, Richard and Tania Bramley), Roy Murfett, Geoff How, Dorothy Piper, Jackie and Anthony Ward, Roy Clarke (family), Pat and Bill Mitchell, Caroline and Denny Smith, Osman Sameja, Zakis and Jim Collins, Ann Wilkes-Kendall, Mr and Mrs Keeler (Mr and Mrs Wells), Babs Hitchings (Shirley and Gordon Davis), Sonia and Paul Newman (James), Jemma Murfett (Richard), Joanne Bodoin, Joyce Markwell, Anthony Word, John How, Eric and Vera Murfett, Dianna Rich, Tracey Clark, Mr and Mrs Roy Clarke, Terry and Jeanette Malkin, Carol Purdy, Doreen Reader, Jane Johnston, Jan and Stephen Bullman, Leslie How and Astrid, David Eavis (Sarah), Sue Fisher, Anthony Morbey, Neil Stittle, Mr and Mrs T Rutterford, John and Margaret Wells, David Forsythe, Jean Clarke, Ann Clarke, Harry Seal (family), Michelle Martin (Soham Lodge Nursing), Katherine Kyte (High Street Luncheon Club), Beryl Neal (Trevor), Mrs Waters, Des and Jean How, and Fiona Cunnington.


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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After a fairly warm Friday, things will start to make a turn for the worse.
Friday will start out fairly mild and warm to about 27 degrees in the afternoon, so things will be fine for those who commute to and from work.
Then things start to change. Just before midnight, it will start snowing, the temperatures will start dropping and the wind will begin to blow.
WCCO-TV Meteorologist Chris Shaffer reports that Saturday's high will peak around 15 and fall below zero for the first time this season by Sunday morning. We should bottom out around -7 degrees.
The wind will be strong Saturday into Sunday morning coming from the north 15-25 mph. This will make it feel like -25 to -35 degrees by Sunday morning.
"What we don't know for certain is the direct path of the storm system, which will have a big impact on our snow totals," said Shaffer. "Right now, the models are estimating anywhere from 5-11 inches here in the Twin Cities."
It will be a lighter, fluffy snow that will easily blow around with our windy conditions on Saturday. Expect reduced visibility, along with blowing and drifting snow, so be careful on the roads.
The wind will settle down on Sunday and we may see some sunshine, but it will only warm to 3 degrees. We stay cool until Wednesday when we warm to the 20s.


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If talking about the chocolate Day, then it is celebrated with too much of joy on 9th Feb and it is the 3rd day of the most awaited Valentine Week. At the time it arrives to getting pleasure from the romantic Valentine week's season, chocolates and roses are the key components to a wonderful romantic week.
On this very special day, the worth of chocolate days quotes is very admired. Just same as red roses, chocolate days quotes is even a universal representation of affection and love. And you could barely search who cannot resist good old type of chocolates. Thus this particular valentine's Day get mislaid in the pensive taste of delicious chocolates with you exceptional someone. If you are planning to gift chocolates then you should add some beautiful chocolate day's quotes and it will further make sweeter your bond. Aside from giving chocolates gift with best chocolate day's quotes to your loved one, you can move ahead and amaze them with special yet Valentine gift with lovely chocolateday's images. For those people who are still in doubt how to make this wonderful day truly unforgettable here we are sharing with you some interesting chocolate day's pictures and chocolate day's sms thatyou can indulge in this very special Day to convey your real feeling in a wonderful manner.
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Residents and visitors alike enjoy the many museums in and around Saratoga. You'll find museums for art lovers, history buffs, even car enthusiasts! There's a wonderful interactive children's museum and one devoted entirely to dance. And, what would a visit to Saratoga Springs be without a trip to the National Museum of Racing or Yaddo Gardens? Whether your cultural tastes bring you to an eclectic collection of bottles or a pint-sized diner for making pretend meals, you will find what you're looking for in at least one of Saratoga's many museums.
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African American Studies
African American Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history, culture, beliefs, and actions of people of African descent in the United States and across the world. Programs and departments of African American studies were first created in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of student and faculty activism at many universities. It is an examination of the Black experience, including society's effects on African Americans and their effects on society.
The field includes scholars of African American literature, politics, religion, sociology, and many other disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. Scholars in African American Studies come from all racial and ethnic backgrounds.
A bachelor's degree in African American Studies provides excellent preparation for graduate studies, professional degrees in law and journalism, and careers in education, politics, health care delivery and administration, social work, tourism, science, business, non-profit management, and more.
Undergraduate: B.A.
The University of South Carolina offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies. The principal strengths of our program include black political and social movements, African-American literature, and comparative cultural anthropology. The program offers coursework that focuses on South Carolina's black communities, particularly during the Civil Rights era, as well as black women's history and Sea Islands language and literature.
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By F.T. Norton
WILMINGTON, NC (StarNewsOnline.com) — A Wilmington man named on the New Hanover County Sheriff's most-wanted list for attempted murder surrendered to authorities Thursday.
Randy Ernest Prevedel, 54, was booked into the New Hanover jail on charges of attempted first-degree murder, assault by strangulation, second-degree kidnapping and a warrant for failure to appear.
According to Sgt. Jerry Brewer, in September 2011 deputies were called to Prevedel's estranged wife's home on Tesla Drive on a report of a battery. When officers arrived, they discovered the victim had been dragged by her hair and strangled into unconciousness by Prevedel, Brewer said. Prevedel was gone when police arrived.


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When it comes to make-up Im pretty fussy and I tend to go for expensive brands. This isnt always intentional, I just seem to be drawn to them (Im a victim of their advertising!) and unfortunately this means I sometimes end up wasting money on products that I dont even need and end up being completely useless. Stila happens to be one of my favourite make-up brands and they do plenty of fabulous products, sadly for me they also do a few items that arent so good and in my opinion one such item is the Stila Eye Gloss.
I love cosmetics that come in cute packaging and this is probably one reason I like Stila, the packaging isnt too elaborate, in fact its more plain and simple but it always looks really cute and the Eye Gloss is no exception. It comes in a dinky silver tin with stars on it and Stila written across the top; this comes in a little beige box which also has stars on it; simple yet effective. I wouldnt normally buy a gloss eye shadow mainly because Ive never used one before and have always bought powder eye shadows in the past but Ive never been one to turn down trying new make-up so I decided to buy one and see what it was like.
Applying the product is easy you dont even need anything to put it on with you can simply put a little gloss on you finger and apply it to your eyelid. It goes on smoothly; the gloss has a relatively light texture so it doesnt pull on your eyelid at all. The colour of the gloss comes out paler when you apply it than it looks in the tin, the problem with this is that if you buy a pale shade, as I did, you have to apply more to see the colour otherwise you just look like you have greasy eyelids. I found that when I tried to build up the colour the gloss looked and felt too thick. Ive found that no matter how much of the gloss I use the colour fades far more quickly than powder eye shadows and the gloss creases in a couple of hours. When you apply a thin layer the gloss does give a nice sheen but you would have to buy a bold colour in order for it to show up as it looks a lot lighter than in the tin. Even then you would have to apply it throughout the day otherwise it just ends up creasing and with a gloss this seems to be more visible than with a powder eye shadow. Perhaps this is why Stila put a little mirror on the inside of the lid of the tin so you could check your eyelids regularly and reapply as necessary! Well sorry but I dont have the time or the patience to bother doing this. I tried putting a little translucent powder on my eyelid before applying the eye gloss but this didnt seem to make any difference; the gloss still creased and ended up looking greasy.
One advantage of this product is that it is easily blended and looked good when I slightly smudged my eyeliner up into it. However it still looks greasy after a couple of hours. I found this quite disappointing because to keep a fresh look you have to reapply throughout the day and I wouldnt wear it clubbing because, as I found out, it seems to melt under lights! Definitely not a look Ill be repeating. It would be a good daywear product if it was less greasy and didnt crease so readily. Perhaps this is just the nature of a gloss or perhaps its my skin, having never previously tried a gloss it would be unfair to comment on the longevity of the product because it may be an expectation that when you wear gloss you have to reapply it often, Im sure but personally Id rather stick to an eye shadow that lasts me through the day rather than frequently reapplying or risking the creased look.
Stilas Eye Gloss does have its good points but unfortunately the way I see it these are far outweighed by the bad points. The packaging is a plus point and Ive got to admit Im a complete sucker for buying the cutest looking products rather than things which are actually practical and I stand by believing that appearance is important but at the end of the day no-one wants a kitsch packaging when the contents leaves a lot to be desired. Also the light formulation means that initially the gloss feels comfortable but after a few hours of wear it does start to feel too greasy. Another advantage is that, depending on what colour you buy, you can also use the eye gloss as a highlighter on your cheeks or lips. Personally I wasnt keen on the appearance of my cheeks when I tried it but it actually looks quite good on lips! However I would only really use it on my lips if I had nothing else Id much rather use my Stila Lip Glaze which unsurprisingly looks better and smells yummy too.
An advantage I found was that unlike most powder eye shadows the eye gloss is actually waterproof, it stayed put in the rain perfectly, of course this isnt such a blessing when you want to take it off, a decent make-up remover is an essential. Unfortunately this brings me to another downside to the product; removing it. I already use a make-up remover for waterproof make-up but this wasnt enough to shift it first time and I had to go over the area again using another cotton wool pad to remove the last traces. Yet another disappointment with this product is the smell; its so chemically and artificial. Its not like I would expect them to flavour an eye product, and you cant smell it once its on, but at first when youre putting it on it just smells so synthetic.
If you want a slight sheen I think youd be better off putting a teensy bit of Vaseline over a normal eye shadow because this still gives a slightly glossy look but doesnt make the eye shadow crease at all. Its also easier to remove as well.
Overall the product did have potential and at first it does look pretty but there is too much hassle involved with keeping your eyelids looking good throughout the day; is this really what we should expect from a product that costs £15 RRP? Ok, ok so I bought mine off eBay and it only cost me £6.50 so Im not too annoyed but is the recommended retail price really justified? I dont think so!
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All my friends know I'm a total Stila girl so when one of them bought me an eye gloss for my birthday I was really happy. The packaging is 100% cute and the blue/purple colour looks great against the silver tin decorated wih stars. I'm so bad when it comes to applying eye shadow but an eye gloss is much easier to use since you just smudge it across the eye lid and it looks great. Unfortunately, this product isn't as good as the rest of the Stila range. The formulation is light but too greasy and doesn't stay put on the lids for very long. It creases and the colour fades quicky. However, I don't like my make-up to look to polished and tend to go for that "rock chick" look. This isn't for someone who can't stand slightly smudgey make-up but I think it can look kinda sexy! The colour I have (pictured) looks good on olive skin but they also have colours in pink, green, silver and gold. Even though the colour is vibrant in the tin, you have to build it up to get a vivid colour and since it creases easily, you'll have to keep reapplying. Nevertheless, a glossy sheen is left on the lids at all times. I prefer to use this product in the summer when I just want a hint of colour and because it's such so small, has a mirror and you don't need a brush, it's convienent to carry. It looks cool mixed with liner but again, the liner will eventually smudge slightly. This isn't one of Stilas best products but it's a fun peice of make-up to use if you're in a rush. If you want a similar effect that will last longer, try there 'All Over Shimmers' that come in a range of colours.


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"Personal Defense Weapons"
I am not trying to re-direct this thread and I know that this article has been posted and discussed to no end. Does anyone think that there is any additional meaning to "Personal" in the above link? Is it possible that these officers could potentially be able to take these weapons home with them? It seems that these are fully automatic and not only self-loading.
I certainly don't mean to go all "conspiracy theorist" here although Mel Gibson had it right when he said, "Coffee is our friend." (Can't stand the man, love the actor)
It just seems as though the tide is being steadily tipped against us into that of a police state. It may very well be that there is no intention of this being put in to play right now but the more it is facilitated, the more tempting of an offer it might become in the future. Arm the police, even in their personal residences, disarm the people, and eliminate the threat of any resistance to any future repugnant proposals. This is just a dangerous path. Again, I can't stress this enough, I like to believe that it is not intentional at this stage. It is just like wandering down a different path very slowly.
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's sacking of his foreign minister was no mere cabinet reshuffle but a victory that tightened his grip on foreign policy and showed he still enjoys strong support from Iran's supreme leader.
Iranians were shocked by the sudden dismissal of Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday. The face of Iran abroad since Ahmadinejad first became president in 2005 was unceremoniously dumped while he was still on an official trip to Africa.
Having started the day in Senegal as a minister, he ended it a tourist, having learned of his fate from a news report, according to one lawmaker.
"In usual political practice, dismissing a minister while he is on mission ... is not only seen as a sudden sign of disruption in foreign policy but it is also a clear insult to the minister himself," Hossein Shariatmadari, the influential editor of right-wing Kayhan daily, wrote in a leader.
While the brazen manner of the sacking was seen by many as unseemly, cracks between Mottaki and Ahmadinejad -- never the closest political allies -- have widened in recent months, fuelling speculation his days could be numbered.
The coup de grace came four months after Ahmadinejad appointed six presidential envoys to various parts of the world, bypassing the traditionally more liberal Foreign Ministry to get more direct control on diplomatic relations.
That move worried many lawmakers who were already concerned Ahmadinejad was centralizing too much power and trampling parliament's role, and the president was forced to downgrade his envoys to the status of "advisors".
Analysts said the fact that Ahmadinejad was able to sack Mottaki now, rather than four months ago, shows he enjoys even stronger support from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei who called in August on the wings of government to put aside their differences after a range of disputes, including over the envoys.
"It would be impossible for Ahmadinejad to do this without Khamenei's consent, otherwise Ahmadinejad would have fired Mottaki a long time ago," said Meir Javedanfar, Iran analyst and co-author of "The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran".
Ahmadinejad replaced Mottaki, initially in a caretaker position for three months, with nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi, the man he first wanted as foreign minister back in 2005 but who was passed over due to the need to satisfy the various factions in the right-wing government.
The president feels no such need now and in Salehi has a loyal ally who is also intimately acquainted with the nuclear dispute, the biggest foreign policy issue facing Iran.
Mottaki's departure removes "the last remaining traditional conservative in the cabinet", according to Ebtekar newspaper.
"Mottaki is the one and only man (in the cabinet) who does not belong to Ahmadinejad's group of ministers with mostly intelligence and IRGC (Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards) background," said Massoumeh Torfeh of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.
Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program at Syracuse University said: "This basically signals that the radical conservatives have now overtaken the traditional conservatives and are able to put their stamp on the country's affairs."
Analysts tend to agree with Mottaki's beleaguered spokesman who told his weekly news conference on Tuesday that foreign policy -- including Tehran's approach to talks with world powers concerned about its nuclear program -- would not change.
"The principles that we have in mind, we have already framed them -- the replacement of people will not change them," Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters.
"The strategic policies of the Islamic establishment are decided at higher levels," he said, a reference to Iran's Supreme National Security Council which determines foreign and defense policy in line with the views of the supreme leader.
Javedanfar said that by allowing Ahmadinejad to sack Mottaki, the supreme leader was showing ever greater trust in the president who he swiftly backed after the contested 2009 re-election which the opposition movement says was rigged.
"When it comes to choosing politicians, for Supreme Leader Khamenei, compatibility with Ahmadinejad's personality is becoming more important than the qualifications and experience of the candidate in question," he said.
With Ahmadinejad demonstrably stronger than he has been since the 2009 election when his rule was challenged by the biggest demonstrations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, rival factions within Iran's hardline ruling elite have been weakened.
Mottaki was the campaign manager for conservative parliament speaker Ali Larijani, who was among the candidates who lost the 2005 presidential race to Ahmadinejad, then the relatively obscure iconoclast mayor of Tehran.
Larijani stepped in to save Mottaki's face in July by forcing Ahmadinejad to downgrade his foreign envoys to "advisers". He remains a critic of the president over budgetary and constitutional issues where Ahmadinejad has challenged the central role of the legislature in the Islamic Republic.
"Larijani ... has now become enemy number one for Ahmadinejad," Torfeh said. "He must have seen it coming and have a strategy to fight it. We will have to watch closely for his moves in the next few weeks."


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Howard goes on the attack with some style
Your style is disgusting, Prime Minister. This was the charge which Michael Howard levelled yesterday at Tony Blair and, at first sight, it seems a harmless one, for the Conservative leader has some way to go before winning public recognition as an arbiter of taste or what is nowadays called a style guru.
When television executives wonder who will be the next Susannah Constantine or Trinny Woodall, Mr Howard's name seldom if ever floats into their minds.
Susannah and Trinny have given enormous pleasure by telling women what not to wear but there is unlikely ever to be a sequel in which Mr Howard tells politicians how not to behave.
But the brilliant feature of Mr Howard's attack was that he declined to make it on his own authority.
Instead, he quoted Labour politicians who are dismayed by the Government's style, and especially by the use of poisonous, anonymous briefings to undermine ministers who have fallen out of favour with Mr Blair.
Mr Howard asked the Prime Minister: "Who is responsible for that style of government?" It was not a question Mr Blair had the remotest intention of answering.
If he wanted to be honest, he could have said something along the lines of: "Get real, Mike.
"That sort of thing has always happened and always will, especially when intensely ambitious politicians have been cooped up together for seven exhausting years, a Cabinet reshuffle is under way and rival factions are fighting a desperate battle for power and jobs."
But Mr Blair is wedded to the pious fiction that all is sweetness and light within the Government, where ideological harmony reigns, ministers are appointed entirely on merit and decisions are taken in a completely disinterested spirit.
The Prime Minister therefore sought to change the subject.
In a voice breaking with emotion, he cried out: "Why don't we actually debate the policy?"
Mr Blair gave a good impression of a man yearning to have a serious debate about policy, who is being driven to distraction by all this froth about style and personalities.
He went on to say, in answer to Mr Howard's jibes: "I'll tell him what the test of a government is.
"It's not what appears in the newspaper every day. It's this two million extra jobs."
The Government, Mr Blair said, will be judged on its record, of which it can be proud.
This was a good debating point but one hopes that Mr Howard will not be deterred from continuing the career he has found for himself as an advocate on behalf of the many people within the Labour Party who loathe the way the Prime Minister behaves.
The depth of feeling within the Labour Party was conveyed a few minutes later by David Winnick (Walsall North), who trembled with anger as he demanded a ban on hunting with dogs.
"Is it not totally unacceptable that the House of Lords should have some kind of permanent veto?" he asked. "Hunting with dogs is a barbaric practice and it should have been abolished years ago." Mr Blair gave a short answer: "I have said before that we will find a way of resolving this issue and we will."
The tone in which he said this was full of pleasure. It was the tone of a leader telling his troops that, for once, he was going to give them exactly what they wanted instead of leading them on yet another forced march to some destination they detest.
One had the impression the Prime Minister was throwing his followers a symbolic bone, and was momentarily allowing himself to share their delight, or at least to enjoy the feeling that they would be far less likely to try to turf him out since he had given them the chance to engage in their favourite sport of hunting the toff.


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If you are in the big apple this weekend don't miss the Outsider Art Fair. This year the annual fair has moved from its original location, the Puck Building, to a more "adult" environment. Still, the art remains true to the mission of the gathering.
Head to 7 West 34th, New York, NY to visit the show, or to the New York Times for a review and related slide show.
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Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales plays out in several different ways. There are several different game elements both on land and sea.
1) Sailing on the map: time is sped up to compensate for the travel around the map; as you sail around several of the Caribbean islands you can choose to enter ports, attack ships or sail through storms.
2) Sailing in real time: on the sea is where the sea battles take place, as well as real-time sailing; also sailing through storms takes place in real time.
3) On foot: there are many different things you can do on foot; a few of these are fighting in boarding actions, fighting a captain one-on-one, and walking around town gathering sailors and supplies.
Ask yourself the following 5 questions:
1. Why should I download this mod?
2. When Is the New mod available?
3. Is this the full version of the game?
4. Does this make my game work smoothly?
5. Will it be updated?
The 5 answers are:
1. This mod is an evolution of the previous supermod designed to stabilize AoP and make it more enjoyable to play.
2. The Mod is Available now.
3. No this is not the full version of the game. This mod is compatible with the original 1.4.1 game disc available here:
4. This game still does have some irreversible problems. This game has a bug in enemy surrender dialogue that CTD's without warning. The game is quirky/CTD on first start-up (Workaround- disable User account control for that application). The Audio can sometimes stack up eventually causing a CTD (Workaround - save game when you hear stacked music and restart the application).
5. Planned updates are as follows with version numbers:
- v3.5 = Bloody Mischelle/storyline fix and new music for towns and church (released)
- v4.0 = Application Installer (released)
Mod Includes:
- 9 New Ships Added:
· Light Sloop - fast modestly armed military vessel. (one mast)
· Sloop Of War - fast heavily armed military ship. (two mast)
· Xebec - fast heavily armed military ship. (three mast lateen rig)
· Barquentine - Lighter Barque with good cargo capacity. (three mast square rig)
· Grand Caravel - Outdated Trader Ship, but good mileage and durability. (three mast square)
· Brig- Royal Navy Variant. (three mast square/lateen rig)
· Light Frigate - Fast and modestly armed frigate. (three mast square/lateen rig)
· Heavy Frigate - Decently fast and heavily armed frigate. (three mast square/lateen rig)
· Replaced the stock Lineship with a new model. (three mast square/lateen rig)
- Ships statistics have been rebalanced to accommodate the new ships.
- All ships now have historically accurate cannons.
· Made five new different sound schemes based on the old version of mod (Original, Mod Content, Epic Music, All Music, No Music). NOTE: Mod Content will be the default scheme. A "Music Options Key" text document will tell you which scheme equals which labeled button (trust me you'll need it).
· Added unique sounds to cannon fire {Small (8-12pdr), Medium(16-24pdr), Large(36-48pdr), Mortar (92pdr)}.
· Re-mastered "cannon reload" (Left, Right, All) and "reload cannon with ___ shot" sounds for historical accuracy. Courtesy of Age of Sail II: Privateer's Bounty.
· Logo Videos Return (1C Logo Removed, Akella Logo given sound, Playlogic Logo)
· Added new videos (PiratesAhoy.net Logo and Mod Intro)
· Changed order of videos in Seadogs.c to accommodate 4 videos (Playlogic, Akella, Pirates Ahoy, Mod Intro)
· Waste Gold at Brothel - Visual content removed.
· Use the bank and take on debt.
· New cheat (bestglass) for exquisite spyglass.
Game/Bug Fixes:
· Some English Showing in Russian.
· All Patches up to 1.5 added to the supermod.
· Danny2007 for patch combination and language bug fixes.
· CyberOps for Abilities column and Brig (royal navy).
· Captain Blackfleet for source EXE for sound scheme changer.
· Modder01 for new videos, new music, new sounds, new ships, historical accuracy, ship balancing and code fixes.
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Copy the "Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales" and paste it in the following folder:
32 bit Operating System: C:/Program Files/Playlogic
64 bit Operating System: C:/Program Files (x86)/Playlogic
We are pleased to announce the release of GoF! 1.0. We've spent a lot of time trying to fix the bugs and improve aspects of game play, there is a lot...
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WOW HI Everyone! So now that PA! is openly discussing the newest version of GOF ERAS2 (2.6.0) from Buccaneer's Reef Buccaneersreef.com on their website - I thought I would give a shout out for everyone visiting over here to come on over and give our new version a try. Most stable version ever in DX9 with 64 bit coming soon. Also more content than ever with over 600 distinctively different skinned ships on over 200 different models, almost 600 items, several hundred weapons and weapon combinations as well as 136 different playable historical characters (most being actual real existing pirates or prominent captains of the time possessing distinctive ships named with their original names), new locations and more! YARRRR!!!! MK
Make this game compatible for windows 10? i want to play this again.
They say this is a rip off of Sid Meier's Pirates!
really? i dont care. this is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better. and i like being the real pirate. haha
anyway, i found a bug on the Immersion super mod which when you have 3 ships in 1 port. they collide and break sails resulting on heavy immobility on both battle and speed. and the carpenter doesnt really repair damages at all. however, your burning decks will not last long when you have a carpenter.
soooo.. to note, please fix the ports to accommodate 3 or more vessels. fix almost all of them except TOOOOOOOOORTUGA! lastly, you guys from Pirates Ahoy! are awesome for coming up with this mod. please fix some bugs.. :D
(the reason why i cant fit my fleet in one port is because i have 1 1st rate ship of the line, 1 3rd rate Line ship and 1 4th rate line ship)
I can not find it please!!!!
how can I find the Flying Dutchman ?
cool, but publisher released this game being 0.99 version LOL
I remember when I paid for this game great money right after it was released and I felt like beta tester lol
The funnies thing was when your sailors gave you money instead of demanding it (awesome bug)
is it downloadable??
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text: Rear wheel bearings have gone in my A3 Sportback 170TDI s-line FWD .. well i think anyway, i thought it was my tyres because they were on the limit and worn on the inside so i had those changed and the whining is still there. I can only put it down to wheel bearings now as it starts whining from about 30mph and get louder and more annoying the faster i go! Im sure problems follow accordingly Anyway.. any ideas if you dont think it would be the bearing and also good places to get them from and are they easy to fit. Cheers Grant


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China to boost ties with Arab countries: Tang
Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said Monday, November 19 that Beijing would strengthen its "friendship and cooperation" with Arab countries, state media reported.
Tang told his visiting Tunisian counterpart, Habib Ben Yahia, that China would make concerted efforts to strengthen its ties with the Arab world and "expand their friendly cooperation of mutual benefit", the Xinhau news agency said.
Tang also called for the United Nations and the Security Council to play a bigger role in rooting out terrorism and for "terrorist activities and their roots" to be given "proper treatment". With both stressing that terrorism could only be curbed through international cooperation, the two ministers signed a bilateral extradition treaty on behalf of their respective governments.
The Tunisian minister, who arrived in Beijing on Sunday, pledged to continue the "traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries" and its "efforts to increase bilateral cooperation in various fields", Xinhua said. — (AFP, Beijing)
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PROVO — With all of the national hype and hoopla surrounding Jimmer Fredette, a plethora of articles are being written about BYU's superstar point guard seemingly every hour of every day.
But Sports Illustrated reporter Kelli Anderson has managed to find an angle on Fredette that hasn't been explored much to this point — the relationship with his brother, TJ.
"I think Kelli did a really good job of getting details that hadn't been out there," Sports Illustrated senior editor Trisha Blackmar told the Deseret News. "It is tough for a magazine like ours to come on to a story that has been covered by different markets and to put new information out there and dig a little deeper. The story shows the kind of influence the Fredette brothers have had on each other." By now, everyone knows of Jimmer's close bond with his older brother, and how TJ spent countless hours helping Jimmer develop his game. Everyone knows that TJ is an aspiring rapper and has written songs in tribute to Jimmer.
Yet the relationship runs much deeper than that.
Back in 2006, after undergoing surgery for a torn left ACL, TJ suffered damage to his vestibular system, affecting both his spatial orientation and balance.
In "A Real Jimmer Dandy," which will appear in the Jan. 31 edition of "Sports Illustrated," Anderson writes: "TJ spent the better part of a year on his parents' couch, so sick and depressed that 'I feared he would do something crazy to end the agony,' (TJ's and Jimmer's mother) Kay wrote in an e-mail. There was one light in the darkness: Jimmer. 'The only thing that kept me going was his games; they were everything to me,' says TJ.
Says Kay, 'I don't know what would have happened if TJ didn't have that to hold on to. Jimmer was saving TJ's life, and he didn't even realize it.' "
Jimmer Fredette has been on the magazine's radar since last season, Anderson told the Deseret News, and she had done some reporting on his backstory in March, when Fredette poured in 37 points against Florida in helping lead the Cougars to their first NCAA Tournament victory in 17 years.
"His play in the last several weeks and the national buzz it has generated made this the perfect time to finally do a story on him," Anderson said.
"He's definitely been someone we've been following since that breakout game against Florida," said Blackmar. "We all thought he was one of the most exciting players this season, for sure. Even though he doesn't get a lot of television exposure, he's really become a folk hero. People are tracking his scoring and he has an excitement around him. We felt like we needed to do this story now. It seemed like the right time."
Being profiled in Sports Illustrated can be viewed as good or bad. While the publication is well-respected and widely read, there's a certain stigma associated with the "Sports Illustrated jinx," where certain teams or players who are featured in the magazine's pages fall short of expectations afterward.
"The bulk of the letters we receive are about the S.I. Jinx," Blackmar said. "Hopefully we haven't jinxed Jimmer in any way by putting him in the magazine. We certainly didn't seem to, with his performance against San Diego State."
Indeed, Fredette scored 43 points — the most ever by a BYU player at the Marriott Center — on Wednesday night in the No. 9 Cougars' 71-58 victory over No. 4 San Diego State before a sellout crowd of 22,700. Fredette has scored 40 or more points in three of his last four games, including a 42-point performance at Colorado State on Jan. 22.
The magazine toyed with the idea of doing a feature story on Fredette in its college basketball preview in November. Instead, Sports Illustrated worked with DC Comics to create a cartoon of Fredette for that issue.
"He fit so perfectly into that because he has this larger-than-life story that DC Comics did a great job capturing in cartoon form," Blackmar said.
Anderson's impressions of Fredette?
"He's a friendly, hard-working guy who is a fearless competitor on the court," she said. "He seems unaffected by the hype except for this: the more attention he gets, from the media, from fans and from defenses, the better he seems to play, especially on the road."
In her story, Anderson wrote that Jimmer has brought a lot of happiness to the college basketball world, just as he has for TJ.36 comments on this story
"He is fiercely competitive while remaining unassuming and likable. Even Fredette's victims find him hard to resist. After Fredette scored 49 points at Arizona last season, Wildcats coach Sean Miller didn't shake his hand; he gave him a hug. Utah fans gave him an ovation as he left the court after his virtuoso performance earlier this month. 'I told the staff in a meeting a couple years ago,' says BYU coach Dave Rose, 'that if Jimmer's personality stays the same and he keeps playing like he's playing, he's going to be a story like Steph Curry or Larry Bird, where everyone wants to see him play and wants to be around him.' "
The Jan. 31 issue of Sports Illustrated is available on newsstands now.
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County tax rate drops this year
There is good news for property taxpayers when it comes to the tax rate for the county. The proposed county tax rate for fiscal year 2013-14 will decrease approximately 90 cents per $1,000 of taxable valuation for urban residents and nearly 99 cents for rural residents. That is an 11.22 percent decrease for urban dwellers and 8.9 percent decrease for rural residents. (These figures do not include tax rates for school districts or cities.)
"It looks like all the levies are down slightly and the big reason for that is mental health," county budget director Cyndie Sinn said to the Washington County Board of Supervisors during the Feb. 21 work session.
Sinn said that the mental health levy decreased by 50 cents due to the regionalization of mental health services that was determined by the Iowa Legislature.
Supervisor Steve Davis said the future funding of mental health services is uncertain.
"Next year, we may have to raise it back up," Davis said, if the state decides to change the funding stream for the following year.
Even so, Davis also pointed out that the tax rate would have dropped by about 50 cents if mental health funding had stayed the same.
A portion of the decrease is due to paying off two paving projects — one at Orchard Hill and one at Marr Park.
According to the proposed county budget, the total revenue and other sources of funding totals $21,114,858 for 2013-14. That is down approximately $2 million from the re-estimated budget of the current fiscal year — 2012-13.
The total expenditures and other sources for 2013-14 is $25,488,344. That is down nearly $700,000.
The proposed tax rates per $1,000 of taxable valuation are $7.12 for urban areas and $10.78 for rural areas.
The change in the property rollbacks will not have a big impact on the county property tax rate.
In general terms, county treasurer Garrett said, "Although you're going to be paying on more value because of the rollback, your actual tax bill is going to be less because of the levy rate being down."
As an example, County Treasurer Jeff Garrett said, "I kind of took my house out in the country and, if you take a $150,000 assessed value home, you're actually going to be paying on $3,000 more of value than you did last year. But with the levy rate being a dollar less, it's still $37 a year less in actual tax."
The supervisors will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget during their March 12 weekly meeting. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be held in the Board of Supervisors Room at the county courthouse.


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