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Get the Red Faction: Guerilla [PC] Patch #1off WP (105mb)
- 5.1 Surround Sound was not working properly for some users.
- Several crashes for users running ATI cards have been fixed (most often when accessing Display Options in game)
- Performance improved on ATI cards
- Cursor Sensitivity for 360 controller has been tweaked. Before, moving diagonal and vertical adjustments moved at different speeds. They now move at equal speeds.
- Turret Sensitivity has been adjusted to work without having to drop the base value.
- MP Playlists will be updated to include all maps and modify certain options. Currently, a few maps are only available through Custom Matches.
- Some overlapping text and icons have been fixed.
- (9/30) Modding will be disabled in online matchmaking games with this patch. It will still be available in LAN games, though no XP will be awarded there.
- Download the patch Please ensure that you download and install only the appropriate files for the region of your version of the game as listed below.
- Extract the "Content" directory from the downloaded CAB file. This contains all the files required for the patch.
- Open the "Content" directory and run the executable "rfg_updater.exe" in order to install the patch. Please read the instructions and note that Raptr is an optional install.
- Allow the patch to finish installing.
- Windows Vista/7 - Go to Start >> Programs >> Games >> Games Explorer, and hover your mouse over the RFG icon. It should now state that you're running version "22.214.171.124" in the text that appears.
- Windows XP - Right click "rfg.exe", click "Properties", then the "Version" tab. Look for 22.214.171.124 if installed.
Red Faction: Guerrilla is a 3rd-person, open-world action shooter set on Mars, 50 years after the events of the original Red Faction. Players will take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force. Throughout their fight for freedom, players will carve their own path, wreaking havoc across the vast, open-world environment of Mars, from the desolate mining outpost of Parker to the gleaming EDF capital city of Eos. Utilizing improvised weapons, explosives and re-purposed mining equipment and vehicles, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to tear through fully destructible environments in an unforgiving Martian landscape swarming with EDF forces, Red Faction resistance fighters, and the downtrodden settlers caught in the cross-fire. Red Faction: Guerrilla will also feature a robust multiplayer component, including several modes focused on destruction-based gameplay.
Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.
- Open World Guerrilla Warfare – You decide who, when, where and how to battle. Utilize guerrilla tactics, improvised weaponry, and modified vehicles to lead insurgent attacks on EDF targets.
- Launch attacks based on your own gameplay style, take on missions in any order you choose, or engage in destructive activities to weaken the EDF's grip on Mars.
- Strategic Destruction – Use destruction to your tactical advantage, setting ambushes or chain reaction explosions to attack enemy strongholds and permanently modify the game environment. Leverage fully-dynamic physics-based destruction to improvise on the fly: blow holes in a wall or floor to set an ambush or escape, take out a staircase to stop your pursuers, or drive vehicles through blown out walls.
- Evolving & Emergent Gameplay – Carve your path through an ever changing landscape as you improvise your combat tactics – mixing gameplay styles, vehicles, weapons and explosives to defeat the EDF.
- Epic Sci-Fi Setting – Explore the huge, unforgiving Martian landscape, from the desolate mining outpost of Parker to the gleaming EDF capital city of Eos; then tear through the fully destructible open-world environments swarming with EDF forces, Red Faction resistance fighters, and the downtrodden settlers caught in the cross-fire.
- Multiplayer Combat – There is no place to hide when you put your guerrilla warfare skills to the test in a variety of highly destructive multiplayer combat modes.
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The Apocalypse Tribe proudly kicks off the Phantasy Star Universe launch with a weeklong celebration!
On Sunday the 22nd there will be a formational AIM chatroom. Anyone who is interested in meeting up with AT on PSU is welcome to join the chat. We will discuss meeting locations and get everyone up to speed on what AT has in store for the PSU Launch. The Ventrillo server will also be discussed and tested to get everyone set up. Chats will continue throughout the week leading up to launch day.
Wednesday the 25th will be when most people receive their game and get online. Official meeting locations will be posted.
We will be holding the first of our meet and greets Saturday the 28th, location to be designated.
I would also like to take this moment to congratulate Kari, our newest member of the Neophyte Caste! She has been a long time friend of AT and we are all happy to finally officially welcome her to .
As is tradition, a current member of the Neophyte Caste will be ranked up to Paragon Caste. Congratulations are in order for Vitamin D!
Watch this topic for more PSU Week news and updates.
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Investigation of the nature of the system of racial and ethnic classification that prevails in the contemporary United States and of the socio-historical processes that have generated this cultural taxonomy. Exploration of the impact of our ideas and understandings about racial and ethnic differences on selected aspects of U.S. social life.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNCG men's basketball fifth-year senior forward Kelvin McNeil (Newport News, Va./Delaware) has been named this week's Blue Chip Performer sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina after helping the Spartans post a 102-74 victory over Bluefield State Saturday night in an exhibition game in front of 1,842 fans at Fleming Gymnasium.
McNeil connected on 6-of-8 from the free throw line while hitting 4-of-11 from the field, including his first three-pointer of the game. He also contributed on the defensive end, posting a team-high four steals while getting the start at forward.
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Virtually every Scheme program uses lists and sexpressions. Fortunately, Typed Scheme can handle these as well. A simple list processing program can be written like this:
(module add-list
(planet "typed-scheme.ss"
(define: (sum-list [l : (Listof number)]) : number
(cond [(null? l) 0]
[else (+ (car l) (sum-list (cdr l)))])))
("plt" "typed-scheme.plt"))
This looks similar to our earlier programs — except for the type
l, which looks like a function application. In fact, it's
a use of the type constructor
Listof, which takes
another type as its input, here
number. We can use
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We can define our own type constructors as well. For example, here is an analog of the Maybe type constructor from Haskell:
(module maybe "typed-lang.ss" (define-typed-struct Nothing ()) (define-typed-struct (a) Just ([v : a])) (define-type-alias (Maybe a) (U Nothing (Just a))) (define: (find [v : number] [l : (Listof number)]) : (Maybe number) (cond [(null? l) (make-Nothing)] [(= v (car l)) (make-Just v)] [else (find v (cdr l))])))
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define-typed-struct defines
Nothing to be
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The second definition
(define-typed-struct (a) Just ([v : a]))
creates a parameterized type,
Just, which is a structure with
one element, whose type is that of the type argument to
Just. Here the type parameters (only one,
a, in
this case) are written before the type name, and can be referred to in
the types of the fields.
The type alias definiton
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creates a parameterized alias —
Maybe is a potential
container for whatever type is supplied.
find function takes a number
v and list, and
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Orlando Magic win after another skid
Magic score 98 to 76ers 84 in Philadelphia
Orlando Magic win after another skid
Magic score 98 to 76ers 84 in Philadelphia
Arron Afflalo and Tobias Harris scored 16 points apiece, and the Orlando Magic snapped a 10-game road losing streak with a 98-84 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night.
Andrew Nicholson contributed 13 and Nikola Vucevic had 12 points and 19 rebounds for the Magic (16-41), who hadn't won on the road since Jan. 12 against the Los Angeles Clippers.
E'Twaun Moore had 12 points and a career-high 10 assists, while Maurice Harkless had 10 points for the Magic.
The Magic won for just the seventh time all season on the road while also snapping a five-game skid overall.
The Sixers lost their sixth straight game, their longest streak in nearly three years.


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Right to Know Vs. Want to Know; What Do You Think?
It's a homicide case that caught the attention of the entire state when the mother of Nichole Cable, Kristine Wiley, made an impassioned plea for any information on the whereabouts of her 15 year old daughter.
Now only a few weeks later, a 20 year old Orono man is in the Penobscot County Jail on a charge of knowing and intentional homicide in connection with her death.
During Kyle Dube's first court appearance his defense attorney Stephen Smith requested the state police affidavit be sealed citing threats against Dube's life, privacy concerns for family members, and concerns about Dube's right to a fair trial.
The affidavit contains detailed information from the arresting agency that supports the charge of intentional and knowing murder and it will reveal details on how Nicole Cable was killed.
Judge William Anderson granted the dense motion to keep the affidavit sealed at least until the Penobscot County Grand Jury considers the charge and that is expected early next week.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge Monday blocked a new state law that makes it harder for women to obtain the morning-after pill.
In June, the federal government approved unrestricted over-the-counter sales for the emergency contraceptive. Oklahoma's law was passed in response to the government's plans to do so and requires women 17 and older to show identification to a pharmacist to obtain the Plan B One-Step pill and generic emergency contraceptives. It also requires women under 17 to have a prescription to obtain them.
The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice and Jo Ann Mangili of Mounds, the mother of a 15-year-old girl, alleging the rule is unconstitutional and discriminates against Oklahoma women.
District Judge Lisa Davis granted the temporary restraining order just days before the law was to take effect Thursday.
More than a dozen women wearing pink shirts, some of which bore the words "Trust Oklahoma Women," attended the hearing.
Martha Skeeters, president of the coalition, said she was pleased with the judge's action.
"The outcome today is good news for the health of Oklahoma women," Skeeters said.
Diane Clay, director of communications for Attorney General Scott Pruitt's office, said it is disappointed.
"The law simply keeps requirements the same as they have been for more than a decade, requiring those under age 17 to have a prescription to buy Plan B emergency contraceptives," Clay said in a statement.
Opponents are also seeking a permanent injunction against the law, but a hearing on that request has not been scheduled.
David Brown, an attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, said Oklahoma's restrictions on the contraceptive are unique in the nation.
The Oklahoma Legislature passed the law — part of a measure primarily dealing with regulations regarding health insurance benefit forms — last spring, and it received bipartisan support in the House and Senate. Gov. Mary Fallin signed it on May 29.
In granting the temporary restraining order, Davis said she was concerned whether the two sections of the law are germane to each other.
Solicitor General Patrick Wyrick said the emergency contraceptive was available only by prescription for more than a decade and that the legislation was intended to maintain the status quo before the contraceptive was federally approved for over-the-counter access.
The language was added to an existing bill late in the 2013 legislative session because the deadline for filing new legislation had passed, Wyrick said.
"There is no evidence that this was logrolled into passage," Wyrick said. "It was just a matter of legislative necessity."
Brown argued that the law violates the Oklahoma Constitution's single-subject rule that restricts laws to just one issue. By combining unrelated requirements in a single bill, or logrolling, lawmakers were left with a "forced, all-or-nothing choice," he told Davis.
The lawsuit is the latest challenge to anti-abortion and related legislation adopted by the Republican-controlled Oklahoma Legislature by the Center for Reproductive Rights
In December, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down laws challenged by the group that required women seeking abortions to see an ultrasound image while hearing a description of the fetus and also banned off-label use of certain abortion-inducing drugs.
The U.S. Supreme Court said in June it would grant Pruitt's request to review the decision about the abortion-inducing drugs law, which mandated that doctors only prescribe abortion-inducing drugs such as RU-486 as authorized by directions spelled out on a government-approved label.


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and the norice un-to vyces,
Which that men clepe in English ydelnesse,
That porter of the gate is of delyces,
To eschue, and by hir contrarie hir oppresse,
That is to seyn, by leveful bisinesse,
Wel oghten we to doon al our entente,
Lest that the feend thurgh ydelnesse us hente.
For he, that with his thousand cordes slye
Continuelly us waiteth to biclappe,
Whan he may man in ydelnesse espye,
He can so lightly cacche him in his trappe,
Til that a man be hent right by the lappe,
He nis nat war the feend hath him in honde;
Wel oughte us werche, and ydelnes withstonde.
And though men dradden never for to dye,
Yet seen men wel by reson doutelees,
That ydelnesse is roten slogardye,
Of which ther never comth no good encrees;
And seen, that slouthe hir holdeth in a lees
Only to slepe, and for to ete and drinke,
And to devouren al that othere swinke.
And for to putte us fro swich ydelnesse,
That cause is of so greet confusioun,
I have heer doon my feithful bisinesse,
After the legende, in translacioun
Right of thy glorious lyf and passioun,
Thou with thy gerland wroght of rose and lilie;
Thee mene I, mayde and martir, seint Cecilie!
Inuocacio ad Mariam.
thou that flour of virgines art alle,
Of whom that Bernard list so wel to wryte,
To thee at my biginning first I calle;
Thou comfort of us wrecches, do me endyte
Thy maydens deeth, that wan thurgh hir meryte
The eternal lyf, and of the feend victorie,
As man may after reden in hir storie.
Thou mayde and mooder, doghter of thy sone,
Thou welle of mercy, sinful soules cure,
In whom that god, for bountee, chees to wone,
Thou humble, and heigh over every creature,
Thou nobledest so ferforth our nature,
That no desdeyn the maker hadde of kinde,
His sone in blode and flesh to clothe and winde.
Withinne the cloistre blisful of thy sydes
Took mannes shap the eternal love and pees,
That of the tryne compas lord and gyde is,
Whom erthe and see and heven, out of relees,
Ay herien; and thou, virgin wemmelees,
Bar of thy body, and dweltest mayden pure,
The creatour of every creature.
Assembled is in thee magnificence
With mercy, goodnesse, and with swich pitee
That thou, that art the sonne of excellence,
Nat only helpest hem that preyen thee,
But ofte tyme, of thy benignitee,
Ful frely, er that men thyn help biseche,
Thou goost biforn, and art hir lyves leche.
Now help, thou meke and blisful fayre mayde,
Me, flemed wrecche, in this desert of galle;
Think on the womman Cananee, that sayde
That whelpes eten somme of the crommes alle
That from hir lordes table been y-falle;
And though that I, unworthy sone of Eve,
Be sinful, yet accepte my bileve.
And, for that feith is deed with-outen werkes,
So for to werken yif me wit and space,
That I be quit fro thennes that most derk is!
O thou, that art so fayr and ful of grace,
Be myn advocat in that heighe place
Ther-as withouten ende is songe Osanne,
Thou Cristes mooder, doghter dere of Anne!
And of thy light my soule in prison lighte,
That troubled is by the contagioun
Of my body, and also by the wighte
Of erthly luste and fals affeccioun;
O haven of refut, o salvacioun
Of hem that been in sorwe and in distresse,
Now help, for to my werk I wol me dresse.
Yet preye I yow that reden that I wryte,
Foryeve me, that I do no diligence
This ilke storie subtilly to endyte;
For both have I the wordes and sentence
Of him that at the seintes reverence
The storie wroot, and folwe hir legende,
And prey yow, that ye wol my werk amende.
Interpretacio nominis Cecilie, quam ponit
frater Iacobus Ianuensis in Legenda Aurea.
wolde I yow the name of seint Cecilie
Expoune, as men may in hir storie see,
It is to seye in English hevenes lilie,
For pure chastnesse of virginitee;
Or, for she whytnesse hadde of honestee,
And grene of conscience, and of good fame
The sote savour, lilie was hir name.
Or Cecile is to seye the wey to blinde,
For she ensample was by good techinge;
Or elles Cecile, as I writen finde,
Is ioyned, by a maner conioininge
Of hevene and Lia; and heer, in figuringe,
The heven is set for thoght of holinesse,
And Lia for hir lasting bisinesse.
Cecile may eek be seyd in this manere,
Wanting of blindnesse, for hir grete light
Of sapience, and for hir thewes clere;
Or elles, lo! this maydens name bright
Of hevene and leos comth, for which by right
Men mighte hir wel the heven of peple calle,
Ensample of gode and wyse werkes alle.
For leos peple in English is to seye,
And right as men may in the hevene see
The sonne and mone and sterres every weye,
Right so men gostly, in this mayden free,
Seyen of feith the magnanimitee,
And eek the cleernesse hool of sapience,
And sondry werkes, brighte of excellence.
And right so as thise philosophres wryte
That heven is swift and round and eek brenninge,
Right so was fayre Cecilie the whyte
Ful swift and bisy ever in good werkinge,
And round and hool in good perseveringe,
And brenning ever in charitee ful brighte;
Now have I yow declared what she highte.
Here biginneth the Seconde Nonnes Tale,
of the lyf of Seinte Cecile.
mayden bright Cecilie, as hir lyf seith,
Was comen of Romayns, and of noble kinde,
And from hir cradel up fostred in the feith
Of Crist, and bar his gospel in hir minde;
She never cessed, as I writen finde,
Of hir preyere, and god to love and drede,
Biseking him to kepe hir maydenhede.
And when this mayden sholde unto a man
Y-wedded be, that was ful yong of age,
Which that y-cleped was Valerian,
And day was comen of hir mariage,
She, ful devout and humble in hir corage,
Under hir robe of gold, that sat ful fayre,
Had next hir flesh y-clad hir in an heyre.
And whyl the organs maden melodye,
To god alone in herte thus sang she;
O lord, my soule and eek my body gye
Unwemmed, lest that I confounded be:
And, for his love that deyde upon a tree,
Every seconde or thridde day she faste,
Ay biddinge in hir orisons ful faste.
The night cam, and to bedde moste she gon
With hir housbonde, as ofte is the manere,
And prively to him she seyde anon,
O swete and wel biloved spouse dere,
Ther is a conseil, and ye wolde it here,
Which that right fain I wolde unto yow seye,
So that ye swere ye shul me nat biwreye.
Valerian gan faste unto hir swere,
That for no cas, ne thing that mighte be,
He sholde never-mo biwreyen here;
And thanne at erst to him thus seyde she,
I have an angel which that loveth me,
That with greet love, wher-so I wake or slepe,
Is redy ay my body for to kepe.
And if that he may felen, out of drede,
That ye me touche or love in vileinye,
He right anon wol slee yow with the dede,
And in your yowthe thus ye shulden dye;
And if that ye in clene love me gye,
He wol yow loven as me, for your clennesse,
And shewen yow his Ioye and his brightnesse.
Valerian, corrected as god wolde,
Answerde agayn, if I shal trusten thee,
Lat me that angel se, and him biholde;
And if that it a verray angel be,
Than wol I doon as thou hast preyed me;
And if thou love another man, for sothe
Right with this swerd than wol I slee yow bothe.
Cecile answerde anon right in this wyse,
If that yow list, the angel shul ye see,
So that ye trowe on Crist and yow baptyse.
Goth forth to Via Apia, quod she,
That fro this toun ne stant but myles three,
And, to the povre folkes that ther dwelle,
Sey hem right thus, as that I shal yow telle.
Telle hem that I, Cecile, yow to hem sente,
To shewen yow the gode Urban the olde,
For secree nedes and for good entente.
And whan that ye seint Urban han biholde,
Telle him the wordes whiche I to yow tolde;
And whan that he hath purged yow fro sinne,
Thanne shul ye see that angel, er ye twinne.
Valerian is to the place y-gon,
And right as him was taught by his lerninge,
He fond this holy olde Urban anon
Among the seintes buriels lotinge.
And he anon, with-outen taryinge,
Dide his message; and whan that he it tolde,
Urban for Ioye his hondes gan up holde.
The teres from his yën leet he falle
Almighty lord, o Iesu Crist, quod he,
Sower of chast conseil, herde of us alle,
The fruit of thilke seed of chastitee
That thou hast sowe in Cecile, tak to thee!
Lo, lyk a bisy bee, with-outen gyle,
Thee serveth ay thyn owene thral Cecile!
For thilke spouse, that she took but now
Ful lyk a fiers leoun, she sendeth here,
As meke as ever was any lamb, to yow!
And with that worde, anon ther gan appere
An old man, clad in whyte clothes clere,
That hadde a book with lettre of golde in honde,
And gan biforn Valerian to stonde.
Valerian as deed fil doun for drede
Whan he him saugh, and he up hente him tho,
And on his book right thus he gan to rede
Oo Lord, oo feith, oo god with-outen mo,
Oo Cristendom, and fader of alle also,
Aboven alle and over al everywhere
Thise wordes al with gold y-writen were.
Whan this was rad, than seyde this olde man,
Levestow this thing or no? sey ye or nay.
I leve al this thing, quod Valerian,
For sother thing than this, I dar wel say,
Under the hevene no wight thinke may.
Tho vanisshed the olde man, he niste where,
And pope Urban him cristened right there.
Valerian goth hoom, and fint Cecilie
With-inne his chambre with an angel stonde;
This angel hadde of roses and of lilie
Corones two, the which he bar in honde;
And first to Cecile, as I understonde,
He yaf that oon, and after gan he take
That other to Valerian, hir make.
With body clene and with unwemmed thoght
Kepeth ay wel thise corones, quod he;
Fro Paradys to yow have I hem broght,
Ne never-mo ne shal they roten be,
Ne lese her sote savour, trusteth me;
Ne never wight shal seen hem with his yë,
But he be chaast and hate vileinyë.
And thou, Valerian, for thou so sone
Assentedest to good conseil also,
Sey what thee list, and thou shalt han thy bone.
I have a brother, quod Valerian tho,
That in this world I love no man so.
I pray yow that my brother may han grace
To knowe the trouthe, as I do in this place.
The angel seyde, god lyketh thy requeste,
And bothe, with the palm of martirdom,
Ye shullen come unto his blisful feste.
And with that word Tiburce his brother com.
And whan that he the savour undernom
Which that the roses and the lilies caste,
With-inne his herte he gan to wondre faste,
And seyde, I wondre, this tyme of the yeer,
Whennes that sote savour cometh so
Of rose and lilies that I smelle heer.
For though I hadde hem in myn hondes two,
The savour mighte in me no depper go.
The sote smel that in myn herte I finde
Hath chaunged me al in another kinde.
Valerian seyde, two corones han we,
Snow-whyte and rose-reed, that shynen clere,
Whiche that thyn yën han no might to see;
And as thou smellest hem thurgh my preyere,
So shaltow seen hem, leve brother dere,
If it so be thou wolt, withouten slouthe,
Bileve aright and knowen verray trouthe.
Tiburce answerde, seistow this to me
In soothnesse, or in dreem I herkne this?
In dremes, quod Valerian, han we be
Unto this tyme, brother myn, y-wis.
But now at erst in trouthe our dwelling is.
How woostow this, quod Tiburce, in what wyse?
Quod Valerian, that shal I thee devyse.
The angel of god hath me the trouthe y-taught
Which thou shalt seen, if that thou wolt reneye
The ydoles and be clene, and elles naught.
And of the miracle of thise corones tweye
Seint Ambrose in his preface list to seye;
Solempnely this noble doctour dere
Commendeth it, and seith in this manere:
The palm of martirdom for to receyve,
Seinte Cecile, fulfild of goddes yifte,
The world and eek hir chambre gan she weyve;
Witnes Tyburces and Valerians shrifte,
To whiche god of his bountee wolde shifte
Corones two of floures wel smellinge,
And made his angel hem the corones bringe:
The mayde hath broght thise men to blisse above;
The world hath wist what it is worth, certeyn,
Devocioun of chastitee to love.
Tho shewede him Cecile al open and pleyn
That alle ydoles nis but a thing in veyn;
For they been dombe, and therto they been deve,
And charged him his ydoles for to leve.
Who so that troweth nat this, a beste he is,
Quod tho Tiburce, if that I shal nat lye.
And she gan kisse his brest, that herde this,
And was ful glad he coude trouthe espye.
This day I take thee for myn allye,
Seyde this blisful fayre mayde dere;
And after that she seyde as ye may here:
Lo, right so as the love of Crist, quod she,
Made me thy brotheres wyf, right in that wyse
Anon for myn allye heer take I thee,
Sin that thou wolt thyn ydoles despyse.
Go with thy brother now, and thee baptyse,
And make thee clene; so that thou mowe biholde
The angels face of which thy brother tolde.
Tiburce answerde and seyde, brother dere,
First tel me whider I shal, and to what man?
To whom? quod he, com forth with right good chere,
I wol thee lede unto the pope Urban.
Til Urban? brother myn Valerian,
Quod tho Tiburce, woltow me thider lede?
Me thinketh that it were a wonder dede.
Ne menestow nat Urban, quod he tho,
That is so ofte dampned to be deed,
And woneth in halkes alwey to and fro,
And dar nat ones putte forth his heed?
Men sholde him brennen in a fyr so reed
If he were founde, or that men mighte him spye;
And we also, to bere him companye
And whyl we seken thilke divinitee
That is y-hid in hevene prively,
Algate y-brend in this world shul we be!
To whom Cecile answerde boldely,
Men mighten dreden wel and skilfully
This lyf to lese, myn owene dere brother,
If this were livinge only and non other.
But ther is better lyf in other place,
That never shal be lost, ne drede thee noght,
Which goddes sone us tolde thurgh his grace;
That fadres sone hath alle thinges wroght;
And al that wroght is with a skilful thoght,
The goost, that fro the fader gan procede,
Hath sowled hem, withouten any drede.
By word and by miracle goddes sone,
Whan he was in this world, declared here
That ther was other lyf ther men may wone.
To whom answerde Tiburce, o suster dere,
Ne seydestow right now in this manere,
Ther nis but o god, lord in soothfastnesse;
And now of three how maystow bere witnesse?
That shal I telle, quod she, er I go.
Right as a man hath sapiences three,
Memorie, engyn, and intellect also,
So, in o being of divinitee,
Three persones may ther right wel be.
Tho gan she him ful bisily to preche
Of Cristes come and of his peynes teche,
And many pointes of his passioun;
How goddes sone in this world was withholde,
To doon mankinde pleyn remissioun,
That was y-bounde in sinne and cares colde:
Al this thing she unto Tiburce tolde.
And after this Tiburce, in good entente,
With Valerian to pope Urban he wente,
That thanked god; and with glad herte and light
He cristned him, and made him in that place
Parfit in his lerninge, goddes knight.
And after this Tiburce gat swich grace,
That every day he saugh, in tyme and space,
The angel of god; and every maner bone
That he god axed, it was sped ful sone.
It were ful hard by ordre for to seyn
How many wondres Iesus for hem wroghte;
But atte laste, to tellen short and pleyn,
The sergeants of the toun of Rome hem soghte,
And hem biforn Almache the prefect broghte,
Which hem apposed, and knew al hir entente,
And to the image of Iupiter hem sente,
And seyde, who so wol nat sacrifyse,
Swap of his heed, this is my sentence here.
Anon thise martirs that I yow devyse,
Oon Maximus, that was an officere
Of the prefectes and his corniculere,
Hem hente; and whan he forth the seintes ladde,
Him-self he weep, for pitee that he hadde.
Whan Maximus had herd the seintes lore,
He gat him of the tormentoures leve,
And ladde hem to his hous withoute more;
And with hir preching, er that it were eve,
They gonnen fro the tormentours to reve,
And fro Maxime, and fro his folk echone
The false feith, to trowe in god allone.
Cecilie cam, whan it was woxen night,
With preestes that hem cristned alle y-fere;
And afterward, whan day was woxen light,
Cecile hem seyde with a ful sobre chere,
Now, Cristes owene knightes leve and dere,
Caste alle awey the werkes of derknesse,
And armeth yow in armure of brightnesse.
Ye han for sothe y-doon a greet bataille,
Your cours is doon, your feith han ye conserved,
Goth to the corone of lyf that may nat faille;
The rightful Iuge, which that ye han served,
Shall yeve it yow, as ye han it deserved.
And whan this thing was seyd as I devyse,
Men ladde hem forth to doon the sacrifyse.
But whan they weren to the place broght,
To tellen shortly the conclusioun,
They nolde encense ne sacrifice right noght,
But on hir knees they setten hem adoun
With humble herte and sad devocioun,
And losten bothe hir hedes in the place.
Hir soules wenten to the king of grace.
This Maximus, that saugh this thing bityde,
With pitous teres tolde it anon-right,
That he hir soules saugh to heven glyde
With angels ful of cleernesse and of light,
And with his word converted many a wight;
For which Almachius dide him so to-bete
With whippe of leed, til he his lyf gan lete.
Cecile him took and buried him anoon
By Tiburce and Valerian softely,
Withinne hir burying-place, under the stoon.
And after this Almachius hastily
Bad his ministres fecchen openly
Cecile, so that she mighte in his presence
Doon sacrifyce, and Iupiter encense.
But they, converted at hir wyse lore,
Wepten ful sore, and yaven ful credence
Unto hir word, and cryden more and more,
Crist, goddes sone withouten difference,
Is verray god, this is al our sentence,
That hath so good a servant him to serve;
This with o voys we trowen, thogh we sterve!
Almachius, that herde of this doinge,
Bad fecchen Cecile, that he might hir see,
And alderfirst, lo! this was his axinge,
What maner womman artow? tho quod he.
I am a gentil womman born, quod she.
I axe thee, quod he, thogh it thee greve,
Of thy religioun and of thy bileve.
Ye han bigonne your question folily,
Quod she, that wolden two answeres conclude
In oo demande; ye axed lewedly.
Almache answerde unto that similitude,
Of whennes comth thyn answering so rude?
Of whennes? quod she, whan that she was freyned,
Of conscience and of good feith unfeyned.
Almachius seyde, ne takestow non hede
Of my power? and she answerde him this
Your might, quod she, ful litel is to drede;
For every mortal mannes power nis
But lyk a bladdre, ful of wind, y-wis.
For with a nedles poynt, whan it is blowe,
May al the boost of it be leyd ful lowe.
Ful wrongfully bigonne thou, quod he,
And yet in wrong is thy perseveraunce;
Wostow nat how our mighty princes free
Han thus comanded and maad ordinaunce,
That every cristen wight shal han penaunce
But-if that he his cristendom withseye,
And goon al quit, if he wol it reneye?
Your princes erren, as your nobley dooth,
Quod tho Cecile, and with a wood sentence
Ye make us gilty, and it is nat sooth;
For ye, that knowen wel our innocence,
For as muche as we doon a reverence
To Crist, and for we bere a cristen name,
Ye putte on us a cryme, and eek a blame.
But we that knowen thilke name so
For vertuous, we may it nat withseye.
Almache answerde, chees oon of thise two,
Do sacrifyce, or cristendom reneye,
That thou mowe now escapen by that weye.
At which the holy blisful fayre mayde
Gan for to laughe, and to the Iuge seyde,
O Iuge, confus in thy nycetee,
Woltow that I reneye innocence,
To make me a wikked wight? quod she;
Lo! he dissimuleth here in audience,
He stareth and woodeth in his advertence!
To whom Almachius, unsely wrecche,
Ne woostow nat how far my might may strecche?
Han noght our mighty princes to me yeven,
Ye, bothe power and auctoritee
To maken folk to dyen or to liven?
Why spekestow so proudly than to me?
I speke noght but stedfastly, quod she,
Nat proudly, for I seye, as for my syde,
We haten deedly thilke vyce of pryde.
And if thou drede nat a sooth to here,
Than wol I shewe al openly, by right,
That thou hast maad a ful gret lesing here.
Thou seyst, thy princes han thee yeven might
Bothe for to sleen and for to quiken a wight;
Thou, that ne mayst but only lyf bireve,
Thou hast non other power ne no leve!
But thou mayst seyn, thy princes han thee maked
Ministre of deeth; for if thou speke of mo,
Thou lyest, for thy power is ful naked.
Do wey thy boldnes, seyde Almachius tho,
And sacrifyce to our goddes, er thou go;
I recche nat what wrong that thou me profre,
For I can suffre it as a philosophre;
But thilke wronges may I nat endure
That thou spekest of our goddes here, quod he.
Cecile answerede, o nyce creature,
Thou seydest no word sin thou spak to me
That I ne knew therwith thy nycetee;
And that thou were, in every maner wyse,
A lewed officer and a veyn Iustyse.
Ther lakketh no-thing to thyn utter yën
That thou nart blind, for thing that we seen alle
That it is stoon, that men may wel espyen,
That ilke stoon a god thou wolt it calle.
I rede thee, lat thyn hand upon it falle,
And taste it wel, and stoon thou shalt it finde,
Sin that thou seest nat with thyn yën blinde.
It is a shame that the peple shal
So scorne thee, and laughe at thy folye;
For comunly men woot it wel overal,
That mighty god is in his hevenes hye,
And thise images, wel thou mayst espye,
To thee ne to hem-self mowe nought profyte,
For in effect they been nat worth a myte.
Thise wordes and swiche othere seyde she,
And he weex wroth, and bad men sholde hir lede
Hom til hir hous, and in hir hous, quod he,
Brenne hir right in a bath of flambes rede.
And as he bad, right so was doon in dede;
For in a bath they gonne hir faste shetten,
And night and day greet fyr they under betten.
The longe night and eek a day also,
For al the fyr and eek the bathes hete,
She sat al cold, and felede no wo,
It made hir nat a drope for to swete.
But in that bath hir lyf she moste lete;
For he, Almachius, with ful wikke entente
To sleen hir in the bath his sonde sente.
Three strokes in the nekke he smoot hir tho,
The tormentour, but for no maner chaunce
He mighte noght smyte al hir nekke a-two;
And for ther was that tyme an ordinaunce,
That no man sholde doon man swich penaunce
The ferthe strook to smyten, softe or sore,
This tormentour ne dorste do na-more.
But half-deed, with hir nekke y-corven there,
He lefte hir lye, and on his wey is went.
The Cristen folk, which that aboute hir were,
With shetes han the blood ful faire y-hent.
Thre dayes lived she in this torment,
And never cessed hem the feith to teche;
That she hadde fostred, hem she gan to preche;
And hem she yaf hir moebles and hir thing,
And to the pope Urban bitook hem tho,
And seyde, I axed this at hevene king,
To han respyt three dayes and na-mo,
To recomende to yow, er that I go,
Thise soules, lo! and that I mighte do werche
Here of myn hous perpetuelly a cherche.
Seint Urban, with his deknes, prively
The body fette, and buried it by nighte
Among his othere seintes honestly.
Hir hous the chirche of seint Cecilie highte;
Seint Urban halwed it, as he wel mighte;
In which, into this day, in noble wyse,
Men doon to Crist and to his seint servyse.
Here is ended the Seconde Nonnes Tale.
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Role models: Although some characters are clearly good (Charles Xavier) or clearly evil (Sebastian Shaw), many represent various shades of gray and are pulled in conflicting directions. Erik is driven by revenge and anger, though Charles helps soften some of his edges. Ultimately, the X-Men must take a stand to protect the regular people who fear them, even though they don't show the same willingness to watch the mutants' backs. The movie has some strong, powerful female characters and a somewhat diverse cast.
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Dave D'Onofrio's Sox Beat: This is Lester's team nowDAVE D'ONOFRIO
May 12. 2013 2:25AM
BOSTON -- When Jon Lester reached the majors in June of 2006, the 22-year-old southpaw joined a starting rotation that included Curt Schilling, Tim Wakefield, David Wells and Josh Beckett - along with the more than 1,700 games, nearly 9,300 innings, nine All-Star nominations and six world championships already between them.
Wells was gone that summer, and Schilling a year later, but as long as some piece of that veteran establishment was still on the staff, Lester was never going to be its leader. It wasn't until Wakefield retired, and Beckett was traded, that Lester really had to be the Red Sox' No. 1 in every sense. As long as they were around, they would always be the tone-setters.
But Friday night Lester announced that this is his team now.
Clay Buchholz took the mound Saturday with better numbers, and he may in fact be the better pitcher. Though in delivering a one-hit masterpiece after his team had lost six of seven, Lester gave the Sox precisely the performance they needed to punctuate their first slump of the young season, taking a page from the book co-authored by Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez and in the process continuing a reaffirmation of ace status that began the moment he arrived at Fort Myers in February.
He came to spring training recommitted and refocused after the worst season of his career. He dominated the Grapefruit League. He carried that all into the regular season, helping steer the stellar start the Sox so desperately needed. And all the while he has continued to work.
Manager John Farrell credited Friday's brilliance to the enhancements Lester and pitching coach Juan Nieves identified before last weekend's start in Texas - and while the hurler said such sessions are simply part of a pitcher's routine, his teammates have taken notice. They see his example, and when they see it rewarded with results like he got Friday, they can't help but follow his lead.
"My job was easy. I put the glove there and he hit it," catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said after Lester's third career shutout. "He's just been working really hard, focusing on trying to get on top of the ball, and I don't feel like he was really trying hard tonight. His stuff showed."
He almost had a perfect game to show for it, the Blue Jays' managing just a single baserunner that came when Maicer Izturis lined a double about a foot over the glove of third baseman Will Middlebrooks, who was cheating a couple steps in for fear of a bunt with two outs in the sixth.
It was a far cry from the performance Lester had against a similar Toronto lineup last July, when he was rocked for 11 runs in four-plus innings. It was probably the low point during a lost season in which the team went 13-20 in the games he pitched - and, just as disappointing, he personally went 6-8 when following a team loss.
After Friday, however, three of his five wins this season have come after the Sox were felled, and the only game the club has lost in his five such outings came in extra innings after Lester went toe-to-toe with the Rangers' Yu Darvish.
If momentum is the next day's starting pitcher, the Sox feel as though they have a chance to start building something every day. Especially on the days they give the ball to Lester.
"It does start with the guy on the mound," Farrell said. "The way he, Clay, and John Lackey have been pitching - and Ryan (Dempster) - we feel like there are four guys, at a minimum, that can give that kind of feeling and that attitude in the clubhouse."
A clubhouse in which, with Beckett in Los Angeles and the others all doing television, Lester has now become a primary leader.
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Daniel Nava has arguably been Boston's biggest surprise to this point in the season, quickly going from an afterthought to an everyday player whose production entering Saturday (.398 on-base percentage, five homers, 23 RBI) was almost indistinguishable from that of ex-teammate Adrian Gonzalez (.394 OBP, four HRs, 26 RBI).
But history suggests that now comes the hard part for Nava. His .913 on-base plus slugging was a team-best through Friday, though he got out to a similarly torrid start in each of his first two seasons - before seeing his numbers decline significantly the rest of the way.
Combining his first 30 games of each year, Nava has hit .294 with a .403 OBP and an .887 OPS. However, he's hit just .204 with a .306 OBP and a .614 OPS after that, not including Saturday, which was his 31st game of 2013.
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With two doubles Friday night - one pulled to left, the other going with the pitch to right - Middlebrooks enjoyed his first game with multiple extra-base hits since his three-homer game at Toronto on April 7. And it didn't just look better for the third baseman who was batting .192 as recently as Tuesday. It felt better, too.
"It's been a while since I've taken almost every at-bat up there and stuck with my approach," he said. "So I'm happy with that."
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An underrated aspect in the emergence of shortstop Stephen Drew is that he's not only getting hits - he's getting big hits. Despite missing the season's first seven contests, he entered Saturday tied with Mike Napoli for the team lead in game-winning RBI (four), and second to Napoli (seven) in go-ahead RBI (five). Maybe most impressive, he also has a team-leading 10 two-out RBI, having entered the Jays series 6-for-13 (.462) with two down and men in scoring position.
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• International baccalaureate tour on Thursday, Nov. 29. Learn more about this highly-acclaimed IB program and Mission Bay High. Meet the IB coordinator, staff members and parents while learning about the opportunities for students in sports, technology, fine arts, the sciences and more. Sign in at the front office and meet in the library. For more information, call MBHS call (858) 273-1313, ext. 285. Future tour dates are Dec. 12, Jan. 10, Jan. 23 and Feb. 4.
• Blood drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30 in the Mission Bay High School auditorium.
• Coffee with the MBHS principal at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 30. Sign in at the front office.
• Pacific Beach Elementary will present a Missoula Children's Theatre production of "The Secret Garden" during two performances Saturday, Dec. 1 at 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. in the PB Elementary School auditorium. Tickets are $6 for ages 12 and up; $4 for ages 5 to 11.
• Friends of Pacific Beach Elementary hosts its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. in Room 9. All are welcome and childcare will be provided.
PBMS prospective parent tour from 8 to 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6. Join the PBMS parent tour to learn more about the highly-acclaimed international baccalaureate program and tour the campus. Check in at front office. Parking is available in the Felspar Street lot.
"Season of Sessions" Arts and Crafts Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1. Find unique handmade holiday gifts from more than 75 local artisans, rain or shine.
Friends of Pacific Beach Secondary Schools (FOPBSS) meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28 in the Mission Bay High library. Learn more about Mission Bay High and PB middle schools, get updates on the YMCA at PB Middle School, winter sports, holiday events, Missoula Children's Theatre and more.
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Clara Grabenstein, 97 - January 03, 2012
Clara Lillian (Holbein) Grabenstein, 97, of Eustis died on Jan. 3, 2012 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, Jan. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church in Eustis with family receiving friends at 5 p.m.
Services will be on Thursday, Jan. 5, at 3:30 p.m. at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Eustis with the Rev. Beverly Rautenberg-Panko officiating. Burial will be in the East Cemetery at Eustis
Peterson was born on Nov. 19, 1914, in Eustis to Christian (Charlie) Holbein and Marie (Reiker) Holbein. She attended in Eustis and graduated High School in May of 1933
On April 27, 1941, she married Paul Grabenstein. They resided on Dan Grabenstein's farm stead southwest of Eustis until their retirement, Dec. 31, 1979. They moved to Eustis where Clara lived until moving to Stone Hearth Estates in December of 2007. As life partners, Paul and Clara enjoyed the blessings of raising their family: Gene, Janet, Lyle and Phyllis, on their farm-ranch.
Grabenstein enjoyed the fine art of homemaking and was known for her hospitality. She loved to garden and tend her roses, attended concerts, sang in choirs, sewed clothes for herself and family and loved to travel.
She was baptized, confirmed and married at St John's Lutheran Church in Eustis, where she was active in the Mary Martha Bible Study, Serving Circles and quilting for Lutheran World Relief. She assisted many youth as a leader for the Rolling Meadows 4-H Club of Frontier County. She was also active in the Nebraska Cowbelles, and Stockgrowers Association, Petals Garden Club and The Red Hats Society.
Her delight was in the lives of her children and their activities, the family said. She was especially proud of her nine grandchildren attending their games and concerts. She loved holding her eight great-grandbabies. They all loved her homemade pretzels, according to the family.
Grabenstein was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband, Paul in January 1991; her brothers Harold Holbein, Edwin Holbein, Paul Holbien; and sisters Elsie Hueftle and Martha Hansen.
She is survived by: children—Gene Grabenstein of Eustis; Janet and husband Don Fleischmann of Cozad; Lyle and his wife Lonna of Eustis; and Phyllis and her husband Jon Svoboda of Elkhorn; grandchildren—Terri and husband Dave Bierbower of Lincoln, and their children Jillian and Joel; Shane Grabenstein of Casa Grande, AZ and son Hayden; Todd and his wife Tricia and their children Cooper and Cailey of Smithfield; Ben and his wife Cindy of Omaha, and their sons Miles and Quincy; Kristen and her husband Douglas Blayney and their son, Carter of Gretna; Adam Grabenstein and his wife Kelsey of Eustis; Daniel Svoboda of Omaha; Brandon Fleischmann of Shawnee Mission, KS; Nicholas Svoboda of Omaha; Linda Grabenstein of Gothenburg.
Memorials are suggested to St. John's Lutheran Church in Eustis or to the donor's choice in her memory.
Berryman Funeral Home in Cozad is in charge of arrangements.
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by Troutski
Watching the leaves change in the Autumn and viewing those frost-covered, barren branches that actually glow in the moonlight, are just a couple of moments every year that highlight the mighty tree as being one of the most beautiful facets of nature.
There are those who plant trees to celebrate a birth, remember a life that was lived to the fullest, even as a celebration of an event.
The tree, at times, is taken for granted. We all know this considering the 'green' movement that had to begin and expand in order to keep this world both beautifully decorated and providing us with clean, healthy air. The environmentalist movement continues to grow and the plight of the tree became worldwide news because of it.
From industry expansion to air pollution to the complete devastation of natural habitats, the tree was once threatened. Thankfully, that threat has been placed on the back burner as more and more people grow to understand that without the magnificent canopy of tree limbs and leaves above our heads, this world will die out.
Statistics show that nurseries are now providing nearly 1.5 billion trees for planting in the United States on an annual basis. Even the U.S Forest Service has reported that three million (plus) acres are now reforested that'd become wastelands over time.
But to help, to plant a tree, does not take the backing or the knowledge of the U.S. Forest Service or any committee. In fact, planting a tree and making it grow is entirely simple for individuals to do in their own backyards, and not only provides the atmosphere benefits, but also gives back to the community and to the next generation.
The fact necessary to know before planting a tree is that for something to survive, a healthy planting is a must. In addition, maintenance of the tree is something that can be done as a family activity, which not only helps the world but it helps create a social gathering that makes lasting memories.
Is there a million things needed for the tree to mature? Not at all. In your shed you will most likely already find the 'tools' needed, which include a shovel, a tape measure and a garden hose.
Picking the location is your first step, and you want to make sure that the planting is at least fifteen feet away from buildings, sidewalks, driveways, and other trees. Power lines up above must also be considered depending on the size of the tree you choose.
Place a stake in the ground and then use the tape measure to find the diameter of the tree's root ball, marking this spot by making a circle around the stake that's at least two times wider in diameter than the root ball itself.
Removing the soil from the top of the root ball must be done as carefully as possible. And when it comes to putting back in the soil, you must remember that the root flare will not be completely covered when the tree is planted. To make sure this happens correctly, measure the height of the root ball from the ground to the top of the exposed root flare and then deduct two inches.
Using a shovel to cut all around the perimeter of the circle, remove the grass. Drive a stake into the ground beside the hole you've just made and tie a string to it at grass level; pull the string tight across the hole and measure down to the bottom to see just how far you've gone, make sure to dig just right and then place the tree into the hole.
Remove the wire basket from the root ball, peel away the burlap which loosens the hard-packed soil and exposes the small roots. Blend superphosphate and fertilizer into the soil pile and then shovel it back into the hole. When the hole is filled, use the shovel to create a five to six-inch crater around the tree and then fill it with water. As the water absorbs into the soil, smooth out the dirt, cover with bark mulch, and leave some room so that the new tree can settle into its new home.
From then on out it's all about tender-loving care, to make sure that your contribution to the world grows big and strong.
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Between the Rocky and Purcell Mountains, with Mount Nelson towering in the distance, Copper Point Resort overlooks rolling hills, lush meadows, and alpine forests. Close to Windermere Lake and within 20 minutes of the Panorama Mountain Village and Fairmont Hot Springs Resort ski areas, this four-star lodge-style resort is an upscale home base for exploring British Columbia's great outdoors.
Beginning in late March, golfers can enjoy the area's nine championship courses on the Columbia Valley Golf Trail, two of which are onsite at Copper Point Resort. After hitting the links, feel free to relax with a dip in the indoor pool, which is complete with fountains, or ease stiff muscles in one of the hot tubs. The elegant Elements Grill serves contemporary rustic fare and offers a seasonal outdoor patio with mountain and golf-course views.
Vessel sinks, granite countertops, and queen-size beds lend standard rooms a sleek, sophisticated look. You can take in views of the golf course and mountains through the french doors and from a private patio. For more room to accommodate a family of four, choose a 750-square-foot one-bedroom suite, which includes a fully equipped kitchen, hardwood floors, a breakfast nook, and a living room with a fireplace.
Invermere, British Columbia: Lakes, Hot Springs, and Skiing
Located next to Alberta's border in eastern British Columbia, Invermere is a popular year-round vacation destination for the area's golfing, skiing, and lakeside beaches. Just a few miles north of the resort lies Kootenay National Park, where you can see the Paint Pots—cold mineral springs filled with a bubbling orange pigment once used as paint by First Nations. The park maintains four mountain-biking trails, and there's a safe bike lane along the 100-kilometer stretch of Highway 93 South that connects the park's east and west gates. Stop over at the tiny village called Radium Hot Springs, known for its reputedly therapeutic mineral hot springs, where visitors soak, swim, and splash in steamy pools even in the winter.
Drive 14 miles west of the resort to Panorama Mountain Village to ski through 2,847 acres of powder-filled runs available for all skill levels. The resort also accommodates for nordic skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding. Afterward, head back to Invermere to shop and eat in the quaint and pedestrian-friendly downtown.


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Xcel Energy Printing Error Releases Personal Info
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Xcel Energy Inc. says account information from thousands of customers in Minnesota and South Dakota was inadvertently shared on other customers' bills.
The Minneapolis-based utility said Tuesday a printing error placed customers' names, addresses, account and meter numbers on bills that were sent to others.
Xcel Energy says the error does not include billing or payment history, or personal financial information such as credit card numbers and bank accounts.
The error appeared on bills dated Nov. 12. About 16,000 Xcel Energy customers in Minnesota and South Dakota are affected.
Xcel Energy apologized and said it's contacting each affected customer. The company says the error was made by its bill printing vendor.
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Mary Elizabeth Brookfelt
Mary Elizabeth Brookfelt, 78, of Wister died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in Poteau. Mary was born Feb. 4, 1934, in Wister to Elmer E. and Selma D. (Shelton) Beason. She was a homemaker. Mary was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ronald Lee Brookfelt; sister, Geneva Armstrong and Jeanie Williams; brothers, Joe and Jack Beason.Survivors include her daughter, Selma Shirlene McGhee of Subiaco, Ark.; sons, Kenneth Wayne Brookfelt and Edward Lee Roy Brookfelt of Wister; three grandchildren, Kimberly Anderson of Fort Smith, Ark., Brandi Brookfelt of Arlington, Texas, Sarah Brookfelt of Tulsa; six great grandchildren, Morgan, Taylor, Desiree, Dakota, Tristan, and Devin; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and loved ones. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at Wister City Cemetery with the Rev. Jack Covey officiating.The family will be at the funeral home from 2-4 p.m. Sunday to visit with relatives and friends.You may leave an online message at evansandmillerfuneralhomes.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Evans and Miller Funeral Home.


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A reader asked the following question: I have been seeing a lot of golf carts on the road, is this legal? Very few golf carts are "street legal."
A reader asked the following question: I have been seeing a lot of golf carts on the road, is this legal? Very few golf carts are "street legal."
Many modifications must be made to a golf cart in order to meet the requirements of both federal standards and Michigan Law. If the proper modifications are made, a golf cart could be categorized as a "low speed vehicle" under MCL 257.25b. A low speed vehicle must not be capable of speeds greater than 25 mph, thus disqualifying many carts.
A low-speed vehicle must be equipped as necessary under both federal standards and Michigan Law, such as headlights, tail lights, turn signals, four-way flashers, seat belts, horn, safety glass windshield and windshield wiper, reflectors, parking brake and brakes on all four wheels, inside rear-view mirror and outside rear-view mirrors on the left and right sides of the vehicle.
The golf cart must also be fitted with an energy-absorbing bumper bolted or permanently attached to the front and rear of the vehicle, The operator must have a driver license and the vehicle must be inspected, registered and insured. If the cart is not equipped as necessary, it can only be legally operated under very strict circumstances. In those situations it would be defined as an ORV found in MCL 324.81101.
There are other very limited circumstances where they are legal under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, MCL 324.81122. Local municipalities can authorize situations where an ORV can be operated on a highway within their jurisdiction.
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Regardless, I hate to see Gibson go down. They are unique and well built boats, even though I don't want one myself. There are a couple of nice older ones on our marina row and I always enjoy seeing them.
The Chinese are building some very stunning megayachts, maybe they can build a decent houseboat too?
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It's been some time since we last heard about Motorola's international patent war with Microsoft. Earlier this year one International Trade Commission judge actually recommended that the Xbox 360 be banned from sale in the United States until Microsoft agreed to pay Motorola billions in owed royalties. Now the ITC committee gathered to render final judgment on the dispute has made a decision: The Xbox 360 will not be banned from sale in the US.
At the center of the dispute are technologies related to ActiveSync technology, an app that lets Microsoft's devices and software (Xbox, Windows, etc.) sync with mobile devices. Motorola claimed ActiveSync, as well as other video encoding and wi-fi connection technologies, in Microsoft's products violated its patents and demanded royalties as compensation. For example, Motorola wanted a 2.25 percent royalty fee on every Xbox 360 sold, costing Microsoft $1 billion in fees on the Xbox business alone. In total, Microsoft would have ended up paying Motorola $4 billion per year in royalties related to all its products.
Microsoft didn't deny that it should be a fee to Motorola for using these technologies. It claimed that the Google-owned company's demands were unreasonable since the tech in question were industry standards and FRAND commitments dictate that Motorola needs to license them at reasonable rates. Motorola wanted $4 billion, but Microsoft said it should only pay $1 million.
Judge James Robart sided with Microsoft on Tuesday, determining that Motorola's patents did indeed relate to FRAND-type technologies. Robart decided that once a reasonable fee is determined, Microsoft will have to pay that. A jury will determine whether that fee turns out to be at the hefty 2.25 percent rate Motorola sought at a later date. That rate will be the starting point for ongoing negotiations.
Microsoft didn't only get off the hook in the US. Motorola was also seeking a ban on the Xbox 360 in Germany, another legal landscape it was hoping to gain a foothold against Microsoft in. It was actually awarded the ban in May but that's not been struck down.
Even though it was doubtful the Xbox 360 would have been pulled from store shelves in the US, a number of organizations sprang to Microsoft's defense in the case last summer. Both the Entertainment Software Association and Activision Blizzard submitted statements to the ITC opposing the band claiming that multiple industries and corporations would "suffer commercial harm" by a potential ban.


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The Federal Reserve on Friday released transcripts of the eight meetings its policy committee held in 2007. The meetings occurred as the country was on the brink of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Throughout the year, the housing crisis deepened. Banks and hedge funds that had invested big in subprime mortgages were left with worthless assets as foreclosures rose. The damage reached the top echelons of Wall Street.
Beginning in September 2007, the Fed began to cut interest rates and took extraordinary steps to ease credit and shore up confidence in the banking system. But the transcripts also show members greatly underestimated the scope of the approaching financial crisis and how it would tip the U.S. economy into the worst recession since the Great Depression.
Below are excerpts from those meetings:
From the January 30-31 meeting
"Our goal has been, in some sense, to achieve a soft landing, and the question is whether we have missed the airport."
— Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
From the June 27-28 meeting
"I still feel the presence of a 600-pound gorilla in the room and that is the housing sector. The risk for further significant deterioration in the housing market, with house prices falling and mortgage delinquencies rising further, causes me appreciable angst."
__ Janet Yellen, then-president of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Yellen now is the vice chairman of the Fed.
From the Oct. 30-31 meeting
"Developments of financial markets on balance since the last meeting have been reassuring. The panic has receded. The disruptions are more contained."
— Timothy Geithner, then-president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in a reference to the banks and hedge funds that were facing huge losses because of the real estate crisis. Geithner later was named Treasury secretary in 2009.
"I think the economy is slowing. Even the non-housing part of the economy is slowing a bit. Housing prices are still obviously sliding down. We don't really claim to know much about where they're going to end up or where we are in that process, but it seems that they are falling and probably at an accelerating rate."
— Geithner.
"I think it is too early to say that we are out of the woods. ... The pace of deterioration in the housing sector has been more severe than we expected and the problems associated with housing finance seem far from resolution."
"I think the most likely outcome is that the economy will move forward toward a soft landing."
— Yellen.
"Except for those sectors (housing and manufacturing), there is a good bit of momentum in the economy."
— Bernanke, who also acknowledged that there was "an unusual amount of uncertainty" around the Fed's economic forecasts.
"The subprime market is a focus of angst, which it should be. ... Just to be polite, some cow patties might show up in the punchbowls of some portfolios, perhaps especially in Europe and Asia."
— Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
From the Dec. 11 meeting.
—"The result of this is that, although I do not expect insolvency or near insolvency among major financial institutions, they are certainly going to become more cautious."
— Bernanke.
—"We came up with this projection unimpaired and on nothing stronger than many late nights of diet Pepsi and vending-machine Twinkies."
—Fed economist Dave Stockton, explaining the Fed's optimistic economic outlook at the December meeting.


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Sam Fogel knows beer. But not so much in a palate-aroma-which-glass-is-best way. Instead, the Newton resident prefers to talk about the perfect anaerobic conditions, the right temperatures, and how stored carbohydrates are coaxed out of their endosperm to make lager or ale.
He's a microbiologist, and it's impossible for him to separate his scientific background from the search for a good-tasting brew. But his approach works because, it turns out, home brewing is one big science experiment.
On a recent morning, Fogel, 74, shared his take on a hobby that has exploded in popularity.
"My interest is communicating something about microbiological sciences," he said, sitting at his kitchen table between stages of lager making, the aroma of hops in the air. "So much of what we do in life these days is not hands on. It's pretty much a black box, electronically speaking at least. I turn my iPhone on and I don't know how it works really, but with beer making and hard cider making we can get our hands into it enough that we feel a connection with the process."
For the last four years, Fogel has taught home-brewing classes at the city-owned Newton Community Farm, where he also tends a small orchard of dwarf apple trees and provides instruction on urban gardening.
The science of suds isn't so different from his day job. Fogel and his wife, Margaret Findlay, own a lab in Watertown, Bioremediation Consulting Inc., where they breed anaerobic bacteria that eat noxious chemicals to keep them from polluting the environment. The yeasts in beer operate without oxygen just like his "bugs," as he calls them.
"My role is . . . to explain the formation of sugars from the barley and then the ethanol from the sugars," he said, preparing for his next round of beer-making classes. "And I sort of get a kick out of it."
In this case, Fogel's passion for microbiology happens to intersect with popular culture.
"There's more people brewing than ever," said Brian Powers, owner of Marlborough-based Strange Brew Beer & Wine Making Supplies. "It's like an experiment and you're drinking the results."
His customers are newbies as well as veteran brewers who are becoming more adventurous, trying out new ingredients such as acorns. Several factors have coincided to make this the "golden age of home brewing," said Powers.
"People just like good beer," he said. "I also think a few years back when the economy took a hit, a lot of people took up brewing at home because it's cheaper. It's a cost-effective way to drink quality beer. It's the stay-cation idea."
Stir into that the social aspect as well as the growing movement toward fresh and local in all things food related, and it's no wonder making beer at home is a robust avocation, Powers said.
Gary Glass, director of the American Homebrewers Association, based in Boulder, Colo., said suppliers nationally saw revenue grow 24 percent in 2011 over the previous year, fueled by the growing popularity of the DIY mindset and the locavore movement.
"People are supporting their local breweries, but you're not going to get any more local than brewing your own beer at home," said Glass.
As Fogel starts a new batch of lager in his Newton kitchen, water heats in a giant pot on the stove. He pours barley through a funnel and into a mesh bag that will act like a tea bag. When the temperature is right, the barley bag goes into the pot and the kitchen smells alternately of pine cones, rye bread, and warm forest.
Once the barley bag has steeped, the brew is known as wort, which must be brought to a boil before malt extract, and then hops, are added. After the hops cook for almost an hour, the wort is cooled quickly in an ice bath before it goes into a fermenter, which is essentially a large pail. Yeast is stirred in and a lid and airlock are secured so the fermenting can begin.
After about two months of fermenting, and once the alcohol is at the right level, Fogel says, he will add sugar to provide natural carbonation, bottle his brew, and think about sharing it with friends and family.
"I think it's good for him to use his scientific skills in a way that is more for fun than it is for business," said Fogel's son Michael.
The younger Fogel, an emergency room doctor, designed a label for his dad's beer years ago. Squirrel Shot Ale, named after the urban gardener's number one nemesis, is made with "two parts love, one part crazy, a dash of nut, and any of the backyard fruit that our furry little bandits didn't steal," according to the label.
Making beer fits nicely into an ethos that is tinged with "mad scientist" and infused with curiosity, said Michael Fogel, who fondly recalls being raised, along with his brother, by parents who both had research backgrounds (and doctorates).
"We were the sort of kids that learned about how combustion works with our birthday candles," he said. "It's really a way of looking at the world. They use that same approach in everything they do, from gardening to their health."
And the same unconventionality is on display in front of their home, where the front yard has been replaced with a vegetable garden that brings passing cars to a stop in the summer, Michael said.
Sam Fogel is optimistic that his experimental brew will yield a successful German-style, dark brown lager.
"It's always more interesting than most bottled beers," he said. "It's always the sort of thing where you say, 'Hmm, I did pretty good.' "Lisa Kocian can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @GlobeLisaKocian.


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Beginning in 1979, he has traveled throughout the United States sharing his knowledge of Ayurveda. In 1984 he came to Albuquerque as Director, principal instructor and founder of the Ayurvedic Institute. Vasant Lad is the author of numerous books and respected throughout the world for his knowledge of Ayurveda.
Vasant Lad is the author of numerous articles and many books, including
Ayurveda, The Science of Self-Healing and Secrets of the Pulse and co-author of The
Yoga of Herbs and Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing. His work from Harmony Books,
The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies, is a compendium of classic Ayurvedic
treatments for common and chronic ailments. He is the author of a series of textbooks on Ayurveda. The Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles, Volume 1 and The Textbook of Ayurveda: Clinical Assessment, Volume 2 are the first two of the four volume set covering the topics he teaches in his eight-month Ayurvedic Studies Program.
He is co-author of a book on marma therapy, Marma Points of Ayurveda. The third
volume of the textbook series on management of disease will be published by the autumn of 2009.
Vasant Lad presently is the Director of The Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque,
New Mexico and teaches the Ayurvedic Studies Programs, Level 1 and 2 as well as an
advanced program in India each year. Vasant Lad also travels throughout the world,
consulting privately and giving seminars on Ayurveda, its history, theory, principles and practical applications.


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Here is a tribute to our favorite e.e. esq. Put on your prettypants; it's gonna be a long one!
It all started two and a half years ago, when I took forty pictures of e.e. for the good of mankind. This was one of them.
Then she came to New York, and other things happened.
Good luck at law school, come back soon, and remember: NO DISPOSABLE CAMERAS. You're prettier than that.


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North Carolina Sustainable Building Design Competition
A version of this article appears in the November/December 2009 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
November 01, 2009
A sustainable future is not possible without the dedication of professionals, leaders, teachers, and students to bring about change in their communities. In the spirit of Earth Day, which is the observance of protecting the environment and the planet, professors, instructors, and community college and university students gathered at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina, to compete in the annual North Carolina Sustainable Building Design Competition (NCSBDC). The annual downtown Raleigh Earth Day observance brings in thousands of visitors, with the NCSBDC being one of many featured events. The NCSBDC introduces sustainable design and construction practices to community college and university students across North Carolina and beyond. Students form teams of three to five members and with the direction of their professors and mentors, design a residential or light commercial building for a particular region of North Carolina. After competing locally, the winners travel to the state event, and those winners compete at the national level. The competition is sponsored and managed by Advanced Energy and the North Carolina Solar Center in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. The program was the brainchild of Phil Mayrand Jr. of Topsail Island, North Carolina. Phil'...
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Aleek Saint-Aime was struck three times in a drive-by shooting on Third Street in Lakeland on Monday night. Lakeland Police detectives have made no arrests in the case.
LAKELAND | The boys spent Monday night on the porch, so engrossed with texting friends they barely noticed an SUV ease up to their West Third Street home.
Anthony Butts heard a pop. Then another. On the third, he saw a flash. Only then did Anthony, 14, realize bullets were flying at him and his younger cousin, Aleek Saint-Aime.
Anthony dived for cover, but his cousin stood, putting himself in the path of a barrage of gunshots. Anthony pulled Aleek to the floor and held him down. It was too late; the 12-year-old boy had been wounded.
Lakeland police detectives spent Tuesday investigating the drive-by shooting that sent Aleek to Lakeland Regional Medical Center with three gunshot wounds, but they made no arrests. Relatives think Anthony and Aleek were unintended targets, police said, and the shots may have been meant for another relative with gang ties.
Melissa Noel, Aleek's mother, told Bay News 9 the shooting might have been the result of turf wars between gangs.
"Just turn yourself in and get it over with," is her message to the shooter.
Police weren't sure of the cause.
"The detectives are going to have to look at every direction," said Capt. John Thomason, police spokesman.
Aleek, who attends Lakeland Highlands Middle School along with Anthony, was wounded in his right arm, right hip and lower left leg, relatives said. Family members drove him to LRMC immediately after the shooting. They expect him to recover, but worry the sixth-grader who loves pick-up football games may lose movement in his hand.
Surveying the damage at the home at 605 W. Third St., they counted 16 bullet holes riddling the home and said they realized how close other young family members had been to bullets that ripped through the living room.
Melinda Willis, Aleek's aunt, wanted to clean the house and return to the hospital, where doctors had scheduled him for surgery.
"Things aren't going to be normal for a while," Willis said Tuesday morning. "Nobody is crying yet, because this is like a dream."
Anthony, dazed from the previous night, sat on the porch, his cousin's blood staining the floor beneath his feet. With his serious expression and streak of blond through his short hair, he seemed older than 14 as he recalled the shooting.
The vehicle, which he described as a brown Chevrolet Suburban, paused outside the home for only five seconds, firing the shots sometime before 9 p.m. Monday. Anthony said he held onto Aleek until he heard the vehicle pull away.
Relatives inside the house screamed. Willis watched Aleek collapse onto the living room couch, she said. He climbed back to his feet, only to fall again.
Their home is about a mile from LRMC, so they didn't wait for an ambulance. "Why me, Mom?" Willis remembered Aleek asking his mother. "I didn't do anything."
Tuesday morning, Anthony already had begun experiencing mental trauma from the shooting: Flashes of light startled him, he said. He said he wondered whether the person who fired from the vehicle realized he and Aleek were on the darkened porch.
"I don't think they were trying to shoot people," he said, "just shoot at the house."
Police gathered Tuesday morning at Lakeland Highlands Middle School as a precaution. They charged two girls who fought in the parking lot, but police said it wasn't related to the shooting.
Oscar Wesley, a Lakeland Police resource officer at the school, interviewed students and said he thought the shooting wasn't precipitated by a school incident, including a fight Friday that ended with Anthony and another boy charged.
Anthony and Aleek make good grades and, other than the fight last week, don't have discipline problems, Lakeland Highlands Principal Donna Drisdom said.
She said she knows Aleek from seeing him in the hallways of school. When she heard about the shooting Monday night, she immediately drove to the house on West Third Street and also saw Aleek in his hospital room.
"You will do anything to make me miss my beauty sleep," she remembered telling him.
She said he smiled.
"Ms. Drisdom, I'm a good kid," she remembers him telling her. "I have nothing to do with this — I didn't deserve this, I was just on the porch."
Aleek then changed the subject to school: He wants to make sure he signed up for classes in music and theater. He wants to start playing sports. She reassured him time hadn't run out.
"And I want to get my homework," he told her, "so I don't fail."
Drisdom stayed at the hospital until 2:30 a.m., she said, leaving when he fell asleep.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Lakeland Police at 863-834-6900.
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Oil prices climbed to near $83 per barrel as a volatile week for crude ended with news of a burst of hiring in the U.S.
Here's a breakdown of how energy contracts traded Friday.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange:
Crude rose 39 cents to end at $82.98 per barrel.
Gasoline lost 3.84 cents to finish at $2.6476 per gallon.
Heating oil fell less than a penny to end at $2.8588 per gallon.
Natural gas lost 11.7 cents to finish at $3.481 per 1,000 cubic feet.
On the ICE Futures exchange in London:
Brent crude rose15 cents to end the day at $105.88 per barrel.


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Lansing ranks seventh among the best cities in Kansas for homeownership. That's according to a study from NerdWallet, a consumer advocacy website.
Lansing ranks seventh among the best cities in Kansas for homeownership. That's according to a study from NerdWallet, a consumer advocacy website.
"We were very pleased (with the ranking)" Lansing City Administrator Mike Smith said.
The city of Leavenworth didn't fare as well, ranking in 54th place in the study.
Maggie Clark, an analyst for NerdWallet who worked on the study, said the list was based on analysis of U.S. Census data.
"It's a purely data driven study," she said.
Clark said cities were ranked based on three factors ― homeownership rates, affordability and population growth.
She said Lansing was strong in the area of its homeownership rate, which is 80.7 percent.
Clark said Lansing also scored well in terms of affordability, which takes into account median incomes and home costs.
She said Lansing's weakest area was in population growth.
While the city is growing, there are other communities on the list with higher growth rates.
Smith said there are a lot of reasons why people want to purchase homes in Lansing including good schools, a low crime rate and strong parks and recreation services.
"I think that people just see us on the right track," he said.
Cities that finished ahead of Lansing on the list were Andover, Spring Hill, Derby, Bel Aire, Gardner and Park City.
Clark said the list is part of a national series NerdWallet is doing on homeownership.
"We're going state by state," she said.
She said Leavenworth was hurt in the rankings because of its low homeownership rate of 48.6 percent.
Clark said cities with a high percentage of rental properties don't do well in the study.
She also said the city has low population growth, but it is growing rather than decreasing.
Leavenworth Mayor Mark Preisinger attributed the low homeownership rate to the city's transient population.
He said this is largely due to Fort Leavenworth, which brings people to the community for a limited period of time.
He said many of the rental properties in the city are "higher end."
Preisinger said 23 percent of the city's rental properties rent for more than $1,500 per month. Statewide, the rate is 3.5 percent.
"We're seven times the state average on nice rental homes," he said.
Preisinger said a reduction in city property taxes of about 40 percent that is anticipated as a result of a new sales tax will make Leavenworth more competitive.
"I think we're moving in the right direction," he said.