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ABSENT A political earthquake, expect state Assemblyman Jared Huffman to be the next member of the House of Representatives from the new North Bay-North Coast Second Congressional District.
Huffman was the solid first-place finisher in the June 5 primary. With final unofficial results announced this week, he'll face off against Tiburon Republican Dan Roberts in November.
Given that 50 percent of Second District voters are registered Democrats and that the 21.6 percent of district voters who are unaffiliated with a party tend to vote for Democrats, Huffman can start searching for Washington, D.C., accommodations.
District voters are so heavily Democratic that Huffman, 48, will keep the seat for as long as he wishes. Given his youth, his tenure could exceed the 20 years that Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, will have served when she retires in December.
A graduate of UC Santa Barbara and Georgetown Law, the Missouri native is wise enough not to fantasize about a U.S. Senate run. He plans to craft a House career focusing on environmental issues.
From the moment the Citizens Redistricting Commission unveiled the Second District's boundaries, it was clear the district was ideal for Huffman. Enjoying wide support in Marin, the district's largest population center, the San Rafael Democrat is an environmentalist in a coastal district that's bright green. Only 22.5 percent of district voters are Republicans.
The northern portion of the new district was long represented by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena. A moderate "Blue Dog" Democrat, Thompson is immensely popular on the North Coast, even earning respect from its business community. When redistricting put him in a new Santa Rosa-Napa district, Thompson endorsed Huffman, giving him the North Coast's equivalent of the seal of approval.
The Democratic Party's progressive wing never warmed up to Huffman, criticizing him as a "mainstream Democrat." That may have been just what voters were looking for.
The left yearned for a candidate more in tune with Woolsey. Her philosophical heir was Norman Solomon of Inverness, a "peace and justice" progressive cast in the mold of Ohio's Dennis Kucinich and Oakland's Barbara Lee.
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Progressives were plagued by a surplus of candidates. Solomon, along with Marin Supervisor Susan Adams, Petaluma Councilmember Tiffany Renee and North Coast activists Andy Caffrey and William Courtney, divided the progressives. Even bit players such as Caffrey played a role. Had he not run, his 1,470 votes should have gone to Solomon — putting him into the runoff instead of Roberts.
It's a mistake to conclude that the district is more to the left than it really is. While Woolsey often brags that her super-progressive views mimic those of her Marin-Sonoma constituents, election returns demonstrated otherwise. Combine all of the progressive candidates and they only received 28.1 percent of the vote.
Huffman, who is more of a pragmatist than an ideologue, got 38.1 percent. Add to that the votes that went to the relatively moderate Stacey Lawson (9.7 percent) and two Republicans (20.8 percent) and the numbers show a district more center-left than hard left.
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Luchino Visconti (Count don Luchino Visconti di Modrone) was a film director, true, but he was also a nobleman and a grand patron of traditional European culture: opera, art, music, crafts and literature. These interests enliven many of his films, but few have been so inspired as the four-hour epic,… More Luchino Visconti (Count don Luchino Visconti di Modrone) was a film director, true, but he was also a nobleman and a grand patron of traditional European culture: opera, art, music, crafts and literature. These interests enliven many of his films, but few have been so inspired as the four-hour epic, Ludwig, about the castle-building "mad king" of Bavaria. This long film, made very near the end of Visconti's life, suffers greatly when shortened, as every moment is essential to the story. There are at least four different versions of the film (from just under three hours to over four hours in length); the uncut four-hour version is the most coherent, even though many might find it rather long. The disintegration of aristocratic individuals is a continuing theme of Visconti's, though Ludwig's is the most thorough decay he filmed. The last ruling king of Bavaria (1845-1886) is noted for many things besides his eccentricities: he sold Bavaria to Germany, ending the rule of the Bavarian monarchy; he built amazing castles all over his country (with the proceeds from the sale); and he was Richard Wagner's main sponsor. He was also a notorious recluse, conducting a lifelong platonic love affair with Empress Elizabeth of Austria, and finally succumbing to his adoration of handsome men in a series of outrageous affairs and orgies. His excesses eventually led to his being declared mentally incompetent and being held prisoner in his own castle. The film depicts this incredible life from his coronation at age 19 to his (unproved) assassination well over 20 years later. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
Visconti has been such an intelligent film maker in the past that it's difficult to believe that Ludwig could be quite as bereft of ideas as it is.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Nora Ricci
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I kind of had the idea that must be it, I just wasn't sure. I don't have any idea of any computer terms except off and on. Anything more involved and I have to get my granddaughter to help! LOL Appreciate your time.
Sometimes it is not just buying names it is creating domains based on a gamble of what might be of interest later on by another individual or organization.
In the case of the political domains there is no "alleged" purchases. Mr. Radel admitted to purchasing the names and was forced by public opinion to relinquish ownership. It should be mentioned that he purchased those names in March of 2011 long before he declared he was seeking the CD19 seat.
In the case of the the porn domains there is no evidence that he purchased those names from a third party. Instead the evidence shows that these names were created. Mr. Radel states he takes full responsibility and then passes the blame to phantom "sub contractors". I say phantom because Mr. Radel has been asked on many occasions to supply the 1099 forms to prove he actually had sub contractors. He has refused. It should be noted that none of these "sub contractors" have come forward in support of Mr. Radel with documented proof that they actually did engage in the purchase of the domains with Mr. Radel.
Final, it should be noted that Mr. Radel has changed his timeline on several different occasions and refused to address these issues when asked by editorial boards.
I have concerns as to why Mr. Radel touted his business expertise yet in his bio he omitted Trey Enterprises, Inc. which is the company on record holding the porn domain names.
I have further concerns that rather than addressing these issues head on he has chosen his wife to fight his battles. In my opinion, this shows not only a lack of character but a weakness not needed in Washington.
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I would like to do a better job of recycling the plastic bottles and cans that we throw away at the school. Will you guys help me please?
After just one or two days of classes the school produces enough plastic bottles and cans to fill the blue recycling bin. I brought the recycling bin in over a year ago when Cabarrus County passed its recycling law. Unfortunately,the law is not enforced and Peak Fitness does not pay for recycling, therefore there is no service at the gym. So, we will have to do it on our own. I will be in charge of the recycling but I need all of you to help me. It may seem petty, but if you saw how many bottles FTW produces everyday, you would understand. Plus the fact that the bottles take up so much space in our landfills and take THOUSANDS of years to biodegrade. http://www.benefits-of-recycling.com/recycleplastics.html The blue bin is located next to the drink machine by the front door. Some of you have been using it (thank you) but based on the number of bottles that I pick out of the garbage cans...most people don't. I really don't like sticking my hands in the garbage cans...so if you could please throw any bottles or cans in the blue bin that would help me a lot. I will pack them up and get rid of them. Actually, one of the students in the Kids Class is a Boy Scout and his dad told me that the Boy Scouts get credit for bottles and cans so I will be giving the recyclables to him. We will be helping to save the environment and helping the Boy Scouts at the sam time! Thanks, Guys : ) |
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends $500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only $53 annually on the victims of poverty.
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.
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It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
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Being poor is a little like having an earache over a Bank Holiday. All you can think about is the pain and how long it will be before a healing hand can be found to take away the anguish.
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Of course, for a lot of people, death was a welcome change. Grinding poverty takes the edge off most things, including life.
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Ten budget inkjet printers
Bargain basement all-in-ones
Posted in Hardware, 7th July 2012 07:00 GMT
Product Round-up As money continues to be tight, buying a new all-in-one often takes a back seat. However, if an old machine has died, or a son or daughter needs something to print coursework, you may be forced to flex a card. On the up side, you could be surprised at some of the bargains which are available in the inkjet market.
You can pick up a serviceable machine for under £40 and one with a touchscreen, wireless and economical separate ink cartridges for £50. Even at these squeezed asking prices, you don't have to pay the balance in increased cartridge costs. There really are some bargains out there.
Brother DCP-J125
With Brother's signature gentle curve to its lid, this machine is the company's entry-level all-in-one. Its festures a small, but effective colour LCD and a simple control panel which handles scan, copy and photo print. In the front panel is a dual SD/MemoryStick card slot and a 100-sheet paper cassette, with USB the only data connection.
Under test I only saw a maximum black print speed of 3.2ppm, against a claim of 33ppm. Print quality is fair for black, but a bit insipid for colour, particularly in copies. Ink costs, at 1.6p per page black and 7.6p colour are good for a budget printer. The price might look high, but discounted it drops to around £65.
Reg Rating 70%
Price £90
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Brother MFC-J430W
A few steps up the range, Brother offers the MFC-J430W, with built-in 20-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) and fax, as well as print, copy and scan – no photo print, though. A 51mm LCD screen works with a well laid-out control panel and there's a 100sheet paper cassette. WiFi and USB are supported, with WPS setup for the wireless.
I measured a maximum black print speed of 7.7ppm, healthy for this class of machine, with 4.8ppm for colour. Text print looks a little fuzzy and colour is light, more so in copies. At 2.6p and 7.6p for black and colour print, it's reasonable to run and is discounted to around £90.
Reg Rating 65%
Price £108
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Canon PIXMA MG2150
A lightly textured black case, holds a simple flatbed scanner to the right of a busy control panel with only two, seven-segment LEDs for display. The front panel folds down as input and output trays and cartridges load awkwardly from the front, too. USB is the only data connection.
I recorded print speeds of 6.9ppm black and 1.7ppm colour, with the colour speed slow for class. Black and colour print is among the best you'll see under £100 and software for HD video frame print and Web page collage is useful. Ink costs are around 3.2p for black and 7.8p for colour and the use of a tri-colour cartridge may put running costs up further.
Reg Rating 65%
Price £49
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Epson SX235W
Although a budget printer, this machine offers a wireless link as well as USB. There's no LCD display and a sparsely arranged control panel, spread across an angled flap above the output tray. The scanner lid is a bit flimsy and scanned and copied pages are lighter than originals.
Black print quality is marred by some jaggies and occasion head-pass misalignment, but colours are bright and photos are good. The black speed is low, at 3.9ppm, but colour speed is very low at 1.1ppm. Ink costs, if you use the high-yield cartridges, are good for black, at 1.5p, but high for colour, at 10.0p.
Reg Rating 60%
Price £50
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Epson Stylus Office BX305FW Plus
If you need an all-in-one with an ADF and fax facilities in your home office, there are budget machines like this one. It has a two-line, mono LCD and a slightly crowded control panel, but there's also a memory card slot and fax quick-dials. Epson quotes silly speeds and I saw 3.8ppm (black) and 1.3ppm (colour), which is slow and very slow, respectively.
Print quality is fair, but with some fuzziness on black text. Ink costs are 2.6p for black and 9.5p for colour, which are a little high. The printer has recently been reduced in price, but not quite as far as the Lexmark Interpret S405.
Reg Rating 60%
Price £90
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HP Deskjet 3050A
A discreet little all-in one, with its light grey body and two-tone brown top. Unusually for HP, paper flows from a tray at the back to a fold-down tray at the front. Also unusually, It has a hinged control panel with a mono LCD display and membrane control buttons around the edges. The screen uses an ugly font, but is otherwise very serviceable, and there's wireless as well as USB, with software for mobile print.
HP claims an honest 5.5ppm and 4ppm for black and colour print and I measured 6.4ppm and 2.2ppm, both reasonable. Print quality is OK, with a good draft mode, but ink costs are high, at 4.8p per black page and 11.8p per colour one.
Reg Rating 80%
Price £40
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HP Photosmart 5510
Another from HP's brown school of all-in-ones, this machine offers touch screen control from a 50mm display and the same ePrint and direct print services over wireless from mobiles as its cheaper sibling. Paper feeds from and to the front and it uses four separate ink cartridges for economy. SD and MemoryStick cards are supported.
HP claims 11ppm and 7.5ppm for black and colour print and I saw 9.2ppm and 4.6ppm; not far off and very good speeds for class. Print quality is also very good, with sharp blacks, bright colours and excellent photo prints. Ink costs are 2.2p for black and 6.6p for colour, both more than reasonable for a budget printer.
Reg Rating 90%
Price £70
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Kodak ESP 1.2
Kodak's entry-level range of printers has been extended with this robust and functional all-in-one. The small, but useable, LCD screen is now front right, bordered by true touch buttons, which are positive to use. SD and MemoryStick slots cater for photo upload and there are twin ink cartridges, black and tri-colour. Kodak makes much of its remote and direct print software for mobile devices and this certainly adds value.
True print speeds, at 8.1ppm and 3.5ppm are among the best in this group and print quality is good throughout, with deep black and bright colours. Ink costs are very low, at 1.6p and 4.4p for black and colour pages, though the tri-colour cartridge can increase waste.
Reg Rating 80%
Price £69
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Kodak ESP 3.2
There are only slight differences between this machine and the £10 cheaper ESP 1.2. The first is a true touchscreen, with a longer diagonal of 61mm, which makes control easier and shows bigger photo thumbnails. Although the printer also uses the same print engine, Kodak claims to have tweaked it to produce speeds of 8ppm and 5.5ppm.
Under test, though, I only saw small increases, and measured 8.6ppm and 3.7ppm for black and colour. Print quality is good on both plain and photo paper. Running costs are the same as from the cheaper machine, too, though these are very good on both.
Reg Rating 75%
Price £79
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Lexmark Interpret S405
Looking slightly long in the tooth, Lexmark's entry-level all-in-one is a big, pragmatic machine. Though it only has a two-line, mono LCD, it provides a PictBridge socket for cameras, as well as SD and MemoryStick and there's a 35-sheet ADF, which works well with its fax support.
Rated at 17ppm and 11ppm printing black and colour, I only saw 6.8ppm and 4.1ppm, but the colour speed, in particular, is good. Print quality is OK on both plain and photo paper, but running costs are high, at 3.9p for black and 11.5p for colour. Despite what appears to be a high price for the printer, it can be had for around £50, online. ®
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Price £133
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August 28, 2009The Fall 2009 open lab schedule starts today: gds.parkland.edu/gds/studio/hours.html. Please note that there will be no open lab on Monday Sept 7 (Labor Day). In addition to C138 open lab hours, student may also use M108 which has 8 Macintosh stations with the same software installed as in C138. Some instructors may allow select students to sit in the back of C138 during their classes. Please ask for permission before doing so.
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August 17, 2009Responsible graphic design students wanted for paid lab monitor positions. You are comfortable with Macintosh OSX and graphic design software. You also enjoy helping other students. No prior experience necessary, but preference will be given to GDS students with 2 or more completed classes. Students must maintain a minimum enrollment of 6 credit hours, and have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better. Please fill out an application at the Career Center (A175). Also check this page for available hours.
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October 2, 2008There will be no open lab between 11am-1pm on Mon Oct 13 due to a midterm exam.
Angel Firefox 3 Update
September 23, 2008The HTML editor and the INSERT LINK function in Angel has now been fixed for Firefox 3. If you experience any further problems with Angel, please email Paul Young <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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Just Cause
Take 500gms of Mercenaries and whisk in two cups of sugared Far Cry. Add a knob of half-fat Need for Speed and mix consistently until light and frothy. Leave mixture to settle in the shadow of more original creations and then pour carefully over a vast pre-prepared Grand Theft Auto biscuit base, before placing in the development oven for approximately eighteen months. When ready, serve warm, and add a sprinkle of Derivative chocolate flakes for that welcomingly familiar yet strangely uninspired aftertaste.
As a brief (and somewhat abstract) appraisal of Just Cause, the above paragraph is perhaps a little harsh on an otherwise impressive next-generation title. From an aesthetic point of view, Just Cause often performs well above that which Xbox 360 owners have seen thus far in the console's evolution, and its graphics are particularly noteworthy for provoking genuine moments of open-mouthed admiration. Also, the sheer scope of San Esperito's closely clustered islands is a wonder to behold and an almost intimidating environmental gameplay prospect - especially when armed with the knowledge that it holds virtually unrestricted free-roaming opportunities along with a mind-boggling 1,025 square kilometres and countless settlements, villages, and towns. Game sound, music, and vocal performances also rank highly when judging Just Cause in a compartmentalised nature, and collectively they form a near perfect accompaniment to the obvious gut punch provided by the sprawling game world and its ambitious visuals.
Yes, Just Cause is visually stunning, but its graphical prowess emerges from plunging the bucket of inspiration into Ubisoft's Far Cry well and then tagging on airborne moments of eye-bulging appreciation to help ram home the next-generation impact. The game's free-roaming exploratory approach, whether on foot, in a car, on a bike, in a boat, or a plane, is a massive accomplishment that evokes considerable player immersion, but it will arrive as nothing remotely original for those already familiar with Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series. When traversing the seemingly endless flow of roads on San Esposito, players can look forward to bouts of breathtakingly fast street-racing that smacks heavily of EA's Need for Speed, while also attempting to avoid the attentions of pursuing police and cartel members on roads and highways teeming with perilous traffic. And, during the frequent moments of foot-bound gunplay, or while manning static or vehicular gun turrets, etc., Just Cause offers up some seriously satisfying death and destruction that's almost as much fun as the carnage first visited in LucasArts' Mercenaries.
Just Cause screams 'next-generation' and is certainly far more worthy of gracing the Xbox 360 than certain other supposedly top-draw titles - generally franchise releases guilty of merely applying polishing to current-generation titles while adding nothing by way of expansion. But it's also somewhat of a picture postcard representation of various other contributing videogames. Whether players choose to level comparisons against Just Cause (and we all do) will likely be the deciding factor on how high it rises in terms of memorable videogame experiences. However, before those gamers who hold the likes of Grand Theft Auto and Far Cry close to their hearts turn up their noses and adopt the purist's view against the derivative undertones laced throughout Just Cause, it is worth reading on to absorb some of the game's more outrageously themed plus points.
The narrative structure of Just Cause unfurls around Roco Rodriguez, a top secret agent whose mission is to infiltrate the tropical island country of San Esperito and successfully destabilise its corrupt government. Using explosive and deadly undercover mission techniques, Rodriguez must navigate the various regions of San Esperito and cause havoc throughout the government-controlled settlements by instigating uprisings for the People's Revolutionary Army, and playing rival drug cartels against one another in exchanges of destruction. To help his 'just cause', Rodriguez is backed up by a progressive safe-house system scattered throughout the network of islands, and also a support team that issue missions and provide valuable related information. Working his way into the mind of the people by leading mini-revolutions, and sliding ever deeper into the service of the cartels, Rodriguez must gradually work his way towards the toppling of San Esperito's ruling hand, President General Salvador Mendoza.
In order to help distinguish itself from the whole host of free-roaming (often crime-oriented) action adventures that exist in the videogame market today, Just Cause implements a death defying stunt-based aspect that allows players to quickly traverse environments that would be otherwise inaccessible. Whether skydiving off a bridge into a deep ravine, hurling himself from an aeroplane, or parasailing off the back of a motor boat or speeding car, Rodriguez is able to instantly (and repeatedly) deploy a parachute to creatively move from place to place and fire off a grapple gun to help hitch rides. Ignoring the physical banality of Rodriguez wearing a parachute that never needs re-packing (or ever arouses suspicion amid the cartels), using a grapple gun that doesn't tear his arm from its socket, or jumping from a helicopter's cockpit, over its savage blades and leaping into a freefall, the sheer thrill of executing these gameplay features more than allows for a willing sense of disbelief. In fact, players may even find themselves stopping mid-mission after encountering a new mountainous plateau or impressive bridge drop, just to throw Rodriguez into the void and enjoy the ensuing fall.
Just Cause opens with Rodriguez leaping spectacularly from a plane and hurtling down toward the San Esperito coastline. A swift tap of the 'A' button deploys the parachute and players can then revel in the absolute calming beauty of the game's visuals before lazily landing Rodriguez on the beach to meet his contact, Tom Sheldon, who is pinned down in a gunfight. Yet, the impressive stunts and physical capabilities at the player's disposal also contribute to one of the game's most prominent errors. Upon starting the game, this reviewer inquisitively chose not to open the parachute when prompted, and instead allowed Rodriguez to plummet toward the onrushing ocean. You'd expect the final result to be representative of real life: an instant and messy death. Surprisingly, Rodriguez simply plunged unharmed into the waiting water, whereupon swimming instructions popped up on screen. The same happens when falling off buildings or plunging vehicles into ravines, as Rodriguez invariably walks away unharmed or with a minimal depletion of his health. Even massive gunfights (and there are many) reduce his health so incrementally that it's barely noticeable. With the exception of slamming a helicopter or plane into the ground and being engulfed in a ball of flame, Rodriguez seems almost invincible, which does damage the game's impact overall in terms of walking the fine line between fantasy and reality - especially as the premise of the game is distinctly realistic.
Despite the occasional glitch in the game's physical mechanics, it's difficult not to like Just Cause. The warm and accessible familiarity of the gameplay - regardless of the GTA parallels- is a good thing. The frenetic immediacy of the uprisings and the power of their resulting fire fights is thoroughly entertaining as well as graphically hard hitting - despite the obvious Far Cry similarities. The sense of absolute speed when behind the wheel (or controls) of some of the game's more 'beefy' land and sea vehicles is always thrilling, and doesn't fall far short of the Need for Speed blueprint. And the visceral satisfaction delivered from mowing through enemies, bringing down helicopters, blowing out car tyres and windscreens, and using timed and remote C4 to blow up barricades, cars, and structures might fall short of excess - but is still a fitting nod to Mercenaries.
While some players may bemoan the eventual dip in mission variety attached to the game's narrative (and inherent in most games of this variety), the steady widening of geographical coverage across the islands does offer up plenty of interesting assignments and a seemingly never-ending succession of related side missions for the attainment of fresh vehicles and weaponry - although the continual forestry, jungle, dirt road surroundings may tarnish the shine somewhat. If that's the case, then simply hijacking a helicopter, taking it to its full ceiling capacity, and then parachuting back to the islands while drinking in the absolute beauty of the surroundings soon reiterates the classy power of Just Cause and washes out any dulling of the senses.


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If you haven't yet heard of the PC videogame Minecraft, it's a do-it-yourself digital environment concerning itself with constructing vast structures from mere pixel blocks. Primitive in a sense, the addictive game has garnered a strong fanbase including famed DJ Deadmau5 and a slew of collaborations including the likes of Sony. Lego counts itself in the Minecraft craze with a new 480 piece themed set complete with all the essentials to make that digital fort a reality. Fans can pick up the exclusive set when it drops this Summer via pre-order at J!nx.
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"Q98's Finish That!"
In order to see Chevelle for free you have to know their music a little bit. "Q98's Finish That" is how you prove that you are a true Chevelle fan. We will give you the first line or so to a Chevelle song, and when we are done, that is when you come in. Be caller #9 at 234-9898 and if you can finish the line of the song that we play you get tickets to see Chevelle live at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 14th!


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This morning I took in the headlines from the new School Food Plan both as 'Head of Policy for the Soil Association-led Food for Life Partnership' and as a Mum who knows how hard it is to get my children to eat well. Soon I was surrounded by other Mums with school-age children, some saying how great their school meals were, some saying they wished their child's school was like the ones on the news with their food growing gardens, but all saying they didn't like the sound of banning packed lunches.
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Catering for schools in Plymouth
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At the Education Catering Service in Plymouth, we provide our high quality, locally sourced, fresh and seasonal school food to the majority of primary and special schools across Plymouth, as well as individual contracts with newly converted primary and secondary academies. In 2005, when I came into post, the team immediately started work on reviewing all our school kitchens: were they fit for purpose? And - even more importantly - was the food we were sourcing and putting on our menus fit for purpose?
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September is here and we might feel justified this year in finally giving up on the summer and embracing the new (school) year. Unlike the chilly, dark and bleak new year in January, the September new year is a more fruitful affair. Both in the sense of a new beginning for children starting school or moving up a year and in the sense that the new season's Bramleys are here, Victoria plums are putting in an appearance and, whilst the Discoveries may be all but over, we have months of apply joy to look forward to. So for me, we should light the fireworks and make the resolutions in September not January, but perhaps that's just the teacher in me.
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It can be done
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Just got out of the Food for Life Partnership workshop at the conference. I can listen all day to the impact the programme has had in schools, and I was particularly taken with both Doug Bone, the head of Wandle Valley school in Sutton, and Stephanie Wood from School Food Matters.
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A great day for school food
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It's not always about winning of course, but the fact the Food for Life Partnership (FFLP) has today won the Derek Cooper Award at the 2011 BBC Food & Farming Awards feels very well deserved.
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Hardwood Paroxysm recalls the brief and brilliant career of Richard Dumas. This is an excellent read, Suns fans.
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The owners' position takes a hit. Tom Ziller continues to kill it with his lockout coverage.
This is a few days old, but vaguely draft-related. Summer League is awesome sauce and it would have been nice to see [insert #13 pick here] get some burn against fellow scrubs aspiring NBA stars as well as some extended looks at Garret Siler and Gani Lawal.
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The Phoenix Suns playoff hopes dwindled with another loss, this time to the Dallas Mavericks. A fine defensive effort is wasted on a terrible shooting night for the Suns
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My two year old was very interested in my Syrah at dinner tonight. It's a red wine, I told her helpfully.
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A number of people have asked me how many stars appear in the Cocoon nebula 3-frame mosaic. I use a program called Registar to link separate frames together so I can see how they all fit – and Registar will also do a "star count" for the stars in the image (I don't think it is accurate to the level of a star ) Anyway – Registar says there are 68,200 in this image – always turns out to be a LOT less than you would guess.
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so whose anticipating an announcement tomorrow about the DLC who think well get one and what do yuo think the'll let us know
so whose anticipating an announcement tomorrow about the DLC who think well get one and what do yuo think the'll let us know
I'm anticipating people to get their hopes up only to be let down again. Sadly, one of those people will be me .
Im hoping for one
but there probably wont be one, and Ill be sorely disappointed
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**Will not be removed until The Queen is Dead is offered as DLC. (3/25/10)
I'm not really expecting anything. If something comes, fine. I'm not going to get myself worked up about something that may or may not even happen. Speculating about possible announcements, which album, when, singles, etc. isn't something that interests me all that much at this point.
"I prefer to listen to Cheap Trick"
- Homer Simpson
If I may speculate...
In all likelihood, HMX will release more DLC, it will just be a couple more months.
They probably had to take time to decide what to do next, and they want to get ahead of the curve before they commit themselves to anything.
I would be very shocked if there was an announcement tomorrow. However, I would be equally shocked if there was no announcement by the end of February.
The message of life:
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."
I REALLY doubt they're going to wait until the end of February to release any DLC. By then, they would loss a lot of interest in DLC because it would be so long since we've had any. If we don't get any (or an announcement of any) before mid-February, probably sooner, we won't get any more DLC.
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Now please
In my opinion, the DLC has to come out next week. Harmonix is fantastic when it comes to keeping up with regular DLC. To skip a month would cause a bunch of uncertainty and inconsistency. Maybe they release one in February, then who knows? Do we get March? Maybe July? I don't know if you recall MostSpartan14, but I did make a thread concerning this a while ago.
At that time, you said just be patient because you anticipated more for sure. Now you're bringing up the point that people are losing interest if there is too long of a break in between DLC, which was exactly the point I made a few weeks ago.
I really do hope there is more, even though I'm a huge The Beatles: Rock Band player and supporter, I don't like how this DLC situation is being handled.
I don't remember this thread (there have been A LOT like this over the past couple of weeks) but, a few weeks ago it hadn't even been a month since Rubber Soul was released. Then we were still on schedule for DLC and there was no reason to worry. Now that it has been just about a month, it's time to start getting a little concerned. I still think we'll get more but if we don't in the next 2 weeks, I don't think so anymore.
I won't be disappointed if there is no announcement tomorrow. I Will be disappointed if they cancel DLC...
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US Airlines Say they are "Green" while fighting Anti-Pollution Efforts: Dirty Wings
If an airline claims to be "green", but is actively working to gut carbon pollution standards what would you do? Since that is exactly what America, Continental, and United airlines are doing, major environmental groups sent a letter to the airlines asking them why they are spending their customers' money on lawyers and lobbyists in an effort to thwart crucial carbon pollution cuts.
In the letter, NRDC, Environmental Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice, Environment America, and the Sierra Club urged the airlines to "drop the lawsuit, and join the future of low-carbon aviation by making your actions consistent with your words" (see American Airlines letter and United/Continental Airlines letter). In addition to the letter, the Environmental Defense Fund has asked the airlines to run an ad in their in-flight magazines (the ones in the seat pocket) that urge the airlines to start flying cleaner.
The companies recently each touted their environmental responsibility while at the same time bringing a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice against the European Union's efforts to reduce carbon pollution from aviation. American Airlines claimed that it:
"is committed to identifying and implementing programs to reduce our environmental impact".
United and Continental claimed in their Eco-Skies campaign that:
That sounds hypocritical to me. After all, aviation is a major source of the carbon pollution that is causing global warming and its emissions are rapidly increasing – projected to grow 3-4 percent per year. Since 1997 there have been global negotiations to try to craft a strategy to address aviation's global warming pollution. After years and years of waiting for that solution to be agreed the European's got frustrated with the pace of the discussions, so they took the reasonable step to implement a program at home. After all, that is a position that the US has argued should be a cornerstone of global efforts to address global warming – key countries taking action at home.
The EU's program would require that all airlines flying to and from Europe reduce their carbon pollution. It is the law of the land in Europe and will go into effect in 2012 for all airlines that take off or land in Europe. It is a reasonable, modest, and critical effort to begin to address this uncontrolled source of carbon pollution. So the claims of American, Continental, and United just don't stand up. And if successful, their lawsuit would undermine common-sense programs to address the major environmental threat of this decade – global warming. That isn't environmental protection…that is path to environmental destruction.
So American, Continental, and United airlines it is time to turn your green claims into real green actions. Drop the lawsuit, comply with the law, and reduce your carbon pollution.
EDF has a good blog with more details.
This post originally appeared on NRDC's staff blog Switchboard.
Jake Schmidt is the international climate policy director at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Read his blog at http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jschmidt/.
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Release Date: 10/30/2012
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Disc 1
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1. When Can I See You Again?
2. Wreck ~ It, Wreck
3. Celebration
4. Sugar Rush
5. Bug Hunt (Noisia Remix)
6. Shut Up and Drive
7. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Wreck
8. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Life In The Arcade
9. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Jumping Ship
10. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Rocket Fiasco
11. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Vanellope Von Schweetz
12. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Royal Raceway
13. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Cupcake Breakout
14. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Candy Vandals
15. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Turbo Flashback
16. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Laffy Taffies
17. Wreck ~ It Ralph: One Minute To Win It
18. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Vanellope's Hideout
19. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Messing With The Program
20. Wreck ~ It Ralph: King Candy
21. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Broken
22. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Out Of The Penthouse, Off To The Race
23. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Sugar Rush Showdown
24. Wreck ~ It Ralph: You're My Hero
25. Wreck ~ It Ralph: Arcade Finale
26. [CD ~ ROM Track]
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Audio Mixer: Alan Meyerson. | |
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The team behind Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, the tale of a video game villain who wants to go good, committed to authenticity at every level of the movie, from including Q-Bert and and Clyde (aka the orange ghost from Pac-Man) as minor characters to making sure the film's music conveyed the golden age of arcade games and the feel of the games that followed. Wreck-It-Ralph shows that composer Henry Jackman and the other artists featured here did an impressive job of capturing that spirit without getting geeky enough to alienate anyone not steeped in gamer culture. That said, this soundtrack relishes that culture, most notably on "Wreck-It, Wreck-It-Ralph" by Buckner & Garcia, the duo who had their fingers on the pulse of the early '80s with "Pac-Man Fever." While "Wreck-It, Wreck-It Ralph" isn't quite as charmingly wacky as its predecessor, it still harks back to a time when a hit song could be written about a video game, instead of a game including a hit song on its soundtrack. Elsewhere, the J-pop group AKB48 embodies the kawaii feel of many Japanese games with the theme song for the candy-based racing game "Sugar Rush," while Skrillex's "Bug Hunt (Noisia Remix)" delivers a more-than-reasonable facsimile of the tense, aggressive music that soundtracks the first-person shooters of the 21st century. Jackman's score mostly follows suit, especially when it incorporates electronic elements as on "Royal Raceway"'s bleepy synth-pop paradise, the brilliantly rudimentary 8-bit doodles of "Life in the Arcade," or the relentless beat of "Rocket Fiasco." However, Jackman's music also relies heavily on orchestral arrangements that, while perfectly effective and even inspired in some cases ("Vanellope von Schweetz"'s playful pauses and dynamics recall the way Looney Tunes used these kind of cues) aren't quite as distinctive as an all- or mostly electronic score would have been. While Wreck-It-Ralph misses out on being a Tron for the preteen set, the soundtrack still scores high when it comes to playfulness and devotion to its subject matter. ~ Heather Phares | |
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Man On A Ledge (Ost) | |
Winnie The Pooh (Ost) |
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Release Date : 10/30/2012 | |
Original Release Date : 2012 | |
Catalog ID : 001809002 | |
Label : Walt Disney | |
Number of Discs : 1 | |
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If your birthday is anywhere January-April you have boy/girl twins, both names come from here (use first set of lists): http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
If your birthday is anywhere May-August you have boy/boy twins, both names come from here: http://www.angelfire.com/id2/heather..._up_names.html
If your birthday is anywhere September-December you have girl/girl, names from here (use summer names list for fn & winter for middle):http://www.mindfulmum.co.uk/baby-nam...mes-for-girls/
If your favorite sport is volleyball or basketball you have g/g/b triplets, both names come from here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1739128.html
If you favorite sport is softball/baseball or football you have b/b/g triplets, both names come from here:http://nameberry.com/list/264/Hipster-Baby-Names
If you like any other sport you pick the gender and use your favorite name.
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Posted on | October 26, 2011 | 1 Comment
I just started raising money for the run for the US Senate. First thing, that I need to do, is pay $3,420 registration fee, to be on the ballot in the state of CA. I just received $270, have $3,150 more to go to register to run in CA Senate race.
My web site for the senate race will be ready shortly. When you donate for my race, please write "Orly Taitz for US Senate 2012″
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October 27th, 2011 @ 8:40 amWhat happened to the visit to the congressmen? I thought you would hear something within one week. I guess they don't count their weeks like the rest of us do.
One more false promise by those elected(criminals) to "do" something for the regular law-abiding citizens.
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