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Irsik made a secret trip to Germany over Fall Break – no one, not her family, roommates or boyfriend, knew about it. One of Irsik's roommates, Megan Nolan, told The Bulletin that Irsik said she was "going home" over the break, which she assumed meant Irsik was visiting her grandmother in Wichita. When Irsik hadn't returned to campus the evening of Oct. 22, Nolan and her other roommate, who declined an interview with The Bulletin, contacted their Resident Assistant who then contacted campus police.
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Megan Finkeldei, a family friend who spearheaded the Facebook group, posted the following at approximately noon today:
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all ive seen of league of legends is gemplay footage on youtube and IT LOOKS RETARDED. the minions look gay and they light up red every time they take damage (WHICH JUST LOOKS SUPER ANNOYING) i dont know if yo can turn that off but it just annoyed me so much i never got to downloading it and playing
so my question is, ive heard league of legends sucks balls....
why does it suck?
or whats good about it?
what did you like to dislike about league of legends? should i "try" it??
still too lazy. rather play hon
i played it for 5 minutes and couldnt take anymore of the cartoon graphics,exagerated colors,and ragnarok/grand chase like heroes,everything in that game is like,really gay,you dont play it after playing hon or even old war 3 dota
i played it, its ok for a free game.
Ok you know General Discussion means not really general. It means general but related to HoN.
Many people don't get that but yeah threads should be realted to HoN
You're asking the HoN forum. Of course they are going to say it's terrible.
Basically, they dumbed down the game a tad and took out denying. Some people like it, some people think only people with downs could enjoy it.
Short answer: yes
Long answer: YEEEEEEEEEESSSS
It's a non competitive game pretending to be a little competitive. I've heard it is fun. My experiences with it were not enjoyable.
Issues I see:
Poor metagame
No Denying
No monetary death penalty for dying
Player abilities give an unfair adv
Matchmaking is pretty bad
Balance is a joke
Edit: People say its free and thus you should buy it. Honestly, HoN is $30 and if you are here you spent it, and $30 is not really much for a superior game.
I liken it to WoW vs F2P WoW Clones. You may not like WoW and that's fine, but as someone who has played both, WoW is superior to the F2P clones, but it costs money to play it.
If HoN made a flash game that you could play on an iPod nano you get LoL.
I just started playing it and played like 7matches with 4friends, 1 that plays hon. They all say kys as harddisken as dota/hon. Imo i dont like the no denieng and no gold loss on death, seems to me that pros arent that much better than noobs because of all the things that makes it easier.
My opinion probably doesn't count because I started out with LoL, having never played DotA, and am trying out HoN.
There are small things about LoL that i like that HoN doesn't have. It's mainly just interface and how the game looks. To me, HoN looks like it is zoomed in way too far. I'm still trying to adjust that to.
One thing about LoL I don't like is that the characters aren't always as interesting as Hon/DotA heroes. Many of them have the same moves but a tad different.
I personally like the runes/masteries/summoner spells system. Just a personal opinion. Do I like that flash is a get out of free card? No. But it is like a portal key to some characters where it makes a huge difference in positioning. Yeah, they could just make every spell an item, but there is always more than one approach.
The balance of champions isn't perfect, but it's not gamebreakingly overpowered. Same thing with HoN.
Also, you don't have to use real money to buy heroes like everyone seems to think. Just throwing that out there.
the graphics look like crap. the only good thing about the entire game is that all heroes scale, so you don't completely rely on your allies to win like you do in HoN
You need glyphs, zeals etc to make a hero any good.
If another player has tons of rune items on his hero and you don't there is bigger chance he ends up owning you.
The runes don't give that much advantage but they do help alot.
Balance in the game is **** and the game is a joke compared to DotA, it's embaressing that it's actually the creators of DotA that made the game.
Only thing good about the game is that it isn't as competitive and community is great.
But i wouldn't want too ask this question to HoN players, it's not really smart.
Star Wars.
Towers do to much damage. Some hereos are to op. U cant creep denie. U cant cut down trees to juke them.
e-famous superstar and legendary hero of the Brazilian people kirbyruled, once the greatest mod that OT hath ever known, requests but a single humble beta key
It's like a 1000-1300 pub with a bad balance patch.
And they're not patching the game. The players are not getting better. Matchmaking is made on matches played rather than matches won/lost.
There's global skills that some heroes synergise well with. Some that are just very powerfull as a whole and some that I can't even understand why they put in there.
tl;dr: The game sucks. Play HoN (or dotA) instead.
I played LoL after having played HoN, and even if the game isn't as good, it's stil a fun game to play. If you're an experienced HoN player, you can go right into the game and dominate. I was able to have +10 scores in my second games already, and it only got better. There's a few fun heroes in the game that I wish would HoN would use. One of them is the little ninja that can has a skill set centering around "marks" - basically whenever you use an abillity or something is used against you, you build charges on the guy. Depending on xx charges, you can use an activate abillity to dmg and stun (if enough charges) add in a thrown shuriken, a madman like abillity (stalk) and a ultimate that is a cloud of lightning following you where you go for a limited duration. Forgot the hero name, but really wish hon would have a hero like that


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[quote:Anonymous Coward 35007863:MV8yMTQ5Njc4XzM2MzMyMzA5XzMyMTM0M0Ey] [quote:leonine:MV8yMTQ5Njc4XzM2MzI5NDIwXzk2RDcyMUIw] Many pics of Cecil on this link, many interior pics. Creepy stuff. Black and Red theme of restaurant, and that zoo like people exhibit know as Style. Scrool down a ways to get to Cecil. http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/11/03/a-dump-with-a-future-or-my-review-of-the-cecil-hotel-los-angeles/ [/quote] There's also a very interesting comment from a man who works for the managing company of the Cecil - William Lanting November 3, 2008 at 5:20 pm Well, shucks Joey. Thanks for the, er, kind words? My company manages the Cecil Hotel and, had you asked, I would have been happy to clear a few things up for you. First of all, we realize that the Cecil needs a renovation. In fact, we have plans drawn up to renovate the entire building and convert most of it into a mid-priced Best Western Hotel. We thought it was a great idea. The area would get a newly-renovated hotel to serve this rapidly gentrifying neighborhood and the almost-broke City of Los Angeles gets about a million bucks per year in increased occupancy taxes. A win-win situation, right? That's when the City of Los Angeles stopped us dead in our tracks. [...] [/quote]
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Hey folks,
welcome back :)
This thread was massively spammed some days ago on purpose,
so i suppose we hit a nerve here and i take this as a compliment ;)
Maybe it was just a fun attack to bother me, but i don´t think so;i can and do read between the lines.
As i prefer to live my life without fear, by choice and not by chance, here we go (again)...
After this serious paid-shill attack, i had to close this thread down,sort things out and clean up a bit.
You all know what is said about Germans:
we don´t have any humor, but we are very disciplined workers..
To meet all the rumours, accusations and stuff posted around GLP concerning me and what i do in and with this thread since yesterday:
Yes, i do "housekeeping" here, to make this thread readable and get facts bundled, so no one has to scam through 25 pages to look up some link;
yes, this means i delete shills, trolls, double-posts and other crap.
I also do cut off some parts when quoting, as it is in most cases just wasted dead space and makes it hard to read.
And yes, i do delete posts concerning the "elevator-video" and the "psychic", as well as those containing blablabla and those talking about the "illuminati-Style symbols in the Cecil Hotel".
This has a purpose, and i am happy to explain the "why" further down here on this post.
I am no egomaniac deleting comments to "shine" by the contributions of other posters, to mask their origin and make them "mine".
I delete my own posts, too, by the way, if they are of no use to the thread itself.
Everyone who is likeminded and wants to contribute is really welcome, and i do say "thank you" to all those who filled this thread with valuable information, to help make it what it is.
If you don´t like that, please do not post here.
Quite simple, isn´t it? ;)
Enter at your own risk - you should know, throughout GLP i am now known as "girl with issues" and, of course, as "fuehrer", "thread hitler" and all that stuff ;)
@ all new to this thread:
please please please
before posting, please read here below & the current sum-up of findings on page 23. thank you!
why i made this thread:
I made this thread to investigate and get your opinions of the new findings, an odd facebook profile and maybe her twitter/tumblr accounts, as this doesn´t get enough attention in those other threads.
why and which posts will be deleted in here:
- elevator-video
- psychic
- talk about illuminati-Style symbols in the Cecil Hotel&related.
The reason of doing so is simple:
In my opinion, these are just distraction from real important and questionable
things, connections and symbols in this specific case,or brief: the "why&who".
Talking about these things has no "value", as there is no useful information to get off them
besides what they just are:
- video of the poor girl in the elevator, without time/date,sound,blurry and obviously altered.
- the psychic - it´s a psychics job to talk about mindboggling, scary creepy stuff. that´s what pays their rent. and whoohoo what spooky "coincident" she did a reading there 2 weeks before.
- symbols/the floortiles of the Cecil Hotel - it is just another ArtDeco-Hotel from the 20s and there are many others out there who have same and even more of what seems to be "symbolic" on floors, walls and everywhere. No need to talk about this all the time, it is just a given fact: it looks like that, as it was the fashion back in those times.
With talking about those, we spin in circles around them - but don´t get anything new out of it.
As i stated above, this i _my opinion_;
yours may be different and i honour it anyway.
But i don´t want to talk about these things in this thread, as explained above.
The Case itself:
I do think this case is staged: to many "coincidences" at once.
What i do not know, is the "who" did this and "why" it is done - and moreover, done _this_ way.
this includes:
- the Cecil Hotel, a known haunted hotel with all kinds of strange things going on there
- the psychic who coincidently made a dramatic job in the Cecil Hotel 2 weeks before
- the released elevator video
- the BlackDahlia case & the Dark Water movie resemblance
these are chosen to give the case a "supernatural" touch, it f+cks with people´s minds:
you´re attracted to them in a strange way and repelled the same time;
they give you shivers down your spine and no one really wants to have something to do with that stuff, out of a (ir)rational fear, as one can´t control "these things" or "proof their existence".
they are pretty much "believe or believe not" stuff like religions are.
No one really likes to question these things, let alone "get in touch" with them personally, that´s why people are easier willing to believe those things just "exist" and "happen".
And i do think that is the exact purpose for these things to _be_ weird case.
The coincidences between the victim´s name, the tuberculosis test with same
but mirrored name and the current outbreak of tuberculosis same time and just around the corner of the Cecil Hotel
what do i do with that.. all speculations, of course.
it all screams "staged" loudly, and i assume just one of it is: the victim´s name.
There is a tuberculosis outbreak (and was before in that area), and there is a test for tb with that name.
For now, i assume
"the victim is just a scapegoat here to distract/mask a clinical trial of some new strain of tb or a biowarfare test gone wrong"
- something like that.
maybe the ties to a military experiment or operation here are stronger than i am willing to admit to be supposing by now, there´s enough incidents pointing in that direction.
But, just my opinion and my "weird conspiracy theory" on that - for now.
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this is what i made this thread about.
a facebook page from elisa lam, out of the blue, created on feb 21th, when she was already dead.
this fb page has only 1 friend, richard schmelter, in whose profil picture you can see a korean girl in the background (according to his comments on the picture from jan 2th.)
according to what is supposed to be her tumbl account, her last entry there is from 3 weeks ago, last entry " arrived in la land"
i have to suppose this richard schmelter made this elisa lam facebook page. (as he is the only friend of this account. it does not seem to be one of the usual "tribute" accounts to a dead person).
but why?
and why on a date where she was already dead?
please, fellow GLPers, whoever is somewhat intersted in the Elisa Lam case, take a look at this.
because no one is taking notice of it in 2 threads and it seems like it is ignored on purpose - and i think it is maybe something important:
(and if not, a really sick joke)
link to www.facebook.com
this is her REAL facebook..
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impossible. this page is up since thursday.
who is this robert schmelter who is her only friend on there?
just a thought, not to blame someone:
this robert schmelter made this fb page with her pic.
look at his pics and his eyes. there´s something in them what creeps me out, so much coldness.
maybe he is the reason she ended up in the water tank.
if not, it is a really sick joke by him making this page.
Please, anyone else have an opinion on this?
where does this FB page come out of the blue on thursday?
this is sick.
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Posted 4:41 PM 9/6/2012 : News 4 Lifesaver 2012 season ends
TUCSON - For more than five months (or 159 days) the Kristi's Kids, News 4 Tucson Lifesaver campaign has been spreading the word about drowning prevention. To keep you "tuned in," our partners have been giving away pool fences, swim and CPR lessons and family 4-paks to Legoland EVERY MONTH.
Every Thursday, since the start of April, we've aired live, drowning prevention reports.
Since January 1st, in Pima County, one child has drowned and eight have nearly drowned. The drowning was in a bathtub, June 12th. 10 month old Winter Azure. Her Tucson babysitter, Zada Davis, has been charged with 2nd degree murder.
As we wrap up this Lifesaver season, a reminder that children can drown at any time... almost anywhere. It's not just a summer problem.
Local kids have died in swimming pools, bathtubs, buckets, toilet bowls, dog bowls, etc. All it takes is a couple of inches of water (if a child's off balance) and no one paying attention.
A much deserved THANK YOU to our Lifesaver partners: Pool Guard of Tucson, Sunshine Swim School, The Southern Arizona chapter of the American Red Cross, Rural Metro Fire, Tucson Fire, Safe Kids Tucson and Legoland.
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Remember the address. Otherwise you are certain to miss this tiny restaurant and can walk past it quite a few times.Restaurant Kolo
Frederikinkatu 37, Helsinki
Open: Mon–Fri 11–14, 17–24 Sat 17–24
Tel +358440601661
Inside the restaurant, every square meter is important. Even the smallest careless gesture means you will bump into someone.
Sitting so close to one another it is easy to feel like conspirators. We are here for the same reason. We are kindred spirits.
And we actually are. Why else would we come to dine at the restaurant without knowing what lies ahead. It is not possible to book a table for lunch. The menu is written on a blackboard and nowhere else.
It is absolutely necessary to make a reservation for dinner though. If you succeed, all you will know in advance is that the meal consists of three dishes and costs € 43.
Those not interested in such a restaurant can pass it by without worrying about it too much, since there are enough of those who are more than willing to stop by.
On the day of taking the pictures, the menu included white asparagus with salmon and cucumber ceviche, and herb salad. The asparagus had been picked in Holland a few days earlier and sent to the restaurant immediately. This freshness is clearly there in the taste. This is how they cook at Kolo, buying raw material for a single day at a time.
Scallops with herb risotto and spring onion. The scallops have just been caught in Denmark and sent to the restaurant in salt water without freezing.
Local raw material is preferred at Kolo, but this is not a goal in its own right. Freshness, however, is a goal in its own right.
And look at the wine! You are unlikely to find this label anywhere else in Finland.
Crème brûlée with fennel seeds and ice cream made of cream. The cream under the glassy surface flows; there are no words to praise the ice cream made on the spot.
The wines for Kolo are sought out by three suppliers. They are mostly bought directly from tiny niche producers. This way it is possible to offer the visitors of the restaurant beverages that have character and come at good prices.
The price side of the wine list is indeed remarkable for its small numbers. Champagnes cost € 65–70, sparkling wines € 36–48, wines by the bottle € 26–69. By glass € 4.80–8.
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Cultivating vital communities, vital conversations, and the public good.
A Call for Proposals to Address Faith and Civil Discourse
Tulsa, Okla., June 28, 2012 – What contributions should people of religious faith make to civil discourse in the United States? Phillips Theological Seminary is inviting individuals to submit proposals on this topic for presentations to be delivered during the ReMind & ReNew 2013 conference, January 23-23, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Through this "crowd-sourced" approach, PTS hopes to surface ideas for how to engage in meaningful conversations among people of faith about issues that often divide. Anyone 18 years old or older is invited to submit a proposal. Persons who have experience in building bridges across divides are urged to apply; with particular interest in anyone who has recent experience in making contributions to civil discourse. A proposal should be no more than 250 words and should clearly respond to the question around which the conference is organized. Nine presentations will be accepted. PTS is committed to hearing diverse points of view; the hope is that presentations are informative, inspiring, thought-provoking, delivered with intelligence, passion, and humor.
The ReMind & ReNew conference will be comprised of presentations, conversation and worship. Each presentation will take no less than 20 minutes and no more than 30 minutes, and conversations will follow each presentation. Presenters chosen will receive a $300 honorarium and travel cost to the conference. Deadline for proposals is Monday, July 30, 2012. A decision on accepted proposals will be made by August 3, 2012.
The purpose of ReMind & ReNew conference is to gather religious professionals and interested publics for thought-provoking and spirit-renewing presentations, conversations and worship. More than 200 participants from diverse disciplines are expected to attend. For additional information visit the Re-Mind & Re-New Conference pages on the PTS website: www.ptstulsa.edu/remindrenew. About PTS Established in 1907, Phillips Theological Seminary is dedicated to learning the way of Jesus in order to cultivate vital communities, vital conversations, and the public good. Affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Phillips provides an ecumenical education, with students representing more than 20 denominations. The mission of PTS is to learn and teach how to be: attentive to God; responsible biblical and theological interpreters; faithful individuals and communities acting with God to transform the world. In addition to serving the church's need for an educated ministry, the seminary also welcomes students who are not pursuing ministerial degrees but who want to explore their faith through courses in the curriculum and through programs designed for larger publics. www.ptstulsa.edu. # # #


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Movie : Make The Yuletide Gay
Spending time apart from the one you love at Christmas is never easy, and for new boyfriends Nathan and Gunn it's made all the harder with Nathan having to spend his with his distant and cold parents, whilst Gunn, unknown to Nathan, has to go back in the closet to survive his time with his parents.
Arriving home to find that his parents have set him up with a date with his old high school sweetheart Abby, Gunn is in for another surprise – Nathan turning up on his doorstep.
Shocked that Gunn hasn't come out to his parents, Nathan has to to become part of a farcical charade that soon sees Gunn realising that he is going to have to come out to his parents before they end up finding out.
Soon facing increasing inquisitive questions from his family,Gunn realises that if he and Nathan are going to survive he is going to need to come out to his parents before he is found out…
Starring Keith Jordan, Adamo Ruggiero, Halle Hirsh, Derek Long and Kelly Keaton, this gorgeously witty film will have you laughing out loud. Whether you think it's the movie to watch with the parents and grandparents, this festive season is down to your judgement….
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Great Lakes Environmental Groups Tour Waukesha
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Milwaukee Riverkeeper, and other local environmental groups, joined on the tour to voice their concern about the deal. There remains concern that Waukesha would use Lake Michigan water to expand beyond its current service area, which could set a dangerous precedent for future communities seeking to divert Great Lakes water. Following the tour, Mayor Barrett strongly reiterated this concern, saying that the City of Waukesha would face a "buzz saw" of opposition from the other Great Lakes states if Waukesha continues its plan to use Lake Michigan water outside its current service area boundary.
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Mozambique has a serious shortage of stages for young people to artistically express the abundance of cultural wealth they possess.
Music Crossroads Mozambique (MCMOZ) has risen to fill that gap and in the process, has become one of the most important Mozambican youth festivals. MCMOZ is the only music festival that covers the entire country, offering workshops and other forms of music education to young people across the nation. It is not surprising that nearly all well-known and talented young artists in Mozambique over the last ten years have passed through the doors of MCMOZ.
Music Crossroads was introduced into Mozambique in 1996. Starting with a single festival in the city of Maputo, it has grown to include numerous festivals all over Mozambique from south to north, with representatives stationed in each region. Since 2007, Music Crossroads Mozambique has become a member-based association recognized by the Mozambican Ministry of Justice; its founding members largely consisting of former participants of the festivals, and with a current membership made up of young Mozambican musicians and music lovers from across the entire country. MCMOZ's main goal is to stimulate and educate youth in the field of music and to create arenas for youth to express themselves through the performing arts.
Music Crossroads Mozambique has a history of successful overseas tours with many bands and young artists having had the chance to perform across Europe, including Banda Azul, Nfithe, Nyasha, Djaaka, Mussodji, just to mention a few.


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We are very proud to announce that Pinellas County issued the Certificate of Occupancy for The Inn on the Pond on February 29, 2012. The subcontractors have moved out and the new owners have moved in. Menorah Manor is busy getting their new building ready for their new residents, who should start arriving any day now.
Creative Contractors, Inc. thanks you for following our progress over the past thirteen months as we completed the construction of The Inn on the Pond. If you would like to see examples of other project by Creative Contractors, Inc., please select our link below.
A little over a year ago we broke ground and started the groundwork required to support what is now "The Inn on the Pond". We started planning the progress by month, then by week, and now we are down to days. The excitement to finish "our" building is unmistakable.
The exterior changes over the last month make for an eye-popping site as you approach the entrance. Valley Crest Landscape Development has worked diligently to plant thousands of plants and trees to maintain the natural beauty of the pond and nature preserve. Gilbert & Byrd is putting the last of the stone in place on the building and B.R.W. Contracting will be laying the final lift of asphalt and striping the parking lot within the next few days.
Inside the building Creative Contractors is pulling off the protective coverings in the resident rooms and Sunshine Services of Central Florida is cleaning each room in preparation for turning the building over to Menorah Manor at the end of February. All other subcontractors are working diligently putting on the finishing touches throughout the rest of the building - light fixtures are being installed, flooring is being laid, the last walls are being painted, air conditioning is being checked, and the final touches are being put in place.
This time next month we will be presenting a final update on the project. All inspections will be complete and Menorah Manor will have taken occupancy. Everything will be ready for the new residents of "The Inn on the Pond".
"Spring Cleaning" has started early at The Inn on the Pond. As we come down to the last few weeks of construction and we complete portions of the building, we are moving materials around and cleaning up behind us as we move to the next section. Storage space is at a premium, but materials keep coming. They are temporarily stored wherever we can find a spot. As you look through the photos, you may still notice stacks of building materials, as well as what looks to be a whole lot of paper and plastic over the floors, counters, fixtures, etc. They may not make for a pretty picture, but they do make for a beautiful end product as they protect the new finishes from scratches, dents, paint splatters, etc. Please be patient – the protective coverings will be coming off and everything will be organized and in its proper place very soon.
The first thing you may notice as you approach the building is that all scaffolding has been removed. The exterior stucco and painting are finished and the building is ready for the decorative stone to be set in place in January. If you make it around to the back of the building, you will see we have some landscaping in place! ValleyCrest had to plant the large trees prior to pouring the concrete for the Promenade to prevent the heavy equipment from damaging and breaking up the concrete once it was in place. Once the trees were planted, Gilbert & Byrd began prepping and pouring the concrete. At the same time, B.R.W. was busy on the south side of the property laying the first lift of asphalt and installing the curbs for the south parking lot.
As you enter the building you will once again notice that all scaffolding has been removed. The majority of the overhead mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection is complete and most of the drywall is in place and finished. The residential units on the first floor of the two towers are basically finished and "locked down" to prevent unnecessary traffic in and out of the rooms, thereby preventing potential damage to the finishes. As each floor is finished it will be closed off to traffic and ready and waiting for the cleaning crew to come in at the end of the project. As the residential towers are completed the subcontractors are moving to the rest of the building to finish their scopes of work. There is still a lot of work to get done in the non-resident areas (Kitchen, Assembly, Multipurpose Room, etc.) to have the building ready for the final inspections and issuance of certificate of occupancy in February.
There is still a lot of activity that has to take place throughout the month of January. But, in the not-to-distant future, the construction will be finished, equipment will be tested and tweaked, the cleaners will have made their way through the building, all the landscaping will be planted and growing, and the last stripe will be painted on the parking lot. It will be time to turn the keys over to the new owners.
The end of the project is fast approaching and you can feel the excitement building as a whole new group of subcontractors comes in to complete the project and turn over a beautiful building for the future residents. Now that the initial trades have completed the majority of the electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and drywall layout and installation, the finishing subcontractors have moved into the interior of the building. You can see the progression as the subcontractors complete one floor and move on to the next. Southern Quality is installing the interior doors, Trio Plus Painting is applying the finish coatings of paint, Bay Area Commercial Interiors is installing ceramic tile on the bathroom walls and floors, J & E Custom Cabinets is installing cabinetry, and APG is installing the light fixtures. There is a lot of coordination taking place right now to make sure that so many trades keep on schedule and don't run over each other.
Major changes are taking place around the exterior of the building also. KHS&S has completed all stucco work and Trio Plus Painting has finished the exterior painting. Soon you will see Gilbert & Byrd setting the decorative stone at the front of the building. Curtis Pools was on site and poured the swimming pool, while behind the scenes the project team was selecting the final finishes for the pool and deck. The team has also been meeting with Valley Crest to finalize the landscaping details so that all trees and plants compliment the architecture of the building and provide a beautiful, relaxing environment for residents.
Activity around the site is constantly increasing as we approach our finish date and things are changing on a daily basis. Next month you will be able to see a much clearer picture of what the end result will be. Please check back then.
Things move quickly at this stage of the project. The exterior stucco and painting is almost complete, Pinnacle Door has installed all the exterior doors, and Countryside Glass has installed the windows. Ramcon has started laying shingles, so the roof should be finished soon. And if you notice a big hole in front of the building when you drive by, it's because Curtis Pools has started digging the pool near the entrance to the building.
Activity has really picked up on the interior of the building now. Bayshore Plumbing, Blume Mechanical, APG Electric, and St. Petersburg Fire Protection continue moving from floor to floor roughing in the mechanical, electrical, and fire protection conduit and piping ahead of drywall for the walls and ceilings being installed by KHS&S Contractors. Work has progressed enough on the first floors of the building so that Trio Plus Painting is painting rooms, J & E Cabinets is installing cabinets, and Bay Area Commercial Interiors is laying tile in the bathrooms. In the Kitchen the range hoods have been installed, the ceiling is going in, and the epoxy floor will be set early in November in preparation of all the kitchen equipment and washers and dryers being installed at the end of November.
Next month will see a steady progression from floor to floor of all the trades and the exterior of the building should be complete. As soon as approval comes from the Pinellas County Building Department, site work for the Promenade that will overlook the Pond in back will commence. The Project Team has already started looking at the landscaping and the pool finishes that will complete the exterior appearance of the building. What a long way we've come in just a few short months!
A number of visual changes have occurred on site this month. If you happen to drive down Greenbriar Boulevard, you will immediately notice the addition of color to the exterior of the building. KHS&S has completed the stucco application to Memory Care and Trio Plus Painting followed right behind to complete the painting. Both subcontractors are now working on completing the exterior of the Residence Units. You will also notice that we now have windows and exterior doors installed in all areas of the building. Countryside Glass & Mirror and Southern Quality have worked diligently to install the doors and windows so we have a watertight building. We also had cranes back on site this month as APG Electric installed the generator and Blume Mechanical installed the cooling towers in the Mechanical Yard.
Now that we are watertight, our subcontractors have jumped in and are moving right along on the interior of the building. KHS&S has completed the drywall on the first floor of Memory Care and has moved over to the first floor of the Residence Units. From there they will move to the Kitchen area so all prep work can be complete for delivery of the kitchen equipment at the end of November. As always, Blume Mechanical, APG Electric, Bayshore Plumbing, and St. Petersburg Fire are working quickly to stay ahead of the drywall subcontractor and have the next area ready so they don't have to wait. Our subcontractors are doing a fantastic job of coordinating each step.
The most talked about story of the month, though, is the successful completion of the Model Apartments. After much hard work and long hours to complete the interior finishes on one unit in Memory Care and one unit in the Residential Area, Creative Contractors turned the Model Apartments over to Menorah Manor Senior Living. They quickly started moving in furniture and decorating the Apartments so possible tenants will have an opportunity to view what their future home may look like. Please take a minute to view the photos.
Tremendous changes to the exterior of the buildings have taken place the month of August. Trusses have been installed on all sections and all lightweight concrete roofing is complete as we move ever closer to a dried-in building. KHS&S Contractors started applying the stucco finish to the exterior of Memory Care mid-August. Southern Quality also began installing doors and the last week in August room window installation in Memory Care and storefront windows in Assembly was underway by Countryside Glass & Mirror. The roof, stucco, windows, and doors will form a system to keep moisture from penetrating to the interior of the building. The most noticeable change to the building is the paint. After the stucco finish dried and colors were approved by the design team, Trio Plus Painting began painting the exterior of Memory Care. Throughout the month of September they will follow the stucco applicator from area to area until all sections are complete and it looks like one complete building – Inn on the Pond.
All trades are maintaining a steady pace on the building interior. KHS&S continues with room layout and framing; Blume Mechanical, Bayshore Plumbing, and APG electric progressively move forward with the mechanical, plumbing and electrical layouts on all floors; and St. Petersburg Fire is hanging pipe throughout all sections. Pinellas County inspectors have been on site daily to verify that all work meets building codes. Everyone on site is working together to meet our target date of September 1 for complete dry-in so we can start hanging drywall in the first floor rooms of Memory Care.
Behind the scenes, Creative Contractors has been working with Menorah Manor Senior Living and Besselo Design Group to finalize the interior finishes. These are critical decisions that must be completed so that the major event of September stays on schedule: the opening of the completed Mock-Up Room for viewing. In manufacturing and design, a mock-up is a scale or full-size model of a design or device used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, or promotion. In this instance, the Mock-Up Room will be full size model of a one-bedroom unit for possible future tenants to view. There will be more information regarding the Mock-Up Room in September's update.
The month of July saw the team working ever so much closer to the critical milestone of a dried-in building. The roof deck on Memory Care is in place and the metal trusses are being set. Window sills are in and temporary plastic covers the windows until permanent windows are delivered in August. You can also see scaffolding around Memory Care as KHS&S prepares to start spraying stucco. Interior room layout and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire sprinkler rough-in is basically complete on first floor and our subcontractors are making steady progress on the second and third floors. All is on target in anticipation of the start of drywall installation.
Gilbert and Byrd has completed the third floor block in the Residence units and the building is ready for the hollow core floor planks to be set by Coreslab the first week in August. Blume Mechanical, APG Electric, Bayshore Plumbing, and St. Petersburg Fire also have crews working rough-in on all three floors of the Residence units and KHS&S is progressing with interior framing and wall layout.
The Multi-Purpose/Kitchen and Administration buildings and the lightweight concrete roof insulation is in place. The lightweight concrete process includes installation of styrofoam over a thin layer of concrete followed by a layer of concrete poured over the styrofoam. Lightweight concrete insulation is an economical, long-term solution to protect your buildings from water intrusion. The roofs in these areas are ready for setting the trusses in early August
Creative Contractors, Inc., along with Bessolo Design Group and Menorah Manor, is continuing with the submittal review process for interior finishes – paint, flooring, ceiling, and cabinetry. There is also an increase in on-site coordination meetings between Creative Contractors, Architect, and Owner to ensure any changes to enhance the design and maintenance of the facility are addressed quickly and forwarded to the subcontractors in a timely manner to keep the project on schedule.
Lastly, in keeping with a long-standing tradition in the construction field, on July 21 Creative Contractors provided a topping-out party for our subcontractors who have worked so diligently to get us to roof level. The subcontractors, along with representatives from Menorah Manor and Bessolo Design Group, enjoyed lunch from Wing House. Creative Contractors thanks everyone for their hard work and dedication to keeping this project on schedule.
June was another busy month as our subcontractors worked steadily toward the goal of completing the placement of the hollow core floor plank, concrete block walls, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing rough-in as quickly as possible to get the buildings under roof. Our masonry subcontractor, Gilbert & Byrd, continued the concrete block walls for the 3rd floor of Memory Care along with the first and second floors of the Residence units. They also provided the concrete floor topping after Coreslab Structures placed the hollow core planks for each floor. KHS&S Contracting, our metal framing subcontractor, continued with the framing of the interior partition walls and Blume Mechanical, Bayshore Plumbing and APG Electric continued with the installation of the overhead piping and conduit and wall rough-in work.
Behind the scenes, Creative Contractors continued the buy-out and submittal approval of the interior finishes. They also continued to conduct on-going coordination meetings between Menorah Manor Senior Living, Creative Contractors, Besselo Design Group, and the subcontractors working on the project. Besides the excellent coordination of the subcontractors in the field, these meeting are critical to insuring the project stays on schedule and that any questions and issues are addressed and resolved quickly so as not to delay any portion of the work.
Creative Contractors also selected a LEED Consultant for the project and held their first meeting with the Consultant and the Design Team. For those that do not know, LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Menorah Manor has committed to incorporating the principles of "green" building into the design and building of The Inn on the Pond. Creative Contractors is acknowledged as a leader in green building construction and has registered The Inn on the Pond project as a LEED certified facility. There will be more updates about LEED as the key components of LEED certification are incorporated into the building process.
Next month will see increased activity on site with the delivery and installation of exterior windows and commencement of roof truss installation and roofing dry-in activity. More subcontractors will be brought on board and we will start more interior work as the buildings become water tight.
The month of May has been busy and the building seems to rise on a daily basis. The exterior block walls, concrete columns, and structural beams that make up the support of the precast floors are on the rise. Behind us is the completion of all the underground piping and conduits that were needed to be completed for the 1st floor slab.
After completion of the first floor block work for Memory Care (Section A) and the Bedroom Units (Section B), the hollow core planks are set. A hollow core plank is a precast slab of pre-stressed concrete that has tubular voids extending the full length of the slab. The slabs are cut to the length required for the building and shipped to the job site where a crane carefully swings the planks from the truck to the deck and each plank is set in place. After the hollow core planks are set and grouted, a concrete topping is poured over the planks forming the floor for the second story. Gilbert and Byrd, the masonry and concrete subcontractor, can then continue laying the block walls for the next floor level. At the same time, Blume Mechanical, APG Electric, and Bayshore Plumbing start the MEP rough-in on the second floor. KHS&S Framing & Drywall Company can also now begin metal frame layout of the interior walls on the lower floors.
It is now quite easy to see the buildings taking shape for Memory Care and the Bedroom Units. You can also see the Multi-Purpose / Kitchen (Section D) and Administration (Section E) Buildings starting to take shape. If you have been following the progression of the first two buildings, you can see that these two buildings are following the same path. Layout, MEP rough-in and slab are complete. Gilbert & Byrd is laying first floor block on Multi-Purpose/Kitchen and will move over to Administration next.
Next month the masonry walls and the setting of the hollow core planks should be coming to completion and we will be preparing for the next step, which is preparing for roof activities and working inside the buildings on the interior room partition walls.
The month of April has had a flurry of activity throughout the site, but the most notable changes can be seen in Section "A" (Memory Care) and Section "B" (Bedroom Units). The month started out with a big push to get the slab in Memory Care prepped and ready for the concrete pour on April 7. The concrete trucks started arriving at 7:30 a.m. and in about three hours Gilbert and Byrd had poured and spread 180 yards of concrete. Following closely behind were the finishers to insure that by the end of day the concrete had a smooth, level finish and was ready for the next set of crews to come in and start vertical construction. In the meantime, another set of crews was busy in the Living Units doing all the ground work to prepare for its slab pour on April 22.
Right behind the Memory Care slab pour, United Drilling was on site to drill the elevator pits on April 8. They were able to drill and cap all three 30' holes in one day - a great way to end the week.
While all this activity was going on, other crews were busy working in the Assembly and Multi-Purpose / Kitchen areas. Gilbert and Byrd was completing layout, excavation and pouring of the concrete foundations. Blume Mechanical, APG Electric, and Bayshore Plumbing were working to get underground piping and conduit in place. All activity was geared toward getting the slabs for these two areas poured next month.
At the job site office Creative Contractors has been reviewing shop drawings and product submittals and forwarding them to the Architect for review. This is also a busy time working towards completion of the subcontractor buy-out process and coordinating Owner Direct Purchase Orders with vendors.
One of the most critical factors of the construction right now is coordination with each of the major trades. Creative has been diligently meeting with the subcontractors, architect, engineers, and owner to resolve any possible issues that may affect construction down the road. While this is an on-going process for the Construction Manager throughout construction, good coordination practices up front will lead to a successful completion of the project.
As we continue to complete the slabs-on-grade in May, you can look forward to seeing progress on the upper floor levels. Keep watching.Things are looking up at The Inn on the Pond these days. As in, no longer do you look out across the site and see an expanse of dirt. As promised, the walls are starting to rise.
Gilbert & Byrd is on site focusing on layout and pouring of the building foundations and foundation walls for Sections A and B. The foundation walls and slabs for elevators 2 & 3 have been completed and our next big event is pouring the slab in Section A (Memory Care units). The concrete trucks are regular visitors to the site these days.
Our subcontractor team continues to grow as our mechanical, plumbing, and electrical underground piping and conduit are put in place. The site lift station has been installed and underground utility work continues.
April will be busy with concrete foundations, concrete slab pours, masonry walls, and underground piping for buildings. By the end of the month the footprint of the building will be in place.
There is much activity on the site these days, so stay tuned for regular updates.
January 2011 was an exciting month for the Inn on the Pond team. After nearly three years of development, planning, and patience, work on the project has begun. Although it may not look like much, Creative Contractors and the sitework subcontractor have been preparing the soil to cultivate for the long held dream to build Inn on the Pond.
Just like the dream that was the seed planted in the hopes of Menorah Manor many years ago, Creative Contractors has been planting the seeds for a great new project by mobilizing our onsite staff and bringing subcontractor team members on board. The foundations will begin to grow, the concrete trucks will roll, and soon the walls will rise...
Stay tuned!!! We are just getting started...
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For those unfamiliar with the term punch list, McGraw-Hill defines the term as "a checklist of all items on a construction project that are unfinished or incomplete, have not been done at all, require replacement or repair, or require additional work to achieve an acceptable level of workmanship".
Creative Contractors believes that attention to quality and detail starts from the first day on the job. Under the "Zero Punch" approach, subcontractors are encouraged to check their work daily, and check again as they leave each finished area, resulting in minimal punch lists at the end of the project. Minimal punch lists lead to a quicker closeout of the construction phase of the project, and a smooth transition for the new owners.


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The heart of this study is a qualitative assessment of how policies and measures can meet emerging challenges and achieve outcomes closer to the 3 A's than would otherwise be the case.
To provide the regional groups with a consistency check on their internal thinking, a mathematical simulation model of the energy sector was used. This provided quantitative baseline data to compare with the qualitative regional output, and iterations were made with the regional groups to identify potential inconsistencies and disagreements. In many cases, the model was altered to account for these inconsistencies, and its results were thus strengthened.
The model is a global simulation model for the energy sector with a year-by-year recursive simulation and partial equilibrium framework, endogenous international energy prices, and lagged adjustments of supply and demand by region. It has a hierarchical structure of interconnected regional and national sub-models (e.g., individual countries and sub-regions).
In brief, economic (GDP) and population growth rates are captured with assumptions about annual rates of growth for each region and sub-region. Technology trends and energy prices at the consumer level are the other two main drivers of energy demand. Energy intensity is calculated on the basis of energy demand and GDP projections to capture energy efficiency trends. Primary energy mix is derived either directly through assumptions about public and private investments, or through assumptions on parameters reflecting the necessary market conditions for these investments to be made by private decision makers. Greenhouse gas emissions result from projections for energy demand, fuel mix, and carbon capture and storage. Supply-demand tensions are addressed through exogenous inputs related to business development conditions. In the case of oil and gas, supply-demand tensions reflect the development of business conditions worldwide that push international prices up or down.
Inconsistencies between model projections and study group analyses fell into three general categories: the need for more precision in the qualitative storylines, the need to modify the quantitative assumptions in the model based on input from the regional study, and the need by one study region to accommodate developments in another region that affect global development and prices.
It is important to note that (1) the model is top-down, (2) this version of the model is aimed at projections (likely outcomes), and (3) it is aimed to a large extent at showing the need to reduce carbon emissions from energy use. The study group, on the other hand, was by definition looking at plausible (realistic) storylines (bottom-up) with a number of drivers in play.
For example, study group members questioned assumptions in the model about whether the Middle East can or will supply oil at the projected levels, whether China will decrease its coal use to the levels assumed in the simulation, and whether North America can produce oil at a level high enough to become a net exporter. This is not to imply that the model is wrong and the study group right, only that they come from different perspectives. Nevertheless, the results from the model do show, after iterations with the study group and modifications to identify key indicators and scenario constraints, the quantitative effect of different scenarios on the achievement of the 3 A's and on the qualitative elements identified in Section 3. The trends about achieving the 3 A's are addressed in Section 4.


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That describes the impression left not only by Safety Not Guaranteed but also by the better films associated with Jay and Mark Duplass, two of its four executive producers.
Mark Duplass' reclusive and somewhat-paranoid character, Kenneth, claims to have invented a time machine that transported him to the recent past.
Kenneth comes to the attention of the editors of a Seattle magazine after placing an anonymous ad for a time-traveling companion. The address he gives is a post-office box in Ocean View, Wash. " Must bring your own weapons," the ad says. "Safety not guaranteed."
This fictional ad is based on a real one that appeared in the mid-1990s in Backwoods Home, a survivalist magazine.
The movie could be a career catapult for Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), who plays Darius, a sourpuss intern at the magazine.
When her obnoxiously cocky boss, Jeff (Jake Johnson), decides that tracking down the time traveler might yield a funny magazine article, he enlists Darius and another intern, Arnau (Karan Soni), to accompany him to Ocean View. A shy, soft-spoken biology student, Arnau admits he is at the magazine only to pad his resume.
While Jeff looks up his high-school flame, Liz (Jenica Bergere), who has settled there, Darius and Arnau stake out the post office where Kenneth picks up his mail. When he finally shows up, they follow him to a grocery store where he stocks canned goods.
Darius volunteers to clinch the story and wins over Kenneth with a shrewd mixture of sarcasm and kooky audacity. Kenneth, she learns, is convinced that he is being tracked by government agents. Once he chooses Darius as his traveling companion, training begins. Even after the cautious friendship of these two outsiders blossoms into something more, she doesn't reveal her editorial agenda.
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"Giving while living" is one of the mottos that the very wealthy Chuck Feeney lives by, along with "not tooting his own horn" -- which means that although he gives boatloads of money away as many billionaires do he's different in that he pretty much always does it anonymously and/or goes to great lengths to make sure he doesn't get acknowledged in any way for his generosity.
His current plans are what's getting him into the news (much to his dismay, I'm sure) as he plans to give away $8 billion by the year 2016, mostly through the foundation Atlanta Philanthropies that he started back in 1984. He says there's no point in holding onto all that money and that he's "not going to die until he can spend it."
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DC School Transitions to Blended Learning Model with STEM Focus Using Adaptive Curriculum Wednesday, May 30, 2012 By: Leslie Eicher
This fall, a chronically low-performing middle school in Washington DC will implement a blended learning model that emphasizes STEM learning. Adaptive Curriculum, a web-based, concept mastery solution, is at the core of the math & science learning.
Scottsdale, Ariz. -- May 25, 2012 -- Adaptive Curriculum (AC), a web-based concept mastery solution that strengthens math and science performance by helping students build a deep understanding of core concepts and skills, has been selected as a key content provider for a new blended learning model that will be implemented at Kramer Middle School in the 2012-13 school year. Part of District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Kramer is undergoing a comprehensive transformation that will center around curricula delivered through a 50-50 combination of traditional face-to-face instruction and online courses.
The new blended learning approach is the brainchild of Principal Kwame Simmons who was brought to Kramer in 2010 to help the school achieve the goals laid out in DCPS' new five-year strategic plan, "A Capital Commitment." According to Simmons, the model is designed to improve college readiness through 21st century skills, intensify a focus on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) instruction, and keep students engaged through technology and a robust curriculum. "We conducted a great deal of research on school improvement models, curriculum, instructional delivery, and technology," said Simmons. "Adaptive Curriculum immediately rose to the top as a solution we knew would help us achieve our goals. Their deep conceptual learning approach is based on an active learning pedagogy that provides the content, resources and strategies to help teachers engage students, dispel common misconceptions, and emphasize real-world connections in math and science. It's exactly the approach we need to engage and motivate our students and take them to the next level."
Designed for grades 6-12, Adaptive Curriculum engages digital-age learners by integrating 3D models, cutting-edge graphics and interactive simulations into active, standards-based learning. Unlike textbooks or drill-and-practice programs, Adaptive Curriculum's active learning approach motivates learners to explore, make hypotheses, manipulate items and see the impact of their decisions, thus developing and deepening their conceptual understanding. By linking content, technology and the latest research in lesson design and effective instruction, Adaptive Curriculum is transforming math and science achievement in U.S. classrooms and around the world.
A persistently low performing school, Kramer was selected by DCPS to receive additional help through a School Improvement Grant and Race to the Top funds. In Simmons first year at the school students' overall math proficiency on DCPS' Comprehensive Assessment System test rose from 18 percent in 2010 to 29 percent in 2011.
The one-year proficiency increase is particularly noteworthy since 87 percent of Kramer's students are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches and 28 percent have a special education designation. Simmons projects that through the new technology-rich online model, math proficiency will increase to 43 percent in 2012. "Based on what the research shows, I strongly believe that this new blended learning model will help us reach and even exceed our goals," said Simmons. "This model speaks to students because of the technology, of course, but it combines that with the guidance of a caring and qualified teacher. For the teachers, it will help automate various tasks and provide more time to focus on what they do best -- guide, direct and mentor their students."
Teachers at Kramer Middle School will begin training on Adaptive Curriculum's conceptual learning program next month, with implementation to begin in the 2012-13 school year. In addition, the company's programs will be implemented in three other DCPS sites: McFarland Middle School, Johnson Middle School and Shaw Middle School.
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MONTPELIER — A Virginia pastor who interfered with a custody dispute involving a lesbian couple in Vermont will remain jailed for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury.
Forty-seven-year-old Kenneth Miller was convicted last summer of helping Lisa Miller and her daughter leave the country in September 2009 to avoid sharing custody with her former partner. Prosecutors are trying to compel the pastor to testify against someone else involved in the flight, but Miller said his fundamentalist Christian faith prevents him from doing so.
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