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12/6/2013 |
A's go to Meetings with Major work nearly done
A's officials will head to the annual Winter Meetings on Sunday with a short to-do list. Oakland already has been busy addressing many of the club's offseason needs, but strengthening the farm system could be on the agenda.
12/5/2013 |
Anderson aware of swirling trade speculation
A trade involving pitcher Brett Anderson seems inevitable for the A's. Oakland has a surplus of arms for its Major League staff, and the 25-year-old left-hander might be an asset the Athletics move to help restock the farm system.
12/4/2013 |
Kazmir lured by A's talent, ballpark
Left-hander Scott Kazmir, who's two-year, $22 million free-agent deal with the A's was made official on Wednesday, chose to come to Oakland because of the club's recent success and its pitcher-friendly ballpark.
12/4/2013 |
Next year's Draft deeper, packed with pitchers
Though the Astros still have seven months to determine whom they'll take at No. 1, North Carolina State left-hander Carlos Rodon has established himself as the frontrunner. Owner of a mid-90s fastball and a wipeout slider, Rodon topped NCAA Division I with 184 strikeouts last spring and led the Wolfpack to their first College World Series appearance in 45 years.
12/4/2013 |
Beane does heavy lifting before Winter Meetings
With the additions of closer Jim Johnson and starter Scott Kazmir, Billy Beane has addressed the A's biggest needs prior to the Winter Meetings.
12/4/2013 |
A's aren't waiting for Winter Meetings
GM Billy Beane's fast-paced maneuverings Monday and Tuesday perfectly encompassed the frenzy that is the predictably unpredictable offseason, as he lit up the Hot Stove with a flurry of impactful moves that could make for a low-key Winter Meetings next week in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
12/3/2013 |
Choice-Gentry trade shows mettle of Beane, Daniels
The Athletics and Rangers just made the kind of trade that only really smart, really confident general managers make. In this case, it was Billy Beane of the A's and Jon Daniels of the Rangers. It's the kind of trade that reflects plenty of organizational swagger on both sides. To put it another way, these boys aren't afraid to fail.
12/3/2013 |
A's acquire Gentry, Gregerson on another busy day
On Tuesday, A's general manager Billy Beane gained further traction in his push to take his club on a deep postseason run, first by acquiring outfielder Craig Gentry and right-hander Josh Lindblom in exchange for Michael Choice, Oakland's top outfield prospect. Texas also received Minor League infielder Chris Bostick in the swap. Hours later, the A's announced they had traded outfielder Seth Smith to the Padres for yet another bona fide reliever, righty Luke Gregerson.
12/3/2013 |
Gentry, Lindblom acquired by A's from Rangers
The A's aren't slowing down. They're only gaining traction in their push toward a deep postseason run. A day after landing hurlers Jim Johnson and Scott Kazmir, Oakland made an intradivision deal with the Rangers, acquiring outfielder Craig Gentry and right-hander Josh Lindblom in exchange for Michael Choice, the club's top outfield prospect. Texas also received Minor League infielder Chris Bostick in the swap.
12/3/2013 |
A's make another deal, land Gregerson from Padres
The Padres and A's pulled off a one-for-one deal late Tuesday afternoon, sending reliever Luke Gregerson to Oakland in exchange for outfielder Seth Smith.
12/3/2013 |
Baseball America names Beane exec of year
A's general manager Billy Beane was named the 2013 Major League Baseball Executive of the Year by Baseball America on Tuesday. It is the second time he has received the award, the first time coming in 2002.
12/3/2013 |
Rangers add run producer Choice in trade with A's
The Rangers have acquired outfielder Michael Choice and infielder Chris Bostick from the Athletics for outfielder Craig Gentry and pitcher Josh Lindblom.
12/3/2013 |
Johnson eager to join talented A's bullpen
Saying goodbye to the only organization he's ever known hasn't been easy for Jim Johnson, who is joining the A's as part of a trade on Monday. At the forefront of the All-Star closer's worries is his Florida-based family. But less than 24 hours after learning of his pending move, Johnson sounded eager to start work for an organization that's eyeing a third straight division title.
12/2/2013 |
O's send Johnson to Oakland for Weeks
The Orioles made their first big move of the winter late Monday night, trading All-Star closer Jim Johnson to the Athletics in exchange for infielder Jemile Weeks and a player to be named.
12/2/2013 |
Kazmir could be A's next comeback story
Veteran left-hander Scott Kazmir hopes to add to the Oakland A's legacy of getting the most out of players thought to be risky free-agent signings.
12/2/2013 |
Rebound season nets Kazmir two-year deal with A's
The A's are in the final stages of adding lefty Scott Kazmir to their rotation on a two-year agreement, a Major League source confirmed to MLB.com on Monday.
12/1/2013 |
Decision looms on A's longest-tenured player
Daric Barton's future is among the decisions the Athletics face Monday in advance of the 8:59 p.m. PT deadline for Major League clubs to tender contract to their arbitration-eligible players. |


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Rumors Resort HotelMile 2 1/2 Benque Viejo Road, 00000 San Ignacio (Show map)
Very good
Score from 36 reviews
The rooms were beautiful - the quality of materials and workmanship is excellent. The staff were exceptionally helpful. The meals were very tasty, but the menu was limited if you were staying more than a few days.
Great service This is a lovely family-run hotel Fantastic food Great hotel for accessing Tikal
Friendly, Attentive, Courteous, Clean, Hillside views
Quiet place,nice view,new construction
Facilities were very attractive,clean & modern. Wi Fi worked very well!!!
The beautiful landscape
Pisa- Italy
It was a very pleasant resort. Staff was great, food good!
Friendly and welcoming very comfortable Great home cooking Quiet and relaxing
Great owners. Very nice people, helpful and honest. Highly recommend them.
The staff was the best - very accommodating.
Rumors Resort Hotel features free Wi-Fi, free public parking and playground. The air-conditioned rooms have balcony or patio. They include cable TV and private bathrooms with shower. The property's restaurant serves local and international food. Activities at the Rumors Resort include karaoke nights. Cahal Pexh Mayan Ruins are a 5 minutes and Xunantunich Mayan Ruins a 10 minute drive away. The town of San Ignacio can be reached within 5 minutes by car. Hotel Rooms: 11 The most recent booking for this hotel was made on Dec 10 at 12:04 PM from Canada.
OutdoorsGrounds, BBQ Facilities ActivitiesPlayground Food & DrinkBar, Restaurant With Dining Menu, Breakfast in the Room, Special Diet Meals (upon request) InternetFree! Wi-Fi is available in all areas and is free of charge. ParkingFree! Free public parking is available on site (reservation is not needed). Services24-Hour Front Desk, Baggage Storage, Room Service, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Babysitting/Child Services, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Ironing Service, Packed Lunches, Tour Desk, Fax/Photocopying, Shuttle Service (Surcharge), Airport Shuttle (Surcharge) GeneralFacilities for Disabled Guests, Family Rooms, Safe, Air Conditioning Languages spokenSpanish, English Check-inFrom 1:00 PM Check-outUntil 11:00 AM Cancellation/
Total Hotel Score:8.1
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The rooms were beautiful - the quality of materials and workmanship is excellent. The staff were exceptionally helpful. The meals were very tasty, but the menu was limited if you were staying more than a few days.
Our room had a very small balcony. Next time I would ask for a room at the front with a patio - lovely for sitting outside.
Great service This is a lovely family-run hotel Fantastic food Great hotel for accessing Tikal
Quite far from town so we weren't able to walk in
Friendly, Attentive, Courteous, Clean, Hillside views
too short a stay
It was too far from town to walk. Service was very slow. The only safe was at the front desk and only one employee knows the passcode. If she wasn't there, you couldn't use the safe.
Quiet place,nice view,new construction
Location of the hotel is not accurate on booking.com, it is about 10minutes by bus from San Ignacio towards border. Kitchen is really weak point of this nice hotel.
The staff were always ready to help with suggestions for things to do or visit. They were very accommodating to our schedule and I was able to get meals at off times with no problem. The area was very relaxing, great views and not far from town. We had room #9 which had just been renovated. Has AC. Nice, clean, simple. Loved it!
Facilities were very attractive,clean & modern. Wi Fi worked very well!!!
Resturant was just ok....seemed like they had very little staff .....the workers were fine but had to do cooking as well as handle operations.
The beautiful landscape
No cleaning of the rooms during the three-day stay Maddening slowness in service (40 minutes for 2 pancakes!)
It was a very pleasant resort. Staff was great, food good!
A bit far from town
Nice room.
Long way from San Ignacio (2.5 miles)
Friendly and welcoming very comfortable Great home cooking Quiet and relaxing
Little bit out of town (but cheap & easy to get buses/taxis)
it was not in the center of town which we thought it was but we actually preferred that. it had a gorgeous view of the mountains. we had a car so it was a quick 5 minute drive into town but if you didn't you could always take a taxi. the rooms were modern, spacious and very clean! loved everything about it.
Great owners. Very nice people, helpful and honest. Highly recommend them.
The staff was the best - very accommodating.
The rooms were spacious but could use a bit of sprucing up. For example, the only lamp in the room shone about as bright as a dull headlamp (at best).
Everything.This resort was amazing.If you are going to visit San Ignacio,Belize you should stay here.It was very peaceful and the view from the resort was beautiful.The restaurant was excellent as well.The customer service is the best I have had in all my travels.Thanks again Frankie!
I liked everything!
The hotel was very nicely decorated, rooms were at good standard. The personel was taking very good care of us and gave a feeling of being included in the owning family. The Rumors Resort Hotel stays nicely in the countryside just outside of San Ignacio and it is easy to go with the car to the very small and cosy town center.
Booking.com have indicated that the hotel is situated downtown San Ignacio. It is in reality situated about a mile and a half closer to the boarder. The hotel manager said they had tried to get Booking.com to change the indication but so far it is wrong.
Excellent service, good location right on top of a hill by the highway, 5 minute taxi ride to San Ignacio down town. Close proximity to all major Maya ruins attractions. 1.5 hour drive to the famous ATM Caves and Cave tubing. Owners (Francisco & Rosie) stay on the property and took care of everything. Really enjoyed our 3 night stay at Rumours Hotel.
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Rooms Not well sound proof
Clean and comfortable.
Two things: There's a farily loud noise every 5 or 10 minutes, like some equipment tripping off or on; and some little crawling insects keep appearing on the floor, walls, even occasionally on the bed, perhaps from a previous occupant who returned from a nature trek.
Rooms were clean and staff was friendly and always willing to inform and accommodate all your needs. This hotel is family run. We arrived for a vacation and left with a friends.
Nothing. We loved our stay at Rumors.
Lots of room; small refrigerator & coffee maker; nice size shower with hot & cold water; efficient ac.
Restaurant not full service and lots of menu items not available; room service only every other day.
We had a lovely stay here, it is slightly out of town which means catching a taxi or the bus if you want to venture in. The staff were all very helpful and efficient.
Rumors Resort hotel locates by the Highway close to San Ignacio. It is very convenient as a gateway. The staff are very friendly, caring and knowledgeable. They helped arrange day trips and transportation. The room is very clean.
Staff was nice. Price
Cleaning has not been done once during our 3 nights stay, and towels have not been changed. ???
The guest reviews express the personal opinions of Booking.com customers who filled out a questionnaire after their stay at the hotel. These opinions do not necessarily represent the views of Booking.com.
Rainforest Haven InnRainforest Haven Inn is located in the heart of San Ignacio, Belize. It offers the guests free Wi-Fi access, terraces, a beauty shop on site and has a shared kitchen fully equipped.Most recent booking for this hotel was yesterday at 18:21 from $45 |
Windy Hill ResortWindy Hill Resort is a 10-minute drive from the Guatemalan border, in San Ignacio, Belize. It features a gym, outdoor pool, free Wi-Fi zone and free parking. from $105 |
Midas ResortsSurrounded by rainforest and set next to the Macal River, Midas Resorts is a 10-minute walk from the centre of San Ignacio.Most recent booking for this hotel was yesterday at 21:49 from $88.06 |

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Exercise and Low Back Pain, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Nerve Conduction Velocity
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." HL Mencken
Obesity is more prevalent in neighborhoods with high incidence of poverty. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that encouraging families to relocate to higher income neighborhoods could lower the rate of obesity and signs of diabetes. This finding may lead to a better understanding of how we can combat the obesity epidemic.
Osteoporosis in women is a growing public health challenge with an aging population. New approaches are needed to prevent and treat decreases in bone density and strength. Two recent articles present different and potentially complementary approaches.
Guidelines for care of specific conditions, produced by professional medical organizations, should be based on a rigorous analysis of all existing literature about the treatment of the condition. Guidelines for Low Back Pain were published by the American Pain Society advising that many pain treatments were not clearly effective. Another organization not liking these guidelines offered two systematic critiques (1), (2). The APS responded addressing the need for unbiased assessments of treatments offered by healthcare providers. If you make your living doing a procedure, it may be difficult to admitt that what you do doesn't work well. The results for treatment of low back pain in the US (and elsewhere) are generally not good.
A recent study of a simple resistance exercise program for the neck and shoulders, in office workers who complained of weekly headaches (HAs), showed an approximately 50% reduction in HA frequency vs. a weekly health education control group. The exercise groups were 2 minutes or 12 minutes of daily exercise. The remaining HAs were no different in terms of intensity or duration of pain.
The body can sometimes heal itself in painful conditions. A study of patients with painful osteoarthritis of the knee showed that by mechanically separating the bones in the knee that were touching and causing pain, cartilage regrew and pain and function improved.
In our desperate wish to relieve our pain we sometimes receive treatment that is harmful. One of those treatments may be botulinum toxin, frequently provided as Botox injections to tender muscles. A recent article showed how Botox could produce permanent damage in muscles with normal muscle fibers being replaced with fat cells.
A large study of army recruits demonstrated the protective effect of exercise on the development of knee pain. Male and female recruits who performed 4 stretching and 4 strengthening exercises for 7 weeks, were 75% less likely to develop anterior knee pain.
Years of pain relief in neck and shoulder with muscle injections, when the correct muscle(s) is injected properly.
A patient was seen in 2002 with years of neck pain that radiated into the back of the head and the upper part of the arm. He had failed at attempts of physical therapy. An MRI had shown that there were signs of arthritis in his neck and narrowing of the holes through which the nerves in his neck travelled as they left the spinal cord.
I saw a 56 year old office manager, who I will call Roger, with a 5 year history of neck, shoulder and head pain, which had become much worse in the past year. This is the pain diagram he drew. The darkened lines on the shoulder and upper back are where the pain was experienced.


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2014 Giants Mock (Assuming Nicks is let go)
1. C.J. Mosley, LB, Alabama
2. Brandon Coleman, WR, Rutgers
3. Louchiez Purifoy, CB, Florida
3. Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas
4. Weston Richburg, C, Colorado State
5. Rashaad Reynolds, CB, Oregon State
6. JaWaun James, OT, Tennessee
John Clayton amazes me every time I see him on TV with how ugly he is. And I see him on TV alot!
Let's get one for the thumb...
When I think of Football, the first person that comes to mind is John Clayton.
After that, it's guys like Lawrence Taylor, Vince Lombardi, Walter Payton, etc.
But definitely, John Clayton is THE MAN.
If he says 14.....then it's 14 for me, too.
Seriously, though......I'm thinking they are closer to 7 than 14.....but if that pass rush doesn't show up, it's going to be hard to argue with the ranking.
Bill Parcells never said "you are what John Clayton says you are."
No one remembers who came in second.
Looked about right to me. The Giants have beaten nobody and had to come from behind to beat two bad teams. Does this matter anyway?


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Parasites Lost
The crew takes a trip inside Fry's body to save him from parasitic worms.
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The Cryonic Woman
Fry is reunited with his girlfriend from the 20th Century, but she doesn't adapt to the 31st century as well as he has.
The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings
I could watch "The Devils Hands are Idol Playthings" a hundred times! The musical segments we all got to do was so cool. - Billy West, voice of Fry, Zoidberg, Farnsworth, Zapp Brannigan
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The Honking
When the inheritance Bender claims in the Old Country isn't quite what he expected, the Planet Express crew has to find the source of the age old curse.


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It's every New Yorker's nightmare—and at times it doesn't seem too unrealistic—the city being overtaken by dreaded sponsors! The flavor of the Big Apple is distilled, remixed, and set free in the wild, anime-inspired FooBar by the Berlin-based digital design collective, eBoy. In a style that feels like a mad combination of Where's Waldo and Akira, eBoy creates an 8-bit visual narrative, and this extra-large digital print—measuring 33" wide and 47" in height—is a spectacular format for taking in such intricate illustration work.
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It is curious that the City has had several articles about guests in my studio (Niraj Lama and Imran Aslam) without ever interviewing the artist who owns the studio.
Cody Kroll
Kuma Gama - Clay Studio
Hungerford Building Suite #228
Love this article. I'm an avid motorcyclist (it is the main part of my identity as a human being), and am also a bicyclist - whenever I can't ride my motorcycle, I take my bicycle - and this is a fascinating look into a few strident bicyclists' lives. Very similar to a look into the lives of lifestyle-motorcyclists.
I'd have to say that Rochester's bicyclists, pedestrians, *and* motorcyclists are indeed treated as second-class citizens here. We need more accommodations and respect toward those 3 classes of commuters/people.


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It's been a rather nice weekend – warm and sunny 23 degrees which is lovely for Winter and hopefully and indicator of the next few months to come
This new dress will be perfect for when the warmer weather arrives and I'm very excited to show it to you.
I had planned to make this dress exactly as the illustration on the envelope for McCalls 2197, but I decided to change it.
I still used the bodice and sleeves from the original, but I changed the neck to a V-neck and I also dratted up a collar. I sometimes call these Chelsea collars – have you ever heard them called this?
I tried to do a little research on Chelsea collars and where they came from but I could only find that they popular in the 60's and 70s and that was it! Oh well.
When I was sewing the collar I realised that it needed interfacing but I didn't want to use normal iron-on interfacing as it would have ruined the softness of the silk. You can use sew-in interfacing but I was keen to try out a technique I've read about on Gertie's blog and also in Couture Sewing Techniques. I used organza as the stabiliser and it worked really well! It moves with the silk and doesn't appear too stiff. I just used polyester organza but you could get silk if you wanted
The dress is now very different to the illustration, but my favourite part is the bishop sleeves. They're so billowy and I feel a little like Baryshnikov! The sleeves are closed simply with elastic encased in the sleeve hem.
The name of this dress comes from the Donovan song of the same name. I'm currently reading Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man and naturally I have been listening to a lot more of his music. Legend of a Girl Child Linda is about his love Linda Lawrence. They married in 1970 (which is the same year of this pattern). I'm not sure if Linda would have ever worn this style of dress, but it is in her honour I name it.
There is lots more 60s sewing over here on my blog
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Aug 20, 2013, 07.53 PMby jobirdie
I love your adaptation. Looks fabulous!!
Aug 20, 2013, 09.36 PMby alekat
thank you so much!
Aug 19, 2013, 09.43 AMby Debbie Allingham
Gorgeous – I love the neckline and collar – great modification!
Aug 20, 2013, 09.36 PMby alekat
Thank you!
Aug 19, 2013, 12.51 AMby bethmaryharley
This looks lovely and airy! Beautiful colour too!
Aug 19, 2013, 05.32 AMby alekat
Thank you! yes its very light!
Aug 18, 2013, 08.59 PMby Ulrika Grevin
Collar is spot on – well done you!
Aug 19, 2013, 05.32 AMby alekat
thank you!
Aug 18, 2013, 08.53 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Lovely! Looks great on you! :)
Aug 19, 2013, 05.34 AMby alekat
thanks! :)
Aug 18, 2013, 03.10 PMby flowergirl22
lovely design,, great fabric choice,, love the tapemeasure label>>>>
Aug 19, 2013, 05.33 AMby alekat
thanks! I started using it on skirts when i used to mix up front and back! and now i put it on everything
Aug 18, 2013, 01.12 PMby Mary Athey
gorgeous dress. the fabric and colour plus style suit you so well x
Aug 19, 2013, 05.33 AMby alekat
Thanks Mary! I really like this style of dress
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text: Name: Jon D. Gripentrog Dates: Birth date: January 26, 1949 Death date: April 19, 2012 Obituary: Jon David Gripentrog, 63, Marshfield, died of heart complications on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at Ministry St. Josephs Hospital while surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, April 23, 2012 at Zion United Methodist Church, Marshfield, with Jons son, Jamie Gripentrog officiating. Burial will take place in Hillside Cemetery where military rites will be conducted by the American Legion Post 54. Serving as pallbearers will be Jim Gripentrog, Dale Gripentrog, Lyle Gripentrog, Gary Gripentrog, Phil Smith, Bob Schmoll and Ed Rhodes. The visitation will be held on Sunday from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm and on Monday from 9:00 am until service time, all at Zion United Methodist Church. Rembs Funeral Home is assisting the family. Jon was born on January 26, 1949 in Pinconning, MI to the late Reinie and Millie (Shelly) Gripentrog. He attended many schools and graduated from Marshfield Senior High in 1967. He was married to Bonnie Bushman on November 30, 1968. After their marriage Jon served in the United States Army from 1969 until 1971 and was stationed for a time in Fairbanks, Alaska. Other than a short time in West Bend, Jon and Bonnie lived in Marshfield their entire lives. Jon had many careers over the years including route sales jobs for Wagner Sausage (Sheboygan), Hauke Honey (Marshfield), Fleming Foods (Marshfield) and most recently at St. Vincent De Paul. Jon was a devoted family man who especially enjoyed his eight grandchildren. In his spare time he enjoyed collecting coins, woodworking, yard work, and following the Green Bay Packers. He also loved country music, campfires, and getting together with his many siblings. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Bonnie (Bushman), sons, Jamie (Melissa) of Chili, Aaron (Nikki) of Curtiss and a daughter, Kristi (Andy) Wolf of Vesper. He is also survived by grandchildren, Kayley, Cassie, Allie, Mason, Adyn, Nevyn, Alivia, and Jacob. He is further survived by his siblings, Violet Leonard, Jim (Bea) Gripentrog, LaVon Schmoll, Karen Poyner, Beth Breu, Dale (Dale Ann) Gripentrog, Lyle (Pam) Gripentrog, Gary Gripentrog, Mary Jo Gripentrog, and Debra LaPorte. He was preceded in death by his parents, Reinie and Millie Gripentrog, sisters, Frances Smith, Rachel Bigelow and a brother, Robert Gripentrog. Condolences m ay be sent online to www.rembsfh.com Visitation: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Zion United Methodist Church 2106 North Peach Avenue Marshfield Wisconsin 54449 (map/driving directions) 9:00 am to 10:00 am on Monday, April 23, 2012 at Zion United Methodist Church 2106 North Peach Avenue Marshfield Wisconsin 54449 (map/driving directions) Service: 10:00 am on Monday, April 23, 2012 at Zion United Methodist Church 2106 North Peach Avenue Marshfield Wisconsin 54449 (map/driving directions) Cemetery: Hillside Cemetery 1110 N St. Joseph Avenue Marshfield Wisconsin 54449 (map/driving directions) |


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Course DescriptionThe course examines a design for the biology department of California's Northridge State University as an example of contemporary architecture in which a range of different functions coexist. The project also focuses attention on the quality of the interior and exterior spaces. Through an introductory text, images, and numerous technical and construction detail drawings with explanatory notes, the course provides a comprehensive overview of the project and its use of high-performance technologies and materials, and examines the building's innovative features.
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Rwandan pig co-ops show the power of girls
Many rural Rwandan girls and women live in great poverty. Pig co-ops funded by our Gifts of Hope help them build a brighter future.
WHO? Girls and women
WHERE? Gatsibo district, North East Rwanda.
WHY? This is a rural sector where many families live in poverty and many children die from treatable diseases. Girls and women face extra hardships and often lack the skills to earn a living.
HOW? Funding from Plan Canada's Gifts of Hope provides the supplies and training for girls and women in 3 communities to create co-ops that raise, breed and sell pigs.
Girls and women group all the pigs they receive from Plan into one common shed. They take turns looking after the pigs with help from their families. The co-ops also help others learn about pig farming. Girls are showing their communities the way to a brighter future.
Plan pig co-op projects provide:
The pig co-ops are part of Plan's Gatsibo district livestock project. The project provided 2,038 families with 1,653 cows, 372 goats and 26 pigs.
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It's a nice looking monitor though impractical for everyday use, I once bought a really widescreen 15" monitor when LCD's where still a new technology and part from looking good it didn't really serve a fit purpose. They need to up the verticle pixels though then it would be just an 2560x1440 monitor unless they also increased the horizontal to keep the wide aspect and at £500+ it's priced itself out of it's target audience IMO
What resolution was that? 1080y is not perfect but it's pretty decent. This is (almost) like two monitors, but in one. And I'd say a LOT of people use two 1080p monitors for all kinds of things.
this was 6+ years ago, I can't off the top of my head remember the exact resolution though it was "wider" than widescreen monitors today (possibly anamorphic??). Also this is no where close to 2 1080p monitors if anything it will just give you more free space on each side, they need more Y pixels IMO and if they did that it would likely be a 2560x1440 monitor, seems a bit gimmicky especially for the cost when you can get a number of 1440p monitors for that cost of it. If it was £250-£300 it would be a winner in my book.
Whilst you're not wrong, you can still do this on a 1920x1080p monitor and for £/$600 it's really overpriced, like I said if it was £300 it would be a damn nice monitor for the price though at £600 it's very hard to justify when you can get a 27" 1440p monitor for the same cost. I do like the monitor though, just shame about the price.
Example, here's a SS of a webpage and a PDF opened side by side running at 1080p, as you can see the horizontal is plenty for 2 fullscreen documents however to see the PDF in full without resorting to reducing the size you need to increase the verticle pixels, the same will happen on this monitor only you will have more free space effectively doing noting on the 2560x1080 monitor, why spend £400 more than a standard 1080p monitor? if anything it's appeal will be limited to specialist applications that can make use of the extra horizontal pixels but even then a 1440p can be had for less which makes it a moot point.
That's a 2nd monitor, see edit, the 2 docs occupy one 1080p screen and again the width isn't the issue, it's the verticle which doesn't have enough pixels to display the whole document length, the same would happen on this monitor only you would have more free space on the sides. Disabled my 2nd monitor now so this is a standard 1080p SS, this monitor still wouldn't give you any benefit over 1080p as the extra horizontal pixels are wasted, you need more vertical to display full length documents.
I don't know what at the hate is about here, wide=awesome, like having dual screens but without all the problems that brings. Too bad they don't do a cheaper one without the audio, usb and display port things no-one ever uses.
Well done, you obviously didn't read my posts, you can acheive this "wideness" on a standard 1920x1080 screen, the limiting factor in both monitors is the 1080 vertical pixels, but kudos to you if you like having black/white bars down the sides of your monitors and paying $400 for the pleasure.
Plenty? Looks like the web page is chopped off on the right hand side, and both the PDF and the web page have a horizontal scroll bar... though, you arent missing anything in the PDF. "PLenty", to me, means there is more than enough, when its quite obvious there barely isnt enough.
To the people looking for vertical pixels: Turn the monitor on it's side. Now you have 2560 pixels of vertical awesomeness!
People are generally looking for a good balance. If you would turn this monitor I think it would be too high.


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Coffee, which ounce-for-ounce delivers the strongest dose of caffeine, was most women's pick-me-up of choice. And generally, the more caffeine a woman drank, the more likely she was to be in good mental health. The study was published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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By JOHN MARSHALL, Associated Press
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — De'Anthony Thomas caught the opening kickoff, raced past Oregon's sideline and leaned his head into the end zone like a sprinter crossing the finish line.
The track meet had started and the fifth-ranked Ducks barely looked back after that.
Triggered by Thomas' 94-yard return, Oregon bolted by No. 7 Kansas State 35-17 Thursday night at the Fiesta Bowl in what may have been coach Chip Kelly's final game with the Ducks.
"I felt like my role in this game was to be a momentum-builder and a game-changer," Thomas said. "Once I saw that edge, I wanted to get to the end zone as fast as I could so I could celebrate with my teammates."
They did it a lot.
Teams that had that national title aspirations end on the same day, Oregon and Kansas State ended up in the desert for a marquee matchup billed as a battle of styles: The fast-flying Ducks vs. the execution-is-everything Wildcats.
With Kelly reportedly talking to several NFL teams, Oregon (12-1) was too much for Kansas State and its Heisman Trophy finalist, Collin Klein, turning the game into a try-to-keep up race from the start.
Thomas followed his before-everyone-sat-down kickoff return with a 23-yard touchdown catch, finishing with 195 total yards.
Kenjon Barner ran for 143 yards on 31 carries and scored on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Marcus Mariota in the second quarter. Mariota later scored on a 2-yard run in the third quarter, capped by an obscure 1-point safety that went in the Ducks' favor.
Even Oregon's defense got into the act, intercepting Klein twice and holding him to 30 yards on 13 carries.
"We got beat by a better team tonight, combined by the fact that we let down from time to time," coach Bill Snyder said after Kansas State's fifth straight bowl loss.
Whether Kelly leaves Eugene or not, he had a good run, leading the Ducks to four straight trips to BCS bowls, the last two wins.
Ducks fans sure let him know how they felt, chanting "We want Chip!" just before he was handed the massive Fiesta Bowl trophy.
"Our focus was on this game tonight," Kelly said. "If for some reason, someone wanted to talk to me, it's because of those players over there. We have an unbelievable team, an unbelievable program and any success is because of those guys."
Last year's Fiesta Bowl was an offensive fiesta, with Oklahoma State outlasting Stanford 41-38 in overtime.
The 2013 version was an upgrade: Nos. 4 and 5 in the BCS, two of the nation's best offenses, dynamic players and superbly successful coaches on both sides.
Oregon has become the standard for go-go-go football under Kelly, its fleet of Ducks making those shiny helmets — green like Christmas tree bulbs for the Fiesta Bowl — and flashy uniforms blur across the grassy landscape.
Their backfield of Thomas, Barner and Mariota made up a three-headed monster of momentum, each one capable of turning a single play into a scoring drive of 60 seconds or less.
Mariota has been the show-running leader, a question mark before the season who ably ran Oregon's high-octane offense as the first freshman quarterback to start for the Ducks since Danny O'Neil in 1991.
Oregon won the Rose Bowl for the first time in 95 years last season and was in position for a spot in the BCS title game this year before losing a heartbreaker to Stanford on Nov. 17.
Thomas offered the first flash of speed, picking up a couple of blocks and racing toward a not-so-photo finish at the line. The Ducks, are they are apt to do, went for 2 on the point-after and converted on a trick play to go up 8-0 in the game's first 12 seconds.
It was the second straight day a BCS bowl began with a quick strike; Louisville returned an interception for a touchdown against Florida on the first play of the Sugar Bowl Wednesday night.
Thomas hit the Wildcats (11-2) again late in the first quarter, breaking a couple of tackles and dragging three defenders into the end zone for a catch-and-run TD that put the Ducks up 15-0.
It's nothing new for Oregon's sophomore sensation: He had 314 total yards and two long touchdown runs in the 2012 Rose Bowl. The Ducks are used to it, too, after averaging more than 50 points per game.


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The Vulkan-class is a power projecting attack boat tender capable of carrying twelve deadly attack boats which the elite pilots of the Hub Federation Navy strive to command! Can you join their ranks? Can you handle it?
Adventure 13-SignalGK. Signal GK is the Vilani equivalent of SOS or Mayday! In this adventure, a liner becomes a deathtrap. Who would have thought that this adventure contains the seeds of the dreaded Virus in Traveller: The New Era!
Alien Module 1- Asan. Adventure and Intrigue with a proud warrior race. The first of the Traveller alien modules, dealing with the feline Aslan and their massive empire spinward of the Imperium.
Alien Module 2- K'kree. Encounters with the enigmatic centaurs. The second Traveller alien module, dealing with the herbivore K'kree and their empire trailing the Imperium.
Alien Module 3- Vargr. Freebooting encounters with the wolves of space. The third alien module addressed the Vargr: uplifted dogs from Terra.
Alien Module 4- Zhodani. Encounters with the psionic masters. The Zhodani alien module profiles the vast human empire lying spinward of the Imperium.
Alien Module 5- Droyne. The last of the Ancients. Information about the reptilian droyne and their caste structure.
Alien Module 6- Solomani. Self-proclaimed champions of human supremacy. Coverage of the humans of Earth and their Earth-centered empire.
Alien Module 7- Hivers. Encounters with the Manipulators. Details of the truly alien hivers and their social structure.
Alien Module 8- The Darrians. The secret of the Star Trigger. The history of the Darrians... high-tech humans in the Spinward Marches.
FASA Adventure Class Ships, Volume 1- For Traveller
Valor Missile Corvette
Maru Merchant Vessel
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FASA Adventure Class Ships, Volume 3- For Traveller
Star Merchant Liner
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FASA Starport Module 1- Hotel Complex- For Traveller
A set of thirteen 15mm deck plans for the Starport Hotel Complex.
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Six 17"x22" (double sided) deck plan sheets plus two 16-page booklets.
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ISCV: Leander
Leander is a variable tonnage cargo
drive unit and up to ten 200-ton cargo
FIVE 11 x 17 sheets of deck plans.
ISPMV: Fenris (and Valkyrie)
The Fenris is disguised as a 2000-ton cargo ship, but
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fighters and a large supply of missiles. Includes TEN
11 x 17 sheets of deck plans.
ISPMV: Tethys
Tethys is a 1000-ton mercenary transport with small craft
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A band of scientists and adventurers must probe the mysteries of a gigantic asteroid starship, home of the mysterious race of interstellar vikings known only as the Sky Raiders. Awaiting them in the immense man-made world are threats and puzzles, old enemies and new problems, wealth untold, and the final solution of the mystery of... the Sky Raiders.Last of the Sky Raiders trilogy. Fate of the ... [click here for more]
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As the Fifth Frontier War locks the Spinward Marches in mortal combat, a band of adventurers journeys outside the Imperium on a mission of vital importance. Their destination: ESHAAR, a dangerous and hostile world where temperatures average 150°C... where sulfuric acid takes the place of water . . . where enigmatic aliens hold the key to success or failure for the Imperium, The mission: dis... [click here for more]
The mission seemed simple: rescue an abducted merchant Prince from the hands of a rival corporation in time to avert an interstellar war. The one month deadline seemed to be more than enough time to complete the mission. That is until the adventurers arrive at the planet where the prince is being held. Galatea, a world made up of thousands of islands and very severe weather made the mission a l... [click here for more]
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Across the desert of a distant planet, the daring and tactical genius of a handful of adventurers alone can thwart a dictator's invasion. Join these guerilla leaders, the Uragyad'n of the Seven Pillars, to free a people and decide the fate of a world.
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Lady Sandra Lockhart was rich, famous... and bored. A thrill-seeker and daredevil, she was always on the lookout for new horizons to conquer. Now she has set her sights on the triple peaks of Anekthor.Anekthor, the majestic, unconquered mountain, shrouded in snow and mystery. Anekthor, home of the enigmatic Windstalkers, creatures of legend whose howls are said to signal the death of climbers. ... [click here for more]
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Startown… the rough and tumble district on any world where travellers can find anything from entertainment to the worst sorts of crime and corruption. Condemned by the majority of honest citizens, exploited by the criminal subculture, and visited by starship crews and other travellers looking for entertainment, information, jobs, or almost anything else, this is "a wretched hive of scum ... [click here for more]
The Desert Environment is a Traveller supplement dealing with the particular situations and problems of travel and survival in a desert climate. Included are specific rules systems designed to simulate all aspects of desert survival, explanations of equipment available for use in such terrain, and guidelines for setting up specific desert situations, special events and encounters, and adventure... [click here for more]
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The Mountain Environment is a Traveller supplement dealing with the particular situations and problems of travel and survival in rugged terrain. Included are specific rules systems designed to simulate mountaineering and other activities and hazards found in mountain terrain, explanations of equipment available for use in such terrain, and a guide to constructing specific mountain situations, s... [click here for more]
The Undersea Environment is a Traveller supplement dealing with the particular problems found in an aquatic environment. Included are specific rules systems designed to simulate underwater activities and hazards, explanations of gear and equipment available for underwater use, and a guide to special events and encounters to aid the referee in constructing underwater encounter tables.
From the want ads of a starport news service come 20 short adventure situations for use with Traveller. Job opportunities abound for adventurers in this collection of scenarios which can lead a band of characters into anything from a luxury cruise to a mercenary expedition.Ideal for referees who need quick inspiration or a way of enlivening an ongoing campaign, this Traveller supplement makes a... [click here for more]
Mayday. Starship battles in the far future. Vector movement space combat with repositionable hex grid space maps.
* Fourteen full-color deck plans * 256 die cut counters for adventurers and defenders. * One rules booklet covering combat, movement, and scenarios (Rules Booklet: Azhanti High Lightning). * One TRAVELLER Supplement describing these giant starships (Supplement 5: Lightning Class Cruisers). * Playable with TRAVELLER; playable alone. For ages 12 and up.
"Poised just beyond the frontier of the Imperium stand the war fleets of the Zhodani Consulate. Four times in the last five hundred years, they have attacked in campaigns to wrest control of the vital resources and rich worlds of the Spinward Marches from the Third Imperium. Now they strike again, and the Fifth Frontier War begins in earnest. Fifth Frontier War is a Traveller campaign game port... [click here for more]
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Striker. 15mm miniatures rules for Traveller. Striker miniatures rules covered small unit military operations in 15mm scale. A key component of Striker was the design sequence which allowed the design of a combat vehicles.
Tarsus. World Beyond The Frontier. A detailed presentation of a single world in the Spinward Marches.
Beltstrike. Riches and Danger in the Bowman Belt. A detailed presentation of a single system in the Spinward Marches, including asteroid mining operations.
The Spinward Marches Campaign: in a War-Ravaged Sector. A bit error in a high priority transmission brands one of the player characters a traitor - to be shot on sight. It's all a foul mix-up, but explain that to sixteen plasma-gun-armed Marines in battle dress!
Atlas of the Imperium. Star Maps of 35 sectors in and around the Imperium. 35 star charts showing the systems within sectors in the Imperium (and outside the Imperium).
1001 Characters
Traveller Supplement 1
Contains 1001 pre-generated Traveller characters ready for use as non-player characters, quick characters for a spur-of-the-moment game, or to supplement the work of the referee. Plus a bonus of nine characters drawn from science-fiction. 44 pages
The Spinward Marches
Traveller Supplement 3
Maps and world data for the 16 subsectors of the Spinward Marches Sector. 48 pages.
76 Patrons
Traveller Supplement 6
Sixty separate patron encounter situations for everyone from a single adventurer to a dozen or more, each one with three or more possible resolutions. Plus 16 mercenary job offers. 48 pages.
Library Data (A-M)
Traveller Supplement 8
From the data banks and the galactic encyclopedias of the Imperium, a compilation of important facts of interstellar society, culture, history and science. Included are data entries A through M, plus essays on the Imperium, its Emperors, and more! 48 pages.
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Traveller Supplement 9
The ships of the Imperial Navy.
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"We are backed up. We are addressing those issues."
Barbara Alterman
"Quarterbacks can come back quicker from this because we can protect them. You can't do that with backs. Alley should be back in six to nine months. He'll be running in three months, cutting by six. Then it's a question of doing that at a high level."
Brent Bankston
"Three or four teams have backed out already, so it's going to be a small meet."
Bobby Anderson
"We started backed up, and you call plays a little different. You run plays a little different. But that's no excuse. We have to find ways to move the football and come out with the same aggressiveness that we had in the first half. I think we did that. I just think Atlanta came out and they changed up a few things, they did some different things that broke our flow, and they made some plays. Now we have to find a way to respond."
Bobby Engram
"It just feels good to get that monkey off of our backs. As a competitor you don't want to hear about how long it's been. You just want to win the game so you really don't have to hear about it anymore."
"The lineup backed up the mound after Kris came on in relief. (Lake Hamilton) just got off to too big of a head start."
Bobby Hyatt
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The World of Rare Comic Books: Amazing Spider-Man #1
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One of the rarest comic books still in existence in near-perfect condition is an issue of "Amazing Spider-Man #1," rare not only because of its singularity but also because of its quality. The comic book sold for only 12 cents per copy when it was published in March 1963, and is now worth over $40,000 -- not an exceedingly high price for comic books (the most valuable, first appearance of Superman in "Action Comics 1," is said to be worth $350,000) -- but extremely rare in such pristine condition.
In 2002, a comic book shop in Manhattan was broken into, and a particularly rare copy of "Amazing Spider-Man #1" was stolen, by a "gentlemanly" robber holding a duffel bag containing a rifle and handcuffs. He tied up the store owner while he picked the desired issues -- certainly a scene right out of the pages of his contraband. If only Spider-Man was real ...


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In a lot of life situations people have gone through pressure. Sometimes it is a pressure on a group of people, but sometimes it is just one person that is getting pressured. It might occur at a baseball game when it is there turn to hit the ball. When they go up to bat, they must be thinking about what's going to happen. They are usually worried that they will let down their team. Sometimes it might not be a baseball game when this occurs, but when it does occur that person is usually focused on pleasing the people around them. There have been a lot of situations in daily life where a lot of people are depending on one person.
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Miraval Living in NYC
When you're at a really posh spa, you feel very removed from the world and, if you're anything like we are, you eventually begin to feel so relaxed that you wish that you never had to return to the real world. In New York in 2008, the Arizona-based Miraval spa will be opening a new complex where you actually don't have to leave. Located at 515 East 72nd Street the project is called Miraval Living and it is the company's first "spadominium," a condo complex where spa-living is a way of life. And for a spa, it's actually a rather intense experience. Each resident will receive a "custom regimen from the hundreds of offered services, from sex therapy to massages to pilates.
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Money to reward law abiders The Iowa Legislature passed a law in 2010 that banned people younger than 18 from using their cell phones in any way while behind the wheel.___________________________________________Henry County jobless rate tops 9 percent in January Despite what state workforce development officials say about an improving economy, Henry County and extreme southeast Iowa bucked the trend according to January 2011 unemployment statistics.___________________________________________Habitat house dedication ceremony set Wednesday The Greater Fairfield Area Habitat for Humanity will host a dedication ceremony for its newest home at 912 N. Ninth St. at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. ___________________________________________ More Stories Below ___________________________________________Threat of meltdown in Japan raises Callaway 2 question In the wake of this week's massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, an explosion at a nuclear power plant near the quake's epicenter raised fears of a meltdown.___________________________________________ Japanese Red Cross: We need money The American Red Cross stands ready and willing to assist following the earthquake in Japan and the resulting tsunami.___________________________________________Man shot in the leg after argument at a house party Deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the 2500 Block of Highway NN West in northern Boone County Friday night. ___________________________________________
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We enjoyed staying in the upstairs suite in the main lodge for two nights and the room was a luxuriouson switch from earlier accomodations in Alaska. We were dropped off in Talkeetna by friends and had to rely on Kathy, our hostess, for transportation to and from town. Tho' it was a ways into town she couldn't have been more... More
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Tuesday, 03/07/2012
Kick off 15:30 BST at Kadriorg Stadium
UEFA European Championship Finals, Group B
England - Chalobah 60'
Croatia - Pavičić 56'
By Nicholas Veevers in Tallinn
England started their European Championship campaign off with a draw, as Croatia survived a late onslaught from the Young Lions to ensure both sides made a solid start to the competition. It was something of a game of two halves, with an out-of-sorts first-half performance from England more than corrected in a second half in which they dominated and deservedly equalised Croatia's opener with a fine strike from Nathaniel Chalobah. However, Noel Blake's side certainly had Sam Johnstone to be thankful to more than once before the break, as the lively Croatians looked to take an early lead with their high-energy start to proceedings. Firstly, the Manchester United goalkeeper made a brave block to deny Antonio Mirko Colac, after a loose header back from Luke Garbutt was latched onto by the Croatian after just ten minutes. Colac was denied again by a brave block from Michael Keane after another swift move down the right moments after that. Johnstone was called into action again in the 22nd minute, when Colak dragged the ball into the box from the left for Domagoj Pavicic, whose shot was well saved, before England broke to the other end within a minute and Garbutt's centre was met by the head of Ross Barkley only for Croatian 'keeper Simon Sluga to keep that out. The best of Johnstone's work was saved for the 25th minute though, as a stunning move from Croatia saw them angle a pass into the area for Danijel Miskic. His shot looked destined for the top corner, but Johnstone got a hand to it at full stretch at the expense of a corner. England sprung into action after that wake-up call and Harry Kane forced Sluga into a save just before the half-hour mark with Benik Afobe doing well to cross from the right before Barkley fired rather wastefully into the side-netting from the left after winning the ball himself in midfield to break forward. Johnstone then completed a trio of superb first-half saves in the 39th minute when the defence were caught out by Ivan Mocinic's slide-rule pass forward into the path of Marko Dugandzic. He broke clear on goal, but Johnstone was out quickly to make another smart stop. Blake clearly had words with his men at the break and England emerged for the second half looking like a transformed team, really taking the game to Croatia. They came closer than anyone to breaking the deadlock in the 48th minute, as Kane fed Barkley 25 yards out with the Everton ace instantaneously striking a stunning shot at goal. Sluga was nowhere near it, but unfortunately for England, it crashed against the bar and bounced back to safety. Chalobah then played a cross-field pass to Afobe in the area and once the Arsenal striker had controlled with his chest, his low shot hit Sluga on the line and Croatia could breathe again. Tragically, England were caught out against the run of play, as a cross from Marko Pajac was nodded back down by Dugandzic for Pavicic to sweep in and strike a low shot past Johnstone in the 57th minute from just inside the area. The lead didn't last for long though, as England hit straight back on the hour mark. Barkley started the move by slipping a pass to the left for Garbutt and when his cross was only headed half clear, Chalobah anticipated it, controlled and then sent a right-footer crashing past Sluga and into the top corner from just inside the area. Afobe was denied in similar circumstances to his earlier chance in the 68th minute, this time as Garbutt's free-kick was floated into the area and flicked into the forward's pass. He did everything right again, controlling in an instant and shooting at goal but Sluga was also just as sharp, blocking again at his near post. By now, Croatia appeared to be tiring and using any chance they could to slow the game or pass the seconds but England were in the ascendancy with Barkley, Chalobah and George Thorne all using the ball well through midfield and Garbutt also joining them in there, following the introduction of Jack Robinson. With the fresh legs of Nathan Redmond and Rob Hall added to that, England finished strongly and almost won it in the 87th minute when Redmond burst forward down the right and produced an inviting cross, which was inches away from being met by Afobe in the box. Having said that, Johnstone had one last contribution to make in added time as he tipped over Miskic's free-kick from 25 yards. Given the pattern of the game though, a draw was perhaps the fairest of results and England will now turn their attentions to the match with Serbia on Friday.


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It seems as though hardware manufacturers finally got tired of being forced into AMD products if they bought an AMD motherboard, or NVIDIA products if they bought an NVIDIA board. And so, Voodoo PC (owned by HP) decided to fix that. Using an unknown method, Voodoo is giving customers the option to get either CrossFire or SLI in a computer built around an NVIDIA SLI platform. You can read the full interview, where Voodoo PC discusses the new technology and makes some "rather unflattering" remarks over the Dell XPS here. Source: The Inquirer
Apart from the SLi or crossfire thing, the rest of the system sounds pretty standard and crap. AKA: nothing us enthusiasts cant already buy for about half of what voodoo are asking.
ATI video cards running in SLI? That is great news! I am pretty sure that the Nvidia motherboards are far more popular then the ATI based boards, so this might actually help boost ATI video card sales. The way I see it, if this option was made public then it would probably favor AMD/ATI. I wonder how Nvidia will respond to this news... they probably love the fact that consumers HAD to buy 2 of their video cards to run SLI.
No, not ATI cards in SLI, Crossfire on a chipset that officially doesn't support it. Ie the same effect as hacked drivers.
Hacked drivers or not .. I see it as a break through against those that force us to run only on their chipsets ... ATI or SLI .. gives us another option in terms of if and when motherboard manufactures as a whole do the same ... I like the idea of running CF on a 680 mobo ..
I prefer SLI on my 5000x, the hardware can do it, damn drivers. Then again they should enable both SLI and Crossfire on all capable boards, would make the choice of boards/GPU a lot less limiting. It's already proven that SLI could run on any chipset last year when they hacked a single set of drivers.
sounds like problems to me nvidia driver mixing with ati ticking time bomb i say there are board that can run both but there crap and if nvidia wanted to run xfire card on there chipset there was be a setting in the bios to pick from
I personally like both makers chipsets. Admittedly, before Nvidia made the nforce mobos, nforce2, and nforce 3, we were locked into what, Via and maybe one other with intel thrown in. What a break through that was. Then ATI started making chipsets, first gen sucked, but the subsequent gens were nice. I especially like this vice versa offering. Very nice.
Senior year at high school/cross country. I wake up at 6:45AM, leave at 7:25, and don't get home until 5:30 . And then I've got homework to do...I'm running out of time to find good news for you guys. Good thing I have study halls like the one I'm in right now... .
Now if they could only make SLI or Crossfire a bit more 'transparent'. Currently when I get a new video card, my older card becomes the secondary card for my other monitors (and/or projector, and/or TV) so I always have two different models in my system. If it could switch itself off and on without user intervention, I'd consider getting two of the same card for that boost in games, while providing me all the outputs that I need when I'm not playing.
Like someone mentioned, the biggest market for high performance setups like sli and crossfire are only bought but people like us who will make out own system anyways. Besides being a fanboy, the nvidia chipsets seem to be the best anyways, and it seems like sli is better than crossfire, so why you would do this? I don't know but for now I think we can buy either a crossfire board or sli
soon they'll make a bridge to connect 2 cards;one from ati and second nvidia than the CROSSLI will born
I agree with you there man. ATI and nVidia need to make it so you can run say dual monitor while running xfire/sli. Their own laziness is the reason we cant run quad lcds with dual cards for older games.
Looking at this system, i have to say that voodoo pc has had a far bigger impact/influence at hp than alienware has at dell
they did this a long time ago http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=9051 XFIRE works on any nforce4 sli mobo with the uli chipset you just need hacked drivers and here is SLI on XFIRE mobo http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=98034
Voodoo... like 3DFX? Nvidia bought them correct? And they found a way to make Crossfire run on an SLI chipset? Someone's getting fired.
yes, crossfire on a nvidia sli board was confirmed by voodoo a long time ago on Rahul's blog. both brands shared a common uli south bridge, therefore making this possible.


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While i appluad the weapons make up on these mechs in the video; i just do not feel this is a good representation of how players will set up their mechs in acutal game play.
Depending on game mechanics and allowable mech configs, i truly feel players are going to "maximize" and specialize mechs regardless of developers "intended" mech weapon configurations. I anticape heavys and assualts as max damage brawlers, or max damage range configs will be the pre domiant configurations.
Yeah yeah on a "balanced" lance and how a light mech should be able to run around heavys and assualts and kite them to death. But if i am in an awesome or atlas and I one shot alpha light and medium mechs why would i care if i loss a little armor to one or two lights plinking away at me?
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Situated in a quiet suburb a 15-minute bus ride from central Zurich, the Jugendherberge Zurich is a reliable Hostelling International outpost with 290 beds spread across simple, clean dorms, privates and doubles.
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The 40-room, family-run Neufeld Hotel is a three-star property located a a 10-minute tram ride from central Zurich.
Address Kornhausstrasse 57 (Zurich West)
The ultra-cool Kafischnaps is a hip café and bar with five basic rooms for rent upstairs. The bathroom is shared, the aesthetic artsy and the rates are cheapo.
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The trendy Zum Guten Glück is ultral-hip bar downstairs and sleek pension upstairs. These rates here are rock bottom for Zurich, but note to Cheapos: There are two shared bathrooms for the 10 guestrooms, and the staff here may be too cool for their own (or their guests') good.
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Down East 2013 ©
There's only one event that I know of — besides the flow of drugs from Floyd to The Village and the flow of cash from The Village to Floyd — that involves both halves of the island. The event is officially known as the Grand Seal Island Annual Inland Regatta, but because it's held each year on a tiny stream called Minot's Trickle, and because the name "Minot's Trickle" sounds enough like "Minnow's Tinkle" to make the stoned Villagers snicker, everyone pretty much calls it "Minnow's Tinkle," or "The Tinkle," or often just "The Tink."
Minot's Trickle is actually not so much a stream as a moist patch that twists along the center of the island like the trail of an incontinent snake. But the near-total absence of water doesn't hinder the brave sailors from The Village. In fact, The Tink is one of the biggest events of the year on GSI.
The entries in The Tink look like rowboats, except that they lack the bottom part of the hull that so many seafarers find useful. Instead, the two-person crews of the Tinkboats climb into their crafts, lift them up to butt level, and then run along the Minot Trickle course. The total distance is about five hundred yards, which is actually a long way for pot-smoking, beer drinking Villagers to carry a boat while sprinting at top speed.
And for clarification: The Villagers smoke pot and drink beer while they're carrying the boats. The entire regatta is a spectacular exercise in excess.
The event was held yesterday. The air was clear and cool, and the contestants showed up promptly after breakfast, which made it about three-thirty in the afternoon. Almost everyone from The Village participated in the race, and almost everyone from The Town showed up to watch. The whole thing had the air of Romans packing the Coliseum so they could watch gladiators get naked and drink hard liquor straight out of bottles.
Each boat had a theme. For example:
• The Cyclops. Bo's boat was painted brown and had vines and strips of camouflage fabric hanging all over it. Bo, wearing nothing but a loincloth — his dark-brown skin oiled and shining — had a huge single eyeball glued to his forehead.
• The Valkeries. Maple was dressed up as a Viking woman from the opera, with horns on her helmet and blonde pigtails. She was with another, equally red-faced woman — I think her name is Willow — who wore an identical costume.
• The Mermaid. Eliza and some Village guy I've seen around had their own entry. The boat was painted azure blue, and Eliza wore a short skirt of turquoise sequins that suggested a mermaid's tail. She wore nothing above her waist, which suggested that the large audience wasn't entirely due to the thrill of competition.
• The Jolly Roger. Two guys with eye patches and stuffed parrots, carrying an all-black boat with a pirate's flag.
• The Purple Haze. Summer and the Wiry Guy, dressed in bell-bottom jeans, tie-dyed T-shirts, sandals, and blue John Lennon glasses. Their boat was a swirl of psychedelic colors augmented with day-glo peace signs.
• The Accountants. Mitch and another guy were dressed in grey slacks, shiny black shoes, white shirts, narrow grey neckties, and black-framed glasses. They had combed their hair and gelled it flat, and they had calculators in their shirt pockets.
There were others, too: the Werewolf, the Abominable Snowman, the BellyDancers, the Homicidal Smurf, the Cockroach, the Floating Nun, and more. By four o'clock or so, the grassy hill that served as the starting area was covered with bizarre Village People sporting bizarre costumes and leering about with bizarre grins. The Townsfolk were seated on folding chairs along the length of the Tinkle, sipping rum drinks from highball glasses and gossiping vigorously about the scandalous behavior of the Villagers.
And the gossip might have been deserved. Every single Villager showed up seriously stoned, some to the point where lifting the boat was as much a feat of coordination as of strength. Most of the sailors were bloated with beer and unburdened from the constraints of much clothing, which worked better for some than for others. Every now and then, a pair of smirking Villagerati would dash off behind some bushes for a quick round of grope and giggle. A fleet of guitars and bongos crashed in drunken syncopation, with lyrics that were heavily altered or forgotten altogether in the spirit of the festivities. I bummed a beer off the Werewolf crew and sat down with Henry, Cory, and Meg to watch the race.
Because everyone from The Village was involved with the boats or the music, the Mistress of Ceremonies was Suzette Houlton, the GSI Economic Development Officer lauded for her commitment to the cause. She was dressed in a hot pink muumuu, and her lips were painted to match. She drank from a cobalt-blue bottle filled with something caustic, and she laughed loudly every time she looked at anyone. Even Henry.
When all the contestants were ready and most were upright and facing in the same direction, Suzette drained the last of the elixir from her cobalt-blue bottle, counted to three (taking obvious pleasure in her ability to get the order right in her condition), and smashed the bottle across the bow of the Jolly Roger. The impact signaled the start of the race for everyone except the Jolly Roger pirates, who fell backward from the blow and apparently thought the whole thing too funny to get up and start running.
But otherwise, they were off. In a flurry of whoops and shrieks and chugs and grins and moons and gestures both obscene and inviting, the mob of Tinkle sailors lunged and careened along the snake-pee trail. The challenge of the race stems from attrition more than speed; almost instantly Gilligan collided with Manhattan Project and Satan's Little Helper, leaving the boats splintered and the participants rolling on the ground in hysterics. Accountants was singled out for scuttling by the Vikings of Valkerie, who seemed to object to the calculators and the shiny shoes. The Valkeries produced a grappling hook from their bow, snared the offending ship, and reduced it to pencil-sized shards. The Accountants made some swift calculations and pointed out that the Vikings now owed them forty-two dollars and eighty-seven cents.
Taking the early lead was the Cyclops, powered by Bo. On his shoulders, without even touching the ground, was Celia the Ice Maiden, who actually managed to break into a smile as she bounced along the course with Bo's powerful neck between her thighs.
Gravity was the primary obstacle in the course, and most of the boats succumbed to its sober pull as the sailors sprinted along while receiving inebriated reports from their inner ears. In general, the entire event looked like an excuse for the conversion of lumber into kindling.
Along the course, the Townspeople watched with amusement, pointing to the bobbing breasts and flexing buttocks as though the occupants would be shocked to discover their own nudity. The way the highballs were tilting, I'd say the Townsfolk also took advantage of the lowered social standards to tank up a bit themselves, free from the usually staid atmosphere of the town of Grand Seal Island. Henry seemed philosophically bemused by the whole event, although I did notice that his eyes followed Mermaid's bow more than was strictly necessary. Meg seemed to think it was all a fun exercise in silliness, which I took to be a good sign.
In the end, Cyclops was the wire-to-wire winner, and Bo and Celia celebrated their victory with a robust and investigative kiss. Eliza, in Mermaid, threw her arms around the guy she was with just for the hell of it.
— Donovan Graham, "The Shadowless Writer"
Comment — SunTanDude: Awesome, man! But I was rooting for Purple Haze, if you know what I mean.
Comment — BinoMan211: Where did you say this island is? I have GOT to see this race the next time it happens.
Comment — Amber4295: I just love those little sequins skirts. I have one in purple and another in pink.
Comment — Edith5545: This island sounds awfully wild to me.
Comment — BobbyBoy886314: Man, you have a great job.
Comment — PriscillaW863: I think this whole thing is scandalous and should be stopped. What kind of society allows this sort of behavior?
Read previous blog entries in the Island Wars story by clicking here [1].
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Warm water dragged at her feet as the young woman struggled to open her eyes. Her whole body ached and she tasted sand in her mouth. She heard the cries of seagulls as she slowly rose to her knees. Her hair was tangled and coarse from what she knew by scent was saltwater. Lifting her eyes, she gazed all around.
She was on a beach. She could see palm trees... a jungle beyond... cliffs... a mountain...
She struggled to remember what had happened.
Her name was Maria Lopez.
She was 23 years old.
Six months ago she had murdered her husband and her best friend savagely.
She remember her cell door opening... men in SWAT gear... a needle in her arm...
What the hell was going on?
She stood up, studying herself. She was wearing camoflage cargo pants, boots and a white tank top.
Nearby she saw a large crate with a piece of paper on the side.
Getting up slowly, she realized there were other people laying in the sand as well. They were breathing so she focused on the crate and the paper.
She read the paper...
Then she read it again...
by the third time she was breathing fast, her heart was hammering and she started swearing under her breath rapidly in Spanish:
Welcome to The Island
You have been sent here because you are a convicted felon who means nothing to society anymore. The prisons are too full to accomidate you, so you are among the ones chosen to be sent here to die.
The Island is completely deserted. No buildings, no power, no running water.
Everything you have : food, water, shelter, tools, weapons, must be either ones you made yourself or something that you managed to scavenge from one of the few parachute drops that will be made from time to time.
During the day you will fight to survive against satarvation and the elements, not to mention the other inmates.
But that is nothing compared to what you will be facing at night.
Thank you for your participation in this new level of incarceration and death sentence.
We hope you enjoy your final days with us...
Maria stood shock still, terrified of what she had just read.
This couldn't be real... it couldn't be... this was a dream... a nightmare...
The crate held some basic stuff : water bottles, packages of crackers, some extra clothes, blankets, a few bandages, boxes of matches, pocket knives...
There was some more, but as she was digging through the stuff Maria heard the groaning of another inmate. The rest of the inmates were men which made her distinctly uncomfortable, especially since she had no idea what they were arrested and convicted for.
Grabbing one of the knives, a pack of crackers, a box of matches and a water bottle, stuffing them into the pockets of her cargo pants as fast as she could, she grabbed one of the blankets and backed away from the crate, keeping her eyes on the other inmates and her body tensed to run.


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Frank, thanks for the talk at the Norhtern Neck Anglers Club members meeting/mini seminar. I'm sure the members got some good ideas to put into use for the up coming Target Ship Shoot Out Tournament. This will be the third one of the Club's 10 tournaments this year. The target species are Flounder, Bluefish and Croaker. The tournament dates are June 21 & 22.
Following that we will have the 'BIG' Flounder Bash Tournament on July 21 & 22 for Flounder and Croaker. If you need a HO for that one let me know.


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They are alien, strange, and bizarre. They eat what you and I can't. And we find them ugly and scary. But take a closer look at their lives and you might find you should really appreciate them. So let's talk turkey - turkey vulture that is! Join us at the Animal Forest Vulture/Turkey Habitat and see the the beauty behind the beast. Please allow at least 15 minutes to walk from the parking lot to the Animal Forest turkey and vulture habitat.