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Volunteer Naturalist/Educators and Interns
Volunteer Naturalists play a key role in fulfilling Bluff Lake's mission to "foster environmental education and stewardship at Bluff Lake, a unique urban wildlife refuge" as leaders in our youth science programs.
Volunteers introduce groups of schoolchildren (10-25 students at a time) to the natural world through hands-on exploration in topics including wetland ecology, habitat diversity, urban wildlife, food chains, and life cycles. Students range in age from ECE-5th grade, and primarily attend Denver and Aurora Public Schools. Volunteer Naturalists make science fun and meaningful for kids! Through their enthusiasm and guidance, Naturalists make it possible for each student to be able to see and touch even the smallest find at Bluff Lake.
Field trips are on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings throughout the school year.
At the site, Volunteer Naturalists lead groups of students on nature walks and guide them through program-related activities. Our programs are in the format of stations with groups of students rotating from one station to the next. Volunteer Naturalists typically lead one station for the entirety of the program. Program write-ups and materials are provided.
Naturalists use the program curricula and present it according to established guidelines. Naturalists receive training on the job and in several training workshops offered throughout the year. No experience is necessary.
We prefer that Naturalists work one morning per week throughout the school year on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday mornings from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., however we will work with your schedule.
- Become familiar with the education programs through shadowing staff members and volunteers.
- Familiarize oneself with Bluff Lake's natural history.
- Upon completion of mentoring, lead school groups, and facilitate student exploration.
- Attend volunteer meetings and continuing education opportunities.
- Maintain good working relationships with BLNC staff and volunteers.
- Pass a CBI background check.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and group presentation skills.
- A cooperative demeanor and the ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to answer questions in a patient manner.
- Willingness to work outdoors in highly variable elements including hot and cold temperatures, rain, snow and wind.
- Ability to traverse up to a mile of variable terrain.
- Ability to supervise small groups of children.
- Transportation to and from site.
- A commitment to the mission of Bluff Lake Nature Center.
- Real teaching experience in an outdoor setting and getting the chance to inspire future naturalists.
- Free continuing education opportunities and a great resume builder.
- Personal satisfaction and making a difference in the lives of children.
Volunteer Naturalists will work at our site, located at
Bluff Lake Nature Center
3400 Havana Way, Denver, CO 80238.
Please fill out our Volunteer Request Form and email it to firstname.lastname@example.com, or mail to: Bluff Lake Nature Center, 4755 Paris Street, Suite 190, Denver, CO 80239 to get the process started!
Interns should apply online here
Once we receive your form, we will contact you to schedule a meeting out at our site so that you can get a better idea of how things work, meet some of our staff, and we can get to know you better.
Thank you for your interest!


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Science and Creation
The Search for Understanding
John C. Polkinghorne, internationally renowned priest-scientist, addresses fundamental questions about how scientific and theological worldviews relate to each other in this, the second volume (originally published in 1988) of his trilogy, which also included Science and Providence and One World.
Dr. Polkinghorne illustrates how a scientifically minded person approaches the task of theological inquiry, postulating that there exists a close analogy between theory and experiment in science and belief and understanding in theology. He offers a fresh perspective on such questions as: Are we witnessing today a revival a natural theology—the search for God through the exercise of reason and the study of nature? How do the insights of modern physics into the interlacing of order and disorder relate to the Christian doctrine of Creation? What is the relationship between mind and matter?
Polkinghorne states that the "remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than that which it itself can provide. Religion, if it is to take seriously its claim that the world is the creation of God, must be humble enough to learn from science what that world is actually like.The dialogue between them can only be mutually enriching."
152 pages; ISBN 9781599472164
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This is VERY important. While the outcome is often a WS that sees what they are giving up, that is NOT the goal. The goal is you becoming stronger, more self aware, and to regain some of the esteem that affairs rob us all of.
True love is harder to come by than soul mates. True love requires work.
Ignorance can be cured with knowledge. There is no cure for being an idiot.
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You couldn't have told me in July and December of 2006, but there really is a life after this mess.
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As the title suggests, the present edition comprises those texts of the Councils' decrees which are formally 'ecumenical', as well as those decrees of the main 'general' Councils, whose authority is recognized by many churches, or else is accredited with such status by Roman tradition. These texts will be presented in four volumes, reflecting and respecting the perspectives of the various Christian traditions. The second volume (publ. 2010) contains the texts of the decrees from Trent to Vatican II (1545-1965).
Tra il 1959 e il 1962, a partire dall'iniziativa dell'Istituto per le Scienze Religiose di Bologna, l'edizione del Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Decreta è stata avviata da un piccolo gruppo di studiosi tra cui Alberigo, Joannou, Leonardi e Prodi, con il prezioso aiuto di Dossetti e Jedin, pubblicata pochi giorni prima dell'apertura del Concilio Vaticano II e presentata al Papa Giovanni XXIII durante una speciale udienza il primo Ottobre 1962.
L'opera comprende i testi dei decreti dei primi sette concili ecumenici, il quarto Concilio di Costantinopoli, i cinque concili Lateranensi, i due concili di Lione, quelli di Vienna, Costanza, Basilea-Firenze, Trento e il Concilio Vaticano I (1870). Una successiva, terza, edizione (1973) ha corretto alcuni testi appartenenti ai primi concili e ha aggiunto i decreti del Vaticano II.
Questo lavoro, che fino dalla sua pubblicazione è stato celebrato ovunque, è stato ripubblicato durante gli anni novanta, con l'aggiunta di traduzioni con testo a fronte in differenti lingue, quali l'Italiano, l'Inglese, il Tedesco, il Francese e il Coreano.
Sviluppi nella ricerca e dibattiti internazionali, in parte generati da questa edizione, hanno reso possibile – se non necessaria – la nascita di una nuova collana, in grado di aiutare studenti e studiosi ad accedere a questi testi pregevoli ed autorevoli in modo nuovo, più diretto, integrato e criticamente avanzato. Come suggerisce il titolo, la presente edizione (Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Generaliumque Decreta) comprende sia i testi dei decreti conciliari che sono formalmente "ecumenici", sia quelli dei concili generali, la cui autorità è riconosciuta da molte chiese o dalla tradizione Romana: il progetto è di presentare questi testi in 6 volumi, che rispettino e rispecchino le prospettive delle differenti tradizioni cristiane.
The first volume in this new critical edition (COGD) of the
ecumenical and general councils of the Church was published
in 2006 and reviewed in JTS, NS 59 (2008), p. 448. It covered
the first seven councils—Nicaea I in 325 to Nicaea II in 787—
which are recognized as 'ecumenical councils' (that is, councils
representing the whole church) by the Orthodox and Roman
Catholic churches and generally by the churches of the
Reformation. The volume also included the council of Trullo
in 692, which is regarded as ecumenical by the Orthodox
church but not normally by the Catholic church. Volume 3 has
now been published, before volume 2, which is still awaited.
This third volume contains the decrees, in their original Latin,
of the three modern councils of the Catholic church: Trent,
Vatican I, and Vatican II. While the study of church councils
is surely to be welcomed, several reservations occur to this
First, there already exists an excellent critical edition of all of
the twenty-one councils—the seven from Nicaea I to Nicaea II,
the ten medieval councils from Lateran I to Lateran V, and
Trent, Vatican I, and Vatican II—which have for long been considered
ecumenical or general councils by the Catholic church:
Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Decreta, ed. G. Alberigo and others
(3rd edn., 1973) (¼ COD). This listing essentially goes back to
the 'Roman edition' of the councils, which was authorized by the
papacy and published in four volumes between 1608 and 1612,
to which the first and second Vatican councils were subsequently
added. As for the text of the conciliar decrees, the changes
or improvements in volume 1 of COGD, with respect to COD,
are minimal (as already noted in the review of volume 1 cited
above). With regard to volume 3, the changes are even smaller,
given that authoritative printed versions of the decrees of the
three councils were published by the papacy and these published
versions have wisely been followed in both COD and COGD.
Textual errors or variants (which are relatively minor) are noted
in COGD, but so were they in COD (even if perhaps not so
comprehensively), and other critical and informative footnotes
appear very similar in both editions. The introductions (written
in English) to the three councils have been redone—that by
Melloni for Vatican II is particularly informative—and the bibliographies
have been updated. However, the overall improvements
of volumes 1 and 3 of COGD, with respect to COD, are
Secondly, whereas COD resulted in a number of bilingual versions
in which the original text was accompanied by a vernacular
translation and the bibliographies updated—cf. Decrees of the
Ecumenical Councils, ed. Tanner (1990), for Anglophone readers—
the text of the decrees in COGD is given only in the original
Greek or Latin. For those unfamiliar with the classical
languages, this is a major limitation. There is also a huge diVerence
in price.
The precise contents of volume 2 of COGD have yet to be
revealed, though it has been made clear—surely correctly—that
the ten medieval councils included in COD will be retained. To
include other medieval councils is a delicate issue and needs to
be properly signposted to readers, given the relative longevity
and firmness of the traditional list of ten councils which dates
back to the 1608–12 Roman edition. The councils to be included
in volumes 4 onwards are also still to be announced and here too
the reader may expect the selection to be explained and justified.
The title of COGD indicates a distinction between ecumenical
and general councils, whereas COD described them unilaterally
as ecumenical. The distinction was famously endorsed by pope
Paul VI in 1974 when he spoke of the medieval councils—mentioning
Lyons II by name—as 'general councils in the western
world' (concilia generalia in occidentali orbe) rather than as ecumenical
councils (Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 1974, p. 620). The distinction
has major implications for church reunion inasmuch as it
implies the possibility of Catholics re-examining the contents
and status of their medieval and later councils.
Journal of Theological Studies, vol 62, no 1, April 2011, pp. 385-386
NORMAN TANNER, Gregorian University, Rome, firstname.lastname@example.com


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As global warming triggers heavier rainfall and faster snowmelt in the Arctic, Inuit communities in Canada are reporting more cases of illness attributed to pathogens that have washed into surface water and groundwater, according to a new study.
The findings corroborate past research that suggests indigenous people worldwide are being disproportionately affected by climate change. This is because many of them live in regions where the effects are felt first and most strongly, and they might come into closer contact with the natural environment on a daily basis. For example, some indigenous communities lack access to treated water because they are far from urban areas.
"In the north, a lot of [Inuit] communities prefer to drink brook water instead of treated tap water. It's just a preference," explained study lead author Sherilee Harper, a Vanier Canada graduate scholar in epidemiology at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. "Also, when they're out on the land and hunting or fishing, they don't have access to tap water, so they drink brook water."
The experiences of the Inuit and other indigenous communities as they struggle to adapt to changing climate conditions could help guide humanity in the coming years when the effects of climate change are felt universally, scientists say.
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Few things are more satisfying to the body and the ego than homemade lotion. In addition to the obvious benefits of being more economical and free from mystery additives, it works far better than its store-shelf counterparts, which, more often than not, leave my skin feeling dry and overall unsatisfied. Do you ever have that experience?
As an added bonus, making lotions yourself allows you to give your moisturizers fresh, natural scents like coconut, lavender, and chocolate – a far cry from the artificial, lab-manufactured fragrances.
Let's start with a few lotion-making Q & As:
How do you make a lotion?
Unlike salves, which are made by melting beeswax and oil together and allowing everything to set into a spreadable mass, smooth, easily-spreadable, snow-white lotion is made of water and oil, emulsified together with the help of beeswax (or manufactured emulsifying wax).
Making lotion requires a blender, and a technique I am about to show you.
Is it cheaper to make your own than to buy it at the store?
If you prefer high-end, natural-ish, paraben-free organtic lotions (many of which are still loaded with unpronounceable ingredients), it is most certainly cheaper to make your own. All you really need is oil, beeswax, and water.
Will this lotion feel different from store-bought?
Yes – because it contains no drying alcohol often found in boughten varieties, this lotion will leave some oily residue and feel a little greasy until absorbed. Once it's absorbed though, your skin will feel soft and supple and not one bit dry.
Personally, I don't mind that it feels greasy after the application as far as my face and body are concerned, but I find it too greasy for my hands. To remedy this excess greasiness, I simply rinse my hands in water without soap immediately after applying, then dry them. This simple step leaves them soft and not one bit oily. A happy medium, and, again, so much more effective – and affordable – than what I used to buy.
In short, because this lotion is fairly rich, you gonna wanna use a smaller amount.
How does the lotion keep without preservatives?
For a limited amount of time. Which is why I store mine in the fridge, where I know it will be spoilage-free for at least a month. .
Is this lotion-making a messy process?
Regardless of what you've read elsewhere on the web, the clean-up is easy if you take time to wipe all lotion-making equipment with paper towels prior to washing it in hot water and dish-washing liquid.
How long does it take to mix up a batch?
Not more than ten minutes, and it can be used immediately after.
What kind of oils can I use?
Any kind of cooking or body oil you have – but some are greasier than others.
If you wish to use coconut oil, which is wonderfully fragrant and moisturizing, be advised that it will stay solid below 76 degrees, so it needs to be mixed with some non-solidifying oil. Plenty of people use coconut oil directly from their cupboard as moisturizer as well.
What else can I add to my homemade lotion?
1) cocoa or shea butters
Personally, I found that the oil, water, and beeswax emulsion really benefits from the addition of either shea or cocoa butters, resulting in a smoother and quite a bit more nourishing product.
Cocoa butter is especially amazing because of its rich, decadent chocolate aroma, and cocoa-butter-based lotion needs no additional fragrances.
Shea butter on the other hand is completely odorless, which makes it a great candidate for when you want a fragrance-free lotion, or if you wish to scent it with an essential oil which would otherwise clash with the cocoa scent. If you want your lotion to smell like pure lavender, for instance, shea butter is the way to go.
You can also use straight-up shea butter directly on the skin, which is great for chapped areas.
2) glycerin or honey
Both glycerin and honey are humectants, which is the name for substances that help retain moisture. Adding a bit of glycerin to a lotion gives it a pleasantly slippery feel, but be careful not to add too much or your lotion will feel sticky. A little squirt is all you need.
Glycerin can be either vegetable (i.e. plant-derived) or the regular kind (made from animal or petroleum-based oils, as far as I understand). Regular glycerin can be found at drug stores and vegetable glycerin is often sold in food co-ops and such.
3) aloe vera gel
You can also substitute the water in the recipe with bottled aloe vera gel, which will make your lotion really smooth and slippery like store brands. By contrast, lotions made with plain water will feel more like body butters.
4) oatmeal water
Boil NON-instant rolled oats in water for a ten minutes, allow to cool, strain out the water, and use it in place of regular water in your lotion. Another way to get a nice, slippery lotion!
5) rose water
Substitute the water in the recipe with rose water for a faint rose scent.
6) green tea
Substitute green tea for the water in the recipe.
7) essential oils
If you wish to use your favorite essential oils, add a few drops to the water prior to mixing it with the melted wax-and-oil combo. I am wild and crazy about lavender, for instance, and make at least some lavender lotion on a regular basis.
Does my water need to be distilled?
Not necessarily. Personally, I just use my regular hard water from the well on my farm – the same water we drink every day – and it works just fine. If you only have unfiltered, chlorinated city water, you may wanna go with distilled water instead.
I've tried making lotion before but it later separated. What gives?
Your water and oil-beeswax mixture need to be about the same temperature as you are combining them.
Will lotion-making win me treasures in heaven?
Not anymore than a gluten-free diet will, as neither is a moral virtue in and of itself.
Now let's take a look at the actual process!
These are the ingredients I used in this sample batch:
Avocado oil, jojoba oil, cocoa butter, and beeswax, which I like to grate off a leftover beeswax candle piece. You can buy your beeswax in bricks, which, along with exotic oils, can be found on Amazon.com, at food-cooperatives, and Mountain Rose Herbs.
A little bit about the ingredients pictured above:
beeswax - in addition to its role as an emulsifier, high-quality beeswax adds a sweet, vanilla-like aroma to your homemade products (something you notice especially in lip balms, where you use a lot of it).
avocado oil - a rather light, odorless oil with great moisturizing properties.
jojoba oil - thick, rich, odorless oil that it is incredible in lotions, salves, and lip balms, giving them a silky feel.
cocoa butter - the same stuff that's used in the making of white chocolate, and my absolute favorite, as it imparts both luxurious feel and divine chocolate smell to your lotion. I couldn't recommend it more.
Here's what cocoa butter looks like. It is rather solid and needs to be scraped out of the container to be added to your recipes. It costs a little bit to buy this amount, about $8, but given the quality of this product, and the fact that you only use about a tablespoon per recipe, the price ends up being reasonable.
Beeswax! It will need to be grated. I use my regular hand grater, which I afterwards wash in hot water and dawn while helping myself along with a metal scrubber. But, again, beeswax is edible, so any residue shouldn't be a problem.
Although I didn't use it in either of the recipes in this post, I love adding lavender essential oil to my lotions whose ingredients do not already have a fragrance of their own. If you wish to add essential oil to yours, add it to the water before blending it with the oil and beeswax.
Now on to the process. First, the ratios:
Your base lotion-making formula is as follows:
- 1 part oil
- 2 parts water (or rose water, green tea, aloe-vera gel, etc)
- 1/4 part beeswax
To this, you can also add:
- 1/8 to 1/4 part cocoa or shea butter, if using
- a few drops of essential oil or oils of your choice – add them to the water prior to incorporating.
In this particular recipe, for example, I've used 6 tablespoons of avocado oil plus 2 tablespoons jojoba oil (1/2 cup of oil total), 2 tablespoons cocoa butter, 2 tablespoons beeswax, and 1 cup of water.
Next, the method:
The first step is to melt together your beeswax, oils, and cocoa or shea butters, if using. I prefer to do it in a microwave, using a mason jar in which I intend to blend and store my lotion. It takes about two minutes on high for everything to melt completely.
However, I understand that some people seeking to make their own lotion are doing so out of the crunchiness of their hearts and despise microwaving. If this is you, or if you simply don't have a microwave, just melt everything together in a double boiler.
Whatever your values or melting preferences, continue to heat your mixture until there are no solid particles remaining.
Allow your mixture to cool slightly before using, but not all the way to room temperature.
Next, stick your immersion blender into the beeswax-oil mixture and run it while slowly pouring in the water (your water and oil need to be about the same temperature). At first your mixture may resemble cheese curds floating in water, but press on and watch everything transform into a smooth, white lotion.
If some of the water ends up not being incorporated, just pour it off and blend what remains. No biggie!
If you only have a jar blender, melt your oil and beeswax in a mason jar, allow to cool, add all the water at once, and screw the blender blade base on like you would a lid. Did you know you could do that?
Now allow the blender to blend everything for about a minute, or until you arrive at the lotion consistency.
Just be sure to wipe your blender blade or attachment well with a paper towel prior to washing, which will absorb and remove most of the oily/waxy stuff.
You will end up with something like this!
Here's what it will look like on your skin.
(I apologize for the view of my hand.)
And that's it!
Here's the printable recipe for you:
DIY Body Lotion
General ratios:
- 1 part oil
- 2 parts water (or rose water, green tea, or aloe-vera gel)
- 1/4 part beeswax
To this, you can also add:
- a few drops of essential oil or oils of your choice – add them to the water prior to incorporating
- 1/8 to 1/4 part cocoa or shea butter, if using
Jojoba, Cocoa, and Avocado Lotion
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa butter (due to the firm consistency, you'll need to scrape it out of the container with a spoon)
- 2 tablespoons jojoba oil
- 1/4 cups + 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- 2 tablespoons grated beeswax
- 1 cup of water (about the same temperature as the oil-beeswax combo)
1. Heat the oils, cocoa butter, and beeswax together either in a double boiler or a microwave (you will need to microwave it on high for about a minute and a half), until the mixture is completely liquid, with no solid particles remaining.
2. Transfer the mixture into a mason jar where you intend to make and keep your lotion, and allow it to cool until warm – but not all the way to room temperature.
3. Begin to blend the mixture with an immersion blender while slowly pouring in the warm water (be sure that you water and oil are about the same temperature to prevent the separation). Continue to blend and watch it transform into a thick, white lotion we all know and love.
4. For clean-up, use a paper towel to wipe down the blender attachment prior to washing it in hot water and dish-washing soap.
5. Your lotion will keep for at least a month in refrigerator.


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There was no sign that Roger Moore would bring to life the ultra-smooth sex symbols James Bond and Simon Templar as he worked in one of his earliest roles as a knitting pattern model. Though not yet an international star, he was known to legions of British housewives as the handsome and sensible young man in homemade creations which Practical Home Knitting assured were perfect for "young men still under 20, no matter how conservative they may become later."
Truth in advertising aside born on October 14, 1927, Roger was technically a 20-something the modelling stint was an important landmark after his budding career was sidetracked by service in the military during WWII. "Never knock a knitting pattern," he said later. "Especially if you are being paid for it."


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Private providers must inform parents of underinsured children that free vaccine may be available at a FQHC, RHC, or Public Health Department.
Other Eligibility
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Third of London's Boris Bikes repaired in first six months but only 3 totally trashed
By comparison Paris got through 15,000 bikes in 18months+ here's how video
Two thirds of the fleet of London's Barclay's Cycle Hire scheme fleet have had to undergo repairs in the first six months of operation it has been revealed by Transport for London in response to a Freedom of Information request.
In response to the request from the Independent on Sunday TfL says that Serco the company that has the contract to run the scheme is repairing more than 30 bikes a day "as the strain of millions of journeys takes its toll" on the hire bike fleet says the paper. At any one time 181 of the 5400 strong fleet are off the road for repair and 3566 have so far required "mending" and 3 have been damaged beyond repair six docking stations have been hit by motor vehicles and six more vandalised.
It is estimated that London's Boris Bikes have covered 7million miles that equates to an average of 1296 miles per bike - not surprisingly then most of the repairs are due to wear and tear and with some bikes likely to have put in many more than the average mileage items, like chains, and tyres are inevitably going to have worn out. We will be putting in a call to the TfL press office to get a more detailed breakdown (as it were) of the maintenance the bikes have undergone.
London's hire bike fleet would seem to be getting of pretty lightly by comparison with the Paris Velib bikes - Parisians worked there way through the entire fleet in of 15,000 in 18 months with vandalism and er, youthful high spirits playing a part (check out the Velib Extreme video at the bottom of this story). As does the fact that Parisians put a much higher average mileage in to their machines - 10,000Km per year at the last estimate, extrapolating the figures for the first six months of London's hire bike scheme out over a year comes to a slightly less impressive 4200Km although it also has to be said that the Paris scheme covers much more of the city. Even so London's 3 bikes down in six months compares pretty favourably to Paris's 15,000 over 18 months even if the rate of attrition is likely to climb faster as the bikes age.
Certainly TfL has played down the significance of the numbers of its bikes requiring maintenance telling the IoS that the cost has been much less than feared and pointing out that it has not had to pay more than it's monthly standards fee to Serco for operating the hire bike fleet.
"Many of the repairs that take place are minor, such as tightening of brake or gear cables, and do not therefore require bicycles to be out of use for long," a TfL official told the Independent.


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Public Records RequestsMost records received and maintained by the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners are public records, and are subject to inspection unless an exemption applies pursuant to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, the Florida Public Records Law (119.07, FS).
Any individual or organization can submit a public records request to the Public Information Officer, by mail at 2300 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce, FL 34982; by fax at 772-462-2131 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To help us process your request as quickly as possible, the request should be very specific and detailed with regard to what information is being sought.
Note that the County is allowed to charge a fee to furnish a copy of the record. Standard copies are 15 cents single-sided and 20 cents double-sided. If the request requires extensive use of information technology resources and/or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance a special service charge based on the cost incurred will apply. In most circumstances, the Public Information Officer will notify requesters within 5 - 7 business days after receiving a request of any fees required.


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Windows 8 has often been called the new Vista, especially because it fails to stir up interest in the Windows platform, but it might seem like Microsoft's new operating system is a bit more popular than the company's biggest flop in history. At least when it comes to the number of Google Searches, that is.
According to a report published by PC Pro, the Google Trends service demonstrates that search interest has been higher for Windows 8 than for the Vista disaster, while Windows 7 accounted for the biggest share of the search volume experienced after launch.
Windows XP, on the other hand, is losing ground in the fight against the Windows versions, and so is Vista, especially because Microsoft is now struggling to promote both Windows 7 and 8.
As for the market share, Windows 7 tops the rankings with nearly 45 percent, followed by Windows XP with 38 percent and Windows Vista with 4.99 percent.


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Work First - Benefit Diversion
Welfare cash assistance programs have traditionally treated all families alike. As a result, they have not always responded to the individual needs and circumstances of some families. The Work First Program recognizes that family situations vary and that the approach to meeting their needs should be different. One alternate approach to the Work First Program is Benefit Diversion. While Benefit Diversion may seem as though it is a separate program it is not. The application process is the same as that of the Work First Program. Benefit Diversion is a program within the Work First Program.
Benefit Diversion is an alternative to traditional cash assistance for families and is designed to help families with a temporary crisis associated with employment. The situation must:
- Be related to maintaining or accepting employment
- Have occurred during a short break between jobs, or
- Be related to receipt
of financial resources that will meet the family's needs (such as SSI)
Benefit Diversion is an optional package of services within the Work First Program that includes:
- A one-time lump-sum payment (the payment is not income based, but needs based) equal to a maximum of three months of Work First Family Assistance benefits
- Medicaid and Food and Nutrition Services if eligible for the months in the Benefit Diversion period
- Referrals to child care, child support, and other community and agency resources
- Employment services
Benefit Diversion provides an opportunity for families to receive immediate help and preserve their independence from welfare. The following families may be likely candidates for Benefit Diversion:
- Families with a caretaker on maternity leave receiving little or no pay. The caretaker is expected to return to the same job within a few weeks and needs help with routine household expenses
- A family with a caretaker who has a solid job offer following graduation. The caretaker needs assistance between graduation and beginning employment two months later
- A family with a caretaker who is recently employed. The caretaker will not get his first check in time to cover rent, utilities, and child care costs
- A family with caretaker who will begin working in two months. The caretaker needs help with rent and car insurance during this period
- A family who previously received public assistance for a short period of time. Since then, the family has been employed and self-supporting. The caretaker, now unemployed, has a strong prospect to return to work quickly. He needs help with household expenses between jobs
- A family who is anticipating the receipt of financial assistance, whether or not related to employment, that meets their needs. This assistance may include child support, inheritance, or insurance settlement.
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Gibson Announces 20th Anniversary 1957 Les Paul Custom
Black Beauty -
To kick off a very limited edition series of three guitars that
celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Historic Reissues series,
Gibson Custom presents the 20th Anniversary 1957 Les Paul Black
Beauty-often considered the epitome of the "Black Beauty," and the
first of the elegant Customs to carry the new PAF humbucking
In addition to being both a stunning, period-correct recreation
of the '57 Les Paul Custom and a collectable Anniversary model,
this 1957 Black Beauty marks two very significant milestones.
First, it is the inaugural guitar in a series that will be offered
only in 2013. Limited to 100 pieces of each model, each in the
series is unique and extremely rare. Second, this guitar is the
first run of instruments to be made with one-piece ebony
fingerboards since November of 2011, and is likely to be one of the
very last.
With its antique ebony finish, gold-plated hardware, and classic
Black Beauty appointments-including multi-ply body and headstock
binding, pearl block fingerboard inlays and split-diamond headstock
inlay-the 20th Anniversary 1957 Les Paul Black Beauty is a gorgeous
instrument by any standards. Add to that its 20th Anniversary
medallion, which covers the toggle switch access on the guitar's
back; a custom fitted dust cover with a retro 1993 Gibson Custom
logo; and a one-of-a-kind, hand-made framed Certificate of
Authenticity, and you have a unique and memorable instrument worthy
of this milestone in Gibson history. Also, to help ensure that the
exclusive 100 owners of this special guitar can keep it in "like
new" condition for years to come, we even include a pair of white
But don't be afraid to rock out, either. The 20th Anniversary
1957 Les Paul Black Beauty is primed for tone just as much as it is
for looks, with a pair of Alnico III-loaded Custom Buckers, a
solid, one-piece mahogany body, a quarter-sawn mahogany neck with
rounded '50s profile, and Gibson's acclaimed hardware set,
including period-correct "waffle back" tuners. Furthermore, this
limited edition Black Beauty benefits from Gibson Custom's 20th
Anniversary Specifications, adopted for 2013, so the guitar's
deep-set neck tenon is attached with genuine hot-hide glue, and it
carries a Historic Truss Rod assembly with no tubing. Contact your
authorized Gibson Custom dealer today to get your hands on a true
piece of Gibson history.
Body and Neck
In keeping with the original '57 Les Paul Custom, the 20th
Anniversary 1957 Les Paul Black Beauty has a one-piece body of
solid mahogany with a carved top, finished in Antique Ebony in
nitrocellulose lacquer. It's quarter-sawn mahogany neck is carved
to a full, rounded '50s profile and is topped with a genuine,
one-piece ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlays and 22
medium-jumbo frets. Its Custom-profile headstock is trimmed in
multi-ply binding and carries a mother-of-pearl split-diamond
Pickups and Electronics
The 20th Anniversary 1957 Les Paul Black Beauty carries Custom
Buckers with gold-plated covers. Designed specifically for this
limited edition guitar, these pickups are made with genuine Alnico
III magnets and coils wound with unequal turns of 42 AWG wire for
that characteristic PAF depth and bite, with a slightly overwound
bridge pickup for added punch in the lead position. Its traditional
control complement includes two independent volume and tone
controls, with "Bumble Bee" tone caps on the latter, and a
three-way toggle switch.
Hardware and Plastics
The gold-plated ABR-1 Tune-o-matic bridge and lightweight
stopbar tailpiece partner with a set of authentic gold "waffle
back" tuners. A black multi-ply pickguard, black top-hat knobs, and
engraved "Les Paul Custom" truss-rod cover complete the authentic
Case and Extras
In addition to its Custom Shop case, owner's manual, and
adjustment literature, each 20th Anniversary 1957 Les Paul Black
Beauty comes with a framed, handmade, one-of-a-kind Custom Shop
20th Anniversary Limited Edition Certificate of Authenticity, along
with a custom-fitted dust cover with retro 1993 Custom Shop logo, a
pair of white gloves, and a stamped brass "20th Anniversary" toggle
switch cavity cover (with a spare standard plastic cover in the
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MetroPCS Fair Park Holiday
The Friends of Fair Park will present MetroPCS Fair Park Holiday from 11 a.m.–7:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 26, 2011.
A free, family-friendly holiday event, MetroPCS Fair Park Holiday featuring fireworks over the Esplanade Fountain, kid crafts at Santa's Workshop, shopping at the Holiday Gift Market, entertainment, "dancing water" shows, the official City of Dallas tree-lighting and more.
Here's what's planned for Saturday:
- Official City of Dallas tree-lighting ceremony gets underway at 7 p.m. followed by a "dancing water" show and a spectacular fireworks finale over the Esplanade synchronized to holiday music sponsored by Gold Metal Recyclers.
- Santa's Workshop sponsored by Action Metals offers hands-on fun from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. including dozens of free crafts and activities, live family-fun entertainment, pictures with Santa and much more at the Centennial Building. Santa will be on site for free visits from noon – 5:30 p.m. Photos are $5, or bring a camera for free snapshots.
- Free or reduced admission to Fair Park's museums (at varying times) including the African American Museum, Children's Aquarium at Fair Park, Hall of State, Museum of Nature & Science, Texas Museum of Automotive History and Texas Discovery Gardens. Please see Museum Schedule for complete list of hours and admission prices.
- Bellagio-style "dancing water" shows at the Esplanade Fountain choreographed to popular classics and holiday music including Deck the Halls, Joy to the World, Carol of the Bells and Jingle Bells. ("Dancing water" shows will run at the top of every hour from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
- Holiday Gift Market with an assortment of quality merchandise, holiday décor, fun finds and tasty treats to satisfy anyone's gift-buying needs and budgets
- Live entertainment outside on the Esplanade Stage including an outdoor concert by the Dallas Wind Symphony Tuba Quartet at 5:15 p.m. and performance by Ervay Cedar Baptist Church Gospel Choir at 6:30 p.m.
- Family fun holiday entertainment inside on the Centennial Stage including percussionist Mark Shelton at 11:30 a.m., Chuck Anderson Jazz Band at 1 p.m., Dallas Zoo Live Animal Show at 2:30 p.m. and Acoustic Kitchen at 3:30 p.m.
- Thousands of sparkling LED lights surrounding the Esplanade Fountain will be lit throughout the holiday season.
- Concessions feature pizza, chicken strips, chili, hot dogs, corny dogs, Frito® pie, turtle cheesecake on a stick, charros, hot chocolate, apple cider, cookies and more. Plus, try Allan Weiss' Buffalo Chicken in a Flapjack (winner of "Best Taste" at the State Fair of Texas this year)
Sponsors for Fair Park Holiday are MetroPCS, Action Metals, Baylor Health Care System, Coca Cola, Gold Metal Recyclers, The Kroger Co., Statewide Remodeling and Silverleaf Resorts. Local media partners are WFAA, Univision 23, Al Dia, The Greensheet, K104-FM, Smooth R&B 105.7, 98.7 KLUV, 103.7 Lite FM, 1270 AM La Voz del Pueblo, Recuerdo 107.1 y 107.9 FM and 1540 AM ESPN Deportes.
The City of Dallas charges $10 for parking within the gates of Fair Park. Parking available at Gates 2, 5 and 6.
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text: On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 08:10:54AM +0000, Richard Tew wrote: > On 6/21/07, Matt Provost <mprovost at termcap.net> wrote: > > Has anyone gotten stackless to work with web.py? I'm trying to port some > > CGIs over but it either segfaults or just hangs. Monkeypatching > > stacklesssocket was causing problems but I think I fixed that (you have > > to add: > > fromfd = stdsocket.fromfd > > getfqdn = stdsocket.getfqdn > > to stacklesssocket). > > Ah, yes. Will try and remember to add those, thanks. > > > Running some simple test scripts with tasklets works ok but some of my > > more complicated programs fail so I'm not sure exactly where the problem > > is. It looks like I call stackless.run() and that's the last I hear from > > it. > > > > Looking at one of the core dumps it seems like it's looping trying to > > kill a tasklet maybe: > > #262061 0x080c809e in impl_tasklet_kill (task=0xb7976994) at Stackless/module/taskletobject.c:961 > > #262062 0x080c70a9 in tasklet_clear (t=0xb7976994) at Stackless/module/taskletobject.c:943 > ... > > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > > > That's the longest backtrace I've ever seen; the final coredump is gdb > > dying. It all looks the same, just alternating between those two calls. > > What version of Stackless are you running? Is this on Windows, MacOS > or what? Did you compile it yourself? Where did you obtain the source > code from? Was it from the release25 branch or from the release25 tag, > one of the 2.4.x branches, the trunk? Python 2.5 Stackless 3.1b3 060516 (python-2.5:51933, Mar 29 2007, 21:21:10) [GCC 3.4.3 20050227 (Red Hat 3.4.3-22.1)] on linux2 I have a custom compile to fix the issue with send_sequence not pickling, but I assume that made it into the 2.5.1 release so I'll upgrade to that tomorrow. > > To be honest, I would hazard a guess and assume the fact that the > call stack claims tasklet_clear is on line 943 is an indication of problems > with the version you compiled. It gets impl_tasklet_kill right. Do the > Python unit tests and the Stackless unit tests all pass for you? > > Stackless when working on different platforms is pretty reliable in having > the same bugs reproducible on whichever one is involved. The best > scenario would be you being able to provide a reproducibility case. > Yes I'll make sure I have everything up to date including stacklesssocket and try to isolate which specific code is causing this problem (or maybe it will go away!). I just thought I'd check and see if anyone else had similar problems or tales of success before I got too deep. Thanks! Matt _______________________________________________ Stackless mailing list Stackless at stackless.com http://www.stackless.com/mailman/listinfo/stackless


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"The Landesleitung received word about the planned plebiscite through illegal information services, on 9 March 1938 at 10 a.m. At the session which was called immediately afterwards, Seyss-Inquart explained that he had known about this for only a few hours, but that he could not talk about it because he had given his word to keep silent on this subject. But during the talks he made us understand that the illegal information we received was based on truth, and that in view of the new situation, he had been cooperating with the Landesleitung from the very first moment. Klausner, Jury, Rainer, Globocnik, and Seyss-Inquart were present at the first talks which were held at 10 a.m. There it was decided that:
"First, the Führer had to be informed immediately; secondly, the opportunity for the Führer to intervene must be given to him by way of an official declaration made by Minister Seyss-Inquart to Schuschnigg; and thirdly, Seyss-Inquart must negotiate with the Government until clear instructions and orders were received from the Führer. Seyss-Inquart and Rainer together composed a letter to Schuschnigg, and only one copy of it was brought to the Führer by Globocnik, who flew to him on the afternoon of 9 March 1938.
"Negotiations with the Government were not successful. Therefore, they were stopped by Seyss-Inquart in accordance with the instructions he received from the Führer .... On 10 March all the preparations for future revolutionary actions already had teen made ... and the necessary orders given to all unit leaders .... During the night of the 10 to 11, Globocnik returned from the Führer with the announcement that the Führer gave the Party freedom of action that he would back it in everything it did."


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Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pray during a mass in... Photo d'actualitéCaracas,Effigie,Foule,Gouvernement,Horizontal,Hugo Chavez,Maladie,Manifestation,Partisan,Personne humaine,Photographie,Politique,Prier,Président,Unité,VenezuelaPhotographer JUAN BARRETOCollection: AFP 2013 AFPSupporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pray during a mass in Caracas, on December 31, 2012. Venezuela called off public New Year's Eve festivities on Monday and social media sizzled with worry after the government said cancer-stricken Chavez had taken a turn for the worse. The streets of Caracas were quiet as front page headlines relayed that Chavez had developed 'new complications' from a respiratory infection after undergoing his fourth cancer-related surgery, on December 11 in Havana. AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO (Photo credit should read JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)


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Tasmanian Tigers delist Blizzard, Cazzulino, Allanby and Laughlin but Big Bash contracts safe
- From: Mercury
- March 26, 2014
THE Tasmanian Tigers have cut four players from their 2013-14 squad.
Batsman Aiden Blizzard and Steve Cazzulino, Clarence spinner Harry Allanby and former Australian one-day and Twenty20 bowler Ben Laughlin have all been delisted.
Cricket Tasmania's general manager of cricket Andrew Dykes today said there could be more delistings to come as the Tigers worked on their list for next season.
"All four players have been a part of and played valued roles for the Tigers squad during a successful period for Tasmanian cricket" said Dykes.
"I wish to thank them all for their commitment to the Tigers program and I wish them all the best for future endeavours, on and off the field."
The delisting of Blizzard and Laughlin does not mean they have also been delisted from the Hobart Hurricanes. This announcement has no bearing on Big Bash League contracts.
The Tigers failed to defend their Sheffield Shield title from the 2012-13 season, finishing a disappointing fifth and also failing to make the Ryobi one-day cup.
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Ian Gambold of wangaratta (Vic) Posted at 9:43 PM March 26, 2014
The Tigers have to make changes to their squad after an average season. Young emerging batsman Beau Webster and Sean Willis should be upgraded from their rookie status. The article about Jon Wells was fascinating and it would appear he may have survived in the short term. Willis will face a good test of his batting in the Grand final with Geeves and Butterworth in form after Glenorchy's remarkable win over Clarence.


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Duck Sausage Pizza with Green Onions and Tomato
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/8 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- 1 10-ounce fully baked thin pizza crust (such as Boboli)
- 1 1/2 cups (packed) grated mozzarella cheese (about 6 ounces)
- 1/2 cup chopped tomato
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 smoked duck, chicken or turkey sausages, sliced
- 1/3 cup finely chopped green onions
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (about 1 1/2 ounces)
- Minced fresh parsley
Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 450°F. Mix olive oil, minced garlic and dried crushed red pepper in small bowl. Place pizza crust on rimless baking sheet. Sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese over all but 1-inch border of crust. Top mozzarella with chopped tomato, then oregano, sliced sausages, chopped green onions and grated Parmesan, in that order. Drizzle garlic-oil mixture over pizza.
Bake pizza until crust edges are crisp and brown and cheese melts, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle pizza with minced fresh parsley. Cut pizza into wedges and then serve immediately.
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the name YOULE &others that are linked to this family?ones i know of are;;
Whitehouse was my mothers maiden name,she was born approx 1912 dec12,her name was mary hanna whitehouse,married name Youle of which is mine, i know next to nothing of her early years, and nothing of her family,only her fathers name was John,died when she was young,was brought up by her gran,lived in darlington in a place called Piercebridge a lovely village,my mother came down to Sale Cheshire looking for work,met my dad in a pub? this was in the late 1930,s just befor the war,if this could be a link, let me know?.
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I have just started looking back at my family tree - this subject I know very little about. I thought the best thing to do was to see if anyone knows anything about my Grandfather - Daniel Kelly, born in 1870-1880 in Galway - He was married to my grandmother Helen Carr , they lived next to Garbally Castle, Mountbellew in the Parish of Skehana. Daniel was a Merchant Taylor by trade. They were a family with 8 children, of which 1 of them was my father, James Patrick Kelly (JP). If anyone has any info' please contact me.
I went to school in Garbally and as far as I am aware Daniel Kelly did not live there - there are just a few houses there and I know that most of the families have lived there for 120 years
Daniel is in the census as living in Menlough : http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Derryglassaun/Menbugh_Commons/1391305/
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10/30/10 1:13 Rochelle:
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Xenoforce 9E Released!4 years ago News 24 comments Report
Are you ready for another layer of Command and Conquer? This release brings 5 factions to bear against each other, with fully working and custom AI scripts...
The Xenoforce Reborn mod takes the classic Xenoforce mod from CNC Generals and re-invisions it on the CNC3 engine with new units and new designs. The new armies that are currently scheduled to be in the mod are the Earth Federation, ZEON, the Invid, and the Earth Robotech Defense Force. We also have heavily modified the original CNC3 armies, giving the GDI, NOD, and Scrin a much more dynamic gameplay experience. This mod is NOT FOR PROFIT and NON-commercial based.
Well it's been a long year but we've finally got something here that we think deserves to be officially released. This is the new version of the Original 3 mod, using our own custom balancing system and unit classification system making it a unique playing experience for any seasoned CNC 3 player. And with our custom Xenoforce AI's to go against old pro's will have a lot of new challenges to try.
There are a lot of new changes here, almost every single thing has been modified in some way, so it would be impossible for us to give an entire rundown of what has changed here. However I will go into detail on the more general changes.
First we will talk about the general changes. The Xenoforce Reborn Mod is currently using a Class/Teir system. What that means is that each unit in the game falls into 1 of 4 different Class's.
Offensive units are units designed to take a hit. Their health is set to 50% higher than what it should be for a unit of that Armor Teir. Assault units are units designed to get first hit in. Their attack range and damage output is set to be 25% higher than the weapon the unit uses allows. The 3rd class is Repair, these units are designed to keep others operating in the field. Finally you have Utility class units. These are Units that have a lot of different special abilities or powers giving them an extra edge in specific situations.
The Teir aspect of this design is very simple to understand. Each unit has a Weapon / Armor / Utility teir set. A unit with a Weapon Teir of 1 is able to easily deal with enemies that have an Armor Teir of 1 as long as that weapon is designed to deal with that unit type. So a unit that has a Weapon Teir of 3, Armor Teir of 4, and Utility Teir of 2 will be able to deal with enemies that are Armor Teir of 3 pretty easily while being able to survive anything lower than a Teir 4 Weapon pretty easily as well. Finally that Utility Teir of 2 means that this unit has at least 2 special features, be it detect stealth, stealth, generate funds, extra armor, ect...
Second up is GDI.
The GDI forces are all about deployment. Their most powerful units are able to be deployed to the field easily and for free giving GDI the ability to build up a massive force of units and then pound their enemies to dust. GDI forces specialize at two different types of tactics, Swarm Attacks and Seige Campaigns. With many different choices to pick from for artillery attacks, the ability to deploy 3 different types of Zone Armor Troops with Defensive Rig support, and the venerable Kodiak Escort Class ship to go to if everything starts going south GDI is a hard force to deal with.
Third up is NOD.
NOD has undergone a major change. They are now the centerpiece of our storyline. After the 2nd war and CABAL was defeated NOD needed a new leader to help them move forward after the loss of Kane. In the end the NOD that emerged from that 2nd war was nothing like it's older self. NOD was transformed into a multi-billion credit company run the Memory Matrix AI LEGION. LEGION had 4 specific lines of research that it had NOD focusing on. In game this means that there are 4 different Doctrines that the player can research to give their units an edge against the Scrin Forces that LEGION knows are coming. After all, who would know better at how to defeat an enemy than one of their own AI's?
The Sector 9 Doctrine is designed around building a cybernetic army of super-soldiers. These forces are made with the idea to make the ultimate secret units that are easily produced off the assembly line. Using the brain scans of Natasha, one of NOD's most effective and lethal special agents Sector 9 has been able to make mechanical recreations that are faster, stronger, and much more deadly than the original could ever be. Sector 9 also focus's on Laser Technology giving many of their units some form of laser weapon type with their upgrade.
The Homeland Defense Doctrine is designed around needing a first response team. Soldiers equipped with powerful armor, flamer and melta weapon technology for dealing with Scrin Shields and rapidly teleporting infantry forces, and missile packs that allow them to fight an enemy no matter where they are.
The Tiberium Guard Doctrine is based around the realization that no matter what the Scrin would be able to get to the Tiberium on Earth. So Legion focused these forces around being there when they did. Able to work in small groups, equipped with powerful kinetic weapons with thermite ammunition, these forces are the last line of the NOD defense against an enemy they know are coming.
Finally the Black Operations Doctrine are the one force that LEGION decided that NOD needed to deal with GDI forces. LEGION had no direct quarrel with GDI but it also knew that GDI would not let it go unchecked with it's preparations for the Scrin. So it developed the Black Operations teams, forces that were designed to keep GDI at bay and off balance long enough for the rest of the Doctrines to come to fruition. Black Operations teams have different powers and abilities that they use to hit the enemy right where it hurts.
But thats not all. Legion knows that no matter what it does to prepare for the Scrin that it would need something special for dealing with Scrin Capitol Ships. The Salamander would be sufficient to counter GDI Air units and Kodiaks but for the Scrin it needed something special. And for that it built the Medusa Memory Matrix. This special structure takes 15 minutes to go from built to completed, but even at 25% completion it's able to act as it's own base. It produces its own money. It produces its own power. It produces it's own structures. It is a base all on its own. But once it deploys its a completely different beast. In the air it's main purpose is to be able to destroy Scrin Capitol Ships while staying far enough away to not worry about enemy fire. And finally, if Legion finds that all is lost it can use the Medusa to escape this Solar System and start over elsewhere. The Medusa is LEGION's escape plan.
Finally we have Scrin
The Scrin are a completely alien force in the game. And they are at war. They use Tiberium to survive, to expand their galactic empire, and to make sure that they are the only race that lives. For thousands of years they did this sucsessfuly, sending meteors covered in Tiberium to different planets and then years later moving in to harvest the crop.
And then they came across a planet that did not seed properly. They came across the new home planet of the Invid. The Scrin / Invid war has gone on for centuries. It is now coming to a close with both forces on the brink of collapse. The tipping point is that Tiberium, the energy source that the Scrin use, and Protoculture, the energy source that the Invid use can not co-exist. Tiberium corrupts and destroys Protoculture, but Protoculture is a much purer and more powerful source of energy. Now there is only one planet left that is ready for harvesting according to Scrin Sensors. This planet was not due for harvesting for another 30 years but with an entire planet ready to harvest it would be just enough to tip the war into the Scrins favor. However there is also a Protoculture energy pulse coming from the planet so the Scrin need to get there and remove it before the Invid find it and move to stop them. They can not afford to lose this planet. Their entire civilization could hang in the balance.
But they were not expecting the planets original population to alive when they got there. They never expected the floating cylinders in space housing millions of humans, or the massive number of troops scattered across the globe fighting each other, armed to the teeth. And the rich fields of Tiberium ready to be harvested were not there as well. Someone or something had tricked them into coming to the planet early. And they are not happy about this.
The Scrin force is based around their upgrade system, called the Scin Bio-Index. Using the Bio-Index the Scrin can manipulate their Bio-Armors, Bio-Units, and Escort ships performance to get the optimal performance out of their forces. The main ground forces of the Scrin, the Bio-Armors, are very powerful and versatile. They have 3 types that they use, Silver Bio-Armors are the bread and butter ground force for the Scrin. Emerald Bio-Armors are designed to slow the enemy down and protect Scrin Harvesters so that they can get their job done. Finally Ruby Bio-Armors are powerful leaders with the ability to increase the performance of all units near them. The key think about Bio-Armors are even when they die they are not done. Bio-Armors are piloted by Bioroids. Bioroids are elite infantry units that escape Bio-Armors as they die allowing them to continue to fighting.
But the key force of the Scrin army are the Scrin Capitol Ships. These powerful flying fortress's are a match for anything else on the field weaker than a Medusa Memory Matrix. These ships are able to deal with enemy forces that would stop an entire enemy army. And they are able to be mass produced. Given enough time nothing can stop a Scrin Capitol Ship force in mass. Nothing.
Are you ready for another layer of Command and Conquer? This release brings 5 factions to bear against each other, with fully working and custom AI scripts...
There has been an update to Xenoforce : The Original 3. This update slightly modifies GDI and NOD, but drastically changes the Scrin.
Greetings everyone! After quite a few months of hard work we have released Xenoforce : The Original 3 for Command and Conquer 3. This MOD is a total rebalancing...
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This is the 2nd release of the Original 3 MOD. Using an all new Class/Teir unit design for balancing the game it puts a unique spin on the typical RTS...
In this release of the Xenoforce Reborn mod we have added an additional faction to the game, Earth Federation AW! For a complete list of changes and additions...
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this mod is wierd..... Nod are WAY TOO POWERFUL, my cyborgs kill a whole base in a blink of an eye... i tried to set an AI to easy, just to check it - built a super army and lost to 10 cyborg teams.................
Are you talking about sector 9 cyborgs? The current version of nod in the o3 mod is not valid, we have an update that we are working on getting out soon as we have scrin fixed that is a complete redo from beginning to end of nod.
thanks for the fast response... but it was really weird and funny, i had like 20 inf squads, 20 Mk9 Tanks vs 10 cyborgs and some scorpions, it feels like they are just OP
This mod looks great.
Dose it work with the campaign mode or is it only for skirmish?
Skirmish/multiplayer only. We plan on doing a story mode but we would need a lot more time that's not currently available to us to do it any time soon.
So, as to why there isn't a playable version yet.... I kinda sorta broke scrin when I did nod. I did it in 2 ways, 1.Scrin need to finally be done the way we entended and stop these stop gaps that don't do the game justice and 2. My ai likes to crash a lot now if the scrin xeno ai is used. So yea. Sorry? :( and as the current scrin force is reliant on using my ai vs the normal one to be fair I have to fix all that.
Will next release be original 3 or Reborn?
Sorry been on honeymoon. Probably original 3 to show where the base gameplay will start. Then we will organically add the new factions in one at a time (soft releases).
We've waited this long, i'm sure we can wait a little longer. :-P
Any change to Scrin at this point is better than what was in the current beta, they are terri-bad currently. lol
Sup guys, do we get to see a BETA this month? :-)
I am not sure. I am getting married next week and then am going on my honeymoon. There are a LOT of changes that are taking place right now. I'm about to post a pic up right now.
Oh I thought the wedding happened already, well grats again in advance!
Highest Rated (6 agree) 10/10
ive played both xenoforce and xenoforce reborn, all i say is; reborns has more potential, and is deeper than the original game. everything is improved, balanced, optimized. i have nothing bad to say about xenoforce reborns, except the updates are " a little little, very small, little" bit slow, other than that: 10/10 sure, its just an alpha, ive considered that in my rating. but still phuking unjoyable! sound: ~/10 (not dramatically changed) graphics: 8/10 good mods, could use some twinkling though…
Jan 23 2011 by mangakaninja
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