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MIRROR: Clearing Up Some Misconceptions
Ministerio del Trabajo
Mirrored from: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/clearing-up-some-misconceptions-1054797/1/20
Clearing up some misconceptions
By DavidFailkipz
We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world
- Hugo Chavez
There appears to be some concern about our intentions with this country. I'd like to assure you that we only have your best interests at heart. Although you may have your doubts, we do know what is good for this country better than any of the other parties.
Now that we control Congress, we have begun to implement some sweeping changes that will propel Venezuela to economic superpower status. This economic policy was written in part by me. I am a tenured work study specialized in macroeconomics in the USA, so I am better qualified to run the economy than anyone else in this country.
Let me explain how our proposals will benefit you, the citizens of Venezuela.
One of the more controversial changes will be the new minimum wage. Some have questioned how companies will be able to afford to pay their workers that much. Any healthy economy however depends on money being spent. With a 999 VEB minimum wage, citizens will be able to spend more money and support more companies. In addition, they will be able to buy more and higher quality goods, and the result will be everyone becoming richer. This is a change that should have been made a long long time ago. Thankfully, we have arrived to correct the mistakes past governments hve made. As Bob Saget once said, "Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party," and we intend to print as much money as we possibly can.
We have also taken steps to protect domestic companies. By creating a large import tax on all goods, we will be able to stop foreign companies from undermining our businesses. The new taxes are something that ALL patriotic Venezuelan citizens should fully support. I would have to question the motives and intelligence of anyone who argues against these new taxes. They are for your benefit.
Josef Stalin once said that "Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited." We will do our absolute best to close this gap. We have taken steps to raise taxes on all goods, which will allow us to more fairly distribute the wealth of this country. Why should some be rich and some poor? We will make all citizens rich. As the great leader Hugo Chavez once said, "I am convinced that the way to build a new and better world is not capitalism. Capitalism leads us straight to hell."
Some of you have been very discontent. This is not acceptable. We are the most qualified to run this country, as shown by our sweeping, God given victory in the Congressional elections. We are working hard for your benefit, and we require your cooperation. You may not understand how our policies are superior to yours, but you do not need to, you must simply trust us, and we shall lead this country into greatness. Some of you may not believe that our proposals will benefit the country, but I would remind you that I am an economics professor and you are not. I have far more knowledge about these matters than any of my detractors. Stalin said "I believe in one thing only, the power of human will," and he was right. We believe in your patriotism, and we are certain that you will recognize that we are going to lead this country into a new era.
"This has been a great victory for the Venezuelan people"
- Hugo Chavez
Hola. Tenemos un traductor que trabaja en una versión en español para aquellos que prefieren ser iluminado en ese idioma. Por favor, sea paciente.
We have a translator working on a Spanish version for those who would prefer to be enlightened in that language. Please be patient.
I hope that this will alleviate some of your concerns. We know what's best for this country better than anyone else. Trust in us please.
Hola David, si es cierto lo que usted dice referente a que tiene muchos conocimientos en el area de la macro economia tendria entonces ya muchos ejemplos para demostrar no le parece correcto?
Pero lo que han demostrado muy ejemplarmente es que buscan la forma de desvirtuar a la Nacion Venezuela. tambien observo david que su adtitud anarquica e incoherente no es castigada asumo entonces con todo mi derecho de considerar que tal ves sea algo asi un desfalcamiento espresando asi su rechazo a ver una nacion que no ha invertido ni un dolar y que puede llegar a ser mas poderosa que su nacion.
Algo si le digo como dicen en mi PAIS ESTO NI ME QUITA EL SUEÑO, NI ME VOY A MORIR DE HAMBRE. por ultimo considerare que esto es una manera de desvirtuar a erepublika como juego virtual que asemeja la economia y politica de los paises pero si los admin no hacen nada respeto claro por que, ustedes roban bajo derecho, es como un policia malandro, talves no entienda eso pero bueno espero que estes muy bien david y su gente felicidades
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Engl.: Stillman's tickseed.
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Named for a WWII airbase in the South Atlantic used by the U.S., journalist Eliza Griswold's poetic debut tracks round-trip missions through disaster, both personal and national, from the aftermath of a crumbled marriage to the minefields of the Middle East. Five sections alternate between home and away, exchanging familiar landscapes for foreign battlefields and finding displacement and disappointment in both. An award-winning foreign correspondent, Griswold writes terse poems that unfortunately too often bear the uncomfortable and worn trope of the observer. Other cultures are pressed into the singsong of iambic rhythms and hard rhymes: "The prostitutes in Kabul tap their feet/ beneath their faded burqas in the heat./ For bread or fifteen cents, they'll take a man to bed—/ their husbands dead, their seven kids unfed." In the collection's strongest pieces, the speaker turns her unsparing eye on the rubble of her own relationships, as in "October," when she softly admits, "I mourn you sometimes/ in places you would have been." Though the speaker travels great distances in these poems, the imagination does not; while investigating the complex ruins of war and love, Griswold attempts to snap each poem shut with a summation or moral, often to diminutive effect. (May)
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Adopted at the last General Meeting of the New School chapter of SDS.
The New School chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is a leftist organization fighting for the radical transformation of our communities and society as a whole. We believe it is necessary to develop a critical analysis of the world in which we live, present viable alternatives to oppressive institutions, and build a movement for the attainment of human liberation.
We fight for a participatory democracy that empowers its citizens to realize their potential, a democracy where every person, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, class, ethnicity or any other delineation has a say in decisions proportionate to the degree to which they are affected by the outcomes.
We fight for a future beyond authoritarianism, capitalism, and imperialism – a future of self-managed communities deriving strength from hope and ingenuity rather than alienation and fear; a future free of the engines of repression present in state authority; a future where social needs, not profits, are of primary concern; a future of community among all people.
We fight for an existence based on humanistic values – an existence free of the corporate domination that is ruining our environment; an existence free of social neglect and glorified wastefulness; an existence where long-term sustainability is the established goal.
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Governor Herbert H. Lehman, Director of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, is expected to discuss his activities in connection with the feeding and rehabilitation of the freed peoples of Europe, in a speech which he will deliver at a dinner in his honor at the Hotel Commodore, Sunday evening, January 31st, it was announced here today. The former New York Governor will be guest of honor at the dinner, which is being arranged by the Labor Division of the American ORT Federation, and sponsored by all trade unions of New York – both A.F. of L. and C.I.O.
In accepting the invitation to the dinner, Governor Lehman said: "It is fitting that this dinner in my honor be arranged by the Labor Division of ORT – Organization for Rehabilitation through Training – which has been doing vital rehabilitation work for the last 62 years. I have been connected with ORT for over 25 years, and I am personally familiar with the splendid work this organization has done in many of the countries of Europe. ORT has been a very effective agency in the rehabilitation of hundreds of thousands of destitute people the world over. I know that it has trained youths and adults to become skilled industrial and agricultural workers, and has thus given them an opportunity to be self-sustaining."


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so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
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so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
They shipped you 3 of your 4 cards with a note in the envelope saying "sorry, couldn't find the other card. You can pick something else if you'd like and I will ship it in a PWE" and all of the other 3 cards were damaged and not in penny sleeves, just top loaders. And then after all that, they found the 4th card the day that you wrote them asking what that was all about and said they would ship it right away, and then 3 weeks later they still have not even shipped out the card...what would you do? I got mad and was called a troll because of me sending messages asking when the card was sent, and because I got mad it isn't here yet. Am I wrong to think that a responsible adult should have never done this to begin with? I mean, seriously, who ships out 3/4 of a trade with a note saying how they couldn't find the 4th...when they could have just sent a message letting the person know.
Instead I get a message that says, and I quote "Your just a 20 year old girl who has nothing better to do than troll people. It downright pisses me off"
I will not name names, but if they'd like to out themselves I think it would be a wise decision. I would love an explanation. They know exactly who they are, and I know they are on the forums
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07-18-2013, 05:44 AM (This post was last modified: 07-18-2013 06:15 AM by ricelynnevans75.)
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RE: so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
I'd give them negative feedback that states the actual issue and not something generic like "BAD TRADER! AVOID!" and dime them out on the boards so that other people are aware of the person/situation and can then proceed however they want with the person in the future. Keeping others informed in the world of trading helps the trading community. Additionally, report the person to the mods and include the PM exchanges.
First off, they should have contacted you about the supposed fact that they could not find the other card. Putting a note in there so you find out when you get the package is just flat out asinine. And if the person is definitely active on the boards such as you say, they definitely know better and should be held accountable for their actions. I personally consider it to be more pathetic when it's a "vet" of the site doing things like this.
Second, you have a right to send him messages asking when you're getting your card. Granted, I don't know what you said to him in the PMs but if he's starting to insult you simply because you're inquiring about the item that you're supposed to have anyway as he agreed to send it to you, that's him trying to get you to back off and likely hope you go away, along with the issue.
Third, you would think an adult would act in the proper manner when it comes to something as simple as a trading card. Unfortunately, there are people in this hobby who have a warped sense of reality as well as those who have an insane sense of entitlement..........over trading cards.
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RE: so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
I think the damaged cards received would be enough to PM and then neg feedback and report to MODS, the missing card and PWE comment warrants action as well..
Go to MODS, include all corresponding comments and let us know who is doing this...
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RE: so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
damaged cards? contact mods
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RE: so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
That sucks that someone would act that way. You would be doing everyone here a favor by outing them. Imagine how pissed you would be if you weren't tipped off on a bad trader and got taken when it could have been avoided. PM coming your way
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RE: so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
not right on the other traders end calling u that. u have a right to know where ur cards are at.
also i agree with the other guys above. contact a mod and tell them the situation. also send them the conversation that u had with them. and the cards should have been in a penny sleeve and then in the holder with a piece of tape on top. hope this helps. thanks
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RE: so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
I agree with everything that has been said except the tape part. Sometimes the tape can do more harm than good.
But everything else that has been said up til now is solid!!
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RE: so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
(07-18-2013 03:44 PM)nolan5000 Wrote: I agree with everything that has been said except the tape part. Sometimes the tape can do more harm than good.I use the sticky part of a post it note to cover the top of a top loader. I have also seen blue painters tape used. Both of them have low-level sticky adhesive so they don't damage cards and won't leave residue either.
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RE: so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
Go ahead and out the guy.
He deserves it.
More importantly, I don't want cards without penny sleeves, missing cards or PWEs anywhere near any trades I make.
Also, for the one millionth time ... cut this out and put it on your refrigerator:
1) Penny sleeve
2) Top loader
3) Piece of MASKING tape over top of toploader
4) Two decoy cards inside team bag, one on either side of toploader
5) Seal team bag
6) For good measure, one more piece of MASKING tape vertically around team bag
7) Bubble mailer ... WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION!
8) Mail every trade for the rest of your life this way.
I have over 500 eBay sales and around 150 trades on here, and I have NEVER had anything but compliments on my packaging and the condition of the cards.
(Also, don't be an a-- hat and sell/trade damaged cards in the first place!)
07-18-2013, 06:53 PM (This post was last modified: 07-18-2013 07:59 PM by floydtown.)
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RE: so if you agreed to a trade over a month ago and...
Confirm they got your cards & then go to the address you sent m to & ask them
L@@K: "The McCardlane Collection" ... All right here!!!
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The Bats
Royal Shoals
Johnny Brenda's
1201 N. Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA, 19125
Doors 8:00 PM / Show 9:00 PM
This event is 21 and over
How do you tell the story of The Bats?
One that began over 29-years ago in Christchurch, New Zealand. One that has included three EP's, seven albums and two compilations, numerous international tours and received gushing reviews from every corner of the music press.
Formed in 1982 by Robert Scott (The Clean) chief songwriter on lead vocals and guitar, bassist Paul Kean (Toy Love) singer/guitarist Kaye Woodward (Minisnap) and drummer Malcolm Grant (The Builders). Following a series of EPs, came their outstanding debut Daddy's Highway in 1987 and from there it has been a stream of acclaimed albums all the while amassing fans and friends around the world.
And here we have the next chapter of The Bats story. Titled, Free All The Monsters, the band's eighth album shows them in top form. Recorded at Seacliff, a former asylum in the grand Victorian style just outside of Dunedin, New Zealand, and
masterfully produced by Dale Cotton (HDU, Dimmer), it captures some of their strongest songs to date.
From the melodic and insanely catchy title track, through to the psychedelic thrum of 'Space Junk', the lo-fi folk of 'Simpletons' and the soaring instrumental passages - Free All the Monsters is filled with powerful and haunting guitars, delicate vocals and rhythms that swerve and stomp throughout.
It's a tale overflowing with cleverly crafted tunes. One that immediately pulls the listener in, and leaves you wondering what's next.
Why didn't New Order ever cover Jan & Dean? How's the surfing in Bournemouth? Could one good summer at the Jersey shore have saved Ian Curtis? These are the questions that keep Philadelphia three-piece, Royal Shoals, up at night. Their first EP, recorded with the help of studio wizard/shaman Jeff Zeigler (Kurt Vile, War on Drugs), is a valiant attempt but provides only more questions. For the band, former members of The Ropers (Slumberland, Teen Beat), Saturday People (Slumberland), Public Record (High Two Records) and Beard (a Dr. Dog precursor/side project), the search for meaning continues.
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Happy Easter weekend! It's a slower weekend as many people will be celebrating the holiday. May it be filled with all the food, treats and reflective moments you hope for with friends and family.
As always, check WRAL.com's Out & About calendar for more activities. And our Spring Break Guide has plenty of activities to keep families busy during the next week.
Our Easter database has the details on egg hunts and Easter Bunny visits. This weekend, we have some big hunts. Vintage Church's massive Raleigh Easter is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, at Halifax Mall in downtown Raleigh. Seven hunt times are scheduled. About 50,000 eggs are planned. Vintage Church Durham will host Durham Easter from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, at Durham Central Park. Both events will include other games, inflatables and more.
Some egg hunts with a twist also continue: The Museum of Life and Science's Dino Egg Hunt wraps up this weekend. So does the Easter Bunny Express at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer. And JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh has its annual Spring Egg Hunt where you look for giant wooden eggs to unscramble a secret code.
The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences will close its special exhibit Extreme Mammals this weekend. The exhibit features all sorts of weird and absolutely wonderful animals that roamed the planet ages ago and are still alive today.
Finally, Raleigh Little Theatre wraps up its run of "Miss Nelson is Missing" on Sunday.
And here are the Easter holiday hours for some local destinations:
Closed on Easter Sunday:
- Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh
- N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh
- Kidzu Children's Museum in Chapel Hill
Open on Easter Sunday:
- Museum of Life and Science in Durham
- N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh
- N.C. Zoo in Asheboro
- Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in Chapel Hill


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Bourjois Talons Aiguilles MascaraI really like Bourjois cosmetics, I adore the eye shadows, and I read a few reviews of this mascara and I decided to get it to try it out. I was pleasantly surprised! I really like it. The brush is great, it is long, and it really helped with my application. It seemed to get every lash, but the brush isn't so big I got spots on my upper or lower eye lids. It really made my lashes look so much...read more denser, and it emphasized the length very nicely. It held a curl, and it didn't flake, smudge, or smear after hours of wear. I really like the intense black color, it is rather striking and makes my eyes pop. It's claims of lengthening and curling were very true for me, I was very happy with the results I receive when I use it, and I have been using it quite a bit lately. It doesn't seem to dry my lashes out or make them brittle, I have noticed no breaking as I have with other mascaras, and it comes off really easy with any eye makeup remover, you don't have to pull or tug the delicate eye area to get it off. — 7 years, 10 months agolesa5363 | 352 reviews
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bourjois talons aiguilles mascarai've worked as a professional makeup artist on and off for several years, and due to this i'm often given samples of products i'd never have bought on my own. generally speaking, i don't pay much attention to makeup brands. i splurge on quality skincare and base, and go for cheap-but-not-nasty pigments, liners and mascaras. (after all, as long as they look good and don't do any damage to your skin...read more/eyes/etc, there's not a mountain of difference between $5 and $50 eyeshadow.) that said, this is my absolute favourite mascara of all time. i've used countless others- cheap, ridiculously expensive, and everywhere in between- and as long as they didn't clump, run or flake off they were fine. never really gave them much thought. and then someone gave me a tube of this, and i realized that there could, indeed, be a noticeable difference. this mascara is designed to 'lengthen' lashes, NOT to volumize (so it's not full of fibres and fillers designed to stick between your lashes, making them seem fuller.) it went on super smooth, did not make any of my lashes stick together, and darkened all the way to the tips of my lashes on the first stroke. in fact, it functioned exactly like every mascara commercial i've ever seen CLAIMED to function- like it was giving a nice coat of paint to each individual lash. it stayed on all day (and all night, too, sometimes,) and it never gave me raccoon eyes, and then came off easily with just face-wash. the best part was that, because it didn't make my lashes stick together, it usually looked like i wasn't wearing mascara at all- just blessed with awesome lashes. and it was like $13, which is expensive compared to Great Lash but pretty dang cheap for designer cosmetics. and THEN it became freaking impossible to find in the US. i've tried other bourjois mascaras, and while they have their own merits none of them really stood up to this one. you can still find it online, occasionally, but at this point i'm worried about the age of the product. bourjois makes nice product, and this was the best of them all. — 4 years, 4 months agorokkit | 1 reviews
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IN the fairy-tale world of college football, in which apples and oranges are compared, voters who watched Southern California abuse Michigan on Thursday in the Rose Bowl have concluded that the Trojans are Kings of the Hill.
Before Oklahoma and Louisiana State even play a down in the Sugar Bowl here tomorrow night, the University of Southern California is being hailed as the People's Champion.
I inadvertently fed into this feeling a couple of weeks ago, when the computers cheated U.S.C. out of its rightful place in Bowl Championship Series title game. But my criticism of the B.C.S. was hardly intended to make U.S.C. the People's Champion.
First of all, there is no way a private college in Southern California can be the People's Champion. This defies logic, but so does the broken B.C.S. system.
Bob Stoops, the Oklahoma coach, was asked about the movement to make U.S.C. the People's Champion. He made an observation that came close to trash talking. ''Everybody claimed that the Dallas Cowboys were America's Team and it didn't bother Pittsburgh a whole lot,'' he said. ''So I don't think it'll bother L.S.U. or Oklahoma, whoever is crowned champions of the B.C.S. and the Sugar Bowl.''Continue reading the main story
Many of the voters in the Associated Press poll will probably crown U.S.C. on the basis of what it did against Michigan, a team that was flawed -- from its inability to play on the road to its lack of explosiveness on offense. U.S.C. would have had a difficult time contending with Oklahoma in the Big 12 or with L.S.U. in the Southeastern Conference. But let me stop: this is precisely the sort of speculation the B.C.S. svengalis like. They like controversy. They think the news media like controversy.
I would rather write about the finite: about playoffs that end with a clear-cut champion.
The people who will favor voting U.S.C. as No. 1 have this much correct: Oklahoma and L.S.U. are virtually in a no-win situation. If the Sooners win, critics will say they were supposed to win. If Oklahoma loses, the defeat will confirm recent popular sentiment that it wasn't that good to begin with. And L.S.U., bless its heart . . . there's no way the Tigers can win unless they beat the daylights out of Oklahoma.
With that in mind, here's my hope: I would like L.S.U. to rout Oklahoma, 49-0, just to throw the voting into complete chaos. A rout of that magnitude would pay back Oklahoma for running up the score in its 77-0 victory over Texas A&M. And it would throw a well-deserved wrench in the B.C.S. system and restore faith in the underdog.
''We're going to learn a lot from this system,'' Nick Saban, the understated L.S.U. coach, said yesterday. ''Even though this hasn't been an especially good experience for all of us, because we all couldn't be picked to play in this game, it's something that can make us better in the future.''
Saban has become a compelling figure the last few weeks. He has been mentioned as a possible candidate to be an N.F.L. coach. His serious demeanor has created the veneer of an intense, no-nonsense -- no-fun -- competitor. However, he put some of that to rest yesterday when someone asked if he were happy to be miserable.
''I am happy,'' Saban said. ''I wish I naturally smiled, but it's important for me to be who I am. I believe in honesty, integrity, loyalty. I try to be truthful and tell you what I believe and think. It's serious to me.''
Saban will be extremely happy if L.S.U. wins. His contract calls for him to become the highest-paid coach in college football if L.S.U. wins the national championship. Stoops is currently the highest-paid college football coach at $2.2 million plus incentives.
This is what gets me about the moralizing of college presidents. They have no problem paying coaches more than their faculty, then they cry ''protect the student-athlete'' when critics propose aligning Division I-A football with every other college sport by having playoffs.
The reality is that bowl representatives are an impressive lobby and make persuasive arguments for their preservation. In an e-mail sent to reporters a few weeks ago, Keith Tribble, the chairman of the Football Bowl Association and chief executive of the Orange Bowl Committee, argued that a proposed playoff format ''would not fit the goals and expectations of the college football community.''
He wrote: ''College football has the best, most closely followed regular season of all sports because the B.C.S. has helped to create a structure wherein every game is important.''
Tribble argues that playoffs would diminish the regular season. ''Millions closely follow college football games and the B.C.S. polls every week, not just during the postseason. Instead of increasing excitement around college football, a playoff system would diminish the importance of regular-season games.''
Tribble also refers to preserving the passion of the regular season.
What college presidents want to preserve is the money they receive from the 28 bowl games. Tribble says the bowls will pay out more than $2.1 billion over the next 10 years.
All I know is that in this world of Chamber of Commerce college football, in which the unbridled passion of youth funds 28 individual fiefs, the adults always win.Continue reading the main story


text: Happy Endings Season 3 Review "Boys II Menorah" November 14, 2012 Happy Endings, Reviews After a week's break to take in the election, Happy Endings is thankfully back on our screens. In 'Boys II Menorah', with two thirds of the gang now happily coupled up, we get to see Alex and Dave navigate their new/old relationship while fan favorites Brad and Jane spend the episode apart. The inspiration for the titular gag is Max's new job no one knew existed – a barmitzvah MC. A brief clip shows us how Max has built an entire career out of doing such jobs, once acting as a professional funeral attendee and now hyping up a hall full of 13-year-olds. Soon, because Damon Wayans Jr moves like no one else, Brad joins him to form MC crew 'Boys to Menorah'. There's a whiff of Ross and Monica's New Year Eve dance to the whole thing, and their double-act, which we had a taste of in the week prior, is pretty hilarious. Wayans Jr is amazing at physical comedy, and it was great to see Happy Endings show him off again. Meanwhile, Alex and Dave are falling into old habits now that they're living together again, and a dismayed Jane catches them high-fiving over bowel movements. I'm still not sure how I feel about this new couple, since we never saw their first romance, and they might be my two least favorite characters of the group. Having them together doesn't help any, and I'd much rather them be integrated back into the group from next week. Have they abandoned the Penny/Dave romance now? Probably not, as I guess they're just taking their time reintroducing us to the central on again, off again couple. With Jane recruited to help spice things up for her sister and friend, and Brad joining Max in his new business, Penny takes a bit of a backseat this week. I have to say I missed her, since any episode with less Penny is an episode with less fun, but she did get a few laughs while unwittingly attracting a string of young barmitzvah boys. We heard that Penny would be getting a proper boyfriend this year, so I'm wondering when he will make an appearance. What did you think of the episode? Let us know in the comments? Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)


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The Medieval Philosophy Reading Group consists of interested undergraduates, graduates and professional scholars who meet once a week in term to read and discuss a medieval philosophical text (in translation). No previous knowledge of medieval philosophy is assumed, and everyone is welcome.
Our regular meeting time is on Wednesdays, 1.15 – 2.15 p.m., in the Old College Office, Trinity College (just by the Great Gate). We start on May 1. But the first meeting (and two of the other meetings) will be taking place, at the same time, not in the Old College Office, but the Wolfson Building North Seminar room, Trinity College. This term we are reading extracts in translation from a work, the Irshad, by an eleventh century Islamic philosopher, Juwayni. I shall send a copy of the text we are studying to anyone who contacts me.
Although you are welcome just to turn up, if you send an e-mail to John Marenbon (email@example.com) he can give you further information and send you the text we shall be discussing.


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Much like it's arcade-only stablemate Knights of Valor 2, The Gladiator is a side-scrolling beat 'em up with a distinct Chinese style that goes under a different name in every region it was released in. The full list of official names is as follows:
"The Gladiator" – English language version
"Shen Jian Feng Yun" (神劍風雲) - Taiwan
"Shen Jian Fu Mo Lu" (神剑伏魔录) - Mainland China
"Tou Gen Kyou/Road of the Sword" (闘幻狂) - Japan
"Singeom Ui Pung Un*" (신검의풍운) – South Korea
*Probably inaccurate pronunciation– please correct me if you're familiar with Korean!
All versions of the game run on IGS' PGM hardware, although the Japanese version comes on a dedicated PCB rather than a cart to be used with a PGM motherboard, much like certain Cave shmups – Ketsui and ESPgaluda for example.
The basic gameplay involves up to four people choosing one of six characters and beating the living daylights out of anything and everything they come across. Before each stage starts (including the first one) players are required to choose which level from a choice of up to three they wish play through, with some routes being harder than others and most of them offering different bosses, different hidden items and in the final choice's case, which end boss and ending you will encounter.
Stages can also have hidden requirements that unlock secret areas or make progress easier, for example reaching a certain point in a stage within a tight time limit or dash-attacking statues to push them across entrances, preventing enemy reinforcements from appearing.
As with the majority of other PGM games, The Gladiator uses a four button setup – A performs standard attacks, B is used for special skills (these consume qi), C jumps and D initiates a defensive dash or air recovery. This simple setup is complicated by a variety of button combos, extra skills, a counter system and "desperation" moves -
Auto/Normal combo – This is the first choice you have to make after picking a character. Auto characters are weaker but they're easier to use
A+B – Pressing these two together performs a powerful attack, at the cost of some life
A+C – Initiates the same move as the above (and also consumes a portion of the life gauge) but also gives the character a trail of shadows for a short period of time allowing every move to perform multiple hits (much like Street Fighter Alpha's custom combo system)
B+C – When timed correctly and at the right distance this is used to cancel the special attacks performed by some enemies and bosses. If done correctly the player then has to mash the A button to counter the boss and perform an attack. This move consumes qi.
B+<direction> – Each character can have up to five special skills; some are earned as they level up and some are hidden items found in certain stages. These attacks can also have additional effects such as removing poison or increasing attack speed. If the player finds a skill that occupies the same slot as one they already have they are forced to choose between keeping or replacing the one they have, even if they have other slots free.
Countering – A well-timed A attack at close range may start off a counter – arrows will appear on screen and the player will need to push their joystick in the same directions to perform a counter.
Dashing then attacking, using A+<direction>, and jumping also perform different attacks too.
As with Knights of Valor 2, The Gladiator also has a selection of alternative modes to the standard story game, with some of them only unlocked via button codes.
The other mode that's available by default from the main menu is a boss rush mode – players can choose which bosses to face in any order they like, completely randomise it, or pick a few and then randomise the rest.
The next has to be unlocked by pressing DDDBBB on the mode select screen (the one after the "How to play" screen). This is another boss rush style mode, but this time instead of choosing which bosses to face the player gets to choose which special skills to equip themselves with before the gauntlet starts.
There are three other button combinations for the mode select screen too – BCBCBC, DCDBCB, and DBDBDB, but to be honest the descriptions online are vague and there's no obvious immediate difference in play when they're activated – if you can tell me exactly what these do please get in touch!
I wanted to give a quick comment on the current state of this game's MAME emulation – it's certainly playable as intended as far as I can see, but the music is a poor imitation of the real thing. However, even as somebody who does own the arcade original I have to admit that until IGS do the sensible thing and stop making all these incredible side-scrolling beat 'em ups arcade only MAME is the most practical way to play and it does at least give everyone a chance to experience this excellent game.


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World Challenge fund raising ideas for 14yo(9 Posts)
My dd has the chance to go on a world challenge holiday with the school, where pupils are encouraged to raise at least some of the money - which is about £1000. Has anyones dc done this? We'd love some ideas.
I have to say I hate 'non jobs' like sponsorship and bag packing as I feel its a bit cheeky to ask others to fund her holiday. I've suggested car boot sales, ebay and babysitting. The school do have a Christmas Fair and her year are encouraged to have a stall - but we need some ideas as to what will sell well in a secondary school at the beginning of December too.
Any ideas gratefully received...
My DD's school encourages World Challenge so a lot of students do fundraising. Cake stalls are very popular - the kids like cupcakes with icing on the top especially, and I think these go for about 50p each. Any cakes are fine on these stalls though and sweets sell well too.
One girl did a quiz and used the school hall as a venue so no hall costs. She charged £5 entrance I think and put some of this money towards prizes. She asked friends and family to donate gifts for the raffle - it doesn't have to be anything enormous - a box of chocolates or biscuits is fine.
Some students have done car-washing. Babysitting is an excellent idea - the rate here is £5 an hour and DD could do her homework at the same time. Some of the problem with fundraising is that it is rather time-consuming.
Hope that helps a little - good luck to your DD.
Hi moniker thanks for your quick reply, the more ideas the better, we've just sat down this evening and tried to estimate how much dd can get from each activity and it has highlighted how much she'd need to do to raise half the money. We thought christmas cards and tags for a stall as I guess lots of parents will go? The trouble is she is new to the school so we don't know who the purchasers are at the Christmas fair! Might need to ask around. We've even tried to target the number of babysitting jobs - 10 x an average of £15...
Hi, my son did World Challenge and had a fabulous time, it is a great experience for teenagers and well worth fundraising for. He did do bag packing, car washing and babysitting, also cake stalls and quiz nights. His group also made use of the school hall and hired a line dancing teacher for an evening then sold tickets. At the school firework display they ran a bbq stall which was really popular. He sold his old computer games on ebay and I also sold some gold jewellery. Hope some of these ideas help. Good luck!
Friends DD is very crafty so made very pretty bracelets from ribbon and beads that she was selling for £5 a go. She raised £300 from this alone, just by putting up pics on her fb page.
The students would sell refreshments at school events - parent evenings, information evenings, awards etc.
The car wash was successful, as was a clothes sale - teens bringing in their clothes that they were fed up with.
Would the school allow her to hold a disco for year 7s? (more manageable than one for older pupils).
Some towns allow, even encourage buskers if your dd is musical.
Tombolas are usually popular if you have a stock , or can get donations of unwanted gifts (you could BUY some cheap at a car boot sale).
Good luck!
*Cake sales - if selling to adults, just ask them to make a donation rather than a fixed price, you tend to get more
*Pudding Party - you invite your mates round for a glass of wine and some puddings, then at the end of the night they make a donation (like attending a coffee morning, but more appealing).. really easy to arrange, and even if you don't make a lot, you've had a lovely natter with your mates for the evening
*Set yourself up an Easysearch page
*Get her to Introduce herself at the local sheltered accommodation... older folk LOVE to see teens doing something constructive - offer her services as an 'odd job' person - for cleaning those bits of their bungalows / flats they can no longer reach. Or offering to bake to order... a lot of older folk don't want to buy a whole box of cakes, but would buy a half sized home made fruit loaf or something, os a '2 person portion' of a fruit crumble
*Can she think of anywhere she can run a tuck shop? - easy to set up and regular small amounts start to add up
*Bags2Schools type collection is the school would let her collect there, or if you have an empty garage or somewhere to store stuff in until they collect
*If she (or you) can sell stuff on e-bay, or are prepared to get up early enough to car boot, then put a note through the doors of the roads around your house, explaining what she is doing and you'd be surprised how many people will donate the odd item that they can't be bothered to sell themselves
*Quiz night
*Barn Dance
*Horse racing night (where you 'bet' on races on films - the people bring it all in)
*Family party night - would your, and her friends all get together for a party (like a 50th or 21st), but instead of celebrating a birthday, they all pay say £3 a head to get in ? Lot of function rooms would let you have room for free (as they get the bar takings), £3 isn't a lot for a night out, and, once people have had a couple of drinks, do a raffle as well
As well as her school fair, do you still have contacts at her old primary?
We've had someone doing world challenge attend 2 Christmas and 1 Summer Fair with a stall selling pocket money toys and sweets. Think Baker Ross type supplies, a guess the number of sweets in the jar on the side, and it's easy to sell this to junior age children.
My daughter went to Malawi with world challenge
They packed bags in a supermarket
Did sponsored absails
Organised a school disco
Held a cheese and wine race night for the parents
She loved it too
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I have happened to notice that in VC and in GTA3, if you enable EAX or any other sound system other than the Direct 3d software emulation, you actualy miss out on some of the ingame sounds, an example is the noise made when you collect money or when you press the tab key to replace a weapon of the same class you have. The game in the software mode uses the same sounds as the ps2 versions did for the same actions but they do not occur in any other modes that I can see of.( unsure of EAX3 as my card only spports EAX)
Does anyone have any thoughts as to why this is , or would anyone care to speculate if R* will do the same again in the PC port of SA. for the record I like to have those extra sounds in the game because it reasures you that say you picked up an item and that it didnt just dissappear as you were about to collect it. they also add more of a feel to the game imo
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Posted 13 May 2005 - 02:32 AM
I am not sure why some sounds wouldn't be included. Don't worry. If it is true that some sounds in EAX were left out of VC, then don't worry about SA. I am sure they won't leave stuff out.
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TEL AVIV (Jul. 10)
Israel Defense Force aircraft today carried out a bombing raid on three Palestinian terrorist bases near the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli. Accurate hits were reported and all Israeli planes returned safely to their base, according to an IDF spokesman.
Beirut Radio reported large fires blazing in the targeted areas, with many casualties. The Lebanese reports linked the mid-afternoon air attacks to yesterday's car-bomb attacks in the south Lebanon security zone which killed 10 Lebanese civilians and two soldiers of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army (SLA). Two IDF soldiers were also wounded in the suicide car bombing attacks.
Suicide drivers of bomb-laden vehicles have till now all been Shiite Moslems while the members of the terrorist organizations whose bases were raided today are usually Palestinians. There has been, however, an increase in recent weeks in the number of terrorist attempts inside Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The targets of today's raids were described by the IDF spokesman as two terrorist bases near Nahr El Baida, some nine kilometers northeast of Tripoli, occupied by the faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization headed by Abu Mussa.
The target, consisting of a series of one story structures, housed the headquarters of the Abu Mussa faction and served as the staging point for its members going on terrorist raids. The other target, two kilometers northeast of Tripoli, was described as a base for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, led by Ahmed Jibril.


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Gerard Baden-Clay found guilty of murder
Former prestige Brisbane real estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay has been found guilty of murdering his wife Allison two years ago.
A jury, comprising seven men and five women, found the 43-year-old guilty of killing his wife at their home in the leafy Brisbane suburb of Brookfield on April 19, 2012, and dumping her body in nearby Kholo Creek at Anstead.
Baden-Clay was embroiled in an affair with his long-time mistress and former employee Toni McHugh, while under extreme financial pressure owing hundreds of thousands of dollars to friends, family and former business partners at the time of his wife's disappearance.
The father-of-three, who has been jailed since his arrest in June 2012, will be sentenced to life imprisonment, marking a dramatic fall from grace for the man who prided himself on his lineage as the great-grandson of famed Scout movement founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell.
A kayaker found Mrs Baden-Clay's badly swollen and decomposing body on the muddy banks of Kholo Creek on April 30, 2012 - 10 days after her husband reported her missing.
The cause of her death has never been determined, but the Crown alleged Baden-Clay smothered his wife to death, while their three young daughters slept soundly in their beds.
Baden-Clay has maintained his innocence. While testifying under oath during the trial, he repeatedly denied killing his wife or knowing anything about her death.
However, most incriminating in the circumstantial case against the father-of-three was scratches on his right cheek.
Baden-Clay dismissed the injuries as shaving cuts, but four forensic experts told the court the abrasions were more consistent with fingernail scratches.
Six different types of leaves found entwined in Mrs Baden-Clay's hair and clothing matched six species of plants growing around the Baden-Clays' Brookfield Road home. Only two of the plant species identified on Mrs Baden-Clay's body were found around Kholo Creek.
Crown prosecutor Todd Fuller, QC, said Baden-Clay was confronted with a potentially "catastrophic convergence of events" on the night he killed his wife of 15 years.
His mistress Ms McHugh was due to come face-to-face for the first time with Mrs Baden-Clay at a real estate conference the following day.
Baden-Clay risked having his "double life" exposed at the impending run-in.
The court heard Baden-Clay had promised to be with Ms McHugh "unconditionally'' from July 1, 2012. The date coincided with Mrs Baden-Clay's birthday.
In an email to Ms McHugh in early April, Baden-Clay wrote: "Leave things to me now."
Baden-Clay told the court he went to bed about 10pm on April 19, 2012, leaving his wife watching television on the couch in their living room.
His iPhone, however, was connected to his bedside charger at 1.48am the following day.
The court also heard Baden-Clay owed his three friends, Stuart Christ, Peter Cranna and Robert Chessman, AU$270,000 (NZ$287,000) for loans to his business.
The real estate agent also owed his ex-business partners Phil Broome and Jocelyn Frost AU$300,000 for the purchase of the company's rent roll.
The prosecution case highlighted Baden-Clay's behaviour in the days and weeks after his wife's disappearance, particularly in the hours after his wife's body was discovered.
Baden-Clay phoned his then-lawyer Darren Mahony upon hearing the news a body had been found on the banks of Kholo Creek. He then travelled to the chambers of defence barrister Peter Davis.
The following day, he made inquiries about accessing Mrs Baden-Clay's AU$400,000 life insurance policies.
Mrs Baden-Clay was suburban mum, running her three young girls to ballet classes, working behind the tuckshop counter on the first Tuesday of every month and planning her own business ventures when her life was cut short at the hands of the man she loved.
Her funeral on May 11, 2012 heard of a successful human resources executive, with a passion for ballet, who stepped out of the workforce to raise her children.
The Baden-Clays' three young daughters remain in the primary care of their maternal grandparents, Priscilla and Geoff Dickie.
At the start of the trial, the Dickies made a single request of the media: "We hope you can imagine the ongoing impact of these events on our granddaughters - it has been devastating and will be long lasting.''
"Our primary concern remains their emotional and physical wellbeing. We are trying to help them rebuild their lives and ask for your support and cooperation in this."
The key points of the prosecution and defence cases in the trial of Gerard Baden-Clay:
The affair
The prosecution alleged Gerard Baden-Clay was motivated by his desire to start a new life with his long-time mistress Toni McHugh when he killed his wife Allison. Ms McHugh and Mrs Baden-Clay were due to come face-to-face for the first time at a real estate conference on the same day Mr Baden-Clay reported his wife missing.
The financial stress
Mr Baden-Clay had business-related debts amounting to more than $500,000 at the time of his wife's disappearance.
The pressure
The Crown said Mr Baden-Clay risked having his "double life" exposed at the impending run-in between his wife and mistress, which may have resulted in the breakdown of his marriage and the loss of his already flagging real estate business.
The scratches
Mr Baden-Clay appeared with three scratches on his right cheek on the morning he reported his wife missing. He maintained the injuries were shaving cuts, but four forensic experts told the trial the abrasions were more consistent with fingernail scratches.
DNA, possibly "belonging to someone else", was found under the fingernails of Mrs Baden-Clay's left hand. The Crown alleged Mrs Baden-Clay used her left hand to scratch her husband's right cheek as she was "fighting for her life".
The leaves
Leaves from six different species of plants were found entwined in Mrs Baden-Clay's hair and tangled in the sleeves of her jumper. The same six plant species were found growing around the Baden-Clays' home, particularly their back patio, carport and driveway.
Only two species of plants were found growing in the vicinity of Kholo Creek where Mrs Baden-Clay's body was found.
The blood
DNA obtained from a blood stain found in the boot of the Baden-Clays' Holden Captiva matched Mrs Baden-Clay's DNA.
The mobile phone
Mr Baden-Clay claimed he went to bed at 10pm on the night his wife disappeared, April 19, 2012. His mobile phone was connected to his bedside charger at 1.48am on April 20, 2012.
The behaviour
Mr Baden-Clay engaged a criminal defence lawyer on the morning he reported his wife missing.
He visited the chambers of a high-profile criminal defence barrister on the day his wife's body was discovered under the Kholo Creek bridge.
The depression
The defence pointed to Allison Baden-Clay's history with depression to suggest she took her own life in the early hours of April 20, 2012.
The medication
The defence suggested Mrs Baden-Clay may have died from misadventure or accident, as a result of the adverse affects of her antidepressant medication Zoloft.
The forensic evidence
Forensic pathologists said there was no evidence to link Mr Baden-Clay to the crime scene at Kholo Creek. There was also no blood found in the Baden-Clays' house or carport, and there was no evidence to suggest there was a struggle inside the house.
The man
The defence pointed to the good character of Mr Baden-Clay, who was considered a business and community leader, noting a police officer once described him as "one of the nicest guys in the world". The defence said there was no evidence to suggest Mr Baden-Clay was a person to explode in anger, or lash out physically at his wife.
The infidelity
Mr Baden-Clay admitted to having multiple affairs with different women throughout his 15 year marriage. The defence said Mr Baden-Clay's infidelity could not be used as evidence against him, adding the real estate agent's "despicable morals" did not make him a murderer.
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Rehearsals take place every Monday during school term time from 7.30pm until 9.30pm in Millhouses Methodist Church, Millhouses Lane, Sheffield, S7 2HA, which can be reached from both Millhouses Lane and Whirlowdale Road in Millhouses, Sheffield.
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By MIKE PLANT
Daily Record Sports Writer
WOOSTER -- Shreve isn't exactly a hotbed of hockey, but native Cathlin Allen made it to the pinnacle of the sport this season.
Allen, a 2001 Triway High graduate, is just completing her first year as the Community Relations Coordinator for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. In June, the Bruins won their first Stanley Cup in 40 years when they defeated Vancouver in seven games.
"It's been a hectic year," said Allen, who was hired last August to help coordinate and handle all player appearances, donation requests, education programs "and lots more.
"It's a ton of work, but it's so much fun and really rewarding," she added. "The (victory) parade was incredible, one of the coolest experiences ever."
Allen could say that about the entire season, particularly Boston's playoff run, in which the Bruins won three different Game 7s.
"I can't imagine how tired they were," she said. "They're really a great group of guys, too. They're very generous and do a lot in the community, and I'm just fortunate to be part of it."
Allan, the daughter of Dan and Marj Allen, graduated from Marymount College near New York City with a degree in English, then spent her next three years in the city, working for an event production company. After deciding to pursue a career in sports, she moved to Tennessee and earned a Master's in sports administration at Belmont University. She did internships with both the NFL's Tennessee Titans and the NHL's Nashville Predators, where she watched her first pro hockey game.
"Hockey's an acquired taste, but I think I was close-minded," said Allen, who said she's a huge sports fan, rooting for all Cleveland teams as well as Ohio State. "I'd never been to a hockey game, never even ice skated, but the minute I watched my first game, I was hooked.
"I'm by no means an expert," she added. "I try to learn more each season. Now, I understand the difference between a forecheck and a crosscheck."
Following her internships, Allen's seven-month job search landed her interviews with Nashville, and the NBA's Phoenix Suns and Detroit Pistons before she was offered the position with the Bruins.
One of her favorite off-ice events was around Christmas, when team members pledged their own money, matched by the organization, and shopped at a local Target store.
"They had $22,500 and all the guys had a list from pediatric hospitals," Allen said. "They hand-picked all the stuff, took it very seriously, and then the next week they delivered them to the kids in the hospitals.
"It's definitely very special connecting with different people."
Allen, who was home over this past weekend to attend a wedding, laughed when asked if she got to spend a day with the Stanley Cup, a long-standing NHL tradition for the champions. She explained that the Bruins organization gets the Cup for 100 days, with each player getting it from 10 a.m. to midnight on his day.
"If I got it for a day, I would have brought it home," she said, "but the organization has been great. We had a party, the parade, we got to take photos with the Cup, and if you love sports, you know how special that is.
"I never thought I'd be part of a championship team. You see other teams celebrate winning it all, but to be part of one in your first year is incredible."
The length of the Bruins' winning run shortened everyone's summer, and Allen said her department started working on the upcoming season just a few weeks after the victory celebration.
She's looking forward to another season in Boston, and then doesn't know where her career will take her -- except that it will probably take her somewhere soon.
"I want to be a director, but I don't know what the future will hold," Allen said. "I don't have plans to go anywhere right now -- I'd love to be closer to my family, but I'm used to it.
"I have a bit of wanderlust, I get itchy feet," she added with a laugh. "When the time comes, I'm pretty good at knowing when it's time to move on.
"I don't want to become complacent, and I don't want to wait around for someone to leave, so I'm open to any opportunities."
That's an attitude Allen has carried with her since leaving little old Shreve for the Big Apple as a teenager. Now 28, she's certainly made the most of her opportunities so far.
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CEDAR HILL -- Cedar Hill scored on seven of its eight first-half posessions as it rolled over Grand Prairie, 62-7, in a District 5-5A game.
Cedar Hill improves to (4-2, 3-0) as it was lead by quarterback Driphus Jackson who passed for 249 yards on 15-of-19 passing.
Wide receiver Lovett Gibson led the Longhorns with six catches for 108 yards and two touchdowns. His first came on an 18 yarder in the first quarter, and then he caught an 11 yard pass near the end of the first half.
Shelton Jones also caught two touchdown passes, one a 10 yard pass in the first quarter and the other a 13 yard pass in the third quarter.
Cedar Hill running back John Albercrombie rushed for 31 yards and scored two touchdowns, a 13 yard run to open his team's scoring and then a 12 yard run in the second quarter.
Grand Prairie (2-4, 0-3) was led by quarterback Tommy Alvarez as he threw for 92 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown was a 71-yard pass to Patrick Palmer in the first quarter.


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President Obama and the first family arrived back at the White House early this morning after their 10-day Hawaiian vacation.
The president's return coincides with the Iowa caucuses, the first nomination contest of the 2012 presidential election. As Republicans today begin to choose a candidate to face off with the president in the general election, Obama will address Democratic caucus-goers in a video teleconference this evening.
While the Republican race is up for grabs, the president, who won the Iowa Democratic caucuses in 2008, is unopposed and expected to win again.
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|2011-07-13, 00:59
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|2011-07-13, 10:02
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Eh, my parents maintained a single account, and never had any financial issues, despite my parents seperating.
In fact, my father's account is still shared with my mother, though she now also maintains her own account.
Though I think a lot of it is down to my father never dealing with money related issues. My mom still does all the money related paper work for my father!
|2011-07-13, 13:52
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I know lots of couples where one person takes on the financial obligations. With me and my fiancee, I tend to handle a lot of the money-related stuff, but she's also involved. Due to the nature of the way we are surviving right now, sometimes one of us will pay for the other's tuition or books and vice-versa (due to financial aid coming in at odd intervals).
|2012-04-24, 13:07
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Age: 28
Someone who could stand my machine-gun mouth. Once I start talking, there's no end to it. It's an annoying trait, I know,and guys will find it suffocating, but I love to talk!
Also, he must agree to sign prenuptial agreement before we register our marriage.
And he must not be mama's boy.
|2012-04-24, 13:57
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The ideal wife for me is someone who is polar opposite in every characteristic. But it's so hard to even describe myself as everything fluctuates for each situation.
Instead of naming random characteristics on thin air, I'm gonna talk about ex-gf 2 years ago because I found her to be closest to my ideals than anyone else I've met
Spoiler for Basing off ex-gf:
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|2012-04-24, 22:28
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Underweight Food Hoarder
I recall seeing a psych study that men have a bias towards woman that resemble their mother. Which applies to me as well. It's so creepy XD.
|2012-04-25, 01:18
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Why didn't your parents raise you when you were a teenager? Perhaps you have a kind of nostalgia for them?
And speaking of attractiveness, I always get the feeling that I could be turned on by all kinds of women, but the ones that resemble my mother aren't often women that I would describe as being "hot", but that the attractiveness is more present at the personal level, i.e. "I would do her" versus "she exudes a really attractive personality".
|2012-04-25, 09:46
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I'd just be happy with somehow who likes me for who I am, not who I should be...
Plus she'd have to like guns.
Definitely like guns.
Just putting that out there.
Seriously, someone who likes me for me and someone who I like for whom they are. Not what we could and should be.
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Location: Vienna
Hmmm, I am already in a happy relationship and my current bf is what I always asked for:
Kind, gentle, patient (extremely patient), intelligent (I have to be able to talk to him on my level) and he likes the things I do. No matter what we talk about, we always agree and I feel so comfortable in the relationship. I know he is reliable and honest and wants the same in life as me and that makes me feel like I can relax in my relationship. I find it very soothing.
In my opinion a harmonic and balanced relationship stands on 3 big pilars:
1. Similarities :hobbies, character traits, expectations in life, etc. I believe it is especially important to click on the personality level, because the more the partners are similar, the less friction will there be and consequently less fighting.
2. good fighting culture: there will always be fights and in fact I think it is healthier to have a good fight now and then rather than bottling negative emotions inside, that will eventually poison any relationship and become a ticking time bomb.
3. tolerance for differences and respect: As much as I think similarities are important, there always will be differencies and rather than trying to change the partner to fit your perfect ideal, you should let him be the person he is. I think one of the most unfair things you can do to a person is to try to change him. If it is a triviality, then go ahead by all means, but dont try to change anything basic.
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Final results:
District 5:
Rick Callahan 60.43% (988 votes)
Jesse Diaz 39.57% (647 votes)
District 14:
Philip Kingston 54.40% (2,390 votes)
Bobby Abtahi 45.60% (2,003 votes)
It's taken a while, but there are a few Election Day votes counted. Both Kingston and Callahan are still in the lead.
Callahan is extending his lead with 5 of 26 precincts reporting. He now has close to 59 percent of the vote.
Abtahi however is making up some ground against Kingston. With 13 of 41 precincts reporting, Abtahi trail by 150 votes.
With only early voting counted, Philip T. Kingston (District 14) and Rick Callahan (District 5) -- both the top vote-getters in the May 11 general election -- are leading their Dallas City Council races. Both had percentages in the mid-50s.
The leads over Bobby Abtahi and Jesse Diaz were solid but not landslides. Still, it could be tough to make up that much ground. Early voting now makes up a substantial percentage of the ballots, and runoffs typically have small turnouts (although the number of early votes in the runoffs actually increased).
In the general election, early voting made up a slight majority of the total votes for District 5 but only 37 percent of the total in District 14.
Abtahi did particularly well in early voting last month. He trailed Kingston by only 46 votes. But Kingston outpaced his opponent on Election Day by 317 votes. In District 5, the results were similar. Callahan had a slight lead in early voting but pulled much further ahead in the Election Day results.


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Anglo-Saxon hoard to be unveiled
The most significant hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found will be unveiled at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery today (September 24) at 11.30am.
Stay tuned to www.birminghamnewsroom.com for photographs and video.
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Images can be downloaded from flickr via the following link.
A number of artefacts will be available to view with experts on hand to provide analysis.
The Staffordshire Hoard is an unparalleled treasure find dating from Anglo-Saxon times.
Both the quality and the quantity of this unique treasure are remarkable. The story of how it came to be left in the Staffordshire soil is likely to be more remarkable still.
The Hoard was first discovered in July 2009. The find is likely to spark decades of debate among archaeologists, historians and enthusiasts.
Leslie Webster, Former Keeper, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum, has already said: "This is going to alter our perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England… as radically, if not more so, as the Sutton Hoo discoveries. Absolutely the equivalent of finding a new Lindisfarne Gospels or Book of Kells."
The Hoard comprises in excess of 1,500 individual items.
- Most are gold, although some are silver.
- Many are decorated with precious stones.
- The quality of the craftsmanship displayed on many items is supreme, indicating possible royal ownership.
- The Hoard is the by far the largest find of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found. There is approximately 5 kg of gold and 2.5kg of silver (Sutton Hoo had 1.66kg of gold).
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery (BMAG) has provided secure storage for the items and workspace for the specialist 'finds adviser' to carry out initial cataloguing work and analysis, including X-ray and XRF (X-ray fluorescence) scans.
BMAG is responsible for managing three Finds Liaison Officers, for the region and the Staffordshire Hoard was initially reported to Duncan Slarke, Finds Liaison Officer for Staffordshire and the West Midlands, based at the museum.
Councillor Mike Whitby, Leader of Birmingham City Council, said: "We are absolutely delighted to be playing a significant part in this remarkable and historic find. I am particularly proud to say that the first artefacts will go on public display at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery."


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BLACKBURN Rovers were all style and no substance yesterday afternoon – as a watching Eric Black was left with little first-team salvation.
Diogo Rosado, Ruben Rochina and Paulo Jorge all demonstrated their obvious technical ability, but there was little of the steel and desire needed as they were dumped out of the first round of the Lancashire Senior Challenge Cup.
With David Dunn also in the side that was looking to impress, and the likes of Mauro Formica and Nuno Gomes in the first team squad, Rovers have no shortage of 'flair'. 'Luxury players', you could say.
The problem is most squads only really have space for one of these types of players, maybe two at the most, while Rovers appear to be full of show ponies with no one there to do the fetching and carrying.
Ironically, it was Rovers' old boy David Dunn who looked the most creative at Brockhall yesterday and the one ready for first-team inclusion.
Rochina showed his brilliance in patches, playing a deeper midfield role, but also frustrated with several sloppy passes.
Portuguese new boy Rosado played further forward than he is used to and, while he showed a good touch, far too often he slowed the play down.
Substitute Hugo Fernandez missed the decisive spot kick in the shoot out as an inexperienced Oldham side beat their older counterparts. There were few bright spots for the hosts, but the second half performance of substitute Raheem Hanley did suggest he will soon be pushing for a first -team spot at left-back.
Fellow academy product Josh Morris also impressed just in front of him, while Polish goalkeeper Greg Sandomierski looked composed between the posts.
Colin Kazim-Richards saw a fierce 20-yard strike in the first half cannon off the bar, while Morris sent a shot narrowly over the bar early on and Rochina hit the post.
Oldham's Matt Smith spared Kellen Daly's blushes as he struck a penalty wide, after the defender was penalised for pushing.
After the break Morris fired over and Dunn had a shot saved as Oldham deservedly held.
ROVERS: Sandomierski, Henley, Ribeiro, Henrique (Fernandez), Daly, Jorge, Rochina, Dunn (Edinho), Rosado, Kazim- Richards (R Hanley), Morris.


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ESPN rallies in area sports April radio ratings, but The Ticket stays on top
After slipping to third place in the three-way sports talk ratings race in March, ESPN 103.3 FM forged ahead of the line-up shuffling 105.3 The Fan in April. But as usual no change at the top of the Arbitron mountain where 1310 The Tickets reigned supreme.
The Ticket scored a 2.8 share among all listeners, followed by ESPN 103.3 FM (1.6) and 105.3 The Fan (1.0).
In the all-important demographic of men 25-54, which pays the salaries and bills, it was: The Ticket (7.0), ESPN (3.1), The Fan (2.1).
On weekday shows 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. with heavy-hitter hosts in the demographic, it was The Ticket (8.5), ESPN (3.1), The Fan (2.2).
The Ticket finished first every hour and ESPN was No. 2 every hour with the exception of noon when Elf and Slater nipped Fitzsimmons and Durrett, 1.9 to 1.8 and at 6 p.m. when the departed Richie Whitt and Greg Willams topped Chuck Cooperstein, 2.4 to 2.3. Looking in the rear view mirror at noon was The Ticket's BaD Radio at 9.6 and at 6 p.m. it was The Hardline at 10.5.
The highest rated hour of the day at each station:
Ticket: Hardline at 4 p.m. (10.6)
ESPN: Galloway and Company at 3 p.m. (4.6)
Fan: Shan and R.J. at 8 a.m. (3.7)
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Last night during "Special Report"s Grapevine segment, the camera fixed on Baier had technical difficulties. It violently shook just as Baier ended the segment, throwing the anchor out of the shot before it steadied.
With years of on-air reporting under his belt, Baier recovered like a true professional. "You may soon feel the effects, not of that earthquake but in your wallet, from new environmental regulations," he said, transitioning as only a veteran anchor could.
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SANTA CRUZ -- One of the largest recent projects to reduce fuel for wildfires in the Santa Cruz and Soquel hills continued this week on Laurel Glen Road.
About a dozen members of the California Conservation Corps cleared brush and grass, trimmed redwoods and removed Bay Laurel trees with sudden oak death. They started May 28 and planned to continue until about June 14 along Mountain View Road and Laurel Glen Road near St. Clare's Retreat.
With former and current Central Fire Protection District firefighters directing traffic with signs and walkie-talkies, the tree crew on Wednesday cleared areas that residents normally cannot trim because of fast drivers.
"Nobody in their right mind is going to take their WeedWacker out here and survive," said Thadyne Borchert, executive director of the Soquel Fire Safe Council.
"We're hoping it will motivate homeowners to stay on top of their defensible space."
To prepare for potential wildfires, Cal Fire leaders have advised rural Santa Cruz County residents to create 100 feet of defensible space around their homes and 30 feet of "lean vegetation" near it.
Residents in the Soquel hills area said they want to help prevent wildfires like the ones that swept the county in 2008 and 2009.
The Soquel Fire Safe Council collaborated with the Bonny Doon and South Skyline fire safe councils to secure a $129,500 state grant. The project expects to cover more than two miles of Laurel Glen Road and include the removal of 76 eucalyptus trees in July.
A biologist will determine if there are nesting birds in the trees, which would delay the removal of individual trees, Borchert said.
She said the group wants to encourage the growth of native trees such as redwood, fir, oak and madrone.
Fuel reduction has been a group effort, residents said.
The Soquel Fire Safe Council borrowed cones and other equipment from Santa Cruz County, and it has worked with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to trim trees near power lines.
"When you use the county and community members, it really stretches the dollars," Borchert said.
Anthony Roe, who led the California Conservation Corps on Wednesday, said the work on Laurel Glen Road had the added benefit of increased visibility for drivers.
"We're definitely clearing the canopy out of the roadway," said Roe.
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|Disruption of the podosome adaptor protein TKS4 (SH3PXD2B) causes the skeletal dysplasia, eye, and cardiac abnormalities of Frank-Ter Haar Syndrome.
|Iqbal, Z. ; Cejudo-Martin, P.; Brouwer, A.; Zwaag, B. van der; Ruiz-Lozano, P.; Scimia, M.C.; Lindsey, J.D.; Weinreb, R.; Albrecht, B.; Megarbane, A.; Alanay, Y.; Ben-Neriah, Z.; Amenduni, M.; Artuso, R.; Veltman, J.A. ; Beusekom, E. van ; Oudakker, A.R. ; Millan, J.L.; Hennekam, R.; Hamel, B.C.J. ; Courtneidge, S.A.; Bokhoven, J.H.L.M. van
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|American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 86, iss. 2, (2010), pp. 254-261
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Frank-Ter Haar syndrome (FTHS), also known as Ter Haar syndrome, is an autosomal-recessive disorder characterized by skeletal, cardiovascular, and eye abnormalities, such as increased intraocular pressure, prominent eyes, and hypertelorism. We have conducted homozygosity mapping on patients representing 12 FTHS families. A locus on chromosome 5q35.1 was identified for which patients from nine families shared homozygosity. For one family, a homozygous deletion mapped exactly to the smallest region of overlapping homozygosity, which contains a single gene, SH3PXD2B. This gene encodes the TKS4 protein, a phox homology (PX) and Src homology 3 (SH3) domain-containing adaptor protein and Src substrate. This protein was recently shown to be involved in the formation of actin-rich membrane protrusions called podosomes or invadopodia, which coordinate pericellular proteolysis with cell migration. Mice lacking Tks4 also showed pronounced skeletal, eye, and cardiac abnormalities and phenocopied the majority of the defects associated with FTHS. These findings establish a role for TKS4 in FTHS and embryonic development. Mutation analysis revealed five different homozygous mutations in SH3PXD2B in seven FTHS families. No SH3PXD2B mutations were detected in six other FTHS families, demonstrating the genetic heterogeneity of this condition. Interestingly however, dermal fibroblasts from one of the individuals without an SH3PXD2B mutation nevertheless expressed lower levels of the TKS4 protein, suggesting a common mechanism underlying disease causation.


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Ballots left uncounted in Hendricks County
Sandra Chapman/Eyewitness News
Hendricks County, Nov. 16 - "This needs to be addressed because there's definitely a big gaping hole there." Emily Luvberg didn't get to vote.
She and countless others thought they registered at pop up voter registration sites. Luvberg signed up at a cultural event.
But days before the election she found her name missing from the rolls. Others didn't find out until they tried to cast a vote. "It was extremely upsetting because just like everybody else, I had a vested interest in this election."
The government designed a new federal provisional ballot as a safety net. A provisional ballot gives a voter who would otherwise be turned away one last chance to make their vote count. But even with that, there's no guarantee.
In Hendricks County, where Lovberg's registration never showed up, officials handed out 102 provisional ballots.
But how many counted? Hendricks County Election Supervisor Laura Herzog says, "Unfortunately, none of them were actually able to be counted."
And Luvberg's reaction, "wow!"
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Election officials say missing initials voided some, but in most cases there was no confirmation of voter registration.
"We don't regulate these voter registration drives by any means," says Herzog, "so unfortunately some of those applications might not always make it to the proper county office."
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita points out, "There is no crime to ask people to register to vote. It is a crime, however, if you intentionally fail to turn in that person's voter registration form."


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Trajtenberg Defends Leaders of Israeli Social Protest, Says They Are Simply 'Inexperienced'
Panel for socioeconomic change in Israel holds final meeting; promises to make recommendation by upcoming Jewish holidays.
The head of the government-appointed committee on socioeconomic change in Israel, Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, defended Wednesday the recent criticism cast upon the leaders of the social protest, and explained they were simply "inexperienced."
Wednesday marked the committee's last meeting with representatives from the public, which included the participation of 17 representatives from tent encampments from across the country.
At the beginning of the meeting Trajtenberg - who is the former chairman of the National Economic Council - said, "Without the social protests no committee would have been established under the title of 'socioeconomic change'. On the other hand, without this committee the protest would have slid into anarchy, like what has happened in other countries."
Trajtenberg also referred to the protest leaders, in particular to the initiator of the housing protest Daphni Leef. "I regret the criticism expressed toward the protest leaders," he said, adding that the huge extent of the social protests took these few young leaders by surprise. "They aren't professional leaders. How do they know how to lead such a perfect protest?"
Trajtenberg said that - despite criticism and cynicism expressed about the committee, which claimed it has minimal authority – the team is committed to presenting their recommendations, and promised to present them by the start of the upcoming Jewish holidays.
When the protest leaders asked the head of the committee whether the 2011-12 budget would be reopened, he said no, and warned them of the dangers of even attempting to reopen it. "If you push to open the budget, what will happen is that you will cause a situation like that which happened in the past, where they knew how to pour out money without any change to the situation actually occurring," he said.
Last week, the leaders of the social protest said the Trajtenberg committee does not have enough authority. Leef said at a press conference in Tel Aviv that the committee "was hastily established and is the most cynical, deceiving and cruel of them all."
According to Leef, the committee "willingly deceives the public, for while the public expects comprehensive change, the committee does not have the mandate nor authority to carry out such a change."
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