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The Last of Us
Review by JerichoDarkstar
"Does This Look Infected?"
(The Last of Us Review)
Naughty Dog has taken a break from their best-selling Sony flagship series, Uncharted, to release a fantastic new IP that is sure to be worth your time. The Last of Us is a survival game that was designed around realism. From the combat all the way to the infected enemies, Naughty Dog tried to make everything as realistic as possible. Just because they took extra care to make it more lifelike does not mean they spared details for anything else. The whole game is a beautiful example of the prime talent at Naughty Dog. I am completely infected with an obsession for this game, and I just cannot bring myself to put it down.
I have to commend Naughty Dog for the exceptional plot. They could have taken the easy way out and wrote a Hollywood style tale. However, they took a risk and scripted a human experience that could become legend for PlayStation. In life, the hero does not always make the right decision and the villain is not so easily defined. While watching the tale unfold, you begin to question everyone's motives including your own. It is not a simple task to determine who is right and wrong because the definition of morality has all but vanished from a world ravaged for 20 years by an incurable disease.
Most characters are the product of years of pure surviving. They have been through a nightmare they cannot wake up from. The pandemic has changed their whole outlook on life, and the world does not function the way we see it today. No one really knows where their next meal will come from, if they will make it through the day, or if their closest friends will be the next victim of the monstrous curse.
Joel (voiced by Troy Baker) has merely existed for last 20 years. He has done what he must when he must to make it this far. The player can follow his entire story and feel they know what a true survivor is. He has lost friends from famine, war, the infection, and even betrayal. His progression is one of the more human experiences you will find in this generation's protagonists.
Ellie (voiced by Ashley Johnson) is only 14 years old. Obviously, she was born after the pandemic swept across the nation. She grew up in a quarantine zone and has virtually no idea of the outside world, let alone what life used to be like. However, she is one of the strongest willed characters throughout the game, second only to Joel (this can cause quite the tension between the two at times). Do not let Ellie's size and age fool you, she can take care of herself and sometimes even Joel. Whenever the two of you can take a break from fighting for your lives, Ellie will often question how life used to be. This offers up some interesting insight from Joel on the past and how it has changed the present. The dynamic progression of Joel, Ellie, and their relationship will entertain and enthrall the player throughout the game.
Only a few games of this generation have looked this intense, and even fewer can keep the realistic graphics similar when changing from CGI to in-game. CGI is always the better of the two, but Naughty Dog did a wonderful job keeping the in-game graphics on par with the CGI. It can be easy to lose focus with the gameplay to just admire the scenery. Every detail of the environment has been accounted for, and every drop of blood stained on Joel's face and clothes pierces the screen with realism. There are several little bonuses such as when Joel swims, his clothes change to a convincing wet texture and drip water. Every fiber of the game was taken into account, making the entire world look thoroughly enchanting. Because of the detail to graphics, the gore can be very fierce (which can be both good and bad depending on how you look at it). Thankfully, if you do not want all the bloody details, you can turn off the gore in the Options menu.
(This is something I truly do appreciate with developers. Just because it is a Mature game does not necessarily mean that all audiences will not be affected by the bloody carnage. I only wish they had a language censor as well for the audiences that prefer to avoid the cursing).
It is understandable to assume The Last of Us is a third-person shooter, but I assure you it is nothing like Naughty Dog's Uncharted. If you have master skills with the Uncharted series, it will not help you here. Unlike Nathan Drake (protagonist of Uncharted), Joel cannot solve his dilemmas with a firefight. There just is not enough ammunition to do so. Your gun is simply another survival tool you use only when necessary. Joel must use whatever resources he can scrounge up. The Last of Us is the only game I have played where I could honestly say, Yes! I found a brick! Score! It is also the only game that after finding a pair of scissors or 3 bullets for my revolver I heard the Hallelujah chorus. The core of the gameplay is structured the same as the story, pure survival. Do not expect the easy way out of anything.
Crafting is one of the most engulfing aspects of the gameplay. Joel can employ what used to be common household items to make life-saving tools. Unfortunately for the player, a few of these tools require the some of the same materials to craft. For example, with a rag and alcohol, you can craft a Molotov (which is a fire bomb very effective at burning anything that breathes). On the other hand, a rag and alcohol can also craft a Med Kit to heal you. Suppose you are low on health with enemies surrounding you. You only have enough materials to make one of the two. Which do you craft? Making one over the other can be a hard decision. Do you fashion a Molotov and burn most of them away, or use a med kit to bring your health up for hand-to-hand combat? It all depends on how you play the game or what hand the game has dealt you.
A true survivor knows you have to keep as fit as possible if you want to keep breathing. Supplements (which come in the form of medicine bottles or plants) give you points to upgrade Joel's skills. A few include health bonuses, reduced gun sway, and faster crafting speed. While it is not necessary to upgrade your skills, it can make a problematic situation more bearable.
A good warrior does not just use his sight. He relies on all his senses, especially his hearing. Joel can focus his listening to hear enemies around the corner or behind cover. For the player, this means highlighted silhouettes of any nearby enemy on your screen. This silhouette can be seen even through walls and objects just as Joel could hear them at those locations. This way, you will never be afraid of what is around the corner if you focus your listening. If you feel that makes the game too easy, you can turn it off in the Options Menu. However, if you play the game on the hardest difficulty, you do not have that option at all. Listen Mode is taken away from you and you cannot rely on it to help you out of a tight situation.
This brings me to the difference in difficulty. Each time you increase your difficulty, the fewer supplies you have for crafting, the less ammo you find along the way, and the more enemies you run into. It's like turning the knob on the feeling of desperation. The harder the difficulty you choose, the more desperation you feel through every bone-chilling level you stumble through trying find the smallest amount of materials.
If you ever see an abandoned house, you better check it out. You never know what supplies were left behind when the family evacuated . . . or were infected. Every supply you find can be used to benefit you in some way. Whether it is a material used in crafting, a gun part used to upgrade your guns, or a supplement to increase Joel's skills, every last remnant of civilization you find will increase your chances of surviving this apocalypse. However, you should use caution. The people that were infected may still be in there, or you could run into a group of survivors that had the same idea and they don't like sharing.
Each encounter with a group of enemies is as unique as the person playing it. I've played through the game twice, once on Hard and once on Survivor. I never played through any encounter the same way. I also picked up new tricks from each encounter and play-through. So, while the story may be scripted, your approach to each situation is not.
Let's get to the types of enemies you are up against. You have human enemies and infected enemies. Humans break down into survivors and military. Both are basically the same in terms of how you approach killing them or sneaking away. You can strangle or subdue any human enemy. If you choose not to strangle your captive once you grab him, you can use him as a shield and a threat. His body will protect yours from bullets, or you can threaten to kill him and his friend might back off. I always use this situation to shoot his friend once he ceases fire, then turn around and kill my captive. It may sound cruel, but you do what you must to survive. This technique also reduces the chances of wasting a bullet by missing, which is equivalent to the feeling of losing a part of your soul. Should you want or need to sneak away, remember humans rely on sight more than sound. Concentrate on not being seen, but do not neglect to keep quite.
Now we get to the infected. There are 4 types of infected, each worse than the last. The longer a victim is exposed to the fungus, the greater affect the fungus has on the victim's body. I won't give away much because part of The Last of Us experience is not knowing exactly what to do with a new type of infected. I will talk just a little about the difference in Runners and Clickers since they are the most common type of infected. Partly due to their recent infection, Runners are a lot like humans . . . except for their unquenchable desire to bit into your flesh. However, you can sneak up behind a Runner and strangle him because he still retains most of his human-like attributes. However, Runners don't particularly care about one another, so using a body as a threat does not work here. Another thing to definitely keep in mind is that Runners can still see you. The infection has not taken away their eye-sight, so be careful. Should one see you, it's not the end. Runners can be fought in hand-to-hand combat, although it can be more challenging than a normal person.
Clickers have been infected for so long that the fungus is growing out of their face, making them completely blind. Don't think that you can just walk right past them, though. That will get you killed. You will have to crouch down and sneak by the best you can. Clickers have echolocation very similar to bats. If they are making a vocal/ clicking sound, they can easily find you if you are too close. If they are not clicking, your chance of sneaking by increases a lot. Definitely be sure not to make too much noise. Years of no sight has heightened their hearing to dangerous levels. This can be used to your advantage, though. Throwing a brick or bottle to another place in the room will attract their attention there, hopefully giving you enough time to avoid them altogether. (Remember, this technique also works with all types of infected and humans). If you have to take them out, Clickers are very tough due to the protection of the hardened fungus. I made the mistake of trying to sneak up and strangle one. It did not turn out well for Joel at all. If you have a shiv (a make-shift knife you can craft with a blade and bindings), you can stealth kill one by stabbing it in the throat. Other than that, it's either with bullets or a crafted weapon because hand-to-hand combat never works with Clickers. Not every enemy is handled the same way. Two types of infected can be taken by hand, two cannot, and all four are approached differently. I'll let the game surprise you with those details when you play it.
There are some technical issues with the gameplay. Clickers are supposed to be able to detect you with echolocation, but Joel can sneak right in front of them so long as he does not make any noise. This did bother me somewhat, although I did not notice it until my second time around. When you and your party are sneaking past a group of enemies, Joel has very limited space not within the line of sight of the enemies. However, his party can walk in front of and even bump into them without causing any commotion. Now, it's not that I'm upset that I did not get caught thanks to my party, but I wish Naughty Dog would have made the party's AI intelligent enough to stay out of enemy sight. Occasionally, a few other glitches will bug the player, but certainly nothing game-breaking or even really disruptive. Just be aware that glitches are here.
The game has a tasteful average of 20 hours of gameplay. Not so little that you feel you wasted sixty bucks, and not so long you feel as though you will never finish. Just the right amount of time to experience the game, and just enough time withheld from the player to be left wanting more (either with DLC or a sequel).
If you are a Trophy Hog like me, you will have to beat the game a minimum of 3 times to get all the trophies. There is a trophy for completing the game on each difficulty, but these trophies stack. This means beating the game on Hard earns you the Easy, Normal, and Hard trophies. After beating it on Hard, you unlock the Survivor difficulty. Completing the game on any difficulty unlocks the plus version of that difficulty and any lower ones. With a New Game +, you get to start a new game with any weapon upgrades, skills, and collectibles you managed to round up from your last save file. This means 4 more difficulty trophies for the plus versions of the original. Remember, since the difficulty trophies stack, completing Survivor + will earn you all of the other plus difficulty trophies. (So, if you beat Hard, Survivor, and Survivor +, you will have cleared all of the difficulty trophies). Hopefully, you can pick up the other trophies for optional conversations and collectibles within two or three of these plays, but it could take more than that. Aside from the trophy earning, the story is so enthralling and the style of surviving each level can change so much, you won't have any disappointments if you want to pick up the game and play it again. Most likely, it won't be like your last play-through at all. Don't forget, no sense in staring a new game without carrying over your hard work from the last save. (Remember, though, this only applies to a New Game +)
This is where bonus points are directly added to the overall score after it is averaged.
Naughty Dog did not just make this story up. The infected are based off of a real fungus. Don't be alarmed, it does not affect humans. It's a fungus that (currently) takes control of ants. To my knowledge, this fungus isn't even in North America, but Naughty Dog got an expert on the disease and built the infected around the real-life fungus. The expert even said that it is not beyond the realm of reason that this fungus could spread to humans. There have been cases when a disease confined to a particular animal species has jumped to humans. This is just another one of those times when Naughty Dog makes this game even more realistic.
One of the absolute best parts of this game . . . no load times in gameplay! When you first start the game, it seems like it will take forever to get past the initial loading. Once that's over, however, you won't experience any load times as you play. The whole experience is seamless and smooth as you progress from map to map and level to level. Once again, Naughty Dog shows their consideration for the players.
Now, I very rarely give a game a perfect 10 score no matter how much I love it. Even though it may be a 10 experience to me, I try to rate the game based on how everyone's overall experience with the game will be. If you play The Last of Us, you won't be disappointed. Naughty Dog put a lot of love, time, effort, and skill into making this game and it clearly shows. Its average score from my review was 9.5, but thanks to the bonus points, it bumps it up evenly to 10.
There are flaws with The Last of Us, but this is true of any game. Like Tetsuya Nomura (director of Final Fantasy XV and the Kingdom Hearts series) says, a game is first and foremost a game. It is not meant to play exactly like it would in real life. It would be pretty dull if a game was limited to the laws of reality. So when Joel can craft a Molotov out of a rag and alcohol, but no bottle to put them in, I am thankful and don't complain. I hope no one lets the little flaws of The Last of Us take away from the outstanding experience.
After careful contemplation, I have decided that it does look like I'm infected. In a time where games follow the current, Naughty Dog takes the risk and fills their game with only the best, innovating elements. Their game has infected me completely, and thankfully, there is no cure. Naughty Dog truly saved the best for last in this generation. If you take the time to enjoy their masterpiece, they won't let you down.
Reviewer's Rating: 5.0 - Flawless
Originally Posted: 06/24/13
Game Release: The Last of Us (US, 06/14/13)
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If you don't like a little sap, stop reading. Things are about to get pretty cheesy.
It is not very often that you find a group of people that you not only enjoy working with, but enjoy socializing with outside the office.
Yes, I know it is possible, but this is the first job I've held where it has been the case. (For the record, I know I'm young, but I've had a lot of jobs over the last decade or so).
But here at The Press, our little group celebrates each other's achievements and shares in everyone's sorrows.
We play softball together each Monday night, go out to dinner together, host barbecues for each other and attend big events like a little one's second birthday.
This weekend, many of us will celebrate the joining of two of our own in marriage — Justin Sheely and Hannah Wiest.
I met Justin first. He was in the same Leadership Sheridan County class as I was and he always had a camera with him. When our staff photographer left for the big city (Cheyenne), I started thinking about who I knew that could take his place. Justin and his ever-present camera came to mind. So, I got in touch and he joined The Press staff.
Shortly after that, our government reporter at the time let me know that she would not be returning from maternity leave. So, the search for another staff member began.
Justin mentioned that his girlfriend used to be a reporter in Casper. What? Really? Ask her to apply!
So she did, and Hannah joined us at The Press as well.
If you didn't know the two were dating, you'd never know it by watching them in the newsroom. They interact as friends and professionals. The only clue to their relationship are the cute messages on sticky notes that appear on their desks from time to time.
As a newsroom, we've held a wedding shower for the pair and as a newspaper staff we pitched in to send them on a dinner cruise while they are on their honeymoon. We are so excited for these two lovebirds.
If that wasn't cheesy enough for you, here it is. We're like a family — almost exactly. We spend a lot of time together. We laugh together, cry together, argue with each other and bicker about really stupid things sometimes. But we always get over it and always have each others' backs.
So here's to Hannah and Justin, a piece of my work family. I couldn't possibly be happier for the two of you.


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Bluejay's Cafe to Open Tuesday in Himmarshee, the Culmination of a Ten-Year Love Affair
Jeremiah and Zandra met when he was an exchange student in Sweden.
Photos by Eric Barton
Jeremiah Buchanan and Zandra Lindgren met about ten years ago when he went to Sweden as an exchange student and stayed with her family. "I knew right then he was the guy I was going to marry," Zandra recalls.
They stayed together through high school and while both of them set out on careers in the restaurant business, she as a manager and he as a cook. On Tuesday, now married five months, the two of them will try something new: opening a restaurant together.
At 7 a.m., they'll start serving breakfast at Bluejay's Café in Himmarshee. It's a project that
has taken them nine months to open. And it hasn't come without a hitch.
The chili-rubbed flank steak with corn salsa.
out their location, at 330 Himmarshee St., is classified as outside the
Himmarshee entertainment district. By mere inches -- the line is
literally the alley that runs just east of the restaurant. If they were
in the entertainment district, they'd have an easier time getting a
liquor license. Instead, they need to apply for a special waiver that
could take up to six months for the city to approve.
Eggs with chorizo, potato hash, and a green chili salsa.
open anyway on Tuesday with a Southwestern menu inspired by the food
Jeremiah ate growing up in New Mexico. There's a skirt steak rubbed
with chili powder, a Southwestern chicken sandwich full of avocado, and
a rack of lamb with a red wine reduction. They'll also serve breakfast,
a rarity for downtown Fort Lauderdale. And the prices are decidedly
inexpensive for downtown, with items ranging from $6 to $26.
Bluejay's waffle, with mixed berries.
Friday, they cooked for the first time the dishes they'll serve. Working the grill, Jeremiah admitted: "It's a little scary, I
must say. It's been so long in the making, and we're finally here. I'm
excited, but yeah, scared too."
The Southwestern chicken sandwich. There's also a grilled chicken sandwich with bacon and pickled red onions.
After Jeremiah finished the
dishes, he loaded them up on a table in the middle of the 28-seat
dining room, which has a
minimalist bistro look with exposed rafters and cinder block walls.
They have another 24 seats outside on the sidewalk, facing the Museum of Discovery and Science. Zandra sat down in front of a grilled corn cob that Jeremiah had
basted with chipotle lime mayo and cotija cheese.
Grilled corn with chipotle lime mayo and cotija cheese.
"What we're
hoping for is that the food is enough to get people to come back," she
said. "We'll do a soft opening on Tuesday to see how it all works out
and then start putting up fliers and hoping for word of mouth."
Lamb chops with a red wine reduction and mash.
has worked out pretty well for them so far. Jeremiah didn't speak a
word of Swedish when they first met, Zandra explained. But they've been
together ever since. "It's quite a story, I know."
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The new allegation about Snowden's contacts in Hong Kong comes as the leadership of the House and Senate intelligence committees also claimed the NSA leaker may have had help.
On the Sunday talk shows, the CIA's former deputy director, Mike Morrell, along with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Democratic head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, for the first time publicly weighed in on that possibility — though neither pointed to specific evidence.
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PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles don't have a lot of time to mope.
As disappointed and frustrated as they were about Sunday's 33-30 loss to San Diego, the coaches and players only have three days before taking the field again on Thursday against Kansas City at Lincoln Financial Field.
"We've been prepared for this since we got here," Eagles coach Chip Kelly said before practice Monday. "We had a plan. We knew we had to start off when the schedule came out playing three games in 11 days. We've got three days to train and then we've got to go play again."
The next one is not just another game.
Thursday's contest against the Chiefs marks the return of former Eagles coach Andy Reid. The Eagles will also be retiring former quarterback Donovan McNabb's No. 5 jersey at halftime.
Reid will be back for the first time since getting fired at the end of last season. Reid, who is off to a 2-0 start as the Chiefs' coach, guided the Eagles for 14 seasons and left as the winningest coach in franchise history with a 140-102-1 record.
"It will be cool to see Andy and some of his coaches (he brought to the Chiefs from the Eagles)," Eagles center Jason Kelce said Monday. "But we can't get caught up in that stuff. We're not playing Andy Reid, we're playing the Kansas City Chiefs. That's what we're focused on these next couple of days."
Kelce also has another distraction.
His younger brother, Travis Kelce, is a rookie tight end with the Chiefs.
"Our whole family is going to be there Thursday," Jason Kelce said. "I don't think our parents will be rooting for either team, just that Travis and I both have good games. This is more for bragging rights at home during the offseason."
Thursday's game will only serve as a reunion for a few Eagles' players and coaches. Kelly gutted the roster and the staff when he took over in an effort to rebuild the team and the culture.
Of the 53 players on the current active roster, only 32 played for Reid. Running backs coach Duce Staley and tight ends coach Ted Williams were the only holdovers from Reid's coaching staff.
Reid's staff with the Chiefs includes former Eagles coaches Tommy Brasher (defensive line), Brad Childress (special projects), Eugene Chung (assistant offensive line), David Culley (wide receivers), Tom Melvin (tight ends), Matt Nagy (quarterbacks), Doug Pederson (offensive coordinator), Emmitt Thomas (defensive backs) and Dave Toub (special teams).
His son, Britt Reid, is a quality control coach. Athletic trainer Rick Burkholder also followed him to Kansas City. The roster features former Eagles safety Quintin Demps and wide receiver Chad Hall.
"Andy was a great coach, but it was time for a change," said Eagles linebacker Trent Cole, who is in his ninth season with the team. "This is Chip Kelly's team."
The Eagles are more focused on eliminating the mistakes and breakdowns that led to the loss to the Chargers.
The defense is coming off a disastrous outing. San Diego quarterback Phillip Rivers and the Chargers' offense compiled 539 total yards, the most gained against an Eagles defense since San Francisco had 583 in a 2005 game. Rivers' 419 passing yards were the third-most ever allowed by the Eagles.
San Diego punter Mike Scifres had one kick.
"We could have slowed down the offense to give the defense a break, but we wouldn't have scored a lot of points," Kelly said Monday. "So, you're in a Catch-22 there. We could have worked the clock a little bit, but if you start handcuffing our offense, then we may not have scored enough points to make it even a tie ballgame.
"I've made mistakes. I think we've all made mistakes. That's what this game is all about. No one coaches a perfect game, no one plays a perfect game. But you've got to learn from those mistakes and hope that they don't happen again."
There were also some missed opportunities on offense, which may have cost the Eagles a chance at a victory.
Quarterback Michael Vick had a touchdown pass to wide receiver DeSean Jackson erased by an illegal formation penalty on rookie tackle Lane Johnson. Jackson had another long pass bounce off his hands. Place-kicker Alex Henery missed a 46-yard field goal.
"I don't have a preconceived notion of what the games are going to be like as far as points scored," Kelly said. "But I do know that every game we're going to play is going to be close because that's what this league is all about.
"I saw a stat that there's been 31 games played and 22 of them (actually 23) have been decided by a touchdown or less. That just makes us understand how important it is to execute every single snap to your utmost because that play right there could be the difference between winning and losing a football game."
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Despite the defensive breakdowns, Kelly is not planning on making any personnel changes.
Safety Nate Allen is expected to remain a starter against the Chiefs, though rookie Earl Wolff will also get some action. Allen played in 63 defensive snaps against the Chargers. Wolff played in 49 once safety Patrick Chung was moved to cornerback.
"I think Earl is growing and he'll continue to grow, but he's still making some mistakes out there," Kelly said. "We're excited about what his future is, but we still don't feel he's ready to go the whole way."
Cornerback Bradley Fletcher, who missed Sunday's game with a concussion, practiced on Monday and is expected to play against the Chiefs. Cornerback Brandon Hughes (strained hamstring) did not practice Monday.
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-- Emil "Jim" Heffelfinger, 61, of Wooster, died Thursday morning, May 20, 1999, at his home.
Services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Custer Funeral Home, Wooster, with the Rev. William Valentine officiating. Burial will be at Wooster Cemetery.
Friends may call Sunday from 3-5 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to American Lung Association, or the Salvation Army.
He was born May 12, 1938 in Wooster and had made his home in Cleveland for 20 years and also in Wayne County.
Survivors include children, Jeffrey Heffelfinger and his wife, Lori, Eric Heffelfinger and his wife, Lori, Vanessa Heffelfinger and Valerie Heffelfinger, all of Wooster; six grandchildren; a brother, Lewis Heffelfinger and his wife, Mary Louise, of Berkeley Heights, N.J.; a sister, Mrs. Willard (Donna Jean) Carmel of Bay Village; many nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Jane Clark of Wooster.


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GLASGOW City continued their domination of women's football in Scotland last night as they swept aside an under-strength Hibernian side to win a record third successive SWPL League Cup.
Goals from Scotland internationalists Sue Lappin and Jo Love, and Republic of Ireland striker Denise O'Sullivan, were enough to ensure yet another trophy would be returning to Glasgow on a wet night in the capital.
For Hibernian, the misery of May continues. Willie Kirk, their coach, admitted before the game that the suspensions of defender Siobhan Hunter and midfielder Lucy Graham - both sent off at the same ground against Spartans on Sunday - left his side with little chance of lifting the gloom. It did not take long for that assessment to be borne out.
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City went ahead after nine minutes through Lappin as the club's all-time record scorer headed in Abbi Grant's cross. There was further disruption to Hibs' plans when Kayleigh McConnell was injured and had to be replaced by Ellis Jenkins.
City duly piled on the pressure and had numerous chances but Hannah Reid, the Hibs goalkeeper, restricted the scoreline to one at the interval.
City went 2-0 up when O'Sullivan took advantage of a Lappin assist just after the restart. Love then scored a third midway through the half to put the game beyond Hibs.
"It's particularly pleasing for the new players, some of whom have tasted winning a trophy for the first time," said Eddie Wolecki Black, the City head coach. "Hibs lost a couple of players in the build up to the game but that didn't result in a dip in our own performance."


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Another A++ late June day ahead before summer returns
Thursday: Another Sunny & Beautiful Day With Low Humidity
Highs: Mid 80s | Wind: NNW 5-10
Tonight: Clear Skies & Pleasant
Lows: Upper 50s to Mid 60s | Wind: W 5
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Highs: Upper 80s | Wind: NNW 5-10
Another rare late June day ahead featuring nearly wall to wall sunshine with low humidity levels and highs in the mid-80s by the afternoon. Pleasant conditions will remain in place during the overnight{ }too with clear skies and temperatures dropping into the upper 50s in a few of the outlying suburbs to mid-60s closer to D.C.
It appears that we will be lucky enough to keep the humidity at bay on Friday as well with lots of sunshine and highs a bit warmer in the upper 80s. With that said remember that for this time of the year we should be around 87 degrees for daytime highs anyway.
As for the weekend it still looks like a big return to the summer heat and humidity that we are accustomed to here in D.C. for the first full weekend of Summer. Temperatures hop back into the low to mid 90s Saturday with mostly sunny skies in place. The most noticeable change will be the increase in humidity making it feel hotter and more uncomfortable.
By Sunday the heat and humidity will be in full force making for heat indices between 100-104 degrees even though the air temperature will be somewhere in the mid-90s. Additionally, we can't rule out a couple of thunderstorms popping up in a few spots during the afternoon.
A rather weak cold front will push through sometime late Sunday into Monday and the exact timing of this front and it position are anything but set in stone this morning. As of right now it appears the front will stall nearby or just to the south of D.C. This would mean partly sunny skies along with still hot and humid conditions can be expected. Daytime highs may be suppressed a bit by added cloud cover and westerly flow reaching around 90 degrees. In my opinion an isolated shower or storm can't be excluded from the forecast at this time{ }given the uncertainty.{ } Furthermore we are talking about something that may or may not occur 5 days from now. So, stay tuned and we will update you accordingly.
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Residents Urged to Use Caution When Returning Home, Register for FEMA Assistance WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to support state and local response efforts to the flooding in Colorado through its National Watch Center in Washington and its Regional Coordination Response Center in Denver, Colo. FEMA urges residents to continue to listen carefully to instructions from their local officials and take recommended protective measures to safeguard life ... Full Story
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The following information update has been made for: Flooding in Larimer County Despite a delay in getting the helicopters up in the air Monday because of the weather, crews were able to evacuate 420 people yesterday, which include 250 people from the Pinewood Springs area. Weather today is expected to be very good and is allowing for a full day of rescue operations. Weather outlook for the rest of the week looks favorable with only slight chances for afternoon storms in the middle of the ... Full Story
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Despite the weather on Sunday limiting air evacuations, ground crews were able to rescue and evacuate 100 people in the Cedar Cove area. FEMA brought in two, 80-person search and rescue teams yesterday to assist with operations. The weather is more promising today and tomorrow for air evacuation operations. LATEST INFORMATION There are 13 National Guard helicopters and 3 civilian helicopters to help with evacuations, surveillance and bringing in emergency personnel to areas needed. ... Full Story
Greeley High Water Update: 10:45 Sept. 16
Subject: Greeley – High Water Updates New Information: River Levels Overnight and into this morning river levels have dropped significantly. Anticipate fluctuations throughout the day as a result of Sunday rain along the north Front Range now reaching Greeley. Roads Reopened this morning 5th Street 4th Avenue Greeley Water Water in Greeley is safe to drink, wash, flush, etc. No restrictions. Critical Infrastructure at 100% All Greeley critical infrastructure is operating ... Full Story
A personal tragedy in the Thompson Canyon
This is a face book post by Scott Moen. His parents attempted to help Patty Goodwine in Cedar Cove and nearly lost their lives in the process. This was posted Sunday, Sept 15 Moen Carpet Cleaning and Upholstery Hello. My name is Scott Moen and I am writing with news about the woman that is presumed dead in the Big Thompson Canyon Cedar Cove area. My mother and step father were with her when the river destroyed her house. My mother was swept down the river with the debris from the residence and ... Full Story
Premier Gymnastics sets off on new season
Premier Gymnastics Meet 2013 Routine Opener By Wendy Kenner Premier Gymnastics of the Rockies hosted their first meet of the season on September 7 and 8. It was held at Loveland High School. The Level 3 team placed third. The Level 4 and 5 teams both placed first in the Team Competitions. In the All Around competition: For Level 3, in the Younger Division, Myah French placed fourth. In the Middle Division, Naima Contreras placed first with a score of 36.4, and Payton Rechkemmer placed ... Full Story
Video tour of Big Thompson Canyon
Go to the following link to tour the flood ravaged Loveland, Big Thompson Canyon and Estes Park Colorado with Larimer County Sheriff, Justin Smith. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0d3j4zmnyY&feature=youtu.be
Greeley High Water Update
Subdivision Roads Reopen Riverview Farms Subdivision, between 28th and 30th Streets and east of 1st Avenue now open to residents; 1st avenue south of 30th Street into Evans still closed. Greeley Critical Infrastructure at 100% All Greeley critical infrastructure is operating at 100%. Includes water and sewer systems, power, etc. Red Cross Shelter - Greeley Recreation Center Red Cross shelter (Greeley Recreation Center, 651 10th Avenue) will have crisis trained therapists ... Full Story
Larimer County Flood Information
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5 years of being involved with the Chaos Communication Congress here in Berlin, and one thing that never changes, yet always surprises me, is the tremendous boost this entire event gives me. The inspiration to move forward in an exciting way, the ideas to try something new, the encouragement that I am on the right track; this magical hacker community has very much become like a family.
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Weather Channel Sending Meteorologist Mike Seidel To Duluth MN For Weather Event [VIDEO]
On The Weather Channel's website, our storm that is approaching is definitelty getting their attention. They've sent meteorologist Mike Seidel to Duluth to cover the storm!
This isn't the first time The Weather Channel has sent someone up to cover one of our events. Back in 2008, Jim Cantore was sent up. And nothing really happened… The storm moved.
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Unusual C- name?
A long while ago I posted about C- names for boys and here I am again!
Against all odds and after years of searching we managed to pick out a C- boy name (Cirdan). Unfortunately a good friend just chose it for her up-and-coming son, so we're back to square one.
We *may* not be having more children, so it may be a moot point, but considering how long it took us to find a name last time, I'd rather be prepared just in case!
Here are the rules: I love unusual names. We won't even consider anything common like Connor, Christian, Christopher, etc. I honestly prefer names that aren't even on the popularity charts, although we broke that rule with our firstborn. We love fantasy, literature and nature names. Unisex names are fine - our eldest son has one already.
To give you a taste of my style here are some of my favorite boy names (not that hubby would agree):
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mkmlvr - Wow, that's a big list of C names! Will have to work my way through it. Thanks!
Ashleyjuliette - Cyprus we had once considered but weren't sure if it was too feminine sounding.
seazuno86 and mclola - I think I might like Conan if not for Conon O'Brien.
More references:
We liked Cedar but it was already used by friends.
Cavin/Cavan - was on our list but we weren't sold on it.
Ciryon - (from LOTR again - KEER-ee-un) is possible but I can't remember if hubby liked it.
Ciaran - I love even though it's way more popular than I usually like, but hubby does not like it.
Cynan - I also liked but hubby nixed it.
Cauthon - From a favorite book series but sounds too much like coffin.
I'm beginning to think we need to avoid name lists altogether and draw solely from books or word lists!
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deciding between Maxwell . Calvin . Finn
Beckett | Jude | Nolan | Dalton | Max | Finn | Teague | Bram | Otis | Ari | Calvin
Jane | Alice | Naomi | Fiona | Georgia | Gwyneth | Thea | Aviva
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J. "John" Pfeifer, 80, of Caldwell, died Saturday, Feb. 1,
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Mr. Pfeifer was born Oct. 23, 1916, at Harrisburg, Nebraska, a
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WW II. Following his military service, he moved to Idaho
and married Juanita Griggs on Jan. 25, 1946, in Caldwell.
The couple was later divorced and he married Betty Sampont on
May 14, 1949, at Winnemucca, NV. John worked as a
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always enjoyed working with livestock.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, Betty of Caldwell are four
sons and their wives, Steven and Verna Hall of Caldwell, Bill
and Christine Pfeifer of Caldwell, Chris and Margy Pfeifer of
Nampa and Mike and Carol Pfeifer of Twin Falls; two daughters,
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A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship
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- T. Berry Brazelton
Art, as far as it is able, follows nature,
as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be,
as it were, God's grandchild.
- Dante Alighieri
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love that inspires them.
In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
- A Course in Miracles
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein
Could a greater miracle take place
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Love is the great miracle cure.
Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
- Louise L. Hay
You can create miracles in your own life,
and in the lives of those around you -
because you are a miracle,
and you are connected to the source of all miracles.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A coincidence is a small miracle in which
God chooses to remain anonymous.
- Anonymous
When we do the best that we can,
we never know what miracle is wrought in our life,
or in the life of another.
- Helen Keller
The miracle is not that we do this work,
but that we are happy to do it.
- Mother Teresa
I am a miracle, and that's why I'm ME.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
- Albert Einstein
That married couples can live together day after day
is a miracle that the Vatican has overlooked.
- Bill Cosby
I see the miracle in all of life. I am thankful for all creation.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A miracle is nothing more or less than this...
Anyone who has come into a knowledge
of his true identity,
of his oneness with
the all-pervading wisdom and power,
this makes it possible for laws higher
than the ordinary mind knows of
to be revealed to him.
- Ralph Waldo Trine
Laugh at yourself and at life.
Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity,
but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain,
cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective
that seemingly terrible defeat and worry
with laughter at your predicaments,
thus freeing your mind to think clearly toward the solution
that is certain to come. Never take yourself too seriously.
- Og Mandino
The dream was always running ahead of me.
To catch up, to live for a moment
in unison with it, that was the miracle.
- Anais Nin
Learning is the beginning of wealth.
Learning is the beginning of health.
Learning is the beginning of spirituality.
Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.
- Jim Rohn
From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon.
It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.
- Tom Hanks
In wilderness I sense the miracle of life,
and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.
- Charles Lindbergh
Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a
miracle by which what is broken is made whole again,
what is soiled is made clean again.
- Dag Hammarskjold
What is a miracle? To some, it is an act of God.
To others, something amazing, extraordinary, or unexpected.
To me, Life is a miracle.
Everything that happens is a miracle.
There is no reason for me to exist as I do -
no reason for humanity, the universe, or the laws of Nature.
Energy, mass, gravity and the rest of existence
are all so improbable.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love is what we were born with.
Fear is what we learned here.
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love that inspires them.
In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
- Marianne Williamson
I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a
PlayStation or a Gameboy -
that is a miracle in itself.
- Gary Oldman
The spirit of man can endure only so much and when
it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
- John Burroughs
The process of making a movie is what I love.
I thrive on that.
It's an exciting miracle, a mad adventure.
I love being part of it.
- Orlando Bloom
Everything is a miracle.
It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's
bath like a lump of sugar.
- Pablo Picasso
Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools.
The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.
- Haim G. Ginott
I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
- Michel de Montaigne
An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle -
an extraordinary intervention of God.
- Gabriele Nanni
You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one.
Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own.
It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
- Paulo Coelho
The child must know that he is a miracle,
that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been,
and until the end of the world there will not be,
another child like him.
- Pablo Casals
The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle
which could presume to violate it.
- Gilbert K. Chesterton
I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive
as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.
- Oriana Fallaci
Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles,
and each part and tag of me is a miracle.
- Walt Whitman
Pregnancy is a kind of miracle.
Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman
can conspire to force God to create a new soul.
- Robert Anton Wilson
Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
- Walt Whitman
I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker.
- Mercedes McCambridge
People ask me to record their answering machines all the time.
I love it.
It's a miracle to me that people want to hear back those characters.
- Mike Myers
To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.
- Walter Chrysler
The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
- Jean Paul
Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever? Is it less strange,
that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle;
and that no more.
- Edward Young
If you can prove to me that one miracle took place,
I will believe he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple.
- Edward Fitzgerald
Man is the miracle in nature.
God Is the One Miracle to man.
- Jean Ingelow
My heart is singing for joy this morning!
A miracle has happened!
The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind,
and behold, all things are changed!
- Anne Sullivan
My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of
allowing love to invade and pervade one's life.
That can make the miracle happen in reality.
Try it.
- James Broughton
Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle.
- Ron Moody
It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
- Vernon Howard
I don't think this show would have come to me 10 years ago.
It continues to be this wonderful miracle.
- Stephen Collins
I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked
together in The Miracle Worker.
- Patty Duke
This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love:
the more they give,
the more they possess.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
In all known time there has never been a greater monster
or miracle than the human being.
- Bryant H. McGill
African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged
for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when
it comes time for admission into college.
- Chaka Fattah
My mother is a walking miracle.
- Leonardo DiCaprio
Society is not a disease, it is a disaster.
What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.
- Emile M. Cioran
It was a world that I wanted to record because it was
such a miracle visitation to me.
- Laurie Lee
Everyday holds the possibility of a miracle.
- Elizabeth David
Paul's Chapel stands - without so much as a broken window.
Little miracle.
- Rudy Giuliani
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
- Francois Mauriac
It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the
free inner life to the outward necessity of things.
- John C. Ransom
Touch'd either the Passions of Rage or Grief to a Miracle.
- Barton Booth
Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.
- Helen Rowland
Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.
- Vladimir Putin
It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes,
and almost in the drawing of a breath,
the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight.
- Bram Stoker
The film kept me from working as a secretary.
It was a real stroke of luck.
A miracle.
- Victoria Abril
God is a character, a real and consistent being,
or He is nothing.
If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and
the universe would simply blow up,
vanish, become nothing.
- Joyce Cary
Nationality is the miracle of political independence;
race is the principle of physical analogy.
- Benjamin Disraeli
There is no miracle cure for the many problems of the world.
- Guy Verhofstadt
Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that
I need to have again and again.
- Philip Guston
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- DMC® Floss, color of choice
- DMC® tapestry needle, size 24
- Blue Moon® BMB FIND metal ear hoops, silver (2 of largest rings, 1-1/8" diameter each)
- Darice® Steel Fish Hook Rw Finish (2 earring wires)
- Beaders Paradise® 6/0 Czech Glass E Beads, Tropical Tangerine
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1. Cut 1 yd. of floss and thread onto tapestry needle. Thread on 14 beads.
2. Knot the floss onto the metal ear hoop near the top, leaving at least a 1" tail.
3. Knot 6 half hitch knots onto the hoop, then slide bead up. Continue knotting 6 half hitch knots, then sliding on a bead, until 13 beads are on the hoop and the hoop is covered. Be sure to secure the thread tail by holding it close to the hoop and covering with the last few sets of half hitch knots.
4. Add bead to bottom hole of earring hoop by passing thread through the hole, then sliding on a bead. Finish with a half hitch knot.
5. Take thread to the back of the hoop and secure by tying a knot, then weaving the thread through the half hitch knots. Carefully trim excess thread.
6. Attach hoop to Earring Fish Hook finding
- DMC® Floss, color of choice
- DMC® tapestry needle, size 22
- DMC® bobbin
- Darice® 25mm split rings
- Jewelry Basics® lobster claw, 7mmx9mm, silver
- Jewelry Basics® open/close jump rings, silver
- Cousin® 4 mm silver jump ring
- Beaders Paradise 6/0 Czech Glass E Beads Tropical Tangerine
- Scissors
- Yardstick
1. Cut a 5 yd. length of each floss color. Find center of each piece and tie a loop with a slipknot. Wrap each end onto a separate bobbin until approximately 16" from slipknot. Do the same for the three other colors. Using bobbins help keep the threads tidy while tying knots.
2. Attach each thread to the split ring by tying a Larks Head knot and leaving a 12" tail of the doubled floss with the slipknot. The doubled threads with the slipknot are the core threads that square knots will be tied on to. It may be helpful to attach a paper binder clip or small lightweight to the knots to keep tension on the core threads.
3. Tape the split ring to a stable surface then working with one color at a time, tie square knots on to the core threads until length of about 7" for each color is achieved.
4. Carefully braid the four pieces of macramé using a flat 4-ply braid (starting from the right, move the right piece under the 3rd piece, over the second piece and then bring the outside left piece (or first piece) over, continue from the right). Adjust shape of braid to be sure it is flat and even.
5. Check overall length of bracelet and split ring closure, allowing approximately ½" additional for lobster claw clasp and jump rings. Adjust length if needed by adding more square knots to each piece or untie some knots if bracelet is too long. Use the tip of the tapestry needle to help untie knots.
6. Cut off excess threads leaving at least 4" tails for each piece
7. With one thread at a time, thread tapestry needle on to each thread tail, then attach small jump ring to each macramé piece and finish thread ends by knotting then weaving back through square knots.
8. Attach two macramé pieces to one jump ring, and then attach the two jump rings to one small jump ring.
9. Attach lobster claw clasp to small jump ring.
10. Finish Split ring by attaching a 1 yd. length of floss threaded on a tapestry needle and add 14 beads.
11. Tie four half hitch knots then slide on a bead, continue around until split ring is covered. Finish thread end by knotting and weaving through knots. Carefully trim off excess thread.
12. Attach Jump ring in center of split ring between the 7th and 8th beads, then attach a jump ring to that jump ring.


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Four non-human species have joined the list of playable types in Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioWare announced on the game's official website Friday.
According to the article, all classes will include optional non-human species, such as the Sith Pureblood. As the original Sith Race, these red-skinned descendants of notorious Sith Lords Naga Shadow and Marka Ragnos can dominate the battlefield as Sith Warriors.
The Miraluka, another humanoid species, hail from a world with no visible light waves. Evolving to see using the Force, this veiled species can become powerful Jedi Knights.
Green-skinned and typically tattooed, the Mirialans are also knowledgable in the ways of the Force. This wise and mystical species is able to train as Jedi Consulars.
The final species is the proud Zabrak. As one of the few aliens able to control the Force, the Zabrak can join the Sith ranks as Inquisitors. Star Wars fans should already know one famed Zabrak from much later in the future: Darth Maul.
Developed by BioWare and Lucas Arts, Star Wars: The Old Republic will be in stores sometime next year.
Check out screenshots and read more at Star Wars: The Old Republic's official website.


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Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert joined me on my TribLive Radio Show on Monday to discuss a number of topics including the speed of the players he drafted all the way to the state of the Penguins. Here's a sample of what Colbert had to say. To listen to the full interview, check out the podcast. Be sure to tune into the Kaboly Show every Monday at 2 p.m. on TribLiveRadio.com
Q: Have you been able to finally get some rest after a grueling road leading up to the draft?
A: "I have no problem with that. You always have to take care of yourself and sleeping is usually not an issue for me. It was a long process, but it was an enjoyable one. Once you get into it and start moving through it, you keep doing it until you get the job done. That phase of the job is done and now it's time to find out what we can and cannot do with these guys."
Q: If you had to estimate, how many man hours do you and your staff put in over this entire draft process?
A: "I really don't think you can. This process actually started last year at our Combine meetings in May and it continued through – the summers are usually slow but it picks up in training camp. It is pretty much a 6-7 days a week job from August through the end of April. You are ready to go and start it all over again. It would be hard to total the hours. Our scouts do a great job and they love doing it. They are passionate about it and, of course, when we plug the coaches into it, they are passionate. I don't think anybody looks at it as a job more as a labor of love, I guess."
Q: You got the fastest linebacker in the draft, the fastest player in the draft and one of the fastest wide receivers in the draft. Is it safe to assume that you wanted to improve your team speed?
A: "As long as they can play. Where we picked those guys, we felt that they can not only run fast, but they are good players. Ryan Shazier was a highly productive linebacker on a really good team. Dri Archer's speed is unique, but that is only part of his ability. He was also highly productive, not only as a runner, but as a kick returner and potentially a punt returner. Martavis (Bryant) not only runs fast but he had a ton of plays down the field with a big play offense that featured the best receiver in the draft in Sammy Watkins."
Q: All of us experts had you picking a cornerback or a receiver in the first round. Well, we were wrong. I have always been curious if you – even if it is for curiosity sake only – take a look at some of the mock drafts, even if it is only by some of the top guys who do it, just to get a feel?
A: "You do notice them and you can't help but to notice the mock drafts because they are on every prominent website that you go to for news. You basically see in any given draft people talking about usually 20-25 guys and there is a lot of air time for that group of players. If you see a name that's outside of that group – you evaluate them and it's not like you don't know about them. But when you see somebody mentioned, those people are getting that information somewhere so maybe there is something to lead you to believe, even if you don't like him, that somebody else does. That may or may not influence whether you have him available to you when you pick. With this draft as unique as it was with the talent level so deep to you didn't see people reaching from outside from even our own evaluations. It's unusual. Teams have their board the way they like it but this draft, I think, had a lot of the same ratings on them because there were so many to choose."
Q: One of the assistants on Saturday during the media scrum said "there were a lot of guys you liked but all those guys got drafted." I assume you won't tell me who specifically, but I would have to assume one was cornerback. Did what maybe Cleveland did and Chicago did right before you force you to switch up?
A: "As I said even when we did our press conference last Monday, I said that there were 19 guys in this draft that we would be extremely happy to get and Ryan (Shazier) was in that group. There were guys who went ahead of Ryan who were really good players. They all aren't at 19. Somebody has to be at 1 and somebody has to be at 19. When you pick a guy like Shazier, he was a part of that group. We were extremely excited that he was there but there were other players that we would've entertained and maybe we didn't have an opportunity to pick them. That doesn't diminish our excitement for Shazier."
Q: In today's NFL, is there a such thing as a Levon Kirkland-type inside linebacker of 290 pounds guy anymore or because of the rule changes of not allowing to hit as much, is it going toward the speedy 230-pound inside guys like Shazier?
A: "The game has changed. The high school game crept into the colleges which crept into the NFL because of the players that are groomed at each level. You have to adjust to it. Football over the last five years in the NFL has become the lateral type game. You almost saw it back in the early 2000s when New England started spreading people out and you saw some different things and you thought that this could be the wave of the future. It certainly has stuck. You have to have people that can make plays laterally not to say that people aren't going to try to run down your throat if they get mismatches. That lateral speed is really important and that's why Shazier was really exciting for us to add because he can make those plays laterally. He can get down the field in coverage to some spots where some others couldn't because of his speed. He can certainly add an inside pass rush with his burst and his ability to find some cracks inside. That's why we viewed him as a first-round player."
Q: I know you are a big Penguins fan so I am going to put you on the spot. What's going to happen in Game 7?
A: "I think we are going win. To win a game in any professional sport, it's a difficult task and I am just not talking about the playoffs. You can never take a win for granted because the other team is professionals as well. To win a series, you have to win more games than they do. It's not easy. I am sure a lot of people are disappointed that there is a Game 7, but it's not easy to win a game let alone a series when you play another team of professionals. It's a tall order but I am sure they are going to be up to it. The Consol better be rocking for these guys because they deserve our support and they are going to get it and we are going to get that win."


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Have Pediatric Questions? Ask a Pediatrician.
Hi I think I can answer your question but I may need some extra information. Can I ask you a few questions?
Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus. Shingles represent a re-activation of an old chicken-pox infection. Due to the where the virus stays during its dormant period, shingles should only be on half of the body (right/left) and are typically limited to a few levels of the nerves as they exit the spinal cord. Shingles tend to be painful to very painful while chicken pox maybe itchy they typically aren't painful. Usually chicken pox lesions come in waves with a new set cropping up every 24 hours for a few days. Usually the outbreak starts near the hairline and moves down the body. The lesions from chicken pox are classically described as a small blister on a red base, crusting over in a day or two to look like a scab.
If your child has received the chicken pox vaccine the lesions won't always look like the text book lesions but are hopefully more limited than a case in a patient who has not received the vaccine.
it doesnt sound like chicken pox so what else could it be?
So what does his rash look like? Can you describe it?
yesterday they looked like individual bumps but this morning they look like little islands all over his arms hip and legs. Like a collection of rashes
are they red and raised above the normal skin surface? Any fever or other symptoms?
he had the fever 3 days ago and was vomiting yesterday morning, when it appeared that he was better thats when the rashes appeared. Yes they are red and partially above the surface
Is it causing pain or itching? and no fever now? what size are the individual raised areas? any way you can post a photo?
yes just a minute
I'll type on
im going to upload the pictures now
he says it itches, and it burns when we put the itch spray on it, so i dont know if its the itch spray just working
Many viral illnesses come with rashes. The classic one for causing a rash after the fever goes away is rubeola. Typical rash is small raised red bumps without blister/fluid and usually all over the body. 5th disease may cause some upper respiratory symptoms before the appearance of a bright red rash on the face (so called "slapped cheeks") and then the appearance of a finer lacy rash on the arms and torso. Neither of these rashes are especially itchy though.
does it matter that his baby sister and mother had the same virus 3 days prior without any sign of rashes?
While each individual can have different manifestations of the same viral infection, yeah, I'm a little surprised the baby didn't have a rash too given how sensitive/reactive their skin tends to be.
So what is in the itch relief spray?
thank you for your advice but his rashes are itchy according to him
Hives should be raised/red fairly large areas and tend to itch a great deal. They may be seen after a viral infection but are more common after ingesting something which triggers an allergic reaction. They may come and go for several days and are temporarily relieved with benadryl.
If you can post a photo that would be helpful. I'll switch to Q&A format and check back throughout the day.


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February 20th, 1987: Contra first kicks our arses
On this day in '87 Contra first made its way to arcades, introducing us to the fast-paced run and gun action game that we all knew and (begrudgingly) loved.
Saying Contra was hard is an understatement. Contra was hard even with the help of a friend in two-player mode. Contra was hard even with the use of the Konami code on its eventual port to the NES – when a game can give you infinite lives and still make you want to throw your console out of the window in a venomous rage you know that you're in for a rough ride, even if the bad guys had some, erm, intriguing tactics, as shown by the above video.
February 22nd, 1990: Milli Vanilli have their Grammy Award taken away from them
On this day in 1990 Milli Vanilli took the Best New Artist Grammy award home with them. Four days later (February 26) the Grammy's withdrew the award, with the duo's lip-synching the reasoning behind their decision.
Following a humiliating debacle at a live performance for MTV in which their backing tape skipped revealing that they weren't actually singing their own song, the pair were then subsequently outed as fakes hired by their record label to be the faces of music recorded by two less physically appealing artists.
The pair tried to later mount a comeback under their own names 'Rob & Fab', but their debut album sold an embarrassing 2,000 copies. Rob Pilatus descended into drug abuse and died in 2008 from an accidental overdose.
February 23rd, 1885: 19-year-old mysteriously escapes death by hanging
On this day in 1885 19-year-old John Lee, known as "The Man They Couldn't Hang", was sent to the gallows in Exeter, England for the murder of Ellen Keyse. Although Lee's involvement in Keyse's could not be proved, as she was found in the pantry next to Lee's room he was sentenced to death by hanging as a result of circumstantial evidence. As Lee worked for Keyse, it was said that by authorities that a plausible motive for the murder was her ill-treatment of him.
On his day of execution Lee had the noose tied round his neck and was prepared to face his demise when, unexplainably, a malfunction occurred and Lee was not dropped. After numerous checks of the equipment and 2 more attempts to kill Lee, guards could still not find a cause for the mysterious incident and so ruled it as an intervention by God.
Lee would no longer face the death penalty and would instead spend 22-years in prison before he emigrated to America.
February 24th, 1955: Steve Jobs crash lands onto planet Earth
On this day in 1955 former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was born, the mind behind some of this generations' most iconic technology.
In the time Jobs spent with Apple he elevated the company from being runners-up to the Microsoft behemoth to the extravagant, forward-thinking manufacturers of a whole brand of pint-sized technological fashion statements from the iPhone to the iPad.
Although Jobs died at an unfortunately young age of 56 in October of last year, he left behind him a legacy that will continue to be talked about for years to come, which even earned him a mention in documents filed by the FBI, who stated that his "moral character was questionable".
Despite Jobs' estimated net worth of $8.4billion, he only earned $1 a year (yes, you read that right) as Apple CEO – his earnings came from his shares in the company and in Disney Pixar, a company he had acquired years ago.
His last words spoken before his death were "oh, wow".
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Tax and Social Security Reform: Thinking Outside the Box
Policy Reports | Social Security | Taxes
No. 275
Thursday, September 29, 2005
by Hans Fehr, John C. Goodman, Sabine Jokisch, Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction: Five Radical Reforms
- The U.S. Tax System: The Case for Reform
- Elderly Entitlements: The Case for Reform
- Modeling the Effects of Tax Reform
- An Eleven Percent Flat-Rate Income Tax
- A Flat Rate Consumption Tax
- Combining Tax Reform and Social Security Reform
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Appendix
- About the Authors
Combining Tax Reform and Social Security Reform
"Welfare gains from a VAT would be greatest for the lowest-income earners."
The idea behind Social Security privatization proposals is almost every-where the same: to replace a pay-as-you-go pension system with a funded system. Thirty countries have already enacted such reforms to a greater or lesser degree. Under our current pay-as-you-go system, taxes paid by today's workers are mainly used to pay the benefits of today's retirees. None of these funds are set aside and invested. As a consequence, when today's workers retire their benefits will be paid only if even higher taxes can be collected from the next generation of workers. As we have seen these tax rates will be high and collecting them will impose a severe cost on the economies of all developed countries.
An alternative to a pay-as-you-go system is one under which workers put aside funds during their working years to pay their own benefits during their retirement years. Under a fully funded system, each generation pays its own way.
"A 17 percent flat-rate consumption tax would replace income taxes and fund contributions to personal retirement accounts designed to eventually replace pay-as-you go Social Security financing."
This proposal consists of four elements: (1) replace federal personal and corporate income taxes with a 17 percent flat-rate consumption tax, where the rate is measured on a tax-inclusive basis; (2) use 3 percentage points of the new tax to match contributions of 1 percent each by employees and their employers to create 5 percent personal retirement accounts designed to eventually replace the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system; (3) rebate the 17 percent consumption tax conditionally to the bottom one-third of the income distribution to those with health insurance and retirement accounts, pensions or Individual Development Accounts; and (4) apply the Social Security (FICA) payroll tax to all wage income.
Social Security Reform. In structuring a privatization proposal, we examined the plan of Saving and Rettenmaier,39 who propose 5 percent individual retirement accounts funded by 1 percent payroll contributions from employees, matched by a 1 percent contribution from employers and 3 percent from the government. The government's contribution could consist of a diversion of payroll taxes or payments from general revenue. In either case, the transition is made possible in our proposal by the new consumption tax.
In the Saving/Rettenmaier proposal, the option to establish a personal retirement account (PRA) is voluntary and lower-income workers get larger government matches in order to replicate the progressivity of the current system. As the PRA balances grow over time, government-paid benefits are reduced. Over the course of one's work life, a 5 percent account should be sufficient to replace currently scheduled Social Security benefits for an average-income worker.
In this analysis we assume that all workers participate in the private system and all retirees remain in the current system. We also assume that all workers contribute the same percent of wages (5 percent) regardless of income.
Economic Effects of the Reform. As with the preceding analysis, the move to a consumption tax and its more favorable treatment of capital leads to higher real wages for workers. In some ways, however, Social Security reform is even more important than tax reform because it allows us to avert major hikes in payroll taxes over time. Overall:
- Under current policy, taxes as a percent of national income will rise from 36 percent today to 46 percent by 2030 and 50 percent by the end of the century in the absence of any reform.
- With the package of reforms proposed here, however, taxes peak at 42 percent of national income to 2030 and fall to 33 percent by the end of the century.
"With these reforms, the Social Security payroll tax rate could be cut in half by 2050."
In the simulation shown in Table A-V in the appendix, the flat consumption tax rate itself begins at 17.4 percent, rises to 18.1 percent by 2030 and recedes to 15.7 percent by the end of the century. By far the biggest component of the favorable shift in the tax burden is the avoidance of high payroll taxes needed to pay Social Security benefits:
- In the absence of reform, the required payroll tax for Social Security will almost double by 2030 and rise to 31 percent of payroll by the end of the century.
- By contrast, with Social Security reform the needed payroll tax will be one-half its current level by 2050 and one-third of its current level by the end of the century.40
Lower taxes mean more disposal income, which, in turn, leads to more saving and more capital. Moreover, the expansion of capital leads to higher real wages.
- Without reform, real wages at mid-century will be 10 percent lower than otherwise because of elderly entitlements.
- With the set of reforms proposed here, real wages will be 4 percent higher than otherwise by mid-century and 10 percent higher by the end of the century.
- Without reform, average take home pay for workers will be 26 percent lower by 2050 and 31 percent lower by the end of the century because of elderly entitlements.
- With the set of reforms proposed here, pretax wages are 21 percent higher at the end of the century than would otherwise be the case and the effective average tax on wages falls from roughly 60 percent to roughly 37 percent.
"With these reforms, living standars."
Distributional Effects of Reform. As noted, this package of reforms benefits low-income families the most, at every age level. It also creates very large and very progressive benefits for future generations. As Table VI shows:
- For individuals born in 1980 and newly entering the labor market today, families in the bottom third of the income distribution can expect a 13 percent increase in their lifetime standard of living, compared to a less than 1 percent for those in the middle and a less than 2 percent for those at the top.
- For those to be born in 2030, the gains (relative to what otherwise would have happened) are 54 percent for the bottom third, 27 percent for those in the middle and 11 percent for those at the top.


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A LEADING cleric on rural issues will speak at Pickering Parish Church this weekend.
The Right Reverend James Bell, Bishop of Knaresborough and chairman of the Rural Affairs Group of the Church England, will be attending a meeting organised by MP Anne McIntosh, in the church, at 11am, on Saturday.
The meeting will be hosted by Pickering Parish Church's, Father Antony Pritchett.
Miss McIntosh said: "I am delighted the bishop is attending this meeting because the church plays a huge part in the life of rural areas.
"I think it is important that this role is recognised and celebrated, particularly given my role as chairwoman of the Government's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee."


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Date: April 14, 2011
Affected versions: {{ start_version }} up to and including {{ end_version }}
Fixed versions: 1.2.16
Related: wnpa-sec-2011-06 (DECT, NFS, and X.509if vulnerabilities in Wireshark version 1.4.0 to 1.4.4 )
Wireshark 1.2.16 fixes the following vulnerability:
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Why we can't wait to see "Bruce Almighty"
THE STORY The year's first BIG film without a famous character or a sequel number after the title has a simple but compelling premise. A man loses faith. So God gives him almighty power for one day, and challenges him to do better. Silly Putty-faced Jim Carrey is that man.
THE GOODIES Jennifer Aniston (as Carrey's girlfriend) with a divine boob augmentation ("Do they look bigger to you?"). Plus, Jim Carrey, unleashed from the restraints of "The Majestic."
CREATIVE CASTING Morgan Freeman, who has already played the President in 1998's "Deep Impact," plays the next best thing: God.
BURNING QUESTION Given the same power, what would YOU do?
TREND WATCH Jokes about animals using the toilet. This film's toilet-trained dog continues the tradition of Jinx the cat in "Meet the Parents."
COULD BE The greatest comedy about the guy upstairs since "Oh, God! You Devil." Or… God save us, another stinker from director Tom Shadyac ("Patch Adams," "Dragonfly").


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Elementary OS
Elementary is actually an Ubuntu distro that comes with some Elementary Apps and a modified Gnome Panel. The latest release is Jupiter and is an Ubuntu 10.10 (!!!). I didn't know that, so I did download it and ..I freaked out! ..Ubuntu 10.10 in 2012!? ..Right after installing, it gives you a message that distro is not supported and a choice to upgrade to 11.04 (to the *worst ever* Ubuntu release!).
So I quit that, I set up a clean Ubuntu 12.04 and I installed Elementary modules from Elementary Daily PPA.
The new Elementary OS is called Luna, is based (lucky guess) in Ubuntu 12.04, and is going to be released probably in October –or when is ready– ..I didn't find a release schedule.
Menus for all tastes, with categories or with paging. It could be a smart idea for Gnome Shell, as in version 3.8 they will -likely- replace categories with paging.
A nice and clean user interface that helps you to setup your 4 hot spots, with predefined or custom scripts.
The Switchboard-gnome-control-center. Nothing special on it. I think it supports a plugin system.
The two Browsers of Luna, File Browser (Pantheon 0.1) and the more popular Web Browser Midori. Most of Elementary modules are written in GTK3, Vala and C.
Of course all I was caring about was the user interface of Elementary. I think is possible to install it alongside with Gnome Shell and Cinnamon (at least in Ubuntu 12.04). Gala combines Gnome Shell, Cinnamon and a bit of OS X. Watch :)
Do you think that Gnome Shell is forked so much because is unpopular and people dislike it? Well, I think that this is the real power of Gnome3. Gnome3 is a blank canvas that everyone can build a custom user interface. Every fork is welcome in any software and forks show a very healthy project.
You will find lot more info in "Meet Gala: The Window Manager" and you can find all the latest news in Elementary Journal.
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