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LUNENBURG – There is not enough evidence to charge the prime suspect in a racist graffiti case that rocked Lunenburg late last year, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. said Wednesday.
"We have notified the Lunenburg Police Department that the evidence presented to us fails to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime has been committed by a particular person," wrote Early in an email his office has been sending to Lunenburg residents who have inquired about the case.
Early said members of his staff have reviewed all the information in the case and informed the Lunenburg Police Department of its findings. Early went on to say that the case has not officially been closed.
"We will continue to review any new evidence that is brought to our attention to determine if there are sufficient grounds to file criminal charges," he wrote.
Since early December authorities have focused their attention on Andrea Brazier, the mother of Isaac Phillips, the 13-year-old Lunenburg High School football player whose home was tagged with graffiti in mid-November. The graffiti read: "Knights Don't Need N******."
Lunenburg's team nickname is the Blue Knights. Phillips' mother is white, and his father, Anthony Phillips, is black.
The family initially pointed fingers at players on the football team. Brazier suggested that other players may have been jealous that her son, who is in the eighth grade, was playing on the same team as freshmen and junior-varsity players.
Brazier said her son had been repeatedly harassed by classmates because of the color of his skin. Superintendent of Schools Loxi Jo Calmes forfeited the high school's
Thanksgiving football game against St. Bernard's Central Catholic High School in response to the incident.
Hundreds of people in Lunenburg rallied in support of the family, and Isaac Phillips transferred to a Leominster middle school.
The story took a dramatic twist in early December, as investigators fingered Brazier as the primary suspect in the case. A police affidavit detailed how Brazier refused to cooperate with the criminal investigation, made false statements and misled police.
The affidavit described a meeting Brazier held with investigators in which an FBI agent suggested to her that she was the one responsible for the graffiti. Brazier responded by only saying, "OK." She denied that her husband or her son were involved.
After searching the family's 234 Chase Rd. home, police emerged with five live rounds of ammunition, one can of Krylon Indoor/Outdoor spray paint and one can of Krylon Fusion spray paint. Police never said whether they believed the spray paint they recovered was used to write the graffiti.
Brazier declined to comment after the release of Early' statement on Wednesday, saying she needed to consult with her attorney first. Some in town expressed frustration that the case may never be resolved.
"I think it's very disappointing that we don't get some closure on the case," said Selectman Dave Matthews. Matthews praised local law enforcement's handling of the investigation and said he still supports the decision to cancel the high school football team's remaining games.
In a phone interview on Wednesday, Lunenburg Police Chief James P. Marino stressed that the case remains open.
"Just because he (Early) chose not to prosecute right now doesn't mean the case is closed," said Marino. Marino would not comment further.
Lunenburg police have said there is no evidence to suggest any players on the football team were responsible for the graffiti. As a result, some in town have criticized Calmes for canceling the team's final games.
Matthews defended that decision Wednesday, saying the superintendent's "intention was for safety on and off the field."
"Hindsight is 20/20, and you get a different viewpoint after the fact," Matthews said. "Given the timeline they had in hand and the information they had, it made sense to do it at the time. They made the best decision they could at the time. It wasn't to punish people. It was for safety."
Town Manager Kerry Speidel declined to comment on Early's statement. School Committee Chairman Greg Berthiaume also declined to comment.
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RICHMOND, Va. — Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe said Saturday he intends to run for governor of Virginia.
After months of speculation over his plans, McAuliffe announced his intentions in a video posted on his Web site. In the video, McAuliffe said he will make his intention to run official on Wednesday as part of a week-long campaign kickoff.
The stops include town hall meetings in Hampton Roads, Bristol, Richmond and others, where McAuliffe will unveil plans for job creation, education and renewable energy.
"Over the coming months we will travel to every corner of the commonwealth to ask all Virginians to join our campaign to get the economy moving again," McAuliffe said in the video.
In November, the 51-year-old established his campaign committee, Friends of Terry McAuliffe, with the State Board of Elections, secured the services of strategist Mike Henry and began touring Virginia, but had not made his candidacy certain.
McAuliffe faces two other Democrats who have been active for nearly a year in an already contentious nomination fight to succeed Democratic Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.
State Sen. Creigh Deeds narrowly lost the attorney general's race in 2005, and House Democratic Caucus chairman Brian Moran is also in the race.
"We welcome Terry McAuliffe to the race and we're looking forward to an open and honest discussion of how we keep Virginia moving forward," said Peter Jackson, a spokesman for Deeds.
In a statement, Moran also welcomed McAuliffe to the campaign.
"I am more convinced than ever that Virginians want a governor with a proven record of fighting for Virginia families and a vision for the commonwealth," Moran said.
The Democratic nominee will face Republican Attorney General Bob McDonnell, who is unchallenged for his party's nomination, in the Nov. 3 election.
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
Phil Cox, a spokesman for McDonnell also welcomed McAuliffe into the race, saying he has a "tough primary fight ahead of him." But Cox said there will be plenty of time during the campaign to compare and contrast records.
A native of upstate New York, McAuliffe has lived in Virginia for about 17 years. He lives in the Washington, D.C., suburb of McLean.
McAuliffe brings to the race a national fundraising base and profile that neither of his potential primary rivals could match. As chairman of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, McAuliffe helped her raise tens of millions of dollars. And as DNC chairman, he helped restore the fiscal health of a party that was broke and dispirited after Al Gore's wrenching 2000 presidential loss.
But McAuliffe also brings a political portfolio well to the left of Democrats Mark R. Warner and Kaine, who toiled in the state party for years before they were elected governor by pledging bipartisan cooperation and campaigning as moderates.
McAuliffe, however, does ride a crest of success the Democratic Party has not known in Virginia for generations.
President-elect Barack Obama became the first Democrat to carry Virginia in a presidential race in 44 years. The party claimed both of the state's U.S. Senate seats for the first time since 1970, and it could control six of the state's 11 U.S. House seats if newcomer Tom Perriello holds his narrow lead over Republican Rep. Virgil Goode after an inevitable recount.
Only two states — Virginia and New Jersey — elect governors this year.
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The Samsung NX-10 was just an Internet rumor for half of 2009, but Samsung finally made it official last week at CES 2010. The camera is a lot like the micro four-thirds format with a compact image sensor and body, along with interchangeable lens. But as fototrend.hu's review shows, the camera isn't nearly as compact as the Olympus E-P1. But it also has a built-in rangefinder and and flash so I guess it's a trade-off.
[fototrend.hu via 43rumors]


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Energy is essential to heat homes and cook meals. It is needed to deliver proper health care in hospitals and to teach children. It is essential for economic growth and development and for powering industries, farms and businesses. It is at the heart of any effort to make a better life possible for people all over the world, in particular for the world's poorest.
First, energy has to be produced, and it needs to increasingly be produced in sustainable ways as the world steps up to the challenges of climate change. At the same time, improvements in how efficiently our buildings, factories, vehicles and appliances use energy offer huge potential to get more benefit out of less energy. Energy efficiency can make energy more affordable for the poor, and it can reduce emissions.
This is why energy efficiency is an important element of the World Bank Group's recent Energy Sector Directions Paper. It is reflected in the Bank Group's growing energy efficiency portfolio. Lending for energy efficiency work has increased, totaling $7.5 billion for fiscal years 2008-2013, accounting for roughly 15.3% of all energy financing approved in that period.
This has included support for a national program in Mexico, in which the government set up 1,110 points of exchange at which millions of people turned in incandescent light bulbs in return for 22.9 million more efficient CFLs, achieving a total saving of about 1,400 gigawatt hours, as much energy as is consumed in the entire Mexican state of Nayarit or Colima. It earned Mexico an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for the number of light bulbs distributed.
The Bank's engagement in energy efficiency also includes more than $3 billion in financing in the past decade to Eastern Europe and Central Asia, helping countries like Belarus, which reduced its energy intensity by 60% over the past 15 years, and Uzbekistan, which saved 50,000 megawatt hours of energy that would otherwise have been lost to inefficiencies. Total savings to the region from energy efficiency projects, programs, and initiatives over the last 10 years are estimated at 42.5 TWh per year, equivalent to the total amount of power generated in New Zealand in 2010. Investments in the region are already saving an estimated 7.5 million tons of CO2 every year.
The Bank Group has also been working closely with China to support its energy efficiency efforts in major cities such as Shanghai, providing advice and financing to retrofit inefficient buildings. This project and others have contributed to China's energy efficiency achievements, whose scale was revealed in the recent Sustainable Energy for All Global Tracking Framework Report. It found that China's energy efficiency drive has resulted in the world's largest absolute energy savings for a single country.
Almost half of all energy generated across the world is used to cool, light, and ventilate buildings. Much of the Bank Group's energy efficiency support has therefore provided financing and policy advice on public procurement of energy efficient services and products in cities and buildings. Improving planning in cities – particularly the fast-growing megacities of the developing world – is critical to the transition to a more sustainable energy future. The Bank's Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) has developed the TRACE tool to help municipal governments identify and prioritize opportunities to reduce urban energy use. In Rio de Janeiro, TRACE is being used to help make next year's FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics the most energy efficient ever.
The Bank Group's International Finance Corporation is also working directly with investors and through financial intermediaries to provide financing in this area, including through the Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (Edge) Green Buildings Certification System, which is helping owners design and retrofit buildings to be more sustainable.
Energy efficiency improvements are a crucial part of any effort to reduce carbon emissions and keep global warming below the critical level of 2 degrees Celsius. Such improvements can also deliver huge savings in energy costs to households, as well as production, mining, manufacturing, and commercial operations in public and private sectors alike. Those are two reasons why doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030 is one of the three goals of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative, co-chaired by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. No doubt about it: energy efficiency is scaling up to cut costs and emissions. May the efforts multiply!
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I agree that nowadays to improve planning in cities – particularly fast-growing megacities of the developing world – it is critical to transition to a more sustainable energy future. The Bank's Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) has developed the TRACE tool to help municipal governments identify and prioritize opportunities to reduce urban energy use.
Energy efficient buildings, appliances, transport are making huge contribution in EE. There is another angle of EE. In most of countries demand curve of electricity has a peak which lasts for less than 100 hours in a year. Using smartgrid technology, it is possible to reduce this peak demand. This will avoid addition of new generating capacity which also contributes to EE.
Rajendra, you raise an important point, with which I fully agree. Energy efficiency or demand side management (DSM) covers both the reduction of energy (MWh) and peak loads (MW). The latter is perhaps more relevant in many of our client developing countries with fast-rising demands, which face huge deficits in their generation supply capacity, resulting in chronic blackouts and brownouts. In our Sustainable Energy for All Global Tracking Framework, the energy efficiency indicator used is energy intensity (toe/GDP). Turning to the more specific issue of Bank Group projects to enhance energy efficiency, we use indicators that often include both MW and MWh reduction.
Thank you for an excellent summary on energy efficiency. This area is of major concern for the MNA Region which is perhaps the only region in the world that has shown an increase in energy intensity over the past decade. Several of the countries such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Morocco have embarked on programs focusing on energy efficiency. EE is a major area of support that the Bank is being asked to provide the MNA region -- a program which we are doing with the support from the anchor. One question for you: when is the price of energy a binding constraint in creating the appropriate incentive for increasing energy efficiency? There seems to be an assumption that regulatory intervention on the supply or demand side can have a significant impact on energy efficiency independent of the price of fuel or electricity. Does the global experience offer any lessons on this particular issue? Or is it that regulatory interventions create the political economy space for price alignments that strengthen the energy efficiency agenda? Or put more broadly,of the suggested tactics you have outlined, which ones have the highest impact and which ones need to be implemented in combination to have an impact?
What are the lessons from implementation?
Thank you Junaid for the comment and questions. Yes, the Middle East and North Africa region stands out as energy intensity increased there by about 0.8% per year since 1990, according to data in the Sustainable Energy for All Global Tracking Framework report. This is cause for concern, as the rest of the world is moving in the opposite direction, reducing energy intensity by about 1.3% annually.
It is true that subsidized fossil-fuel-based energy prices discourage consumers from investing in energy efficiency. The good news is that governments can offer a blend of EE incentives, regulatory mechanisms and policy tools that can drive EE in the positive direction. Public funds currently used for energy subsidies that stymie EE investment and cause greater waste of energy could be used instead to provide smart EE incentives. Governments can set up robust implementation systems to implement energy efficiency regulations. They can adopt policies that focus on saving energy. Such approaches are examples of prudent fiscal management that also help consumers in a sustainable way.
Many countries have used such approaches to show that increased EE can be a precursor that smooths the transition to removal of energy price subsidies. If you look around the OECD countries, there are plenty of high-impact success stories in which EE regulations and policies (appliance standards, building EE codes, etc.) have been applied. These include Japan, Korea, the US, and Germany, to name a few. In the developing world, however, it has been more challenging to get effective implementation and compliance. In the short term, our experience suggests that the quickest returns can be had by concentrating on the "low hanging" opportunities through EE incentives.
The Bank Group's—including IFC's—investment programs in China and Eastern Europe have helped clients deliver results with this approach, and the same is true of similar work currently under way in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. These EE incentives are thus a sound first step in getting some early progress on energy efficiency, while systems and infrastructure for EE policy implementation are strengthened and made more robust.
I agree that nowadays to improve planning in cities – particularly fast-growing megacities of the developing world – it is critical to transition to a more sustainable energy future. The Bank's Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) has developed the TRACE tool to help municipal governments identify and prioritize opportunities to reduce urban energy [email protected] http://onaprsc.com.vn
In the emerging economies, energy efficiency and cutting T&D losses are two most profitable investments in the energy sector - more than new energy sources.
I agree with Mr Goel. Reducing T&D losses is low hanging fruit but major part of these losses are non technical losses and to reduce them very strong organisational will is necessary. Technology may provide the solution if there is will.
Growing global energy demands put pressure on both the supply and the prices of oil, gas, and coal. As fossil energy sources are an important part of maintaining a stable energy network in the U.S., it is crucial to use these resources in a sustainable manner.
Mr Iyer,
The article succinctly highlights the massive strides the WBG has made in energy efficiency. As the Bank invests further, it is worth considering the life cycle assessment (cradle to grave analysis of carbon footprint) of products manufactured in the energy sector. For example, when 'millions of people turned in incandescent light bulbs in return' for CFLs, how do you deal with such sub optimal/inefficient products that are already in the ecosystem (thereby influencing the carbon footprint)?
The propagation of energy efficiency should also be in tune with the manufacture of energy efficient/look carbon products. I would like to know how the WBG influences such policies in areas where such norms are not legally enforceable.
But above all, thank you for making a difference to the energy and environment dynamic of our planet. Cheers!
The propagation of energy efficiency should also be in tune with the manufacture of energy efficient/look carbon products. I would like to know how the WBG influences such policies in areas where such norms are not legally enforceable.


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A Transformed Mind
December 17
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." - Romans 12:2
We must remember that the Holy Spirit lives inside the believer, and if we will live a life of complete surrender to the Holy Spirit's control, He will heal our soul, which is where our mind, will, and emotions are. My friend, in these days of uncertainty be still, listen to the good Shepherd as He speaks to you in the presence of the Holy Spirit. As we do this, our desires will begin to change as He renews our mind, and what we will find is true contentment and rest in the Savior.
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things on earth will grow strangely dim. In the light of His glory and grace."
Be still. Listen to the Holy Spirit.
For more resources from Above & Beyond Fellowship, visit www.abidingabove.org.


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- 1 Juno Release Review - EMF Compare 2.0
- 1.1 Release Highlights
- 1.2 Quality of APIs
- 1.3 End of Life Issues
- 1.4 Commiter Diversity
- 1.5 IP Issues
- 1.6 Non-Code Aspects
- 1.7 APIs
- 1.8 Documentation
- 1.9 Bugzilla
- 1.10 Tool usability
- 1.11 Standards
- 1.12 UI Usability
- 1.13 Communities
- 1.14 Committer Changes
- 1.15 Schedule
- 1.16 Project Plan
- 1.17 Legal Notices
Juno Release Review - EMF Compare 2.0
Laurent Goubet (email@example.com)
Release Review : July 31, 2012
Communication Channel : eclipse.modeling.emf newsgroup
Process Documentation : http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/development_process.php
Project Plan : http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/compare/project-info/plan-2_0.xml
Release Highlights
EMF Compare 2.0 is a full overhaul of the design, architecture and code of the project. It aims at providing the same functionality as 1.3 did while lifting the limitations that it presented.
The 2.0 release only targets the comparison of models that present IDs of some sort : XMI ID, functional ID... The subsequent 2.1 version will catch up to 1.3 in terms of SYSML-specific differences and graphical comparison.
New and noteworthy
Architecture Overhaul
The model that constitutes the core of the comparison process has been fully reworked. What was previously split in two (diff.ecore and match.ecore) has now been merged into a single "compare.ecore" which provides all of the core API for EMF Compare. Furthermore, the number of concepts defined by this core model has been drastically reduced as compared to the 1.* stream.
The API in general has been simplified to ease adoption and re-use of EMF Compare in other projects. For example, programmatically launching a comparison can now be done through a single entry point instead of the previous minimum of two.
Do note that the general process of EMF Compare has not been altered : it is still separated into isolated phases. Matching the elements, computing the differences between matched elements, then merging the changes from one side to the other. However, the differencing process itself has been further divided into customizable units : computing the differences, computing the requirements between distinct differences, computing the conflicts between differences...
Standalone Support
Though EMF Compare was already useable in standalone environments, this has been improved further such that the core of EMF Compare is now only comprised of a single plugin that only depends on a very limited set of other plugins.
Comparison Scoping
EMF Compare 2.0 provides the mandatory architecture and API for the project to handle large input models. Though 2.0 only provides a default scope which ends up in the same functionality as the 1.3 release (loading everything in memory and comparing the input models as a whole), this scope can (and will be) used by the subsequent version of EMF Compare, 2.1, to be able to handle extremely large input models.
Eclipse UI Integration
EMF Compare 2.0 is much more integrated with the Eclipse Compare UI than the 1.* stream ever was. EMF Compare now properly integrates with folder comparisons, the icons are now the standard Eclipse Compare ones, we're reusing the standard Eclipse Compare viewers instead of custom ones...
Performance Enhancements
Some performance bottlenecks of EMF Compare 1.3 have been identified yet cannot be solved without fully re-thinking the comparison process. EMF Compare 2.0 fixes these problems and is generally faster than the 1.* stream even using the default scoping mechanism.
Quality of APIs
The component lead certifies that the requirements for Eclipse Quality APIs have been met for this release. All non-API code is in "internal" packages.
End of Life Issues
EMF Compare 2.0 being a full overhaul of the project, its API is not compatible with its previous 1.* versions. A migration guide will be provided in order to ease the adoption effort to this new version.
All API that was provided by the 1.* stream has been deprecated with the 1.3 release (see the 1.3 End Of Life Issues) and is no longer available in its previously existing state.
The extension points proposed by the 1.3 release have not been ported yet to the 2.* stream, but should be pressent in the subsequent 2.1 release.
The commiter for the MPatch plugins is now inactive, and this feature is thus no longer supported. There are no plans for the moment to port these plugins to the new core of EMF Compare.
Commiter Diversity
4 active commiters from Obeo
- Cédric Brun (Project Lead)
- Cédric Notot
- Laurent Goubet
- Mikaël Barbero
1 inactive commiter from Itemis
- Patrick könemann
IP Issues
The about files and use licenses are in place as per the Guidelines to Legal Documentation.
- CQ 5460 - Google Collections Version: 1.0 https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5460
- CQ 6518 - Guava Version: 10.0.1 https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6518
All other contributions (code, documentation, images, etc) have been committed by individuals who are either Members of the Foundation or have signed the appropriate Committer Agreement. In either case, these are individuals who have signed, and are abiding by, the Eclipse IP Policy. The other contributions of the IP log are not significant or are written 100% by employees of the same employer (Obeo) as the Submitting Committer (http://www.eclipse.org/legal/EclipseLegalProcessPoster.pdf).
All contribution Questionnaires have been completed.
The "provider" field of each plugin is set to "Eclipse Modeling Project".
The "copyright" field of each plugin is set to the copyright owner.
Any third-party logos or trademarks included in the distribution (icons, logos, etc) have been licensed under the EPL.
The EMF Compare IP log is located at http://www.eclipse.org/projects/ip_log.php?projectid=modeling.emf.compare
Non-Code Aspects
Continuous Integration
Project is built from the Eclipse hudson instance through Tycho. A nightly is built once a day if the SCM polling sees a change from the last build.
Unit Tests
349 unit tests launched on every build.
Code coverage is about 80% of the core.
Code Quality
Common formatter and compiler configuration used throughout the whole project's plug-ins.
Checkstyle activated on each distinct plug-in.
Eclemma used on a regular basis to ensure and improve code coverage from the unit tests.
Yourkit java Profiler used on a regular basis to improved performances and avoid bottlenecks.
Findbugs launched on a regular basis to avoid detectable bugs.
Javadoc represents about 50% of the java source code.
An analysis of the code base page is available on Ohloh.
Metamodel definitions and interfaces are considered APIs.
Commitment to provide stand-alone comparison feature (Jar that can be used without Eclipse with minimal to no dependencies towards eclipse core Jars).
Non-API classes are separated from the exposed API through an "internal" namespace.
Non-API packages are exported with an internal visibility so that they remain visible but with a discouraged access warning.
Documentation is not up-to-date yet.
No Bugzilla closed specifically for this release, however, all bugs closed for 1.3.0 had their fix up-ported to 2.0 so that no regression would be observed on the up-ported features and functionalities. See the Bugzilla snapshot for the 1.3 release.
Tool usability
Localization : integrated into Babel
No standard exists concerning the model comparison, though EMF Compare works nicely with any standard-based metamodel.
Since the 1.2 release a specific support for the UML standard is included in EMF Compare. This is also included in the 2.0 release.
However, the 1.3 release saw the inclusion of a specific support for the SYSML standard comparison. This has not been up-ported to 2.0 yet.
UI Usability
EMF Compare is conforming to the Eclipse user interface guidelines.
Talks have been given on the following events: Eclipse Con Europe 2011 :
- What every Eclipse Developer should know about EMF
- What the heck are logical models?
- EMFCompare improvements: fulfilling requirements of the Modeling Platform Working Group
Talks have been submitted for the following events: Eclipse Con Europe 2012:
Other medium:
- Activity on the EMF newsgroup (eclipse.modeling.emf): 29 new threads on EMF Compare from June 2011 to May 2012
- About one update every two months on Planet Eclipse.
Committer Changes
EMF Compare 2.0 Release Plan
M6 03/21/2012 M7 05/04/2012 RC1 08/03/2012 RC2 08/10/2012 Final 08/15/2012
Project Plan
The EMF Compare 2.0 project plan is available at http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/compare/project-info/plan-2_0.xml
Legal Notices
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Oracle, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both.
UML, SYSML, OMG, EMOF, OCL and XMI are trademarks of the Object Management Group.
Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.


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Would you know what to do if the photocopier broke? And I mean REALLY broke… You've unjammed it, kicked it, sworn at it, turn it on and off but it just. won't. work. What's your next step? Panic? Scream? Cry?
Fear thee not. Here are some ideas that could help ease those panic-stricken moments when you have to deliver a material free lesson, or when you need a warmer/cooler/filler. No photocopies, not high-tech gadgetry, just a teacher, some students, and a few scraps of paper.
Dictate 8 or so infinitives (regular and irregular) and get the students to write down the past participle of the verbs.
Elicit the answers, and put them in the middle of the board. Then elicit a complement for the verb and write that to the right of the participle.
For example: You say "ride", and the students write down "ridden" (which you put in the middle of the board). Then get the students to suggest things you can ride (bike, camel, horse, unicycle). Choose the most interesting one and write it next to the verb.
When you've finished with all the participles, on the left hand side, write "Have you ever".
So you should have something that looks like this:
Have you ever ridden a camel?
met a celebrity?
flown in a helicopter?
eaten sushi?
swum with dolphins?
There you have a "Find someone who" activity which required no photocopying or preparation. It can be adapted for any level and grammar point. Future Perfect (Find someone who will have bought a house/ got married/ had children/ travelled to Australia by 2020).
This next activity works better with higher levels and focusses on speaking and fluency. It can last up to an hour if you collect some errors and do some feedback.
Give each student 3 bits of scrap paper. One each paper, they should write one sentence that describes an important event in their life (that they are happy to talk to the class about). When they have 3 events, they should write the year it happened in the top right corner, and the approximate month in the left, so it should look a bit like this:
Put the students into group of 3 or 4. They put all their papers together, then line them up in a ladder on the table in chronological order. It might be an idea to cellotape the ladder to the table at this point.
Give each group one dice and one counter. They roll the dice and move the counter up the ladder for the correct number. The owner of the paper then has to talk about this event for 2 minutes (less for lower levels) and the other students must be ready to ask one questions each when the time is up.
Fold the paper over when it's done so it isn't repeated then continue until they have all been spoken about.
Part 2 to follow! Enjoy and let me know how it goes!


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|System: PS2, Wii, PC
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Sensory Sweep
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Brash Entertainment
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Dec. 4, 2007
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
As far as those tunes go, there's one thing you can say for sure: these songs are rendered faithfully in chipmunk style. Whether or not that is a good or bad thing, I'll leave to you. But the songs definitely sound a lot like their original counterparts with some high-pitched vocals to give them the signature chipmunk effect. Some of the song highlights from this title include "Heartbreak Hotel" originally by Elvis Presley, "Love Shack" originally by the B52's, and, oddly enough "Santa Monica" originally performed by Everclear. Not sure if the little ones will appreciate the full meaning of that one, but I suppose good music is good music, right?
Graphics-wise, this game is really not that much to look at. Honestly, the graphics are GameCube-era or early PlayStation 2 at best. Scenes that involve plot elements are just still photographs with voiceovers, and the whole thing just doesn't look good. However, because this game is aimed at the younger sect, I'm not too sure how hung up the little kids are going to be with the graphics. The real centerpiece of this game for the little ones will probably be the songs, and more than likely they won't even notice whether the graphics are good or not.
Overall, Alvin and the Chipmunks is a pretty good game for young kids. It will introduce them to the great fun that is the rhythm genre. And even though the game might seem boring, repetitive or stupid to those of us in the older generation, the younger sect will appreciate the simplistic gameplay and the fun chipmunk-y songs. I would fully recommend this game to people who know a little one who loves music, and is just starting to get into the world of video gaming.
Amanda L. Kondolojy
CCC Freelance Writer


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North Koreans who attempt to escape the brutal Kim regime through China are increasingly being apprehended by the Chinese regime and deported back, according to reports. Those who were forcefully returned face certain imprisonment, torture, and even execution.
Human Rights Watch estimated that in July and August alone China apprehended 41 North Koreans attempting to flee their home country by crossing over into and through China, a steep increase from the 51 who are known to have been caught the entire previous year, from July 2016 to June 2017. North Korean escapees were caught in various locations inside China from the North Korea-China border all the way to Lao-China border in Yunnan Province.
The fact that North Koreans were being caught as far away as Yunnan means that some of them traveled thousands of miles inside China and were a short distance away from freedom before the Chinese regime's security apparatus sealed their fate.
The intensified crackdown on North Korean escapees likely started in July, as China arrested a number of local guides that help North Koreans pass through China. As news of the crackdown spread, guides and activists within the existing "rescue network" became more reluctant to take the risk of transporting unfamiliar escapees as they were fearful of being betrayed to the Chinese authorities.
Among the 92 North Korean escapees that were caught since June 2016, only 46 are still in Chinese custody and the rest have been deported back to North Korea, according to Human Rights Watch. The North Korean regime imposes severe punishment on those attempting to escape the country. Most would be imprisoned in concentration camps and face torture and abuse, and some of them would be executed, according to Human Rights Watch.
The deportation of North Korean refugees back to North Korea has been identified as a violation of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and its accompanying 1967 Protocol. China is a signatory country for both. Article 33 of the Convention, also known as the principle of non-refoulement, prohibits countries from expelling or returning a refugee where "his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion."
The Chinese regime considers North Korean refugees only as "illegal economic migrants" rather than refugees or asylum seekers, despite the fact that these North Koreans are internationally recognized as refugees who would face severe persecution upon return.
North Korea has also stepped up its own efforts to crackdown on defections. In a recent report, South Korea's Ministry of Unification said that 780 North Koreans eventually reached safety in the South between January and August, a significant decline from the same period one year previously, the Telegraph reported.


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Powell, Anthony
Powell, Anthony, 1905–2000, English novelist. A distinguished writer of social comedy, he is best known for his 12-volume novel sequence collectively entitled A Dance to the Music of Time, a detailed yet panoramic study of changes in the snobbish, insular world of the English upper and middle classes from World War I to the 1960s. Novels in the series include A Question of Upbringing (1951), The Acceptance World (1955), Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (1960), The Valley of Bones (1964), The Military Philosophers (1969), Books Do Furnish a Room (1971), and Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975). Powell's other novels include Afternoon Men (1931), From a View to a Death (1933), and The Fisher King (1986). He was also the author of a study of John Aubrey (1948), four volumes of memoirs (1976–82; abr. ed. To Keep the Ball Rolling, 2001), Journals, 1982–92 (3 vol., 1995–97), two collections of essays on writing (1990; 1991, rev. ed. 1994), and two plays (1972).
See biographies by N. F. Brennan (rev. ed. 1995) and M. Barber (2004); studies by R. K. Morris (1968), B. Bergonzi (rev. ed. 1971), J. Tucker (1976), H. Spurling (1978), N. McEwan (1991), R. L. Selig (1991), and N. Birns (2004); bibliography ed. by G. P. Lilley (1993).
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Na'vi/Na'vi–English dictionary
Table of Contents: ' A Ä C E F G H I Ì K Kx L M N Ng O P Px R S T Tx Ts U V W Y Z
Confirmed Na'vi words and affixes are listed here in alphabetical order. Ä, ì, rr, ll, ng (= g), ts (= c), kx, px, tx are ordered as distinct letters from a, i, r, l, n, t, k, p, t. Frommer's preferred orthography, with g for ng and c for ts, is included in parentheses to allow electronic searches. Stress is indicated in IPA transcription: The stress mark ‹ ˈ › appears before the stressed syllable, and syllable breaks are marked with a dot. Prefixes and adpositions which cause lenition are marked with a plus sign, ay+, −ro+. Infix positions of verbs are marked in italics by •raised dots•. Many of these are assumed rather than attested. Stem-changing words (short plurals, verbal contractions, genitives) are included; many short plurals are assumed rather than attested.
Underlying /n/ is spelled 'm' before 'p' in compound words, as in txampay (txan-pay) "sea". However, before 'k' it is spelled 'n', as in zenke (zene-ke) "not need to", despite the fact that it is pronounced /ŋ/ and that this sound is spelled 'ng' before 'k' within a root such as pängkxo "chat".
The vocabulary can be greatly expanded through productive use of Na'vi's word-building affixes, but such forms have not been included here unless they are attested in print or email from Paul Frommer.
- Abbreviations
- attr. attributive forms
- du. dual form
- infix infix positions
- tri. trial form
- pl. plural forms
- Parts of speech and classes of affix:
- ADJ. adjective
- ADP. adposition (functions as preposition and suffix)
- ADV. adverb
- AFF. affix (functions as prefix and suffix)
- CONJ. conjunction
- INF. infix
- INTJ. interjection
- MIM. mimesis
- N. noun
- N.PL. plural noun
- PART. particle
- PREP. preposition
- PN. pronoun
- PREF. prefix
- SUFF. suffix
- V. verb
- V.DAT. dative verb (takes intransitive and dative arguments, like lu 'have')
- V.DI. ditransitive verb (takes ergative, accusative, and dative arguments, like tìng 'give')
- V.IN. intransitive verb (takes intransitive argument only, like lu 'be')
- V.TR. transitive verb (takes ergative and accusative arguments, like tse'a 'see')


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Editor's note: Each week in "Apparently This Matters," CNN's Jarrett Bellini applies his warped sensibilities to trending topics in social media and random items of interest on the Web.
(CNN) -- There are two good reasons to own a giant trampoline.
The first is for bouncing super-duper high to spy on your weirdo neighbors, what with the constant sound of all that slapping leather.
And the second reason is because you're fearlessly young and enjoy the occasional compound fracture.
You know how kids are.
"I'll show you my tibia if you show me yours."
But the pleasures that come from owning your own spring-loaded backyard injury machine only last a short time. Roughly about an hour. Maybe longer if you use it without pants.
But then it just becomes this thing that sits in the sun and collects leaves.
Which is exactly what happened for Scott Maney of Wellesley, Massachusetts.
So Maney finally decided to sell his trampoline on Craigslist, and in the process, used it as a beautiful opportunity to crap all over his wonderful kids.
Naturally, the Internet loved it.
His June 8 Craigslist headline reads "My Kids Suck" and the ad begins like this:
"They begged. They pleaded. They told me how they'd use it EVERY day. How our house would become THE place to hang out. We had a hot tub. And a basketball court. And a fire pit. And a hammock. But if we had THIS, well, we'd be rock stars."
Here, Maney refers to his three aforementioned wonderful kids -- his self-proclaimed "Irish triplets" -- who are now 18, 16, and 14.
He bought the trampoline two years ago for them, sort of as an apology after his family relocated to Wellesley from Chicago. The kids weren't happy, and he tried to make it up to them.
Maney explains this in the ad:
"Plus since I "messed up their lives" by moving them here in middle school, I owed them at least this much. God, dad."
So, it seemed like a good idea.
Besides, in the outdoor space which would eventually become the trampoline's quiet home of sadness and neglect, the previous homeowners had left behind a play set.
"The kids were too old for that already, and the dog kept pooping in the sand box," Maney told me. "I knew it had to go."
The ad continues:
"So I caved. And I bought it. And I built it. And that first night they jumped."
THEY jumped. Maney, in fact, did not.
"Are you nuts? You know how dangerous those things are? That's got torn ACL written all over it."
Next, the ad gets rather sad and sentimental. He wrote:
"Then I watched from my window as the summer turned to fall and the fall turned to winter and the flurries came down and the snowmen went up and the rain came down and the flowers came up and spring turned to summer and I watched even still from the window, waiting, just waiting, for someone, anyone, to use that damn trampoline even once more. Oh, please, please, just once."
At which point Maney's brief poetic aside comes to an abrupt stop:
"My kids suck."
Maney drove this point home, telling me that he wasn't even sure if any of his kids had been on the trampoline in over a year. Maybe just him when he swept off the leaves to take pictures for the ad.
Which concludes:
"So after two years of sitting in my window staring out like a creepy old neighbor, I am selling it to make room for gardenias or tomato plants or a stockade jail to house three grumpy teenagers. Haven't decided yet."
The trampoline sold in less than 24 hours.
Which, of course, was great.
But the reactions he got online were ever better.
Maney says he received about 100 e-mails from people who enjoyed his trampoline ad, and about 20 more from people who actually wanted to buy it.
His ad was on online hit.
"I've worked in the advertising business for 20-plus years and never had a piece of content go truly viral," he said. "I write one Craigslist ad..."
Now he's had a taste. And it feels good.
In fact, Maney's thinking of seeing if lightning can strike twice.
"I'm scouring the house looking for that French horn. My Kids Suck, Part 2."
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Chris Paul had 30 points and 13 assists, Blake Griffin added 24 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers led all the way in beating the Lakers 107-102 on Friday night.
Kobe Bryant scored 38 points and Dwight Howard had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Lakers, who lost for the second time this season to their Staples Center co-tenants.
Bryant carried the Lakers in the fourth quarter when they closed to 99-97 on his 23-foot jumper with 1:29 left. But Paul scored the Clippers' final eight points to seal the victory and drop the Lakers two games below .500. The Clippers lead the Lakers by 10 games in the standings.
The Lakers continue to struggle under new coach Mike D'Antoni. They've lost three of their last four games.
The Clippers shot 50 percent and outscored the Lakers 52-36 in the paint.
Bryant scored 16 points in the fourth, when the Lakers rallied from 19 points down. The Clippers fouled for much of the final 5:51, and the Lakers made 10 of 12 free throws. Howard missed two foul shots but then made two to get the Lakers within four before Bryant's jumper got the Lakers the closest they had been since early in the game.
But Paul closed with a flourish, including a 6-for-6 stretch at the line, while Bryant's 3-pointer went in and out with 43 seconds to go.
The Lakers got within three early in the third only to have the Clippers push their lead to 10 points. It was a similar situation in the second, when the Lakers got within five points on Bryant's 3-pointer before the Clippers ran their lead back to 10 points by halftime.
The first three quarters were punctuated with several highlight dunks from both sides. Paul fed DeAndre Jordan and Griffin on alley-oop slams that had the sellout crowd of 20,179 roaring.
The Clippers had dropped two consecutive road games earlier in the week, when their 17-game winning streak was snapped.
Jodie Meeks scored 14 points for the Lakers and fellow reserve Jordan Hill had 13 before he sprained his right ankle early in the fourth.
Game notes
Clippers F Jamal Crawford missed the game with a sore left foot that he hurt in Denver. … Clippers G Chauncey Billups will start working out Saturday after being out most of the season recovering from surgery. … Clippers F Grant Hill is expected to return next week after missing all season because of surgery.
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TLC's My Strange Addiction had us at hello, but this does not mean we were prepared for the hairdryer addiction. Which is not what it sounds like.
Minds out of the gutter! The hairdryer addiction is about sleeping. See, since she was a little girl, this woman's gone to sleep with a hairdryer, the heat and white noise of which she finds ample compensation for the risk of fire or electrocution.
Some of the behaviors — tanning, chalk and toilet-paper eating, for instance — are more immediately harmful. But weird as the habits may seem, the psychology is no different from that of any other addict. Once something is "soothing," says one psychiatrist — whatever that thing might be, for whatever reason — "the patterns are very hard to break."
The woman who goes to six salons a day — in defiance of the law — is a good example.
But lest we judge, MSNBC reminds us, "It's important to remember that self-soothing strategies, of the non-extreme variety, are actually pretty common." Some are just less...socially acceptable than others.
Not Without My Blow-Dryer: Reality Show Uncovers Strange Addictions [MSNBC]


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Our faculty are known around campus, within their area of study and, sometimes, around the world. You'll find famous authors teaching at Cabrillo. Artists. Scientists. Many have received prestigious awards for advances in their field.
Even so, we consider one of their most important qualities to be a deep caring about students. Every one is fully engaged to help you learn and provide you with support while at Cabrillo and in your future endeavors. They bring real life experience to their classrooms and the support you need to prepare you for the challenges ahead.
We're proud of the fact that breakthroughs happen at Cabrillo. We've had so many students discover theirs here. Read more >
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Spring Training
We gonna need more than a block, we monopolizing
Nah, I'm not rapping, I'm prophesizing
Quite simply, seat back, diamond white Bentley
Approach it I might empty, since I never gave a FUCK
Ain't nothing you can say that might offend me
Not when only reason shorty's in the ride is to ? me
When you do a little better they begin to hate ya
So I keep animals with me, it's just in my nature
If you don't wanna hear the real then I ain't finna make ya
You just keep hearing what's coming from them incinerators
But when they show the hatred is when you know you made it
Me, I been to hell and back the shit is over rated
But every day could be your last, so if trouble met me
He'll be with a few of viagras and a couple beckys
You want a crash course? Know the damages
I promise y'all that if I got high I'd smoke Canibus
From best to worst, from legend to barely here
Since they repo'd your prime this shit ain't really fair
Losing his mind, somebody better set him straight
Lost Buckingham Palace, now it's Section 8
In '012 why rep that hard?
And who the fuck dug him up from Wyclef's backyard?
But off him, not a part of you is trife
And you can't afford the drama when your Arsenal's a knife
No heart in you to survive, nigga living like an orphan
Beefing bout New Jersey but you living in New Orleans
I ain't even got to stab you, far from a threat
I don't get why a Hitman felt he needed to Holla at you
Come to rapper shit, you real bad at matching wits
I'm better with a badder bitch, how I'm not the catalyst?
When the shots finish flying I bury the biscuit
I fall off the same day Tyler Perry'll miss it
But what stifles me is how you sit back and idly
Call this a rivalry when your idle's me
How you throw a shot at everything you try to be?
Sad part is nothing in your life coincides with me
Now tell me that's your strategy son
The clip's extended, they looking like Natalie Nunn
Sayin' we can blow the shotties how is he supposed to stop me?
As a hobby I get high inhaling decomposing bodies
And if you decide to cross Joe, I'll be waiting with a crossbow
And feed his torso to my baby cane corso
Shit has gone far enough, it's time to finish this
Should stop starting chess matches 'gainst the limitless
Friends with my foes so my peers are annoyed
Everyday they just watch me cry tears of joy
I don't care for the ploy, came up from being hella broke
You think the fans are buying music, I'm selling hope
Here's some insight homie, fuck making a friend
My funeral gonna be by invite-only
By chance I'm going to hell maybe for selling dope
I want my own table sectioned off with a velvet rope
Might want to see Heaven, might need a telescope
A girl to restock anytime the wine cellar's low
Bottle service, maybe a couple whores
High ceilings, flat screens and double doors
I'm not a cult member, I'm not a worshipper
Just a Jers nigga tryin'a have a couple words with her
Strollin' through the hood till she seem outta place
Used to niggas blowing her up that'll cling to her waist
Me, I've never been a nigga that a fiend had to chase
Ask for gucci all you gonna get is cream to the face
So I put my G stacks up against your little weed stash
A one time only event, won't get a recap
Aim it at his knee caps, have niggas in your crib
When you get home, your lil' girl in the back they think it's TCAP
So y'all can put all the blaming on me
But keep in mind this is training for me


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After being tantalised by the animated teaser back in January, we finally have the full Lancôme by Alber Elbaz collection for you to feast your eyes on. And that's just the feature Elbaz wanted to focus on, by dressing up four of the best-selling eyeshadow palettes and mascaras from the luxury beauty brand. "The real theme running through the collection is the eyes and roundness forms," Elbaz explains. "The bottles are so fabulously rounded that they were my inspiration. I wanted to create rounded shapes with a hint of humour." The collection hits Lancôme counters next month, but you can see everything up close, when you keep clicking!


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Montana-Yellowstone Geologic Field Guide Database
Facilitating Field-Based Teaching and Learning in Montana and the Yellowstone Region
Field experiences are a central component of the modern geoscience curriculum, and published field guides and road logs are invaluable resources to facilitate the development of teaching and learning in the field. These references are also a primary means by which field-based geologic information is transferred from experienced field researchers to other instructors and the next generation of geoscience students. Despite the importance of published field guides and road logs, most of the publications of this type are part of a "gray literature" that is not widely distributed or even still available.
The Montana-Yellowstone Geologic Field Guide Database is a pilot project for making the field guide literature more accessible and useful to geoscience educators, students, and researchers. While the database is not an exhaustive listing of every published field guide, nor does it provide direct links to the full text of each reference (except for a few unpublished field guides which are reproduced as pdf files), the database is a fully-searchable listing of 50 of the best references for exploring the geology of this fascinating region.
What is the purpose of this site?This site will help college-level geoscience educators to
- discover and locate published field guides and road/traverse logs in Montana and Yellowstone National Park, popular locations for many summer field courses conducted by geology departments from across the country
- summarize the content of published field guides and road/traverse logs, and to efficiently find relevant information by means of a variety of search criteria
- participate in a community forum that shares information related to geologic field trips in Montana and Yellowstone National Park, including links to geologic field stations, campground information, and field-based exercises
- more easily locate and assimilate research results published in the field guide literature for their own research in Montana and Yellowstone
Use this resource!
- Search the Database - This page allows you to search the collection of published logs by topic, geographic location, and geologic province.
- Top 10 - Want to zero in on the best field trips in Montana and Yellowstone? This is our list of the top ten geology field trips in the area, based on superb geology, scenery, access, and educational value.
- Exercises - This page contains student exercises based on specific field localities in Montana.
- Links - This page includes a listing of geology field stations operating in Montana, a directory of geoscience departments holding field courses in Montana, and links to campground information.


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The season two premiere of "Lab Rats," the hit bionic comedy series that has ranked as Disney XD's #1 series since its 2012 premiere, will be presented MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 (9:00-9:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD. The sophomore season will include a guest appearance by Madison Pettis ("Jake and the Never Land Pirates") and will follow Leo and his siblings, teen super-humans - Adam, Bree and Chase - as they embark on critical missions with high stakes while learning more about each other and navigating everyday teenage life.
Launching at the top of year as Disney XD's #1 series premiere ever, "Lab Rats" ranked as the network's #1 series of 2012 in Total Viewers (941,000) and across target demos, including Kids 2-11 (585,000/1.4 rating), Kids 6-11 (489,000/2.0 rating) and Kids 6-14 (615,000/1.7 rating). The series also accounts for Disney XD's Top 2 original series telecasts in the network's history in Kids 6-14 and Boys 6-14.* [Source: NTI, U.S. ratings, Live + 7, 12/26/11-12/30-12]
In the season premiere, "Speed Trapped," Adam, Bree and Chase sneak out to meet Marcus in Davenport's new self-driving sports car. When Leo tries to stop them, his nemesis Marcus traps him inside the car and programs it to take him on a wild, high-speed ride bound for the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Beginning Saturday, February 9, fans can visit DisneyXD.com to watch "Lab Rats: Who Is Marcus?," a short-form series that provides a sneak peek at the video logs of Leo Dooley, who is determined to uncover the truth about Mission Creek High School's creepiest new student. In addition, on Monday, February 25, "Lab Rats: Leo's Stealth Ops," a new online game inspired by Tyrel Jackson Williams, will launch, along with behind-the-scenes videos that give viewers an inside look at Tyrel's visit to Disney Interactive, where he helped concept the game. The season two premiere of "Lab Rats" will also be available on iTunes, Microsoft Xbox and Amazon beginning Tuesday, February 26.
Created and executive-produced by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore ("That '70s Show"), the series stars Billy Unger as Chase, Spencer Boldman as Adam, Kelli Berglund as Bree, with Tyrel Jackson Williams as Leo and Hal Sparks as Davenport. Recurring are Angel Parker as Tasha and Will Forte as the voice of Eddy.
"Lab Rats" is a production of It's A Laugh Productions, Inc. It carries a TV-G parental guideline.
Disney XD is a basic cable channel and multi-platform brand showcasing a compelling mix of live-action and animated programming for Kids age 6-14, hyper-targeting boys and their quest for discovery, accomplishment, sports, adventure and humor. Disney XD branded content spans television, online, mobile and VOD platforms. The programming includes series, movies and short-form, as well as sports-themed programming developed with ESPN. In the U.S., Disney XD is seen on a 24-hour, advertiser supported network that reaches over 78 million households via its basic cable and satellite affiliates.


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In the depths of winter weather–or as deep as it gets in these parts–often the only thing standing between me and acute culinary boredom is the freezer. Sure, pumpkins and winter squash are exciting at first, but it doesn't take long before summer produce envy sets in and I start pining for the juicy tomatoes and fresh field peas of a few months ago. There's not much I can do about the tomatoes–canned and frozen are okay for cooked dishes, but they're never going to make it into one of my salads–but peas and beans that have been frozen when they're fresh lose only a little of their taste and nutrition and make a decent substitute for the fresh thing.
I have friends and neighbors who buy enough butter beans and lady cream peas to eat their summertime fill and have enough left over to blanch and freeze for the winter. In my next life, I hope to be one of these people. For now, I have to settle for store-bought frozen peas, which I'm able to find in several varieties. For this delicious, savory soup, I used Pictsweet brand speckled butter beans. They're about the same size as Fordhook lima beans, but they're dark and a little less starchy. If they're not available in your area, feel free to substitute frozen lima beans or black-eyed peas. Just avoid anything canned; I find that canned butter beans can ruin the flavor of just about anything!
Butter Bean Soup with Portabellas and Wild Rice
If you don't have wild rice, pearled barley or another grain can be used instead; just be sure to pick one that cooks in less than an hour.
- 2 medium onions, diced
- 2 ribs celery, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 cups water
- 1 pound speckled butter beans or Fordhook lima beans, fresh or frozen
- 6 ounces baby portobello mushrooms, sliced
- 1/4 cup wild rice
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed, or 2 tsp. minced fresh rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon sage
- 1-2 teaspoons salt (to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- Heat a large non-stick pot. Add the onions, and saute until they begin to brown, about 6 minutes. (Add a tablespoon or two of water to prevent sticking, if necessary.) Add the celery and garlic, and cook for another two minutes.
- Add the water and butter beans and bring to a boil. Add all remaining ingredients, bring back to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until the beans and wild rice are both done, 45-55 minutes. If necessary, thin soup with water as it is cooking, according to taste. Just before serving, about 1/2 cup of the beans may be mashed or blended to make the broth thicker.
Preparation time: 10 minute(s) | Cooking time: 55 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 6
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Why hello there Friday, I missed you.
5 pm Friday night is my favorite time of the week. It's kind of like Christmas Eve. You see, Christmas Eve is nothing short of fabulous because no matter my age, I am always excited for Christmas morning. Similarly, Fridays nights are prime time to anticipate 48 hours of freedom. Ok…studying, but I don't have to be anywhere, and that makes me smile.
Corey , however, prefers Sunday afternoons. Being the ray of sunshine that I am, I find Sunday afternoons depressing.
Well this week was a long one, and tonight I was craving something warm, hearty and healthy. Enter; Moroccan Pumpkin and Lentils, courtesy of Vegetarian Times.
I was hesitant at first. I usually think of pumpkin as something sweet. In my world, the word "pumpkin" is usually followed by sticky buns, pie and bread. So the idea of spicy pumpking seemed…odd.
Well, I was wrong! Spicy pumpkin = awesomeness. (<– word of the day)
This recipe is surprisingly good and satisfying. It's savory, spicy, in season, and 1 cup cooked pumpkin provides the following RDA; 245% of vitamin A, 19% of vitamin C, 8% of iron, and even a sneaky 4% of calcium. (source). These numbers are for the pumpkin alone!
Since I only altered the recipe slightly, I'm going to give you the link to the original recipe, a list of my additions and offer tips to make peeling a pumpkin slightly less frustrating.
Recipe for Moroccan Pumpkin & Lentils
My Additions
- Instead of 1 tbsp paprika, I used 1/2 tbsp paprika and 1/2 tbsp smoked spanish paprika
- Once the stew was thoroughly cooked, I turned the heat off, mixed in 2 cups of chopped spinach and let sit until wilted.
Peeling a Pumpkin
*these directions are for a small, 1-2 lb pumpkin. You may need to cut a larger pumpkin into smaller chunks to keep it manageable
Option A
- using caution and a sharp knife, cut away the stem and bottom of the pumpkin, creating two flat surfaces
- wash and thoroughly dry the pumpkin
- balance your pumpkin on a flat side
- using a paring knife (or sharp vegetable peeler), peel the skin away in long, even strokes
- Flip the pumpkin over and repeat until you remove the entire peel
Option B
- remove stem and bottom, as in directions above
- cut in half
- scoop out seeds
- placing cut side down, microwave until tender (time will vary depending on size & microwave)
- let cool & peel skin away


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The cream of the British music industry -- including The Spice Girls, The Who, and the teaming of pop goddess Jesse J with the remaining members of Queen -- rocked Olympic Stadium to close the London 2012 Games in a spectacular, joyful ceremony.
The dazzling, psychedelic celebration took spectators on a journey through the swinging sixties of Carnaby Street into 1980s new wave and onto the power ballads of the nineties before closing with rap and pop tracks that rule today's U.K. charts. Sunday's ceremony, titled "A Symphony of British Music," was set against an ever-changing physical and digital backdrop.
"We lit the flame, and we lit up the world," London organizing committee chief Sebastian Coe said. "When our time came, Britain, we did it right."
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The often tongue-in-cheek performances began with replicas of famed London landmarks Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, and the London Eye being stripped of newspaper wrappings to reveal a bustling, technicolor representation of a metropolis in motion. The soundtrack? "Our House," sung live by 80s' chart-toppers Madness, as well as Blur's "Park Life," and the Pet Shop Boys' "West End Girls." Singer Ray Davies later arrived via black cab to perform the Kink's 1967 classic "Waterloo Sunset."
Members of Stomp, the ageless, trash-can-pounding West End musical really got the 80,000 revelers in attendance cheering the city, the athletes and the volunteers that made these Games such a success.
Along with the greats of the British music scene, more than 4,100 participants including 3,500 adult volunteers and 380 schoolchildren from the six east London host boroughs participated in the event according to the official London 2012 website.
'We want to create a fabulous emotional experience, something people remember for years to come," said artistic director Kim Gavin in a statement prior to the closing ceremony. And memorable it was, in particular the moment when the thousands of indefatigable volunteers were symbolically thanked for their hard work.
The audience first rose to their feet in unison as the march of the athletes began with flag-bearers entering the stadium in single file. In a surprise twist, the more than 10,000 participants from 204 countries arrived via many entry points, including through the rows of seated spectators who cheered and offered back-slaps to the competitors as they took their places around a giant Union Jack shaped stage that covered the arena floor.
In contrast to the opening ceremony athletes marched together, not by nationality, thus allowing them to be free to enjoy the festivities as a united group. This tradition began in Melbourne, Australia at the 1956 Games and is seen as bringing the global athletes together as one nation.
Some 70,000 pixels adorned the seats of the stadium, turning the arena into a giant light-box of flashing visuals that encouraged the participants to sing along as George Michael took the stage for his mega-hit "Freedom 90." In a poignant moment, the face of John Lennon appeared to hover above the crowd and sing his 1971 hit "Imagine" while a three dimensional jigsaw of the late Beatle's face was created center stage. Later in the proceedings, Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen who died in 1991, also made an appearance via video screens.
Prince Harry, the Duchess of Cambridge and other members of the Royal Family were in attendance to watch the flag handover ceremony. The Queen released a statement thanking the volunteers but did not attend as there was no official role for the head of state, according to Buckingham Palace. Prince William had to return to his post as a helicopter search-and-rescue pilot for the Royal Air Force in advance of the evening's entertainment.
During a tribute to British fashion, models Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Lily Cole, Georgia Jagger and Stella Tennant were clad in gold designer duds by homegrown designers including Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Burberry and Jonathan Saunders as they strut across the stage - all to the strains of what else but David Bowie's "Fashion."
And it wouldn't have been a celebration of English quirk without a nod to the country's great tradition of comedy. Monty Python alum Eric Idle almost stole the show as he enlisted everyone in a sing-along version of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" from 1979s "Life of Brian."
Another banner moment occurred when The Spice Girls reunited to sing "Wannabe" and "Spice Up Your Life" all the while careening around the track atop glittering black taxis. Liam Gallagher followed with a performance of the Oasis hit "Wonderwall." In other Brit supergroup pairings, the remaining members of Queen enlisted the vocal prowess of Jesse J. to get the audience chanting the anthem "We Will Rock You."
Other entertainers on the night included celebrated "Right Here, Right Now" deejay Fat Boy Slim, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran who joined members of Pink Floyd for a version of "Wish You Were Here," Annie Lennox in full 1980s goth-get-up belting out "Little Bird" and comedian Russell Brand who made his entrance via a psychedelic bus and then proceeded to shout "I Am the Walrus." Jesse J was back on deck along with Tinie Tempah and Taio Cruz -- the trio collaborating on a bass-thumping version of the Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing."
Former teen heartthrobs Take That also regrouped for a performance. The '90s group sang "Rule the World" before prima ballerina Darcy Bussell and 300 dancers took to the stage as embodiments of the dying flames of the Olympic Cauldron. As their dance played out, a giant red Phoenix rose above the fire that at its extinguishing, signaled the official end of the London 2012 Games.
In a breathtaking finale, The Who belted out their hits "Baba O'Riley" and "My Generation" as the London sky was punctuated with erupting fireworks.
The celebration allowed competitors to let down their hair, mingle and momentarily forget sporting battles won and lost. It also provided host country Great Britain a final opportunity to show off its artistic accomplishments before handing the Olympic reigns to Sochi, Russia, the tourist resort area on the southwest coast of the Black Sea that will host the 2014 Winter Games.


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TV Land better invest in a really good bleep button: The saucy women of Hot in Cleveland will go live in an episode set for next summer. The "super-sized" live episode will launch Hot in Cleveland's summer season on Wednesday, June 19 at 10/9c.
Hot in Cleveland, which stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White, already tapes in front of a live studio, but this episode represents the first time the show has done a live episode on air.
"This is going to be big," says TV Land president Larry W. Jones. "It's exhilarating because you just never know what might happen. We've got true sitcom veterans with the cast of Hot in Cleveland and I can't wait to see what unfolds."
Hot in Cleveland is currently shooting its fourth season. New episodes of the sitcom return to TV Land on Wednesday, November 28 at 10/9c.
Hot in Cleveland's producers are still determining how long the "super-size" live episode will be, but confirm that it will be longer than a traditional 22-minute episode. The live show will tape on Hot in Cleveland's normal stage at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, Calif. Hot in Cleveland won't perform a second live episode for the West Coast; instead, the live episode will repeat on tape for the Pacific Time zone.


text: I am a freelance U.S. artist based in Northeast Georgia. My paintings and drawings vary from realistic portraits of faces and hands to the more loosely rendered paintings of images from my subconscious. In these dreamlike works, the symbols and motifs I use are not strictly defined in a universal language but have personal meaning to me. It is not my goal to make a clear statement to viewers but it is my hope they can obtain meaning that is true for them based on their own personal experiences. While the concepts behind most of my paintings are of a serious nature, my depictions are often whimsical.Whether realistically or loosely rendered, hands are featured in most of my works. The hand is where our minds meet the world. Without them, we would be unable to do much of what our minds create. It is for this reason and for the fact that, like fingerprints, hands are unique to each individual person that I am fascinated with representing them in my work.I work in a variety of mediums including, but not limited to, graphite, charcoal, chalk pastel, oil paint, acrylic paint, watercolor, pen and ink and encaustic. In addition to painting and drawing I am also a photographer, cake designer and singer. More of my work in these various genres can be viewed via my website at http://jennkc77.wix.com/jkellumclements - J.Kellum Clements


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Cape Cod is a beautiful peninsula off of southeastern Massachusetts. Extending 65 miles from the mainland, it is bounded by Cape Cod Bay on the north, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds on the South, and Buzzards Bay on the west. With almost 600 miles of coastline, Cape Cod offers some of the finest beaches in the world, especially those along the Cape Cod National Seashore, a 40-mile stretch of unspoiled sandy beach on the Outer Cape.
Charming villages and towns feature local crafts and luxury shopping alongside lobster huts, clam shacks, and refined world-class dinning. One of the top U.S. golfing destinations, Cape Cod offers over 40 scenic courses ranging from challenging to fun. You can fish, swim, or relax in the coastal waters, or head out by boat from the yacht club or your private dock. Traditionally a summer vacation area, the Cape is increasingly becoming a four season and retirement destination.
Cape Cod incorporates all of Barnstable County, which comprises 15 towns: Bourne, Sandwich, Falmouth, Mashpee, Barnstable, Yarmouth, Harwich, Dennis, Brewster, Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown. Each of these towns includes a number of villages; see Barnstable County for a complete list.
Whether you are looking for a second or even third home or thinking of retirement, LandVest offers spectacular properties for sale throughout Cape Cod.
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Air: Commercial air service to Cape Cod operates out of Barnstable Municipal Airport and Provincetown Municipal Airport. General aviation airports include: Chatham Municipal Airport, Falmouth Airpark, and the Cape Cod Airfield.
Rail: The CapeFLYER is a seasonal passenger rail service between Boston and Hyannis that operates on summer weekends from Memorial Day through Columbus Day.
Water: High-speed ferry service runs from Boston to Provincetown, as well as from Woods Hole and Hyannis to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
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Down On Me
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gospel, religious song
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Hall, Vera Ward [vocal]
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Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street
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Greenwich Village, New York City (New York), New York (United States)
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:: Culture ::
Southern U.S., African American, Alabama
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Vera Hall II 1948
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T820.0, Track 2 (00:02:31)
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Reel to Reel
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1 - This session is comprised of tapes recorded at 15 IPS, probably used as working sequences for a possible LP. Alan Lomax used an Echo box to produce the effect heard on Vera Hall's voice. These recordings have been compiled into an individual session because they were not recorded as candid interviews, but as conscious attempts at professional recording for commercial release. T819.07, 08, and 09 are fragments of Henry Wallace campaign songs sung by Woody Guthrie and an unidentified man, with fiddle and guitar.
2 - One of the tape boxes is given a date of Sunday, May 23rd. This date has been assumed for the entire session. [Source: Tape Box]
3 - This session of recordings represents the only time that Vera Hall left the state of Alabama. She was invited to New York by Alan Lomax to perform in the Fourth Annual Festival of Contemporary American Music at Columbia University in the City of New York, May 10th through May 16th, 1948, sponsored by the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University. Vera performed on Saturday, May 15th, 8:30pm, at the McMillin Theater. The concert was entitled Ballads, Hoe-Downs, Spirituals (White and Negro), and Blues, with performances by Texas Gladden, Hobart Smith, Jean Ritchie, Brownie Mcghee, Vera Hall, Dan Burley, Pete Seeger, and narrations by Alan Lomax. These recordings were made not at the concert, but during the remainder of Vera Hall?s stay in New York with Alan Lomax.
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0 - Written and composed by Eddie Head, 1930.
0 - Echo slight. [Source: Tape Box]
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Vera Hall 1948
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When Andrea Pirlo struck his delicately chipped penalty for Italy against England, he was aping one of the UEFA European Championship's greatest-ever moments. The technique may now be a common feature of the game but it dates back to Antonin Panenka's penalty in the 1976 final, which has left an indelible mark on football.
Seen as one of the game's most self-assured acts on the field, with the spot-kick nonchalantly lobbed down the middle of the goal, a Panenka my not take too much skill, but the nerve required is unrivalled. FIFA.com looks back at some of those who have successfully, and unsuccessfully, followed in the great man's footsteps.
A style is born
The method exploded into the public consciousness in a game in which the pressure couldn't have been much higher. After Czechoslovakia had played out a 2-2 draw with Germany in the climax of the '76 tournament, Panenka stepped up in the resulting penalty shoot-out with the chance to win their first ever major title.
Facing Sepp Maier, the midfielder strolled up and delicately floated the ball down the middle of the goal, with the German diving away to his left. "I suspect that he doesn't like the sound of my name too much. I never wished to make him look ridiculous," Panenka told UEFA.com.
"On the contrary, I chose the penalty because I saw and realised it was the easiest and simplest recipe for scoring a goal. It is a simple recipe."
It was the work of "either a genius or a madman" according to Pele, but as Pirlo showed, it has spawned a cult following and the cheeky chip has reared its head in some huge games since its mainstream debut over 35 years ago.
I chose the penalty because I saw and realised it was the easiest and simplest recipe for scoring a goal. It is a simple recipe.
The biggest stage it has appeared on since then is undoubtedly the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ Final, when the irrepressible Zinedine Zidane took the technique as close as possible to perfection. The final between France and Italy was just six minutes old when the Real Madrid man had the chance to open the scoring from the spot.
With his usual swagger, *Zizou *stepped up to effortlessly loft the ball over Gianluigi Buffon and clip the underside of the crossbar. The ball bounced a foot over the line, putting the French ahead, and encapsulated the Algerian-born playmaker's knack for both style and substance in his final game.
Panenka preference
Zidane is undoubtedly on the 'genius' side of Pele's assessment, but with a nickname like *El Loco, *Uruguayan forward Sebastian Abreu could arguably fall into the latter category when he produced a Panenka of his own four years later in South Africa.
After a 1-1 draw with Ghana, Uruguay were just one spot-kick away from their first semi-final in 40 years. The technique is built on the assumption that, more often than not, the goalkeeper will dive out of the way and, luckily for Abreu, Richard Kingson did just that to see them into the final four.
However Abreu, who has made a habit of producing a Panenka, scoring two in the same game for Botafogo against Flamengo and another against Brazil in the 2007 Copa America semi-final, feels he deserves the same recognition as Zidane received.
"What word did you use to describe Zidane's penalty?" asked the veteran striker. "Crazy? No, magical. So why not Abreu? Those are the decisions you have to take. And at the same time you have to try your best and make sure the ball goes in."
Pirlo is by no means the first Italian to perform the feat at a European Championship either. Back at EURO 2000, Rome's favourite son Francesco Totti displayed his trademark self-confidence in emphatic style against the Netherlands in the semi-final. The Roma talisman rubbed salt in Dutch wounds as he sauntered up to put Gli Azzurri 3-0 up on penalties by sending Edwin van der Sar the wrong way, chipping into the right-hand corner.
What word did you use to describe Zidane's penalty? Crazy? No, magical. So why not Abreu?
Another was to grace a EUROs shoot-out at the next edition, with England the unfortunate recipients again, this time at the hands of 2004 hosts Portugal. Trailing 5-4 and into sudden death, Helder Postiga stepped up with the weight of a nation on his shoulders. However the then Tottenham Hotspur man wasn't fazed a bit, leaving David James stranded as the ball floated into the centre of the net. The Portuguese took the game after the next pair of penalties.
Brazilian maestro Djalminha also scored a memorable example for Deportivo La Coruna against a 21-year-old Iker Casillas to spark a revival from 2-0 down to draw with Real Madrid back in 2002, but history is littered with those who tried and failed, leaving with only egg on their face.
When a good idea goes bad
Trying it in a cup final, as has been shown, can secure you legendary status, but only if all goes to plan. Unfortunately, Nantes captain Mikel Landreau wasn't so lucky in the 2004 Coupe de la Ligue. All the goalkeeper had to do was score in the shootout to take the title, but his lofted effort was comfortably caught by opposite number Teddy Richert, who saved again moments later to give Sochaux the title.
Brazilian superstar Neymar has had his fair share of Panenka problems too. Having missed one in a 2010 pre-season friendly for Santos, the teenager thought he would try again a few weeks later – in the Copa do Brasil final. Neymar strolled up to take a first-leg penalty only to loft the ball into the grateful Vitoria goalkeeper's hands. Needless to say the home fans weren't happy, but luckily for him they managed to lift the cup 3-2 on aggregate.
A year later, an even more prestigious Brazilian penalty-taker failed with a lofted spot-kick in the same competition. Goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni is world-renowned for his dead ball skills, but he met his match when Sao Paulo faced Santa Cruz in the second round. Ceni chose to dink his strike straight down the middle of the goal, only for Tiago Cardoso to acrobatically deny the Brazilian international, though Sao Paulo sneaked through 2-1.
Dicing with defeat
Another who was counting his lucky stars was Marko Devic, who looked to have dashed Metalist Kharkiv's hopes of a reaching their first ever continental quarter-final in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League. With 15 minutes remaining, and trailing 2-0 on aggregate to Olympiacos, he spurned what looked like a lifeline as his deft effort from 12 yards didn't fool Balazs Megyeri. However two goals in the final ten minutes, scoring the second himself, saw them through on away goals.
Even if a game isn't decided on a missed Panenka – or at least threatens to be, it's not something anyone wants to endure. Peter Crouch was on his way to a maiden England hat-trick in their warm-up game for Germany 2006 against Jamaica when he faced that particular ignominy.
The score was 5-0 when he stepped up for his penalty, expecting to seal a treble, only to embarrassingly over-cook his chip and send it sailing over the bar. While the towering striker made amends later to walk away with the match ball, it did serve as a warning: it's not as easy as it looks.


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If you live in the greater Bay Area and you play Bolt Action or would love to try it out, check out our facebook page Bolt Action Bay Area.
I have been playing this game now for about 8 months and I am totally in love with it. It is in a lot of ways similar to warhammer and 40K, but in a lot of ways it's very different. One thing that is eyecatching: it's much less complicated. And that is part of why I like it. My buddies and I can truly enjoy the flow of the game, the models on the table and basically hanging out with eachother, chatting about work, family or whatever without stressing (or arguing) about the rules.
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Part of me starting Bolt Action, was the fact that my wife's grandma was WW2 veteran in the 10th mountain division and received two purple hearts and a bronze star for his service in Northern Italy in 1944-45. It led me to model my first army, the 92nd all black regiment that fought in Northern Italy.
1000 point army, enough for plenty of fun games!
The history behind Bolt Action, WW2, is so vast and there is always something new to learn, often you find that out when you are modeling a specific vehicle or unit. It makes it interesting knowing that all of this is real and not a made up world. It's also enjoyable to model you kits on actual vehicles, like the camo on this crusader,
which matches the real one:
British eighth army Crusader
Maybe it's my middle age man syndrome, but I am kind of totally over Games Workshop. I feel angry about the companies strategies over the last 4 years or so and I am convinced they have destroyed the playfullness and creativity of the game to make as much profit as possible. The pricing of new models is astounding.
Warlord, maker of Bolt Action, is an upstart compared to GW, and they display a more youthful exuberance about their product. The models are not cheap, but much cheaper then GW's models. Also, you don't need as many models in Bolt Action to have a good game.
If you interested in WW2 history and love to model creatively, play some mellow games and believe in the cinematic feel of this game, give it a try. AND if you live in the Bay Area, check out our new Bolt Action Bay Area page. The goal is to promote this game in our neck of the woods, get together and maybe organize a tournament or so.
We also have a blog: Santa Cruz Warhammer Historical, where we mix history with modeling. Become a follower!
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