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Former principal, Reynolds School District reach civil compromise agreement
Gilbert will pay the district $17,216 between July 2013 and March 2014
Jeff Gilbert, the former principal of Reynolds High School whose contract was terminated June 20, 2012, will pay the Reynolds School District $17,216.03 by March 2014.
The Reynolds School Board voted unanimously at its Wednesday, June 12, business meeting to approve a civil compromise agreement between the district and Gilbert that states he will pay $2,000 per month to the district beginning in July, with a final payment of $1,216.03 next March.
The agreement comes after the district commissioned a private investigator, Susan Nisbet, to conduct an investigation over the course of 18 months into Gilberts potential misuse of public funds.
The investigation revealed that over the course of his employment, Mr. Gilbert had misrepresented personal purchases and sought and obtained reimbursement for expenses he did not incur in the amount of $17,216.03, Jennifer Ellis, director of human resources, told the school board.
Gilbert, however, sees the investigation and agreement differently.
"After living through an 18-month investigation costing my family over $100,000 in legal fees, we have made the painful decision to end my conflict with the Reynolds School District, Gilbert wrote in an emailed Thursday afternoon.
The district has vast resources and there seemed no end in sight to their pursuit of this issue, so I felt that a civil compromise was the only course of action to make this end. The time has come for it to be over for all parties. It was an honor for me to serve the students and community of Reynolds."
Chris Lundberg, an attorney with Haglund Kelley Jones & Wilder who had represented Gilbert, declined to comment.
I no longer represent Mr. Gilbert in connection with this matter, Lundberg said.
Gilbert was principal of Reynolds High School from 2008 until he was fired for alleged misuse of public funds, failure to maintain his administrator license and insubordination last year by former Superintendent Joyce Henstrand.
Gilbert had filed an appeal of his termination first with the school board and then with the state's Fair Dismissal Appeals Board, but the district asked for the appeal to be dismissed, and the appeals board granted that motion.
Under the agreement, Gilbert waives his right to file any appeal contesting his dismissal from the district and any suit or action against the district related to his employment.
The agreement said that on or about June 3, 2013, a deputy district attorney with the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office told Gilbert's counsel his office was prepared to seek an indictment against him for theft based on the evidence developed in Nisbet's investigation.
If Gilbert and the school district were able to reach an agreement, the office would refrain from pursuing criminal charges against Gilbert.
According to Nisbet's report, Gilbert requested and received 18 separate reimbursements from student body funds for personal purchases between July 19, 2009, and Jan. 23, 2012.
It also states Gilbert sought and obtained reimbursement for expenses he did not incur for $5,454.85 and obtained double reimbursement for furniture bought from City Liquidators for $3,266.70.
In total, the report states that Gilbert fraudulently claimed 21 separate reimbursements that were either false, misleading or consisted of fraudulent invoices.
The report details the personal purchases as vehicle rentals; a memorial video for a family funeral; video arcade games; flat screen HDTVs; an entry table; a home theater system; wireless music speakers; jewelry; home office supplies and a printer; and household items.


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� Kayla Jones, a freshman business major, has been awarded The University of Findlay's R.M. Churchwell Scholarship for the 2012-13 academic year at the Findlay, Ohio school.
Jones, a 2012 graduate of Bartram Trail High School, is the daughter of Mindi and Daniel Jones, St. Augustine.
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The FC United of Florida, a nonprofit competitive soccer club of Northeast Florida, second annual spring auction is planned May 5, and donations are now being sought for the fundraiser. All donating companies will be advertised in the auction program. Welcomed are items, service or dollar amounts. Donations are tax deductible, and the money raised will go toward scholarships for skilled players, advanced training programs, an academy program for the youngest players and administrative costs of the club.
Call 434-0906.
Speech contest
The Putnam-St Johns County Contest sponsored by the Florida Farm Bureau Federation's Women's Leadership Program begins at 4:30 p.m. May 7 at the East Palatka Office, 147 S Highway 17. It is open to any student who is at least 14 years of age, and not over 18 (not having reached their 19th birthday on or before Sept. 13, 2013). It is not required to be a member of Farm Bureau to participate, but students must be a resident of Putnam or St Johns County.
The local county contest is offering $100 for first place, $50 for second place, and $25 for third. The topic for this year's contest is "Over the past 500 years, how has technology influenced Florida agriculture?" For information, and to apply, contact the Putnam County office at 386-325-5822 or email Insley.Arrants@ffbic.
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Breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent.
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Fresh water ecosystem. The study collated data from hundreds of laboratory experiments and field surveys to ascertain the speed at which methane fluxes increase with temperatureCredit: Professor Ralf Conrad
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New Yale-led research suggests how and when Earth came to develop one of its most distinct features — rigid tectonic plates — and why Venus, Earth's twin-like neighbor, never has. (Illustration by Walter Myers)
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P-rich rocks the Zaonega Formation, Karelia: Phosphorous-rich intervals occur within a succession of organic-rich sedimentary rocks that are 2.0 Ga old and record major global environmental changes in the aftermath the rise of atmospheric oxygen at 2.3 Ga. Credit: Avio Lepland/Norges geologiske undersøkelse
Princeton University graduate student Andrew Babbin (left) prepares a seawater collection device known as a rosette. The team used samples of seawater to determine how nitrogen is removed from the oceans. (Research photos courtesy of A. Babbin)
The researchers collected the samples in 2012 in the ocean off Baja California.
Researchers added specific amounts and types of nitrogen and organic compounds to test tubes containing seawater, and then noted whether denitrification or anammox occurred.Credit: Photo courtesy of Andrew Babbin
The expansion of the Antarctic ice shield 14 million years ago was followed by a warming of the Southern ocean's surface temperature. Photo: Frank Roedel, Alfred-Wegener-Institut
Aerial photo of the mountains and glaciers on the antarctic peninsula; taken from board Polar 6 during measurement flights in November 2013. Photo: Robert Ricker, Alfred-Wegener-Institut
The Filchner-Ronne shelf ice is part of the Antarctic ice shield, which expanded to its near-modern volume 14 million years ago. Photo: Ralph Timmermann, Alfred-Wegener-Institut
Night-shining, or noctilucent clouds on July 3, 2011, in Lock Leven, Fife, Scotland.Image Credit: Courtesy of Adrian Maricic
NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, mission captured this image of noctilucent clouds over the poles in 2010. By compiling data from several missions at once, researchers have now created a record of the clouds at lower latitudes as well.Image Credit: NASA/AIM


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The Phantom Pain wasn't the only new title to see a debut at this year's VGAs.
This trailer looks absolutely IINCREDIBLE!
I couldnt believe my eyes when it said "Dark Souls 2" I thought it was going to be Skyrim related
Epic trailer
*Praises The Sun*
That looks promising!!
Cant wait for more wandering in Dark Souls 2!
Praise the Sun
Praise the sun!
Dark/Demon Souls is pre-Skyrim. Give credit where credit is due.
Will this be on Next Gen systems, including the Wii U?
Demon/Dark Souls really reinvigorated my passion as a gamer. No announcement could make me ruin my panties any harder.
Yes, I'm sure it will be on all the current gen systems.
i thought it was going to be the new skyrim dlc with the way the announcer described it, and was so happy to see it was dark souls 2.
I knew what she was going too announce just a few words in to her description.
As long as it's From Software, we have nothing to worry about...
Only thing i didnt like that From Software did was the downgrade of AC4A to AC5.
Why is this 360 tagged? Sony owns the DARK SOUL IP so no way in hell its coming to the Xbox.
Edit: My bad, yes I was thinking about Demon Souls...have not played Dark Souls 1 yet but from what I heard its just as good if not better that Demon Soul...can someone confirm this?
@ Alpha - Yes I really hope we see another Demon Souls game but not sure if its going to be the same with out the same developers.
Sony should give it to Santa Monica studio, those guys would do the game justice.
Sony owns the Demon's souls IP, not the Dark Souls one. Dark Souls was on the 360.
You're thinking about Demons Souls, not Dark Souls. Dark Souls is multiplatform.
@Neckbear: You beat me too it haha
Sony owns the Demons Souls ip not Dark Souls m8
I wonder if we will ever see Demon's Souls II
Sony is missing out
Sony really let Demon's Souls IP get away from them as an exclusive. Because really, Dark Souls is Demon's Souls 2 in almost everything but name.
I don't care, but I would think Sony would.
"I heard its just as good if not better that Demon Soul...can someone confirm this?"
Both are great games. Both are similar, and have their positives.
I personally like Demon's Souls better for the atmosphere, level design, story behind each arch stone, and better stat-scaling and online.
Now Dark Souls has levels that interconnect in a Metroid / Symphony of the Night kind of way, more armor / weapon upgrade paths, and Estus Flasks to eliminate near infinite herb-munching healing.
Dark Souls also added the bonfire checkpoint system, which some say makes the game easier. I don't think so though.
When people talk of restarting the whole level upon death in Demon's Souls, it seems that they forget the shortcuts that can be opened along the way to bypass most if not all of the levels' dangers. You can actually hop out of the Nexus and be at the bosses door in a couple of minutes or less.
I also feel that Dark Souls almost tries to push you into close combat with bosses. It's either close quarters, multiple boss enemies, the boss will rush you down, or the safest place to be is right next to the boss where it will whiff most of it's attacks or do very little damage if managing to hit (other than that one telegraphed grab / aeo / super move each has).
You really do need to learn to shoot / cast on the move.
But then again, a bow user with poison arrows can trivialize a few of the most frustrating areas, like Sen's Fortress. Snipe ahead and simply concentrate on traps at your leisure.
Eh, I can go on. I really like the games. They both have their nuances, but if you had fun with Dark Souls, you'll most-likely have fun with Demon's Souls.
Demon's Souls and Dark Souls were unquestionably my game of the years for 2009 and 2011! Best DLC for 2012 too!
Badass cinema scenes here! I wonder who these new masked enemies are and how they fit into the lore.
It looks as though there might be some sort of new trading system beyond dropping things on the ground with they way they make a point of showing the one character pass off the feather to another.
I'm almost crying right now, so damn excited, I love this series, Demon's/Dark Souls are by the best Rpgs this gen imo.
I don't get it.. Dark Souls was the name of a sequel. So its a sequel of a sequel? Yeah that makes sense..
Lol so I'm sure you didn't appreciate Final Fantasy 13-2 ... Or Call of duty black ops 2, or anything that branches off of anything ever.
Dark Souls was NOT a sequel. It was a spiritual successor. It's akin to FF games being different to each other except for the direct sequels.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i havent even finish demon souls *manly crys* *shoots my self* lol
Straight outta left field, folks. Sun be praised.
Oh lord I feel like I am about to die a lot again...
Cool trailer wouldve liked some gameplay though but that will probably come at e3 or sooner.
i s*** myself when that preview came on. A grown man. S*** myself. I am not embarassed about it either. Holy f***in s***!!!!!
My heart stopped. It just stopped beating.
Bring it on. I am going to die SO MANY TIMES! <3
edit: I was intnending for that to be a good thing XD
Meh. Demon's Souls 2 of GTFO.
Couldn't care less about the Dark Souls as that was shit compared to Demon's Souls.
What's with all of the good IPs dying out this gen?
I wouldn't be surprised if you only like it more because its only on PS3.
No hes right Demons Souls was alot better just facts.
well, he is trolling every article about DS2:) so no worries.and @ bumpmapping-opinions are not facts.
sorry but i loved demons souls as much as the next guy but dark souls truly delivered and surpassed its predeccesor. either way im stoked there will be a sequel, from software have created my best gaming experience this gen and needless to say day 1!
prepare to die.... again!
I do think Demon's Souls was the better game simply because of the experience it first delivered.
Dark Souls is a damn fine game though and I really enjoyed it so I'm excited to see what improvements the sequel will bring.
i would agree with meatabstract that the experience with Dem.S. was the 1st one and more memorable. but i think that Dark S. simply improved on that.
While I did marginally prefer Demon's Souls, to say Dark Souls was shit is just stupid. Those games are 1st and 2nd on my favorite games of the generation list. You're probably the type of person who says jaggies make your "eyeballs bleed" or that one version of a multiplat "destroys" another because of some small difference. This announcement is the best gaming news I've heard all year.
The faboyism is strong in this one
UMADBRO? U mad that that a Sony exclusive evolved into something better and went multiplat? Umadbro?
Why is he a fanboy? I enjoyed Demon's Souls and Dark Souls both, but I still think Demon's Souls was the better game.
The two titles are very much alike, sure. But there's something about Demon's Souls' story and locations that stand out to me. It seemed much more inspired to me. To each his own, though.
Demon's Souls being a PS3 exclusive has nothing to do with it either. I'm a PS3/PC gamer and I think BioShock / Demon's Souls are the best games of the generation. BioShock was released on the PS3 after the 360 and PC releases, mind you.
You need to stop throwing the fanboy term around like a kid and actually accept the fact that some people prefer different things. Shocking, I know.
AWESOOOOMMMEEE!!! Judging by the trailer the dragons will have more presence this time. I'm also thinking the masked enemies have more about them. I'm thinking masks will play a role in this game: probably for online invasion, pvp, coop and stuff like that?
i dont want a pc version they would mess it up with resolution and frame rate locks
Not really, they didn't have experience with PC and the frame rate lock was justified because the animations were made for 30 fps.
I'm pretty sure they'll make a good PC version, I would prefer 1080p with locked 30 fps rather than sub hd with unstable framerate which was fatal for my ps3 playthrough since I died some times because of the lag. Dark souls is worth playing at 30 fps.
I am a PC gamer and all but I think console will be my choice platform (PS3 particularly as my Xbox360 broke) for From Software anything.
Nah, they'll get it right this time... even if they don't, the game would still be worth playing in PC due to mods
Guessing they're going with the kindle fire ending from dark souls AKA do exactly what the gods wanted and stop the age of Humanity. Dark souls was my fav game last yr and totally surprised by this announcement. Can't wait
i literally went full retard after this announcement
i don't think anyone expected that, at least not so soon.
Well Gentlemen, time to get used to seeing yourself in Undead form yet again.
BADAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS. Loved Dark Souls. One of my favorite this generation alongside Demon's Souls and 3D Dot Game Heroes. I hope this game will be harder than the first but if not then at least don't make it easier.
Really nice to see this, though half of me hopes it's on the next-gen consoles.
pc day 1 please!!!!!!!!
site is gold pc confirmed praise the sun! http://www.darksoulsii.com/
and when i click pc it takes me to games for windows so gfwl confirmed ? oh well i dont care still buying.
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BAKER � Past Gator champions and present Gators hoping to become champions will be on display Friday night at Baker School's Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium. Members of Baker's 1983 and 1993 state championship teams will be honored as the 2013 Gators host Jay in The War on Highway 4. The game, which kicks off at 7 p.m., also is a key District 1-1A game.
BAKER � Past Gator champions and present Gators hoping to become champions will be on display Friday night at Baker School's Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium.
Members of Baker's 1983 and 1993 state championship teams will be honored as the 2013 Gators host Jay in The War on Highway 4. The game, which kicks off at 7 p.m., also is a key District 1-1A game.
If the Gators (6-0, 1-0) win, they assure themselves a spot in the playoffs.
"The biggest thing about Friday night is if we win, we are in," Baker Coach Matt Brunson said. "We haven't locked down a playoff position in some time (2008). We are trying to beat Jay, win the War on Four, and lock down a playoff spot.
"We are proud of the tradition and storied history of Baker football. We have as many state championships in football as the rest of the schools in Okaloosa County put together. I think the community will come out and they are looking forward to seeing these guys (from the old teams)."
Brunson thinks the Baker community is equally excited about seeing whether the Gators can continue the hot start to the season.
"The community is getting behind this football team," he said. "This team, like we've said all along, has the makings of something special. I think Friday night is going to be another step in that direction."
Jay (3-3, 0-1) runs a spread offense similar to the one Auburn University used in winning the 2010 national championship.
"Kent Smith (Royal coach) does a great job, and his son was an assistant at Auburn under Gus Malzahn when they ran the Cam Newton stuff," Brunson said. "I think they do a good job with their spread and they do some spread read stuff.
"You've got your hands full defending them. We feel like we've got a good plan together and it's going to depend on how our guys go out and execute. They do a good job of getting guys in space so you have to make plays."
Brunson said Royal running back Braden Cross presents a threat with his speed and that quarterback Tate Upton is a good athlete throwing to Ashton Dennington at receiver.
The Royal player Brunson is most impressed with though is on the defensive side of the ball. Middle linebacker A.J. Nash is only a sophomore, but he has Brunson's attention.
"He's about 210 pounds and I haven't seen many linebackers that play like this kid," Brunson said.
Brunson might be impressed with Nash, but don't expect the Gators to vary from their proven formula of running the ball inside.
"They are kind of a 4-4 defensive team," he said. "We kind of run out of an I formation and some varied wing-T looks. They are going to get up there and storm the line of scrimmage and get a lot of guys in the box.
"We are just going to see if somehow we can chip three and four yards out of it. If you keep pounding eventually we knock a hole in there and if D.J. Thomas breaks a tackle we have a chance (for him to score on a long run)."
Brunson didn't try to downplay the importance of Friday's big game.
"This is the biggest game of the season bar none because it's the rivalry game against Jay," he said. "These Jay games are talked about for years to come.
"And again, if we win we are in (the playoffs) and that makes it the biggest game in the last five years."
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A frequent concern for parents who are dropping their student off at college for the first time is how their child will avoid the stereotypical pitfalls of university life. Alcohol, drugs, promiscuity, excessive video gaming and pornography are perceived as widespread on many college campuses. With so many temptations, it's hard not to worry about how your child will handle being on his own for the first time.
A study from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate revealed that one way to ease these concerns is by sending your student to a Catholic college. Students who attend Catholic colleges are more likely to attend Mass every week, register with a parish and be interested in becoming a priest or nun than those who attend non-Catholic colleges, both public and private.
Our Sunday Visitor visited the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Ind., to see if students there thought attending a Catholic college played a major part in their university experience.
USF enrolls about 2,300 students in majors ranging from the liberal arts, to the creative arts, to the health sciences. It was founded in 1890 in Lafayette, Ind., before moving to Fort Wayne in 1944. The university aims to engage a diverse community in learning, leadership and service.
The three students OSV interviewed are role models on their campus, serve in leadership positions and have avoided the ever-present temptations of the "party life." Here are some of their thoughts on following a Godly path as a student and avoiding the common pitfalls of a college campus.
Mary Brokaw
For Mary Brokaw, running is a motivation to avoid the temptations of college. As a member of USF's track and cross country teams, Brokaw makes a daily decision to use her body to glorify God instead of indulging in alcohol.
"You're just going to ruin your body, when you should be preserving it and growing in Christ," she said.
Brokaw explained that she feels there is too much at stake for her to participate in parties with sinful activity.
"You're going to stray away from your studies and get so behind when you're out partying and not getting regular sleep. Ultimately your grades are going to fail, you're not going to be able to keep up athletic ability."
When offers to attend parties where she knows there will be drugs and alcohol come up, Brokaw said her automatic response is to turn to prayer.
By strengthening her prayer life, Brokaw has found a God-given sense of peace and developed her own spiritual discipline.
"I turn to God, ask him to make me strong and use that time for prayer," she said. "If I know something is coming up, I say I'm going to the chapel, sorry, it's planned. Then I go and spend that time there — it's peaceful and I know I'm doing the right thing."
Brokaw said activities at USF have played a major part in helping her stay on a healthy and clean path. The campus offers athletic and social events through every season of the school year.
"They have a lot of weekend activities, they have intramurals, they have a lot of football games, a lot of sporting events you can go to during the week," Brokaw said. "During the fall and spring there's homecoming and spring fling."
These alternatives to student-thrown parties are "everywhere."
Brokaw feels that her determination to stay clean has played a major part in how she avoids temptation.
"For me, it's really important that I stay focused and stay clear of all those distractions," she said. "Overall I just continue to use my body toward Christ and my running."
Aside from her ambitious athletic pursuits, Brokaw is also involved with campus ministry. She participates in Bible studies on campus and theology clubs, which she said was important to her growth in faith.
Brokaw said she would strongly encourage new students to make Mass a priority. Going to Mass, she explained, was a way for her to maintain her strong faith and not fall into temptation.
She acknowledged that scheduling 45 minutes a day for Mass can sometimes be a challenge for her, but she believes it is worth it.
"Take that time, receive Christ as often as you can — that's going to make you more peaceful and stronger in defending what you know is right."
Jaxson Burkins
Jaxson Burkins is only 20, but he's about to enter his final year of college. With some summer classes, Burkins will graduate in only three years with an undergraduate degree in chemistry. He plans on pursuing pharmaceutical school.
It's his determination and refusal to become distracted from his academics that has gotten him so far, so fast. He said his faith has played a major factor in his success.
"My faith is very important," he said. "I do as much as I can to strengthen that and I know that, while going out to parties and skipping class is fun, faith isn't easy. It teaches me discipline, not just in faith but in everyday life."
The biggest challenge college students will deal with, Burkins said, is the sudden freedom they have.
"There isn't anybody forcing you to go to class anymore, forcing you to do your homework," he said.
Many students can't handle this newfound freedom and that's what leads to the party lifestyle.
Burkins, however, was highly motivated to stay on top of his studies and avoid the pitfalls so many college students fall into.
"From day one, I knew I couldn't do that," Burkins said. "I made sure to get involved right away. For me, if I know that I don't have a lot of time to do something, I can't procrastinate. I know I don't have time later, so I have to do it now."
For students who don't have the instinctual drive he does, Burkins said he often sees them struggling to learn how to balance academic and social pursuits.
"All the time I see guys just skipping class and playing videos games, sleeping, watching TV, saying up late," he said. "They don't have anyone to hold them accountable anymore. They have professors, but not their parents to push them along and make sure they are doing everything they need to be doing."
For students, many of them still teenagers who have only been out of high school a few months, this is a lot of pressure, Burkins said.
"A lot of people want to meet new people, they want to go out and have friends since, if they are the only person at this school from their high school, they don't know anyone," he said.
Burkins admitted that even on a Catholic campus, the temptation of alcohol is constantly present.
"Even within the first couple of weekends, you're going to get invited to parties thrown by upperclassmen," he said. "Living in the residence halls, some people just walk the hall and say 'Hey, party going on, let's go!'"
The best way to decline these types of invitations is to find other ways to keep yourself busy, Burkins said. When he started college, he made it a priority to get involved with lots of organizations on campus as a way to make new friends and understand what was happening at USF.
One aspect of campus life Burkins chose to become involved with was campus ministry.
"Spiritually, it's one of the biggest helps. I knew I wanted to do that even when I was in high school. Coming to college I knew that would help me grow spiritually," he said.
Burkins said his academic, social and spiritual desires and activities all combined to make him strong enough to resist the temptation of late nights and wild parties.
His No. 1 piece of advice to incoming freshmen?
"Get involved," he said.
He also encouraged new students to use the campus staff and faculty as a resource.
"They want you to be successful, they aren't out to get you," he said, "They will do everything necessary as long as you ask them. They aren't your parents, they aren't going to shove anything down your throat, but if you ask for help, they'll give it to you."
Burkins attributed his choices in part to the way he was raised and his family.
"My parents have been great examples for me," he said. "They set a great example of not going out all the time and spending time with us. They made sure we felt loved. When I went to college, I sought that similar love and situation."
Burkins shared the deeply personal story of why alcohol has never been part of his life.
"My mom actually lost her mom to alcoholism right after I was born — she died like two weeks after I was born," he said. "My parents are not drinkers at all, we never had alcohol in our house."
This story has served as a reminder to him of the dangers of alcohol, and is a motivation for him to stay clean and focus on enjoying the best parts of college.
Stacey Litchfield
As Stacey Litchfield reflected on the mistakes many college students make, her voice shook with tenderness. The biggest struggle for young people at universities, she said, is chasing love in the wrong places.
"Instead of basing their decisions off of truth," she said, "they base it off society. They end up making poor decisions, with alcohol especially."
Litchfield said this was a struggle she dealt with in her first year of college. Eventually, she learned to place her value outside of what other people thought.
"When I make my decisions I have to base it off of fruit," she said, "not off of what society sees."
Looking for love in the wrong place is a problem that is especially pertinent with young college-aged women, Litchfield explained.
"They are trying to find love in the wrong place," she said. "Giving themselves not as much credit as they deserve."
The consequences of putting so much value in alcohol or drugs are devastating, and Litchfield said she has seen many women make poor decisions that end up hurting them, but don't bring them any closer to finding real love.
For Litchfield, finding a close-knit community of those who share the same values can make all the difference. Having friends who share the same values as her gives her a strong support system to avoid temptation and seek real love, she said.
One way she has found community is through a retreat USF has each spring and fall.
"It's called Koinonia, which means 'community' in Greek," she said. "I always go on these retreats. It's a place for us to be comfortable being who we are."
When the group returns from the retreats, Litchfield said, there is always a strong sense of unity among them. The retreat prepares them for when they return to normal campus life, where the other students may not have such high standards.
Litchfield has also become involved in many faith-based groups, both on and off campus. Staying busy with positive activities helps her to resist falling astray due to loneliness or societal pressure.
It also gives her a chance to give back to the community.
"Last Easter I went to Chicago and did missions during Holy Week," she said. "Whatever opportunities there are for me to serve or to build my faith, I don't want them to pass me by."
Litchfield's plans to go to Rome in December on pilgrimage. She said she feels blessed by the opportunity to go, and that USF is partially sponsoring her. Three other USF students will join her, as will many others from across the U.S.
Many incoming freshmen don't realize their own value, Litchfield said. Because of this, they allow subpar activities to consume their time and cave easily to peer pressure.
She encourages new students to appreciate their own worth.
"You are created in the image of God," she said, "You have so much value. Get involved early and don't make your decisions based on the poor decisions others will make."
Jessi Emmert is OSV Newsweekly's intern.
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callmefence wrote:Fwiw when I smoked my jerky sticks this year I cut the cure salt in half, and it seemed to help.could it have been something else? Of course. I really don't care about why except it works for me.
If that offends someone's political values, well I'd guess their probably a little on the sensitive side.
I guess I don't understand, if you're not willing to accept the facts of chemistry, why even ask for expert opinions??
You will not get a more accurate or factual answer than Jo just gave you, but you seem to prefer to keep the facts at bay, so good luck with that


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Hi, Cathy. It was the complete opposite for me growing up. I'm half mexican, and within that part of my family spirtis/ghosts and related experiences were accepted, at least within my family. Experiences were talked along with stories of urban legend with which we grew up, so there was a spooky atmosphere within my childhood. I did break away from that later after becoming an atheist, but those first two apparitions back in the mid 90s pulled me right back into the realm of spirit belief. In your case you broke away from an atmosphere of disbelief or denial, whereas I broke away from belief, only to be brought back in by experiences that were not sought out or even considered, but happened when my attention was totally on something else.
To me, it's complicated as to how all of this takes place.
How to see Ghosts
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I wish it was accepted when I grew up. I tried to talk to my dad once about it when I was younger and I had seen a few things and he told me I was nuts and needed to stop. I did find out though that on my biological side (I was adopted at 2 yrs old) are native American and I come from a long line of shaman and tribal elders. not sure if in some way it was passed down thru blood and this is why I see so much. but I have reconnected with an aunt that has been telling me she too as well as a lot of my biological relatives "see" and feel spirits. So the question is do you or anyone else feel that Gifts of seeing the spirits can be passed down ? even though you don't grow up around that part of your family...
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I think it is possible to pass those gifts along just like anything else in a blood line. I believe it's a mix of things that allow different people to have those gifts, and heredity would be one of those, if that is indeed possible. My Catholic mother has had a number of either psychic or paranormal experiences, but it doesn't seem any of that was passed on to me. Many of the experiences she has related to me where of a deeper, spiritual , non-religious nature. I have had my experiences, but all were in the moment happenings, nothing mental or spiritual (apparitions, chair shaking, etc.). Now my father was supposedly old-school Southern Baptist, so he probably would have reacted much like your father, Cathy. He exited my life when I was seven (abandoned the family), so his blief system wasn't a factor in my childhood.
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Fix ext2 magic
Also, only use fix_ext2_magic on stock partitions for the LS1, LS2, LS-HG and LS-HS.Do not use on LSPro or later models.
fix_ext2_magic is a tool which corrects the LinkStation file system magic number.
In order to thwart hacking the LinkStation Buffalo decided to fiddle with the identifier (magic number) which identify the type of the file system on the hard disk partitions. Of course that didn't really thwart hacking :-), but creates a useless minor annoyance when someone wants to access the data on an LS hard drive on a normal Linux system.
The LS uses the common Linux file system ext2. However Buffalo swapped the bytes of the magic number. The file system driver on the LinkStation has been altered by Buffalo to deal with the mangled magic number, while of course this hasn't happen on normal Linux Systems. So when someone tries to connect the hard disk to a normal Linux system a normal Linux can't identify the file system and can't mount it.
This is where fix_ext2_magic comes into play. It replaces the magic number of a partition to the correct ext2 value. After this had been done, the partition can be mounted normally on any Linux system.
Download fix_ext2_magic
After unpacking the tool is run by specifying the partition which should be fixed to have a standard ext2 magic number:
./fix_ext2_magic --fix /dev/hd=
or, to fix back to Buffalo magic number
./fix_ext2_magic --fixback /dev/hd=
Where = stands for the partition which should be fixed. For example, a1 or a4.
Note that this command needs to be run as root, so you may need to add "sudo" in front of the command, i.e.
sudo ./fix_ext2_magic --fix /dev/hd=
NOTE: The exact partition to fix depends on how the drive is physically connected (to which IDE controller). Do not just use the partitions as given in the example. You are supposed to know what you are doing before running fix_ext2_magic.
CAUTION: Use only on stock IDE partitions that are created by the LSUpdater.exe program. Do not use on LSPro, LSLive or any ARM9-based device partitions.


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MH370 TRAGEDY: Air and sea hunt for missing plane resumes (Day 35)
April 11, 2014
PERTH (Australia): An air and sea hunt for the missing Malaysian jet resumed Friday in the same swath of the southern Indian Ocean where an underwater sensor made the fifth detection of a signal in recent days, raising hopes that searchers are closing in on what could be a flight recorder.
An Australian air force P-3 Orion, which has been dropping sonar buoys into the water near where four sounds were heard earlier, picked up a "possible signal" on Thursday that may be from a man-made source, said Angus Houston, who is coordinating the search for Flight 370 off Australia's west coast.
The latest acoustic data would be analysed, he said. If confirmed, the signal would further narrow the hunt for the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which vanished March 8 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard.
The Australian ship Ocean Shield, which is towing a US Navy device to detect signal beacons from a plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders, picked up two underwater sounds Tuesday. Two sounds it detected Saturday were determined to be consistent with the pings emitted from the flight recorders, or "black boxes."
The searchers are trying to pinpoint the location of the source of the underwater signals so they can send down a robotic submersible to look for wreckage and the flight recorders from the Malaysian jet.
Houston's coordination center said the area to be searched for floating debris on Friday had been narrowed to 46,713 square kilometres (18,036 square miles) of ocean extending from 2,300 kilometres (1,400 miles) northwest of Perth. Up to 15 planes and 13 ships would join Friday's search.
Thursday's search of a 57,900 square kilometre (22,300 square mile) area of ocean in a similar location reported no sightings of potential wreckage, the centre said.
The sonar buoys are being dropped by the Australian air force to maximise the sound-detectors operating in the search zone. Royal Australian Navy Commodore Peter Leavy said each buoy is dangling a hydrophone listening device about 300 metres (1,000 feet) below the surface and transmits its data via radio back to a search plane.
The underwater search zone is currently a 1,300-square-kilometre (500-square-mile) patch of the ocean floor — about the size of the city of Los Angeles — and narrowing the area as much as possible is crucial before the submersible is sent to create a sonar map of a potential debris field on the seabed.
The Bluefin 21 submersible takes six times longer to cover the same area as the ping locator being towed by the Ocean Shield and would take six weeks to two months to canvass the current underwater search zone. That's why the acoustic equipment is still being used to get a more precise location, US Navy Capt. Mark Matthews said.
Houston has expressed optimism about the sounds detected earlier in the week, saying Wednesday that he was hopeful crews would find the aircraft — or what's left of it — in the "not-too-distant future."
Crews searching the surface are moving in tighter patterns, now that the zone has been narrowed to about a quarter the size it was a few days ago, Houston said.
Separately, a Malaysian government official said Thursday that investigators have concluded the pilot spoke the last words to air traffic control, "Good night, Malaysian three-seven-zero," and that his voice had no signs of duress. A re-examination of the last communication from the cockpit was initiated after authorities last week reversed their initial statement that the co-pilot was speaking different words.
The senior government official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media. The conclusion was first reported by CNN.
Investigators believe the plane went down in the southern Indian Ocean based on a flight path calculated from its contacts with a satellite and analysis of its speed and fuel capacity, but the content of the flight recorders is essential to solving the mystery of why the plane veered so far off-course.
The search for the recorders is increasingly urgent because their locator beacons have batteries that last about a month and may fail soon.
An Australian government briefing document circulated among international agencies involved in the search said the acoustic pingers likely would continue to transmit at decreasing strength for up to 10 more days, depending on conditions.
Once there is no hope left of hearing more sounds, the Bluefin sub will be deployed.
Complicating matters, however, is the depth of the seabed in the search area. The sounds detected earlier are emanating from 4,500 meters (14,763 feet) below the surface, which is the deepest the Bluefin can dive.
"It'll be pretty close to its operating limit. It's got a safety margin of error and if they think it's warranted, then they push it a little bit," said Stefan Williams, a professor of marine robotics at Sydney University.
The search coordination center said it was considering options in case a deeper- diving sub is needed. But Williams suspects if that happens, the search will be delayed while an underwater vehicle rated to 6,000 metres (19,700 feet) is dismantled and shipped from Europe, the US or Japan.
Williams said colleagues at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts had autonomous and remotely operated vehicles that dive to 11 kilometres (36,100 feet), although they might not be equipped for such a search.
Underwater vessels rated to 6,500 metres (21,300 feet) could search the seabed of more than 90 per cent of the world's oceans, Williams said.
"There's not that much of it deeper than 6 1/2 kilometres," he said.
Williams said it was unlikely that the wreck had fallen into the narrow Diamantina trench, which is about 5,800 metres (19,000 feet) deep, since sounds emanating from that depth would probably not have been detected by the ping locator.


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Google, EarthLink, BlackBerry, and Red Hat have joined forces and asked the FTC and the US Department of Justice to address the harm caused by patent trolling. "Our comments today also focus on a worrisome trend: some companies are increasingly transferring patents to trolls - and providing incentives to assert those patents against their competitors. These transfers can raise rivals' costs and undermine patent peace. This trend has been referred to as patent 'privateering': a company sells patents to trolls with the goal of waging asymmetric warfare against its competitors." Big figures: patent trolls cost the US economy $30 billion per year.
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OMG I love you!!!!!!!
All I ask is that you do each and everything that pops into my head, While enjoy the fortune you parents left behind.
those are great! is it just me or does Liam look kinda like a little Jim as the Joel character? lol dunno he's a cutie tho
I seriously cant wait to see this film - being a Jim Carrey fan for over 15 years, its very difficult not to - I hope it will be good -its got a good edgy story, I hope it is funny
anyone else excited?
Spoons can be sharp
I'm very excited, it'll be the first time, for me, as a fan to go see a Jim Carrey movie the first day it is released!
"I've just slipped into the 7th day of hell, thank you." - Liar, Liar
I'm excited! I loved these books even before I heard about the movie!
Nice pictures thank for sharing!!!
Many new pictures can also be seen here:
Jim Carrey Movies/Series/Books in 2018:
True Crimes, I'm Dying Up Here (Season 2), The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (documentary), Kidding (Season 1), Homey Don't Play That! (Book) and Untitled novel
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Awesone! The first picture with of Count Olaf reading about Lon Chaney, man of 1000 faces, is really good.
(Lon Chaney, Sr. was the silent film star-legend-who made himself up as different characters.-The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, etc )
Awesome Pictures! It's cool how he is playing the role of three different people - I so can't wait for this movie!
These pics are sooooo gooood
Thanks TNPihl for the extras!! Thanks so much for sharing~!
I can't wait to see this movie... Soon.... soon....
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We're excited to announce the 13th Annual Destination Playstation event, hosted by Sony Computer Entertainment America, February 25th-28th 2012.
This year's destination brings us back to the picturesque Sonoran Desert and the luxurious Fairmont Scottsdale Princess resort. As our guests, you'll be treated to food, drink, play, and a first look at all the amazing new releases coming from Sony Computer Entertainment America in 2013.
I am expecting the PS4 announcement.
Doubt it, E3 or Gamescom would be the only place they would announce their next gen console now. TGS maybe has an outside chance but that show has been on the decline recently, so thats doubtful too.
I agree, but Sony could possibly hold a Playstation Meeting in Tokyo early next year, in the same vein as the PS Vita announcement in January 2011.
They kind of already announced that the Playstation 4 was in development at a share holders meeting so....
No, Sony needs their own event to announce PS4 where they don't have to share the spotlight with Microsoft. Destination Playstation will be ideal time to do that.
An announcement with a few tech demoes on Destination, and full reveal on E3 2013.
The 360 was announced on MTV so a special event just for the console is a good idea. E3 would be good but the 360 would also be announced so it would have to share the spotlight.
The last Destination Playstation was back in 2009 so something it up.
If it was me I would announce it at CES and do a whole PR campaign through the year.
When was the last time a console was announced at E3? Exactly. They announce them before E3 to get the hyped built up so that people go and watch E3 to get more information.
TGS has absolutely not been on the decline. It has simply changed with the market.
And this year was better than last.
Check your facts. The game is played by the numbers, not by random assumptions.
They can do the same microsoft did with the 360
The official unveiling of the Xbox 360 occurred on May 12, 2005, on MTV Presents hosted by Elijah Wood.The system with some playable games, was shown off at E3 2005.
I doubt it as well, it's too soon. They won't announce anything about the PS4 until After their fiscal year which ends in March.
The earliest we'll hear about the PS4 is April - May in a formal announcement, and we'll get more at E3.
The lack of any mentioning of the Vita in the comments disturbs me.
Tease the ps4,show the last gaurdian and beyond two souls and give the vita some fcking love(moar games!annnddd a price cut)dammit T.T cmon sony.
Why exactly do they need to wait until a big show to announce something?
Something about the gaming world I don't understand, like secrecy about a game, why does it need to be done at a big event?
What difference does it make?
Sony never ever announced a new console/handheld at e3. ps2 march/99 ps3 may/05 psp may/04 psvita jan/11
Wrong. E3 is the only place ever to announce a console. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have NEVER revealed a console outside of E3 to the public ever.
If Sony show any PS4 material it will be a game or two with a Playstation logo at the end of its trailer.
feels weird to think we might be so close to a next-gen announcement. I'm really hoping these announcements will arrive very soon, but then I feel awkward thinking that I might know what's coming up next in a month or two.
Expect PS4 all you want, but it won't be announced.
If they are announcing the PS4 during this event Sony really need to advertise this event. People NEED to watch this event to get the word out. Oh that's right is it going to be live online? For the PS4 to be announced at this event Sony needs to push and make this event huge.
exactly and that's why it's unlikely to be unveiled at this event. not hyped up enough, it feels too soon.
the n4g crowd are a little too eager with console unveils, I mean back in 2011 a lot of them were predicting new consoles in 2012, told them it would never happen but hey I got my disagrees. here's another example of that.
unveil at this even is not impossible, but I would be very suprised if it did happen.
I don't know that we'll see a PS4 announcement next year, let alone the launch. Of course the PS4 is in the works, that's no secret, but if the PS4 was seriously gearing up for launch next year, we would have seen a sharp increase in R&D spending from Sony's game's division. Every time there's been a new hardware model or new console launch we see a sudden increase in R&D spending reported on the financials about a year in advance of the hardware release.
We just witnessed such a spike with Microsoft's Entertainment division which no doubt signifies the new Xbox is gearing up for launch next year, but all is quiet on Sony's front and has been since there was a spike related to the Vita, far before it's announcement. Unless we see the sudden spending this holiday quarter from Sony's Game division, time is running out to carry out a launch in 2013 and I don't think they'll launch next year.
If we don't see that spending increase this quarter, my guess is Sony will aim for a March release, as they did with the PS2 (and PS3 outside of NA/Japan). A 2014 launch is starting to look more likely to me. Of course, I could be dead ass wrong, but Sony's been pretty consistent in the timing between seeing that spike in R&D spending and launching new hardware.
I don't think Sony can afford to give the next Xbox another year lead. I think they'll push something out if MS does.
I think you're in the ball park with that assessment Darkride66 ... and to be honest, ShadowStar, I really don't think it matters to Sony whether they release first, alongside or after the 360. Only people who see the numbers of consoles and not the numbers of PSN outlets are concerned with the whole 'a' V 'b' concept.
Delivery is the key to Sony's success now, not just install base.
I agree with you somewhat, but at the same time, if Sony let's MS get a 2 year head-start and Nintendo get a 2 year, then it's going to be a nightmare, building up the same level of hype for their console as the other 2 will already have, especially considering the PS4 and Xbox 1080 will likely be near identical (Final CPU / GPU being the only variations, but both PC parts.)
MS's head start last gen gave them a chance to sell 8 million consoles in their first 11 months. Then when Gear of War was released right before the PS3, it showed what true Next-gen games looked like, and Sony didn't have an answer, which pushed that lead from 8 million to 10 million. On top of that they were cheaper than the PS3, and have been this entire generation by $50 (when PS3 made price cuts) - $100 (when MS made prices cuts in response to those PS3 price cuts).
That lead is all but gone, but look at the struggle and negative press the PS3 had over those first few years, and believe it or not it left a bad stigma on Sony's and the PlayStation Brand. Everyone I know who has gone out and bought a PS3 within this last 2 years have loved it, and broken all negative thoughts they had on it, but that ominous cloud still looms over everyone who hasn't bought a PS3, and were around when all the Sony hate was going on.
Giving Nintendo 2 years, and MS another 1 year head-start will be disastrous for the PS4, especially if they don't launch with a powerful list of games that look and play just as well as anything on the Xbox 1080, and a price that matches. But even then they'll still be at a disadvantage with MS have a larger install base thanks to the year head-start, the Xbox being lead platform (which shouldn't be as big of a problem as early PS360 days), and having to play catch-up all over again when the Xbox becomes the dominate core console of choice in the USA (aka the largest gaming territory).
Sony can't afford to let any of that happen again, or their brand will take another hit, and with the PlayStation Brand being among the best they have, it would be a dire situation if that happened.
It just got real?
I hope they stream it!
@Kingofwiiu below
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in case you get sprayed..
sony will talk about ps4 at GDC than show more at E3
Uncharted 4
Killzone 4
i want 2 out of these 3 at launch with ps4.
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won't happen until E3, and even then it's not being released until 2014.
people need to stop holding on the the false hope of it coming out in 2013. with absolutely zero confirmation from sony, i don't know how people got it in their heads that it was going to happen.
Why E3? If Microsoft announce a console as well neither will get the spot light.
Sony never announced a console at E3. CES or Destination Playstation are good starting points.
I said before Destination Playstation has not been held since 2009 and a dozen games were announced there.
I will be there with my 3DS XL and Miyamoto T-shirt!
I'm not an advocate for violence. But...... You might get sprayed!
It's okay we have good memories about mario when we where immature kids we loved mario..
And miyamoto is so cute I remember is face (very amaze) when he saw killzone 2 or 3? for the first time lol at e3
You should take a PSVITA Instead. Destroys the 3ds ain all area's.
And you won't make it out alive if you do.
lol you are going there was this
it's like going into a bikers bar with T-shirt writen on it "i hate bikers"
Might as well commit the ritual of Seppuku once they dishonor you in front of everyone with the master sword.
:) Dont be an ass and i was just kidding with my comment. You have every right to be a fan of Nintendo just respect the fans of the other brands and you will be just fine.
I was only joking guys.... Don't take offense lol.
Hopefully Sony will announce the PSUltra...
Sweet. Totally unrelated but any word if and when the next season of tester is? That show is so bad but yet hilarious at the same time.
This is it, this is your chance Sony, don't ruin it. Tease the PS4, reveal it at E3, show it at Gamescom and release in the end of the year.
I enjoy it more when the companies stay completely mum about it, go through their E3 presentation as usual and then at the end go "...and there was this one more thing we forgot to mention".
couldn't they do exactly that, but at destination playstation instead?
do they have a presentation though?
Heh, Sony isn't Apple. Not sure they could pull "one more thing" off :)
PS4 reveal in 2013!! Whether it be gamescom, E3, TGS, or DPS, we will see the PS4 this year. Can't wait to put down my pre order!!
What does DPS stand for?
@ americanGTA it means dumb prostrated soon.
anyways we'll see how Sony plays this card most likely they will tease their new system with games like they did with motor storm and kill zone then game play and full reveal @ E3 or TGS
Honestly, if Sony announced the PS4 at this event they would definitely be one upping Microsoft.
Think about it, E3, Microsoft's confrence are always a day before Sony's. Having your own event can really give spotlight only to yourself. People will only be talking about your product after, no one else's.
Of course if they announce it...it might be best to not give a release date, and wait till Microsoft announces their console and release date(maybe e3?) Then steal their thunder and give a release date the next day which is earlier (if that's at all possible)
Or just say 2013, and announce the actual day and month later on.
release a teaser at this event which is only months before e3. Something like a viral trailer would go a long way. Anywhere along the lines of...
Black Screen
Ps4 silhouette fade in then fade out
Same silhouette (different angle) fade in ...fade out
" Gaming's next evolution...." fade out
" is coming.." fade out
Then cryptic e3 announcement date.
That would give them so much clout going into E3.
I dunno, announcements work that way for both companies. Sony could get a jump start on the hype, but then all MS would have to do is make their own announcement whether a few weeks later, or a few weeks before E3(or whatever), and all of a sudden they would be getting all the hype. And we all could start arguing on which is better like good little gamers.
On the other hand...if Sony announced it and gave a release date...say September/October...then it gives those that would talk about it a real thing to look forward to, and not just expectations of more news. Unless MS was ready to go with their next system, they would be hard pressed to upstage their competitors announcement wise.
This example works both ways, so I'm not being pro-Sony, just pointing out something to consider.
I think the biggest factor here is who can make their console prep'ed for release first. Words are only words. Whoever can safely deliver first will probably win next gen, unless of course, Sony focuses on some Move2 bullshit and same with Microsoft's Kinect
The thirteenth annual? Huh, this is the first time I've heard of it.
Same here. Destination PlayStation sounds cool though.
Ps4 wont be announced lol its coming in 2014
Maybe the neXtbox will but Playstation will be here next year
Wii U was announced more than one year before release
VITA was announced more than one year before release
If PS4 is releasing something like 2014 04 04 (VITA released 2012 02 21) then it's about the right time to announce it
Last year LBP Karting was announced at this event.
don't think sony will ever top that.
well, that is unless they announce LBP Karting 2!!
Does one have to be invited to this event or something? Choose register, but asks for a registration code in order to log in.
"Sony Announces Destination Playstation 2013"
sony announces its death?
Yes, no better way to announce your going out of business or dropping a major part of your business by holding an event which will cost them millions and not be attended by shareholders. /s
lol nobody get the joke and reference bubble 4dat one hahaha