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Hefty South by Southwest Wrestles With Size
Some Entrepreneurs Say 20-Year-Old Festival Is Challenging Place to Launch Startup
The South by Southwest festival, which will begin Friday in Austin, Texas, is grappling with how to handle its growing appeal among startup entrepreneurs and investors.
The 20-year-old music, film and interactive-media gathering has become the go-to networking and education venue for startup devotees. In past years, it has served as a launchpad for companies like Twitter Inc. and Foursquare Inc., and keynote speakers have included Tesla Motors Inc.'s Elon Musk and Facebook Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg....


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Zoo Wants MTV Fraternity Members Charged
Fri Mar 28,10:52 AM ET
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Zoo has asked the district attorney to pursue charges against three college students videotaped by an MTV reality series inside the zoo after hours.
District Attorney Frank Clark said his office would investigate.
"Assuming we have sufficient evidence, we'll assist (the zoo) in filing charges in Buffalo City Court," Clark said.
The students, Sigma Chi Omega pledges appearing on the MTV network's "Fraternity Life," could face criminal trespass charges, Clark said. The misdemeanor count carries a maximum jail term of 90 days.
"The idea is not to necessarily come down with a sledgehammer on the kids, but to send a message out that the zoo is not going to condone, and will aggressively pursue, anything which potentially puts the animals, or by the way, the trespassers themselves, in any sort of jeopardy," he said.
In a recent episode of the show, pledges Tim Kukulka, Earl Altheide and Steve Paul were shown walking between the hyena and antelope exhibits after scaling a wall near a zoo entrance, zoo president Donna Fernandes said.
The students talked about stealing an animal as a mascot before climbing back over the wall and driving off, she said.
Fernandes said MTV has not responded to the zoo's complaints. The cable network declined to comment Thursday.
The students were subpoenaed March 18 to appear before the Student-Wide Judiciary, UB's student newspaper reported.
Altheide told the Spectrum the incident had nothing to do with pledging and that the three sneaked out of the house to steal a chicken from the zoo to keep as a pet. Paul said they left after realizing they couldn't get into the cages.
The university suspended the Sigma Chi Omega chapter earlier this month after officials decided some activities depicted on the series might be hazing.

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Within the past month or two (apologies for the vague timeline, I did not keep good track of things) I have been unable to permanently allow websites with NoScript. I have no idea if the problem is with my Firefox, other addons, webistes, or NoScript itself.
The most recent example is Nationstates.net, which I attempt to permanently whitelist every time I visit. Unfortunately, each time I close Firefox and open it back up, Nationstates.net is no longer whitelisted. This happened for every website I have attempted to permanently whitelist over the last month, including reCAPTCHA domains and EFF.org. This isn't a deal-breaking problem since NoScript's protection is more important to me than going without, but I am seriously wondering what could be going wrong.
I am running NoScript 2.3.9 and Firefox 12.0 (stable release, I don't run beta/nightly builds). I do not run Firefox Sync on this computer and, as far as I know, nobody else has a Firefox profile on my laptop.
If any more information is needed/requested, I will happily post as soon as I can. If I have posted this in the wrong place or a similar issue has already been reported, terribly sorry, I searched like mad and couldn't find it.
Thanks for looking this over.


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Tank Connection and ATEC Steel are vertically integrated companies, which promotes their global position as competitive price leaders. Starting with steel procurement at the mill and finishing with construction services in the field, all value-added design, manufacturing, project management, system integration, and field installation services are performed by company personnel.
"While other companies have been scaling back, we are investing in the future of U.S. manufactured storage products," said Noel Garrett, president of ATEC Steel. "Currently, we are in the middle of an expansion project of installing a rail spur into our facility, which allows us to receive steel directly from the mill. Globally, our clients tout 'American-made' as the best capital equipment that can be purchased and that really says it all."
ATEC's new plant addition will allow the company to expand its specialty steel product lines as well as its coating applications. ATEC is compliant with API 620, API 650, API 653, AWWA D100, and other national and international codes. ATEC also maintains ASME S, U, PP, and NBIC R code stamp certifications.
TCAG currently includes six manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and employs over 400 employees. Its international dealer and rep network has expanded to cover all global regions. TCAG offers more than 100 different types of storage containment products tailored to each application.
For more information about ATEC Steel and Tank Connection Affiliate Group, visit www.AtecSteel.com and www.TankConnection.com.


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My Town Pictures will begin sneak preview screenings of its highly-anticipated film "A Place for Heroes" on Friday, May 10, in Traer, with showings set for 6 and 8:30 p.m. at the Traer Theatre. A pre-Red Carpet reception will be held at the Traer Memorial Building at 4 p.m. where persons will have an opportunity to have their picture taken with celebrities and receive autographs. Red Carpet arrivals will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for the showings are $5 in advance and $6 at the door, and are available at Farmers Savings Bank, Reuman's Clothing or Cecilia Podhajsky at 478-2947.
The movie, filmed entirely in Tama County, was produced in August and September and stars some legendary Hollywood actors as well as outstanding Iowa-based actors. The cast includes: Paul Sorvino, Oscar nominee Sally Kellerman, Norman Lloyd, Daniel Roebuck, Ellan Dolan, Ben Easter, Robert Pralgo, Bill Sorvino, Kiera Morrill, Rachel Storey, Kim Grimaldi, Jay Villwock, Justin Marxen and many others, as well as many local extras.
"A Place for Heroes" is the story of a WWII veteran named Robert, whose death at the beginning of the film leads to the discovery that not only was he a veteran, but he had been wanted for muder in 1943. Not understading how this could be, his daughter and granddaughter go to his hometown to learn the truth and discover just how heroic Robert really was.
The film's high respect for veterans included cameos from many veterans in the Tama County area, including Traer, Clutier and Meskwaki veterans as well as veterans from other parts of the state. Regional hero Taylor Morris made a cameo as well.
The production team was almost entirely Iowa-based as well, led by lighting director Jon Van Allen of Cedar Falls. Writer and director Scott Thompson had produced a variety of small films in the region and started the unique concept of "community-made" films, including two made in Tama County ("The Call" and "Hometown"). He has since created a hybrid of the community movie model with fully professional filmmaking and bringing in national talent to add to an outstanding Iowa cast that has created much interest. The My Town Pictures team just completed a second feature, "After Life," in Winnebago County, following the Tama County model.
The film was funded completely with Iowa investors, most of which came from Tama County, including Traer, Clutier and a generous investment from the Meskwaki Indian Nation, whose respect for their own and other military veterans is strong.
A sneak preview limited special edition DVD version of the film will be available at the time of the sneak preview screenings. A portion of each DVD sale will go to veterans organizations within the community where the sneak preview is being held. These sneak preview DVDs are not available in stores or online and are not for resale anywhere. A limited number of these are available and they will also include short features on the Korean War anniversary of 2012, hosted by Sid Morris, and a review of the Meskwaki Nation's long history of military service.
The sneak preview screenings will continue through May and June in Iowa. The sneak preview DVD will be available only while supplies last. Once they're gone, the official DVD of the film may not be available for as much as a year while the producers negotiatie with distribution companies who will market the film around the world. Pre-orders can be made by contacting Cecilia Podhajsky at 319-478-2947.


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New Sioux Falls BBQ
One of the things I love about Sioux Falls is that it really doesn't matter what you are hungry for, you can find a great place to eat.
Bones and More BBQ is announcing that it is going to be opening it's doors on Russell Street just across from the new Denny Sanford Premier Center.
Word is they will be offering St. Louis style ribs, pulled pork, rib-lets, and lots of other yummy stuff.
Owner Randy Glasco is planning a grand opening around the 4th of July this year.


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Stonewall Links
Elverson, Pa. • August 10 - 13
ELVERSON, Pa.- Thunderstorms suspended the second round for two hours Wednesday at the CorseMax/Philadelphia Runner Junior. The Boys Division will continue their second round at 7 a.m. Thursday with one group to finish. The current leader in the clubhouse is Zachary Herr of New Hope, Pa., at 2-under-par 138. The Girls Division completed the second round, as Kaitlyn Rohrback of Crofton, Md., holds her lead going into the final round at Stonewall Links- North Course after posting a 3-over-par 73.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the CorseMax/Philadelphia Runner Junior is a 54-hole stroke play event, with a 36-hole cut, being held at Stonewall Links — North Course in Elverson, Pa. The field includes 106 boys and 38 girls, ages 12-18, from 21 states, South Korea and Canada. The par-70 course is being played at 6,663 yards for the Boys Division and 5,748 yards for the Girls Division.
Herr holds a two stroke lead in the Boys Division, after firing a 5-under-par 65 in the second round. He jumped 13 places to take first in the clubhouse.
"I made good putts all day to make eight birdies," Herr said. "On No. 11 I hit my drive to 110 yards, hit my second shot to two feet for an easy putt. It was my easiest birdie of the day."
Right before the sirens blew to halt play, Herr hit a great drive on No. 18 against the wind.
"After the rain delay, which is always tough, I hit a 3-wood 20 yards short," Herr said. "Then hit my third shot to 10 feet for a birdie."
Atop the clubhouse leaderboard in second are Nick McLaughlin of New Castle, N.H., and Davis Schaller of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., at even-par 140. In fourth at 1-over-par 141 is Michael Werenski of South Hadley, Mass. Alex Hoffman of Myersville, Md., sits in fifth at 2-over-par 142.
In the Girls Division, Rohrback carded birdies on Nos. 6, 8, 10 and 13 to hold strong to the lead by five strokes.
"On No. 8, I made a good birdie with a ridiculously hard hole location," Rohrback said. "My third shot stopped just short of the ridge off the green and dropped a 9-foot putt for birdie."
Rohrback, who has verbally committed to Tennessee, said the course played a little tougher today but her putting game kept her competitive.
"My long putts dropped today," Rohrback said. "I made a few bad club selections that left me short and tomorrow I will focus more on that."
Aurora Kan of Boothwyn, Pa., who was the co-medalist at the K12 Qualifier Sunday, enters the final round in second at 6-over-par 146. Rounding out the Girls Division at 11-over-par 151 is Christine Shimel of Kennett Square, Pa.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The largest Association of its kind, the AJGA has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of more than 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and more than 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association's success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, which is in its third decade of AJGA support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Polo Ralph Lauren became the AJGA's second Premier Partner.
AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 200 formerAJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 350 wins. AJGA alumni include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan Pressel and Julieta Granada.
Final-round tee times for the CorseMax/Philadelphia Runner Junior will begin with the Girls Division at 7:30 a.m. off the No. 1 tee and will run until 8:24 a.m. Boys Division tee times will be determined after second round play is completed, the 36-hole cut is made and players are repaired according to score. Boys Division tee times will begin at 8:33 a.m. off the No.1 tee. For more information about the CorseMax/Philadelphia Runner Junior please contact Tournament Headquarters at (678) 571-7994 or visit ajga.org.


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Millions of dollars are at stake in South Carolina as a network television show decides whether to return to Charleston.
CBS this week picked up the legal drama "Reckless" for its fall lineup after the show's pilot was shot in March in the Holy City.
The news was reported over the weekend in Variety, TV Guide and other industry outlets.
Despite the original setting in the Lowcountry, there's been no indication yet whether the network will commit to Charleston.
"It would be a natural choice for them," said Gavin McCulley, the S.C. Film Council's chairman. "But I've no way confirmed that with anyone, and they haven't necessarily made a final decision."
The production spent a few weeks in the Lowcountry filming in spots including Shem Creek, Concord Street and The Battery.
Mayor Joe Riley said the show is a positive for the city. "Filming has a far more substantive impact than one would think," he said. CBS Network Television Studios are tight-lipped about the show's ultimate location. A network spokeswoman said there were no further details to release.
But a source close to the production said it's likely the show will send it's people to Charleston by the weekend to scout the area. And the following message was also posted on the CBS Reckless Extras Facebook page:
"Reckless has been picked up! Please stay tuned with info on when/where and if our office will be doing the background casting. We will keep you posted as soon as we hear anything. A BIG THANK YOU to all the background who helped with the pilot."
The network's move to announce the pickup came a few days after the passage of a state film incentives bill that Gov. Nikki Haley signed on Thursday. Film leaders in the state said the timing couldn't have been more perfect.
The fate of the show hinged on the state's decision to pass incentives and the show already was eyeing other locations outside of the state if the bill didn't pass, said the source close to the production. It was an all-too-familiar story for the Palmetto State, said Harald Galinski, founder of Studio Charleston, a film production facility.
"In recent years, Georgia and North Carolina have lured productions away from South Carolina with bigger incentives," he said. "This legislation will bring productions back to South Carolina, create hundreds of jobs for South Carolinians and millions in spending at local businesses."
Estimates indicate "Reckless" could spend up to $70 million and that they already spent about $3 million while shooting the pilot. Much of that includes rentals of cars, cranes and properties and hiring extras and production crews.
"The incentives really do matter that much, especially a television show that will shoot year after year after year," McCulley said. The incentive provides rebates to film and television productions if they use vendors from South Carolina and hire workers from the state. To qualify, productions must spend $1 million in the state. It also offers a sales and user tax exemption, which film industry leaders call a huge bonus.
"It's a big game changer here," Galinski said.
CBS' show is a legal drama centering on a litigator and attorney who are attracted to each other, despite being on opposing sides of a police sex scandal.
Cam Gigandet, who appeared as the villain vampire James in "Twilight," plays an attorney on the show. Anna Wood also stars.
With at least 23 episodes left to film for the show's fall debut, it's only a small matter of time before Charlestonians know whether the city becomes a staple on the small screen.


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Norris City accident leads to DUI arrest
Norris City accident leads to DUI arrest
A Friday afternoon crash on Illinois 141 injured two Indiana women and a Sunday morning crash in Norris City resulted in a DUI arrest.
A White County Sheriff's Office accident report said Ruth N. Norman, 17, Plainfield, Ind., was driving a Chrysler PT Cruiser eastbound on Illinois 141 around 3 p.m. Friday when she attempted to turn north on to County Road 1625 East, misjudged the turn, left the roadway, went down an embankment and crashed.
The driver was injured along with a passenger, Susan L. Norman, 48, Plainfield, Ind. Both were taken to an Evansville, Ind., hospital by White County Ambulance Service personnel for treatment.
A second sheriff's office accident report said Gunnar G. Ehbright, 19, Norris City, was driving a 2001 Jeep Cherokee northbound on Illinois 1 around 7 a.m. Sunday when he attempted to turn left on to County Road 700 North, misjudged the curve and crashed into a ditch.
He was subsequently booked at the City-County Jail in Carmi where his blood alcohol concentration was registered at .13. He was also cited for failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident, illegal transportation of alcohol and illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor.


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Posted on: 16 July, 2014ADA – Kaylin Cullum's passion for political science and law has led to several awards for the East Central University senior from Wetumka.First, Cullum was accepted as only one of 10 students nationally for the University of California's Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship. She is currently in the seven-week residential fellowship which prepares students for graduate school and law school.Cullum is expected to complete the Policy Analysis and Communication curriculum as well as training in Public Policy and Law.
Posted on: 16 July, 2014ADA – East Central University has a new tool in tracking the progress and success of its recent graduates.For the first time ECU, along with 43 other colleges and universities in 22 states, have a reliable and nationally-standardized method for finding out what their students are doing after graduation."ECU has collaborated with CSO Research to develop an online survey to tap student behaviors in seeking their first full-time job and to assess their attitudes toward the workplace," said ECU Career Center Director Peggy Saunkeah.
Posted on: 15 July, 2014The Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business Honors and Recognition Banquet was held Spring 2014.
Posted on: 15 July, 2014The ECU Department of Human Resources Awards and Recognition Program was held Spring 2014.
Posted on: 14 July, 2014
ADA – Student members of East Central University's Alpha Chi Honor Society Chapter excelled with a collaborative research project at the national convention this spring in St. Louis, Mo.
The Alpha Chi National Chapter offered a $5,000 prize for a team that addressed "The Future of Water." ECU's team placed second with a project entitled "The Worth of Water: Groundwater, a Diminishing Resource."
Posted on: 14 July, 2014
ADA – East Central University's Alpha Chi Chapter inducted 90 new members in a ceremony attended by 300 in the Stanley P. Wagner Ballroom this spring.
Alpha Chi is comprised of the top 10 percent of juniors and seniors at ECU and is the only university-wide honor society.
Posted on: 14 July, 2014
ADA – These high school students were honored with Fisher Awards during the Scissortail Creative Writing Festival held this spring at East Central University.
Posted on: 14 July, 2014
ADA – Five East Central University faculty members were honored with Teaching Excellence Awards for 2013-14. The five were nominated by students and their peers. Pictured with Dr. Duane Anderson, provost and vice president for academic affairs (far left) and ECU President John R.


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Pieter Hugo:
For the project photographers Pieter Hugo and Lana Mesić travelled to Rwanda to research the notion of forgiveness around the drama of 20 years ago and to capture it in images.
The South African photographer Pieter Hugo is known primarily for his direct, penetrating portraits, making him one of the biggest names in contemporary photography. In her photography the Croatian-Dutch Lana Mesić seeks out the boundary between reality and illusion.
The exhibition Rwanda 20 Years will travel through the Netherlands and Rwanda during the commemoration year of 2014.
During the first 100 days the exhibition can be seen in The Hague. First from 1 to 11 April in the Atrium of The Hague City Hall and then from 21 April to 13 June in a more extensive exhibition in the Nutshuis and its adjacent garden. A programme with film evenings, talks and special tours will also be held in the Nutshuis . Attention will be paid to Rwanda 20 Years during The Hague Freedom Weeks and the Liberation Festival in The Hague on 5 May 2014.
Creative Court develops art projects on peace and justice from The Hague. Rwanda 20 Years was developed with support from the Mondriaan Fonds and in cooperation with the Nutshuis.


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Latest update : 2011-06-23
Is Europe coping with austerity?
In today's French papers - there's anger over harsh austerity measures and high executive salaries, fears there may just be too many candidates on the right for next year's presidential election, and a shocking investigation into child prostitution in Morocco.
La Croix investigates how Europeans are dealing with austerity, while Liberation calls for a cap on executive salaries.
Le Parisien says there are so many candidates opposing Nicolas Sarkozy on the right in next year's presidential election they could all cancel each other out in the first round.
And Liberation takes a look at the scale of the problem of child prostitution in Marrakech.


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It's an excellent read, full of anecdote and deft detail. For a taste of Snowman's writing, see his mini History of Opera on our very own ROH website.
And for balletomanes…
Also published this month: Apollo's Angels, a major new history of classical ballet.
Jennifer Homans, a former dancer, has written this comprehensive new history which takes the reader from the 16th century to today. She traces the formal evolution of technique, choreography and performance with erudition and true feeling for the art form - essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of today's ballet.]]>


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DALLAS — Abigail Moriearty was 5 when she watched Nastia Liukin win all-around Olympic gold in 2008 and decided that's what she had to do, too.
Now 9 and the winner of a gold, silver, and fifth-place finish in national championships, Abigail, of Allen, Texas, is more driven than ever.
"I feel like I'm flying," she says after an impressive gymnastic flip at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy in Plano, Texas, where Liukin once trained under the watchful eyes of her father, Valeri Liukin, the facility's owner. Abigail likes to linger on the sidewalk outside the building after practice and look up at the large posters of Liukin and fellow champion Carly Patterson that don the entrance doors.
"That will be me up there," she says softly on a warm September afternoon, grasping her wooden practice blocks as she extends into a handstand before returning to earth and wrapping her arms tightly around the blocks as she heads to her car.
Gymnastics can help inspire a child to stay fit. It's great exercise, as long as parents understand the risks, according to experts at Stop Sports Injuries, a Rosemont, Ill.-based campaign launched by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and other medical organizations in 2010.
More than 425,000 kids ages 6-17 were hurt while participating in gymnastics from 1990 to 2005, with 67,810 in 2011, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The average age of those injured was 11, and 82 percent of the injured were girls.
Even so, for children, gymnastics ranks well behind bicycling, basketball, football, baseball, and soccer among the leading causes of sports injuries, according to the National Safe Kids Campaign and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Abigail's doctor, Richard Rhodes, orthopedic and sports medicine doctor for Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine, says he sees interest in gymnastics peak in his patients around the Olympics and expects sign-ups to be particularly strong with a new team of American gymnasts winning the gold.
"Any time the American teams do well, it gets a lot of youngsters excited," he says.
Some experts worry about traumatic injuries, such as head and spinal damage. Dr. Sabatino Bianco, a neurosurgeon at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, says he's treated athletes who have attempted unfortunate flips and somersaults, particularly on trampolines. The Consumer Product Safety Commission lists trampolines as seventh among the top activities that send kids to emergency rooms, behind basketball, bicycling, football, soccer, baseball, and skateboarding. Many injuries can be prevented with careful conditioning, training, and safety measures, including those trained as spotters to catch athletes before they fall, experts say.
Some injuries, however, are hard to prevent even with the best care, Rhodes notes. Abigail sprained a wrist on a bad landing in June that took more than three months to heal. Olympic champion McKayla Maroney fractured her left tibia Sept. 9 when she fell on her uneven bars dismount during the second stop of the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastic Champions.
Abigail practices three times a week, which is about as much as kids should do, Rhodes and Bianco agree. Overuse and simple stress leave gymnasts vulnerable to injuries in the ankles, feet, lower back, knees, wrists, and hands, they say. These injuries are rarely severe at the outset, but if untreated they can lead to chronic pain and bone fractures.
They can be of particular concern for growing children who run the risk of damaging growth plates with prolonged exercise that requires lifting or impact in the critical years before puberty when bones mature, Bianco says.
Engaging in multiple sports is not only better for the body in preventing overuse, but can generate additional pathways in the brain that lead to a more complete cerebellum, Bianco says.
Abigail follows that advice; her mother was driving her to her other passion, ballet, after gymnastics.


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Now that you are paying attention, it's that time again. Time to enlist to kick some rebel rear!
Duck Wars
three thousand two hundred forty-two years, seven months, two weeks, three days, seven hours, six minutes, and 14.34578978 seconds in the future there is a war going on between the Humanity Union Meta Bureau of Unlimited Gruesomeness and the Federal Republics of Orion are at War. An epic struggle takes place among the stars. Fleets numbering in the thousands do battle over pivotal locations. Each one flinging the fury of a hundred suns at each other. This has nothing to do with New Townston, a colony on a small backwater world belonging to H.U.M.B.U.G., except that a band of resistance fighters has now taken root. And pouring liquid oxygen over the whole damn mess is a recon pilot whose been shot down. And for the piece de resistance, the town has been conscripted to fix both problems. There goes the the neighborhood.
HUMBUG Infantry
You've been assigned the task of ridding your town of the resistance fighters that have cropped up as well as capturing the recon pilot for interrogation. There are also rumors of an alien menace terrorizing the citizenry, investigate and neutralize any threat. Failure in these objectives will result in paperwork, lots and lots of paperwork.
The Commander(1) Elected: Due to some flub up at central, the town is left with out a commanding officer, so they elect one. As the CO you have several abilities:
This is a democracy: you cast two votes instead of one.
Discipline is the root of efficiency:This is war, efficiency is the key to victory so lynching two people at a time is more efficient and helps get the troops to work a little harder to find those pesky resistance fighters. Can be declared twice.
Surrounded by a layer of ablative meat:You're the CO, you don't take bullets your troops take bullets for you. Cannot be killed at night while both of his Honor Guard troops are alive, lynching is fair game though.
Fire at will: For one night all your non-specialists will be able to kill one other person. Use with caution because your Honor Guard is reduced by one for the night.
The Exec(1)Elected: You ran for the top slot but couldn't cut it. But hey, being second in command has it's own perks.
You're all on KP duty!:When things get out of hand you can cancel a lynch and put everyone on KP duty for the remainder of the day. Can be used twice. If used during a double lynch only one of them is spared.
Surrounded by a layer of ablative meat:You're the CO, you don't take bullets your troops take bullets for you. Cannot be killed at night while both of his Honor Guard troops are alive, lynching is fair game though.
Burning through the ranks:If The Commander is killed You become The Commander with all the powers and responsibilities all one shot abilities are restored and can be used along with you're normal abilities.
The Tank(1): You're a bloody tank. No one takes you down on the first try and you kill people and break their stuff, with kiloton yields. You have two night lives every night (tanks can be repaired) and get one kill every night. Attacking the paranoid, being attacked by the Demolitions expert, or getting lynched is an instakill.
INFINTOPS(1): You're the intel guy, you've got dirt on almost everyone.
Background check: reveals whether someone is HUMBUG Infantry or an impostor. If used on the Downed Recon Pilot, it's an insta-capture. can be used twice
HEY THAT'S NOT YOUR UNIFORM!: can check the results of any vote to find out how many enemies voted.
Medic(2): You took and oath long ago to "Do no harm," well at least not directly. You can protect one person a night, but you can't protect each other.
Black Ops (1): You are a black angel come from the heavens to bring fear to your enemies. You appear as a regular grunt to the Bug Man. You can kill anyone, anytime, but only once.
Paranoid (1): Gunfire, explosion and the muzak of the combat make you jumpy, really jumpy. You kill the first person that comes near you every night. The only exceptions are the Demolitions Expert and the Black Ops guy.
Quartermaster (1): You know people, people that do shady, but nowhere near treasonous things. You know the role of one of the infantry, you can completely trust this person.
Honor Guard (2): Your job is to take a bullet for the under-qualified, over-paid Brass. Sucks to be you.
Grunt (the rest of the lot): You stand at attention, get shot at, and lynch people to relieve the tedium. If you're lucky you live to fight another day. If you're really lucky you get to shoot back. If you're unlucky, well good luck being a human shield, hope you already got life insurance.
La Resistance!
VIVA LA REVOLUTION! You are tired of the way this way has brought out the worst in the government. Your solution? Rebel and establish a new government. or at least not get deaded. Your goal is to outnumber the HUMBUG Infantry, kill or capture the recon pilot, and kill the Black Marketeer and the Schlockinator.
Chief (1): You're tha big cheese of this group of misfits. You are cunning, your armed, and, most importantly, you've got cunning, dangerous friends to help you kill people and break stuff.
Smoke and mirrors: You can cancel one lynch, in the event of a double lynch, you cancel both of them. Can be used once.
Hard ball: You can arrange for someone break someone else's legs. This person can't do anything for two cycles. Passive abilities such as night lives and reflex killings still work. Does not work on the Tank. HE DRIVES A FRIGGIN' TANK!
Hiding in plain sight: You appear as a simple HUMBUG Infantryman. While in this state, you are immune from attacks.
Let's blow shit up: You appear as a resistance fighter. You can kill people and break their stuff. You can be attacked, but you can shoot back. triggered by A ) sending in a kill. B ) losing the rest of your team.
Demolitions Expert (1): You love your job, I mean REALLY love your job. You blow stuff up. You're also the only person that can one shot the tank. You can plant as many bombs and IDE's as you like, but you can have two in circulation. They explode on command or when you die. If a person with a bomb is killed, the bomb is gone. Poof, bye-bye. You can't blow up a bomb on the same night that you plant one, and you can only plant one bomb a night.
Bug Man (1): You're the electronics expert. You ride info currents as easily as you breath. This gives you some special abilities.
Ghost in the machine: You can gather clues to a person's true role, but only once. You can use this ability once every cycle, but be forewarned, they know you're out there.
Bug in the system: You're bugs are the best. You can get much better intel than the INFINTOPS guy, but at a price. While you can find out the true role of one person, you can only do it once. You can't use this on anyone who you have already used the GITM ability on.
Bob (2): Nondescript, uninteresting, unemotional, You can shoot an entire family in the face and not even flinch. You can kill once a night.
You're not for any of the above sides. Your goals are all different but one thing's for sure, you REALLY wish th HUMBUG was dead dead DEAD!
The Recon Pilot (1) getting shot down sucks. Getting shot down while over a rinky dink planet sucks even more. And being behind enemy lines just seems par for the course. You want off this damn rock and the only way to do it is to find a smuggler. if your attacked at night by the tank at anytime, or by anyone else while searching for the Black Marketeer, you'll be captured. instead of killed. The difference is that you can vote until the end of the game and are protected from further attacks. You just can't go anywhere. you can still be lynched though. If captured, the side that captures the Recon Pilot gets a boost during the next night or until the end of the game. Boosts include: Non-kill roles get a onetime chance to kill, Extra night life for kill roles. + 25% chance of survival, extra lynch cancel, extra Fire at Will, and extra shots on limited abilities for detectives.
Button up: You kill anyone who attacks you. It doesn't matter who and what manner. Unless it's the Tank then I guess it's a good thing you have a spare set of knickers.
Roll out:You're looking for the Black Marketeer. You pq the GM the person you're going to visit. If it is the Black Marketeer, yippee you're off this rock. If it isn't, well you just have to wait until tomorrow night. Since you listen before rushing in, you can't be killed by the paranoid.
The Black Marketeer (1): You look pretty and smile No one suspects you, but you deal in, ah, questionable items. Your goal is to live until the end of this whole mess. As a provider of cool, quasi-legal items you have a few tricks up your sleeve.
Harmless: you appear as a HUMBUG Infantryman to the INFINTOPS guy. You are immune from attack from the HUMBUG Infantry. You remain in this state until the recon pilot gets off world, dies, or is captured.
Mostly Harmless: You can now kill once per night, but you're also vulnerable to attack.
For a nominal fee: anyone can come to you for protection, but for a price. You can change the vote of anyone who seeks protection from you at any vote. However, you can only do this once per person and only once per vote. (You can't change seven people's votes on one vote, but you can change their votes over seven votes) Also you operate on a first come first serve basis.
Schlockinator (1): You burn your enemies to ash, then eat them. You love to kill and do it often. You have two night lives period. While you can be lynched, You can take one person down with you. you want to kill everyone except the Black Marketeer.
Narrations will be at 18:00 CST unless stated otherwise. (that's 0:00 GMT) actions end an hour before that.
Clues will come from profiles, comic thumbnails, friends, the first few pages of any comic and the author's notes, favorites, and avatars. They will be hard (as hard as I can make them anyway) and they will be attached to any action. Killings and protections being the most obvious.
I will also incorporate any zany, crazy, inane, asinine, and otherwise weird request you may have into the narrations, if I can. Keep it clean please.
First person to submit an action or vote each cycle gets to request a drawing, which will be displayed in the next narration, quality may be suspect, but I will try my best.
1. Bff Satan
2. gullas the Impaler and the terrible gambler
3. Anthony Mercer the Emotional Lurker
4. therealtj
5. seventy2
6. Mettaur the Atomic Mirelurk
7. I Am The 1337 Master the Goddamn Batman
8. Mister "has-too-many-titles"
9. D_Dude
12.harkovast The Patron Saint of Finger Pointing and resident furry pusher
14.rokulily The minister of Cuteness
15. The Game Master
16.A Reaver


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Bankrupt Chrysler LLC experienced the kind of sales performance in April that caused its financial difficulties in the first place, as sales dropped to 43,138 vehicles, or -48%, compared with 83,348 a year ago.
Year-to-date sales dropped to 323,890 vehicles, compared with 601,622 in 2008, or -46%. Chrysler Crossfire, PT Cruiser and Sebring; Jeep Compass, Commander and Patriot; Dodge Avenger, Caliber, Durango and Journey — all had sales declines that averaged -70%.
As a result of the ongoing sales slump, Chrysler will extend through May 4 the Employee Pricing Plus Plus (sic) program, which offers the employee price to all customers purchasing or leasing new 2009 Chrysler, Jeep or Dodge vehicles. Customers may also qualify for 0% financing for up to 48 months through Chase bank. In addition to the employee price, customers are eligible for cash discounts of up to $3,500 on 2009 model year vehicles.
The Company finished the month with 336,913 vehicles in inventory, representing a 114 day supply. Inventory is down 20% compared with April 2008, when it totaled 422,353 units. All of Chrysler's North American plants will be closed until it emerges from bankruptcy, the company said yesterday.
As always sales executives attempted to stay positive in the face of a clear disaster.
"The industry appears to have stabilized, as it's been fairly level for the past four months," said Jim Press, Vice Chairman and President, Chrysler LLC. "We know where the bottom is and, as the economy struggles to recover, vehicle sales should follow." (more…)


text: UMW News BureauUniversity of Montana Western head women's basketball coach Cara Cocchiarella announced the signing of Alex Brammer, a 5'5" guard from Dillon, Mont., to a Frontier Conference/NAIA letter of intent. By Brett Morehouse University of Montana Western head women's basketball coach Cara Cocchiarella announced the signing of Alex Brammer, a 5'5" guard from Dillon, Mont., to a Frontier Conference/NAIA letter of intent. "We are very happy to have Alex join the Bulldogs," Cocchiarella said about the local prep star. "Alex is a great kid to work with and the girls on the team enjoy having her around. She is a strong athlete and has seen considerable success in multiple sports. Alex still has room to grow on the basketball court and we look forward to working with her over the next four years. Having another player from Dillon join the roster is great for our program." Brammer will graduate this spring from Beaverhead County High School (BCHS) in Dillon. She has served as a class officer for two years and is an active member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), B-Club and Drama Club. Brammer is a gifted athlete and excels in a variety of sports. Her accomplishments in track and field have earned her All-conference recognition three times in addition to two All-State recognitions. Brammer also competed in golf for the Beavers and was twice named to the all-conference team. Brammer leaves BCHS as one of the most decorated basketball players in recent history. She earned all-conference honors during her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. Following her stellar senior season, Brammer was recognized as the Southwestern A Conference Most Valuable Player and was also named to the Montana Class A All-State team. Brammer will complete her prep career as a member of the Montana girls' team, which will compete in the Montana-Wyoming Basketball Series. The annual all-star games will be played June 10 and 11 and feature the top ten players from each state. Brammer is the daughter of Jim and Sue Brammer and plans to major in biology with an emphasis in pre-professional health.


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INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will keep its music director through the 2017-18 season.
The orchestra announced Thursday that Krzysztof Urbanski has agreed to extend his contract and will continue to split his time between the ISO and symphonies in Norway and Tokyo.
Urbanski said in a statement the decision to stay "felt right" and that he's eager to be part of the orchestra's future. The Poland native signed a four-year contract with the orchestra in 2011 and is its seventh music director.
Urbanski will return to the podium at Indianapolis' Hilbert Circle Theatre for the symphony's Opening Night Gala on Friday.
He graduated from the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw in 2007.


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News Release
Please note: As of January 20, 2017, information in some news releases may be out of date or not reflect current policies.
ETA News Release: [09/14/2011]
Contact Name: Joshua Lamont or David Roberts
Phone Number: (202) 693-4661 or x5945
Release Number: 11-1356-NEW
US Labor Department announces release of $41.2 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor has certified for release $41,247,756 in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico qualified for its full share of the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by including in its law provisions that assist recent entrants to the workforce, part-time workers and individuals who become unemployed because of compelling family reasons.
"The federal government made these funds available under the Recovery Act as an incentive for states and territories to strengthen their safety nets as our economy continues to recover," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "I am pleased to announce that Puerto Rico has made important updates to its UI program to better meet the needs of today's workforce. These funds will help people continue to pay housing expenses, buy groceries and take care of their families while they look for full-time employment."
The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources can use the funds to pay unemployment benefits or, if appropriated by the legislature, for administering its unemployment insurance program or delivering employment services.
The Recovery Act made a total of $7 billion available in UI modernization incentive payments to states and territories that include certain eligibility provisions in their UI programs. Each state or territory can qualify for a share of those funds by showing that its law includes those provisions. With Puerto Rico's UI modernization, more than $5 billion has been released to eligible states and territories. Puerto Rico's approved application will be posted at the department's Employment and Training Administration website at http://www.doleta.gov/recovery/. Other approved applications can also be found on this site.
- Read this news release en Español.


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Distressed Debt Investing: These experts think the high-yield market is completely out of control.
ETF Trends: Others disagree.
Learn Bonds: A chart from Jeff Gundlach that brings into question several commonly held beliefs about the market.
Cate Long: Its not just the states that have huge unfunded pension liabilities.
Marketwatch: Bill Gross out performs himself.
Retirement Researcher: Why you may want to reconsider the 4% initial withdrawal strategy.
Market Oracle: Did the fiscal-cliff deal make bonds more not less risky?
ETF Daily News: What you nee to know about target-date bond ETFs.


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SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – The Columbia men's golf team shot the third-best round in program history Saturday, posting a 276 to take control of first place at the 2014 Ivy League Championships at Baltusrol Golf Club. The Lions hold an 11-stroke lead on Yale with just one round left to play on Sunday.
Junior Brandon Jowers is just one stroke shy of the individual lead in third place after turning in a one-under 69, with five birdies, Saturday.
First-years Christopher Chu and Tharusyan Pillay made a charge up the leaderboard with career days. Chu matched his career-best round with a two-under 68 to move into a tie for fourth, just two strokes shy of the leaders, while Pillay shot the best round of his rookie year, carding a one-under 69. He heads into the last 18 holes in 8th, four stroke behind the lead.
Sophomore Harrison Shih recorded an even-par 70 round, climbing in the top-10 and ninth, five strokes behind the leaders.
Senior Andrew Kim finished the day with a 78 and will start the final round tied for 22nd.
Final Round action begins at Baltusrol at 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning. Golf Stat has live stats HERE.
1 Columbia 302-276--578
3 Brandon Jowers (5) 74-69--143
T4 Christopher Chu (3) 76-68--144
8 Tharusyan Pillay (4) 77-69--146
T9 Harrison Shih (1) 77-70--147
T22 Andrew Kim (2) 75-78--153


text: What's it like in Moberly? Monday Feb 11, 2013 at 7:00 AM Feb 11, 2013 at 7:41 AM Today's forecast Debbie Fitzpatrick Today will be mostly sunny and windy with a high of 46 and West winds at 21 mph along with a 10% chance of rain. Overnight lows will dip to 29.


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Welcome to day 2 of The Craft's Meow sneak peeks! Today is about simple, mass making, Christmas cards. But this is still elegant. The images were stamped and heat embossed with gold powder. And for this card, I used a cream colored cardstock with flecks in it, just to add a bit of texture.
Head to The Craft's Meow blog and see what the rest of the design team has created! Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
thanks for stopping by!


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Gender Neutral Restrooms available
Gender neutral restrooms are now available at Western Libraries! The two restrooms are located on the Sixth Floor of Wilson Library, and are available from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Other gender neutral restrooms are available at locations including:
- Old Main, Fifth Floor
- Bond Hall, Mezzanine
- Wade King Recreation Ctr., First Floor
The gender neutral restrooms in Western Libraries are a product of the partnership between Western Libraries and the Equal Opportunity Office. Furthermore, the decision was informed by the May 2012 Resolution Regarding Gender Neutral Restrooms signed by the Board of Directors of the Associated Students of Western Washington University. If you have questions, please contact Rebecca Marrall at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the Western Libraries Diversity Guide here.


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MACUNGIE, Pa. (AP) — Animal welfare workers say 11 puppies were found dead and skinned near an eastern Pennsylvania park.
The Lehigh County Humane Society says the dogs were discovered Friday near a park in Lower Macungie Township, outside Allentown.
County humane society officials say testing will determine whether the puppies were domestic or wild.
State police are investigating.
The discovery is second disturbing animal death in the county in less than a week. Police say a dog was discovered skinned and cooked about 20 miles away in Lynn Township.


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BOXBOROUGH — A Maryland casino developer is pitching a $200 million hotel and slot parlor just off Interstate 495 in Boxborough, the final of 11 original commercial casino applicants to find a site.
Under the proposal, the Cordish Companies would buy, renovate, and expand an existing Holiday Inn at the junction of Route 111 and Interstate 495, and rebrand the property as a boutique hotel and casino, Joe Weinberg, Cordish managing partner, said Tuesday in a phone interview with the Globe. Part of the existing building would be demolished and replaced on a 20-acre parcel that is essentially surrounded by woods.
The project would include several restaurants, an entertainment area, meeting space, spa and fitness facilities, and — by state law — as many as 1,250 slot machines. It would employ 700 to 750 people, according to Cordish.
Cordish is one of four companies seeking the state's sole slot parlor license. The Cordish project, if accepted by the town and endorsed by local voters in a referendum, would compete with slot proposals in Plainville, Raynham, and Worcester.
"We have proven time and again we can build beautiful, modern facilities with a scope of gaming that is slots only," Weinberg said in an interview. The company has developed Hard Rock casinos in Florida, and in 2012 opened the Maryland Live! Casino, just outside Baltimore. The company's Boxborough project would be similarly named, "Live! Hotel & Casino."
The Cordish proposal is the northernmost casino project in Massachusetts. The company chose the location to be close to population centers, yet far from resort casino proposals in East Boston, Everett, and Milford, as well as a potential tribal casino project in Taunton.
"We felt this area of the 495 corridor was a strategic location left underserved," Weinberg said.Mark Arsenault can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @BostonGlobeMark


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I downloaded Sabayon_Linux_CoreCD_5.2_x86.iso checked the checksum
Followed the procedure here:
http://wiki.sabayonlinux.org/index.php? ... _The_Image
After following those procedures I rebooted and sabayon started I saw the leaf logo with sabayon below.
The screen flashed between text and the logo (kind of annoying) then there was an error:
something like "linux installer service not running" then it just hung there.
Then I ctrl-alt-F6
Then I typed "installer"
and installed, the installer completed
I rebooted
and I am now booted into a grub 0.97 menu
maybe the device.map is wrong??
I installed to CF card and there is also a internal drive.
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So then, the cup competition.
My idea is to invite 20 teams from across the world of middling ability (i.e. not Champions League or even Premiership teams) to play against each other in the first round. This'll see 10 of those teams make it through at which point the CW Land teams are added in to make 16 teams left in the competition. At which point it does the usual 16-8-4-2 progression.
The main point behind this system is that it adds an extra round to the proceedings.
Comments/Team nominations are welcome.


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Folks with the Campobello Youth Athletic Association are working hard to get the association back on its feet, but Kathy Ragin says thieves have dealt a blow to their work.
Folks with the Campobello Youth Athletic Association are working hard to get the association back on its feet, but Kathy Ragin says thieves have dealt a blow to their work. "Beginning in 1968, with the labor, dedication and determination of some local residents in the area," she says, "it took them four years after securing the leased premises at Highway 11 and Little Acres to prepare enough to allow their first game for children ages 5-12, and at times ages 13-19, as a nonprofit using baseball, football and cheerleading to teach children good sportsmanship, team play and persistence, and persistence is saving the youth association from its near death this past month. Michael Ragin has again stepped in to take a leadership role in reorganizing the association and returning it to its original values. Many volunteers who worked with Michael several years back are offering their time and labor to get the association up and running in time for spring baseball, and sign-ups are currently taking place. Josh Brock has taken the role of vice president, and Donnie Hall will be heading up baseball for the community, heralding the next generation of men and women to take up the gauntlet in serving our children. With the near demise of the association, however, fencing was taken down and has since been stolen. Witnesses report a white SUV and white pickup truck being loaded with the fencing that belongs to the children of this community. A police report has been done, but with practice due to start Saturday and the association without funds for any extras, our children will be without the protective fencing our founders worked so hard to provide. We receive no municipal, county or state funding and are completely funded by parents and players. Our communities have been very supportive, but replacing fencing is a need that will be difficult to meet." The poles are up, but who has fencing to donate? Call either Michael Ragin at 457-6547 or Josh Brock at 809-7329.
'LEFT OUT': Linda Buchanan at South Pine Antique Mall congratulates the Spartanburg Convention and Visitors Bureau on its new Spartanburg Visitors Guide, but there's just one problem. "It is such a beautiful publication, but, unfortunately, after more than 22 years in business, we were left out of the shopping-antiques section when some others no longer in business were listed," says the puzzled store owner. "With the Chamber trying to promote small business, you can imagine our disappointment at having been accidentally left out. After talking with the Chamber, it assured us we would be listed on its website and apologized for the mistake. Buck and I just want everyone to know we are alive and well at 856 S. Pine St."
'CAN'T TELL': A little boy was playing with a ball in his bedroom when it rolled under the bed. His mother had just taught him the Bible story about people being made out of dust and will go back to dust. He went running to his mama and said, "Come quick, Mama, there's someone under my bed, and I can't tell whether he's coming or going."
ODDS AND ENDS: The popular 10,000 Villages line of imported items from around the world will be available at The Advent Shoppe through Thursday. The Shoppe, at 161 Advent St. on the campus of Advent Episcopal Church, is open Monday-Friday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, from 8:30 to 11a.m.


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Q. What determines how well someone recovers from a stroke?
A. The first factor that influences a person's recovery from a stroke is the nature of the stroke itself: how much damage occurred in the brain and where. Receiving acute medical attention is important; treating ischemic stroke (the most common form, caused by a blocked blood vessel) with a clot-busting drug shortly after the stroke can reduce its effects.
Randie M. Black-Schaffer, medical director of the Stroke Program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, says, "some areas of the brain are more forgiving than others." For example, damage to the primary motor cortex, which controls movement, can sometimes be overcome by redundant areas that take over. The ability of the brain to form new connections and recruit new areas for different functions, called neuroplasticity, can also help.
"That's where therapy comes in," she says. Depending on the severity of a stroke, a patient may spend weeks to months in a rehabilitation program, which works to overcome deficits in movement, speech and language, and other functions. Black-Schaffer says that some abilities can improve even years after a stroke, but success depends on a patient's motivation. For that reason, damage to areas of the brain relating to cognitive awareness, motivation, and attention can make recovery much harder. Age is also a factor, as younger people tend to recover more rapidly.Have a health question? E-mail globeanswers@gmail


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The Xbox 360 version of Titanfall has once again been bumped to a slightly later date. EA announced today that the last-gen version will be delayed by two weeks, and is now set to drop on April 8.
"I've been playing the game a lot, and it is fantastic," read the announcement from EA Studios VP Patrick Söderlund. "But we see a few things that can be made even better, so we're giving Bluepoint a little more time to do just that and deliver an epic Titanfall experience for Xbox 360 players." He closed by assuring that the 360 version will have content parity with its already-launched Xbox One and PC versions.
Titanfall's 360 version was originally planned for March 11, right alongside the other versions. It was bumped by two weeks in February, and now has been pushed back another two weeks. As Söderlund referenced, that version is being ported by Bluepoint. Check out our review for more on Titanfall.


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Namikaze Minato - Page 2
Naruto-Arena forces you to select 3 characters when you start a new game. This page gives you an overview of all characters available in the Naruto-Arena game. Not only can you view each character's skills, you can also discuss the characters by posting comments.
Namikaze Minato
A Jounin, and Squad Leader of Konoha, known as the Yellow Flash, Minato is the father of Naruto. Minato fights using space-time jutsu and a number of unique kunai to teleport around the battlefield.Requirement to unlock: Mission: The Yellow Flash
Flying Thunder God
Using his teleportation abilities, Minato either attacks one enemy, dealing 30 damage to them or defends an ally making them invulnerable for 1 turn. Minato will also become invulnerable for 1 turn. This skill ignores invulnerability.
Cooldown: None
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Melee, Instant
Wide Area Sensing
Minato senses the area around the battlefield. For 2 turns, all enemies will be unable to become invulnerable or reduce damage. This skill ignores invulnerability. During this time, Minato will gain 1 random chakra each turn.
Cooldown: 3
Chakra required:
Classes: Chakra, Ranged, Control
Space-Time Marking
For 3 turns Minato will mark his target each time he uses 'Flying Thunder God' on them for 1 turn. If an ally is marked, if 'Flying Thunder God' is used, that ally will become invulnerable for 1 turn. if an enemy is marked, if 'Flying Thunder God' is used, that enemy will receive 30 damage.
Cooldown: 6
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Melee, Instant
Flying Light
This skill makes Namikaze Minato invulnerable for 1 turn.
Cooldown: 4
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Instant
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Best Friends for Life…Chevy Hits a Home Run with This Commercial!
When you think of lifetime best friends...a car isn't usually what you think of, but the advertising people for Chevy have taken mans (and ladies) best friend and put together one tear jerker of a commercial. Grab the tissues and watch...and tell me...do you really even notice the car being advertised?


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"I was thrilled to be notified today that I'm going to be able to continue on on a permanent basis. Having served as the athletics director for the last four months it was an interview process that's probably been longer than most, but one that was a great experience and that I have valued tremendously and obviously look forward to continuing to move this program forward.
I think we have great days ahead. We have a great staff, great coaches and I'm looking forward to bringing us back to the top and enjoying all the benefits of being here in Miami and being at the U."
When you were given the interim tag, you said you had to get up to speed quickly as to where things are in the NCAA investigation. Could it be construed that when you did get up to speed, you still wanted the job?
"I would want this job no matter what the situation was. Without commenting on the NCAA situation, obviously I'm excited about where our program is going and what I think the future is for this program. With that said, I think to be fair this is a job that I've wanted for my 20 years in this business and so regardless of anything out there, I'd be excited to be on the phone today representing the University of Miami as its new athletics director. It's hard for me to answer that question because we can't comment on the NCAA process.
The ncaa investigation is not a concern of mine in terms of this job.. I look forward to helping our institution through the process and bringing us to the place where I know all our fans want us to be for ACC and national championships."
5 ½ years In Maine, how did that help you prepare for this day?
"It was a huge benefit. The Univ of Maine program is a big part of the state of Maine. So to be able to sit in this chair for five years, and while the AP wasn't necessarily covering everything going on, the television stations, the radio outlets, the media markets there followed the news of the Maine athletic program very closely. So to have those challenges that all of my counterparts around the country face on a daily basis, to be able to handle those for 5 ½ years gave me the necessary experience to step into this one, where the spotlight is probably greater and the magnifying glass is probably greater than any other program in the country. But again, I've had the benefit of having to deal with very similar issues for five-plus year."
What were you expecting when you came back from Maine?
"It's funny you asked that question. I was texting with Kirby Hocutt earlier today. Kirby is the one who brought me back here. As I said to Kirby, when I took the job here I hoped this day would come. I wasn't looking for this to be a stepping stone to somewere else. I really took it with the idea that someday I'd be sitting in this chair. I didn't imagine the path that I would follow to get her but again, this was the job I came here for. And if it wasn't something that worked out, I wanted to be in the Miami market. I wanted my kids to be able to grow up in this community and be a part of the community here. My wife and I really enjoy living in South Florida and this is where we wanted to be. I'm thrilled the opportunity worked out for me a little over two years later to be in the athletic director's role."
Is there anything you can say about the baseball team and Biogenesis clinic and if you've been approached by MLB?
"I would defer to our comment on our situation yesterday. As we've said before, there's an ongoing investigation with that situation and I wouldn't comment beyond that."
Anything you'd like to instill that you did at maine that you look forward to doing as an AD? Something we haven't seen? Or status quo?
"I think things are always changing. So I wouldn't say there's anything particular at Maine – different places, different programs. We need to win acc championships. All of us can look and see how many we've won and say, we need to win more than what we're winning and so to do that, we need to provide our coaches with the resources and support they need to be their very best and our student-athletes with the support they need to be their very best. Without getting into real specifics, those are the things we need to do. I'm confident that with the group of coaches we have here that we'll be able to bring ACC championships back to Coral Gables.
"If you're winning championships in the ACC, then you're in the position to win national championships in any of those sports. I think that's ultimately what we want the goal to be. We need to be winning championships. I think those days are coming in the future. Obviously we have a great ride going in men's basketball right now and we're excited where Coach Larranaga has that program. We'll continue to do what we need to do to have all of our programs in a similar position."
On being the permanent AD:
"The way I look at it is when I took over on Oct. 4 I was in the role of the athletic director and it was important for me at that point to be in the role of athletic director and do the things that I felt we needed to do as a program. Because if we're standing still and I was just there to, I guess, keep the boat from steering off path, then I wasn't doing the job and I don't think I would have put myself in the position to have this opportunity now today. So I don't think there's anything in particular that I would do differently than what I've done in the past other than I think I'll be a little more aggressive in terms of really setting up a long-term strategic plan for where we're going to go.
You don't want to establish a long-term strategic plan unless you really plan on being somewhere long term, and I would tell everyone I plan on being here very long term and many great days ahead at the U."
I know you're very much in touch with the fans and the community and people are happy about that. How important do you think that is for an AD?
"In my opinion I think it's something that's critical. For us to be in communication with the fans is something that I feel as a program we need to do. Again, credit to our communication staff. I think they do a good job of getting info out. I think they do a good job of pushing me to get info out. Additionally, I think it's a situation where when you look at the U of M, we don't have the ability to just go out and raise dollars by saying, hey send your ticket invoice in along with your donation, and thank you.' It's something where I think we have to get very aggressive. You hear people use the Canes Family slogan quite a bit and I think in many ways that's true. We're a small private school, we're a family in many ways and everyone is important in the family. So as the head of the family it's important for me, in my opinion, to have a real open line of communication and a real open access to all members.
So, whether it's the person that has been with the program forever and maybe is writing a big check or a person who is new to the program writing a big check that they're there. At the same time, maybe the person who can't afford to write a check at all and wants just to buy tickets or come out. You know having them have access also. Obviously you can only talk to so many people in a day, or tweet, or email, but to me, it's important that I'm as accessible to as many as possible and that includes everyone on the call and I hope you guys continue to feel that way."
Baseball and NCAA stuff: Has the NCAA opened up an investigation or are they just monitoring?
"What I would say is we're doing our part with the investigation. I wouldn't be able to comment on what the ncaa is or isn't doing, that's something they determine... from our side we're addressing the issue and looking into it and moving forward and beyond that I wouldn't be able to speculate on what the NCAA is or isn't doing."
Re the Interview process, how many times did you sit down with interviewers?
"On Oct. 4 president Shalala notified me that I was going to be serving as the acting athletic director and really for me the interview process began on that day. Over the last four months and four days I guess there have been a number of situations that are real-life situations. Many times you try to play out interviews and try to present scenarios in interviews. The benefit for president Shalala here was she got to see how I responded in those situations. So at the end, yes, there was a formal interview process but really the interview was a 4 month and 4 day process, not a one day and one meeting process."
Do you plan to stay long term?
"I plan to be here as long as they'll have me here. This is where my wife and I wanted to be. This is where we wanted to raise our children. And this is the job that I've always wanted. My plan is that I'll be here until I retire. I'm hoping that's a good 20 years down the road. I'm 43 right now, so 63, 65 – I guess I'd like to get at least to that point and beyond that I think it would just be an enjoyable ride to the end. I have no intentions of leaving.
When I took this job with Kirby my hope was that at some point Kirby would decide it was right for him to move on and this opportunity would present itself. I wouldn't have predicted the timeline or the path to get here, but this was the one that I wanted.
I haven't signed, finalized the agreement yet, but it will be a five year deal."
Was there any point you felt uneasy, like you were making decisions and walking on eggshells almost as if you were auditioning while trying to lead at the same time? How did you balance that?
"In college athletics, you're on the stage everyday. And whether it's for four months, you never know when the end is going to come. I think it's very similar to what coaches do. This isn't a job you get and you have it from 7 to 3:30 and you punch in and punch out and take an hour for lunch and operate that way. This is a job that goes nonstop. You don't know when the calls are going to come or when the events are going to happen and it's something you just have to be ready to go at. I looked at it on oct. 4 as the job was starting on that day and I felt if I did everything that I needed to do and I knew I could do that this day would happen. It was hard for me to predict when that would be, but I'm happy that it happened today and if wasn't until four more months I would have continued to operate as I have been for the past four months. I guess I will say, though, that I'm thrilled that it became a more permanent situation today, but those are things than can change. You have to continue to make good decisions and lead the program to where it needs to go."
Who is the new UM RBs coach?
"I don't think we've determined that yet but I know we're working on that and I'm sure we'll get it finalized here real soon."
When is an on-campus football stadium going to be built?
"In all seriousness, as I said before, there isn't anyone who would enjoy an on-campus stadium more than I would, but it's not a realistic situation to even discuss. We don't have the land for it, and if we did have the land, there just isn't the infrastructure in this place. We're playing in a first-rate facility that is in the process of only getting better and I'm confident that we're putting our student-athletes into a premier facility in the country and with the new additions we're going to put our fans into an environment that will be even better. I'm not going to say it's going to ever create anything what the Orange Bowl was, because those were special days and games that I would go to at the OB but I think it's going to create a much different environment and an atmosphere that will much more closely resemble the atmosphere we had at the Orange Bowl."


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Just another night for The Boss: 30 songs, three-plus hours
Mohegan — Over the course of a four-plus-decade career that's included 18 studio albums, membership in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, fierce street cred and — if my math is correct — 2,285 universally exulted concerts, Bruce Springsteen seems to have gotten along just fine without any significant endorsement from Little Ricky Koster.
But it's never too late to help out, right?
Saturday in the Mohegan Sun Arena, I attended what might be described as the Vespers service at the First Connecticut Church of Springsteen and his E Street Band. For, indeed, the 10,000 fans who showed up fairly wriggled with the sort of excitement and fervor one associates with religious folks handling vipers.
But while it was the first time I'd seen Springsteen, I'd have to have spent the last 40 years on Pluto to be unaware of the man's sterling reputation for his delivery of anthemic and committed songs dedicated to the lives, loves, triumphs and sorrows of Johnny Everyman.
Let me just say, then, that it was a tremendous 30-song, three-hour and 10-minute experience.
As a frontman and band leader, Springsteen — seemingly in finer shape at 64 than many folks recently drafted in the National Football League — couldn't be more genuine or emotionally invested in what he does. This isn't Bret Michaels or Justin Bieber greedily lapping up the treasures of pop stardom they've been lucky enough to tap into.
Springsteen IS his music — and, to provide muscular structure to his message and stories, he and his 18-piece band churn out exuberant, basic Heartland rock 'n' roll that's as anchored in the past as it is in his romantic vision for what the future could be. (Special kudos for the tapesty-broadening and respective guitar fireworks from Tom Morello, Nils Lofgren and newly returned Stevie Van Zandt.)
There were the hits, the rarities, the clever covers — including the Bee Gees' "Staying Alive." Springsteen crowd-surfed, guzzled an entire crowd-proffered beer, slow-waltzed with an overcome fan on "Dancing in the Dark," and generally gave every bit of spirit and energy he had — same as it ever was, amen.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed again Sunday night at Mohegan Sun Arena.
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I fully expected to see Foulke in the 9th. In the SoSH Game Thread, I said I'd eat my shoes if we didn't see Keith. ... Errr, those laces were a little chewy.
Afterwards, everyone said all the right things. Francona noted that with an off-day today,
we didn't want to not use a guy that's throwing as good as anybody ... in a game of consequence. You don't want to waste him. I told Foulkie that was what I was going to do. ... This is by no means an indictment of Foulke. But it's so hard in April to get wins, I don't think Foulke is ready to be the guy we need. I think he'll get there. ... [W]e've got to win and I think we did it right. I can live with myself. Sometimes you just have to do what you think is right.Foulke:
Francona said "that I could be throwing the ball better ... He's not Keith Foulke's dad. He's not going to do what's best for me. He's going to do what's best for the team. The kid's been throwing the ball great. ... The Sox won. That's always my first concern. ... I tell you guys all the time -- I'm a bullpen guy. I don't wake up in the morning and go to the grocery store and tell everybody I'm a closer. ... I have to prove myself to Terry, the 24 other guys in here, to the front office.Tony Massarotti, Herald:
Terry Francona is playing for keeps. ... If Foulke is going to close again for the Red Sox, he is going to have to win his job back. Papelbon was a better pitcher last fall and he is a better pitcher now. And the manager of the Red Sox isn't about to start blowing games in April so that he can rebuild the confidence of a man coming off the worst year of his career.What few writers seem to understand is that this is exactly what the "closer by committee" idea is all about. Assess the situation -- whether it is the 6th inning or the 9th -- and use the best pitcher available for that situation. One night that pitcher might be Papelbon, the next day it might be Foulke ... hell, it might be Rudy Seanez. But that's it.
If Francona decides that the game could be decided in the 7th and he needs to shut down the other team's rally, then he should go with his best arm, and not save that guy for the "closer's" spot in the 9th. A lesser pitcher might have given the game away by then. Last night's pre-game thinking and decision shows me that Francona might be ready to put this plan into effect.
EE Update: Errors from Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano and another crappy bullpen performance helped Oakland beat the Yankees for the second straight night. ... Capt. Intangibles: "Everyone keeps talking about our offense, but that doesn't win games; pitching and defense does." Well, that's going to be a problem. The Yankees defense is poor and their pitching staff is either old, unlikely to repeat their surprising 2005 performances, or just plain bad.
Yesterday, BP's Will Carroll wrote: "There have been whispers from some in Yankee camp that [Carl] Pavano will likely need surgery, almost certainly season-ending and perhaps career-ending." ... Today, however, Carroll downplays the whispers. Still, Pavano "has looked terrible this spring in one new regard -- he appears winded and out of shape, as early as the first inning of his start. Whether this is conditioning or pain that's showing is unclear; what is clear is that the Yankees shouldn't have much expectation of a positive contribution from last year's big signing."


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I tried doing a search on the subject but didn't find the fairly large thread I thought was out there on the subject.
Anyway my 97 Outbacks heat sheilds have rattled loose again and I'm looking for any long term fix for this. I don't want to just remove them because I think they are there for a reason. I've also thought about using that header heat wrap stuff. What is the concensus on this nagging issue? Thanks !!
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Heat Sheild Issue revisit
Started by Guest_canedog18_* , Aug 06 2003 09:17 AM
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#1 Guest_canedog18_*
Posted 06 August 2003 - 09:17 AM
#2 Guest_Setright_*
Posted 06 August 2003 - 09:31 AM
Stuff steel wool or glass wool (Rockwool) into the cavities between pipes and shield. You might want to test the material for flammabilty before you go ahead - catalyst gets hot enough to start fires!
#3 Guest_Suzam_*
Posted 06 August 2003 - 02:30 PM
Get a couple of BIG metal hose clamps. I got the ones used for the waste lines on motor homes. Thread the two together at the screw tightners, first one only, then wrap around heat shield connect the other one and tighten. If you get it on a good spot to grip, it won't move, just check it later for tightness. I like this better than jamming steel wool or brass scrub pads in there because they act like heat sinks and don't allow air circulation.
#4 Guest_Strakes_*
Posted 06 August 2003 - 05:43 PM
I agree with Suzam. The two very large metal hose clamps threaded together solved the rattle permanently on a previous car of mine. I believe that Suzam's method is the best way to secure it.
#5 Guest_gbhrps_*
Posted 06 August 2003 - 06:20 PM
A heat shield rattle on my 97 OB drove me crazy, and the muffler guy (notice that I didn't call him a technician) wanted to tear all the heat shields off. I said "NO!" and told him to put an ordinary exhaust pipe clamp on the end of the shield and tighten it down until it crushed the one end of the shield, where it had broken its mount, onto the exhaust pipe itself. The rattle was gone, the shield was still in place, the cost was negligent, and the shield is still going strong 3 years later.
#6 Guest_canedog18_*
Posted 07 August 2003 - 06:28 AM
Well the clamp idea seems to be the method of choice. Cheap and easy, I like it !! Thanks everyone
#7 Guest_Commuter_*
Posted 07 August 2003 - 04:33 PM
I've had good luck with the large worm gear hose clamps on a previous car.
My 97 OB has remained surprisingly rattle free. I have noticed however that someone (I think prior to my buying the car at 2 yo) strategically inserted some screws into the ends of the header heat shields (like a wedge to tighten things). Whatever... it seems to be working. The dealer must have known what he was doing, because the prior owner didn't do anything himself to my knowledge.
My 97 OB has remained surprisingly rattle free. I have noticed however that someone (I think prior to my buying the car at 2 yo) strategically inserted some screws into the ends of the header heat shields (like a wedge to tighten things). Whatever... it seems to be working. The dealer must have known what he was doing, because the prior owner didn't do anything himself to my knowledge.
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CHAPEL HILL — Opening their postseason play at home, the #1 ranked and top overall seeded Tar Heels improved to 53-8 Friday night with a 6-3 win over the Golden Griffins of Canisius (42-16) in a game that was closer than the final score showed.
"It was a hard-fought win, we really had to grind — grind it out," said UNC Coach Mike Fox after his Tar Heels advanced to the "winners" game at 6PM Saturday night against Towson.
But early on it didn't look like Carolina was going to be challenged. Fox's team started out hot like they have all year, leading 3-0 after only six at-bats. Outfielder Brian Holbert crushed a double down the right field line that led to his 54th and 55th RBI of the season to give UNC the quick lead.
The #1 ranked Tar Heels now own a +140 advantage in runs scored against their 2013 opponents in the first three innings.
But even though they were down four runs early, Canisius didn't quit. "I definitely think we built confidence as the game went on," said right fielder Ryan Coppinger.
Coppinger's coach echoed his sentiments. "A pitch here, and at-bat there, a play there, a call there, and maybe we're talking about a different ball game," said head coach Mike McRae. "I just ran out of innings."
With how McRae's team performed against the nation's most dominant squad in the Tar Heels, you can't blame him for being confident. Canisius gave up early runs in the first two innings but then absolutely locked down UNC's big-time bats — shutting Carolina out for five straight innings and retiring eight of nine batters at one point.
Facing a low scoring, 4-3, game after seven innings, the Heels needed some defense of their own. With the pressure on in the top of the eighth, Mike Fox went to his freshman phenom closer, Trent Thornton.
"I can't remember the last time we had a freshman closer," said Coach Fox. "He's a special kid. He even made the dean's list. He's got that 'it' factor."
Thornton struggled at first, and was soon facing bases loaded with only one out — with only a one run lead. But the talented right-hander with a season ERA of 1.29 would come through once again for the Heels. Thornton struck out two straight while looking — erupting with a show of emotion that really got the home crowd into the game.
"It's fun to have pressure," said Thornton.
Feeling the momentum switch back to the Tar Heels, superfan Tom Jensen (known by anyone who has stepped foot near Boshamer these last few years as the "Tarrr-chant guy") knew it was time to get the crowd going.
When asked about what fan support can do for his alma mater, Jensen was all smiles. "To have a sold out crowd tonight really says something about how much the community is getting behind this team, and [the Tar Heels] deserve it. I think a lot of the great support has to do with the new stadium, and to their credit, the athletic department has really done a lot to reach out to the community. I think a lot of people just realize how special these guys are want to come out and support this team."
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And with that crowd behind them, the Heels responded. Mike Zolk and Chaz Frank would both record RBIs to give their squad a comfortable 6-3 lead heading into the ninth, where Thornton would once again made quick work of the Canisius offense. The freshman struck out three straight to send the Heels into the "winners" game on Saturday.
Coach Fox on if Thornton's success surprises him:
The win ensures that Carolina will make Sunday's games at the very least in the double elimination format. Mike Fox's #1 ball club will face Towson (30-28), who beat Florida Atlantic 7-2 in the early game at Boshamer Stadium on Friday afternoon.
Like Canisius, Towson will be no pushover. But as the #1 team in the country, everyone is going to give UNC their best shot — something Chaz Frank wasn't afraid to admit in his post game comments:
"We're the number one team and the number one seed. And we're going to have a target on our back. We're ready for that."


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HOUSTON -- The daughter of Boston Celtic great and current Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale has died at 22.
Alexandra "Sasha" McHale's death was announced by the Rockets on Sunday. She had been hospitalized since Nov. 10 with lupus, at which time McHale took a personal leave of absence from his coaching duties.
Rockets owner Leslie Alexander said in a statement that he extends his "deepest condolences" over the loss of the McHales' "beautiful daughter." Alexander called Kevin and wife Lynn "loving and dedicated parents who will need our continued support throughout this very difficult time."
The Celtics also published a statement extending the organization's "deepest condolences to Kevin McHale and his family on the loss of his daughter."
Sasha was the second-youngest of the McHales' five children, including Kristyn, Michael, Joseph, and Thomas.
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From the most avid to the most casual golfer, Sun City Hilton Head's new price structure aims to keep its residents at home.
An adjusted rate structure for Sun City's three courses — Okatie Creek, Hidden Cypress and Argent Lakes — was approved Nov. 16 by the Sun City Community Association board.
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The Unlimited Golf Plan costs $3,200 annually for a single golfer or $4,800 for a couple living in the same household and includes free range balls.
The Gold Plan costs $600 per year and includes a free warm-up basket for each round, 35 percent discount on range balls and five free rounds of golf in 2013 after playing 50 rounds. Price per round is $27 for 18 holes in the morning; $22 for 18 holes in the afternoon; $15 for nine morning holes; $12 for nine afternoon holes; $22 for 18 morning holes at Argent; $18 for 18 afternoon holes at Argent; $12 for nine morning holes at Argent; and $10 for nine afternoon holes at Argent.
The Bronze Plan is $300 a year and includes a free warm-up basket for each round, 10 percent discount on range balls and five free rounds in 2013 after playing 50 rounds. Price per round is $32 for 18 morning holes; $27 for 18 afternoon holes; $18 for nine morning holes; $15 for nine afternoon holes; $26 for 18 Argent morning holes; $22 for 18 Argent afternoon holes; $15 for nine Argent morning holes; and $13 for nine Argent afternoon holes.
The Nine-Hole Plan costs $200 and uses the nine-hole Bronze Plan pricing ($18 before 1 p.m. and $15 after 1 p.m. on Okatie Creek and Hidden Cypress and $15 early and $13 late on Argent Lakes. The plan includes a free warm-up basket per round, 10 percent off range balls and five free nine-hole rounds in 2013 after 50 rounds.